When Emperor Zhao went to the flower room, Queen Pei gave Nanny Lu a look.
Nanny Lu immediately whispered: "Ms., don't worry, everything has been arranged."
Queen Pei showed a satisfied smile. As long as Emperor Zhao could see the peacock epiphyllum withered with his own eyes, Concubine Zhuang couldn't explain it even if she had 10,000 mouths.
Concubine Zhuang has monopolized the favor for so many years, and today is the time for her to pay off her debt!
"Your Majesty is here!"
In the flower room, Yan Mingzhu had just covered the peacock epiphyllum with a piece of white cloth when Emperor Zhao arrived.
Seeing Emperor Zhao approaching, Yan Mingzhu's mind flashed back to her past life. She was locked in a dark room by Emperor Zhao and had her hand tendons and hamstrings broken.
However, Emperor Zhao did not let her die immediately. Instead, he cut countless wounds on her body, allowing her to feel the blood flowing out of her body bit by bit. She finally died after taking her last breath.
After her death, Emperor Zhao pretended to be compassionate and listed her as the first hero of Lingyuan Pavilion.
This vicious guy, if God gives her a chance to live again, she will definitely cut his throat with her own hands, so that he can feel what life is worse than death!
Thinking like this, Yan Mingzhu suppressed the hatred in her eyes, calmed down the hatred in her chest, and just lowered her head.
Concubine Zhuang was shocked when she saw Emperor Zhao coming. She naturally knew how much Emperor Zhao valued this pot of peacock epiphyllum. If she saw the peacock epiphyllum withered, even she would not be able to escape the crime. What should she do?
Yan Mingzhu calmly retreated to Qi Jue and whispered something in his ear.
Qi Jue narrowed his cold eyes slightly and understood in his heart.
Ha, these people are really good at calculating!
"I see you, Your Majesty."
"My sons and ministers see my father."
Emperor Zhao nodded, and when he saw Qi Jue was there, his expression softened a little, "The flower viewing banquet is about to begin. I saw that my beloved concubine has not arrived yet, so I came over to take a look in person. But something happened to some of the precious flowers and plants in the flower room?"
Just as Concubine Zhuang was thinking about how to answer, Shi Taiyi pretended to be surprised and said: "That pot of flowers is so strange, why is it covered with white cloth?"
Queen Pei saw it at a glance and continued: "Looking at it, it looks like a peacock epiphyllum. Sister Zhuang Fei, this is your first time hosting a flower viewing banquet, so you may not have much experience. This epiphyllum is extremely delicate and cannot be covered with white cloth.
Otherwise it will easily wither."
After saying that, Queen Pei gave Aunt Lu a look and said, "If you don't hurry up and lift the cloth, if the peacock epiphyllum is damaged, you maids can't afford it!"
Aunt Lu walked over quickly and stretched out her hand to lift the cloth. Concubine Zhuang was shocked: "Stop!"
But of course Aunt Lu would not listen to Concubine Zhuang. She did not retract her hand, but continued to stretch it forward.
But just when she was about to touch the corner of the cloth, Qi Jue turned sideways and kicked her. Mother Lu suddenly felt like a kite with its string broken, flying straight out a few feet away, and then fell heavily to the ground.
On the ground.
Queen Pei's face turned dark when she saw it, "King Dingbei, what are you doing? Aunt Lu is also my personal maid after all. If you kick her indiscriminately, aren't you also beating me?"
Face?"
Qi Jue pulled back his foot. The force of the kick just now was very strong, but his clothes did not move at all.
His voice was light: "Since the Queen Mother cannot teach the humble maids under her, my sons can only make the decision for the Queen Mother."
"Mama Lu followed my order and was afraid that the peacock epiphyllum would be suffocated, so she went to lift the cloth. King Dingbei, do you mean that I am meddling in my own business?"
Qi Jue gave her a salty look, "It's rare for a mother to be self-aware."
Being scolded so mercilessly, Queen Pei's face turned from black to green, "You...you disrespect your elders, you are simply lawless!"
"Those who treat my children sincerely are my elders. But my mother treats my children sincerely? If she is not sincere, then what kind of elders can I act as an elder here?"
Queen Pei was trembling with anger and coughed violently. The maid on the side quickly supported her and said, "My queen, you must be careful about your phoenix body!"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, please look at King Dingbei. I am also the master of the middle palace, but he has no respect for me, the queen. What I did to the queen is too aggrieved!"
Qi Jue responded calmly: "Since you don't want to be the queen anymore, just give up the throne as soon as possible. No one will stop you."
Queen Pei's eyes turned white in anger, she staggered twice and almost lost her balance.
Emperor Zhao clenched his fist and coughed dryly, and then reprimanded: "Xiaojiu, the queen is your aunt, and as a junior, you must not be rude."
Qi Jue did not speak again, but Shi Taiyi reminded him at the right time: "Your Majesty, Sister Zhuang Fei refused to ask someone to lift the cloth. Could it be that there is something wrong with this peacock epiphyllum?"
Emperor Zhao's eyes darkened, and when he was about to say something, Yan Mingzhu stepped forward, lowered his head and saluted: "Your Majesty, what Concubine Zhuang means is that the short-lived scene is extremely spectacular, and I'm afraid it will spoil the scenery if you watch it here.
Please also ask Your Majesty to move to the Imperial Garden and watch the peacock epiphyllum in full bloom at a close distance."
Hearing this, Emperor Zhao paused for a moment on Yan Mingzhu, but he didn't worry too much. He felt that Yan Mingzhu's words were not unreasonable. He wanted to see if there was anything wrong with Peacock Epiphyllum, and he was not in a hurry to do it for a while.
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After getting Emperor Zhao's consent, the group returned to the Imperial Garden.
When Yan Mingzhu looked up, she always felt that a very familiar gaze seemed to be looking at her.
Subconsciously looking around, I was caught off guard and bumped into a pair of deep and reserved eyes!
It's my brother!
Yan Mingzhu never thought that Mingtai would appear here and stare at her so closely!
Could it be...that my brother discovered something?
Thinking of this, Yan Mingzhu, who was usually calm and self-possessed, couldn't help but panic.
She can disguise herself in front of anyone, even the culprit who brutally killed her, Emperor Zhao.
But she couldn't face Mingtai calmly, and she didn't know how to disguise herself in front of him.
Somewhat panicked, Yan Mingzhu took a step back, lowering his head, instinctively wanting to hide himself.
She stumbled on her back foot and almost lost her balance, but at the same time, a big hand grasped her arm and stabilized her body in time.
Qi Jue's deep voice sounded in his ears: "What's wrong?"
When he looked down, he found that Yan Mingzhu's face was extremely pale, sweat was breaking out on his forehead, and his eyes were filled with panic and confusion.
He had never seen such a look in Yan Mingzhu's eyes for so long.
Qi Jue couldn't help but frown, with concern in his tone: "But you feel unwell?"
Yan Mingzhu shook his head at first, but then nodded immediately, with a trembling voice: "Your Highness, I...I feel a little uncomfortable."
"Rainy Rain."
As soon as he finished speaking, Feiyu came over immediately, "Your Highness?"
"Take her to the side hall to rest, and then ask Imperial Doctor Tang to come over and take a look."