The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 211: Besieging the capital

And so, during this tense situation, the palace gates were sealed, and only Marquis Moyu could freely come and go.

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The virtuous consort was standing inside Wangyue Building and sneering at the person in the bed. "It's already gotten to this point. Your Majesty, are you still unwilling to help the emperor? Truly, the deep affection that the emperor has shown you was a waste. Are you really going to peacefully rest in Wangyue Building and do nothing while His Majesty's throne is in danger?"

Pengyue softly coughed. Looking at the virtuous consort, she mustered up the strength to sit up. In Yuzhen, she had been a princess that was used to being doted on. How could an abandoned woman like Kangyuan be allowed to climb over her?

"What? It can't be that Your Majesty wants to whip me when you're already in such a poor condition, right?" The virtuous consort disdainfully smiled. "It would already be pretty good if you can stand up. You've been poisoned with Bone Erosion Poison. Your bones will slowly erode little by little. Your Majesty, you better be careful. Otherwise, your leg bones will snap in half."

Leaning against the bed, Pengyue was in so much pain that cold sweat had accumulated over her entire body. Looking at the virtuous consort, she could only clench her jaw and curse, "You poisonous woman!"

"I'm poisonous?" The virtuous consort laughed so much that tears almost came out of her eyes. "How can I compare to you? You're just a princess that inserted yourself halfway into our relationship. What right do you have to request the emperor to not have any consorts in his harem? Did you know that I could have originally entered the palace and be his Majesty's close companion? But, solely because of your words, His Majesty married me to Ning Mingjie. As an abandoned woman, it'll be so difficult for me to receive His Majesty's whole-hearted love. Princess Pengyue, Your Majesty, of the two of us, who's the more poisonous one?"

Pengyue was slightly startled. She lowered her eyes and said, "If you really had a place in the emperor's heart, he wouldn't have married you off to General Ning just because I didn't want him to have a harem."

The virtuous consort angrily retorted, "Nonsense. The emperor and me have known each other since childhood. Every year that I came to the palace for the Lantern Festival, we would spend it together. I was with him during his most difficult times. How could I not be in his heart? It's only because you have Yuzhen. Otherwise, what can you possibly take out to compete with me?"

Pengyue had momentarily frozen in surprise. She finally softly laughed. Yeah, if she didn't have Yuzhen, he wouldn't have chosen her. Now that Yuzhen could no longer help him, he wouldn't come to see her anymore.

She remembered that long ago day. She had stood in front of him in a red outfit. While swinging her whip, she had declared to everyone, "He's the one that I want as my husband. In the future, if anyone dares to bully or insult him, it'll be the same as bullying or insulting me.

She had been so stupid, ah.

As Pengyue continued to laugh, tears started to fall. She slowly lied back down and said, "I won't compete with you for anything. You might as well leave. It'll be the best if you go the emperor's side and keep him company. Yuzhen won't send reinforcements."

The virtuous consort was extremely infuriated. Flinging her sleeve, she left Wangyue Building.

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The capital had been besieged for a month. Because Marquis Moyu had pledged his life to stubbornly resisting Zhangjun's forces and pressured the officials, the capital remained impregnable during this time. However, problems arose when everyone had been trapped in the capital for too long.