Crowned by the Treacherous Big Shot

Chapter 766: Chapter 631:

In fact, ever since the Imperial Grandson’s family showed up, Emperor Liang was no longer the cold-blooded emperor she once knew.

She and Emperor Liang had been a couple for many years, yet they never truly understood each other.

Just as she didn’t know about the tenderness he kept hidden, he couldn’t fathom the loneliness she endured in the deep palace.

She handed the medicine bowl to Emperor Liang: "Your Majesty, the medicine is ready. Drink it while it’s hot, or it will get cold in a while."

Emperor Liang drank it, and as soon as he finished, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen.

Clutching his stomach, his whole face contorted into a grimace.

He looked at the Empress and found her grinning malevolently at him.

"You..."

"Hahaha... hahahaha..."

The Empress laughed crazily, stood up, took a few steps back, spread her arms, and began to wander around the room.

Emperor Liang clutched his stomach, feeling as if it were being cut by a knife, and looked at her coldly and suspiciously: "Why did you harm me?"

"Why?"

The Empress laughed until tears came out, "Because you killed the person I loved most! Do you know that initially, I had no desire to marry into the Prince Qin Mansion at all! I had already pledged a lifelong commitment with him. It was your Prince Qin Mansion that broke us apart, forcing me to be separated from him! He was loyal and devoted to you, assisting you wholeheartedly to establish your empire, yet in the end, you had him killed! Where is your conscience?"

Having been King Qin for years before becoming Emperor, Liang had faced numerous betrayals, but he never expected his wife to stab him in the back.

The marriage was a union arranged by their two powerful families, driven by parental orders and matchmaking.

How could he have known about her affair with Hu Lie?

If he had known, with his pride, he would have defied his father and never married her.

Of course, now that he was half-buried in earth, discussing these seemed pointless and pretentious.

How wonderful, truly wonderful!

"Someone! Send the Empress to the Cold Palace!"

Emperor Liang ordered.

Eunuch Yu hurriedly entered the room, looked at the Empress laughing maniacally and Emperor Liang in agony, and rushed over in shock: "Your Majesty! Someone! Protect His Majesty!"

Little Dezi brought a few sturdy eunuchs into the room, seized the Empress, and took her away.

Emperor Liang took a deep breath: "Bai Qi, get out here for me!"

"No, I insist on coming over!"

The Miao King, with hands on hips, swaggered into Emperor Liang’s bedchamber.

Emperor Liang gritted his teeth: "Is this your doing again?"

The Miao King rolled his eyes.

Seeing this, Eunuch Yu quickly slipped away: "I’ll go fetch the Imperial Physician!"

The Miao King said, "So you can see her true face!"

Emperor Liang, seething with rage, said, "So you distracted all my people and watched her poison me?"

The Miao King waved his hand: "I switched it with croton seeds! At worst, you’ll have diarrhea for three days and three nights!"

Emperor Liang’s eyes widened in anger: "You might as well not have switched it!"

If it were real poison, he would have detected it by now.

But it was croton seeds, a purgative—

The Miao King rolled his eyes to the sky.

Emperor Liang narrowed his eyes: "Are you seeking revenge on me?"

The last time in the Imperial Study Room, the Miao King had given him croton seeds, but he didn’t take the bait. The Miao King, Duke Jiang, and Mr. Zi Wu accidentally drank it themselves.

"I’m not, don’t accuse me of being petty!"

The Miao King denied it three times.

"I’m going to kill you!"

Overcome with anger, Emperor Liang threw off the covers, got out of bed, grabbed the treasure sword from the rack, and slashed at the Miao King without saying another word.

The Miao King trembled: "Ah! Murder!"

He waved his arms and ran away—

Emperor Liang chased to the door, anger overwhelming him, and he fell onto the doorstep.

"Your Majesty!"

Consort Jiang, carrying a food box, came to visit Emperor Liang, and happened upon this scene.

She was shocked, dropped the food box into the hands of a maid, and almost flew to Emperor Liang’s side, tightly grasping his hand: "Your Majesty!"

Emperor Liang’s complexion was deathly pale.

Half from injury, half from the Miao King’s antics.

"Your Majesty, speak to me! Don’t scare me!"

Consort Jiang was extremely worried.

Her concern was genuine.

Looking at Consort Jiang, who had "fought" with him all his life, Emperor Liang suddenly felt immensely emotional.

Thinking the gentle wife devoted to him had betrayed him.

While the fierce consort, who always gave him a hard time, sincerely worried for him.

He was wrong.

Terribly wrong.

"I’m fine..."

He calmed himself and patted Consort Jiang’s shoulder reassuringly.

Consort Jiang nearly burst into tears: "You scared me to death—I almost thought I wouldn’t get my Silver—you didn’t write me an IOU—"

Emperor Liang spat blood: "...!!"

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The Empress’s affair with Hu Lie was far beyond Emperor Liang’s expectations.

But for the dignity of the Imperial Family, Emperor Liang planned to let this secret rot in his stomach.

He didn’t want to delve into who led the Empress to confront him and enticed her to commit the capital offense.