After leaving the East Palace, Jiang Yueyang didn't want to go to the Supervisory Office anymore. She wanted to go home directly, because she felt uncomfortable eating that meal.
Moreover, Gu Ruo has changed a lot.
She used to be such a lively and bright girl! But now... she is so uneasy and cautious.
Sure enough, the palace is not a place where ordinary people can stay.
System: [Host, your original choice was right. ]
[Hmm?] Jiang Yueyang was confused by the system's incoherent words.
[Lu Yunting is better than the prince in every way except that he cannot make you the mother of the country.] The system lists and explains, [If you marry him, you will not have parents-in-law to take care of, and sisters-in-law to get along with. You can have children if you want, and not if you don't want. In addition, Lu Yunting cares about you so much, you will definitely have the final say at home in the future.]
Jiang Yueyang said, "Little melon, how come you suddenly figured it out? Didn't you want to break us up before?"
[Let’s not talk about the past!] The system smiled and brushed off the question.
As soon as he finished speaking, the system's laughter suddenly stopped, and Jiang Yueyang keenly noticed that something was wrong.
She asked: [What's wrong?]
The system replied in a deep voice: [Host, Ye Wuhen over there... is gone.]
Jiang Yueyang slowly stopped walking, feeling an inexplicable discomfort in her heart. She didn't know if it was out of pity, heartache, or sadness for Ye Wuhen...
She looked up at the gloomy sky. There was no sunshine, but it was so dazzling.
After a moment, the system asked: [Host, do you want to tell him about this? ]
[No.] Jiang Yueyang didn't even think about it, [If he doesn't ask, I won't tell him. One doesn't have to know everything in life.]
What if he asks?
[Then I'll tell him.] Jiang Yueyang raised her foot and continued to walk forward, [I think he will never ask.]
…
The next day, as soon as Emperor Yuan arrived, he announced the cancellation of the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet before he even sat down.
As soon as the civil and military officials heard this, they knew that something had happened between Emperor Yuan and the Empress Dowager, but they dared not ask anything.
The atmosphere at today's morning court was particularly depressing.
Jiang Yueyang sat upright, not daring to make a sound, let alone slack off, for fear that Emperor Yuan would be unhappy and take it out on her.
The same went for everyone else, who tried to speak in as gentle a tone and with as gentle a word as possible, so as not to displease Emperor Yuan even more.
Under the low pressure of Emperor Yuan, the time of the morning court passed very slowly. Although only less than a quarter of an hour had passed, the people present felt as if a century had passed.
Hard
In this depressing atmosphere, the system also unconsciously lowered its voice and asked: [Host, do you want to eat some melon? I have experience, eating melon makes time pass quickly. ]
[Goodbye, I was afraid that if I lost control and breathed a little harder, His Majesty would be upset and take it out on me.]
Emperor Yuan: “…”
[Okay, in this situation, it's wrong for you to breathe louder.] The system unexpectedly did not insist on eating melons.
Jiang Yueyang was surprised and asked: [Little melon, why do you have such a low desire to eat melon today? ]
[It's not pleasant to eat melon in this atmosphere. Moreover, the melon I'm going to eat is related to the emperor, which is a bit like rubbing salt into someone's wounds, which is not good.]
As soon as Emperor Yuan heard the gossip about him, he knew it was not a good thing, and his mood became even more depressed.
When everyone heard what the system said, they thought it would be better not to listen, so as to avoid the Yuan Emperor being shattered.
Jiang Yueyang teased, "Oh~ Are you now considerate of His Majesty? Not bad, not bad, you've grown up."
System: […Host, please close your mouth. The emperor is staring at you with a dark face.]
Hearing this, Jiang Yueyang immediately put away the smile on her face, sat up straight, and looked serious and earnest.
In this way, civil and military officials spent a long morning court under the low pressure of Emperor Yuan.
When walking out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Jiang Yueyang felt that working for more than ten hours in a row was not as tiring as attending the two-hour morning court session.
She looked at the officials who were equally exhausted, and muttered, "Your Majesty and the Queen Mother had a fierce quarrel this time. I wonder if the mother and son can reconcile?"
The system asked curiously: [Does the host hope that they can reconcile? ]
[I hope it's tiring to go to court every day like this. ]
【But the Queen Mother is not kind to the Emperor.】
Jiang Yueyang turned her head and looked in the direction of Taiji Palace, [But Your Majesty wants to reconcile with the Queen Mother. ]
[How do you know what he wants? ]
[If he didn't want to, he wouldn't be so angry. ]
The system didn't say anything else. Jiang Yueyang sighed and continued walking towards the outside of the palace.
On the other side, the Queen went to Shoukang Palace with a big belly.
The Empress Dowager was angry with the Emperor and also disliked the Empress, so she did not summon her immediately.
After standing outside the palace for a long time, the Queen's face turned pale and she could hardly stand.
Upon seeing this, Aunt Shang advised her to take care of her body and the baby in her belly, and to come back to visit the Empress Dowager another day.
The Empress came to Shoukang Palace to ease the relationship between the Empress Dowager and Emperor Yuan, but she was in heavy body and could hardly stand for long.
Moreover, compared to the relationship between the Queen Mother and Emperor Yuan, she cared more about her own children.
The relationship between mother and son has not been a one-day or two-day thing.
Thinking of this, the Queen nodded and said, "Let's go back to the palace."
But just as the Queen turned around, the aunt in charge of the Queen Mother came out and invited her in.
The Empress stood in front of the Queen Mother's bed and bowed to her. The Queen Mother saw that her lips were pale and scolded her, "Queen, this is not the first time you are pregnant. Why are you running around with a big belly? If anything happens to my grandson, can you afford it?"
"My mother is teaching me that I must be careful next time." The Queen Mother tried her best to obey her.
The Queen Mother snorted, "Why did you come to see me? If it's for the Emperor, then there's no need to tell me."
"Mother, allow me to say something presumptuous. You have repeatedly made unreasonable demands on His Majesty and hurt His Majesty, only because you rely on His Majesty's love for you."
The Queen Mother was immediately furious, "Queen, how dare you..."
"But your majesty is the emperor, the father of the people." The Empress interrupted the Queen Mother softly, "He should set an example for all the people and all the civil and military officials. How can he ignore the laws of the country and the people?"
"Whether the Queen Mother believes it or not, His Majesty did not intend to kill Prince Rong at that time. It was Prince Rong who was unwilling to give up and wanted to fight one last time."
The Queen Mother was so angry at the Queen's words that her chest kept heaving, "You...you..."
The aunt in charge hurried forward to help her calm down.
The Queen Mother looked at her calmly, "Mother, I came here today to ask you to think carefully about whether you still want your Majesty to have this son."
After she finished speaking, she slowly stood up, her eyelashes half drooping, "The dead are gone, don't ruin this last bit of mother-son relationship."
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