The prince supports her, and the reborn princess kills people

Little did she know that in Hua Yan's heart, Su Peichang was already on her "stone list".

You damn eunuch, I'm going to start with you tonight!

Shen Qingyan saw her vicious expression and knew what she was thinking. She smiled and said, "Hua Yan, put away your little thoughts and bring the portrait over."

Although Hua Yan was very reluctant to take those shabby portraits, he still took them.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the room was a little depressing.

Qingmei and the others are still happy about the reconciliation between Shen Qingyan and Gu Beihuai, but is this going to end in tragedy?

Shen Qingyan was also nervous, her heart was beating like thunder, but she pretended to be calm as she opened the portraits one by one.

She tried to tell herself that she would have to face this eventually, but when she saw the person in the portrait, she was stunned.

Qingmei and the others were also stunned.

"This, this...how could this happen?"

Shen Qingyan originally thought that the portraits were pictures of peerless beauties, but unexpectedly they showed something else entirely.

Hua Yan's originally murderous look froze, looking a little funny.

Qingmei was the first to react, and said with some surprise: "Your Majesty, the emperor's method can not only shut up those ministers, but also make you feel safe. The emperor is really extraordinary."

Even Hua Yan said something along the lines.

“This method is quite unique…”

Shen Qingyan finally understood why Gu Beihuai asked her to look at the portraits and choose the person. First, it was to prove his feelings to her and put her at ease. Second, he didn't want to see the person in the portrait at all, right?

Zhiyu scratched his head, feeling embarrassed.

"My lady, how do I choose?"

Shen Qingyan was also helpless.

The main thing is that the women in these portraits have their own unique looks, which is really very unique.

They were all women with miserable lives. Some had half of their faces burned by the fire, some were born with birthmarks and ugly faces, some had facial disabilities, and some were missing arms and legs...

Yes, the women in these portraits that Gu Beihuai had people send over were all physically disabled and would never get married.

Some are already in their thirties or forties and plan to live out their lives alone.

In Tianfeng Country, women with physical disabilities or ugly appearances will be discriminated against and unable to get married. Even if they get married, they will be disliked by their husband's family.

Therefore, many such women choose not to marry for life, or become nuns in a nunnery, or even commit suicide.

Of course, the women in the portraits were all born in official families, had no worries about food and clothing, and lived a rich life, but they were treated as shameful people by their families and were locked up all day long.

They would never have thought that one day they would have the opportunity to enter the palace and become concubines.

What Gu Beihuai did was actually killing three birds with one stone. It not only shut up his ministers, but also made Shen Qingyan feel at ease, and also gave those women hope of survival.

Zhiqing looked around and suggested, "Madam, why don't we choose these?"

She selected people with facial defects in order to prevent them from having the opportunity to take away Shen Qingyan's favor with their looks.

Shen Qingyan pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Why not let the emperor take them all into the harem."

what?

Zhiqing was a little confused, "My Lady, isn't this too much?"

There are at least a dozen or twenty of these women. If they were all included in the harem, it would be quite... spectacular.

Shen Qingyan thought about it and asked them to put the portrait away first. "I will discuss it with the emperor when he comes back."

"Yes."

It was almost noon when Gu Beihuai finally came back.

He was not a person who liked to procrastinate, so he finished reviewing the memorials first, so that he could spend the rest of the time fully accompanying Shen Qingyan.

"Yan'er." Gu Beihuai strode in without even having time to change out of his court robes.

"Yan'er, have you seen the portrait?"

He was afraid that Shen Qingyan would get angry about asking her to choose a portrait and not look at it, which would lead to misunderstandings between them.

Shen Qingyan wanted to tell the truth, but then she changed her mind and deliberately turned her head away, pretending to be angry.

"What else is the emperor doing here?"

Gu Beihuai's heart sank, thinking to himself that this was not good.

"Yan'er, I didn't do it on purpose. I just wanted to shut up those ministers. In fact, those portraits..."

"Throw it all away."

Gu Beihuai: "..."

He was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Just as he was about to explain, he saw a corner of the portrait under the table.

Gu Beihuai narrowed his eyes slightly and instantly realized something was wrong.

The portrait had obviously been seen before, and Yan'er was clearly teasing him on purpose.

If an emperor in the past was deceived by his concubine in this way, he would definitely be accused of deceiving the emperor and thrown into the cold palace for making unreasonable troubles, but Gu Beihuai felt that this was the unique interest between the two of them.

He pretended not to know, hugged Shen Qingyan from behind, and said gently: "Yan'er, I know I was wrong, can you forgive me? I apologize to you."

Shen Qingyan hadn't realized that she had been exposed yet, and she said in a serious and sarcastic tone, "How dare I accept your apology? Your Majesty is not wrong, it's me who is wrong. I am narrow-minded and jealous. Your Majesty should not apologize, just punish me directly."

Gu Beihuai was touched by her serious look and couldn't help laughing.

Shen Qingyan was a little angry when she saw this. Okay, I’m angry, but you’re laughing here!

So he pushed people away.

Gu Beihuai refused to give in and hugged the man tightly again.

"Yan'er, are you sure you don't want my apology? Then I will compensate you in other ways."

Shen Qingyan was puzzled, "What method..."

Well, she soon found out.

Gu Beihuai's kiss was so fierce, with such overbearing possessiveness and strong offensive, that Shen Qingyan surrendered immediately.

After the tenderness, Gu Beihuai took out the portrait under the table.

"Didn't Yan'er say to throw it away?"

Shen Qingyan was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

"The Emperor already knew about this!"

Now, her cleverness backfired and she was outsmarted by Gu Beihuai.

Gu Beihuai raised his eyebrows slightly and said calmly: "What should I know?"

Shen Qingyan blushed. When would she be able to defeat Gu Beihuai once?

"Your Majesty only knows how to tease me. I don't want to pay attention to you anymore."

She broke free from Gu Beihuai's arms, became angry and turned away.

Of course, she couldn't walk, and she didn't even have to walk, as she was carried to the warm pool.

Gu Beihuai gave it a nice name: taking a bath, changing clothes, and taking a nap with Shen Qingyan.

There must be something wrong if Shen Qingyan believes him!

Amid the sound of water and the hazy mist, the two people's sweet figures are intertwined.

*

Outside the city, a ruined temple.

Fuling was very busy, taking good care of Mu Weiye who was already in a semi-comatose state.

He was tortured and then left on the ice bed for a long time without anyone taking care of him. In addition, he was exposed to the wind when he came out and now he has a high fever and his condition is extremely critical.

But all the soldiers in the city were searching for their whereabouts. Fuling didn't dare to call a doctor and could only run around to serve Mu Weiye alone.