After leaving the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Emperor Yuan walked straight towards the Ning'an Palace, but halfway there he turned around and went back to the Taiji Palace.

He didn't know whether he should ask the Queen for clarification, and he was also afraid of hearing from the Queen that he was Qin Huai's substitute.

But even though Emperor Yuan did not go to see the empress, the empress soon found out what had happened in the court.

Her secrets were no longer secrets.

In Ning'an Palace.

Aunt Shang asked cautiously, "My Lady, are you going to look for His Majesty?"

The Queen was silent for a moment and then nodded, "This matter must be made clear, otherwise there will be a rift between me and Your Majesty."

She stood up, put on her makeup and clothes with the help of Aunt Shang, and sat on the phoenix chariot to Taiji Palace.

On the other side, Lu Yunting and Jiang Yueyang left the palace together and went to the Supervisory Office.

Originally, he was planning to go to Emperor Yuan today to tell him about his marriage to Jiang Yueyang, but he didn't expect that such a thing would happen.

At this time, it was not convenient for him to go to Emperor Yuan to discuss the marriage, so he could only give up for the time being.

Seeing that he was a little depressed, Jiang Yueyang tilted her head and asked, "Ayue, what's wrong with you? Are you in a bad mood?"

"No." Lu Yunting reached out and quietly held her hand, "I'm wondering if I should go to His Majesty and tell him about our marriage now."

"Don't."

"Um?"

Jiang Yueyang lowered her voice and said, "My father just told me that His Majesty is in a bad mood."

"Wasn't everything fine yesterday?"

"Maybe something happened after you left the palace." Jiang Yueyang said, thinking back, "Your Majesty does look a little bad today."

The system sighed, my naive host!

Jiang Yueyang heard the system sigh and immediately asked: [Xiaogua, why are you sighing? Do you know why His Majesty is in a bad mood? ]

The system immediately denied it, [I don't know, I sighed because I thought it would be too difficult for you two to get married. ]

[Yes, it’s too difficult! ]

Hearing this, Lu Yunting held her hand tightly and said, "Yangyang, we will definitely get married."

"Yeah!" Jiang Yueyang responded heavily.

Lu Yunting raised his hand and gently pinched her cheek, with a smile hidden in his voice, "I heard that you are teaching Uncle Jiang and the others to learn a language that has never appeared before."

"Yes. That writing is called Arabic numerals, which are a type of numbers that are more convenient to write."

"Can I learn?"

"You want to learn?"

Lu Yunting nodded, "Is it okay?"

"Of course!" Jiang Yueyang glanced around and lowered her voice again, "Actually, Arabic numerals are very profound. I only taught them the simplest addition and subtraction.

If you want to learn, I can also teach you multiplication, division, exponentiation, square root, functions..."

As soon as Lu Yunting heard it, he knew that she was hiding something and was just too lazy to do it, and he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

At this time, on the other side, the Queen arrived at the gate of Taiji Palace on a phoenix chariot.

As soon as she stepped into the hall, she saw Emperor Yuan sitting in front of the table with a serious expression.

Hearing the noise, Emperor Yuan instinctively looked up and his eyes met with the Empress's. Neither of them spoke for a moment.

After a while, the queen bent her knees and was about to kneel down.

Upon seeing this, Emperor Yuan immediately said, "Come here, give the Queen a seat."

"Your Majesty, I, your concubine..."

Before she could finish, Emperor Yuan interrupted her and said, "If you have anything to say, sit down and talk."

As soon as he finished speaking, the eunuchs from the Taiji Palace brought in a stool with a cushion on it.

The queen was pregnant and had a heavy body, so she did not insist on kneeling. After she sat down, she said, "Your Majesty, I already know what happened in the court today. Please listen to my explanation."

Emperor Yuan looked at her with complicated eyes, "Go ahead."

The palace maids in the hall, including Li Fuquan and Shang Gugu, retreated silently upon hearing this.

The queen took a deep breath and continued, "At first, I did regard Your Majesty as Qin Huai.

But after spending more time together, I discovered that although Your Majesty and Qin Huai look similar, their personalities are completely different.

Your Majesty is jealous, temperamental, and clingy. Sometimes, he even does stupid things. "

Emperor Yuan: “…”

The Queen continued, “I thought I liked a man like Qin Huai who was smart, tough, and self-disciplined, but that’s not the case.

I like the way Your Majesty gets jealous, I like the way Your Majesty sticks to me whenever he has time, and I like the way Your Majesty occasionally shows shamelessness. "

Emperor Yuan: “…”

"Gradually, I realized that in my heart, Your Majesty is Your Majesty, and not a substitute for anyone." The queen said with tears in her eyes.

After hearing what the Queen said, Emperor Yuan had no doubt at all, and the heavy feeling in his heart disappeared instantly.

He spoke slowly: "After coming out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, I subconsciously wanted to find you to ask you clearly. But halfway there, I backed off. I was afraid that you would tell me that you never loved me.

In the end, I didn't go looking for you. On the way back, I thought it through. Even if you mistook me for Qin Huai, I would accept it. "

Hearing Emperor Yuan's words, the Queen's tears instantly fell, and she choked up and said, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I'm really sorry!"

Emperor Yuan stood up and walked to the Queen, gently wiping away her tears, "You don't have to say sorry, as long as you have me in your heart, that's enough."

The queen reached out and grabbed Emperor Yuan's sleeve, "Your Majesty, please depose me. I shouldn't have concealed the fact that I was married, and I shouldn't have embarrassed Your Majesty in front of the civil and military officials."

"What nonsense! I have never thought of deposing the queen. Besides, I have already lost face a long time ago, so this time is not a big deal."

"Your Majesty..." The Queen looked up at him with moist eyes.

Emperor Yuan gently embraced her in his arms and said, "This matter ends here. No one of us is allowed to mention it again."

On the other hand, officials from the Censorate had a heated discussion about the fact that the queen had been married.

An old censor frowned, slammed the table and said angrily: "The queen was married but concealed this fact, which is suspected of deceiving the emperor. This trend should not be allowed to continue. The queen should be deposed to rectify the government."

As soon as this statement was made, several officials immediately echoed it.

But some officials refuted: "The queen has never made any mistakes since she entered the palace, and now she is pregnant with the heir, so we should not be hasty in deposing her."

"That's right. The queen is the mother of a country. How can she be deposed just like that? Besides, similar things have happened before."

"So what? The Queen and the Shangguan family concealed this matter!"

"The Shangguan family concealed this matter, but since the Queen entered the Central Palace, the Shangguan family has gradually faded out of the court. Isn't their attitude still unclear?"

The two sides argued endlessly, and for a while there was a quarrel in the Censorate.

The Imperial Censor, Lord Wei, said nothing the whole time. He just sat there and listened to them arguing.

They seemed to have forgotten that they did not know on the surface that the Queen had been married.

Moreover, Your Majesty would never agree to depose the Queen!