Empress Chu

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When she drove Xie Yanlai back to the yard, Deng Yi stood up, Mu Mianhong didn't chase him away, and let him listen.

Deng Yi glanced at the letter and said, "That matter is indeed unbearable." Then he looked at Xie Yanlai and asked, "Is it related to Xie Yanfang?"

Xie Yanlai ignored him with a sullen face, and asked Mu Mianhong: "What is she doing recently?"

In addition to private letters, Changrong Changrong, the mansion in the capital, would also send them regularly.

Mu Mianhong shook her head: "She didn't do anything recently, just be a queen, go to court, discuss court affairs, and hold banquets and so on. Xiaoman said that she is free and happy. Oh, her cousin Chutang is getting married soon. Been busy with this lately."

Xie Yanlai snorted: "She won't really be idle."

"Yes." Deng Yi said, "Since she wants to come here with you, she must clean up the court before leaving—"

He was interrupted by Mu Mianhong, with a joyful yet disturbed voice: "Is she really going to come here? Won't be a queen anymore?"

Deng Yi didn't speak, but looked at Xie Yanlai, and Mu Mianhong's eyes followed him.

Xie Yanlai was suddenly stared at by the two, as if being burned by fire: "What are you looking at me for? Don't care about my business."

Deng Yi sneered: "Don't care about your business? If it wasn't for you, she would have given up her position as queen of the court? Aren't you always smart? Why are you so confused at this time? What will she do if she leaves the court? Of course, remove all threats ——In the current court, without me and Xie Yanfang, you don't know who is the person she least trusts and is most wary of?"

Xie Yanlai's face turned red and then gloomy, but he did not refute. Even though Deng Yi finished speaking with a gun and a stick, his emotions returned to calm from the previous restlessness.

"My old incident back then was related to a private transaction between Xie Yanfang and the Wei family in Han County." He still only looked at Mu Mianhong and said, "Chu Zhao is asking me this now, she must be investigating the Wei family."

Having said that, he shook his head again.

"No, she is checking to thank Yanfang."

Mu Mianhong knew about Xie Yanfang, but didn't know much about it. Seeing the expressions of Deng Yi and Xie Yanlai at this time: "Is this person very powerful?"

Xie Yan took a look at Deng Yi, and said with a sneer, "Let's put it this way, Mr. Deng's end today is just because he took a second look."

Originally, he dismissed Deng Yi, but if Third Young Master Xie turned his gaze over and looked at him one more time, the name Deng Yi would disappear.

Deng Yi's expression was blank, ignoring his ridicule.

Mu Mianhong looked at him and nodded in understanding: "Sure enough, Ah Jiu, you are also thanks to him today."

Xie Yanlai sighed: "I don't count, I'm not the same as Deng Yi."

Deng Yi said coldly: "What's the difference? Isn't it only by feigning death that you can get out of other people's palms."

Mu Mianhong raised her hand to stop the two of them: "Okay, needless to say, I understand." She took a deep breath and saw Xie Yan coming, "How many soldiers and horses shall we bring?"

Xie Yan looked in the direction of the capital.

"If there is time, you and I are enough." He said, "If there is no time, it is useless to bring fifty thousand soldiers and horses."

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The sky over the prairie was covered with overcast clouds. Seeing the rain condense, the village also became noisy. It seemed that they were busy sheltering from the rain. The adults were running around, not to the home, but to the outside of the village.

Deng Yi stood under the eaves, listening to the long and short birdsong, and looked at the southeast sky.

Good luck to her this time.

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The rain in the capital this year seems to have dwindled in the early summer, and after entering the midsummer, there was not a single drop of rain, and the sun was shining brightly.

People in the palace looked for cool places to escape the heat.

Chu Zhao moved to Qiongfangyuan, sitting on a tall building and watching the summer flood news sent from all over the place, the building was smooth with a gust of wind.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's cool here." Ale stood in the corridor outside the building, and babbled again, "Your Majesty is in the Imperial Garden."

As Xiao Yu grew up, the empress and empress no longer lived together, and with less than a year and a half to ascend the throne, Xiao Yu had to get acquainted with many things, except for meals, the empress and empress seldom stayed together.

Even for meals, they can only eat together at most once a day.

Chu Zhao put down the paperwork, got up and walked out. He stood on the corridor overlooking the imperial garden. In the pavilion in the Bibo Lake, Xiao Yu was sitting at the table and writing something. Take what Xiao Yu wrote, and spread new paper.

"Your Majesty is really busy." A Le laughed.

Chu Zhao also laughed, yes, everyone is busy, Xiao Yu is busy growing up, she is busy preparing——

In a flash, there was another person in sight.

"The third son Xie is also there." Ale saw it, and let out a haha, "What is he doing? Fishing with a fishing rod?"

Chu Zhao watched as Xie Yanfang came to Xiao Yu wearing an official robe, the fishing rod in his hand was very conspicuous, he did not put down the fishing rod, and stood in front of the table, watching the servants holding the paper written by Xiao Yu while watching Nod or shake your head while talking.

Xiao Yu stopped writing and listened intently.

Because of the distance, I couldn't hear what they said, but I could feel that one was teaching and the other was learning. During this time, Xiao Yu seemed a little annoyed, and put down his pen heavily, but Xie Yanfang said something again, and the annoyed Xiao Yu's face appeared again. Laugh, pick up the pen, and write uprightly.

Chu Zhao also laughed.

At this time, Xie Yanfang turned around with the fishing rod in hand, raised her head when she felt it, and smiled at the people on the tall building.

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Seeing Chu Zhao approaching, Xiao Yu immediately stood up to greet him, but stopped holding his pen the next moment.

"Sister." He said loudly, "You wait until I finish writing."

Chu Zhao smiled and nodded at him: "Understood, I'll wait for you here."

Xiao Yu sat down and continued to write earnestly without looking up.

Chu Zhao sat down beside Xie Yanfang, and said, "Your Majesty has become more and more stable."

Xie Yanfang said proudly: "Your Majesty will definitely be a generation of Mingjun."

After he said this, the people around him didn't speak, but kept looking at him.

Xie Yanfang turned her head, looked at the girl and smiled: "What is the queen looking at?"

Chu Zhao didn't look away, looked at him carefully, and said, "I'm very confused."

Puzzled?Seeing the girl's eyes, Xie Yanfang seemed very happy but also confused. She was indeed confused.

"Let's listen to it." He said with a smile, "See if I can clear up the confusion."

Chu Zhao withdrew his gaze, looked at the lake, and said, "You know about Han County, right?"

Yesterday, the Gongwei Division reported the case of the Wei family in Han County. During Xiao Xun's occupation of Han County, the Wei family worked as a minion, took the opportunity to amass money, and killed the people.

"Tomorrow, there will be another debate in the courtroom," Chu Zhao said.

Xie Yanfang said: "It's the old lady Wei who confused you, Queen, with the letter sent by the guard?" He raised the fishing rod in his hand, and a small fish flicked its tail and splashed water, "Queen, listen to me, put the fish in the water." Throw this letter straight into the brazier and burn it."

He looked at Chu Zhao with cold eyes.

"Since you have decided what to do, you are right, so there is no need to be confused."

Chu Zhao looked at him, still confused, and asked, "You really think so? Am I right?"

Xie Yanfang nodded: "In my heart, whatever the queen does is right."

Chu Zhao chuckled, the smile rippling in her eyes, dispelling the confusion, she approached him slightly, and whispered: "Did you say this to the emperor too?"

Xie Yanfang looked at the lake, took the small fish off the hook, threw it back into the water, and shook her head: "Of course not." He also leaned slightly closer to Chu Zhao, and said in a low voice, "There can only be one person who is right."

Chu Zhao laughed, but fearing to disturb Xiao Yu, he stopped laughing and looked into the pavilion.

In the pavilion, Xiao Yu concentrated on writing, without looking up, only smiling with a crooked corner of his mouth.

Chu Zhao stretched out his hand to fan the wind in front of him again: "It's too hot, and it will be very annoying in the future, why don't we go to escape the heat."

She turned to look at Xie Yanfang.

"How about the hunting grounds outside the city?"

Xie Yanfang looked at her and smiled: "Okay."

Chapter 88 Summer Escape

When the emperor and empress went to escape the summer heat, they didn't just leave. Before leaving, they had to deal with government affairs, choose an auspicious time and day, choose people to travel, and there were even complicated things like guards and horses patrolling, cleaning up and deploying defenses.

The whole imperial city is busy, but everyone is very happy.

In the past few years, the life in the palace has not been easy, except for offering sacrifices, he has never been out of the house.

But Ale was not happy at all.

"Don't be unhappy, you can also go out, or go a long way." Chu Zhao said with a smile, "And there are beautiful scenery along the way."

The corners of A Le's lips were flattened, and he said, "But there is no miss." Then he looked at Chu Zhao, "Miss, in fact, it is enough for Eunuch Qi to go, right?"

The day of Chu Tang's marriage is approaching. Although a batch of congratulatory gifts have already been sent, people will still be sent to attend on the wedding day. Chu Zhao chose A Le.

In the past, as long as Chu Zhao ordered, Ale would not blink when going up the mountain of swords and down the sea of ​​fire, but this time she was very unhappy.

"I haven't separated from Miss yet." A Le said, "Leaving Miss here alone, I don't feel at ease."

These words made Xiaoman who was standing by the door laugh: "No way, who cares? Are you afraid to go out alone?"

"No, no." Ale quickly retorted.

Chu Zhao stopped the dispute between the two, looked at Ale and said, "You go for me this time, not only for Ale's identity, but also for the queen, you take my honor and majesty, and then you also look at the place for me. What's going on here, my uncle's family, Mrs. Atang's family, and the local people, I want to know their attitude towards the queen."

Ah Le understood and nodded: "I understand."

"I know you don't want me." Chu Zhao took her hand and said softly, "I also don't want you, but I need your help—"

Ah Le hurriedly interrupted her: "Miss, don't say that anymore, this is what I should do." She felt a little bit ashamed, she saw with her own eyes how difficult it is for Miss to be a queen, and she still only cared about leaving Miss Do nothing.

Any maid in the palace can do such a thing as serving a young lady.

She wants to do something that can help Miss.

"I'll go and choose the servants and maids who will accompany me this time."

Ale stomped away.

Standing by the door, Xiaoman couldn't help curling her lips, and the next moment she saw Chu Zhao looking at her.

"Hey——" she said first, "Needless to say, asking me to accompany her and protect her is also to complete your task."

She looked at Chu Zhao and snorted.

"My task is to guard you, and other things have nothing to do with me, so I'm not so easy to cheat—"

She wiggled her fingers.

"Don't make excuses for me to leave."

Lie, excuse, leave, if Ah Le is still here, he must be surprised to hear it.

Chu Zhao smiled: "I want to ask, how many people are there outside?"

Xiao Man clenched her hand hanging by her side, and said: "Not much, Ah Tang took the little rabbit away, but the mouse mother and the others are still there."

Chu Zhao said: "That's good." After saying that, he turned and walked inward.

Xiaoman couldn't help catching up any longer, and asked in a low voice: "What are you going to do? There are only a dozen people outside, or I'll go find someone again, aunt's side is too late, but we have gathered a lot of bandits nearby -"

Chu Zhao smiled at her: "Enough is enough, it is enough to be able to pass on the news. If there is no chance to pass on the news at that time, it will be useless how many people come outside."

Xiaoman can be regarded as a person who has been born and died many times, and consciously never fears, but at this moment, listening to Chu Zhao's words and seeing the smile on her face, she is inexplicably terrified.

"What are you going to do?" She asked again in a low voice.

Rebellion?No, she is already a queen, what else is she planning?

Chu Zhaodao: "Don't worry, it's not a big deal, I just want to convince one person."

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Teams of soldiers and horses were as dense as dark clouds, almost covering the entire street, but they did not cause panic among the people, instead the entire capital poured out.

When they saw the gorgeous cars driving, the people saw the emperor and queen sitting in the draped pearls and jade. Many people have not seen the emperor and queen for a long time. The child in their memory is like a teenager, and the girl sitting beside them is like a flower. Bloom like.

"Long live Your Majesty—"

"The empress is a thousand years old—"