Fu Yun handed the imperial edict to Yan Xiuran and said slowly, "Are you planning to refuse the imperial edict?"
Yan Xiuran was helped down from the couch by his servants. He knelt down sluggishly, his lips pale as a trace of blood. He said in a trembling voice, "Thank you, Lord, for your grace."
Fu Yun glanced at Yan Xiu Ran and saw him take the imperial edict and leave the palace almost without stopping.
*
Xie Shizhu recuperated for a few days and stayed in Jin'an Palace for a whole week, and Yan Chou almost never came to Jin'an Palace.
The maid was more anxious than Xie Shizhu. She saw that the queen ate and slept every day, and was not worried at all about losing favor.
Xie Shizhu was eating breakfast when the maid cautiously said, "Empress, you've been staying in Jin'an Palace all this time, not going out for a walk. What if the Emperor takes a concubine? I've heard that the Empress Dowager has been trying to find a way to bring the Minister of Personnel's daughter into the harem."
"No rush," Xie Shizhu put down his chopsticks and said with a smile, "He will be here soon."
The maid was stunned.
A moment later, Yan Chou, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and with a slender figure, walked into the Jin'an Palace slowly and leisurely.
Fuyun followed behind him.
Ever since Xie Shizhu fainted last time, Yan Chou hasn't come to Jin'an Palace again. In fact, he wanted to give the queen a surprise.
This week also allowed Xie Shizhu to recover his health so that he could properly accept this surprise.
Yan Chou slowly sat down beside her, his eyes as dark as deep wells looking at Xie Shizhu's face, and said, "Queen, you seem to be looking much better recently."
Xie Shizhu lowered his eyes, his fingertips gripping the chopsticks froze, and he spoke stiffly, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern."
Yan Chou raised his arm, and gently stroked her cheek with his slender fingers, his lips slightly raised: "Leave the palace with me tomorrow."
Xie Shizhu was stunned and forgot to avoid him, with surprise flashing in his eyes.
The last time she and Yan Chou left the palace, she had already angered him and he almost stabbed Yan Xiu Ran to death. The only good news these days was that Yan Xiu Ran was still alive.
Xie Shizhu thought that she would never be able to leave the palace in this lifetime, but the sudden news made her a little stunned.
After she leaves the palace, she must go and check on Yan Xiuran's injuries.
Xie Shizhu whispered, "What are you going to do outside the palace?"
Yan Chou took his hand away from her cheek, stared at Xie Shizhu's expectant eyes, and guessed what she was thinking.
A sneer flashed across his eyes, "Drinking at the wedding."
Xie Shizhu subconsciously asked, "Whose wedding are we drinking at?"
Yan Chou's slender fingers tapped rhythmically on the tabletop. He closed his eyes slightly and spoke with a half-smile, "Regent."
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