"Mother, what's wrong?"
"I'm so angry because of you."
Seeing the Empress's condition, Mingyu, the Empress's head maid, hurriedly took out a small bottle, took out two pills, and fed them to the Empress.
"Your Highness, Her Majesty has not been feeling well lately, so please don't upset her."
Mingyu has served the Empress for many years, and Zhao Qingqi has practically grown up under her watchful eye. Therefore, she feels less awe and more affection for the Crown Prince.
"Why hasn't the Empress Dowager summoned the imperial physician if she is unwell?"
"The imperial physician has come and said that Her Majesty's condition is due to inner turmoil. This kind of emotional distress requires a remedy for the heart. What can we servants do if Her Majesty is so troubled?"
"You're lying. This kind of heartache should hurt in the chest, what does it have to do with the head?"
The Empress: "—" If this wasn't her own son, she would definitely strangle him.
"Mingyu, let him go first. I don't want to see him for the time being."
The Empress waved her hand and uttered these words.
"Your Highness, you heard it too. Please leave now."
"Why is Mother angry? What did I say wrong?"
He always felt that his father and mother were both difficult to deal with.
Zhao Qingqi left Changchun Palace looking dejected.
If he couldn't figure it out, he would go find his uncle and ask him to enlighten him.
However, as she passed through the Imperial Garden, she caught a glimpse of a man dressed in red out of the corner of her eye.
Zhao Qingqi knew this man.
However, he was probably not a complete man; he was a eunuch.
Yet this thin eunuch wielded great power, and even his mother would give him some face.
The man suddenly turned his head.
Her skin was as pale as snow, her figure was thin, and she possessed a sickly beauty.
Zhao Qingqi stared wide-eyed.
He had always known that this eunuch was good-looking, but he didn't know he was this good-looking.
Just looking at it makes your heart race.
"Don't be silly, this is a man, a dead eunuch." Zhao Qingqi took a deep breath and slapped his face hard. "This man is the most wicked person in our Dayin. It's best to stay away from him if possible."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Upon seeing Zhao Qingqi, Ning Hong bowed and greeted, "Your Highness, this humble subject greets Your Highness."
"Rise, Your Majesty. How elegant of you to be admiring the flowers in the Imperial Garden all by yourself?"
"Yes, the scenery is magnificent today. Since we have nothing better to do, we came to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the flowers and scenery. It's quite a pleasure."
"You're just being pretentious. Go ahead and admire your flowers."
Zhao Qingqi left with his hands behind his back.
A hint of disdain flashed in his eyes.
Watching Zhao Qingqi leave, Ning Hong pondered for a moment and then came up with an idea.
The original owner sought revenge, wiping out the royal family of the Great Yin Kingdom. However, he was unwilling to manage Great Yin, which allowed Zhao Qingqi, who had escaped by chance, to join forces with the transmigrated woman and others to launch a counterattack. Great Yin was devastated and its people suffered greatly. If a wise ruler could be restored to Great Yin, the mission would naturally be completed.
He didn't like the time-traveling woman in the story. If he hadn't actually betrayed the emperor, and if Zhao Qingqi had directly inherited the throne, wouldn't the connection between Zhao Qingqi and that time-traveling woman have been severed?
And his adopted younger brother, they need to find him as soon as possible.
We absolutely cannot let him meet that time-traveling woman.
That time-traveling woman was adept at navigating social situations, constantly proclaiming that she only loved Zhao Qingqi, but then she would turn around and get entangled with other men.
He believes that pure friendship exists between men and women in this world, but it always involves a certain distance, not physical intimacy.
Naturally, we can't let him harm his younger brother.
I have to be responsible for my younger brother's future, lest he end up being cuckolded...
“Cousin, why is human nature so complicated?” In the Jiang residence, Zhao Qingqi munched on pastries, slumped on the couch, watching Jiang Yunhua write.
Jiang Yunhua rolled up his sleeves and wrote with flowing, graceful strokes.
His focused expression was quite handsome.
My cousin is quite handsome, but he still doesn't seem as good-looking as that eunuch. Looking at Jiang Yunhua like this, a red figure suddenly flashed through Zhao Qingqi's mind.
"Her features were exquisite, her demeanor aloof and proud—"
"What did you say?"
"Nothing?" What the heck?
Why did you think of this person?
It's a ghost story.
Zhao Qingqi suddenly stood up and vigorously fanned himself.
"Your Highness, you seem rather strange." Jiang Yunhua put down the wolf-hair brush in his hand. "Are you ill? Shall I call a royal physician for you?"
"No need, I'm fine. It's just that I just said something, did you hear me?"
"I heard you."
Jiang Yunhua nodded, “Your Majesty is absolutely right. As a ruler, one must not blindly follow others' opinions, but must have one’s own judgment. Of course, this does not mean that you should not listen to others at all, but rather that you should carefully consider what you can and cannot listen to. That’s all.”
"But Lord Wang—"
"I got scolded by my dad after I came back," Jiang Yunhua said, touching his nose sheepishly.
What did your uncle say to you?
“He said that Lord Wang deserved to die and that Ning Hongze was not to blame. My father also said that although Ning Hongze kills people every day as if he is eliminating dissidents, there are not many good people among those he kills. Even the famous loyal ministers have big problems in private.”
Merits and demerits are known to all.
“My father took me out yesterday,” Jiang Yunhua sighed. “The Embroidered Uniform Guard is rampant. I thought the common people would be afraid of them, but I never expected that although they are afraid, they are even more in awe of them. They say that since the Embroidered Uniform Guard came, the government offices have become much more docile.”
"The Embroidered Uniform Guard never lays a hand on ordinary people, so as long as they make a living and don't do anything outrageous, they can live in peace. In fact, because the Embroidered Uniform Guard is watching them, corrupt officials don't dare to act recklessly, so their lives are naturally much better."
"There's such a saying?"
Zhao Qingqi lowered his head.
My mind went through a moment of confusion; something flashed through my mind, but I couldn't quite grasp it.
"This is the first time I've heard of this either." Jiang Yunhua was also somewhat incredulous. To them, the Embroidered Uniform Guard was a disaster, but the common people had a very good impression of them because they protected the interests of the people.
“My father said that the most important thing in life is to have a clear conscience. As long as we act uprightly and have a clear conscience, we naturally don’t need to be afraid of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, nor do we need to oppose Ning Hongze.”
"Does your uncle admire him that much?"
Jiang Yunhua nodded heavily. What was so good about that guy? He exuded an evil aura.
However, judging from the words of the common people and his father, it is clear that Ning Hong is not the treacherous minister they thought he was.
"However, I still don't like him."
"Me too."
Zhao Qingqi clenched his fist with absolute certainty: no matter how good-looking this person was, he couldn't possibly like them.
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