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After the Emperor left, Tao Yaoyao touched her swollen lips and suddenly smiled.
It was a smile both mocking and resolute.
'Qi Che, how can I possibly quell this rage in my heart without tormenting you properly at least once?'
'YY said the best way to torture someone isn't to kill them, but to make them wish they were dead.'
'And there's only one thing that can make Qi Che's life a living hell.'
The Emperor's sudden decree to take the Tao family's second young miss as a consort shocked the entire imperial court!
Setting aside the question of when the Tao family suddenly acquired a second young miss, the very fact that the Emperor personally named her in the imperial edict was frightening enough.
It would be a lie to say Tao Yu wasn't horrified. The Tao family...
Where was he supposed to find a second young miss of the Tao family to be the Emperor's consort?!
