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Chapter 229 The General Doesn’t Want Power, He Just Wants to Fall in Love 21

Although Qi Zui had many concubines, he did not indulge in lust and devoted himself to handling state affairs.

In the eyes of outsiders, he is an emperor without much sexual desire.

Even under such circumstances, Su Gengli's daughter was made a concubine not long after entering the palace, which shows how favored she was.

Su Gengli looked at his daughter Mingfei for help and with a hint of threat, wanting her to help him plead with Qi Zui for mercy.

After all, Lu Yan only listens to Qi Zui. No matter what other people say, he just ignores them and doesn't care or fear them at all.

Ming Fei accepted his gaze, pursed her red lips, and looked at Qi Zui with some embarrassment.

Before she could say anything, Qi Zui glanced at her. Meeting his cold and heartless gaze, Ming Fei immediately sat up straight, lowered her head slightly, and said nothing.

No matter how Su Gengli winked at her, she remained motionless.

Everyone thinks she is favored, but only she knows how Qi Zui feels about her.

Her mother was of humble origins, and was taken away by Su Gengli just because of her beauty, and then she was born.

Her stepmother and her legitimate children bullied her and looked down on her.

Originally, she was just a concubine's daughter and should not have entered the palace, but for some reason, Su Gengli did not allow his legitimate daughter to go, and instead sent himself in.

Qi Zui made her his concubine just out of sympathy for her, a commoner who shared the same fate with him. As for favoritism, there was none at all. Qi Zui had never touched her, but he had never touched other concubines either, like a monk without desires. The three thousand beauties in the harem were all just decorations.

Another point is that Ming Fei's hand unconsciously touched her left arm. There, the originally fair and delicate skin was scalded by boiling water, which was left when she rescued Qi Zui in an accident.

That day, the cold emperor Qi Zui looked at the wound on her arm, lost in thought, and for the first time, different emotions flashed in his eyes.

Ming Fei saw love and hidden affection in it. She also thought that Qi Zui liked her, but their later interactions told her that Qi Zui did not love her.

As for what exactly the look in his eyes was that time, no one knew what kind of emotion it was.

So she just honestly did her job as a concubine and didn't do too much so as not to annoy Qi Zui.

That’s why the news of her continued favor spread.

Now that her father has offended the emperor, there is nothing she can do. She also has her own life to live.

Years of experience have made her develop a prudent and self-protective mentality, and she is not soft-hearted even to her own father. Moreover, her good father has never taken care of her much, and let her be bullied by others.

Now, she didn't feel any guilt for ignoring Su Gengli.

Su Gengli was a little annoyed. He didn't expect that his daughter, who was weak when she was in the Su Mansion, would be so fearless of his threats and not care about his life or death.

Qi Zui was very satisfied with her tact. Looking at the arrogant figures of the people below and Su Gengli who was trembling with fear, he felt much better.

"Well, my dear, please don't be so rude at the celebration banquet. It will ruin this great day."

He said words to stop him, but his tone was very helpless, as if he couldn't do anything to Lu Yan, not like he was scolding anyone.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Lu Yan immediately put away his sword, but when he did so, the tip of the sword quickly cut off a tuft of Su Gengli's hair as a warning to him.

After successfully seeing Su Gengli's fingers shaking with fear and anger, as if he wanted to point at him but didn't dare, Lu Yan sat back in his seat in a happy mood.

Is he afraid that Qi Zui will punish him? The answer is no, he often does such things and is often punished.

If Qi Zui doesn't punish him, that would be troublesome.

He had done so many cruel things and offended many people. If Qi Zui did not punish him, then when Qi Zui had no more use for him, he would die, and the result would be like "the cunning rabbit dies and the running dog is cooked".

Use his death to win the hearts of ministers and people. Fortunately, Qi Zui did not have this plan, which is why he was willing to offend people for Qi Zui.

Seeing that they were almost there, Qi Jin also took action.

He attended and respectfully saluted the emperor in his place.

"I don't covet so many rewards, nor do I want any position. I have been staying in Beisheng for many years and know nothing about Da Qi's affairs. How can I do a good job in Da Qi's affairs? I just want to be a free and easy person and spend the rest of my life in peace."

He was sincere in what he said, and it didn't sound like a deliberately polite excuse.

Since he said so, Qi Zui of course followed his words and didn't dwell on the matter.

Duan Ci saw this, but he was not completely relieved. His eyes were heavy as he thought about things.

This little episode involving Su Gengli just passed like that, and the banquet continued, with nothing happening until the end.

After the banquet, Duan Ci went to see Qi Zui.

Qi Jin looked at the backs of the two people walking together. Their figures and heights were not much different.

One has the spirit of an emperor, the other is also high-spirited. The two people who grew up together seem to have a natural tacit understanding.

Qi Jin was a little unhappy. He was like a child standing next to Duan Ci. Although he was only one head taller than Duan Ci, how could Qi Zui be as tall as Duan Ci? They obviously had similar blood.

The more he looked at their backs, the more he disliked them. At the same time, an inexplicable panic arose in his heart, as if Duan Ci would be snatched away by someone.

He stared at Qi Zui's back with dark eyes, as if he wanted to stare a hole in it.

He thought that he must go to Duan Ci tonight to look for his slingshot again. At the same time, he made up his mind to eat well and grow taller.

Another person who was unhappy to see the two of them walking together was Lu Yan. His sinister eyes fell on Duan Ci, and it seemed as if he was going to pull out the long whip from his waist and hit someone in the next second.

The two looked at each other and saw the expressions in each other's eyes. They both snorted coldly. They were not afraid of each other at all, and there was a tendency for them to fight each other.

But the fight didn't happen in the end because Qi Jin still had to pretend to be a good boy in front of Duan Ci.

If he didn't take action, Lu Yan had no reason to do so. If a fight broke out in the palace, it would have a somewhat bad impact.

Duan Ci and Qi Zui didn't talk for long before they separated.

Duan Ci met Lu Yan on his way out of the palace, and Lu Yan glanced at him.

"Hey! General Duan, have you finished discussing business with His Majesty? You talked for so long that I thought you were going to keep talking to His Majesty until tomorrow morning."

He spoke in a sarcastic tone, not hiding his dissatisfaction with Duan Ci at all.

He is just like that, he does whatever he wants and only cares about his own happiness, he totally ignores the social conventions.

Duan Ci raised his eyebrows slightly and gave him a meaningful look. He and Qi Zui had only been talking for about fifteen minutes, so how could it have taken so long?