C6

Not long after she sat down in the pavilion, the handsome men who had finally shifted their gazes from her to the stage. Before she could even take a sip of tea, the palace maids came to call her over to the empress dowager's place. The Zhong Miao Yi was a little doubtful, had the emperor just ordered her to rest in the pavilion?

Zhong Miao Yi suppressed the suspicions in her heart and followed the palace maid alone. However, she did not go to the tent, but instead went around to a small tent at the back.

Before she could enter, she heard someone in the room talking in a low voice, laughing. The palace maid lifted the curtain and she entered.

The empress dowager sat in her seat of honor with a smile on her face while the Concubine Xian accompanied her. A woman was carefully pouring tea for the empress dowager with a small pot for brewing tea.

They chatted and laughed intimately.

"Miaoyi, you're here. Come over quickly." Consort Xian nodded towards Zhong Miao Yi. She was also one of the emperor's confidants, she was gentle and virtuous, she knew that the Zhong Miao Yi's background was pitiful, and had always been good to the Zhong Miao Yi.

The woman with her back to her turned to her with a smile and a kind smile.

Suddenly, the empress dowager pointed at her and said to the woman, "Qingxiu, this is Princess Miaoyi, whom the emperor just found. Look, she's a perfect match for your Tang Yao."

Only now did Zhong Miao Yi realize that this woman was Tang Yao's mother.

Lady Qing Xiu was a very gentle and noble woman. Unlike the other wives, she immediately showed a look of disgust when she heard her name. Instead, she stretched out her hand towards her and said, "The princess is really beautiful. Many thanks to Esteemed Empress Dowager and the emperor for their love."

Zhong Miao Yi's clenched fists loosened, and she suddenly started to feel afraid.

She thought of Tang Yao's pretty, smiling face as she felt a stifling sensation in her chest.

Lady Qing Xiu didn't say much. The empress dowager had never smiled happily at Zhong Miao Yi before. "Since you've come too, let's get along more. In the future, we'll be closer to each other."

Lady Qing Xiu nodded with a smile and patted the back of her hand to reassure her.

Coming out of the tent, the Zhong Miao Yi looked extremely worried. After walking for a while, she suddenly bumped into a person who just scurried out from the side.

Feeling somewhat annoyed, she raised her head to see who it was, only to see a frowning Tang Yao in the end.

"You're here. No wonder I couldn't find you anywhere." When he saw the Zhong Miao Yi, he laughed in pleasant surprise.

Zhong Miao Yi blinked her eyes and smiled: "What are you doing here?"

He quickly threw up his hands in annoyance and acted like he was rather helpless, "My mother sent someone to find me. Have you seen my mother before? Did she make things difficult for you? "

Zhong Miao Yi lowered her head in embarrassment, not daring to look at him. "Quickly go, don't make your mother wait, or else she'll get anxious."

Seeing her expression, Tang Yao was momentarily at a loss as to what was going on. He furrowed his brows and asked, "Did my mother say something that made you feel bad?"

Zhong Miao Yi quickly shook her head: "Madam is very good, she is a gentle person, she did not make things difficult for me, you go first, we'll talk about it later."

Only then was Tang Yao finally able to relax. Under the urging of the Zhong Miao Yi, he finally reached her tent.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to walk towards the pavilion when she heard what seemed to be a group of people in the woods behind the tent.

The Zhong Miao Yi felt it was strange. Everyone was racing at the horse race in front.

She tiptoed over and found a thick pile of grass to cover her.

However, she didn't dare raise her head too high, so she couldn't see her face clearly. She could only tell that it was a man and a woman from their conversation.

The topic of their discussion seemed to have come to an end. The woman's voice was still relatively calm, as if she was deliberately trying to distance herself from him, "Don't look for me anymore. Even if you do, it's impossible. If my father disagrees, what can I do?"

The man was a little excited, and his voice was a little loud. "I will do my best! "Can you believe in me?"

"Do you think you can be of any use?" The woman was getting a little anxious. "Let's do it this way. It won't do anyone any good if we keep on wasting time!"

Following that was a series of pulling sounds, Zhong Miao Yi could only guess what happened after hearing it.

It was as if they were a pair of lovebirds who had suffered greatly because of their family's obstruction. However, it was obvious that the woman was much more rational.

This matter wasn't anything nice to hear. Zhong Miao Yi's curiosity had been satisfied, so she prepared to tiptoe back to leave, but she didn't expect to step on a dead tree.

It just so happened that the two of them did not say anything, and the surroundings were exceptionally quiet. The sound was like a clap of thunder on the ground.

Zhong Miao Yi was stunned, she stood in her original position at a loss of what to do, but the man's voice suddenly became more alert: "Who?!"

Zhong Miao Yi felt that she was finished, as if she had broken another person's little secret. She did not know whether she would be silenced or not, but just as the man groped his way over, she felt like her mouth was suddenly covered.

She didn't know where to put her hands, but this person gave off a nice smell of perfume. It was unknown which woman it came from.

The two people on the other side did not find anyone after searching for a while, and did not dare to stay here for long. Zhong Miao Yi heard the man say: "It might be a stray cat or something, let's go back first."

Only when the two of them had walked away did the person who held her let go and lay there motionless.

Just as she was about to thank this brave warrior who had acted out in the name of justice, she didn't expect to see Su Zeyi looking at her with a cold expression the moment she turned around.

The 'thank you' in her throat was forcefully suppressed.

"You come here and listen to the corner of the wall when you're not looking at you? Zhong Miao Yi, what are you thinking all day?! " Su Zeyi looked at her black and green eyes, his harsh words still not softening in the slightest.

Su Zeyi sat up awkwardly. He had wanted to speak properly, but when he saw her cold expression towards him, he felt a baffling rage in his stomach: "You only know how to stir up trouble and make me clean up this mess!"

These words stung her. Zhong Miao Yi, who only wanted to silently leave and not clash with him sneered and crawled back up: "Thank you for this matter. If you meet me again in the future, Lord Su only needs to continue watching coldly from the sidelines."

Su Zeyi forced himself not to look at her again. It didn't matter if he left, if he stayed here, it would be because he was mad at her. She was always the one who caused trouble.

However, looking at her stubborn and lonely back, Su Zeyi suddenly thought of what happened a year ago.

"I don't want to go, Ze Yi, don't drive me away." Her cries seemed to come from the horizon and were dispersed by the wind.