Quick Transmigration: Knowing I'm a Bad Woman, Yet Still Liking Me?

Shen Xun'er was stunned when she saw Consort De. She looked at Wang Shun'an in disbelief, but Wang Shun'an's expression was even more shocked than hers.

They clearly had someone drug Consort De. The imperial physicians had said she was not doing well, so how come she's lively and energetic again now?

Finally, the two tried to look out at Wei Ci, but the palace doors had already been closed.

Xiao Chengyu lay half-reclined in Xiao Chengze's arms. Seeing the group enter, he mustered his strength and ordered, "Convey my last will and testament. After my death, I hereby establish the Imperial Concubine as Empress Dowager, and the Prince of Jin as Regent to assist in governing the country. I hereby establish the Fourth Prince, Xiao Jingheng, as Crown Prince to succeed to the throne and continue the imperial line."

The fourth prince immediately knelt on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably, "Father, I will definitely not let you down."

Xiao Chengyu didn't look at the Fourth Prince. He used all his strength to say a few words, his breath weak, "You all go out, but...the Consort...stay."

The Empress Dowager's heart skipped a beat. She turned her head and looked at Bai Yuan with a pleading gaze.

Bai Yuan looked at her, thought for a moment, and then nodded slightly.

After everyone left the main hall, Bai Yuan walked to the bedside and sat down. Looking at Xiao Chengyu, who had changed quite a bit, she felt a little disgusted.

Xiao Chengyu looked at her tenderly and smiled, "I know you still hate me, but I am the emperor, and there are many things I cannot control."

Bai Yuan shook her head. "It's not so much hatred as I've already taken my revenge."

Xiao Chengyu's gaze went blank for a moment, but he was certain that the medicine was not poisoned by Bai Yuan.

He looked at Bai Yuan's still bright and unrestrained face and couldn't help but want to touch it, but he couldn't lift his arm up no matter how many times he tried.

Finally, he had no choice but to give up. He pointed downwards, grabbed Bai Yuan's sleeve, and asked, "How did you take revenge on me?"

Bai Yuan laughed too, looking down at him, "Every time you come to my palace, I spit in the food you eat."

Actually, she originally planned to tell Xiao Chengze about her relationship and then anger him to death.

However, seeing the Empress Dowager's pleading gaze just now, and considering that the old woman might still be useful in the future, Bai Yuan decided to fulfill this rare bond between mother and son.

Moreover, even though there seems to be no one inside the main hall, there are still guards on the roof beams.

The fewer people who know about a secret, the better.

Xiao Chengyu was amused by her charming appearance and laughed, but his chest only rose and fell twice before he ran out of strength.

After a long pause, he tugged at Bai Yuan's sleeve and asked, "Bai Yuan, did you ever have any true feelings for me?"

Bai Yuan's charming expression turned into sarcasm. "You really are strange."

Why do you say that?

Bai Yuan pouted, "You've done so much to me and the General's Mansion, and yet you still expect me to be sincere towards you? What are you thinking?"

Xiao Chengyu's smile vanished, and he looked at Bai Yuan's face with disbelief. "Then before..."

"I never liked you before; I was just being insincere with you."

Why?

"What else could it be? Of course, you forced me to do it."

After Bai Yuan finished speaking, she bent down and got closer to him. "If I didn't play along with you, Xiao Chengyu, you should know better than me what would happen to me."

Xiao Chengyu's expression remained calm, but tears streamed down his face. Then he curved his lips into a self-deprecating smile.

Yes, he deserves it all.

Actually, he was very happy. His concubine wasn't crying like the others; she was still the same as before.

He hates people crying because their tears are always fake.

They were never crying for him, but for themselves.

Xiao Chengyu suddenly felt his vision growing brighter and brighter. He used his last bit of strength to raise his hand. This time, he didn't reach for Bai Yuan, but instead reached for the air.

His lips trembled a few times, but he ultimately couldn't utter a word.

Bai Yuan quickly got up and stepped back, fanning her face with her hand to compose herself before crying as she pushed open the door and walked out.

Just now, after everyone left the main hall, Wang Shunan and Shen Xun'er looked extremely grim. They never expected that His Majesty would directly bestow the title of Bai Yuan before his death.

Shen Xun'er recalled the smile the Imperial Concubine had given her earlier, and her heart grew increasingly uncertain.

After leaving the main hall, the Empress Dowager glanced at Wei Ci and then called Prince Jin aside.

The Grand Secretaries of the Cabinet and the Academicians of the Hanlin Academy stood there, none of them in a hurry to issue an imperial edict.

It wasn't until Bai Yuan came out, crying out, "Your Majesty, His Majesty has passed away!"

Whether it was ministers, concubines, or palace maids, the people outside, don't ask whether they shed tears or not, but the sound of weeping instantly swept in.

The Empress Dowager concealed her grief and waited until everyone had cried for a while before speaking in a loud voice, "His Majesty's will appoints the Prince of Jin as Regent and the Imperial Concubine as Empress Dowager. ...

After speaking, she looked at the people around her, closed her eyes briefly, and then raised her voice, "The Fifth Prince Xiao Jingyu is hereby appointed as the new emperor. Considering that the Fifth Prince is still young, the Imperial Concubine and the Regent will temporarily assume imperial power."

This was Bai Yuan's request on the way here, and the Empress Dowager agreed without much hesitation.

Although the Fifth Prince is the son of the Prince of Jin, the imperial power has been in his hands for a long time, and who knows what might happen?

Bai Yuan is definitely on her son's side, so the two of them jointly exercising imperial power can also check and balance each other.

Shen Xun'er knelt at the end of the crowd, her plain white clothes making her face look even paler.

She slowly opened her mouth and looked ahead. "Your Majesty, what are you saying? This...this imperial edict is wrong..."

The fourth prince slumped down, crying out, "Your Majesty, what are you saying?"

Wang Shunan's heart sank. He first looked at Bai Yuan, then at the Empress Dowager, and instantly realized what had happened. He might have been exposed.

His gaze gradually turned cold. So what if the Empress Dowager wanted to alter the imperial edict?

Bai Yaoting is not in the capital at the moment, and Prince Jin only brought a guard into the palace without even a weapon.

Now, most of the guards, maids, and eunuchs inside and outside the palace are his people.

Even if the Imperial Guards resist, at worst Wei Ci and the Deputy Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard can kill them all and then frame Bai Yuan for it.

Since he was going to die anyway if he didn't take a gamble, he had no choice but to go all out.

Then Wang Shunan stepped forward, his usual obsequious smile vanishing, his fierce gaze fixed on the Empress Dowager. "Your Majesty, you have forged an imperial edict, arbitrarily altered the succession to the throne, and presumptuously appointed a regent. What is your intention?"

Upon hearing this, everyone in the hall forgot to cry and looked at him in shock.

Consort De wiped her eyes with a handkerchief and asked somewhat blankly, "Eunuch Wang, what do you mean? Didn't His Majesty say the same thing in the hall just now?"

Shen Xun'er also realized what was happening and was about to say something when she was interrupted by others.

The Grand Secretaries and other officials in the Cabinet also asked in surprise, "Eunuch Wang, are you getting senile? The Empress Dowager did not tamper with His Majesty's will. With so many of us in the hall, could we all have misheard?"

"Yes, yes, Eunuch Wang, is His Majesty's passing too much of a blow to you? If you're not feeling well, let the imperial physician examine you."

Wang Shunan swept his gaze across the crowd with a sinister look, his voice incredibly gloomy, "Heh, since you all heard correctly, then don't blame me for being ruthless."

After saying that, he flicked his whisk and laughed wildly, "Haha, Wei Ci, Qin Guang, take down all of them for us. We've come this far, there's no turning back. It's either mutual destruction or meteoric rise to power. After it's done, you'll enjoy endless wealth and glory, and high-ranking positions and generous salaries—you can choose whatever you want."

However, after he finished speaking, the room fell into a deathly silence.