061 “Drunken Bones (Guyan 1v1 High H)” returns to the palace

“The Queen returns to the palace——”

The eunuch who was the leader waved his whisk and shouted loudly, and all the maids and eunuchs on the palace road knelt down to pay their respects.

Yan Zhaozhao looked ahead and walked steadily on the palace road with heavy steps.Although her hair was styled like that of a noble lady from aristocratic families, with only a few simple waggles on her hair, and her dress was not a gorgeous palace dress, but just a brocade shawl bought in a tailor shop, it did not appear vulgar at all, and instead made her look elegant.

After learning that she had returned to the palace, the emperor, the queen mother and all the concubines were sitting in the Zhengde Hall, waiting for her to come in to greet her, but no one came to greet her.When Yan Zhaozhao got closer to Zhengde Hall, no one stood up, but his eyes still couldn’t help but stick to her curiously.She was wearing horse-embroidered shoes, her steps were light, and her skirt fluttered gently in the gentle breeze, just like a willow swaying in the wind. It was so beautiful that it was hard to take your eyes away.

It wasn’t until Yan Zhaozhao stepped into the inner hall of Zhengde Hall that all the concubines who were sitting upright stood up and saluted her with displeasure on their faces, saying, “Welcome the queen back to the palace.”

However, Yan Zhaozhao simply ignored the concubines who were kneeling and did not let them get up. She just walked up to the emperor and the queen mother and saluted, “I return to the palace and pay my regards to the emperor and the queen mother.”

The Queen Mother paused while turning the beads, then opened her eyelids and glanced at Yan Zhaozhao.She pondered for a long time before slowly speaking, “Get up and answer.”

The Queen Mother spoke, and Yan Zhaozhao and all the concubines stood up. The only difference was that they all sat down one after another, but the Queen Mother did not give her a seat, so she could only stand with her back straight.The emperor sitting next to the Queen Mother had never even glanced at her, and had been playing with Yan Zhiyi’s hand sitting beside him out of boredom. It seemed that Yan Zhiyi’s hand was much more interesting than everyone present, and he did not want to move it away.

“Queen, come and tell the Ai family carefully what happened on that day of hunting. As the mother of a country, how could you, the majestic queen, disappear into the woods out of thin air? How did you get back to the palace?!”

Yan Zhaozhao knelt down and lowered her head to reply, with her back straight and her whole body looking like a lady, neither humble nor overbearing.”Returning to my mother, I accidentally lost my way in the forest that day, and encountered a tiger that had been starving for several days. I almost died in the mouth of the ferocious beast. The horse I was riding was also frightened after seeing the tiger, and it rushed uncontrollably in the forest. I was frightened and frightened.I never thought that the beast would run to the cliff and throw me off. I couldn’t hold on to the reins, so I fell off the cliff.Fortunately, there was a lake under the cliff, so I saved my life.” Her voice was slightly trembling, as if she was a little scared after recalling the thrill of that day.”When I woke up again, I was already in the military camp. Thanks to General Huo Sui’s rescue, I was able to return to the palace and see the Holy Face again.”

She followed the words taught by Xie Ciyan and said everything with emotion, covering up the fact that someone in the forest shot a cold arrow at her.The presence of tigers will definitely leave various traces in the forest, all of which are ironclad evidence of what she said.But there was no clue and no evidence about the shooting of the cold arrow. If he said it at this time, it would not only complicate the matter, but also alert the snake, thus alerting the person who was behind the shooting.Then she made that person think that she just treated the cold arrow as a simple accident, and took off the guard of the person behind the scenes.

“Huo Sui?” The Queen Mother thought for a moment, then turned to look at the emperor, “But that General Dingyuan?”

Hearing Huo Sui’s name, the emperor’s eyes moved away from Yan Zhiyi’s hand. He seemed to have finally paid attention to this matter and replied to the Queen Mother, “It’s him.” He lifted his robe, leaned on the back of the chair, and put one hand casually on the handle of the chair, just showing his laziness.”I heard that he is back too. It just so happens that I haven’t seen this friend for a long time.”

After hearing the emperor’s words, the eunuch standing guard raised his eyes and motioned to the eunuch serving outside the door.Immediately, the eunuch chanted loudly, “General Huo Sui of Xuan Dingyuan, I have an audience -”

Huo Sui, who was waiting in the outer hall, stepped into the Zhengde Hall without even glancing at the concubines sitting on either side. He walked resolutely in front of the emperor and was about to salute, but was interrupted by the emperor’s voice.”I told you that there is no need for such false courtesy between you and me.”

Huo Sui paused, but did not continue to insist. He just stood up straight and clasped his fists, “Huo Sui has met the emperor and the queen mother.”

Now that the emperor had spoken, the queen mother would no longer refute his face, and gently nodded her head to show that she accepted his courtesy.”General Dingyuan, the Ai family just heard from the queen that you saved her that day?”

Huo Sui compiled, without any hesitation in his eyebrows, “Yes. That day, I led a group of soldiers to conduct daily inspections nearby. The weather was unbearably hot, so I went with them to the nearby lake to drink a few sips of cold water. I found a woman lying on the lakeside, her life or death unknown. I didn’t know her life or death.He immediately called for a female doctor, and then sent someone back to the barracks to ask for some cooking servants to come and send the woman to the barracks.” He answered in a flawless manner, leaving no room for slander, and his tone was so upright that no one could doubt her.”After she woke up, I realized that she was the queen, and I didn’t dare to neglect her. I took good care of her with my maid. It was not until she recovered from her injuries that I personally escorted her back.”

“General Dingyuan is really a gentleman who observes etiquette.” Li Guiren, who was sitting on one side, raised her hand to support Bu Yao on the headrest. She changed the subject and said suddenly: “But it is the excessive gentleman who arouses suspicion. There is no guarantee that someone will collude with this general Dingyuan and make up such a watertight rhetoric.”

Huo Sui suddenly turned around and clasped his fists at the noble lady who spoke, “May I ask what this empress means? I have never seen the empress before, and I am not acquainted with her. How can I collude with you? Besides, the day I rescued the empress, everyone saw it. Everyone’s mouth is worth gold, so please don’t taint the innocence of me and the empress.”

Seeing that Huo Sui dared to make her lose face in front of everyone, Lady Li’s face suddenly turned pale, and she immediately became furious, “You…” She was about to say something, but was stopped by the emperor.

“Presumptuous!” The emperor slammed the desk, causing everyone to kneel down in shock. The concubines even buried their heads extremely low, for fear that the emperor would be angry with them.”Who are you? What is Huo Sui’s identity? How dare you slander him with such lies?!”

The emperor lowered his eyes and glanced at Huo Sui, then lazily opened his eyelids and said, “Sure enough, it’s the kind of painting boat training that doesn’t belong to the public.”The woman who came out does not have the grace and grace that a concubine should have.” His voice was calm, without any waves, as if the woman in front of him was no longer the woman he brought back from the Huafang in pursuit of beauty. “Young lady Li has behaved badly before the emperor and is not worthy of being my concubine.She has been stripped of her title and given to the cold palace.”

The blood on Li Guiren’s face faded, and she opened her mouth to beg for mercy. The emperor frowned impatiently, “Cover her mouth and drag her down. I don’t want to hear her voice anymore. It’s so noisy.”

After Lady Li was dragged down with her mouth covered by the third and fifth eunuchs, all the concubines were silent and did not dare to move, for fear that they would end up like Lady Lady Li.

The emperor waved them all to get up. The concubines were on pins and needles. They didn’t even dare to sit down on the chairs, but they became a lot more honest.

Seeing Yan Zhaozhao still kneeling on the ground, and thinking about what Huo Sui said just now, the suspicion in his heart finally disappeared.”Queen, please get up too. It’s been a long journey, and I’m tired now.”

“Thank you, Mother, for your mercy.” Yan Zhaozhao gritted his teeth and stood up. Suddenly, sharp pains came from his legs. He forced himself to take two steps back and sat down at the head of the Queen Mother.

“Asui, don’t pay attention to the words of ignorant women and children. I know very well what kind of person you are.”

After hearing the emperor’s words, Huo Sui showed no other expressions on his face. He only held his fists in thanks as usual.After he saw the emperor’s true face, he would never believe the emperor’s words against his will again.If the emperor really believed him, how could he pretend to be furious and stop him after noble Nali finished speaking.

“When you come back this time, don’t leave.”

Huo Sui was startled and suddenly raised his eyes to look at the emperor sitting at the top.He pondered for a while, then compiled it again, “Thanks to the emperor’s love, I still prefer to stay at the border.”

“With your ability, how can you succumb at the border.” The emperor sighed softly, as if he was more sincere.”It would be fine if you didn’t come back. You could just stay at the border and live a happy life. But now that you’re back, there’s no reason to go back.”

“But your Majesty…”

“Just treat it as coming back to accompany me.” The emperor’s tone became more irrefutable, “I need you.”

Huo Sui frowned, but finally bowed his head respectfully, “I will obey the emperor’s will.”

Why didn’t he understand that the emperor didn’t need him at all? It was just an excuse to keep him and monitor him.

“The emperor’s worries have been solved, but now there is another important matter.” The queen mother’s eyes fell on Yan Zhaozhao again, “Did the queen know that the regent also disappeared? On the day you claimed that you fell off the cliff.”

Yan Zhaozhao suddenly raised her head, her eyes full of surprise, “How could it be?” She fell silent and pretended to think deeply, “On that day, I was the only concubine in the forest, and I had never seen the regent.”

The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly, with a sharper look in her eyes.”Is it true that the Queen has never met the Regent?”

Yan Zhaozhao stood up and bowed, “My mother clearly knows that I and the regent have never interacted with each other. Moreover, I was in the forest where the female family was hunting that day. How could the regent appear there, let alone that I would have seen the regent. Furthermore, if I had really seen the regent, I would not have suffered such a disaster and almost lost my life.”

The Queen Mother raised the teacup and took a sip of the hot tea, and her majestic face showed a bit of the usual loving smile. “Okay, I just want to ask a few more questions about the Ai family.” She raised her hand and pressed her temples. “Okay, it’s getting late. It’s good that the Queen is back, and the Ai family is tired. Let’s all go our separate ways.”

After hearing this, all the concubines stood up and said, “Send me off to the Queen Mother.”

Until the concubines dispersed one after another, Yan Zhiyi, who had been standing silently beside the emperor, suddenly walked up to Yan Zhaozhao, with tears in her eyes, so pitiful.”It’ll be good if my sister is back. I’ve been worried about my sister these days.” She raised her hand to grab Yan Zhaozhao’s wrist, but she took a step back to avoid it.

“Sorry for your trouble, sister, I am fine.” Yan Zhaozhao frowned without leaving any trace, and couldn’t help but think that Yan Zhiyi didn’t have such a good relationship with her at all, so how could she suddenly come up to talk to her.

“I don’t know what is good or what is evil.” It wasn’t until she saw the emperor coming forward to take Yan Zhiyi’s hand that Yan Zhaozhao understood her intention.”If the Yan family has a legitimate daughter like this, Yan Huai should be shameless.”

The emperor didn’t even look at her. He looked at Yan Zhiyi with distressed eyes and raised his sleeves to wipe away the tears from her eyes.”Yu’er, come back with me.”

The emperor’s voice was gentle and his eyes were full of pity. Hearing this, Yan Zhiyi’s cheeks turned red, she lowered her eyes and said softly, “Yes.”

It wasn’t until the two of them gradually walked away that Yan Zhaozhao couldn’t help but fall into deep thought. It was only then that the emperor’s affection for Yan Zhiyi didn’t seem to be just a pretense, and there should be some real affection for her.

But the emperor, who has always been romantic and lascivious, actually fell in love with Yan Zhiyi?

ridiculous.