I don’t know how long it took, but it seemed that when He came in and added lamp oil to the candle flame, the wind she brought woke up Queen Dowager Huayang.

"Where is the emperor?!" The hoarse voice seemed to be a reflection of the Queen Mother Huayang's overdrawn mind. Her pair of red eyes looked at He, and He quickly knelt down.

"The emperor has already left." He was afraid that the Queen Mother Huayang would take advantage of this to get angry, so he added, "He has been gone for almost an hour."

"Then why don't you call me Ai?!" Still roaring, the Queen Mother Huayang, like a wild beast, had lost her usual dignity.

As if she was talking to herself, or as if she had thought of something, the Queen Mother Huayang murmured without asking He, who was kneeling on the ground: "Oh, I remember now. I'm under house arrest, under house arrest..."

He could only lie trembling on the ground, fearing that Queen Dowager Huayang would notice her.

The entire hall was filled with the extremely creepy mutterings of Empress Dowager Huayang, which made people shudder.

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Ying Zheng did not go looking for Queen Mother Xia again.

First, it was late at night, and Cheng Jiao and Queen Mother Xia should have gone to bed. Even if we didn't consider Queen Mother Xia, we still had to take care of Cheng Jiao.

Secondly, after experiencing the incident with Queen Dowager Huayang, Ying Zheng still felt a little uncomfortable.

"Chen Xuan, you said I will keep Cheng Jiao by my side tomorrow, is that okay?"

Ying Zheng looked at the bright moon in the sky and asked Chen Xuan who was swaying on him.

"That depends on you, Zheng." Chen Xuan's tone was still lazy, as if he didn't care about anything. "It's good to keep it by your side, so you can get closer to it."

"Why do I need so many close relatives?" Ying Zheng said with a smile, and then calmly looked at the moon in the sky, "Then when I go to deal with Queen Mother Xia tomorrow, I will take Cheng Jiao with me."

"It's not appropriate for me to interfere in such matters, so it's up to you to decide." With the current backbone of the Qin State, plus several powerful generals who have not yet grown up, it actually doesn't matter whether Cheng Jiao is there or not.

But since Ying Zheng wanted it, Chen Xuan naturally wouldn't stop him. As for how to do it, it depended on Ying Zheng's own wishes.

"Just keep him by my side and raise him like a rich kid." Ying Zheng seemed to have figured it out. "I don't ask this brother to achieve anything great. As long as he doesn't cause me any trouble, I'll let him be."

Chen Xuan naturally understood what Ying Zheng meant. Not causing trouble was a premise that Ying Zheng set for himself.

As long as Cheng Jiao did not rebel, Ying Zheng would not tolerate anything.

But if they rebel, don't blame Ying Zheng for being cruel and ruthless.

"Let's talk about tomorrow's affairs tomorrow." Chen Xuan turned over and found a comfortable position to lie down. "Zheng boy, sleep well."

"Sleep well."

Ying Zheng looked at the bright moon in the distance. The jade slip hidden in his sleeve seemed to be getting hot, and no one knew what Ying Zheng was thinking in his flickering eyes.

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