"Your Majesty, please go back. I don't want to pass my illness on to you."
Yan Fu did not push his luck any further. The fact that the other party was willing to talk to him was already a huge improvement. He already owed Lan'er too much for breaking their promises.
He murmured: I will protect you, and I will never let anyone hurt you again.
But his voice was so soft that even Qiao Yu, who had sharp ears, couldn't hear it clearly.
"Then you should rest well. Take good care of yourself while I'm away. Listen to the doctor's instructions, take your medicine on time, and eat well."
The footsteps outside the house gradually faded away. Qiao Yu deliberately walked out and leaned against the door.
Yan Fu didn't walk far, so he naturally heard the sound of the door opening behind him, but he didn't dare to look back. He was afraid that if he looked back, he would not want to leave.
The Emperor and Empress got married, and everyone thought that the future Empress of Dongxu would be the favored Concubine Lan. But they never expected that the Empress would be the legitimate daughter of Grand Tutor Chen.
Although Miss Chen was a decent woman, she was obsessed with Yan Fu and refused to marry anyone else. Three years ago, when the court proposed to make her the empress, she was already 17. Now she was only 20 years old. Compared to Concubine Lan...
However, the queen's condition was not something that common people like them could discuss casually. They just couldn't help but grumble a few words in their hearts.
The wedding of the emperor and empress was not as grand as imagined. It still followed the usual standards, but it was held too hastily and the emperor was not in the mood for it, so he kept everything simple.
What made Empress Chen heartbroken was that Yan Fu did not come to her Changle Palace on the wedding night. Instead, he sent Yu Yuanting to convey the message that the emperor was busy with government affairs that night and asked the empress to rest early and not wait.
How could Chen Fuwei know why the other party didn't come, but she was the queen, yes, she was the queen!
Chen Fuwei's heart ached with jealousy. She didn't realize how ugly her expression was at that moment.
"I save that for now."
But what Chen Fuwei could not accept the most was not that Yan Fu did not hand over the Phoenix Seal to her, but that Yan Fu issued an edict to promote Qiao Yu to the rank of Imperial Noble Consort and granted her the authority to assist in managing the six palaces and take charge of the Phoenix Seal.
It didn't matter if she spent her wedding night alone or had no real power, but Dongxu had never had a queen before and there was no such thing as an imperial concubine. This showed how much she wanted the world to know that the emperor was not satisfied with her as the queen.
But there was some reason why Yan Qu considered Chen Fuwei the most suitable candidate for the queen. Seeing such humiliation, Chen Fuwei could only swallow her anger.
It's not that she is virtuous and generous, it's just that she is smarter than many people.
On the day of the expedition, everyone came to see him off respectfully, except Qiao Yu, who pretended to be sick and did not come. Some of the foolish concubines even started to gossip about Qiao Yu:
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine is being extremely treasonous. I just ran into my sister in the Imperial Garden a few days ago, and she didn't look like she was terminally ill and bedridden."
The further he talked, the gloomier Yan Fu's expression became, but this idiot became more and more excited as he spoke.
Just as Yan Fu was about to lose his temper, Empress Chen spoke first:
"How dare you! The Imperial Concubine treats the Emperor with such sincerity, how could she be so deceitful? This palace thinks you are jealous of the Imperial Concubine, and you dare to gossip in front of the Emperor and me!"
"Your Majesty, please spare my life, I have no..."
"Someone, drag Lady Huang away to avoid tarnishing today's auspicious occasion."
After hearing what Queen Chen said, Yan Fu looked at the "Queen" in name only for the first time. Before that, Yan Fu was afraid that he would not be able to protect Qiao Yu all the time when he went to the battlefield, so he often criticized the Queen.
It seems that she has no resentment towards Lan'er for this, and it is not an advantage for her to take Lan'er's place.
On horseback, Yan Fu stared at the direction of Lan Chao Palace for a long time, then withdrew his gaze and said in a deep voice:
"Set off!"
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