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"Then does Your Majesty think that you're an unconscious ruler, to cover up for this empress who has failed in her virtue?" Xiao Ruyue did not show any sign of weakness.

Hearing that, Yuwen He paused, then laughed: "The rumors stop with the wise. I believe that my Queen is a woman of exceptional talent, and is not something an ordinary woman can compare to. Since the empress has not lost her virtue, how could Zhen be an unconscious monarch? "

"Your Majesty's ability to argue and argue isn't something an ordinary man can compare to. Oh, no, this should be called the golden mouth, the jade mouth, or the lily-tongued tongue."

But after Yuwen He left, Xiao Ruyue called Shen Liang over and whispered some instructions to him.

Before Shen Liang received the order to leave, he had asked Liangqiu Yayin to take care of the Empress.

Following that, Xiao Ruyue arranged some errands for Yin Lin for her to take care of. As usual, she inspected the various accounts and trifling matters in the harem to review and process them in time.

It was too quiet in the Phoenix Palace.

"Lu Yi, send someone to the Wei Wang Manor to spread the news that my body is well today, and the imperial garden's flowers are blooming just right, Wei Wangfei is invited to the palace to admire the flowers."

The green hand that was grinding the ink couldn't help but stop, "Empress, but when I see Wei Wangfei, she looks like she has nothing to offer and even likes to show off, shouldn't we stop her from entering the palace?"

"You unrestrained brat, you want me to send you back right? Go by yourself and invite the Wei Wangfei into the palace. "

Lu Yi knew she said something she shouldn't have said. She bit her lips and obediently left.

The Wei Duke Manor was just two streets away from the palace, and Yao Ziyan had already entered the palace.

As usual, she was carefully dressed up.

She put a lot of emphasis on makeup and clothing, and she looked much younger.

Xiao Ruyue thought of the Spring Immortal Pill that Liangqiu Yayin had mentioned, and mocked in her heart: The price of not being able to bear children, in order to make light shine, is tantamount to drinking poison to quench one's thirst, and seeking death!

Yao Ziyan bowed towards Xiao Ruyue, and after the ceremony, he stood up and raised her head, her gaze landing on Xiao Ruyue who looked like the young Ai Jiao Yan, a look of jealousy and hatred quickly flashed past her eyes.

A woman's youth was fleeting. Even though she had the Rejuvenation Elixir, she was still no match for these nine years of blooming flowers.

Situ Min looked extremely good, her eyes rippled like spring water, her face like peach and plum, not to mention a man, even a woman would feel pity for him.

Yuwen Chenglian prided himself as someone who was elegant and unrestrained, and had exceptionally green eyes, because if Yuwen Chenglian were to ascend to the throne one day, and this woman was still alive, she would have nothing to do with Yao Ziyan!

Thinking about it here, Yao Ziyan clenched her fists inside her sleeves.

Although the emotion in Yao Ziyan's eyes flashed, Xiao Ruyue did not miss it.

Her heart hid a hint of a sneer, and she wandered around Imperial Garden together with Yao Ziyan as if nothing had happened.

Compared to the Wei Wang Manor, the size of the Imperial Garden could only be said to be slightly inferior.

From beginning to end, Yao Ziyan maintained a haughty attitude, commenting about the scenery of the imperial garden.

One side is not good, the other is not right; one thing is missing here and there is more; the pool is small, and the summer is not as cool as the palace.

Xiao Ruyue nodded and smiled without saying a word, indicating that she was disappointed with the Royal Garden that she had seen with her own eyes.

Yao Ziyan was extremely pleased with herself. Although she tried her best to suppress her pride, it was not hard to tell from her expression that she was about to burst into laughter.

Walking along the garden's nine twists and turns path, I "accidentally" heard the palace people hiding in the corner whispered to each other.

The content of the secret conversation was not aside, it was exactly what happened in the morning.

Yao Ziyan's expression was very subtle, but she did not say anything.

Xiao Ruyue smiled and pretended that nothing had happened. In order to find a reason for Yao Ziyan to bring the news out of the palace, she went a long way.

The Spring Restoration Pill was from Red Sleeve House, and it was extremely difficult to concoct. Yao Ziyan had been taking the pill for a long time so she had nothing to do with it. As for Ye Haitang, she still had a lot to check.

However, the doubt in Empress Dowager's body was obvious.

The morning of the next day, the empress's rudeness to the Empress Dowager spread and spread outside the palace walls, causing an uproar.

For a time, the entire city was in turmoil.

More than half of the court officials, led by two zai fu, signed a joint letter requesting an explanation from the king.

The main idea was: Empress Dowager is the late emperor's queen, after three dynasties, her status is very high. Although the empress was the princess of East Mausoleum, this was going too far! The matter must not be left unsettled without a reasonable explanation.

The crowd was in an uproar.

Yuwen He said coolly: "The palace rule s can naturally follow the arrangements in the harem, and whether or not it is appropriate for the empress to punish the He mama, she has to ask the palace rule first. As for the words of the officials, the empress looked down on the Empress Dowager and had no respect for her elders. The Empress Dowager is my Royal Grandmother, and also the Queen's Royal Grandmother. The Queen is the younger sister of the East Mausoleum, the noble Princess Wuyou bestowed by the Son of Heaven. If you marry into the Da Xia Empire, you will be my mother.

When Yuwen He said this, the angry court officials turned quiet. You look at me, I look at you, look at each other, unable to answer.

"Alright, that's enough." Yuwen He's tone of voice did not change, he added: "The rumors stop with the wise."

The rumors stopped at the wise.

If someone said they had no proof, then they would be claiming that they were fools.

Who wants to think they're stupid?

Yuwen He successfully shut the mouths of all the court officials.

At the next court meeting, the king's grand act of "wife" had already reached the Palace of Invitation.

Yuwen He was startled, he did not even take off his court uniform before he went straight to Phoenix Palace to invite them over.

Yin Lin was vividly discussing the matters of the upper echelons with Xiao Ruyue, when she walked in. As he did not want the servants to spread the news, he had even shocked Xiao Ruyue when he came in.

Seeing that the main character had come, Yin Lin did not even need Master to give him an order, and dragged Lu Yi away.

Xiao Ruyue pressed down on her chest and calmed her breathing.

"I, the ruler of a nation, really do not have the slightest appearance of an emperor in your Phoenix Invitation Palace." Yuwen He sat beside her, and said without any clue.

Xiao Ruyue looked at him in confusion. "What does Your Majesty mean by this?"

Yuwen He suddenly looked at her seriously: "Min Er, tell me, if there really comes a day, if there really comes a day when I am not the emperor, would you be willing to leave with me?"

"What did His Majesty say?" If you aren't the Emperor, then who is? Xiao Ruyue pretended not to understand.

"I mean if. If I was not the king of Da Xia Kingdom, would you be willing to leave this palace with me and be an ordinary couple? "

His serious expression made Xiao Ruyue's heart tremble, a sense of familiarity welled up like floodwaters.

Xiao Ruyue hurriedly calmed herself down and replied as if nothing had happened, "Please forgive this concubine for being disrespectful. Your Majesty is already the king of the entire Da Xia Empire. When it was time for the king to pay his respects, Min Er was already old, and had followed you out of the palace, so why would you say the words of an ordinary couple? "

Yuwen He gave her a faint smile, but the smile reached his eyes: "There is a woman who once told me that in this life, one's length is short, and one's life is for the name of Li Lu, mediocre and mediocre, to the end of it, to live for power that is overflowing, to camp and to the end of it, neither of these are worth living for oneself, to live however one pleases, to be carefree and unrestrained."

When he said that, his gaze was fixated on Xiao Ruyue.

These words were like a clap of thunder.

Xiao Ruyue suddenly had the illusion that she had been seen through.

She had said these words. Years ago, she had told a young boy who had collapsed in front of her house.

That winter, the snow was especially heavy. On the eighth day of the month, she was originally going to sneak out to watch the fun, but the moment she opened the door, she saw a young man lying outside her back door, wearing very thin clothes.

But his eyes remained wide open, looking at her, his black eyes fixed on her, as if to say: Save me.

She stealthily carried him home, gave him clothes and food in secret, and gave him the brazier and charcoal.

The youth was a few years younger than her, but he was very tall, and looked much taller than the others of his age. She could not remember his appearance, but she could vaguely remember that he was very good-looking. The young boy already had the rudiments of a handsome man, and when he grew up, he would definitely be a man that could overthrow all other people.

That youth at that time had a stubborn personality. He almost didn't open his mouth and asked him what his name was and why he didn't pay any attention to him.

In the end, it might have been because he was annoyed by what she had said, or perhaps she had accidentally said something that touched his reverse scale. He suddenly retorted with anger: "A sparrow knows its ambition?"

She was infuriated. She replied with a question, "Are you a fish that knows its prey?"

The youth was so angry that he stopped talking.

Later on, she brought him food and also secretly found him new clothes to put on. Perhaps he was grateful to her for saving his life by chance, which was why he faintly revealed the misfortune of his life.

Out of comfort, she said: "Life is a short life, living for the name of Lilu, mediocre and mediocre, to the end empty; living for power, to the end empty; it is better to live for oneself, to be willful and free."

Now that he thought about it, every word of it was exactly the same.

Could it be that Yuwen He was the stubborn young lad who had fallen outside her back door all those years ago?!