QT: TPE Chapter 28.1

After returning home that day, Li Xu was still thinking about Xu Lingyi.

His advisor noticed his absent-mindedness and assumed that something had happened at the palace.

He couldn’t help but feel a little nervous.

“Did everything go well for you today, my Lord?” The advisor asked.

Li Xu was still in a daze.

“My Lord?” The advisor asked, puzzled.

“What’s wrong?”

Li Xu then came to his senses. He lowered his voice, but his tone carried an interest he himself was unaware of.

“Does the gentleman know the youngest daughter of the Xu family?”

The advisor nodded: “It’s De Fei who entered the palace.”

The Xu family holds military power. If his master can gain the support of the Xu family, his path to the throne will be much smoother.

Unfortunately, the current Emperor is suspicious and has a strong desire for power. If they take the initiative to get close to the Xu family, it will inevitably make the Emperor wary, which will be detrimental to his ascension to the throne.

Unless it is the Xu family’s own initiative and voluntary action.

“The Xu family’s daughter is truly stunning!” Li Xu couldn’t help but exclaim. He was still recalling Xu Shi’s face in his mind.

“I have never seen such a beautiful woman before. After seeing the Xu family’s daughter, I finally understand the saying ‘beauty that seems unreal’.”

Li Xu thought of Xu Shi’s small, palm-sized face.

Her skin was so fair and radiant, appearing even whiter in the sunlight, as if she were glowing.

With Xu Shi around, His Majesty’s other concubines in the harem seemed like ugly women.

“She is still young, only fifteen years old this year, a few years younger than me, but her figure is not childish at all, but rather exquisite and well-proportioned. She is so young, yet she entered the palace to serve His Majesty. His Majesty is now old, and in the future, when I… then Xu Shi…”

Li Xu didn’t finish his sentence, but his words were filled with intense lust and desire for Xu Shi.

The advisor was startled: “My Lord, what’s going on?”

The advisor then lowered his voice: “The Xu family’s daughter is now De Fei, one of His Majesty’s consorts. According to seniority, she should be the Lord’s elder. Even if Xu Shi is as beautiful as a celestial being, the Lord shouldn’t covet her.”

The advisor didn’t know just how beautiful Xu Shi was, but he had heard of her reputation before. He hadn’t expected that the Lord would become so infatuated with her after only one meeting.

This woman is truly a femme fatale, a reincarnation of Daji. He wondered how the Xu family had raised such a woman.

“I know.” Li Xu said with some regret.

Why couldn’t a woman like Xu Shi be his?

“I know what I want. Why does His Majesty, who is so much older than Xu Shi and could be her father, still possess her? Because he is the emperor, the ruler of the world. He can get anything he wants. If I also want Xu Shi, or a beauty like her, the only way is to climb to that supreme position.”

The advisor breathed a sigh of relief; he was genuinely afraid that his master might be blinded by lust.

“It’s good that you think that way, Lord. No matter how beautiful Xu Shi is, she’s just a woman. To the Lord, she’s merely a plaything. Once your great cause is accomplished, what kind of woman can’t the Lord have?”

Even after the advisor finished speaking, he still felt uneasy.

“In the future, the Lord must remain composed when you encounter Xu Shi in the palace, and not reveal the slightest hint of anything. If His Majesty notices and becomes wary…”

Li Xu nodded.

He knew that the advisor was absolutely right.

But that night, he still dreamed of Xu Shi. He had an erotic dream, dreaming that Xu Shi was seducing him.

Reason told him that before he could successfully ascend the throne, he absolutely could not make a single wrong move, much less ruin his future for the sake of a woman.

But when Xu Shi approached him, prostrating herself before him, and he met her beautiful and delicate face, his breathing quickened slightly.

He even lost his mind, which was quite rare for him.

 

 

 

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