"I must see the Emperor today, so you'd better get out of the way. If anything comes up, I'll handle it myself."
Mu Jingyan didn't believe that Xiao Yujue would punish her for forcing herself out, but the imperial guards who were guarding her didn't buy it.
"Your Majesty, please don't embarrass me."
As he spoke, he held the scabbard with one hand and pressed the other hand on the handle.
Mu Jingyan's heart instantly surged with anger, and he sneered, "What? Do you still want to fight me?"
The Royal Guards didn't say anything, but the determination in their eyes gave their answer.
Mu Jingyan was immediately enraged and slapped the guarding imperial guard.
"Empress..." The nanny was so frightened that she couldn't help but scream.
But it was too late.
After Mu Jingyan knocked down the Imperial Guards, he took away their swords and threw them on the ground, then walked away.
"Queen, please come back soon."
The nanny ran to chase him, but Mu Jingyan had already used his lightness skills to climb onto the roof and quickly disappeared from her sight.
The patrolling guards saw Mu Jingyan heading towards the imperial study in a menacing manner and stepped forward to stop him.
She was holding a lot of anger in her heart, and she would attack anyone who stood in her way.
After all, she was the mother of a country, and the guards did not dare to really attack her. She fought all the way to the door of the imperial study.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen."
Xiao Yujue's personal bodyguard received the news and waited at the door of the imperial study, standing in front of Mu Jingyan in time.
"I want to see the emperor."
"Empress, the Emperor is currently discussing matters with the Prime Minister and the six ministers. He does not have time to meet with you for the time being. Please go back first. The Emperor will come to see you when he is done."
"No, I want to see the emperor now." Mu Jingyan felt like she was going crazy. She desperately wanted to know what had happened to her brother.
Seeing that Mu Jingyan was so stubborn, the personal bodyguard felt helpless and stretched out his arm to block her way.
"Your Majesty, please stop making trouble."
Mu Jingyan looked at Xiao Yujue's trusted personal guard and gradually calmed down.
She knew she couldn't beat him, but how could she be willing to go back like this?
"Empress, can't you even trust the Emperor?" The guard's words made Mu Jingyan lower his eyelids and his clenched hands gradually loosened.
"You go back first. No matter what happens, the emperor will definitely find a way to solve it."
Mu Jingyan's heart ached, but he could do nothing about it.
After thinking it over again and again, she decided to go back to the palace first, and turned around to see Wu Pianpian coming over with two palace maids.
Wu Pianpian's injuries seemed to have healed, and she looked radiant.
She walked in front of Mu Jingyan and bowed. "Your Highness, I pay my respects to the Queen."
"Stand up."
Mu Jingyan was about to leave after he finished speaking, but he heard the voice of the eunuch chief steward coming from behind him.
"Empress Duan, the Emperor has been waiting for a long time, please go in quickly."
Mu Jingyan was stunned.
She turned around and saw Wu Pianpian walking towards the imperial study, and the anger that had just subsided burned again.
She stepped forward quickly to block Wu Pianpian's way, grabbed Wu Pianpian's wrist, and questioned the guard, "You just said that the emperor was discussing matters with the prime minister and the six ministers and couldn't see me, so why was she able to go in?"
The guard was speechless.
He is just a messenger. It doesn't matter who Xiao Yujue wants to see or not. His words don't count.
"Empress, you hurt me." Wu Pianpian's voice was panicked and choked, as if she would cry at any time. "The emperor summoned me to serve him... The emperor didn't sleep well last night, and I was thinking..."
Last night?
"Has the Emperor been with you these days?"
"Yes..." Wu Pianpian looked a little trembling, "These days, the concubines have been sleeping with me..."
Mu Jingyan suddenly felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife.
Xiao Yujue put her under house arrest and never looked at her again, but he was intimate with another woman.
What does he take her for?
"Xiao Yujue, come out here."
Mu Jingyan was so angry that he was about to go crazy. He spoke without thinking and called Xiao Yujue's name, which scared everyone present so much that their faces turned pale.
"Oh, Queen, you can't... you can't do this..." The chief eunuch tried to persuade her, "If others hear this, then..."
"Xiao Yujue!"
"What's all the fuss?"
Xiao Yujue came out with his guards and several ministers who were discussing the matter.
Wu Pianpian burst into tears immediately after seeing this. "Your Majesty, please save me..."
Xiao Yujue frowned slightly, and there was no tenderness in her eyes when she looked at Mu Jingyan.
"What are you doing? Let go."
Mu Jingyan was stunned.
He had never spoken to her in such a tone since they got married.
She loosened her hand in a daze, and Wu Pianpian threw herself into Xiao Yujue's arms like a frightened little rabbit, looking pitiful.
"emperor……"
"It's all right."
Xiao Yujue gently patted Wu Pianpian's back to comfort her, raised his eyes to look at Mu Jingyan, and scolded: "Have you had enough of making trouble?"
Mu Jingyan had never seen Xiao Yujue so angry at her, and she subconsciously stepped back.
Xiao Yujue walked up to Mu Jingyan, trying her best to suppress her anger, and said, "Look at how you look now. You no longer look like a mother of the country. You're running around like a shrew. Why don't you go back to your bedroom?"
"But..." Mu Jingyan wanted to ask about her brother, but Xiao Yujue didn't give her such a chance.
"Come here, take the queen back. Strengthen the guards, and don't let her step out of the palace again, and don't allow anyone to visit her."
At Xiao Yujue's command, the guards rushed forward.
"No...I don't want to go back..." Mu Jingyan grabbed Xiao Yujue's sleeve, her arms already trembling slightly, "Your Majesty, please take back the arrest warrant for my brother. He is being wronged..."
"Whether it is an injustice or not, I will make my own judgment. You don't need to worry about it." Xiao Yujue's eyes were cold, and he shouted at the guards, "Take him away."
"Your Majesty... please, think about the years my brother has gone through for you, even if he has no merits, he has worked hard. Please give him a chance to defend himself..."
Mu Jingyan broke free from the guards' grip and knelt down in front of Xiao Yujue.
Xiao Yujue waved his hand impatiently.
"Wait."
A censor strode out and bowed deeply to Xiao Yujue.
"Your Majesty, the Empress violated the ban and left the palace, which is disobedience. Just now, I heard the guards talking about how the Empress injured the guards and escaped. This behavior is extremely bad. Please punish her severely."
Xiao Yujue's expression changed, and he said, "You are right. When Mu Jingrui is brought to justice, I will punish the Queen severely."
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