Chapter 368 Zhao Hede 29
"It's my fault. I'm here to pick up Your Majesty, aren't I?" Zhao Hede said, looking at Ban Jieyu, who was lying on the ground with half her clothes undressed and a dazed look, with a faint look in her eyes.
"Someone come and wake her up with the water and send her back to Zengcheng Palace. Also send someone to notify the Empress Dowager, lest Ban Jieyu wakes up and threatens to kill herself, and she starts to suspect me, a pregnant woman."
After she finished speaking, she didn't even look at him again, and left with the dazed Liu Ao.
Zhao Hede helped Liu Ao sit down, undressed him, and wiped his face and body with warm water. When Liu Ao fell asleep, Yu Kezi beside him whispered:
"Your Majesty, the palace maid just reported that the Empress Dowager went to Zengcheng Hall and took Ban Jieyu away."
"Tsk, are you afraid that I'll take advantage of this situation, or do you think I'm the one setting this up?"
Zhao Hede looked at Liu Ao's sleeping face, tucked in the corner of the quilt for him, and waved her hand indifferently: "She is just a Ban Jieyu, she can take care of her however she wants, your Majesty's health is more important. Send an imperial physician to see your Majesty. From what I see today, your Majesty doesn't look like he has forgotten himself after drinking."
Looking at Liu Ao's slightly frowned brows, Hede reached out and gently smoothed them with a smile on his lips.
The next day, Liu Ao woke up from a hangover and took the sobering soup handed to him by Hede with a groggy head. He drank it sip by sip, glancing at Hede who was handling affairs next to him from time to time, as if he wanted to say something but stopped himself.
Before he could utter a word, Palace Maid Fan came in and whispered, "Your Highness, the Empress Dowager has sent someone to invite His Majesty and you to the Changle Palace."
Liu Ao frowned, drank the hangover soup in one gulp, stood up and said, "The Queen is pregnant, so there is no need to go. I will go see if my mother has any advice."
"Then Your Majesty, please take care of yourself and speak more gently to your mother. We haven't found out anything about yesterday's incident."
When she said this, Liu Ao's expression became even uglier. Yesterday, the imperial physician examined him and checked what he had taken yesterday. The results showed that everything was normal.
Could it be that he, the emperor, got aroused by just drinking a little and picking up anyone?
Besides, the timing of Ban Jieyu's appearance at that time was too coincidental, and Liu Ao could not help but be suspicious.
He was reluctant to talk about these things with Hede, fearing that she would worry about him while pregnant. He just smiled and pinched her face: "I know, you don't need to worry about these things, just have a good rest and wait for me to come back."
"Farewell to Your Majesty."
Liu Ao smiled as he got into the carriage. He turned his head with a cold expression and ordered the attendant beside him, "Go and find out who Chunyu Chang has been secretly interacting with recently...especially Wang and the Empress Dowager."
"The Emperor will definitely suspect Chunyu Chang. Even though we have cleaned up the mess, he and the Zhang sisters may not be so sure."
Zhao Hede casually threw the polished gemstone aside to listen for the sound. A palace attendant beside her asked cautiously, "What does Her Majesty the Queen mean?"
"The Wang family hasn't fallen yet, so it's not his time to die. Remind him that the emperor's anger always needs a place to vent. He should know the most appropriate place. Remember not to say anything final."
Zhao Hede picked up a glass bead the size of a pigeon egg and threw it into the golden plate. The tinkling sound was crisp and pleasant.
Wow——
She raised her hand, and the beads rolled to the right, then to the left, up, down...
"You see, only beautifully polished beads are worthy of being on my plate. Those with sharp edges and corners that refuse to change are not even worthy of being played with."
Hede looked at Fan Gongren and sighed, "I wonder if anyone can understand my good intentions."
Palace maid Fan didn't understand how impressive she was. She just felt that Her Majesty the Queen was truly unfathomable, and it was quite normal that she couldn't understand her with her qualifications.
The system didn't indulge her, and immediately shouted in her mind: [Riddler, get off the Earth!]
[Mad, I hate it most when people interrupt me when I'm showing off. Just shut up.]
Zhao Hede almost couldn't hold it in, but fortunately she was professional, so she quickly waved her hand to send Fan Gongren away to work, while she continued to argue with the system in her sea of consciousness.
Chunyu Chang, who had received the news, was unsure whether anyone had seen him and the Zhang sisters interacting, and his heart tightened. However, after hearing the reminder from Palace Lady Fan, he realized something. When he learned that the Emperor had been summoned by the Empress Dowager early that morning, he had a clearer idea.
After carefully considering his words, he had regained his composure when he was summoned by Liu Ao. Facing Liu Ao's obviously gloomy face, he even had the mood to ask:
"Your Majesty, while it's good to be diligent, you should also be mindful of your health. You drank a lot yesterday, so you should rest well today."
"My dear, you are very concerned about my health, aren't you?"
Liu Ao narrowed his eyes at his composure. His veiled question didn't frighten him. Chunyu Chang calmly bowed and replied, "Your Majesty is the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. You are both my king and my brother's relative. Naturally, I am concerned about your health."
"Oh? Isn't it because you secretly accepted bribes from the Zhang sisters and helped them to deceive me?"
"Your Majesty, why do you say that? Isn't this the Empress Dowager's will...?"
"What do you mean by that?"
Liu Ao, who had just had a heart-to-heart talk with the Empress Dowager and was still trying to explain his deep misunderstanding of her and to be a good son in the future, suddenly slammed the table and stood up when he heard this.
"Do you know what you're talking about?!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was completely ignorant. The two Zhangs came to me the other day and said that the Empress Dowager wanted to bring you and Ban Jieyu back together. However, since it was inconvenient for her to intervene directly, she asked me to..."
"I've thought about it. They're new arrivals, sent by the Wang family. They certainly wouldn't dare to use the Empress Dowager to deceive me. Furthermore, they came to me specifically for Ban Jieyu. If they really wanted to win favor, it would be for themselves. So they acted on their own..."
"Even if she is really the Empress Dowager, can you plot against me?"
"I had absolutely no such intention. I agreed to it because I agreed that day that Ban Jieyu only wanted to perform to express her feelings. But when it got late that day and they still hadn't come, I thought they had changed their minds, so I said goodbye and left."
This is true. In order to make Chunyu Chang work harder, the sisters did use the guise of the Empress Dowager and Ban Jieyu. However, Chunyu Chang knew from the beginning that they were just taking advantage of the power of others.
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