Quick Transmigration: The Rise of a Favored Concubine

Chapter 125 The Deeply Affectionate and Obsessive Emperor and His Beloved Concubine 2

It was late, and after the emperor's speech, everyone rose, bowed, and left in twos and threes.

Xiao Yu didn't even glance at Chu Yue before striding outside, leaving Chu Yue no choice but to jog after him.

The emperor's deep gaze swept over her, just in time to catch the tears in Chu Yue's eyes and her aggrieved and helpless figure as she turned away.

He clicked his tongue inwardly, then looked away and stopped staring.

On the way back, the two people in the carriage remained silent. Chu Yue leaned against the door, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, her eyelashes trembling, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated. However, seeing Xiao Yu closing his eyes and ignoring her, she swallowed her words.

"001, give the Emperor one of the Dream-Making Pills." That's the only way; otherwise, how could a subject's wife get close to the Emperor?

"Okay."

The two did not exchange a single word on the way. When they arrived at the general's mansion, Xiao Yu got off the carriage and went straight to the study, leaving Chu Yue with a cold and indifferent back view.

Chu Yue stood there for a while, feeling wronged, before returning to her room in disappointment.

"Miss, are you alright?" Xiao Tao didn't want to be called Madam, since the General hadn't acknowledged her status as Miss.

"I'm perfectly fine, how could I be unwell?" Chu Yue leaned back comfortably on the couch. She felt more at ease since Xiao Yu wasn't there.

That jerk! Let's see how long he can stay faithful. Sooner or later, he'll be crying his eyes out!

Xiao Tao was heartbroken. Her young lady must have been severely traumatized. How could she be doing well with the general treating her so coldly?

"Miss, we have to go back to our parents' home tomorrow, what should we do?" Xiao Tao looked anxious, it seemed that the general would not be going back with her.

"We'll talk about it tomorrow. I'm tired and want to rest early." Chu Yue didn't care whether he went or not; it was better if he didn't, so he wouldn't be in her way.

"Yes, Miss... I will help you wash up."

"Ah."

In the palace, the emperor had also drunk a bit too much today. Perhaps it was because he glanced at General Xiao's wife a few times without realizing it that he had drunk a few more cups.

Xiao Quanzi helped the somewhat unsteady emperor back to his bedchamber: "Your Majesty, shall this servant help you get some rest?"

"Hmm." The emperor's deep voice came from his throat, sexy and magnetic.

After serving the emperor until he had rested, Xiao Quanzi retreated to the outer room to keep watch.

The emperor, however, did not sleep well. He dreamed that he had drunk too much in the imperial garden and had to go to a side to sober up.

A cool breeze blew by, and the emperor's drunkenness dissipated considerably. Just as he was about to return to the banquet, he turned around and saw a woman looking around in a panic.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be General Xiao's newlywed wife.

Chu Yue's eyes welled up with tears. She bit her lip and looked around helplessly, but couldn't find her way back. She choked back tears in fear.

"What...are you doing?" the emperor asked in a deep voice, unable to bear seeing her panicked state any longer.

Chu Yue's eyes welled with tears, her vision blurry. She looked over abruptly, startled, and quickly curtsied, "This concubine greets Your Majesty..."

"Get up, what are you looking for?" The emperor asked, noticing that she seemed to be frantically searching for something.

"Your Majesty, I... I got lost and didn't know anyone, which is why I disturbed you. Please forgive me, Your Majesty." Chu Yue lowered her head, her voice trembling slightly.

The emperor looked at her fair neck and trembling back, and pointed in a direction for her in a deep voice: "Go this way, and you'll be there in a moment."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I shall take my leave..." Chu Yue gave him a grateful look, then left respectfully.

The emperor saw her eyes red and swollen from crying, which looked pitiful. In an instant, he was horrified by his own thoughts. She was the wife of a subject, and he had only met her today. There was no way he could have such thoughts.

He must have drunk too much today to be so confused. He sighed and strode away.

In his bedchamber, the emperor awoke with a start. Recalling the dream, he cursed, his face ashen, "Absurd!"

"Your Majesty... what's wrong?" Xiao Quanzi hurriedly came to the screen to ask.

"Nothing else, you may leave."

"Yes……"

The emperor, his face dark, kept his eyes open for a long time before finally falling asleep again.

……

At the general's mansion, Chu Yue waited at the gate for a long time but Xiao Yu did not come out. Finally, a servant couldn't stand it anymore and told her that the general had gone to train the troops early in the morning.

Chu Yue gave a bitter smile and prepared to return to her parents' home alone.

"Stop!" came an angry voice.

Chu Yue looked back and saw Xiao Yan, the daughter of Xiao Yu and his wife. Xiao Yu doted on this daughter, especially after his wife passed away. He loved her even more and she could basically do whatever she wanted in the mansion.

"Someone, go and see what she brought. We mustn't let her get away with anything from the Xiao family." Xiao Yan was utterly disgusted by this woman who was trying to take her mother's place through underhanded means.

The father and daughter look alike, and the disgust in their eyes is exactly the same.

"Xiao Yan, I am still your stepmother. Even if you don't care about me, you should at least care about your father." Chu Yue looked at the woman opposite her, who was only a few years younger than her but had a vicious mind, and spoke with some sarcasm.

"Has Father acknowledged you? Even if you jump into the water to lure Father into saving you, he still won't care about you. He only has my mother in his heart. Don't even think about it." Xiao Yan hated any woman who wanted to take her mother's place.

“I brought things from the Chu family; you have no right to look at them.”

Chu Yue wouldn't indulge her.

"What are you doing!" Xiao Yu entered through the main entrance, looking at everyone with a stern face.

"Father, she bullied me." Xiao Yan stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Yu's sleeve, starting to cry.

Xiao Yu's eyes suddenly turned cold as he looked sharply at Chu Yue.

"General, today is my homecoming. I couldn't wait for you, so I prepared to go back alone. But Yan'er kept making a fuss and wanted to see what I brought... I brought my dowry."

"Nothing in the General's mansion was touched."

Chu Yue explained with a wronged expression, her pale face showing helplessness. There was no one here to help her, not even her husband.

Xiao Yu glanced at it and said coldly, "If you want to go back, then go back sooner rather than later. I have something to do and can't leave."

"Father..." Xiao Yan persisted.

Xiao Yu's expression softened: "Yan'er, don't be unreasonable. Whatever you want, Daddy will buy it for you."

"Then Father, come with me. There are so many things I want to buy," Xiao Yan said, tugging at his sleeve and acting coquettishly.

Xiao Yu chuckled softly, "Alright, I'll go with you. Let's go."

The father and daughter turned and left. Xiao Yan turned back and gave Chu Yue a provocative look before leaving triumphantly.

After they left, Chu Yue's expression changed, and she curled her lip in disdain, as if to say, "Who cares?"

"Xiao Tao, let's go, we'll be late for dinner." Chu Yue took the lead and walked out.

Xiao Tao: "..."

Miss is really provoked; even in this state, she's still thinking about food. Sigh.