Thinking of this, An Lirong immediately knelt down and said to Su Mengyan: "I would like to thank the Queen first. The Queen has shown me great kindness and grace, which I will never forget."
As the carriage left the palace, An Lirong's mood gradually improved. The palace has always been an extremely depressing place, and even someone as delicate as An Lirong could not escape it.
Whether it is the harem or the homes of ministers with three or four wives and concubines, people always only hear the laughter of the new ones and no one knows the crying of the old ones.
Although An Lirong did not have Situ Yao in her heart, it did not mean that the concubines would let An Lirong go. As the emperor's women, they regarded everyone as their enemy.
Slowly, the carriage drove onto the street. The crowd was so crowded that the carriage could not go in. The palace maid told An Lirong, and An Lirong got off the carriage.
Looking at the crowded streets, hearing the hawkers' cries and people's bargaining from time to time, everything was so vivid. This infinite vitality gradually made An Lirong's heart, which had been somewhat cold in the harem, come alive.
As she walked around the street, An Lirong felt that she was becoming more and more popular, and a smile gradually appeared on her face.
Remembering that Su Mengyan asked her to help carry things, An Lirong thought of taking the things Su Mengyan wanted to buy first, so that she wouldn't forget them when she started playing.
Although Su Mengyan just mentioned it casually, it was an excuse for herself after all. No matter what, she couldn't let others see it.
Thinking of this, An Lirong came to a rouge shop. The rouge and powder here were very high-end and beautiful, and using them would make one's skin whiter like cream.
After buying rouge and powder, An Lirong continued to stroll around, but at this moment, a figure suddenly stumbled into her.
"Who is it?" The palace maid reacted and immediately protected An Lirong behind her.
An Lirong took a closer look and felt that this person looked very familiar. After thinking about it carefully, she realized that it was the woman she saw in the harem that day.
It turned out that this woman was the daughter of an envoy from the Western Regions. While they were singing and dancing, she suddenly felt a little unwell, so she hid aside to rest. Then she heard a commotion in the crowd, and she ran over to see that her father's people had been captured as aliens.
She wanted to explain, but seeing the aggressive looks of those people, she knew they would never listen to her explanation, so she immediately turned around and ran, escaping before the man noticed her.
However, she was not a coward. She just thought that those people had captured all her people, so if no one could run away to report the news, she didn't know what the consequences would be.
So this time she ran out, just wanting to go to the palace to meet the emperor and ask the emperor to rescue her father and others, but she didn't expect to run into An Lirong before she reached the palace.
An Lirong recognized the woman, and Jie Ya also recognized An Lirong.
"You are the empress from that day. My empress, please, my father has been captured. Please save my father." Jie Ya reacted and immediately asked An Lirong for help.
Although An Lirong didn't know who the father that Jieya was talking about was, but when she thought that she was from the Western Regions, she knew that this matter must be closely related to the Western Regions envoys.
On the street, An Lirong was embarrassed to ask about this matter, so she took Huaya to a restaurant and asked Jieya to explain the whole story.
Jie Ya was already curious about An Lirong, and now that she saw that An Lirong was willing to help her, she did not hide anything and told her everything in detail.
After hearing what Jieya said, An Lirong frowned. This matter was far beyond the control of a concubine like her. She had to speak to the emperor about it.
So, An Lirong said to Jieya, "I can't do anything about this matter. I have no choice but to return to the palace to report to the emperor. I believe the emperor will definitely give your father an explanation."
Jieya originally wanted to find someone to help, and when she heard An Lirong say this, she immediately expressed her gratitude to An Lirong.
After saying goodbye to Jie Ya, An Lirong stopped shopping and returned to the palace. She went straight to the imperial study and told Situ Yao everything about the matter.
"Your Majesty, the envoy from the Western Regions came with good intentions to ask for peace, but General Xu deliberately tied him up. I only dared to come and disturb Your Majesty because I met the envoy's daughter." An Lirong said it calmly.
She knew that she had Western Region blood, and if she showed excessive concern about the matter now, Situ Yao would surely have some doubts about it.
After hearing An Lirong's words, Situ Yao's anger immediately flared up: "Well, this Xu Mao actually detained the envoys between the two countries. He is really very bold."
Then, he immediately sent people to surround Xu's mansion.
As for Xu Mao, after hearing the Western Region envoy explain his identity, he did not let him leave. Instead, he was complacent and felt that he had captured the Western Region envoy. He was about to go to the Prime Minister's residence to report the matter to the Prime Minister.
However, as soon as he went out, he found that his mansion was surrounded by people.
"What's going on? Who is so bold as to surround this general's house?" Xu Mao was very excited, but when he found himself surrounded, his anger rose rapidly.
However, just after he finished cursing, a man appeared in front of him. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief: "Emperor, Your Majesty."
What was going on? Why was the emperor suddenly at his doorstep? And were these people also ordered by the emperor to surround his house?
In an instant, Xu Mao knew the origins of these people, but he still didn't understand why the emperor suddenly surrounded his house.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean? Why did you have people surround my home?" Xu Mao was a general and had always been careless. There were some things that he asked directly without even considering them.
After hearing Xu Mao's question, Situ Yao snorted coldly: "Humph, why? Don't you have any idea in your mind?"
What number? Xu Mao didn't know. If he knew, why would he ask?
Seeing Xu Mao's clueless expression, Situ Yao didn't bother to argue with him anymore. He immediately called out to the Imperial Guards, "Come here, take this man who has so recklessly detained the Western Regions envoy and throw him into the Heavenly Prison to await his fate."
Two people immediately stepped forward and grabbed Xu Mao. Xu Mao wanted to struggle, but when he thought about the fact that the person in front of him was Situ Yao and there were countless imperial guards watching him, he couldn't run away at all.
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