Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
This body was no longer the weak and incompetent movie star Xia Weibao, but rather, the all-powerful empress who reigned above thousands.
The mother of a nation whose mere sneeze could make the mountains tremble.
Since the law could not punish those who killed Xia Weibao, then, it was up to her to get vengeance for her!
Once her Weibo post was sent out, she shut her laptop and heard the sound of a door opening from the bathroom.
Lifting her head, Xia Weibao saw Lu Hualiang walking out from the bathroom wearing a black silk bathrobe.
The bathrobe was loose with only a thin belt securing it at the waist. It revealed his chiseled abs and muscular body. Droplets of water dripped down his neck. The temptation…
Xia Weibao’s heart started pounding within her chest, silently reminding herself that everything in this world was transient.
He’s cheating! She thought.
Who knew that the bast*rd emperor would have more appeal when wearing a bathrobe than an emperor’s robe!
One was sexy; the other, ascetic. Just looking at him made her sexually excited with her heart racing furiously!
Lu Hualiang turned around and met her infatuated gaze.
His eyes turned cold instantaneously, his gaze filled with disdain and irritation.
She’s revealing her true nature so quickly? He thought.
He suddenly walked to the bedside and leaned close to her face with his ice-cold gaze.
Even if she looked at this face for decades, it would still make her heart race.
Thinking back on it, it was exactly this face that stole her soul and led her foolishly into the palace.
Lu Hualiang’s face was dangerously close. She could feel his hot breath on her face, as if he was about to kiss her in the next second.
Think back on the days of back pain and leg cramps in her previous life. You need to calm down, Xia Weibao! She said in her mind.
Fiercely smash your fist on your chest. Use your powerful martial art skills and suppress that jumpy heart! She tried to psych herself.
With the turn of her head, Xia Weibao avoided Lu Hualiang’s penetrating stare.
Yet, she never expected that Lu Hualiang was already very close to her and with that, the turn of her head made her lips brush against his.
Both of them were momentarily stunned.
It was as though an electric shock rippled from their lips — it was weak and numb.
That was accompanied by someone’s rapid and unruly heartbeat.
Lu Hualiang was just trying to scare her. He never expected that such an accident would happen. His whole body was in shock.
He stared at her flushed face. Her skin was so clear at such a close distance — there was absolutely no pores, so smooth…
He suddenly felt as though his mouth had dried out and his fingers could not help but want to touch her.
Damn it!
Lu Hualiang instantly stood up. It was only then that he realised that his breathing was unstable.
She was indeed worthy of being the coquettish fox of the entertainment industry. Her skills were so advanced that he almost fell for them!
“Xia Weibao, you’d better play your role as Mrs. Lu well for a year. Don’t you even think of having any other ideas, or I will let you see what I’m capable of.”
As soon as he finished his sentence, he turned around and did not even take a second look at her.
Xia Weibao, whose heart was already flustered, breathed a sigh of relief.
Oh my goodness!
Is this man that bast*rd emperor? Why does he feel even more deadly than that bast*rd emperor?
As she was thinking about it, she noticed Lu Hualiang cross to the other side of the bed and sit down.
“What are you doing?!”
Xia Weibao was shocked and was adamant about not serving him!
Lu Hualiang was still aggravated about his loss of form earlier. His eyes narrowed dangerously and his gaze was sharp.
Against such an ice-cold gaze, Xia Weibao instantaneously backed down.
Gaze confirmed. He is someone not to be messed with.
Fine, the room is his. So is the bed. If he wants to sleep, then so be it.
She just did not understand. Was this guy actually Emperor Xia Liang?
If he was, then why was he being so cold to her?
And if not, then why would he marry this woman who had such a bad reputation?
And even demanding a pre-arranged divorce agreement after marrying.
Ridiculous.
The empress was not one to seek trouble. SInce she could not understand it, she gave no further thought to it.
She threw the quilt over herself and went to sleep.
With her back to Lu Hualiang, she tried her best to keep her body close to the side of the bed. SInce she was going to be deposed, she might as well be deposed well.
Seeing her trying to avoid him, Lu Hualiang’s eyes deepened with disdain and coolness. Fake! He thought.
He fell asleep briefly and before long, felt a pair of weak and bony hands surreptitiously stroking his chest.
Immediately opening his eyes, his dark black eyes were as sharp as an eagle’s.
When he saw that Xia Weibao was continuously trying to get into his embrace, Lu Hualiang felt chills run down his spine.
He was a clean freak and the thing that he hated most was people touching his body — especially such a notorious woman!
With one hand, he grabbed Xia Weibao’s hand and flung it away from his body, he then lifted his leg and kicked her off the bed.
The heavy object landed on the floor with a loud thud.
“Ouch!”
Xia Weibao who was in deep sleep clutched her small waist and climbed back up with rage within her.
She was going to rebel!
Who dared to kick the empress off the bed? Is his whole family tired of living? She raged internally.
Just as she was furiously finding someone to get even with, she met with Lu Hualiang’s cold gaze.
Xia Weibao: “…”
“If this happens again, I will twist and break your hand!” Lu Hualiang uttered with his jaws clenched.
This woman is indeed sly — letting go and catching her target when it is the most unexpected. She reveals her true nature in the evening, he thought.
The empress felt wronged. All she did was try and have a good sleep. What had she done?
Forget it, a good woman does not fight with tyrants. After all, this man could kill her whole family, she thought.
Just as she was about to climb back onto the bed, she was scared by Lu Hualiang’s sharp gaze.
“Go sleep on the sofa!”
“I won’t…”
Xia Weibao could feel the fire within her and wanted to retort. Yet, the sharp gaze of Lu Hualiang gave her no choice, but to meekly comply.
All she could do was walk to the sofa with a pillow in her arms.
In the moment that she turned around, she shed tears of grievance.
What a bast*rd emperor! Not letting me go even after death, she thought.
When she awoke the next day, Lu Hualiang had already left.
Learning that he was going to be away on a business trip for a few days, Xia Weibao cheered.
She sat on the sofa and opened her laptop. Once again, she logged on to her Weibo.
To a person from the ancient era, everything in this world was curiously new.
The post that she had made the previous night before going to bed had already been reposted like crazy. At the same time, she was being scolded furiously.
— F*ck! B*tch Xia has the audacity to post on Weibo!
— Hehe, am I the only one who heard the provocation in that sentence? In the beginning, we worked together to chase her out of the entertainment industry. And today, the first sentence she says after her discharge is “I am back.”
— It seems like the man B*tch Xia has found to back her is quite powerful. She’s so arrogant. [disdain]
Xia Weibo read these increasingly nasty comments in glee.
Indeed, just as these people said, she had found a powerful man to back her!
If these keyboard warriors knew that she had married the most mysterious emperor of China, I wonder if they would be so angry that they would vomit blood.
Just then, she heard a strange noise coming from beside her.
Xia Weibao trembled with fear, before realising that it was her mobile phone.
“Sister Tong…”
Xia Weibao eyed the caller ID and immediately remembered who Sister Tong was.
In the beginning when the original owner of her body was forced to annul her entertainment contract with Diyu Media, she racked up a huge debt.
In order to repay her debts, she could only humble herself and sign a contract with Hongtu Media, a small and newly-established company.
And this Sister Tong was the manager that Hongtu Media had assigned to her.
After figuring out this relationship, Xia Weibao answered the phone. “Hello, Sister Tong.”
“I heard you were discharged from the hospital. How are you feeling?”
Through the phone came an experienced voice.
“I’m fine. Thank you for your concern, Sister Tong.”
“It’s good that you are all right. I’ve accepted a role for you and sent the script to your mailbox. Go and meet the movie crew yourself tomorrow. I still have several newbies to bring around so I won’t go visit you.”
And then she simply ended the phone call.
Xia Weibao was speechless. Last night, she seemed to have seen a news article that Hongtu Media would enter the stage of asset liquidation next month. Was there really a show still to be filmed and any newbies to bring around?