To Be a Mighty Empress, Or Not to Be - C104

“How do you know?” Li Mu asked in a low voice.

Shi Anran smiled lightly, and didn’t think about telling him the truth either. She deliberately said, “Because I came down from the heavens, so I know the past and the future, is Third Prince satisfied with the answer?”

Li Mu looked at the girl in front of him with a smile that was not a smile, what she said was the best case scenario, he took a deep breath and nodded: “I believe you …”

Third Prince would also be one of the last contestants in the competition, and the Crown Prince would be the best of the best.

The emperor sighed lightly. “Third brother, you’ve come …”

Li Mu remembered what Shi Anran had just said in her heart, she walked down the stage and headed towards the emperor. At this time, a flying dart flew out from nowhere and headed straight for the emperor, and Li Mu practically pounced forward to block it without hesitation, with a groan: “There’s an assassin, protect father!”

In an instant, the entire place was in chaos, no one knew where this dart came from, in a blink of an eye, a Consort Candidate dressed in emerald palace robes pulled out her sword, wanting to attack again.

When Li Mu fought with her, he had his arm cut ruthlessly. A few black clad men flew out from the crowd and fought with the imperial guards, scaring the servants into screaming.

“It’s really the opposite!” The Emperor reached out his arms to embrace the Third Prince. “What are you all doing? Hurry up and ask for the imperial physician!”

The guard led by Xiang Rongcheng rushed over and quickly captured the man in black, “In the future, your majesty, please forgive me!”

“Forget it, lock them up and interrogate them one by one.” The emperor said with a heavy expression.

Unexpectedly, the black-clothed man clenched his teeth and took the poison, grabbed the Consort Candidate’s chin with one hand and forced the poison that was just brought to his mouth to be spat out: “Speak, who was the one who instructed you to do this?”

“Heh …” Consort Candidate glanced at him coldly.

Li Ruolan calmed her emotions, walked over and asked condescendingly: “Are you the one who released the poisonous snakes from the storage palace?”

Consort Candidate spat at her: “So what if I am? All of you deserve to die … ”

Li Ruolan slapped him: “How can the palace allow you to cause such a ruckus? “You dragged it down and killed me!”

“Wait!” Xiang Rongcheng stopped her, then turned and bowed to the emperor. “Your majesty, the assassins mixed together with the Consort Candidate, entering the palace to assassinate him, perhaps you have some accomplices. This humble general thinks that we should force our way into this matter, otherwise, it would be hard for subject matter to calm down.”

When he said that, Xiang Rongcheng was actually thinking about Shi Anran. His heart was unsettled, but it was because Shi Anran was also in such a dangerous place in the Imperial Palace.

The emperor’s eyes were filled with seriousness. “I also have the same intention.”

Following that, Consort Candidate looked at them fiercely, and then bit down hard, blood flowing out of the corner of her mouth, and actually bit her tongue to commit suicide. In her previous life, after Shi Anran died, she didn’t know if this matter had been investigated, but who was the real mastermind?

The Third Prince was sent to the Palace, which was the emperor’s usual residence. The princes looked at each other in surprise.

“Father, how is Third Brother?” The Crown Prince asked anxiously.

The Emperor’s heart that was hanging on his chest slowly sank. “Fortunately, my heart wasn’t injured. You brothers should take care of him more.”

The other princes nodded in agreement, “This son shall obey!”

After Consort Candidate, who was biting her tongue to commit suicide, bore the burden of the poisonous snakes, Li Ruoxue visibly heaved a sigh of relief, but at the same time, she became even more arrogant.

In the afternoon, the Consort Candidate was playing in the courtyard.

“Shi Anran, tell me, you are just a small daughter, what right do you have to be chosen into the Consort Candidate?” Li Ruoxue hugged his arms and said to her with a smile that was not a smile.

Hearing that, Shi Anran replied without looking up: “Could it be that everyone relied on relationships to get here?” If not for Imperial Noble Consort Lan, she would not have been able to become one.

“You’re slandering me!” Li Ruoxue was immediately infuriated.

“Little sister, why are you so excited? Anran didn’t say that she entered the palace through relationships.” Shi Anran smiled faintly, it was as warm as spring wind, but her gaze was extremely cold.

Li Ruoxue poured the scalding tea she was holding onto her. Fortunately, Shi Anran was prepared for it, as she quickly dodged and poured it on the little palace maid’s arm, she cried out in pain.

“What happened?” Li Ruolan was followed by a long line of female servants, slowly walking towards the storage palace.

Unexpectedly, Li Ruoxue was the first to complain, “Please make the decision, esteemed imperial concubine!”

“Get up.”

“This Shi Anran is going too far, the imperial concubine should have taught her well.” For people with the same heart as the two sisters, even if it was Li Ruoxue’s fault, who could do anything to them?

Li Ruolan’s scrutinized gaze fell on Shi Anran: “You are the Consort Candidate who made tea for the emperor at the imperial garden last time?”

“Yes …”

“What is it? Did he really think he could make the emperor look at him in a different light just by relying on this? Before you leave the Palace, all of you are just Consort Candidate. If you are so presumptuous right now, what will happen if you become master in the future? ” After Li Ruolan finished speaking, she thought for a while and said, “Then I’ll punish you to clean up everything outside of the storage palace, all the way to the Supreme Harmony Palace!”

When all the Consort Candidate s thought that Shi Anran would make use of her glib tongue to beat up Imperial Noble Consort Lan and Li Ruoxue, she instead blessed herself and calmly accepted it: “Anran obeys!”

Shi Anran, who hadn’t even eaten lunch yet, was still cleaning up. Li Ruoxue carried a plate of melon seeds and threw it away as she walked, “Aiya, Big Sis, you have to clean up a bit more. Otherwise, Imperial Noble Consort Lan might not be happy about it.

Shi Anran did not bother with her and continued to scan the ground. Xiu Er felt sorry for her: “Master, now that Master Li has gone, you can rest. Let this servant take care of these menial tasks.”

Shi Anran smiled amicably: “It’s fine, I have done these before in my residence, it was just a simple physical action, I won’t waste any energy.”

Besides, what about fortune and disaster? Shi Anran looked at the sunset.

The sun quickly set and the palace inner courtyard was completely quiet. Only Shi Anran was still calmly sweeping the ground, and everyone knew that this was the Consort Candidate that was being punished by the Imperial Noble Consort Lan, so no one dared to help her. Hong Ling also hid in her room and did not come out. After all, she did not have any background, and was not a smart person, even though she felt indignant for Shi Anran, she did not dare to offend the Imperial Noble Consort Lan.

“Mistress, you must be starving. This servant will go to the kitchen to get some food. Mistress is waiting here for me.” Xiu Er put down the broom and ran off.

Around a hundred stone steps were scattered with leaves, Shi Anran swept and sat down, picked up a clean leaf and brushed off the dust on the surface, then blew out a tune lightly.

If her mother was still alive, perhaps her path wouldn’t have been so difficult. Right now, she had to rely on herself to walk on everything, even the road in the future.

On the high platform, the emperor, who was about to go to bed, stopped when he heard this special song. He raised his hand to stop the palace maids behind him, then slowly walked over. A petite girl dressed in a green Consort Candidate Palace attire was sitting on the stone steps, holding onto the leaves and playing with it. She was looking at the full moon in the night sky, her eyes sparkling.