Romance of the Resurrected Crown Princess and the Cold-blooded Wolf King

“Here arrives the imperial edict. Consort Qin shall come and receive it.”

Qin Shushuang seemed to have anticipated the arrival of the imperial edict. She had been well dressed up and waited on the seat of honor in the Jinxiu Palace. Hearing the voice of Eunuch Wang, Qin Shushuang stood up and flattened her luxurious clothes before kneeling slowly.

“Pursuant to the Mandate from Heaven, the Emperor hereby makes the announcement. Qin Shushuang has a vicious temper, manipulates power for personal ends in the harem, fails to educate her daughter well and disobeys the women’s virtues. From today onwards, she shall be reduced to an ordinary woman with her title of the consort abolished and sent into the cold palace. She mustn’t get out of the cold palace from now on. Respect this.”

“I hereby receive the imperial edict. Thank you, Your Majesty.” Qin Shushuang took the imperial edict calmly and expressed her gratitude with a kowtow.

Eunuch Wang looked at the exceedingly composed Qin Shushuang and shook his head inwardly. She shouldn’t have made the mistake. Now, not only her title but also Princess Yuehua’s title was removed.

After getting out of the Jinxiu Palace, Eunuch Wang directly rushed to the mansion of Huangfu Jing’s husband–Marquis Yong’an.

“Here arrives the imperial edict. Princess Yuehua shall receive it.”

All the family members of Marquis Yong’an knelt in the hall to receive the imperial edict. Of course, Huangfu Jing knelt in front.

“Pursuant to the Mandate from Heaven, the Emperor hereby makes the announcement. Huangfu Jing–Princess Yuehua, as an imperial family member, deliberately broke the law by playing a dirty trick and doing away with a witness. She should be severely punished but given that she is remorseful, her honorary title shall be removed and she shall become an ordinary woman. Respect this.”

Huangfu Jing slumped on the ground with a pale face. She was done. Her father was really so ruthless to reduce her to an ordinary woman.

Eunuch Wang took a look at the dejected Huangfu Jing and heaved a sigh. This only daughter of the emperor should be a prestigious woman but she just didn’t cherish what she had. Now, she was nothing but an ordinary woman. Without the identity as the princess and the backing of Consort Qin, she wouldn’t live a good life in Marquis Yong’an’s mansion in the future.

“Marchioness Yong’an, please receive the imperial edict!”

Hearing that, Huangfu Jing took the imperial edict with both hands tremblingly, “I hereby receive the imperial edict. Thank you, Your Majesty.”

In the Longxiang Palace.

Huangfu Cang looked at Long Ri kneeling on the ground and asked, “Have you found her yet?”

Long Ri hung his head with guilt, “I’m too incompetent.” They had searched everywhere but they just couldn’t find Princess Qinglian.

Huangfu Cang waved his hand and said, “Enough. Stop looking for now.” Xi should be fine.

“It’ll be my 60th birthday tomorrow. Send people to guard all the palaces. I don’t want anything to go wrong.”

“Yes.” Long Ri lowered his head to take the order again.

“Besides, dispatch two people to guard the cold palace. The three other empires will send their representatives to our empire. You must watch that place well.”

“Yes.”

“Okay. You can leave now.” Huangfu Cang waved at Long Ri.

“I’ll excuse myself then,” Long Ri said and then disappeared in the Longxiang Palace.

Huangfu Cang lay on the throne with fatigue. If possible, he really didn’t want to pass the heavy burden to that kid. It was too exhausting to rule an empire. It would be his 60th birthday tomorrow. He wondered whether she would get out of the Longyin Hall by then.

Duanmu Xi in the space of void had been totally focused on the training now.

“Feng, why do you ask Mistress to become a level-nine Wind Spiritual Deity before you take her out?” Hongling leaned against the cyan dragon’s arms and asked in confusion.

The cyan dragon wore an attractive smile, “You are already a level-seven mythical creature now. If my level is too low, how can I protect you?”

“You are a level-nine mythical creature, much higher than me. How can you be lower than me?” Hongling was even more confused.

The cyan dragon tightened his arms around Hongling, “Silly, I don’t want to be parted from you anymore.” They had been separated for too long. He didn’t want to live such a lonely life anymore.

Hongling suddenly looked at the cyan dragon and said in shock, “You want to contract with Mistress.” Only when he contracted with Mistress would his level become lower. No wonder he asked Mistress to cultivate the wind spiritual power.

The cyan dragon looked at Hongling and said smilingly, “Yes, isn’t it lovely? In this way, we can always stay together!”

Hongling buried her head in the cyan dragon’s arms, “It’s a good idea but somehow you have to sacrifice a lot.” He was the leader of the four mythical creatures but now he intended to contract with a human. Although her mistress was quite nice, she still felt it was too unfair for him.

The cyan dragon rubbed against the top of Hongling’s hair gently, “I’m fine with it. She is qualified to be my mistress.” She was destined to be the mistress of the four mythical creatures. Nobody could change it.

Lanze looked at the loving couple and somewhat envied them. Then, it glanced at the Tianlu Beast, which was too young for it. As to the Unicorn, it was lovely and enchanting but it was not Lanze’s type. Lanze still preferred the sassy type. They could bicker once in a while. Speaking of the sassy type, it thought of Ying that was still unconscious.

“Who knows the pool is yours? Did you carve your name on it…” At that time, Ying pointed fingers at it fiercely! It really wondered when she would wake up.

In the cold palace.

Qin Shushuang dressed in plain clothes sat before the mirror dully. The luxurious clothes she wore in the morning were already gone.

Unexpectedly, she had lived as a distinguished lady before and now, she was reduced to being an ordinary woman. Back then, she married the then crown prince as the legitimate daughter of the general. It was such an honor. Although she was a side consort just like Liu Xinmei, he still adored her a lot. She even gave birth to two children for him. Since when did the affection between them become different?

It was that woman. Since he took that woman into the mansion, he had never paid attention to her or even gone to her room anymore.

How much did he love that woman to make an emperor dismiss the harem for her and only keep two consorts who had born children for him?

And the two consorts were conferred as Consort Qin and Consort Liu simply based on their family names! He just didn’t care at all! On the contrary, she was conferred as Empress Huiyuan of Shengxiao, which meant sacredness, filial piety and kindness. Almost all the beautiful words were granted to her. Even though she was dead for more than twenty years, he had never forgotten her for a single day.

The door was opened with a squeak, which interrupted Qin Shushuang’s reminiscence.

Liu Xinmei asked the two palace maids to stay outside the hall while she walked inside with a pastry hamper. She stared at Qin Shushuang who was sitting before the mirror, saying with a grin, “Sister Qin, I’m paying you a visit.”

Qin Shushuang looked at Liu Xinmei who was dressed up and sneered, “Visit me? You must be here to laugh at me!”

Liu Xinmei’s smile stiffened and said with grievances, “How can you say that? I’m here to visit you out of kindness. How can you wrong me?”

Qin Shushuang snorted, “Humph! Wrong you? It is because you fanned the flames aside that I became like this, isn’t it?”

Hearing that, Liu Xinmei decided not to feign innocence anymore. The grievances on her face were replaced by mockery, “Qin Shushuang, do you think you are still Consort Qin? How dare you talk back to me?”

Qin Shushuang’s lips curved into a snort, “Humph! What is the difference between you and me living in the cold palace?”

Whether she was Consort Qin or an ordinary woman didn’t make any difference to her at all. When that woman was taken into the mansion, Qin Shushuang had been cold-shouldered. And it was the same case for Consort Liu.

“You know that you are an ordinary woman living in the cold palace. How can you compare yourself with me? I’m the person-in-charge of the imperial harem now.” Liu Xinmei raised her head high just like a proud peacock.

“Haha… The person-in-charge of the imperial harem… It’s so hilarious!” Qin Shushuang burst out laughing.

“Why are you laughing?” Liu Xinmei frowned. What was the woman’s problem?

Qin Shushuang slowly stopped laughing and turned to look at Liu Xinmei, “Why am I laughing? I’m laughing at you because you are daydreaming. The person-in-charge of the imperial harem? Is there still the imperial harem? You are in charge of you only!”

Qin Shushuang’s words rendered Liu Xinmei speechless but she refuted quickly, “Anyway, I’m better than you. At least, at his 60th birthday celebration, only I will stay by his side.”

Hearing that, Qin Shushuang immediately put on a long face and clenched her fists. She didn’t feel pain at all even though her fingers sank into her palms. Moments later, she finally looked at Liu Xinmei slowly and said rigidly, “Liu Xinmei, what right do you have to stay by his side?”

Hearing that, Liu Xinmei also looked shocked and pointed at Qin Shushuang, shouting angrily, “Qin Shushuang, what do you mean?”

Qin Shushuang snorted, “What do I mean? Do you think your affair with Chief Elder is not found by anyone?”

Liu Xinmei was greatly astonished to hear that. With her black eyes immediately gleaming in panic, she said in a trembling voice, “What… What are you talking about? I don’t understand…”

Qin Shushuang snorted, “You don’t understand? On the first day of this month, what filthy thing did you do in the Zhaoyang Palace with Chief Elder?”

“How… How did you know?” Liu Xinmei was extremely frightened now. If this was found by others, she would be sentenced to death for sure!

“The day has eyes, the night has ears. Since you dare to have an affair with him, you should know you would be found one day.” Qin Shushuang took a dismissive glance at Liu Xinmei. How could such a woman deserve to be with him?

The man in black hidden in the dark heard their conversation, his eyes glistening with fierceness. He wondered whether such a big scandal was a good thing for the emperor or not.

A glimmer of killing intent flashed across Liu Xinmei’s eyes. She directly rushed forward and gripped Qin Shushuang’s jaws, saying fiercely, “Those who know too much generally die early.”

After saying that, Liu Xinmei took out a red pill from her arms and threw it into Qin Shushuang’s mouth before releasing her.

Upon being released, Qin Shushuang immediately tried to get the thing out of her mouth.

“It won’t work. The pill melts once it gets into your mouth. Now, the poison has entered your internal organs. You are done,” Liu Xinmei glimpsed Qin Shushuang and said coldly.

“Um…” Qin Shushuang felt suffocated and her mouth was immediately full of blood.

“You… You wicked woman. You must rot in hell,” Qin Shushuang pointed at Liu Xinmei and said with much effort, her hands shivering.

“Rest assured. I won’t die. When my son ascends the throne, I will be the empress dowager, the supreme woman of the empire.” Liu Xinmei cast a glance at Qin Shushuang who started to bleed from all the seven openings of her head and sneered arrogantly, “Since you are dying, I will tell you one more secret.”

Then, Liu Xinmei leaned over and whispered to Qin Shushuang. Qin Shushuang widened her eyes with her face full of shock. She even died with her eyes wide open.

Liu Xinmei looked at Qin Shushuang’s miserable look of death and burst into laughter.

Now, Liu Xinmei still didn’t know the secret she had just revealed had been clearly overheard by the man in black hidden in the darkness.