He wanted to take advantage of the emperor's trap and let the prime minister's daughter have sex with the emperor, and then get pregnant with the emperor's child like the regent and Fang Yiran did.
At that time, the emperor could only put the prime minister's daughter into the harem and make her a noble concubine.
As long as a dragon heir is born, there will probably be no role for the queen in the future.
However, the emperor is really more powerful than ordinary people. The regent was also bewitched and mistook Fang Yiran for Xie Shizhu, but the emperor managed to hold on.
As expected of the ruler of a country, he can withstand this.
When they arrived at Jin'an Palace, Fu Yun saw Yan Chou go in and wait outside the palace.
Looking at the emperor's back, Fuyun was very confused. Who could set a trap for the emperor so smoothly?
Fu Yun swallowed and thought, could it be the queen?
Only when the queen is around will the emperor relax his vigilance, and the queen wants the emperor to take a concubine more than anyone else to get rid of him.
*
Xie Shizhu was out of breath and opened her eyes. What she saw was Yan Chou's stern face. She could smell the blood with just a slight breath.
Yan Chou's dark eyes were filled with blood as he stared at her.
Xie Shizhu opened his eyes wide, noticed something was wrong with Yan Chou, and quickly sat up, huddled in a corner and said, "What's wrong with you?"
Yan Chou raised his bloody hand and stroked her cheek, his thin lips curled in a cold arc, "Doesn't the Queen know?"
Xie Shizhu lowered her eyes and saw the red on his fingertips. Her eyes were filled with fear and she shook her head blankly.
Yan Chou saw her expression, chuckled, and did not ask any further questions.
He thought that no matter whether she did it or not, he had no way to hurt or question Xie Shizhu.
Yan Chou gently lifted a strand of hair hanging from Xie Shizhu's forehead to her earlobe, then endured the discomfort in his body, lay down beside her, and closed his eyes.
Xie Shizhu quietly lay down beside him, tucked in the quilt, and covered Yan Chou's exposed shoulders.
Yan Chou noticed her movement and froze, as if reacting to her action.
A little bit of tenderness touched the softest part of his heart.
Xie Shizhu leaned on his shoulder, put one hand on his waist, and slowly fell asleep.
The candlelight in the hall was almost gone, swaying in the night wind, sometimes bright and sometimes dim.
Yan Chou stared at Xie Shizhu's profile with his dark eyes, dark currents surging in his eyes, and he looked at her motionlessly.
Xie Shizhu faced Yan Chou's gaze and said to the system, "This is the difference between the Regent and Yan Chou. One talks about love but ends up leaving a mess for the original owner. The other is a loner but is much more affectionate than the Regent."
The system nodded frantically: [I see! ! ]
The next day.
Yan Chou attended the morning court with dark eyes and looked a little absent-minded.
After the court was dismissed, Yan Chou returned to the palace. The imperial physician hurried over to check on Yan Chou and found that Yan Chou had been under a hallucination, but nothing had happened. He was shocked.
Then, under Yan Chou's gaze, he prescribed some medicine.
As soon as he left, it became noisy outside Chengming Palace.
The prime minister was crying outside, and the queen mother comforted him for a long time.
Fuyun was making tea for Yanchou when he saw Liunian rush in and hurriedly asked, "What's going on outside?"
Liu Nian hesitated for a long moment before answering, "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister is outside the palace inquiring about the cause of his daughter's death..."
Yan Chou put down his teacup and said slowly, "Let them in."
Liu Nian hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes."
After a while, the prime minister's face turned pale, his eyes were red and swollen from crying, and his body, over fifty years old, was staggering and seemed about to fall. When he saw Yan Chou, he knelt on the ground.
The Queen Mother frowned, her face full of grief. She looked at Yan Chou's face and said in a sad tone: "Emperor, the Prime Minister's daughter died suddenly. You must find out the truth."
Yan Chou raised his chin, his eyes cold and his mouth curved into a thin arc: "Okay, I will definitely seek justice for the Prime Minister."
The Prime Minister kowtowed several times. He knew clearly that his daughter was killed, but he pretended to know nothing. He felt extremely complicated inside.
"Your Majesty, this morning a servant found my daughter's body in the palace well," the Prime Minister's tears fell to the ground and quickly faded away. "I only have this one daughter. Your Majesty, please make a decision for me..."
Yan Chou glanced at the Prime Minister who was kneeling on the ground and weeping, and sighed softly: "Please accept my condolences. I will catch the person who killed your daughter as soon as possible."
The Queen Mother frowned inwardly when she saw Yan Chou was so calm, with a surface full of regret and no sign of abnormality at all.
Fuyun and Liunian saw the two off and hurried back to the hall.
"Your Majesty," Fuyun said cautiously, "what should we do about this?"
Yan Chou smiled but said nothing. He glanced at Liu Nian who was standing beside him and said slowly, "Go to Ning'an Palace and see what the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister are plotting."
Liu Nian nodded: "Yes."
Then, he quietly followed the Queen Mother and the Prime Minister.
Fuyun stayed in the palace. He thought for a moment and then said boldly, "Your Majesty, what happened last night, was it the Queen..."
Before he could finish his words, a cold gaze swept across his face. Fu Yun was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground: "This slave deserves to die, this slave deserves to die..."
Yan Chou withdrew his gaze indifferently, his eyes like the abyss making it impossible to see his emotions.
*
"Empress Dowager," the Prime Minister gritted his teeth, "The Emperor didn't fall for his trick. My daughter even died at his hands. You must avenge me."
The Queen Mother had not anticipated that things would develop to this point. It was clearly a natural progression, but then the tide suddenly turned.
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