The head maid stood aside, silently listening as the person next to her was dragged away, without saying a word.
Ye Zhao immediately dismissed everyone. After everyone had left, a man in black knelt before Ye Zhao.
"Investigate thoroughly to find out whether the Empress's dietary oversight was truly due to her being too busy, or whether someone did it intentionally."
Ye Zhao turned to look at the closed door, behind which was the person he loved most.
He didn't have a lover before, and he didn't care about the state of his harem at all, since he had no relationship with those women anyway. But things are different now. If anyone stirs up trouble and tries to hurt the woman he loves, then it's time to clean up this harem.
"Yes." The man in black answered and left immediately.
Ye Zhao pushed open the door again and went inside.
…
Ye Zhao sat down next to Wan Ge and reached out to remove her veil. The rash on Wan Ge's face was still quite noticeable, but not many. She probably didn't dare to scratch it because she was afraid of disfiguring herself.
Ye Zhao's eyes were filled with heartache. If it weren't for... worrying that Wan Ge would be afraid of him and follow everyone related to him, he would probably be gone long ago.
No one ever taught Ye Zhao how to repay evil with kindness; all he knew was how to instill fear, which was the best weapon to protect himself.
However, there was a light beside him, and this light feared the darkness and malevolence emanating from him. He didn't mind hiding all of this, as long as his light didn't leave him.
He had once been curious about Wan Ge, because he had heard of a woman who was cruel and vicious, as if she were another version of himself.
At that time, I didn't have the urge to see her or bring her to my side.
Until he met her at the inn that day, he didn't know why, at that moment, he didn't feel that the woman in front of him was like what others had described.
Although they had only known each other for a few days, Ye Zhao felt more and more that she was very different from the rumors.
Just like when she said she wanted to execute those imperial chefs, she was terrified, but she still asked for it.
It was at that moment that Ye Zhao clearly realized that they were different. Wan Ge was not the way the rumors described at all. He was not unhappy. He didn't care about anything else. All he cared about was whether Wan Ge could stay by his side.
…
The imperial physician's medicine was particularly effective; within two days, the rash on Wan Ge's body was completely gone.
Every day, apart from attending court, Ye Zhao would stay by her side, and even handle government affairs in her palace.
Wan Ge always stood silently beside him, occasionally grinding ink for him.
Ye Zhao seemed to enjoy this kind of interaction. Even if someone felt it was inappropriate, they were all swept away by Ye Zhao's glance.
Just as Wan Ge put down the inkstone in her hand, Ye Zhao suddenly pulled her into his arms.
"Your Majesty..." Wan Ge looked at him cautiously. She must have known about the worker being beaten with twenty strokes of the cane.
Ye Zhao clearly spared their lives, which was different from the rumors, but Wan Ge was still afraid.
There was an indescribable fear deep in my heart, even though Ye Zhao did all these things because of her.
Wan Ge always felt that she shouldn't be afraid of him, but every time she got close to him, she started to feel timid.
Ye Zhao held her tightly, and said in a deep voice in her ear, "Little Ge'er, can you call me A-Zhao?"
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