Emperor Shen's charming wife

"Yes, your majesty." The guards took the order and quickly carried the assassin's body away.

Ning Yao turned and walked towards the inner hall, but her heart was filled with turmoil. Was this just a simple assassination? Why did she feel something unusual?

Returning to the bedroom, Ning Yao dismissed her attendants and sat alone in front of the dressing table, looking at herself in the mirror with a complicated look in her eyes.

"Empress, what's wrong with you?" Biyun asked worriedly when she saw that Ning Yao looked upset.

"Biyun, tell me, the emperor..." Ning Yao paused, as if she was trying to organize her words, "Did the emperor really love me?"

Biyun's face changed slightly when she heard this, and she lowered her head and said, "Your Majesty, the emperor is very busy, how can he take me into consideration in everything? I know that I am in the emperor's heart, but..."

"But what?" Ning Yao asked, with a barely perceptible tremor in her tone.

"What kind of style do I have? Concubine Shen knows it well!" Ning Yao glanced coldly at the inner hall. She saw Concubine Shen in a pink palace dress, lazily leaning on a brocade-covered chaise longue, being served by two palace maids on her left and right, one peeling grapes and the other waving a round fan. She looked so comfortable.

Concubine Shen slowly wiped the corners of her mouth with a silk handkerchief and said with a sweet smile, "How can I not understand what the Queen said? I just felt a little unwell, so I stayed in the palace to rest for a few days. How did I disturb the Queen?"

"Feeling unwell? I think you are fine!" Ning Yao took two steps at a time and walked to Concubine Shen, looking down at her. "I came here today to ask Concubine Shen, who in the harem gave you the courage to slander me like this?!"

Concubine Shen blinked her eyes innocently: "Your Majesty, how can I slander you by saying this? I was just chatting with the sisters in the palace. Why is Your Majesty so angry?"

"Chatting? I think you just want to cause chaos in the world!" Ning Yao slammed her hand on the table and said angrily, "How dare you say that I am the reincarnation of a jinx, who brought bad luck to my father and mother, and will also bring death to the emperor?! Concubine Shen, you are a lady from a famous family, how can you utter such a vicious curse?!"

Concubine Shen was startled by Ning Yao's sudden action, and the grapes in her hand fell to the ground. Her face changed, and then she regained her composure and sneered, "What's wrong with the Queen? It was just a few jokes, why did you take it seriously? Could it be that the Queen has something to hide, so she is so nervous?"

"You!" Ning Yao was so angry that she was shaking all over. She pointed at Concubine Shen's nose but couldn't say a word.

Seeing her so angry, Concubine Shen was secretly pleased, but she remained calm. She stood up slowly, walked to Ning Yao, and said with a smile: "Empress, I advise you that this harem is not a place for you to run wild. The emperor loves you, which is your blessing, but you can't take advantage of the emperor's favor and look down on others. You are not the only woman in this harem!"

"You..." Ning Yao was so angry at her words that her eyes went dark and she almost passed out.

Concubine Shen ignored her and turned to the maid beside her and ordered, "Go, bring me the new set of ruby ​​jewelry I just got, and say that it is a gift from me to the Empress. I hope that the Empress will not be so petty in the future."

Ning Yao looked at Concubine Shen's alms-giving face, and felt a surge of anger rushing to her head. She suddenly reached out and grabbed Concubine Shen's neck...

Concubine Shen did not expect Ning Yao to suddenly attack her, and she was caught off guard by her neck. She widened her eyes in horror and tried to struggle, but found that Ning Yao's hands were like iron clamps, making her unable to move.

"You...you dare..." Concubine Shen uttered a few words with difficulty, her face flushed red due to difficulty breathing.

"What is there for me to be afraid of?!" Ning Yao laughed in anger. In her previous life, she was the queen. How could she have ever been humiliated like this? Although she was willing to endure it now, it didn't mean that she could allow others to bully her!

"Cough cough..." Concubine Shen felt like she was about to suffocate, and her vision went dark. She desperately slapped Ning Yao's arm, hoping she would let go.

Ning Yao looked at her coldly, but her hands showed no sign of relaxing. She wanted to see how long this woman could be so arrogant!

"Empress, please calm down!" The palace maids nearby were so frightened that they fell to their knees and begged, "Empress Shen just said something wrong for a moment. Please be magnanimous and forgive her this time!"

Ning Yao turned a deaf ear and stared at Concubine Shen as if she wanted to eat her alive.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the palace, followed by a shrill voice: "The Emperor has arrived!"

When Ning Yao heard the voice, a cold light flashed in her eyes. She slowly loosened her hand, but did not let go completely. Instead, she still held Concubine Shen's neck tightly and pulled her to her side, as if declaring her sovereignty.

Concubine Shen finally got a chance to catch her breath. She greedily breathed in the fresh air, coughing violently, and tears flowed uncontrollably.

"My beloved, what's wrong with you?" As soon as Shen Yu entered the hall, he saw Concubine Shen being strangled by Ning Yao. Her face was pale and she looked like she was about to die. He was immediately shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to support her, asking with concern.

When Concubine Shen saw Shen Yu, she seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, crying even more heartbrokenly, and said intermittently: "Your Majesty... Queen... She... She wants to kill me..."

"How dare you!" Shen Yu was furious when he heard this. He turned his head and looked at Ning Yao with anger in his eyes. "Queen, why do you treat my beloved concubine like this?!"

Ning Yao sneered, pushed Concubine Shen into Shen Yu's arms, and said coldly: "Your Majesty, I dare not accept it. You should ask your beloved concubine what good things she has done!"

Concubine Shen was startled by Ning Yao's sudden action. She collapsed into Shen Yu's arms and said pitifully, "Your Majesty, I didn't do anything..."

"Your Majesty, please help me!" Concubine Shen said, her eyes rolled, and she suddenly pointed at the shocking red mark on her neck, crying, "The Queen was jealous of me, so she killed me!"

When Shen Yu saw the red marks on Concubine Shen's neck, his face suddenly became terribly gloomy. He stood up suddenly, glared at Ning Yao, and said with gritted teeth: "Queen, you are so bold! How dare you commit murder and hurt people in front of me?!"

Ning Yao looked at Shen Yu's appearance of defending Concubine Shen, and suddenly an inexplicable sadness and anger surged in her heart. She suddenly wanted to ask him, what exactly is she in his heart?

Shen Yu's anger was like a basin of ice water, pouring down on Ning Yao's last glimmer of hope. Yes, how could he really believe her? In his past and present lives, he had only felt disgust and suspicion towards her.