Chapter 98 Don’t Be My Lover, Be My Concubine (Twenty-Five)

The two of them hurriedly got up and rushed to Kunning Palace.

Jiang Ye went straight into the inner hall, and Yu Huo's eyes flashed with doubt in the hall.

Wasn't the Queen supposed to die the day after tomorrow? Why was she critically ill so early?

[Revenge 945: Host, the original world line was like this, but after your intervention, the world line will shift.]

Having said that, Yu Huo still felt something was wrong. He had never had any contact with the queen, so this shouldn't be the case, right?

At this moment, Aunt Cui walked out of the inner hall and said to him, "The Queen wants to see you."

Yu Huo followed in with a confused look on his face. This was the first time he met the Queen of Daliang.

She was a very beautiful woman. Even though she was thin, she had a dignity when she raised her eyes and curved her lips, which was unforgettable.

Unexpectedly, the other party only looked at him for a moment before looking away. He gave Jiang Ye beside him a weak smile and sighed, "He is indeed good-looking. He is three points better than his father when he was young."

Yu Huo: "...?"

No one knew when the emperor arrived. He stood outside the palace and didn't dare to come forward, his eyes a little red.

At this moment, the queen suddenly stretched out her hand in his direction, with expectation in her eyes.

The emperor was no longer timid. He walked forward quickly and grabbed the other person's skinny wrist.

Jiang Ye looked at the two people's hands clasped in mid-air, and a cold light flashed across his eyes, disappearing in a flash.

The Queen looked at him, her eyes constantly glancing in Jiang Ye's direction, her words incoherently: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... these years, these things... I have long since become indifferent to them. Although I resent you in my heart, I also know that you have your own difficulties..."

After a few words, the emperor burst into tears. Yu Huo looked at the queen's expression coldly and sighed in his heart.

In order to give Jiang Ye another boost in his bid for the throne, the queen ended her own life early, leaving a thorn in the emperor's heart.

"I just ask you to treat our Ye'er well. He has a leg disease and a soft temper. When he is bullied by his brothers, he will just hide and cry..."

"Nianci, why do I never..." At this point, the emperor seemed to have figured it out. He seldom saw the child due to guilt, so the people in the palace thought that he disliked her. As a princess who was not favored in the deep palace, naturally no one would stand up for justice even if she was bullied.

He looked away, feeling remorseful: "Nianci, it's my fault."

Disgust flashed across the Queen's eyes, then quickly disappeared. She forced her sick body to pull her hand away from the other's grasp and grabbed Jiang Ye's wrist: "Your Majesty, the only thing I hate is... Ye'er is obviously a legitimate child, but you let those bastards who were born out of wedlock step on his head and do whatever they want. I hate it, I hate it so much!"

The queen's hair stuck to her cheeks, and her eyes were filled with bloodshot. She was like a flower that was about to wither, struggling hard, trying to release all her strength to leave some trace on this world.

"Nianci, don't be anxious, just speak slowly... Imperial Physician, Imperial Physician!" The emperor held her shoulders, feeling a little overwhelmed.

The imperial physician kneeling in the hall sighed, but dared not say a word.

At this moment, the queen seemed to have lost all strength, and her straight neck suddenly fell on the pillow. She looked at the golden curtain above her head, her pupils blurred: "Jiang Muliu, if I could do it again, I would still save you in the hunting ground, but I never want to be your crown princess again..."

The emperor stood there in a daze, his lips trembling and unable to speak.

Jiang Ye was silent for a moment, then raised his hand to close the Queen's half-open eyes, tears streaming down his face: "Mother!"

The queen passed away and her funeral was very grand.

Jiang Ye sat in a wheelchair and insisted on mourning for the queen. Afterwards, he caught a cold and was sick for three days before he recovered.

During this period, the emperor went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony again. This time he had not appeared for several days and did not attend court.

It was not until the increasingly fierce conflict between the North and the South outside that people were drawn out.

The cause was that a candidate from the north went to beat the drum to report the incident, and would rather roll on the nail board than bring the matter to the court, asking the emperor to give a fair punishment.

The emperor had not slept well for several days, and the death of the queen made him heartbroken. He immediately got very angry and ordered that the chief examiner and deputy examiner of this special examination be imprisoned in the sky prison.

There was no favoritism or fraud in this imperial examination, so they couldn't say anything. However, in order to quell the incident, the emperor had no choice but to execute the person immediately.

When the emperor is angry, blood will flow everywhere.

Everyone in the capital was in danger. Even the prince's party and Prince Yan's party, who had been arguing endlessly, had become quails and stopped making trouble.

A few days later, the emperor ordered a re-examination, and the examiners who were pushed out to take the blame were locked up in the Imperial Examination Hall, feeling as sad as if they had lost their parents.

When the Imperial Examination Hall opened, their faces all looked unhappy.

Because the results were so disappointing, only a handful of northern scholars made the list, and they were also ranked at the bottom...

The lights in the imperial study were still on, and several ministers were kneeling on the ground, trembling with fear.

Just when everyone was at a loss, the Eighth Princess and her husband suddenly entered the palace with badges. No one knew what they talked about that night, but the next day, the imperial examination results were posted, shocking everyone.

"North-South rankings?"

"This year, there are two top-ranked, second-ranked, and third-ranked scholars!"

"And the admission ratio! Northern candidates will account for 30% of the list for future imperial examinations!"

“That’s great, that’s great!”

......

A controversy surrounding the imperial examination was thus put to rest because of the division of the list into the north and the south. At the same time, the examiners of this imperial examination all praised the eighth princess, and her talent and reputation spread far and wide.

Later, because the Eighth Princess wrote two poems in Juxian Tower, her talent and reputation became even greater. The Eighth Princess even started to hold banquets in the Princess Mansion, inviting talented men and women to come and appreciate the flowers and recite poems. She was so busy that she had no time to spare.

If she were an ordinary woman, she might not be able to contain such a great fame, but the princess is a dragon girl and is already married, so others will naturally not speculate too much.

But those who made fun of Yu Huo didn't care. Mrs. Yu was so angry that her eyes turned red at home, saying that the Eighth Princess relied on her status to violate the virtues of a woman. After being scolded by Mrs. Yu, she finally calmed down.

The conflict between the North and the South was temporarily settled, and the rewards from the palace also arrived at the princess's mansion.

The eunuch who delivered the imperial eunuch was the emperor's personal eunuch, which shows how much he values ​​the Eighth Princess.

Among them, he gave some gold and silver as rewards, and also specifically stated that the son-in-law was kind and brave, and would join the imperial army as the captain of the sword-bearing guards in front of the emperor.

On the day he started work, the emperor met with him specially and spoke to him in a very cordial manner. Then he changed the subject and talked about Jiang Ye.

"Yer has suffered a lot since she was a child, and she can only read some poetry and books to pass the time. Recently, she has become famous because of the imperial examination and has held many banquets. I think there are many rumors outside the palace. My husband, please don't take those rumors to heart."

Yu Huo? He uttered a word and raised his head: "What rumors? What are you keeping in mind?"

The emperor's expression faltered slightly: "Don't you know, Prince Consort?"

Yu Huo blinked and had an idea in mind.

He was saying...why was he given the title of third-rank sword-bearing imperial guard for no reason? It turned out that this was to help his daughter deal with the aftermath.

It seems that the Queen's knife has stabbed into the dog emperor's heart, and he can't wait to praise Jiang Ye to the sky!

He seemed to ponder for a moment, then suddenly laughed. "So, Father is talking about those scoundrels who are making up stories about me? The princess is so talented, and I've never been able to get along with her. It's no big deal for her to find a few poets to cheer her up! What's so shameful about this?"

If it were a man, he would have been so ashamed and angry that he would have started a fight. How could he be fine?

The emperor was a little unconvinced: "Do you really think so?"

The young man in front of him, dressed in military uniform, was handsome and calm. "Really? Father, my sister even went to the Nanfeng Pavilion. The princess is much more well-behaved than her. Why should I be angry? They are really making a big deal out of nothing."

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