Chapter 1553: Empress Hesheli

In reality, having reached this point, whether or not to truly accept Empress Hesheli is no longer important.

After all, Gu Hanyuan's own purpose was to force Kangxi to break his bottom line, thereby exchanging it for his reliance on him.

That Kangxi could calmly send Empress Hesheli away clearly shows that Gu Hanyuan's goal has already been achieved.

Of course, for the sake of subsequent plans, Hesheli must still be accepted.

And it must be to steal both the person and the heart together.

Furthermore, Gu Hanyuan had always greatly appreciated that beautiful and gentle Empress.

Arriving at Kunninggong.

In the vast Kunninggong, not a single eunuch or palace maid could be seen, making it appear extremely desolate.

If not for the magnificent and luxurious decorations within Kunninggong, one might even mistake it for a cold palace.

Gu Hanyuan was not surprised by such a scene.

After all, what was about to happen was, for the Song Guo, nothing short of a massive scandal.

Dismissing the palace maids and eunuchs in advance was an extremely normal procedure.

In fact, since last night, there had not been a single palace maid or eunuch present in Kunninggong.

Even Kangxi's eldest legitimate son, Chenghu, had been taken away.

Only a delicate and slender figure remained, guarding the palace alone.

She sat before a table, on which was placed a pot of imperial palace wine.

Her slender, long jade fingers held an exquisite wine cup.

From time to time, she raised her jade-white arms to bring the cup to her glistening lips for a light sip.

Her beautiful and dignified face was flushed with a rosy glow, her clear, beautiful eyes slightly intoxicated.

What a beautiful scene of a "Noble Consort Drunk."

However, that woman was not a Noble Consort, but the Empress, who was even more noble than a Noble Consort.

Just as Hesheli was about to raise the cup to drink again, her waist suddenly felt warm, and her slender jade hand was also grasped.

Beside her ear came a cold, indifferent voice that carried a hint of concern.

"You are drunk."

Hesheli's delicate body stiffened for an instant.

Perhaps because she had smelled the scent behind her more than once and had gradually become familiar with it, she soon relaxed.

She even had the leisure to adjust to a more comfortable posture, leaning backward.

Hesheli's thin lips parted slightly, her voice sounding somewhat coquettish, completely different from her usual self.

"So what if I am drunk? Doesn't that make it easier for you to succeed?"

Gu Hanyuan felt the waist that was soft and plump.

He marveled that Hesheli's figure did not look at all like that of a woman who had recently given birth.

Yet he said indifferently:

"A beautiful skin is something I can obtain easily. It is the Empress's uniqueness that is the reason I appreciate you."

Hesheli chided him crossly:

"Do I have to thank you for that?"

At this moment, her expression and tone were full of the flirtatious banter of lovers.

Such a posture was surprising.

Gu Hanyuan's deep eyes flickered slightly.

"Why not? After all, in the days to come, I am your man, Empress. Doesn't this just show how much I like you?"

Hesheli chuckled mockingly:

"That's right. I have already been sent to you by him."

As she spoke, two lines of clear tears slid down her smooth cheeks.

"For the sake of the nation's righteousness, what does the dignity of an Empress count for? How can years of affection compare to the supreme imperial power and the eternal cause that goes down in history?"

Hesheli appeared to have let go of her feelings for Kangxi, but in reality, how could it be so easy?

She was merely, like an ordinary woman, weakly choosing to accept it.

At this moment, she was not the Empress, the mother of a nation, but merely a weak woman abandoned by her husband.

As for the favorable impression she had previously developed for Gu Hanyuan, how could it compare to the sorrow of this moment?

Gu Hanyuan said gloomily:

"Why must the Empress belittle yourself? If not for the Empress, I would not have become the uninteresting Imperial Preceptor of the Qing Guo. Seriously speaking, isn't Kangxi's eternal cause something exchanged by the Empress? In my eyes, the Empress is more valuable than the imperial power and ambition Kangxi pursues, and more worthy of me obtaining by any means necessary."

Gu Hanyuan's deception came easily, yet Hesheli was most susceptible to this kind of comfort at this moment.

Her glistening, beautiful eyes shone brightly, and her tears stopped accordingly.

Hesheli murmured:

"Do you really like me that much?"

Gu Hanyuan stretched out his arm, turned Hesheli around, and held her.

He stroked her jade back with a hint of comfort.

His other hand took the wine cup from her and placed it on the table.

He gently wiped the remaining tear stains from her beautiful face.

"Although I could not snatch the Empress out of the palace, isn't what I have done ultimately for the sake of obtaining you, Empress?"

Such an attitude, manifested in the fierce and cold-blooded Wutian, appeared very incongruous. ===== CHAPTER 1555 =====