The Empress Dowager was startled, and looked at Lin Xuan with a more appreciative look. She stretched out her hand in front of her, and Lin Xuan hurriedly took it.

"Okay, let's have a flower viewing party to reveal this secret," the Empress Dowager smiled knowingly, "The Ai family wants to see if the emperor dares to disobey the Ai family's orders in front of so many people."

A trace of anger flashed in the Queen Mother's eyes.

She was not Yan Chou's biological mother, but she was the head of the harem when the late emperor was still alive. After Yan Chou's biological mother gave birth to him, for the sake of her own status, she personally understood the life of Yan Chou's mother.

From then on, Yan Chou became her child.

No one knows about this except the dead.

Because Yan Chou had a surly personality and would not listen to her, the Queen Mother did not like Yan Chou.

On the contrary, the regent made her satisfied.

If the regent could ascend the throne, she would not be like now, unable to get involved in politics and have no power at all.

The Empress Dowager sighed in her heart, that's all, as long as she puts the daughter of the Minister of Civil Affairs into the harem, she will benefit to some extent.

*

The courtiers in Chengming Hall had already left, but Xie Shizhu was still kneeling on the ground. She did not dare to get up without Yan Chou's order.

The man sat in front of the case, holding the memorial in both hands, staring at it with his narrow eyes.

Even though a stick of incense had passed, he still stayed at one place on the bright yellow memorial, as if he wanted to see through the flimsy fold.

Beside him, a palace maid was sharpening ink, and a slight rustling sound reached Xie Shizhu's ears.

Yan Qiu tightened her fingertips on the corner of the memorial, becoming more and more upset as she looked at it, while the woman kneeling in front of her was too quiet.

As long as a person knelt for such a long time, his knees were so painful that he begged for mercy, but he thanked Shizhu without even saying a word, as if he wanted to wait until he softened his heart.

Yan Chou sneered in his heart, she could be easily taken advantage of, she trusted others, but she was unwilling to apologize.

After two sticks of incense, the sky gradually darkened.

Xie Shizhu's knees were numb and she had no consciousness. She closed her eyes and her head seemed to be sleepy. When she was about to fall asleep, the man sitting in front of the case finally couldn't stand it any longer.

Yan Qiu pushed aside the mountain of memorials in front of him and looked straight at Xie Shizhu.

"Queen," Yan Chou strode towards Xie Shizhu, grabbed the back of her head with his big palm, and was forced to pull up Xie Shizhu's lowered head, "You really want me to expand the harem?"

Xie Shizhu raised his chin, his thin face lines tightened, and his eyes looked flatly at Yan Qiu, "Yes."

Yan Qiu's fingers on her hair gently slid towards her neck, and his slender fingertips rubbed against her skin like a toy, with a smile on his lips.

But it only exists on the surface, and there is only a coolness in the eyes.

The cold touch made Xie Shizhu subconsciously want to avoid it.

But what Yan Chou said next forced her to let him do whatever he wanted.

Yan Chou took his hand out of her clothes, and his palm was already stained with the woman's body temperature. "In this case, I have to think about the regent. As my brother, his palace is still empty."

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman's originally cold and stubborn eyes suddenly became excited, and she said in a trembling voice: "What do you want to do?"

Yan Chou glanced at the servants still in the palace and said, "Get out of here."

The maids and eunuchs said in unison: "Yes."

Then, he hurriedly walked out of the palace and closed the door of the palace.

There were only two of them left in the Chengming Palace, and Yan Chou had no scruples and said, "Do you still remember what I said last time? If you please me tonight, I will naturally do what you want."

Such words made Xie Shizhu turn pale. She stared at Yan Chou blankly and said, "I can't do it."

Yan Chou heard her words but was not angry. It seemed that Yan Xiuran could not break through her bottom line.

After a long time, Yan Chou stared at Xie Shizhu deeply.

Faced with the sinister gaze, Xie Shizhu moved his red lips, and finally said as if in compromise: "I beg for something."

Yan Chou was slightly startled. This was the first time Xie Shizhu had begged him in two years. He suppressed the strangeness in his heart and said, "Say."

Just when he thought it was her request not to marry a concubine for the regent, he heard the woman's voice as thin as a mosquito, mixed with some pain: "I am willing, but I don't want to give birth to an heir for the emperor..."

Yan Chou's black eyes suddenly burned with anger, his hands behind his back were tightly curled, and his joints made a muffled sound.

His face looked sickly pale, "Xie Shizhu!"

He rarely calls the queen by her full name. Only when he is indulging in pain will he be unable to control his emotions.

At this moment, Yan Chou had the intention to kill her.

Yan Qiu violently pushed the woman in front of him to the ground, pressing her tall body down. Xie Shizhu's back touched the cold ground, and his whole body shivered out of reflex.

"Okay, I want to see what you can do for him?"

His hands untied Xie Shizhu's robe, and his eyes were filled with red bloodshot eyes. After a moment, Xie Shizhu was still naked and closed her eyes tightly, as if she had fainted. Only her trembling eyelashes proved that she was just enduring.

Yan Chou breathed out a heavy breath and bit Xie Shizhu's arm hard. The fishy smell of rust filled the tip of his tongue.

He touched Xie Shizhu's cheek with his fingers and felt the cool tears.

Yan Chou stared at her quietly, then stood up and threw the brocade robe on the ground on her body.

The candlelight in the hall flickered, and the reflected shadows seemed like ghosts and monsters.

"This is what I repay you," Yan Qiu said without squinting as he passed by Xie Shizhu and walked directly out of the hall.

In an instant, the two maids beside Xie Shizhu ran in and saw the queen with tears on her face. Only her right arm was exposed, and there was even a blood stain on it.

The rest were all covered by the brocade robe.

The palace maid hurriedly helped Xie Shizhu stand up and was about to put her brocade robe on. Xie Shizhu refused and asked the palace maid to turn her back. She quickly put on the brocade robe while the palace maid was out of sight.

After finishing dressing up, Xie Shizhu hurried out of the hall with his hair messy.

The palace maid was stunned and quickly followed.

Outside, Yan Chou looked at Xie Shizhu's farther and farther back in the darkness. In the past, the tyrant in the eyes of others now only looked depressed.

If he had been in a hurry, he would have made Xie Shizhu surrender to him before she became her queen.

Yan Chou didn't want Xie Shizhu to hate him anymore. He had endured it for more than five years and would not be ruined by today's anger.

Fuyun saw the emperor's lonely back and hurriedly ran over and said, "Reporting to the emperor, I have investigated the information about the palace maid Lin Xuan. She is just a commoner's daughter and has no background."

Yan Chou withdrew his gaze, turned to Fuyun, and said in a cold tone: "Since there is no background, let's deal with her as soon as possible."

Fuyun: "Yes."

*

The next day, there was a flower viewing party.

Lin Xuan held the Queen Mother's hand and headed to her destination.

When everyone at the flower viewing party saw the Queen Mother, they all saluted.

The Queen Mother smiled: "Get up."

Most of the women who came to enjoy the flowers were the daughters of the courtiers. They were distracted, and the colorful flowers in front of them made them unable to calm down.

In addition to the daughters of the civil and military ministers, there are also some ministers who are highly valued by the emperor.

It was not until Yan Chou arrived that all the nobles finally calmed down.
Chapter completed!