On New Year's Eve, they were supposed to be watching the New Year together, but Ye Wanwan was so tired that she fell into a deep sleep. She didn't react at all to the fireworks outside, but Yan Chen slowly opened her eyes beside her.
The window reflected the flickering light of the fireworks outside. He lowered his head and looked at Ye Wanwan beside him, stretched out his hand to tuck her quilt, lowered his head and kissed her forehead. She didn't react, but he was in a very good mood.
Lift the corners of your lips.
His life was full of ups and downs, and he was blessed by God only after meeting her. However, after so many years of separation or various obstacles, he finally achieved perfection this year.
Suddenly, there was a slight knock on the window door. Yan Chen looked slightly cold and looked at Ye Wanwan who was sleeping soundly for a while before getting up and going out.
The one who came was the guard he had arranged in the Qiwu Villa. The guard bowed his hands to him, said nothing, and led him out.
The two of them walked all the way to a room in the outer courtyard. The lights outside were bright, but there was no fire in this room. Mu Feng waited at the door. When Yan Chen came, he pointed inside and said nothing.
Yan Chen understood the two gestures.
Yan Chen stepped in and walked out in less than a quarter of an hour. There was a trace of blood on his body. He knew that the people inside had been killed by him without even looking. Anyone who tried to reach out to Qiwu Villa would die.
The previous guard asked people to go in and clean up. Seeing Mu Feng still standing there, he walked over and said, "Commander Feng, what are you doing standing here?"
Mu Feng clasped his hands behind his back, shook his head and left.
The guard looked at it and was confused. What does this mean?
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In the palace, today was supposed to be the busiest day of the year, but in fact it was extremely deserted.
In the palace of Nuoda, apart from the palace attendants, there were only three people left, Zhao Zhuo, Empress Dowager Feng and Princess Fuying, mother and son. Their faces were not smiling at all, especially Empress Dowager Feng, who was dressed up but her face was ashen and her eyes were filled with tears.
At first glance, it looks like he is suppressing his anger.
It's not that she has a bad temper, she is just too irritating.
Today was supposed to be the day for everyone in the harem to have a New Year's Eve dinner together to keep the New Year's Eve. It was the first year that Empress Dowager Feng hosted the New Year's Eve banquet. She prepared everything early and took care of it herself. She spent 120% of her energy on it. She was afraid that if she didn't do it well, she would neglect everyone in the harem.
I once thought that when a banquet was about to begin, all the concubines in the harem were summoned by the Empress Dowager, but none of them came. All the preparations she had taken so hard had turned into decorations. How could she not be angry?
Empress Dowager Feng was so angry that the hands she held in her sleeves were trembling. She was so angry that the Empress Dowager had bullied others too much.
She didn't disrespect the Empress Dowager. She also specially prepared something that the Empress Dowager liked. She sent someone to invite her early, which gave the mother-in-law enough respect. Who would have thought that she would suddenly make such a move.
It was clear that the Empress Dowager had not prepared anything, but she called people over at the last moment. Even if there were some who did not want to go, she intercepted them halfway and forcefully called them over.
You said you insisted on letting people go over to celebrate the New Year. It would be easier to arrange it if you told them early. If you call them over and sit on the bench, who will you abuse during the Chinese New Year?
And even if you are showing off your authority, why do you call everyone but not mother and son? This is obviously to embarrass them on purpose.
She had broken down a good New Year's banquet like this. If it was just aimed at her, she would have tolerated it. But this matter concerned the Emperor. If this matter spread out, how would the world view the Emperor? Those who didn't know thought it was their mother and son who were targeting the Emperor.
The Queen Mother is disrespectful, so she wants to crush them to death with the crime of being unfilial.
For the sake of the overall situation, she can go with the emperor, but if she goes now, she will be pinched to death, and she can't swallow this breath.
To go or not to go is a dilemma.
The three of them just sat like this, no one said anything, and no one got up.
Princess Fuying didn't understand the affairs of the court, and she couldn't figure out the undercurrents in the harem, but she knew that her grandmother was not happy with them, and she had never been happy. She never thought about trying to please her grandmother, she only knew that she was determined
Just stand beside the queen mother and the royal brother.
Zhao Zhuo has also been silent, but compared to Empress Dowager Feng's wavering, he is much more determined, he will not go.
According to filial piety, he should go to the Empress Dowager, but he couldn't go.
They all knew that once they bowed their heads to the Empress Dowager today, she would definitely interfere more in the future. If they bowed their heads today, the world would change. He would never become an emperor controlled by the Ye family.
When the late emperor was still alive, he never gave in to the Empress Dowager, and he would never give in. But he also knew better that if he did not retreat, a storm would be waiting for him. The Ye family behind the Empress Dowager, he would move.
You can't, you can't kill, you can't ignore.
When he became emperor in his first year, he knew it would be difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult.
Empress Dowager Feng was angry, angry, and discouraged. She really had no choice but to say: "If Wanwan was still in the palace, there would be no need to be in such a difficult situation."
The Empress Dowager did not like her, but Ye Wanwan was able to reconcile the relationship between the Ye family, and she would not be so difficult for the Empress Dowager.
Zhao Zhuo looked at her: "Mrs. Anguo never asked anyone to unblock Yongshou Palace. It was the Queen Mother who invited the Empress Dowager out."
Empress Dowager Feng's face darkened, and she suddenly became angry: "Are you complaining about your mother? Isn't it for you? The Ye family is very powerful now. If you are disrespectful to the Empress Dowager, what will the Ye family think? How many times did Ye Guogong go to see him?
The Queen Mother, aren’t you just warning us?”
Zhao Zhuo: "In this case, my mother should have anticipated today's situation."
Aren’t they the ones who should know best after so many years about the virtues of the Empress Dowager and the Ye family?
Suddenly there was a bang, and fireworks exploded outside, filling the sky with dazzling lights. The mother and son stopped arguing and looked at the fireworks outside. There was no joy of the New Year, only fatigue and complexity.
After the fireworks, Zhao Zhuo stood up and said, "Mother, please rest early. My son has gone back."
Seeing Zhao Zhuo leaving, Empress Dowager Feng was so angry that she wanted to smash the cup in her hand, but when she thought about the New Year today, she finally endured it.
I thought that if my son became the emperor, I would be successful, and if she became the queen mother, she would be the most noble woman in the world, but the queen mother was too frustrated.
Those people in the harem don't deal with her, and now even her son has become so cold. What kind of life is she living like this?