Chapter 493: The Empress Dowager Letting Go of Her Burdens (Part 2)
"Jingjing!"
Jiang Shouzhong's figure flashed, blocking in front of the woman.
Jingjing?
Yelü Miaomiao was flabbergasted.
She looked at Xiao Lingqiu, who was outwardly calm but trembling all over, then turned to Jiang Shouzhong, finally coming to a sudden realization: "Empress Dowager, I didn't expect you had quietly stolen my man!"
Xiao Lingqiu, who had already been holding back a belly full of anger, was so infuriated by these words that she almost fainted.
Yet, for a moment, she didn't know how to refute.
"Step aside!"
Xiao Lingqiu stared coldly at Jiang Shouzhong.
Jiang Shouzhong smiled wryly, "Jingjing, this can be explained, I really didn't know you were Empress Dowager Yan Rong. If I had known earlier, I would have..."
"You would have what!?"
Xiao Lingqiu's eyes reddened, tears swirling but stubbornly refusing to fall.
The man she had longed for tirelessly, unexpectedly, upon their reunion, it was on her own bed, with another woman in the act.
Xiao Lingqiu's lips curled into a self-deprecating cold smile:
"Let me tell you, Jiang Shouzhong, there is nothing between you and me! I don't know who this Jingjing you call is, nor do I want to know.
That Jingjing is already dead!
I am now Xiao Lingqiu, Empress Dowager of Yan Rong, and more than that... your enemy, Jiang Shouzhong!"
"Does it have to be this way?"
Jiang Shouzhong watched as a tear slid down the woman's face, wanting to reach out and wipe it away, but she slapped his hand away.
"Get out!"
Xiao Lingqiu pointed to the door of the bedchamber, her face as pale as paper.
Yelü Miaomiao, clutching her clothes, felt somewhat frightened in her heart, but still gathered the courage to speak timidly:
"Empress Dowager, since you and husband... have this relationship, then just live together. After all, Jiang Shouzhong's women are already many, one more won't..."
"Shut up!!"
Xiao Lingqiu, trembling with anger, looked at the girl with eyes that could not understand why she failed to meet her expectations.
What woman doesn't wish for the man she loves to belong entirely to her, to hold him tightly in the palm of her hand.
Yet this girl foolishly wants to offer her man to be shared with others.
It's hard to tell if she is so terribly enamored that she has lost all sense, or simply too confident in her own charm.
Jiang Shouzhong took a deep breath, earnestly said to Xiao Lingqiu:
"I don't care if you're Empress Dowager Yan Rong or Miss Jingjing, I know that the woman who roamed the world with me back then liked me, and I liked her, so I won't leave, and I won't let her go. I will keep her by my side."
Xiao Lingqiu avoided the man's intense gaze and said coldly, "I said she's dead, she's dead! Are you leaving or not?"
"Not leaving."
Jiang Shouzhong shrugged his shoulders.
"Come——"
Xiao Lingqiu, flushed with anger, opened her mouth to call for the guards.
But before the words could come out, Jiang Shouzhong's finger gently pressed on a point on her shoulder.
Xiao Lingqiu suddenly found herself unable to move or speak.
Helplessly, she could only glare at Jiang Shouzhong with eyes that seemed to want to cut him into a thousand pieces.
However, the maid outside still heard the noise.
Just as she was about to enter, Yelü Miaomiao quickly said, "It's nothing, just accidentally knocked over a cup."
The maid hesitated briefly, then quietly withdrew.
Without saying a word, Jiang Shouzhong picked up Xiao Lingqiu in a princess carry and stride boldly to the bed.
Yelü Miaomiao's cheeks flushed red, bashfully murmuring, "Husband, you're not planning to do that with the Empress Dowager, are you?"
Xiao Lingqiu was startled to hear these words.
Although she had been intimate with Jiang Shouzhong before, such as hugging and kissing, she was still a chaste woman.
Jiang Shouzhong merely smiled gently, placing Xiao Lingqiu on the bed, then leaned down, gazing tenderly into her eyes that were like autumn waters, and softly said:
"Relax, I won't force you to do anything, unless one day, you are willing."
With that, he turned and removed Yelü Miaomiao's dress that was draped over her: "Let's continue."
And so, Xiao Lingqiu was compelled to lie beside and watch with open eyes as Jiang Shouzhong and Yelü Miaomiao continued their intercourse.
Xiao Lingqiu was fuming.
What is this!? Is this deliberate provocation?
And this Miaomiao, doesn't she know any shame?
As time passed, Xiao Lingqiu's anger gradually turned into shock and embarrassment.
Shock because Jiang Shouzhong was too vigorous.
No pause at all.
Even a donkey wouldn't dare work so hard.
What pained her even more was that Yelü Miaomiao fainted partway through, scaring her to almost think the girl had stopped breathing.
Embarrassment came from her own awkward position as an observer.
After all, she's a normal woman, witnessing such a scene at such close quarters for so long inevitably stirred feelings.
Until Yelü Miaomiao fainted for the fourth time, Xiao Lingqiu couldn't help it, hurriedly blinked towards Jiang Shouzhong, signaling for him to unlock her acupoint, she had something to say.
Jiang Shouzhong released the woman's acupoint.
Xiao Lingqiu first took a deep breath, calming her agitated emotions, then quickly checked Yelü Miaomiao's condition.
She lifted her head, glaring angrily at Jiang Shouzhong: "Are you still human? How could you bully people like this!"
Jiang Shouzhong, looking innocent, said: "I have no choice either, just look at my brother, only Miaomiao can soothe him, there are no other women around."
"I am not..."
Xiao Lingqiu instinctively wanted to retort, but stopped abruptly as the words reached her lips.
She gently held fainted Yelü Miaomiao in her arms, coldly said: "That's enough, Miaomiao can't endure your torment anymore."