HBWnovel Chapter 426: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (176)
Chapter 426: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (176)
Chapter 426 The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (One Hundred and Seventy-six)
Seeing Yuan Qiuli like this, Qi Xingsheng knew that this woman was guilty. With a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, he warned, "Who knows if the baby in your belly is my son's or Qi Baoping's?"
Yuan Qiuli said softly, "According to the date, the child in my belly must be yours."
Qi Xingsheng squeezed the woman's hand hard, causing her to cry out in pain. "Do you think Qi Baoping is stupid? He doesn't even know if he touched you? Regardless of whether this baby is from this prince or not, don't forget that you are his majesty's concubine! Although you were once a dancer in Prince Yong's mansion, you and this prince never met in Qi. It was his majesty, then Prince Ping, who took a fancy to you and raised you outside the mansion. After his majesty ascended the throne, he conferred you the title of Lipin."
The woman felt very aggrieved. "I followed Qi Baoping out of necessity. Please don't be angry, my lord. Before Qi Baoping became emperor, he relied on Princess Ping and treated me badly. He kept Li Niang outside the palace and made me suffer all kinds of grievances. Now he has even sent me to Liang State. He is so cruel. Li Niang's heart has always been with you, my lord!"
Qi Xingsheng said cruelly, "This prince is escorting you to Liang State on the orders of His Majesty. The child in your belly has nothing to do with this prince. If you don't want to die, don't talk nonsense. If His Majesty hears about this, do you think he will get rid of the woman who betrayed him? Or do you want him to kill me, the one who cheated on him?"
Of course Yuan Qiuli didn't want to die. Only the two of them knew about her secret meeting with Qi Xingsheng. She wanted the feeling of having an affair. Besides, Qi Xingsheng was in his prime and much more attractive than Qi Baoping.
Even though she appeared to be deeply in love with the prince, her feelings for him were not yet to the point of being by his side through thick and thin. In front of Emperor Qi Baoping, she dared not show any sign of it.
She was so frightened that she immediately gave in. She didn't mention the baby in her belly. What was the point of mentioning it? The baby in her belly was destined to be the emperor in the future, and the kingdom of Liang would belong to her son.
Thinking of this, Yuan Qiuli no longer wanted to argue with Qi Xingsheng about whether he was the child's biological father.
When Cui Li heard the conversation between the two, she didn't expect that the prince of Qi was also an adulterer!
She thought Yuan Qiuli was pregnant with Qi Xingsheng's child. It seemed that Yuan Qiuli herself didn't know who the father of the child in her belly was.
Tsk tsk tsk, this pair of dogs really made Qi Baoping, the new emperor of Qi, run around in circles.
There was no fun staying here, and Cui Li was about to let Shu Ka take her away when she heard Yuan Qiuli mention her.
"Master, do we really want to keep that woman named 'Cui Li'? She's so strikingly beautiful. Li Niang was originally confident she could replace her, but judging by her appearance, she's truly difficult to replace! Will the Emperor of Liang discover my identity? If I'm easily discovered, how can this child become the Crown Prince of Liang? Wouldn't that ruin the Crown Prince's plan?"
Qi Xingsheng pinched Yuan Qiuli's chin and looked her over carefully. "What? Are you admitting that you're not as pretty as Cui Li? She's the Imperial Consort. If she wasn't stunningly beautiful, how could she have captivated the Emperor so completely?"
Yuan Qiuli was immediately displeased when she heard this. "Why are you still making sarcastic remarks, my Lord? Li Niang knows that I poisoned her and ruined her appearance, which made you unhappy, but Li Niang was also thinking about you!"
Qi Xingsheng smiled sarcastically, "For the sake of this prince?"
Yuan Qiuli argued confidently, "If the real Imperial Noble Consort escapes our control and suddenly reappears, what will I, an imposter, do? I must strike first and destroy her. I'll see if she still has the nerve to claim she's the most beautiful woman in Liang State, the stunning Imperial Noble Consort. No one would believe an ugly woman claiming to be the Imperial Noble Consort!"
Cui Li stood in the shadows and felt the woman's deep malice towards her.
But it is still uncertain who will win in the end.