084 “Drunken Bones (Guyan 1v1 High H)” is strange

The truth of that year was finally revealed, but Xie Ciyan had no sense of relief at all. It was as if there was a layer of lingering black mist that shrouded his whole body, and waves of hatred seemed to be crushing his reason to pieces.

After hearing these words, the Queen Mother seemed to be shocked, and she lost all her prestige.She took a few steps back in fear, hugged the quilt on the bed and kept muttering: “No, no… I’m not afraid… I’m not afraid.”

Xie Ciyan looked away, but his slender fingers were quietly hooked by the woman behind him.He subconsciously looked back and saw Yan Zhaozhao’s face with a little cautious emotion, but her fingertips were entangled tighter, and she was looking at him with a pair of beautiful eyes, as if to say, “I’m here.”

The emotions in my heart seemed to have completely dissipated at this moment, and my heart was filled with her.Xie Ciyan’s lips curled up slightly, revealing a smile. He shook her hand and said softly, “I’m fine.”

Seeing that the time was almost up, it was almost time for Yu Min to come back.To avoid alarming the enemy, Xie Ciyan had to go back first, still pretending not to know anything, but in fact, the things he was planning behind the scenes had quietly accelerated.

In the end, Yan Zhaozhao did not reveal that the Queen Mother’s madness was caused by poisoning, but only asked Yu Min not to burn incense in the palace.Although Yu Min didn’t know why, she still never lit up the soothing incense according to what she said. The Queen Mother’s madness was under control. She no longer recognized Yan Zhaozhao as Concubine Ning as before, and she couldn’t remember what she had said. She was sometimes sober and sometimes confused and sluggish.

Seeing the Queen Mother’s weight loss, Yan Zhaozhao pretended to be worried, and would come to Shoukang Palace every day to attend to her illness. Yu Min was polite and said no need at first, but every time she came over, she would welcome him at the door. After gradually getting used to it, he became much less defensive about her, and felt more at ease to have her alone in the same palace with the Queen Mother.

She couldn’t help but ponder. Obviously, there was no soothing incense burned in the Shoukang Palace anymore, so logically speaking, even if there was cinnabar hanging on the bed, it would not have any impact.But the Queen Mother is still not recovered from her illness. Although she is not as crazy as before, she has not recovered yet.

Yan Zhaozhao couldn’t help but think of a possibility.Perhaps… the proportions of drugs administered between her and the Queen Mother were different. It was obvious that the amount inhaled by the Queen Mother was many times more than hers, otherwise the mixed toxicity would not have been so strong. The person behind the scenes did not just want to scare the Queen Mother, but wanted the Queen Mother to shut up and stop speaking normal words. What’s more, they wanted her to die.

In the past few days, she had been asking the Queen Mother insinuatingly what she thought about the person who harmed her.But no matter what Yan Zhaozhao asked, the Queen Mother still looked dull and indifferent, with gray and turbid eyes. However, she had become several times haggard in a few days. Her body no longer had the usual splendor, she was no longer wearing gorgeous and dignified palace clothes, and there were only a few hairpins on her head, as if she had aged for ten years.

“Your Majesty, Concubine Chun has arrived——”

When the eunuch’s loud chanting came from outside, Yan Zhaozhao was sitting on the edge of the bed and feeding the Queen Mother a few mouthfuls of calming decoction.She moved for a moment, then placed the medicine bowl on the table with a natural expression, stood up and turned towards the door of the hall.

When a pair of bright yellow shoes came into view, Yan Zhaozhao whispered: “I send my regards to the emperor.” Every move she made was respectful and dignified, but there was no emotion in her lowered eyes. The moment she noticed that his eyes fell on her, a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes unconsciously.

As before, the emperor glanced at her and without saying a word, he walked past her to the Queen Mother’s bed.Yan Zhaozhao didn’t care at all, and stood up calmly and stood aside. Yan Zhiyi did not walk forward with the emperor, but stood straight in front of her, smiling softly, “Sister, don’t care, the emperor has been busy with government affairs these days, and has not had a good rest for several days, so he has no time to take care of my sister.”

There was something else in her words. On the surface, she meant that she didn’t care about the emperor’s attitude, but in fact, she was trying to excuse the emperor, making the queen mother think that the emperor was not unfilial, but was just too busy with government affairs, so she didn’t have time to come to pay him respects.

A hint of ridicule flashed through Yan Zhaozhao’s eyes, and for a moment she didn’t know whether to say Yan Zhiyi was stupid or that the emperor didn’t care.If the emperor really cared about the Queen Mother’s impression of him, he would not come to Shoukang Palace until now. If he did care, he would ask Yan Zhiyi to excuse the emperor here.But the emperor didn’t even know that the Queen Mother was already suffering from madness, so how could he really care about what happened to the Queen Mother now.

“What’s going on?!” Seeing the crazy look on the Queen Mother’s face, the emperor was stunned for a moment, then raised his voice and asked, “Why did the Queen Mother become like this?! Where are the imperial doctors! Are all the imperial doctors I raised useless!”

Yan Zhaozhao had no time to take care of Yan Zhiyi. She turned around and saw Aunt Yumin kneeling down hurriedly, “Your Majesty, please calm down! I already asked the imperial doctor to see you earlier. This, this…the imperial doctor can’t tell you.”Why did the Queen Mother become like this? I just asked the slaves to give her some soothing medicine and take good care of her.As for what the disease is, I really don’t know!”

“Absurd!” The emperor’s anger continued, and there was another loud bang when he raised his palm and dropped it.”That’s ridiculous!”

His anger was not because he felt that the Imperial Hospital was not doing its job well, but because if word got out that the Queen Mother’s current appearance was that the biological mother of the Great Emperor was actually a mad woman, it would affect how the officials in the court and the people in the world would view him as an emperor.

When the emperor looked at his mother who had raised him for many years, he did not feel any worry in his heart. Instead, he was trying every means to hide the fact that the queen mother was suffering from madness. He must not let others know. By then, his face as an emperor would be ruined.

“My mother’s illness is very strange. I don’t want too many people to disturb my mother’s recuperation in Shoukang Palace.” He looked around at the few people in the inner hall and frowned lightly. “I will evacuate the people serving in the outer hall. From now on, Aunt Yumin will be responsible for my mother’s daily life and food. The rest of the people should not come to Shoukang Palace to disturb my mother’s rest.”

As soon as these words came out, the color drained from Yu Min’s face.The words were extremely beautiful. On the surface, they said they were resting, but this was clearly a disguised form of house arrest. People inside were not allowed to go out, and people from outside were not allowed to come in to serve.Yu Min shook her head in disbelief. Just as she was about to say something, Yan Zhiyi slowly walked up to the emperor and bowed softly, “It is rare for the emperor to love his mother. You are so filial. The Queen Mother will be deeply pleased to know that.”

Yu Min’s face became even uglier. All those requests were choked in her throat at this moment. She could no longer make any sound, so she could only agree with a pale face.

When the emperor heard this, Long Yan was overjoyed. He put his arm around Yan Zhiyi’s waist and rubbed her up and down. He gently lifted her chin with his other hand, “My beloved concubine really knows my heart. Every word she speaks speaks to my heart.”

Yan Zhiyi’s cheeks were quietly blushing. She twisted twice but could not get the emperor to let go of his hand, so she leaned into the emperor’s arms, as if she was a little bird clinging to him.

Seeing the mad look on the Queen Mother’s face, her eyes darkened, and a innocent and harmless smile appeared on her lips. A pair of small white hands suddenly grasped the back of the Queen Mother’s wrinkled hands, and said softly, “The Queen Mother must get better, so that… I can have the opportunity to serve you well, the Queen Mother.”

Hearing the voice, the Queen Mother looked up blankly.The moment she saw Yan Zhiyi’s face right in front of her, the Queen Mother suddenly threw away Yan Zhiyi’s hand and shouted loudly in fear. Then she moved further back and hid in the corner of the bed. Her face was full of fear and she kept murmuring, “No, no…don’t come, no…”

Yan Zhiyan was suddenly pushed away, and her body suddenly tilted. The emperor beside him quickly hugged her tightly in his arms. He looked at the Queen Mother with even colder eyes, “The Queen Mother is really seriously ill, to the point of hurting people at will.” The emperor was only looking at Yan Zhiyi. He hurriedly pulled people to see if they were injured, but he didn’t even look at the frightened Queen Mother.

“I still have some memorials to approve, so I won’t stay any longer. I’ll come see my mother next time.” After saying this, he hurriedly picked up Yan Zhiyi and walked out of Shoukang Palace.

Yu Min got busy and calmed the Queen Mother in a sweet voice. After coaxing her over and over again, she finally calmed down the Queen Mother’s mood.

Yan Zhaozhao took in all this and looked at the Queen Mother with a more probing look.After a few days, the Queen Mother would no longer be as crazy as she was just now, unless… she was afraid of Yan Zhiyi.

She vaguely felt that the Queen Mother was so crazy and Yan Zhiyi was definitely not innocent.