Afternoon.
It was raining.
Xie Zhou arrived at Qing'e Palace, accompanied by a palace attendant.
There was a person kneeling outside the gate of Qing'e Palace. Xie Zhou had no interest in him whatsoever.
Upon seeing His Highness, Jia Fengyi burst into tears, crying out, "Your Highness, sob sob sob..."
Xie Zhou stopped.
He was wearing a black cloak, looking incredibly cool in the darkness! So ruthless!
But is ruthlessness what attracts people? Jia Fengyi wanted to hug him, but was stopped by the eunuchs, and could only cry.
The eunuch thought to himself, "Consort Jia is delicate and graceful, but she doesn't look good soaking wet. Could it be that His Highness came to see her specifically?"
Xie Zhou wasn't bothered, but he didn't want to waste time on such a person: "Why are you kneeling here? Just kneel in her courtyard and have those two watch over you."
Jia Fengyi looked up at her man and asked him to kneel somewhere else.
Xie Zhou is gone.
The eunuch quickly followed.
Jia Fengyi came to her senses and cried out, "I've knelt enough!"
Xie Zhou's magnetic voice drifted through the rain and wind: "Then kneel for another two hours."
**
In the rear hall and study, Huan Yue woke up.
Rainy days are good for sleeping, and she doesn't even know how long she slept.
Although I didn't sleep in the bedroom, I slept quite soundly on the tatami mat behind the study, and the brocade quilt I was covered with smelled of sunshine.
She let out a few meows, completely unconsciously.
Palace maids came to serve them.
Actually, she can now do the simple task of getting up all by herself.
Along this row of study rooms, at the very end there's a dressing room, smaller than the bedroom one, and you don't need to shower there.
In front of the changing room is a lounge with a tatami mat and a low table in front of it. The table is placed against the wall with a vase on the corner. The overall design is simple and bright.
The dressing room and lounge together are equivalent to the dressing room on the bedroom side, and the front is all study.
The east and west walls are lined with bookshelves.
The north side is separated from the lounge by a lattice screen, and there is a display shelf in front of the lattice screen with some items on it.
A large desk, about 2.7 meters long and 2.4 or 80 centimeters wide, was placed on the ground in the center. It was convenient for calligraphy and painting.
There was a chair behind the table that made you want to draw.
In the outermost part of the study, near the window, there is a daybed.
It's incredibly pleasant to lean back and read a book, especially when the window is open on a sunny day.
Huan Yue glared suddenly, "Dog!"
A dog was sitting on her bed!
He was even holding her sachet!
The hidden cushion is like a backrest, not a regular bolster, which you wouldn't normally hug. But Huan Yue had his maid make it nice so he could hug it.
Anyway, there was a pretty handsome guy sitting there reading a book while holding a condom, it scared the crap out of me!
No wonder the palace maids were so quiet. I thought they were just being presumptuous by taking care of her headache.
But when did that bastard arrive?
Can't he read books at Chongwen Hall?
Even though I'm sitting by the window, it's quite dark. Why isn't there a light on?
Xie Zhou put down his book and tilted his head to look at her. Before, she was meowing like a cat, but now she looked like a startled cat.
He just happened to see what book she was reading, and then he sat down and didn't get up.
The wind and rain outside gave him a special sense of peace.
It's quite amusing to see his wife looking so startled after just waking up. Isn't she usually very brave?
The palace maid quietly slipped out. The affection between His Highness and the Empress didn't need lamps.
The eunuch brought in the tea, then took a step back, leaving the question of whether or not to drink it.
Huan Yue said he was fine and walked out of the study to wash his face and wake up.
Xie Zhou followed her out and saw that she was wearing a brand-new red silk robe and had a great figure, so he wanted to make a move.
Huan Yue sat down and drank tea.
Xie Zhou sat down next to her.
Huan Yue looked at him and thought, "He's not thinking straight. Did he bump into something?"
Xie Zhou looked at her bright eyes, then at the palace official entering.
An official reported: "The news has spread far and wide; the Empress's reputation is very bad."
Huan Yue asked curiously, "Isn't everyone surprised?"
The eunuch chuckled: "That's quite strange. Before, it was the two beauties of Sheng'an, but then the Pei family's behavior became very odd; even more people are keeping an eye on the Pei residence."
Huan Yue said, "Neither the Pei family nor Empress Dong made a move? Does the Pei family want to die, or is Empress Dong slapping herself in the face?"
Xie Zhou looked at his wife and realized he was overthinking things!
The Dong family has already been humiliated, so why should she take action? She's just waiting for the Crown Prince to make a move.
Huan Yue looked at him, wondering what the Crown Prince was up to: "Wouldn't it be bad if everyone knew that the Crown Prince had an overbearing Crown Princess?"
Xie Zhou nodded: "That's good."
He still has to pretend, but pretending too well isn't good either; his wife is just being genuine.
Huan Yue retorted angrily, "You think I'm arrogant?"
Xie Zhou quickly said, "Qing'e has been wronged."
Huan Yue held her head with one hand, stubbornly holding back her tears, feeling like she was about to cry but had nowhere to confide in.
She suffered greatly from a young age, having no parents and no one to care for her when she was critically ill.
The fake heiress is even more bitter than her. The glamorous Crown Princess is nothing but a substitute; her grave has already been dug for her.
Xie Zhou suddenly panicked. How could this act be so convincing? Was he really crying?
Don't cry, tears won't solve anything. Huan Yue bleeds but doesn't shed tears.
Xie Zhou sensed the suppressed sadness emanating from her, raised his hand, and patted her shoulder: "It's alright."
The officials were all very uncomfortable.
Although all beings suffer, the Empress's days in the Pei household must have been very difficult.
What angered the eunuch even more was: "After Pei Dalang left the East Palace, Miss Di sent people to slander the Empress."
Huan Yue dropped the pretense and asked with genuine curiosity, "Is there any hope for her?"
Xie Zhou looked at her intently. She could hide her sadness so well, appearing calm and collected, but the pain was only deeper.
He wasn't very nice to her before, was he?
Xie Zhou felt guilty, so he was rude to Di Baose: "Why did you save her?"
Huan Yue blinked. This heartless bastard: "She's your cousin. Wasn't the Dong family pulling the strings behind the scenes?"
Xie Zhou did not deny it, but said, "Haven't I explained the reasons to Zheng enough? What can you do if she doesn't listen to me at all?"
Xie Zhou instructed the female official and his wife: "If Zheng makes a scene, don't give her any face."
Huan Yue felt that his cousin was destined to be a supporting character, but she had a headache and didn't want to cause trouble for anyone.
Xie Zhou said, "Tell Di Baose to stop bothering you, and don't let Zheng Shi in either. This Eastern Palace isn't a marketplace where she can come and go as she pleases."
The Zheng mother and daughter are like monkeys; they caused quite a bit of trouble in the Eastern Palace in their past lives.
Presumably, the Pei family was plagued by headaches caused by the Zheng mother and daughter in their past life.
Since my maternal grandmother made a mistake in choosing this wife, we should keep her in check so she doesn't hold us back.
Although Dong used her to cause trouble, he chopped off Dong's hand.
Huan Yue felt that when a man becomes ruthless, only his white moonlight can make him worry.
An official rushed over, saying helplessly, "Miss Di wants the phoenix crown that belonged to Empress Mingde."
Xie Zhou became increasingly ruthless: "She doesn't need to enter the Eastern Palace anymore."
Huan Yue understood: "She thinks I'm no good anymore, that I'm going to be ruined, and that she can become the Crown Princess as soon as she enters the palace."
Xie Zhou gave him four words: "Wishful thinking."
Huan Yue nodded.
If it weren't for the fact that Bai Yueguang is currently unavailable, who else would be qualified to be the Crown Princess?
My cousin is a vicious supporting character. If she were to use the Empress Mingde's phoenix crown, wouldn't she consider the current emperor's feelings?
Therefore, the villainous female supporting characters are all thoughtless; they want to be on top of the world by stepping on their own feet.
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