Chapter 257 (Full Revision) The Queen Mother and the Regent King Who Became a Cat 19
The atmosphere between the two of them suddenly changed from ambiguous and charming to a tense confrontation.
a long time.
Zong Yuecai said slowly: "I don't believe you want to kill me, but if you make such a choice, I will accept it with pleasure."
In fact, he didn't say the second half of the sentence.
He would indeed accept it, but before that, he would truly seize this kingdom and imprison her by his side.
Then hand her the knife.
Even if he had to die, he wanted her to kill him with her own hands.
Cha Jiu looked at him with a strange look and passed a secret message to him: "Hurry up and take it, don't let my hands get sore from lifting it."
The scroll of secret decrees was made of gold, and the outer box was sealed with century-old immortal wood, making it extremely heavy.
Zong Yue was stunned and quickly took the secret decree in his hand.
Cha Jiu turned his wrist, as if he had no intention of taking the secret decree back.
Zong Yue reacted.
She didn't mean to kill him.
Instead, we should hand over this matter, which concerns his life and death, to him.
The silent heart began to jump again.
The corners of Zong Yue's lips curled up involuntarily, and he couldn't help but walk closer to Cha Jiu.
The system said happily: "The favorability has almost recovered, Cha Cha, keep it up!"
Cha Jiu looked at Zong Yue's worthless expression of smugness, and a faint smile appeared in his eyes.
She told Zong Yue how she turned into a cat and how she turned back again during this period of time.
However, the part where she did it deliberately was concealed.
Zong Yue listened to the little emperor's absurd behavior, and his originally warm expression gradually turned cold.
Cha Jiu suddenly asked: "Zong Yue, do you want the throne?"
Zong Yue smiled and revealed his ambition to Cha Jiu without hesitation: "I want it."
Which man in the world doesn't want to be emperor?
What's more, Zong Yue was a man with outstanding achievements in both government and battlefield. If it were not for repaying the kindness of the late emperor, he would not be willing to submit to anyone.
No, he was willing to surrender to one person.
Zong Yue looked at Cha Jiu seriously and asked, "If you want to be the empress, I can also support you with my whole life, with all my strength and absolute loyalty."
He was not joking.
Cha Jiu shook his head: "No, just bear this suffering by yourself."
Her mission did not include becoming an empress.
The ultimate purpose of a worker is to do as much work as the points given to them.
A smart woman never creates trouble for herself.
The system raised its hands and said, "Zong Yue's favorability has reached 90%. Congratulations, you have gained a loyal Regent."
It was already late at night, but Zong Yue still lingered and refused to leave.
"Can't I stay?" he asked, looking at the bed.
The fake empress dowager had already slept in the main bedroom, and it was too late today to move to another bedroom, so Cha Jiu moved to a side hall to sleep.
"No, go back to your Yuanfeng Palace." Cha Jiu touched his neck which was pinched today, and there was obviously some resentment in his tone.
Zong Yue felt guilty and could only leave temporarily.
Yun An dealt with the fake empress dowager and those personal palace maids, and sent secret guards with high martial arts skills to disguise themselves as the palace maids and follow Cha Jiu to serve her, but in fact to protect her.
But when a dark figure walked in in the middle of the night, they did not stop him.
Instead, he quietly left the room.
Cha Jiu was startled, but after seeing who it was, he exclaimed in surprise: "Zong Yue"
Zong Yue left and came back.
His clothes were soaked and his black hair was still dripping with water.
He walked up to Cha Jiu and opened his palm, where the amber pendant lay.
Cha Jiu's eyes gradually widened. He looked at Amber and then at his wet clothes. "You went to the pond in the middle of the night to pick up this amber yourself."
Zong Yue's tone was very sincere and honest: "No matter what, I didn't recognize you right away and hurt you. This is my fault."
In other words, he was punishing himself to please Cha Jiu.
It was freezing cold in the winter. No matter who it was, it would be extremely uncomfortable to soak in a cold pool for half a day and then rush from Yuanfeng Palace to Yongning Palace in wet clothes.
Cha Jiu looked up and saw that the ends of Zong Yue's hair had begun to form some white frost and his lips had turned a little purple from the cold.
Although she knew it was a self-torture tactic, she still sighed and moved herself inward, leaving half of the bed empty.
Zong Yue's dull eyes brightened slightly.
"Change your clothes, drink some hot tea, and then come up." Cha Jiu reminded.
However, Zong Yue's physical condition was very good. Even though he was frozen like that, as long as he got on the bed and got into the warm quilt, he would soon regain his warmth.
He slowly approached Cha Jiu, until finally, his tall body completely held the petite person in his arms.
"Cat."
Cha Jiu did not respond.
Zong Yue called her "Empress Dowager" a different name, but Cha Jiu still didn't respond.
"Zhaoyu."
Cha Jiu turned over, put her hand over his mouth, and said impatiently, "Stop making noise and go to sleep."
Zong Yue began to kiss her palm.
Cha Jiu: “…”
"Don't throw it away again in the future." When Zong Yue came, he had already replaced the rope of the pendant with one of the right size and put it on Cha Jiu.
"Got it." Cha Jiu closed his eyes and muttered, "I won't abandon you again."
Zong Yue's fingertips that were tying the rope trembled slightly.
At this moment, his heart seemed to be filled with something.
…
Zong Yue withdrew all the people who were searching the palace.
The young emperor heaved a sigh of relief again, but became even more wary of Zong Yue and realized that his throne was unstable.
Duke Lin stood aside and snorted coldly, "The Regent's actions this time are truly disrespectful. Your Majesty has reason to punish him."
The death of his youngest son, Lin Mincong, filled Duke Lin with tremendous hatred towards Zong Yue.
"Punish him! Punish him!" The little emperor looked embarrassed: "Is it because I don't want to punish him?"
He wanted Zong Yue dead more than anyone else, but he had no real power and didn't have many court officials to use!
Duke Lin said slowly: "Since there is no one available, why not take advantage of this year's imperial examination to recruit some talents who can only be used by Your Majesty into the court."
The little emperor frowned and said, "The imperial examination has always been based on talent and is fair and just. How can I recruit the people I want?"
Duke Lin's wrinkled, pointed face showed a meaningful expression: "Your Majesty, since a fair imperial examination cannot select the person we want, how about making this imperial examination unfair and unjust?"
Although the little emperor was stupid, he had received the Queen Mother's painstaking instruction for many years, and had more or less learned some righteous principles.
So after hearing Lord Lin's suggestion, he hesitated: "If this is the case, there is no way to select real talents for the court."
The Queen Mother once taught him that talented people were the foundation of a country, and that the fair selection system of the imperial examinations must not be shaken, let alone its credibility weakened.
Duke Lin disagreed: "Your Majesty, the useful people are never those who are talented, but those who are obedient and willing to serve you."
"No matter how talented those people are, even if they are admitted to the court, they may only submit to the power of the regent or the queen mother. What good will it do us?"
Duke Lin was eloquent and quickly convinced the emperor, who was already wavering.
However, if this matter is to be accomplished, Zong Yue must be suppressed temporarily to prevent him from interfering in the matter.
Who will suppress Zong Yue?
Who can suppress Zong Yue?
Only the Queen Mother.
Duke Lin said, "Now that the fake Queen Mother is under our command, we can just let her use yesterday's palace search as an excuse to order Zong Yue to temporarily avoid government affairs. Then it will be a natural thing for us to take over the imperial examinations."
The little emperor was delighted and couldn't wait to walk towards the Yongning Palace.
At this time, Zong Yue had just woken up holding Cha Jiu.
Cha Jiu was still sleeping soundly, her slender neck and round shoulders like jade revealed through her clothes, with a few ambiguous red marks, gorgeous and gorgeous.
Zong Yue couldn't help but stroke it with his big hand again, and kissed the mark on it like the most devout believer.
The palace maid knocked on the door and reported that His Majesty was approaching.
Only then did Cha Jiu wake up from his sweet dream and lazily turned over and got out of bed.
The palace maids who served closely had been replaced by people from the Regent's Palace, so when they came in and saw Zong Yue standing next to the Queen Mother, they did not show any surprise.
A palace maid was changing clothes for Cha Jiu, but was dismissed by Zong Yue with a wave of his hand.
Cha Jiu lowered his head and watched the half-tied belt around his waist about to fall apart.
A pair of hands came from behind, grabbed the light belt, and tied it around Cha Jiu's waist again.
A tall figure approached from behind.
Zong Yue held her cold earlobe in his mouth and chuckled, "I am willing to serve the Empress Dowager with my humble efforts."
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