Empress Dowager of Yongshou Palace?
She's none other than Empress Dowager Ashina.
Helian Jue came down from the slide and also helped his fourth brother, Ale, down from the slide.
Xie Yuan also stood up.
The couple exchanged a glance—
Helian Jue: Why is she here? Is she up to something again?
Xie Yuan shook his head: I don't know!
Since she proposed dismissing the elderly palace servants, she and Empress Dowager Ashina have kept to themselves.
Originally, according to custom, Xie Yuan would also pay his respects to the Empress Dowager, the two empress dowagers, and other elders on the first and fifteenth of each month.
However, the Empress Dowager said, "I am getting old and prefer peace and quiet. Your well-being is the greatest filial piety you can show me."
"Let's skip the morning and evening greetings!"
Empress Dowager Xiao shared the same attitude.
Empress Dowager Ashina hated Xie Yuan and refused to see her at all.
Whatever the reason, the result was that the monthly greetings were canceled by the elders.
Unless summoned by his elders or if there was something truly important, Xie Yuan almost never had the chance to meet these three.
Today is probably the first time that Empress Dowager Ashina has visited.
"Perhaps, Mother wants to see the child!"
Xie Yuan walked to Helian Jue's side and said in a low voice.
She herself didn't believe that.
She and her children have been back in Beijing for over a month.
On the day she entered the palace, Empress Dowager Ashina had not yet officially broken with Xie Yuan, and the two maintained a superficial harmony.
Empress Dowager Ashina pretended to tease the four children.
It was indeed a rare auspicious omen, and the children were her own rightful grandchildren. Although Empress Dowager Ashina had some ulterior motives, she still showed some affection.
Only a sigh escaped his lips: "Alas, what a fine child, it's a pity he wasn't born into Ashina's womb."
However, during the banquet that day, Xie Yuan retaliated against Empress Dowager Ashina's provocations one after another, and the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law completely broke down.
From that day on, Empress Dowager Ashina treated Xie Yuan and his children as if they didn't exist.
What grandchildren?
Hmph, even her sons aren't her own, so why would Empress Ashina value a few little cubs she's never even met?
Therefore, Xie Yuan guessed that Empress Dowager Ashina had come to see the child, and was definitely trying to make amends for the other party.
Well, regardless of what happened in private, on the surface, Empress Dowager Ashina was ultimately Helian Jue's adoptive mother and fully supported him in ascending the throne.
Even Helian Jue himself had very complicated feelings towards Empress Dowager Ashina.
Helian Jue could turn against his adoptive mother, but Xie Yuan couldn't speak ill of his "mother-in-law" in front of Helian Jue.
This is also a way for couples to get along.
It's still the same old saying, "love me, love my dog." She loves Helian Jue, so she's willing to suffer for him and also willing to cover up the truth for him.
"Ah Yuan, do you even believe what you're saying?"
Helian Jue did not treat Xie Yuan as his empress just because he became emperor.
That sounds a bit awkward.
However, it reflects Helian Jue's feelings for Xie Yuan. In Helian Jue's heart, Xie Yuan was always the wife who accompanied him in exile to Lingnan and who rushed to take care of him and save him when he was in critical condition due to malaria!
Yes, Xie Yuan was not just his empress, but his wife with whom he shared joys and sorrows and entrusted with life and death.
In Helian Jue's heart, the most important person in the world was Xie Yuan.
Instead of a foster mother who abandons herself at crucial moments and then pretends to be loving for her own benefit!
Therefore, he never put on airs like a monarch when facing Xie Yuan.
He is simply himself, Helian Jue!
Xie Yuan sensed the sarcasm in Helian Jue's words and gently tugged at his sleeve. "Your Majesty, it's better to see through it than to say it!"
It's enough to understand in your heart; there's no need to say it aloud.
However, Helian Jue's interruption once again broke down the subtle barrier between the couple that had arisen due to their changed identities.
The last time it was broken was when I went to visit Xie Zhen.
Helian Jue continued to trust and love his brother-in-law Xie Zhen as always.
He has never changed!
Despite being moved, Xie Yuan remained somewhat clear-headed.
We must strictly abide by the rules and never make mistakes.
Feelings are truly difficult to remain unchanged throughout the ages.
Of course, Xie Yuan was not an ungrateful wretch, nor was she a heartless blockhead. She had personally felt the kindness Helian Jue showed her.
She will reciprocate this love and trust!
That's why she would occasionally joke with Helian Jue, as if they were still the couple who had gone through thick and thin together in Lingnan.
Sure enough, seeing Xie Yuan's reproachful look, Helian Jue couldn't help but smile.
As intelligent as Helian Jue was, he naturally understood Xie Yuan's concerns.
He and Xie Yuan had been husband and wife for several years, spending every day together and sharing life and death, so he naturally had a deep understanding of her.
Helian Jue discovered that A Yuan was an extremely calm and restrained person.
She seemed to always keep one rule in mind, and she always lived cautiously within that small framework.
Her only impulse was probably to disregard her own life and death, and the child in her womb, and rush to take care of him who had been infected by miasma!
She loved him, and Helian Jue could clearly feel that.
However, her love seems to be reserved.
At least it can't compare to his complete openness towards her.
"It's okay! I don't know what you're afraid of, but I'm confident that one day I will let you know that I deserve your love!"
Helian Jue said to himself in his heart.
He is obsessive; once he sets his mind on someone, he won't change his mind.
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