Chu Ling'er didn't know that nothing good happened this time. When she received the notice from Jiang De'an, she thought that the emperor was about to give in. She snorted very proudly and said in a strange way:

"Brother, it's true. Didn't you say that you won't see the Queen Mother and me before? Why do you want me to go with the Queen now? Don't you know that the Queen Mother is not feeling well lately?"

Typical of arrogance due to favor.

Jiang De'an has served Chu Xun for so many years and has long been a good person. Faced with Chu Ling'er's words, even though he knew that nothing good happened in the past, his face remained calm and he just smiled and said: "Your Majesty is busy with government affairs.

Thank you for your hard work to Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Queen Mother."

Chu Ling'er snorted, turned around and went in to talk to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother was indeed sick from anger, but it was far less exaggerated than what Chu Ling'er said.

After hearing Chu Ling'er say that Chu Xun wanted to see her, the Queen Mother's expression did not change and she just changed her clothes and got into the sedan chair.

When they arrived at the Qinzheng Hall, Chu Ling'er supported her mother very attentively, and the two mothers and daughters walked in together.

After entering, she saw Yan Qingzhou also inside, and a hint of deep meaning flashed across the Queen Mother's expression.

As for Chu Ling'er, her eyes lit up and she looked at Yan Qingzhou closely, seeming a little shy.

The Queen Mother took in her daughter's reaction and became convinced.

After careful calculation, Ling'er is indeed at an age where she is about to get married... Although Yan Qingzhou does not have a family background, he is also a rare young talent, and he is the chief minister...

If Ling'er can marry him, it's not impossible...

The Queen Mother was always planning for Chu Ling'er, thinking about the possibility of getting the emperor to grant her a marriage.

She was still thinking about things in her mind when she saw her son stand up from his seat and hand a bunch of things to her.

The Queen Mother looked at this pile of things in confusion, not knowing what they were.

She subconsciously raised her eyes to look at Chu Xun, trying to see something from his face.

Chu Xun's expression was very solemn, which also made the Queen Mother realize that this matter was not that simple.

However, Chu Ling'er couldn't understand her expression, so she teased from the side: "Brother, what do you have, you can just tell the queen if you don't want to? Show it to the queen alone, what a waste of time?"

If he didn't know all this, Chu Xun might have echoed her.

But since knowing her true identity and the two big troubles she had made before, Chu Xun is now very impatient with her.

So he ignored her words.

Yan Qingzhou stood calmly in front of the case from beginning to end. When Chu Xun handed all the evidence to the Queen Mother, he turned his head slightly and looked at the Queen Mother with an indifferent expression.

He didn't want to miss the slightest expression on the Queen Mother's face at this moment.

After all, the Queen Mother was also the culprit who killed her master’s family!

The Queen Mother opened a pile of things in her hand with a solemn heart.

Not long after, the pile of things fell from her hands to the ground.

Her hands were shaking slightly, as if she couldn't even hold the flimsy papers.

Chu Ling'er looked at all this in shock, looked at the paper falling on the ground, and did not move for a long time.

*

Yan Qingzhou returned home very late today.

But for the first time after returning home, he did not go back to the study directly, but came to the small courtyard where Shen Ke was.

He stood tall and tall at the door of the courtyard, looking at the closed door, hesitating whether to raise his hand to knock on the door.

He was wearing a black robe, and his face, as handsome as a god, could still be vaguely seen in the dark, with its fascinating outline.

At this moment, he lifted up his broad sleeves and put his slender fingers on the door of the courtyard, but he still didn't move.

It's very late now...

She should have rested already!

but……

Before he returned home today, Chu Xun had drafted an imperial edict to rectify his master's name, and planned to announce it to the world early tomorrow morning.

He also ignored the mother-son affection between him and the Queen Mother and severely reprimanded the Queen Mother for having an affair with her old lover.

If he hadn't been thinking about the royal family's reputation, he might have ordered the Queen Mother to go to the national temple to rest in her old age.

But even so, the mother-son relationship between the Queen Mother and Chu Xun has dropped to a freezing point, and all the power in her hands will be taken back. When Chu Ling'er heard the emperor's brother reprimanding the mother like this, she made a fuss, but was ordered by the emperor to be demoted.

Common people.

The legitimate princess of the dynasty! She was demoted to a commoner by her royal brother!

How could Chu Ling'er bear this blow? She fainted as soon as she rolled her eyes. In the end, the usually aloof Queen Mother fell to her knees and begged, and the Emperor reluctantly pardoned the decree of abolishing the princess.

It's just that he ordered the Queen Mother to control Chu Ling'er well in the future. If Chu Ling'er does anything wrong in the palace again, she will be severely punished.

The Queen Mother's arrogance was completely extinguished, and she was finally helped back.

Yan Qingzhou recalled the night before his master was beheaded.

He tried his best to secretly meet his master, but his expression was always very dull. Between survival and innocence, he chose innocence without hesitation.

At that time, his eyes were hidden in the shadow of the prison, and his voice was very ethereal.

He said that if one day his innocence is restored, he must burn it to him.

Tonight, what he had been planning for so many years finally came true!

Shen Ke was the only person he wanted to share with. For some reason, he returned to the mansion from the palace without stopping, and the first person he wanted to see was Shen Ke.

Maybe it's because...she is the master's daughter.

Yan Qingzhou finally knocked gently on the courtyard door.

His strength was not light, but in the empty yard, it looked particularly ethereal.

After he knocked on the courtyard door, he waited for a long time.

Feeling that no one answered, he knocked on the door again.

This time after waiting for a long time, no one came to open the door.

Yan Qingzhou felt a little disappointed now and knocked on the door for the last time.

This time, after waiting for several breaths, no one came to open the door.

Yan Qingzhou took a deep breath to comfort himself.

She might have slept...after all, it was so late.

But the loss in his heart could not be ignored. He turned around to leave, but his steps were no longer as brisk as when he came just now. Instead, they were as heavy as lead.

at this time--

With a "squeak" sound, the courtyard door was opened without warning, and he turned around suddenly.

I saw a graceful woman wearing a moon-white dress standing beside the courtyard gate under the moonlight.

She wore the charming fox mask on her face when they first met, and her exposed eyes seemed to be smiling, and the corners of her bright red lips were slightly raised, looking at herself with a half-smile:

"Master Yan came to look for me so late...Why did you turn around and leave before I opened the door?"

Her voice rose slightly at the end, with a hint of girlish delicacy.

This charming tone is completely different from Chu Ling'er's.

The latter would only make him feel indifferent, but the former... he felt as if a pebble had been thrown into the calm lake in his heart.

There were ripples.


Chapter completed!