Hibiscus Tent: The Prime Minister’s palm is reborn

Gao Hao slowly opened his eyes in the darkness.

"you're awake."

A sudden sound startled him, but he saw the person sitting beside the couch smiling at him very gently, with a beauty so stunning that she looked like a fox, ghost or flower demon that could seduce people and take their lives in the middle of the night.

After being surprised, Gao Hao felt a little panicked, and his eyes darted around as if trying to find something.

"Don't look for them. No one will come." Liang Qian pursed her lips and explained patiently, "They won't be able to wake up for a while."

After saying that, she turned her eyes to look at her hands.

Gao Hao couldn't help but follow her gaze until he saw the cup of tea, his expression complicated and unclear.

"You...want to kill me?"

Liang Qian nodded gently: "Yes, I wanted you to live a few more days, but unfortunately things change so fast. If I leave you like this, how can I leave with peace of mind?"

Those were clearly murderous words, but she said them so lightly.

"Why? Didn't I do everything you asked?" Gao Hao swallowed hard, "You, I will give you whatever you want, as long as you spare my life."

"Are you negotiating terms with me?" Liang Qian smiled and shook her head: "But what else do you have left except your life?"

Gao Hao opened his eyes wide and tried his best to sit up, but his limbs were completely out of control.

He turned his head and shouted towards the outside of the hall, but after a long while, there was still no one in sight.

The shouting took all his strength.

Gao Hao stared at Liang Qian with his eyes wide open, his mouth open, only breathing heavily.

Liang Qian looked at him coldly and handed the cup to him: "Drink."

Gao Hao closed his eyes resignedly: "...Why?"

Liang Qian said calmly: "Once, you wanted the throne, and I granted you your wish. Now, I am just here to take away what you owe me."

Gao Hao knew he couldn't avoid it, so he pulled his lips together and smiled.

Liang Qian watched quietly.

Gao Hao stared at the teacup in front of him and grabbed the wrist that was extended to him.

Liang Qian couldn't defend herself and some of the tea spilled out.

Gao Hao didn't care. He looked up at her seriously and said, "Liang Qian, in this year of getting along, have you ever liked me?"

Liang Qian frowned and looked at the person on the bed with a strange expression: "Gao Hao——"

Gao Hao interrupted with a smile: "Not even a moment...?"

I still remember that in Hanzhang Palace, she told me that among all the descendants of Emperor Shenwu, she was the most outstanding.

That's why she chose him and helped him to ascend to the throne.

It turns out it was all a lie.

There was nothing but deception between them from beginning to end.

"I am obviously the best one, why did you choose him in the end?"

Liang Qian didn't understand.

Gao Hao said no more. He smiled awkwardly, held Liang Qian's wrist, closed his eyes and drank the tea.

When the cup was empty, he let go and lay there exhausted.

Liang Qian put down the cup, glanced coldly at Gao Hao, stood up and left.

"Liang Qian, I coaxed you for so long, lied to you for so long, and told you so many lies, but... whether you believe it or not, what I told you in the cabin was true."

Liang Qian frowned, looked back, thought about it, and finally said nothing.

When the funeral bell rang, Liang Qian was already standing outside the palace.

Before dawn.

Gao Zihong lay in Wei Zhen'er's arms and slept soundly.

The sudden noise did not wake up the person in her arms, but it frightened Wei Zhen'er so much that her eyes turned red and filled with tears.

"he--"

Liang Qian frowned and urged: "Let's go."

Wei Zhen'er lowered her head, looked in the direction of the imperial palace, then looked back at Liang Qian, biting her lip, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Can I——"

"No, Wei Zhen'er, you and Gao Zihong are already dead."

Wei Zhen'er lowered her head and tears fell silently.

Liang Qian sighed slightly: "Before we leave, I will tell you something."

Wei Zhen'er raised her head and looked at her with tearful eyes.

Liang Qian asked, "Do you still remember the palace maid who reported me for pushing Lu Wanying into the water that day?"

When talking about this matter, Wei Zhen'er felt aggrieved and her tears flowed even harder.

A perfectly normal birthday party turned out to be a disaster for her, causing her to lose favor and almost lose her life.

Wei Zhen'er sniffed and hesitated: "The one from Yaohua Palace is called... Dujuan?"

Liang Qian nodded slightly: "Do you really think she is Lu Wanying's?"

Wei Zhen'er's tears stopped and she stared at Liang Qian blankly, feeling a chill in her heart.

She always thought that the Lord was deceived.

She had resented Lu Wanying, Yuan Yun'e, and Liang Qian...

In the end, the person who should be blamed was actually the person she loved wholeheartedly.

"Why? Why would he do this to me?"

Wei Zhen'er was crying and laughing.

Liang Qian looked at her in silence.

I suddenly remembered what the Grand Tutor said to me before he died.

He said: Nannan, if you really want to be with him, stay away from the palace.

She hadn't fully understood it before, but now she did.

Just as Liang Qian was lost in thought, Wei Zhen'er hugged Gao Zihong and turned away without any reluctance.

"Empress Dowager?" Gong Yangjing glanced at the thin figure leaving and took two steps forward.

Liang Qian nodded.

Gong Yangjing followed the order.

Everyone knows that Sun Liangping had evil intentions and wanted to poison the emperor, but the poison was taken by the third prince Gao Zihong by mistake...

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In the early autumn morning, the air is filled with a chill tinged with dew.

Lu Wanying was sitting on a futon in a plain robe.

The room was dark and simple. Apart from a cushion and a small lamp, there was nothing else in it. It could be said to be empty.

Whether it was the rustling sound of sweeping the floor in the yard or the endless sound of the wooden fish, she could no longer bear it!

"…Toffee."

Ruizhu walked in quietly from outside and glanced cautiously at the face of the person sitting there.

It has been nearly half a month since I came to Yuetai Temple. The concubine would start to fight and smash things whenever she disagreed with something, regardless of what was at hand. She would just smash whatever she could get her hands on.

Her forehead is still swollen.

Lu Wanying opened her eyes suddenly and glared at him fiercely: "Don't call me Concubine!"

Ruizhu immediately knelt down and confessed her fault: "It was my fault."

News came from the palace this morning that the emperor had passed away.

Lu Wanying gritted her teeth in hatred.

"What's the matter? Tell me now!"

Ruizhu then looked up and said, "The person you want to see is here."

Lu Wanying frowned, then smiled again: "Why don't you bring the person in?"

Ruizhu responded.

After a while, a woman in simple clothes followed Ruizhu over the threshold.

Ruizhu led the person over and stepped aside.

The woman bowed respectfully and said, "I pay my respects to the Concubine Dowager."

Lu Wanying looked at her lazily: "It seems that you are living well in Lu's company."

The woman raised her head slightly and bowed again: "If it weren't for you, my Lord and the Concubine Dowager, I and my child would have died long ago. I have no way to repay this kindness."

"Get up."

Lu Wanying slowly smiled and signaled Ruizhu with her eyes, and Ruizhu took another cushion.

After thanking him, the woman sat down.

Lu Wanying looked at her for a while and asked quietly, "Do you want revenge?"