Chapter 89: Crazy Already
Yang Manyan quickly looked around and his eyes fell on the large floor-to-ceiling screen with a landscape painting next to the bathtub.
Her mind raced, and she lowered her voice and said seriously, "Your Majesty, please hide behind the screen!"
She pulled the man's big hand hard and pulled him forward, but the man stood there motionless. Instead, he stretched out his long arms and, like an eagle catching a rabbit, pulled her into his arms.
Yang Manyan subconsciously wanted to struggle, but the man's strong arms were like iron clamps across her chest, preventing her from moving.
Suddenly, there was a rustling sound of footsteps in the hall, which seemed to be approaching them little by little.
She almost forgot to breathe, her heart pounding, "Your Majesty..."
The emperor held the person in his arms tightly and said calmly, "What are you afraid of? The Queen Mother already knows about our affairs."
At that time, Queen Mother Jiang had used calming incense to knock Yang Manyan unconscious and sent him to the emperor's bed.
Queen Mother Jiang thought that this move would not only ease relations with the Emperor, but also free up the position of Crown Princess and replace it with the daughter of the Jiang family.
But she didn't expect that all her wishful thinking would fail in the end.
"This is different..." Yang Manyan wanted to cry but had no tears.
Queen Mother Jiang knew about it, but being caught having an affair with the emperor was not a good thing.
Moreover, this is the East Palace's bedroom, where she and her husband live, but she is making love with another man here... This is too embarrassing.
"What's the difference?" The man narrowed his eyes and snorted twice, his tone sour, "Am I so ashamed to be seen?"
He has been on the throne for many years, and all the civil and military officials inside and outside the court are subservient to him. She is the only one who dares to despise him in front of him.
At this moment, the crystal curtain shook suddenly, the beads collided with each other with a clanging sound, and a heavily made-up woman walked into the clean room.
Queen Mother Jiang was stunned, her anger stuck in her throat, unable to go up or down.
If there is anyone in this world who can make her feel fear and trepidation, the emperor must be the first and no one else.
After a long silence, she said awkwardly, "The emperor is here too..."
The emperor said "hmm" calmly, his expression slightly stern, "Why didn't you let someone know when the empress dowager came in?"
Seeing him being so unscrupulous, Yang Manyan's face turned red and he felt ashamed and embarrassed.
If Queen Mother Jiang hadn't been present, she would have raised her hand and slapped him again.
Queen Mother Jiang was also extremely embarrassed. "Just now, someone said that Yang Shangyi was not feeling well. I was worried that the palace maids were not taking good care of her, so I came here in person to check on her."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but look up.
Even though she already knew that the emperor and Yang were having an affair, she still found it unbelievable when she saw it with her own eyes...
Yang was indeed extremely beautiful, with skin whiter than snow, so tender and beautiful that it seemed as if it were about to drip with water. But the emperor was not a lustful person, so how could he be so fascinated by her?
Queen Mother Jiang turned her eyes and asked curiously, "Since the Emperor loves Yang so much, why doesn't he just take her into the harem?"
Yang Manyan's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
The emperor curled his lips and chuckled.
His deep voice was filled with helplessness, "I wanted to make you my queen and my first wife, but unfortunately she refused, and there was nothing I could do."
These words were like thunderclaps. Queen Mother Jiang was horrified and shocked beyond measure.
She tried her best to bring Yang down, but in the end there was still a position of queen waiting for her?
Footsteps were heard again outside the crystal curtain, and a pair of gold-woven soap boots stepped over the threshold. A pair of large hands with distinct joints lifted the pearl curtain, and Xiao Yan walked in.
Yang Manyan looked at him, feeling a little guilty, and his face became redder as if blood was dripping.
Unexpectedly, the emperor let her go, but then held her little hand in her sleeve again.
The father and son looked at each other, and their eyes exchanged silently for a moment.
Xiao Yan pursed his lips and looked away, "Empress Dowager, this place is too simple to entertain you. Please follow me back to the front hall."
Queen Mother Jiang's eyes were full of disbelief. She staggered back a step and almost fell.
What’s going on between this father and son? Have they been bewitched?
Xiao Yan gestured outside and asked Fuling, the head maid of Cining Palace, to come in and help Empress Dowager Jiang leave.
Passing through the corridors with swaying tree shadows, Queen Mother Jiang finally came to her senses. She stopped and looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
"Qian'er, are you willing to be with your father like this...?"
Xiao Yan's face was as calm as water. After a moment's silence, he said calmly, "Empress Dowager, please forgive me for being blunt. You don't have to do anything to enjoy the honor of being the Empress Dowager. Why waste your energy on these meaningless things?"
As gentle as he was, his words at this moment also had a hint of sharpness, which made people feel cold for no reason.
Queen Mother Jiang's face suddenly darkened. "Yang is just a bit pretty. There are countless women as beautiful as her in the world. Why do you have to be so obsessed with her..."
Xiao Yan interrupted her and said word by word: "No matter how beautiful the other woman is, she is not my grandson's sweetheart."
After a pause, he continued, "Yuanyuan is intelligent and polite, and she is talented and talented in literature. My grandson loves her very much."
"Crazy..." Queen Mother Jiang couldn't hold back her expression.
Xiao Yan lowered his eyes and pretended not to hear.
He knew that the father and son had gone mad a long time ago.
After he sent away Queen Mother Jiang and Concubine Wei, Yang Manyan was the only one left in the bedroom.
She was not wearing any makeup, only wearing her nightgown, leaning on the soft couch with her chin supported by one hand, looking through the palace accounts that had just been sent to her by the inner court.
Seeing Xiao Yan coming back, she quickly sat up, quietly straightened her dress, and asked with a guilty conscience, "Zi'an, are you done today?"
Xiao Yan laughed and raised his hand to gently scratch the tip of her nose, "No, but you can continue to be busy in the East Palace."
Yang Manyan also smiled and pulled him to sit next to him. "In that case, let's get busy together."
She murmured softly, "I've been in Nanyuan for half a month, and I've accumulated a lot of accounts that I haven't checked yet."
Now, in private, she doesn't even call me "Your Highness" or "Concubine", she just calls me "you" and "me".
Xiao Yan's heart softened, and he reached out to hug her, resting his chin on the top of her head, "You know what happened just now, right?"
"Yeah." Yang Manyan curled up into a ball and snuggled into his arms. "Just now, as you and the Queen Mother left the palace, Xingyun came in and told us the whole story."
"Oh, right!" She suddenly remembered something and couldn't help asking, "What was Concubine Shu's reaction when she saw Miss Su just now?"
"She didn't react much." Xiao Yan held her little hand and squeezed it, then clasped their fingers together.
"But I have also observed carefully. There are indeed some similarities between their eyebrows and eyes. But I can only follow the clues from that year to investigate further."
After a long silence, he suddenly sighed, "Yuanyuan, did the emperor tell you about Minister Yang?"
"No..." Yang Manyan blinked blankly.
She had a bad feeling for some reason, so she asked tentatively, "But what happened to my father in Jizhou?"
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