Quick Transmigration: Irresistible Beauty
Chapter 154 - 154: Loyal Maid Who Died Because of Beauty (24)

This was the first time that the two had ever kissed one another. Every time they secretly met one another before, they would start their forbidden love affair, but this was only limited to holding hands and talking. What they have is a love that does not go beyond the boundaries of the etiquette of the Jin Dynasty.

It is not that Yue Ran does not want to, but it was Pei He himself who felt that he wanted to save the best day of being intimately together when he married her on their wedding night. This is his respect for the young girl in front of him.

Yue Ran stretched out her tongue to pry open Pei He's tightly closed lips and teeth, then tossed and turned lingeringly. Pei He, who was originally firm on not wanting to go beyond the boundaries of etiquette, was slowly responding to Yue Ran at some point, and the two became entwined with one another with deep and endless affection.

…

Looking down at the person lying sideways in his arms with a silly smile on her face, Pei He laughed happily.

"Is Ran Ran so happy?" Pei He asked with narrowed, bent eyes.

"Of course," Yue Ran said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"As long as Ran Ran does not dislike my broken body, then it is fine," Pei He said.

Hearing the young man's words, Yue Ran's eyes widened, and she immediately raised her hand to cover his mouth. After doing so, she said, "Cousin, Ran Ran does not allow you to talk about yourself like this, even if it is Cousin himself."

Pei He took the hand pressed to his lower face, held it caringly and lovingly in his hand, and said, "Silly girl."

The tone of the young man's voice was full of undisguised affection, laced with gentleness like water.

"Ran Ran like Cousin the most. No matter what Cousin becomes in the future, Ran Ran will still like you forever and ever," Yue Ran said. "What is more, Ran Ran is also not clean anymore."

As the young girl finished her words, Pei He felt like his throat was stuck. He pulled her petite figure into his arms, raised her chin, and kissed her lips vigorously and hurriedly. He does not want to hear any more demeaning words coming out of the young girl's lips. He does not allow her to say those things about herself.

"Hmm," Yue Ran hummed, feeling a little shocked by the young man's sudden move.

Hearing such a sweet voice travel into his ears, Pei He let Yue Ran go and whispered, "Such a sweet Ran Ran is always the purest and cleanest person in my heart."

Seeing that Yue Ran's body was covered with marks made by Lu Heng, Pei He gently touched them one by one. Yue Ran could see the young man's distressed look when he did these little actions.

Wanting to comfort the young man, Yue Ran said, "Cousin, Ran Ran wants you to cover up these traces for Ran Ran. Ran Ran wants these traces to belong to Cousin."

As the young girl spoke, she raised a hand to pull down the curtains, covering the beautiful scenery inside that was full of spring.

…

Chu Ning's hands trembled when she read the emperor's monthly bedside list sent by the palace staff. Basically, all of the days were occupied by Yue Ran's name, from top to bottom. She was so angry that she threw the list on the ground in great anger.

If it were the usual situation in the past, Chu Ning would have let this slide. But now, the situation has obviously changed. Everything in the present was different from that of the past!

This was because just a while ago, Chu Ning and the emperor had just asked a painter to paint both of them together. However, the emperor also asked the painter to stay and called him to paint the emperor himself with Yue Ran!

Being included in a painting with the emperor has always been the empress' great honor, but she did not expect the emperor to slap her in the face like this in front of everyone!

What was even worse was that the famous painter actually heartily praised Yue Ran as the most beautiful woman that he had ever seen in the world in front of the emperor, in front of her, and in front of everyone, which made the emperor extremely pleased and happy! This was because everyone knew that this beauty belonged to the emperor himself.

However, Chu Ning was excluded by the side with a stiff face, showing just how redundant and superfluous her existence was at the time. She, Chu Ning, was obviously the emperor's wife, but Yue Ran was the person who had gotten the honor and praise of everyone!

Why? Why? Why!

Why is it Yue Ran and not her, Chu Ning?

Why is Yue Ran more like an empress than her, Chu Ning?

Why could Yue Ran enjoy better treatment than her, Chu Ning?!

Because of this matter, the empress dowager, Xiu Ying, has already approached the emperor to remind him of his position, to take care of all the women in his harem well, and to spread rain and dew in a fair manner. But the emperor just refused to listen and still went his own way.

Chu Ning really did not know what the emperor liked so much about Yue Ran. Was it not just because of her good-looking face?

Yue Ran has always been cold towards the emperor, like an ice goddess that refuses anyone's approach from thousands of miles away, but the emperor is not tired of her like this. The emperor was still not bored of Yue Ran! How hateful!

…

It was very cold in winter, and the emperor felt distressed for Yue Ran, so he had specially allowed Yue Ran not to pay a greeting to the empress every morning.

However, the empress, Chu Ning, had specially sent someone to say that there was something that needed to be announced today, so Yue Ran had no choice but to participate in this boring meeting where women had their war either by fighting dirty or with words.

Yue Ran wanted to avoid unnecessary trouble, but trouble kept finding her. Since there was no way to steer clear of this, she would play it her way.

When it was time for the morning greeting, everyone looked at Yue Ran's arrival with surprise on their faces. This Noble Consort Yue does not usually come here very often, but if she were to attend this meeting, then this meeting would be much more interesting.

Normally, when Yue Ran is not around, Li Xin and Yi Lin (formerly Yi Yan) will sit in the first seats on both sides of the empress. But as soon as Yue Ran came, Yi Lin, the female protagonist, had to change positions. And where Yi Lin was sitting right now was the seat in Yue Ran's starting position. How humiliating!

That was why, when Yi Lin saw Yue Ran's presence, her complexion was not very good. Okay, maybe the three words "not very good" were an understatement of her current appearance.

Li Xin was smiling gloatingly as she said, "Concubine Yi, why do you not take your seat? What are you doing still standing there in a daze?"

Everyone smiled mockingly as they looked at Yi Lin, who was awkwardly standing in the middle.

As a "loyal" dowry maid of the female protagonist, Yue Ran pretended not to hear or notice the "commotion" and only lowered her head to play with the jewel-like hand warmer in her hand.

"Oh, could it be that Concubine Yi could not find your seat?" Li Xin asked contemptuously. She "kindly" raised a finger to point to a seat and said, "It is right there, Concubine Yi. Your seat is just right there. There is no need to thank me so much."

With a livid face, Yi Yan sat down while everyone was having fun watching the show.

After everyone was seated, Chu Ning, the empress, appeared.

"Greetings to the empress," everyone said in unison.

"Everyone, get up," Chu Ning said in a generous tone.

Among the group of colorful brocade clothes, Chu Ning wore the most simple one and was still sitting on top in the center position. It was hard for her not to attract everyone's attention at this moment.

Although everyone does not know why Chu Ning wore this kind of simple and ordinary dress, this does not prevent some people from flattering her one after another.

"Your Majesty, the empress, although the clothes that you are wearing today have a very light color and a few patterns so that it does not look ostentatiously grand, you still look especially bright and clear this early in the morning," Bai Fen flattered the empress first.

"The folded branches and the flower embroidery on Your Majesty, the empress', dress look like the fashionable embroidery method I, your servant, have seen when I, your servant, first entered the Jin Dynasty many years ago," Hui Na, Concubine Hui, said following Bai Fen's flattering.

Many others followed after the two, and Chu Ning smiled in satisfaction.

Seeing that everyone had expressed the desired results, Chu Ning finally decided to express her purpose for asking everyone to come at this time regardless: "It seems that everyone thinks that my clothes are not bad."

"Yes," everyone else answered in unison.

Yue Ran only blinks calmly on the outside but lets out a sneer in her heart.