Chapter 179 - 132
"Mother, please have them withdraw. The rest, just leave it to Lan’er."
Yelyu Nalan wore a thin, sensual garment, despite it being the depths of winter. She seemed unfazed by the cold, defiantly displaying her voluptuous figure to everyone present.
Undeniably, Yelyu Nalan was indeed beautiful.
It was not an ostentatious and striking beauty, but rather a demure charm that instinctively elicited pity.
Furthermore, her body had been developed far too early, leading to better maturation.
The Queen lowered her eyes in disdain at the girl kneeling before her.
Nothing but a worthless scrap, if her precious Yao’er didn’t fancy her, she would have long been banished from the palace.
Yet her tone was gentle, "Lan’er, do not betray my trust in you."
Yelyu Nalan lightly bit her lip.
How could she not understand the Queen’s intention?
Her third brother was becoming more uncontrollable; his reputation among the populace was soaring.
The first step to utterly destroying him was to ruin his good name completely.
How could someone who could recklessly harm his own half-sister gain the trust of the people in the future?
The Queen’s move was ruthless.
She intended for the third brother to never raise his head again in dignity.
Had he not relied on his own ability to reach where he was today?
Then she would destroy him with her own hands!
He, Yelyu Lie, was still just a bastard, a joke.
That’s all it took; if the Queen wished, she could destroy him!
Due to previous national warfare, the Queen hadn’t acted, but this time, the third brother’s Jifeng injured the Queen’s beloved son, the Ninth Prince...
This was her fury; she was determined to make him worse than death.
If it had been before, Yelyu Nalan certainly wouldn’t have done it!
No one knew how much she admired that great hero; such love gradually twisted, but she had already tried hard to control it!
Until that Princess from the Central Plains appeared...
Only then did she realize she...
He was heartless; he could not blame her for being unkind!
If she couldn’t have his heart, having his body would suffice.
She hoped that one day, when everyone abandoned him, he would accept her...
"Rest assured, Queen. Lan’er knows it all. But concerning the third brother, I’m afraid he cannot be maneuvered..."
Her implication was right there in the great hall.
The Queen lowered her gaze at her, a sarcastic curve pulling at her lips, "Lan’er truly has some means; no wonder Yao’er is so attentive to you."
The Queen’s words terrified Yelyu Nalan.
Afraid her great hero would hear!
She glanced fearfully at the man behind her, finding he had lost all strength, trying to rise from the ground, kicking the hall doors, but was forcibly bounced back, falling, unable to climb up.
He did not want the third brother to know of his embarrassing past!
Afraid to respond, she hurriedly diverted the topic, "The effect of the poisonous insect is likely to surface; how about... moving the third brother to Lan’er’s palace?"
The Queen’s lips twitched; she had truly never seen a woman with such a thick skin.
Lusting after a man to such an extent, without the slightest concealment, truly...
Cluck.
Cheap for this little wretch.
"Come, carry General Yelyu to Nalan’s Chuxiu Palace."
Dare harm her son, then do not blame her for being ruthless!
Anyway, regarding the Bianliao warfare...
"Boom—"
Four or five eunuchs were preparing to approach the increasingly debilitated man, who refused to let anyone near.
Unexpectedly, the palace doors were suddenly slammed open.
Outside the door stood a woman dressed in white Western Regions attire, followed by a dozen individuals who had used logs to forcefully open the palace doors!
"Who dares touch my son?!"
Ayimu had never dreamed that her spiritedly clever son would dash here because he feared she would suffer!
Had she forgotten to tell him that one should not be unguarded against others?
Or had he already grown to be so arrogant, dismissing anyone?
Ayimu was both furious, yet could not blame him.
She glanced at the man beside her, "Are you still not taking the General away? In this state, it would sure damage the Queen’s reputation. To indulge in such depravity, not even sparing a child!"
"How dare you?!"
Today the Queen summoned Yelyu Lie secretly, instructing that eunuch to use the most inconspicuous side entrance of the Royal Palace.
But she perceived that Western Regions woman’s aloof and detached manner, indifferent to affairs.
In reality, how could the moments in this palace escape her notice?