Chapter 1381: Chapter 801: Emergency at the Border, Will the Emperor Lead the Expedition Personally? (Part 3)

Liu Le, feeling anxious, bathed and then changed into a set of transparent blue clothes, and timidly went to the Emperor’s bedchamber.

Xiao Luming had just finished bathing.

As soon as he walked out, he saw a woman in blue, kneeling inside his bedchamber.

The clothing was truly enticing...

Xiao Luming’s eyes tightened, "What are you doing here?!"

"Your Majesty, the Empress sent me here to serve Your Majesty upon retiring," Liu Le quickly answered.

Xiao Luming’s face instantly turned sour.

"She said His Majesty has taken a liking to me," Liu Le said resolutely.

"When did I ever say I liked you?" Xiao Luming gritted his teeth.

"Today in Jingxiu Palace, Your Majesty personally told the Empress you liked women in blue, and I am that woman in blue."

At this moment, Xiao Luming finally understood the entire sequence of events.

So everything tonight was not Xie Qianyun trying to please him; it was Xie Qianyun selecting the concubines she thought he would like to please him.

Recalling carefully, all the performers on stage tonight were concubines he had only seen once or twice. When Xie Qianyun asked whom he liked, she was deciding whom to put on his bed tonight. He actually thought, actually thought...

Xiao Luming’s face was as black as charcoal.

Liu Le knelt on the ground, motionless.

She also felt the Emperor’s anger.

She knew the Emperor wouldn’t be so easily won over.

When she came, she had actually resigned herself to whatever fate awaited her.

Thinking about the hopes of so many sisters and the Empress Dowager on her shoulders, she came with determination.

At this moment, she didn’t know how the Emperor would deal with her, and her body was trembling.

"Withdraw!" Xiao Luming suddenly shouted.

Liu Le almost fainted from fright.

It took her a while to realize he was telling her to leave. At that moment, she felt relieved and didn’t dare linger, "I shall withdraw."

Then she quickly departed.

Xiao Luming watched Liu Le’s retreating figure as though she were escaping.

He truly suppressed and suppressed again to prevent his temper from exploding entirely.

...

Liu Le did not return to her own bedchamber but instead went to Jingxiu Palace.

Xie Qianyun was in a good mood, humming a little tune as she applied facial cream and body lotion with the help of Palace Attendants.

These were reportedly given by the Empress Dowager.

She had never cared for her body while fighting at the border, but since entering the Imperial Palace and using these products, she felt her skin had become paler and more delicate.

Suddenly, she thought being a concubine wasn’t so bad.

Satisfied with her fragrant self in the mirror, she prepared to go to bed.

"Madam."

A tearful voice suddenly came through.

Xie Qianyun turned her head and saw Liu Le, her eyes red with grievance.

"Madam, the Emperor has driven me out." As soon as she spoke, she couldn’t stop crying.

Xie Qianyun was speechless.

How could this young Emperor be so difficult to please?

Wasn’t it him who said he liked Liu Le the most?!

The person was sent over, and yet he didn’t appreciate it.

The speed at which he changed his mind was faster than turning a page!

"Madam, I said the Emperor could not be easily won over." Liu Le was beyond upset, "How will I face the Emperor in the future?"

"What can’t you face?" Xie Qianyun said indifferently, "I even slept on the same bed with the Emperor, and he didn’t touch me at all. Wasn’t that more awkward? Yet I still face the Emperor as usual."

Liu Le was somewhat shocked.

She looked at Xie Qianyun, asking incredulously, "On your wedding night with the Emperor, you didn’t..."

"No." Xie Qianyun said, "If I had, would sisters need to work so hard? Nanny said the Emperor hasn’t experienced intimacy, which is why he avoids it. Once he tries, he’ll be unstoppable."

Liu Le also understood this reasoning.

But, but she was driven out...

"Don’t be discouraged; the Emperor is naturally hard to deal with; it’s a problem within himself. Besides, of so many concubines, the Emperor choosing you means you’re outstanding," Xie Qianyun comforted.

Liu Le felt somewhat better.

"It’s late, go back and rest." Xie Qianyun advised.

"Yes, I shall withdraw."

Xie Qianyun nodded.

Watching Liu Le’s figure, she couldn’t help but sigh.

Apart from Anqi, is there really nobody else?!

Must she really give Xiao Luming a substitute?

She certainly didn’t want to be this substitute.

Maybe...

Let the concubines try again?!

Being an Empress is really not easy.

...

And in the days that followed.