The queen was going crazy. The emperor publicly scolded her and asked her to leave the table early and go back to rest.
It was said to be a rest, but in fact it was to allow her to go back and reflect.
The banquet was still going on, but she, the host of the banquet, was driven back!
The queen naturally did not dare to resent the emperor, let alone the prince who invited the emperor. She was a selfish and protective woman. No matter what she did, or what her husband and son did, it was others who were wrong.
For example, the Crown Princess, such as Yan Qingzheng.
And relatively speaking, she thinks Yan Qingzheng is more hateful! After all, the Crown Princess is still her daughter-in-law, and Yan Qingzheng can only be regarded as a sister-in-law at best!
The emperor expelled the queen, personally entertained Rong Che and his wife, and promised not to mention Prince Xuan's concubines and heirs again.
After the prince diagnosed the princess as safe and sound, the prince rushed back to explain, but Rong Che didn't care much. He had gotten to know this obscure sister-in-law very well over the years.
But Yan Qing just couldn't swallow this breath. When she saw the queen's maid observing the situation furtively, she deliberately brought up the words she had used to anger the queen before, saying that she wanted to introduce some beautiful cultivators to the emperor.
Unexpectedly, the emperor, who always preferred beauties, declined uncharacteristically.
"I thank Princess Xuan for her kindness, but I already have a beautiful woman by my side, so I have no other thoughts, as you know!"
Yan Qingzheng took a different look at the emperor. She knew that the person the emperor was talking about was not the queen or the concubines in the harem. He was talking about Tong Yao.
Unexpectedly, the emperor paid so much attention to Tong Yao that he was no longer interested in the beauty he had always liked. Although it was unexpected, Yan Qingzheng's anger calmed down a lot. It seemed that the emperor was sincere about Tong Yao.
After the banquet was over, Yan Qingzheng's illustrious reputation resounded throughout the capital!
For a time, the nobles in the capital shook their heads when they mentioned Yan Qing's behavior at the banquet. They all thought that Yan Qing disrespected the queen, was too sharp in his words, and was jealous...
But most of the ladies were envious when they mentioned her. They also secretly laughed at the queen with their mouths covered, feeling that Yan Qingzheng's behavior was very satisfying! After all, not all women can directly attack the queen who wants to give her husband a woman.
Going back.
At the same time, Miss Guo has become a laughing stock, and she cannot survive in Beijing circles.
The prince also suggested that the emperor find a suitable family for Miss Guo to marry her to, as he had previously thought.
The emperor looked at his son. He had improved a lot in his self-cultivation over the years. He rarely showed his dislike for a person so obviously. He thought about it and agreed.
He knew that the prince had always been on good terms with Prince Xuan, but this time there might have been a rift between Rong Che and them because of the queen, which really made the prince angry.
"Okay, I will satisfy you."
The emperor nodded, but the prince said: "It doesn't matter what I think, the most important thing is that Princess Xuan is satisfied."
The emperor was startled, then stroked his beard and said, "That makes sense."
Then he asked carefully what Yan Qingzheng had said at the banquet, and the prince told her everything in detail. Finally, he hesitated and said: "Father, what do you think the queen is doing? All those close to her are doing this."
All the good words and good words are thrown away, but the words of the person who has ulterior motives are so thoughtful!"
The emperor thought silently that his father's vision was not very good. Even if he chose someone without ambition, he should not choose such a stupid person!
But the prince was born to the queen, so you can’t say anything harsh in front of him...
"Well...it's getting late, you should go back and rest early."
After sending the prince off, the emperor recalled Yan Qingzheng's words alone and couldn't help laughing.
"Is it true that only evil people are punished?"
In fact, from the queen's point of view, she did not do anything wrong, because as a prince, Rong Che's princess and concubine should indeed be taken care of by the queen. However, the queen knew clearly that Prince Xuan and the princess had a deep relationship, and had no intention of being sidelined.
In the case of a concubine, she still wants to forcefully insert a concubine, which is a bit too much. Her IQ and EQ are really not very good, so she messed with the wrong person and messed up when she shouldn't have used it.
Get ahead.
Can Prince Xuan be an ordinary prince?
Not to mention how capable Yan Qingzheng is, take Rong Che as an example. The Demon Lord in his body is something that no mortal can resist. But Rong Che was able to make even the Demon Lord bow to him, and the Queen still wanted to shake him.
This is so stupid! Can’t you see that both the emperor and his son are so tolerant of Rong Che?
Not mentioning how angry the queen was in the palace, or the emperor shaking his head and muttering to himself, Rong Che and Yan Qing took an early rest after returning home.
At dawn, Yan Qing woke up in a daze, only to see Rong Che looking at her without blinking.
"Are you awake? Or haven't you slept all night?"
"Um."
Yan Qingzheng closed his eyes again before raising the corners of his mouth, turned over and threw himself into Rong Che's arms. He took a deep breath and said, "You! What I'm angry about is that someone is thinking about being your woman..."
Rong Che immediately dismissed the worries that had arisen all night, hugged his wife in his arms and said, "Let's go and stay far away from them."
Yan Qing was laughing and said dullly: "No! She can't be angry with me yet."
Rong Che snorted.
"Let's go see Tong Yao during the day."
Yan Qing raised his head and said.
Rong Che nodded and said, "Okay. You can sleep a little longer."
"Yeah." Yan Qing closed her eyes obediently.
The two went to a separate courtyard outside the city. Tong Yao's meeting was very different this time, and it felt like home and leisure.
She has completely integrated into this small courtyard and truly regards this place as her own home, which is why she is so casual and peaceful.
She also arranged the room and courtyard according to her own preferences. Rong Che was waiting in the outer courtyard while Yan Qingzheng visited her residence.
"Tong Yao, it seems that you are very adaptable to life here." Yan Qing praised after sitting down.
"I am actually the person who least likes to think. Everything has been arranged, which makes me worry less. Although I was willful and could not understand some things in the past few years, as the saying goes, time shows people's hearts, and I can see through it.
He has seen all kinds of things in the world, and he has seen through himself." Tong Yao shook her head mockingly, and analyzed herself very well and deeply, "I didn't trust him before, and I didn't trust myself either. To be honest, I was a little bit reluctant to enter the palace as a concubine.
I doubt whether I can withstand the pressure, loneliness and emptiness."
Yan Qing was a little surprised. No woman would so straightforwardly analyze some of her dark psychology to others.
"Looking at your current state, are you completely over it? Don't you regret it?"
"No." Tong Yao replied with a smile, her eyes firm.
"This is a good thing." Yan Qingzheng agreed with her current choice.
It is true that Tong Yao felt aggrieved when she followed the emperor, but she immediately recognized her position and needs. Even though she liked the emperor, she could not live the life of a normal woman. She was not an ordinary woman, with some free and easy temperament and some unruly temperament.
But there is also the matter of taking things as they come.
"By the way, have you ever considered having children?" Tong Yao suddenly asked.
Yan Qing was holding the tea cup and asked, "Why did the news reach you?" It had only been one night, and Tong Yao had always ignored such gossip, but she actually knew about it?
"What news?" Tong Yao was stunned.
Yan Qingzheng suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Tong Yao's expression didn't seem to be fake, indicating that she really didn't know.
"There is no such plan yet...why do you ask this?"
"Just a quick question." Tong Yao poured some tea for Yan Qingzheng and sighed, "Didn't he ask me a few days ago if I wanted to have a baby? I thought about it for a long time and was struggling, so I wanted to ask you.
Condition."
"Your Majesty wants you to have a child?" Yan Qing was thinking, but he didn't expect this.
"He...is older than me, maybe because he is afraid that no one will take care of me when I get old." Tong Yao lowered her head and smiled bitterly.
"You're worrying! As long as we are here, no one will care about you?" Yan Qing said with a straight face.
Tong Yao raised her head in confusion, looking at the free and easy Yan Qingzheng, her eyes filled with moisture, she pursed her lips and smiled: "That's right... This way I won't be entangled anymore."
Tong Yao had never thought about the issue of old age care before because she had an apprentice, but after being forced to transform back into a daughter, she could no longer continue with her previous plans.
Originally, she thought that she would change her identity as a woman after relinquishing the responsibilities of the Imperial Preceptor and traveling around the world. When she got old and could no longer walk, she wrote a handwritten letter claiming that she was the woman the Imperial Preceptor married when he was traveling around the world.
The apprentice provides for himself in old age.
However, Yan Qingzheng's whip revealed her true identity and exposed the woman's identity in front of her disciples, so the road ahead became impossible.
After a period of practice, she also found that it was impossible for her to get married and have children, so this path was not feasible.
Although she accepted the emperor's offer, she refused to enter the palace, and the emperor became worried about her pension.
After spending one day together with Tong Yao, they returned to the capital at night.
The next day, I went to Yanfu again and got together with my relatives. This happened for three days in a row.
After getting over the turmoil caused by the Queen, the Emperor's thoughts became vivid again. He could not forget Rong Che's flying carriage.
Rong Che couldn't hold back the emperor's expectant eyes several times, and he almost agreed. Fortunately, Yan Qingzheng's words of assurance still rang in his ears, and he endured it very hard every day.
Yan Qing was angry for a few days, but Nalan Lianyue persuaded her hard, and she finally let go of these trivial matters.
She also saw that Rong Che actually wanted to tell the emperor that they would build a flying carriage for him, so she took a day to tell Rong Che: "Tell you, brother, I can provide some formations for the flying carriage."
things, but the basic supplies must be provided by them.”
Rong Che was surprised: "You're not hiding it from him anymore?"
"Sooner or later, it will be done for him anyway. Why don't we ask the people who call him to send people from the Ministry of Works over. They can fix some minor problems by themselves in the future, saving me trouble."
Rong Che knew that she was doing it for his own comfort, so he held her in his arms affectionately: "Qing'er, thank you."
Yan Qing knew that he understood his intention, so he deliberately said naughtily: "Even if you say nice things, let him pay for it. Don't expect me to provide him with work and materials!"