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You are mine.

All of this was as beautiful as a fairyland.

"Is this surprise satisfactory?"

Yuwen He's voice slowly sounded by his ear.

As if he had awoken from a dream, Xiao Ruyue looked at Yuwen He who was beside him with astonishment, "You …"

"I specially prepared it for you." Yuwen He smiled, it was extremely gentle, "Do you like it?"

Xiao Ruyue was momentarily at a loss as to what to say.

"Esteemed Empress, the Lord has meticulously prepared this surprise for you for a long time." A light female voice came from behind him.

Xiao Ruyue turned to look, and saw a woman with a veil over her face walking slowly up the stairs. The woman looked at them, and there seemed to be a smile in her eyes.

Xiao Ruyue looked at her, some suspicions flashed past her mind, then at Yuwen He. The woman had already walked over and bowed towards Yuwen He and Xiao Ruyue, "Your subordinate greets the Lord, and the Empress."

"Didn't you always want to see the female owner of Taibai Lou?" Yuwen He pointed to the lady and said.

"You are the legendary female owner of the Taibai Lou, Sanniang." Xiao Ruyue realised and was surprised.

It was very similar to what she had imagined, but also a bit different.

"Empress, Sanniang is a form of address for outsiders. This subordinate's name is Qiu Yin. " Sanniang Qiuyin stood up, looked around at her surroundings, and gently smiled: "The Empress doesn't know, but the Lord was worried that you wouldn't like it, and had us try to bring you here for quite some time before."

As she spoke, she took off her veil, "I believe the Empress knows that the third floor of Taibai Lou is very mysterious and would never allow anyone to go upstairs. However, Master had purposely given these orders because he wanted to leave a place for you to go. "

"Autumn Ci, you talk too much." Yuwen He looked like someone had poked a hole in his heart, he glanced at Qiuyin.

"This place was specially prepared by Master for the Empress. This subordinate will not disturb you any longer, and will take his leave first."

Then he left.

Xiao Ruyue still could not react in time.

Were all the people under Yuwen He's command this cool?

"Let's go and have a good look at this gift." Yuwen He held her hand and walked towards the closest Glazed Lotus Lamp.

The glazed lotus flower lamp's brilliance was as beautiful as an illusion. Floating lights and shadows, the faint fragrance floated, and the light's beauty was too unreal. Xiao Ruyue couldn't help but reach out her hand to touch it.

Fortunately, Yuwen He had held her hand in time, "These are real flames, be careful not to burn them."

Xiao Ruyue stuck out her tongue. She looked like she was about to ascend to the immortal realm.

Yuwen He led her to the window again. The night wind blew silk all around. The silk brushed against her cheek, soft and soft, as if it had a hint of perfume.

Yuwen He suddenly unfurled the silk ribbon, and when she looked carefully, he saw that there was an embroidered flower between the silk strips. It was a cloudless June day, and the great lake below the sky was clear.

The embroidery process was so exquisite that each lotus flower seemed to bloom on the silk, looking vivid and lifelike.

As the wind blew, all the silk fibers started to float, reflecting the light and shadows of the Glazed Lotus Lamp. Xiao Ruyue could see that on every piece of silk, there was a different embroidery set.

What kind of experience was this!

Especially when she saw these embroidered flowers, she felt a sense of familiarity. Every single one of them was familiar to her.

Xiao Ruyue excitedly rushed over, looking at it one by one. This was the embroidery that her mother was most proud of!

"How did you find them?" Xiao Ruyue turned his head in surprise as he followed right behind her.

"These were naturally found in the Xiao Mansion s. However, the mother-in-law's real work is still kept. These are all things that the embroidery lady can copy from the original. " Yuwen He said in a carefree manner.

However, Xiao Ruyue who had been involved in embroidery since young knew very well that such a huge project required a huge amount of manpower, resources and time.

How much time had he spent preparing all this?

"You …" She looked at Yuwen He, and unexpectedly couldn't say a single word as she threw herself into his embrace.

He couldn't help but burst into tears.

Yuwen He was startled, then hugged her, "Don't cry, did it cause your heart to hurt? I thought you'd like it. "

"I didn't say I didn't like it." Xiao Ruyue pouted and said in a sobbing tone, "Who said that I don't like it anymore?"

Yet, his tears fell profusely.

, who was used to being a scoundrel, could only helplessly comfort her. He pulled on his sleeves and helped her wipe her tears away, "Don't cry, don't cry."

Xiao Ruyue stared at him blankly, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

The rogue emperor, who had been planning all along, actually had times of panic as well.

It was true that Xiao Ruyue was angry during the Meet, but when she saw him obediently kneeling on the washboard, most of her anger disappeared.

"You're laughing and crying at the same time. You're really irritating." Yuwen He muttered as he held her tightly in his arms, "I know how dangerous it is to pull you into the imperial court, but with your talent, you should definitely not be humbled by the imperial harem. "You are a person of great means. It would be too much of a waste for you to be an empress."

The corner of Xiao Ruyue's mouth twitched uncontrollably.

Her heart was extremely complicated.

Yuwen He was definitely the first weirdo emperor in history to insist on pulling his empress into the imperial court.

What emperor would do such a thing!

"I have always been working for this Jiang Shan Country. Don't you want to share some of it with the empress?" Yuwen He said as a matter of fact.

As soon as he finished, he took Xiao Ruyue's heavy kick.

Share your burden!

Yuwen He screamed in pain and retreated. He looked at her with a wronged face and was about to cry, "My wife, you want to murder your own husband? You …"

Xiao Ruyue's face darkened, "If you don't speak properly, don't blame me for turning hostile!"

Yuwen He immediately stood properly, his face instantly changed as he said earnestly: "Tell me, if someone wants to make a move, are you going to make it easy for the queen who lives in seclusion, or are you going to make it easy for the new upstart who is the center of attention?"

Xiao Ruyue immediately understood, "Is it because of that Great General brother of yours?"

Yuwen He laughed without saying a word.

Xiao Ruyue shook her head, she felt that it was kind of absurd. Since ancient times, they were the Heartless Emperor's family, but in the end, she still could not avoid them.

Yuwen He reached out and hugged Xiao Ruyue again, "Little girl, I've troubled you."

"Yes, very tired. Is there any compensation? "

"Yes." Yuwen He said, he paused for a while.

"How about this river and mountain?"

When Xiao Ruyue heard this, she was also stunned. She raised her head and looked at Yuwen He, into his black eyes that was like ink and jade.

"Jun Wu Yi is not joking. "As the ruler of a nation, how could I lie to my queen?"

Xiao Ruyue made a solemn face. After pondering for a moment, she said: "I don't want the mountains and rivers. You can give them to me."

"Hmm?"

Xiao Ruyue laughed, "You are mine, all yours is mine."

With that, he grabbed Yuwen He's neck and gave his his lips.

The smile in Yuwen He's eyes became deep, and very quickly, the guest became the host, and continued to deepen the kiss.

The night outside the window was just right.

The sky was filled with dazzling starlight.

In the past two days, the Cigarette Water Pavilion had already closed their doors and stopped doing business. Because of the murder case, the group of people inside the Cigarette Water Pavilion were not allowed to leave the capital, and were waiting for Beijing Zhaoyin's summons at any time.

The officials and nobles who bought the rouge powder from the Cigarette Water Pavilion also became the main targets of the investigation.

Especially since he took the opportunity when it was late in the night to sneak into the Cigarette Water Pavilion, yet he was caught red-handed by Beijing Zhaoyin Constable Fang Qian.

In the case where Hong Ting was killed, Yuwen Chenglian had undoubtedly become the biggest suspect, but because he was the renowned Duke Wei and he didn't have any direct evidence to prove that he was the one who killed the culprit, the Beijing Zhaoyin could only stare at him closely and could not take the next step.

The case had to be put off and pending.

After the Qionglin banquet, Xinke Sanjia was assigned to the job. The flower explorer entered the Ministry of Water, and at a very young age became the water minister's minister; the rank leader was selected by the Ministry of Justice; and the top scholar, as usual, entered the Han Lin Courtyard.

Xiao Ruyue was extremely busy, the perfectly fine Empress had been turned into the Water Division s External Minister by Yuwen He, hence she went out everyday. Fortunately, she had not officially taken up her post, and had only gone to familiarize herself with the environment in advance. However, the Water Division was a place that she could not afford to be careless in. She was still extremely tired. Furthermore, the various matters within the palace made her unable to part with it.

Fortunately, Big Sister Ya Yin had obtained a powerful character from who knows where and became her substitute. She was in charge of overseeing the palace every day. What was especially fortunate was that Yin Lin was able to take care of all the palace matters, making her relax by quite a bit.

Yuwen He did not mention that book of poems that Du Ziheng had written, she was extremely busy every day.

In the blink of an eye, it was already noon.

Household bag dumplings, with wormwood, drink yellow wine. The stage was singing "The White Lady," the love story of Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen.

As usual, the palace was hosting a family banquet.

As the emperor valued thrift and thrift, he had always disliked extravagance, so Xiao Ruyue held this palace banquet in a very simple manner, trying her best to be warm.

Other than Yuwen He's younger brother, the Great General Yuwen Xiao, who was far away at the border, practically everyone else had arrived. Yuwen Chenglian and Yao Ziyan were no exception.

Recently, Yao Ziyan had wanted to enter the palace several times but had been blocked outside. She had never been able to see the Empress, and tonight was a great opportunity for her. If she didn't seize this opportunity, she would be done for.

Therefore, she was already prepared to enter the palace, and Yuwen Chenglian was very active today. As for what he was thinking, the heavens knew and the earth knew.

The palace feast was set up in the imperial garden. It was only the beginning of May, and the peonies in the garden were just right in the right places. The country was beautiful and the garden was rich.

The royal relatives were all present. Before the emperor's wife and Empress Dowager had arrived, the imperial relatives had already started discussing amongst themselves.

In the past half month, the Imperial Consort Ye had first developed hysteria, then the Autumn Beauty had been beaten into the cold palace after her poisoning was exposed, and the affairs of the harem had become extremely chaotic.

This matter had already been spread around the world. It would be strange if the royal family didn't discuss it.

Someone said, "It's said that the empress is the scourge of a troubled country, but seeing how the palace feast is organized in such a neat and orderly manner, it doesn't seem like it."

A young princess retorted, "That's hard to say. She's a princess of the East Mausoleum after all, who knows what kind of intentions she has."

As soon as she finished speaking, the elder glared at her, and the woman scolded her in a low voice, "This is the palace, stop spouting nonsense!"