Fu Yun felt a pain on his forehead when the memorial hit him, but the pain was insignificant to him.
Yan Chou stood up, looking down at him condescendingly, and whispered with thin lips, "Empress Dowager?"
Fuyun prostrated herself on the ground, "When I sent someone, she was already at Ning'an Palace, guarding the Empress Dowager."
Yan Chou frowned and thought for a moment, "What is her purpose? Let's thoroughly investigate her identity and find a chance to get rid of her."
As soon as he finished speaking, a vicious look flashed in Yan Chou's eyes. He would not allow anyone to know that his queen and the regent were in love with each other.
This is a great shame.
Fuyun: "Yes."
Yan Chou felt pain in his shoulder. The wound that Xie Shizhu had left on him last night had become infected.
Fu Yun noticed Yan Chou's pale face and said boldly, "Your Majesty, would you like me to summon the imperial physician?"
Yan Chou glanced at him coldly, and said without any emotion, "Get lost."
Fuyun was used to the emperor's mood swings and bowed respectfully: "Yes."
Yan Chou was the only one left in the entire Chengming Palace. The palace maids and eunuchs did not dare to approach him at all. As long as the emperor stayed in the palace, they would retreat at the same time.
Yan Chou untied his robe belt with his long fingers and touched the wound, which was stained with blood.
His eyes darkened and a sarcastic smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
*
In Ning'an Palace, Lin Xuan stood beside the empress dowager, bent down to make tea. She leaned forward, raised the teacup above her head, and handed it to the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother took it, took a sip, thought for a while, and said, "Are you serious about what you said?"
Lin Xuan quickly knelt on the ground and said firmly, "Everything I said is true."
The Queen Mother slowly closed her eyes, then opened them again after a few seconds. Her sharp eyes flashed with viciousness: "There is no law at all. No wonder the Emperor has been childless. The problem lies here."
Lin Xuan's eyes rolled, and she came up with a plan. She lowered her voice and said, "Queen Dowager, rather than letting the Queen get pregnant with the heir, why not find someone else and take in a new concubine?"
The Queen Mother pondered and said, "Do you have any ideas?"
Lin Xuan smiled complacently in her heart. Yesterday, she heard that Xie Shizhu was taking dew to make tea in the imperial garden and then went to the birthday banquet. At that time, she knew that her life was in danger, so she went to the empress dowager without saying a word.
She knew that the Queen Mother hated Xie Shizhu and looked down on her as a princess of a fallen country, so she told the Queen Mother the secret that Xie Shizhu was a virgin.
When the Queen Mother heard this, she was furious and believed it without hesitation.
Now, the Queen Mother lets her do whatever she wants and listens to her in everything.
That was getting closer and closer for her to replace this stupid woman.
Lin Xuan frowned slightly, as if she was in a dilemma. After a long pause, she finally spoke, "I remember that the Minister of Personnel's daughter is also of marriageable age. Why not have her come to the palace in the next few days to meet the Emperor first? The Minister's daughter is as beautiful as a flower, and I believe she is no less beautiful than the Empress."
The Empress Dowager also admired the Shangshu's daughter and had originally planned to let her enter the palace, but the Emperor kept resisting, so she gave up.
But after the palace maid mentioned it, she nodded almost without hesitation.
Then, he asked the eunuchs in the palace to summon the daughter of the Minister of Personnel into the palace.
When Lin Xuan heard her father-in-law's sharp voice, a smile appeared on her lips.
According to her understanding of the Shangshu's daughter Fang Yiran, this girl appears gentle on the outside but is spoiled and willful on the inside. Because she is a concubine's daughter, she did many evil things in the Shangshu's mansion and disfigured her own sister, the legitimate daughter. In the end, the legitimate daughter could not bear the torment and committed suicide.
But this Fang Yiran is still free and easy.
If a stupid woman like Xie Shizhu met Fang Yiran, she would probably be hurt badly.
Oh, then wouldn't that be her chance to get close to Yan Chou?
*
Xie Shizhu had been bedridden for a few days, and the wound on his leg had almost healed, and he could walk easily.
In fact, she doesn't need to lie down for a few days and can still get out of bed.
She just needs to rest for a few days to face what's next.
As the sky brightened, Xie Shizhu slowly opened her eyes. There was no one around her. Since the last time she met Yan Chou, Yan Chou had not come to Jin'an Palace for several days.
Xie Shizhu was happy and relaxed, but the palace maids and servants were unhappy.
He was afraid that Xie Shizhu would fall out of favor and the emperor would take in a new woman.
Originally, Xie Shizhu had monopolized the emperor's favor and had offended many people. If he was not favored, not only the queen but also the servants would be bullied in the future.
A palace maid sighed as she dressed Xie Shizhu, "Empress, please don't be so stubborn. If you can just give in to the Emperor, he'll definitely come to Jin'an Palace again."
Xie Shizhu closed her eyes and rested, and the palace maid's words went in one ear and out the other.
After a while, Xie Shizhu finished dressing up and went to the Empress Dowager's Ning'an Palace with two palace maids.
According to the regulations of Xihe, one must pay respects to the Empress Dowager every day. However, Xie Shizhu was exempted from paying respects several times these days because of a leg injury.
When they arrived at Ning'an Palace, the Empress Dowager was sitting on the phoenix chair, staring quietly at Xie Shizhu's arrival.
Yan Chou sat next to her. When he saw Xie Shizhu, his narrow eyes automatically avoided her and he treated her as air.
Last time, she took the hairpin and stabbed herself without any hesitation, which made Yan Chou deliberately want to ignore her for a while.
It is also the only dignity he has left as an emperor.
Xie Shizhu seemed not to notice his deliberate neglect and bowed to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty, and the Empress Dowager..."
The Empress Dowager glanced at Yan Chou's face from time to time, and was a little surprised to see him so cold.
But that's a good thing.
The Empress Dowager gestured for Xie Shizhu to take a seat. After Xie Shizhu stood up and sat down, she casually said, "Emperor, the daughter of the Minister of Personnel is coming to the palace today..."
Before he finished speaking, the eunuch's voice came from outside: "The daughter of the Minister of Personnel, Fang Yiran, requests to see the Empress Dowager."
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