Quick Transmigration: Irresistible Beauty
Chapter 150 - 150: Loyal Maid Who Died Because of Beauty (20)

Those two women—the late emperor's empress and the adoptive mother—were both mountains that Lu Heng was pressed under. And both women were not his biological mothers.

Moreover, after becoming the emperor, Bo Ying kept reminding him of the words, "Legitimate and illegitimate have clear honor and inferiority."

What does this mean? It means that he was not his imperial father's legitimate child but an illegitimate one, so he has to know the difference between superiority and inferiority, the difference between honor and dishonor.

Lu Heng really hates it when others talk about his past. Even if he were adopted by his imperial father's favorite concubine, it would still not change his past experiences or how he was born to be who he is today. He is still his imperial father's illegitimate child, not born of the empress.

Even if Lu Heng wanted to refuse Bo Ying directly, Bo Ying would definitely refute him by saying that the imperial family has its own family laws, made by his own ancestors and now passed down to him. If he were to refuse Bo Ying's "suggestion", would it not mean that he simply did not care about the rules set by his ancestors as soon as he had ascended the throne?

So, for now, Lu Heng could only delay this "suggestion" euphemistically by saying that he would think about it. However, this delay could not be too long. Otherwise, other problems would inevitably arise.

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When Yi Yan happened to learn about Lu Heng's predicament, she thought that this might be her only chance to stay in a high position.

Ever since Yi Yan was not liked by Lu Heng, she has been ridiculed and pulled down by others. Yi Yan's mentality has completely turned upside down since then, and in her view, the world is cold. Only by stabilizing her own position could she live a better life in the future.

The third prince's concubines will soon be assorted according to Lu Heng's decision when he settled the matters of the empress dowagers of the Jin Dynasty. If there had been no change in the past when the relationship between her and Lu Heng was still very good, then Yi Yan would never feel so much in a hurry as now. But everything in the present is still different after all.

Yi Yan does not have a strong natal family or any clansmen that can contribute to the Jin Dynasty to strengthen her own position. She could only barely call the late emperor's empress "aunt", who was her biological mother's cousin. Now, this aunt of hers was stuck in the Palace of Great Benevolence and could not go out to help her (Yi Yan) at all.

Now, only that vixen, Yue Ran, who was continuously loved by Lu Heng, would not worry about her own future position at all since it was guaranteed for her to get a high one. If she, Yi Yan, were to have a lower position than that of Yue Ran, her life might be over just like this.

Knowing that Lu Heng was stumped by this incident and that it was difficult for him to make a decision, Yi Yan instantly knew what to do. She felt like she could fix her own position as long as she did this. She would not let others, especially Yue Ran, step on or over her head!

Therefore, Yi Yan came into the Palace of Heavenly Purity to convince Lu Heng to make a deal.

When Lu Heng heard that Yi Yan had come to find him, he felt a little surprised, and then a sneer came onto his face. Yi Yan must come to find him to help plead for her aunt.

"Let her in," Lu Heng said in a lazy tone as he flipped over the official documents on the table.

Yi Yan walked inside and bent over to salute the young man. Her current self had to be cautious with her every step since she was not favored by this young man anymore.

"I, your servant, greet Your Majesty, the emperor," Yi Yan said.

"Get up," Lu Heng said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Yi Yan said in reply. Seeing that the former young man that she loved had become the emperor and that the close relationship that she previously had with him had since long disappeared, Yi Yan had mixed feelings when she faced him straight like this.

"Why did you suddenly come to find me today?" Lu Heng asked knowingly while acting as if he were oblivious to anything in the world. "Is there something wrong, or is there something you need from me?"

"No, Your Majesty," Yi Yan replied. "I, your servant, only heard that Your Majesty was troubled by the problem with my aunt, and so I have come to help solve Your Majesty's worries."

"Oh? You, solve my worries?" Lu Heng asked. "Did you not come to intercede for your aunt?"

Lu Heng originally thought that Yi Yan wanted to intercede for that woman in the Palace of Great Benevolence, but now it seems that he has thought wrong. She does not have this meaning.

"I had come here not to intercede for my aunt but to solve the troubles of Your Majesty so that Your Majesty would not have any worries," Yi Yan said again to reassure Lu Heng. After all, she had only come here for herself, for her own selfishness.

Yi Yan did not say how she would solve this predicament, but this is not what Lu Heng cares about. All Lu Heng cared about was the result that Yi Yan would represent to him, not the process, so he did not want to ask too much about this. Anyway, it would be nice if someone would solve it for him without him asking the other party for a favor.

However, Lu Heng knew that Yi Yan did this for a reason. She must have a request, something that she wants as a payment for dealing with this. Apart from wanting high status, what else could she actually ask for? Yi Yan was just that predictable to him at this point.

Yes, she, Yi Yan, had come to find Lu Heng when she was in a difficult situation and deliberately used this matter as a bargaining chip to help her exchange for a high position in the future.

Thinking of this, Lu Heng could not help feeling that time had passed and circumstances had changed. The Yi Yan he knew had now become someone as selfish and greedy as this.

Sure enough, all the women in the harem except for his Yue Ran care most about his status, honor, and face.

"Oh, how should I thank you then?" Lu Heng asked sarcastically.

When Yi Yan came here, she had previously thought and was prepared that the last bit of face between herself and Lu Heng would be completely torn apart to pieces, and the rest that would be between them would just be benefits. Only thinking about what she was about to get could soothe the sadness in her heart a little more.

Lowering her head, Yi Yan expressed her request tactfully: "All I want is to live decently in Your Majesty's future harem."

Lu Heng rubbed his fingers expressionlessly.

For him, this was a cost-effective deal, so why not do it?

"I see," Lu Heng said. "Well, as long as you can handle this matter well, then I will promise you."

Hearing Lu Heng's answer, Yi Yan knew that her purpose for coming today was fulfilled. She knelt down happily to thank the young man, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

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Yi Yan decided to come to the Palace of Great Benevolence at night, and then only a few faint lights flickered in the dim room of the late empress.

Her aunt, who was dressed in luxurious clothes, was sitting on the chair while drinking tea in a cup calmly, as if she already knew what was going to happen next. Even in death, she must die with dignity because she was an empress, the role model of all the women in the world.

Yi Yan stood at the door and only watched her aunt like this. She felt terrified in her heart. What she was afraid of was not her aunt, but her aunt's fate at this moment. She kept telling herself in her heart that she must not live like her aunt. She must not live so pathetically like her aunt. She must not end up like her aunt!

When Yi Yan's aunt, the former empress, was dying, she kept pulling Yi Yan's hand to tell her that there would never be abandoned wives in the Yi family, that Yi Yan must catch Lu Heng's heart, and that Yi Yan must live in Lu Heng's favor to continue the glory of the Yi family.

These words kept ringing in Yi Yan's ears like a curse.

Holding the remains of her aunt, Yi Yan said, "Auntie, you will not be sacrificed in vain. I will definitely fulfill your last wish and become the empress to continue the glory of the Yi family."

Yi Yan really hates Yue Ran now. If Yue Ran had not taken Lu Heng's favor from her, Lu Heng would not have let her aunt die like this. It was all because of Yue Ran! It was all Yue Ran's fault!

It was all Yue Ran's fault!

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The Palace of Heavenly Purity

Lu Heng was reluctant to let Yue Ran suffer after needing to keep watch of herself after the late emperor's death every day.

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