Jiang Jingyu subconsciously looked up. Who else could the tall figure in front of him be but Mingyou?
The moment she saw Mingyou, the fatigue in Jiang Jingyu's eyes disappeared instantly, and she stood up from the desk in surprise.
"Are you awake? Are you feeling unwell?"
Jiang Jingyu came to Mingyou and looked him up and down. She found that apart from his pale face, there was nothing wrong with Mingyou's body.
Mingyou lowered his eyes and looked at her without blinking, his eyes gentle and affectionate: "Master, long time no see."
Although she was only unconscious for a few days, it seemed like a thousand years had passed for Mingyou. The scene in front of him when he closed his eyes was something he had never dared to imagine, but now she was standing in front of him in reality.
Mingyou bent his tall body, leaned over and hugged Jiang Jingyu, greedily feeling her breath and body temperature.
Jiang Jingyu, who was held in his arms, curled her red lips slightly and her eyes also curved. She was about to raise her hands to wrap around Mingyou's strong waist, but she withdrew the action after thinking of something.
She pushed Mingyou away and looked at him solemnly: "You are the one who said that you don't want to be with me as the Queen, and you are also the one who is jealous and doesn't allow others to get close to me. Mingyou, what do you want?"
Mingyou was stunned by the question.
Looking at Jiang Jingyu, he couldn't say a word.
Jiang Jingyu stared at him and spoke again, "Let me ask you another way. Mingyou, are you still willing to stay by my side as a guard?"
Under her gaze, Ming You said seriously, "Can a guard who has fallen in love still be called a guard?"
Jiang Jingyu was stunned. How could this fool answer the question irrelevantly?
She was about to ask Mingyou the whole story when Mingyou said, "Master, I am very pleased with you."
Jiang Jingyu looked at Mingyou in surprise, who suddenly came to his senses: "What's in your heart?"
"Subordinates never lie."
Jiang Jingyu curled her lips and said, "Then I will tell you clearly now that a guard who has fallen in love can no longer be called a guard. So, Mingyou, are you willing to stay by my side as the Queen, to sleep with me in life and death?"
Originally thought that this matter was a done deal after Mingyou came to his senses, but what Mingyou said surprised Jiang Jingyu.
"I don't want to."
Jiang Jingyu, who had just raised the corner of his mouth, said: "? I didn't hear clearly, please say it again!"
"Before entering Purgatory, I took a sterilizing poison. I cannot allow Your Majesty to bear a princess, and I am unfit to assume the position of empress."
Mingyou expressed his concerns. Having recovered what he had lost, he didn't want Jiang Jingyu to have any misunderstandings again.
Jiang Jingyu grabbed Mingyou's collar and pulled his tall body down, then put her red lips close to Mingyou's ear.
"Whether or not it's up to me, Mingyou, you are the only one who can sit on my throne. I don't want anyone else."
Mingyou's eyes instantly rippled: "Master, but..."
"Silly boy, the poison in your body has long been sucked clean by the Five Poisonous Snakes. Whether you are a princess or a prince, as long as you work hard, you and I will have both."
Jiang Jingyu said these embarrassing words without blushing or beating her heart, and all the palace servants in the imperial study hung their heads on their chests.
No, they heard nothing!
After learning that the sterilizing poison in his body had been sucked away by the five poisonous snakes, Mingyou's last concerns were dispelled.
He put his arm around Jiang Jingyu's waist and looked at her intently: "Then... I will pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Mingyou changed his own name and the way he addressed Jiang Jingyu, completely confirming her identity as the Queen.
Jiang Jingyu raised an eyebrow and looked at him: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be so polite."
As Jiang Jingyu called out the title "Your Majesty," all the palace maids in the imperial study knelt on the ground.
"This servant pays homage to the Lord and Queen!"
"Long live the Queen!"
As early as when Mingyou showed the token symbolizing the identity of the king and queen, the palace maids had already regarded him as the king and queen, but the imperial edict had not yet come down, so they should not have changed their words rashly.
Now that His Majesty has personally acknowledged the identities of the Queen, what are you waiting for if not kneeling down quickly?
Jiang Jingyu raised her hand and touched Mingyou's dry lips, and ordered: "Come, take the Queen to bathe and change clothes."
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After leaving the palace, Nanny Xiang got on the sedan chair and went to the road where the late empress came to the palace. Today, she would never let the late empress run to His Majesty and speak ill of him!
Thinking about how the former empress had been kept in the dark and had always targeted and spoken ill of Your Majesty all these years, Nanny Xiang's expression became even more solemn.
As a slave, she has no right to interfere in the affairs between her master and her master, but today, for His Majesty, she is willing to risk it all!
Even if she has to sacrifice her life, she will seek justice for His Majesty from the late Empress!
After learning the news of Jiang Jinghe's death, the former empress immediately got on a carriage and rushed to the palace. She was so angry that she kept urging the coachman to speed up along the way.
Not long after Nanny Xiang left the imperial city, she saw the carriage carrying the late empress coming towards her.
"Mammy, that seems to be the Emperor's carriage."
The driver recognized the clothes worn by the palace servant driving the carriage in front and turned around to inform Madam Xiang.
"Well, let's stop here."
"yes."
As soon as the carriage stopped, Madam Xiang bent down and got out of the carriage. She stood in front of the carriage and looked at the oncoming carriage.
"Yu——"
Seeing Nanny Xiang blocking the road ahead, he tightened the reins and stopped where he was.
"Why did it stop?"
As soon as the carriage stopped, the late empress's unhappy voice was heard from inside.
"Your Majesty, I'm here to see Madam Xiang."
The palace maid turned around and explained, and the next moment the curtain of the sedan chair was lifted from the inside.
Seeing Nanny Xiang, the Empress narrowed her eyes and said in a deep voice, "It's you. What are you doing here?"
Facing the late empress's questioning, Nanny Xiang remained calm and asked, "Did the retired emperor come here regarding the Second Prince's matter?"
"It's none of your business as a lowly slave to ask what I want to do. Get out of here!"
The late empress scolded Nanny Xiang without any hesitation. Nanny Xiang had previously served the late emperor and empress, and only stayed by Jiang Jingyu's side after Jiang Jingyu was born.
The late empress felt extremely disgusted at anyone who had anything to do with the late emperor!
Nanny Xiang was no longer surprised by the late empress's harsh words. She stood still and stared at the late empress in the carriage.
"The Emperor only knows that the Second Prince died at the hands of Your Majesty. But do you know what the Second Prince has done to Your Majesty over the years? If Your Majesty hadn't been so lucky, you would have died at the hands of the Second Prince long ago!"
The former empress sneered, her eyes gleaming with hatred, "That was a punishment from heaven for her misfortune brought upon her dissolute father. She deserved death!"
After hearing the words of the late empress, Nanny Xiang became even more determined to go against the will of His Majesty and the late Queen and tell her the truth.
"The Emperor thought that the previous emperor had betrayed you by his dissolute behavior? He is wrong! He did that to save the Emperor!"
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