The two maids beside her didn't look good. They had been uneasy since the emperor ignored the queen.
The purpose of Fang Yiran's entry into the palace was clear to the palace maid, but the queen seemed to know nothing and deliberately stopped, waiting for Fang Yiran to follow.
"Empress," Fang Yiran stood next to Xie Shizhu and said with a faint smile, "I wonder if you are still used to it in Xihe?"
Xie Shizhu smiled softly: "Thank you for your concern, sister, it's very good."
Fang Yiran tilted his head, "I thought you would be angry because Cang Yue lost to Xihe."
System: [Good guy, host, this woman speaks in an unusual way.]
is not that right?
The purpose of deliberately mentioning this matter in front of her was to make her resentful and sow discord between himself and the emperor.
Then of course she had to follow Fang Yiran's words.
Pain flashed in Xie Shizhu's eyes, he lowered his eyelashes, clenched his hands tightly into fists and hung them on his sides, his lips were pale.
When Fang Yiran saw Xie Shizhu's appearance, a proud smile appeared on his lips.
"Actually," Fang Yiran said after a pause, as if speaking in the tone of a friend, "as long as the emperor has a concubine, he will naturally forget about his sister gradually, and it will be easy for you to escape from the palace..."
"I'm sorry," Fang Yiran hurriedly closed her mouth, "I shouldn't have said so much, but I just don't want to see my sister in such pain. It must be very difficult to marry an enemy here."
Xie Shizhu was slightly startled, and looked at her with his beautiful eyes. He was stunned for a moment and asked: "Is what you said true? As long as he has a concubine, he can let me go?"
Lin Xuan stood behind the two of them and witnessed the whole process. She thought to herself, this Fang Yiran is really capable. No wonder she has done so many bad things. She is still a beloved concubine and is so loved by the Queen Mother.
If she were to fight against Fang Yiran, she might not even be a match, let alone a woman like Xie Shizhu.
Anyway, she just needs to wait and see.
As the saying goes, the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows behind.
Fang Yiran approached Xie Shizhu's ear and said in a voice that could only be heard by the two of them: "It's true. As long as you let the emperor accept the concubine, my sister can find a way to get you to leave the palace."
Xie Shizhu's gloomy eyes suddenly lit up, "Thank you, sister, for the tip."
"I heard that the emperor has summoned the regent and some ministers to go to the Chengming Palace," Fang Yiran smiled, "They will all persuade the emperor to accept a concubine. Sister, if you go, as long as you are willing to let the emperor choose a concubine in front of everyone, he will definitely not be able to do so.
Steps, you will naturally agree."
Upon hearing her words, Xie Shizhu's face flashed with excitement, and he ran to Chengming Hall impatiently.
Fang Yiran looked at her back, chuckled, and then said: "Sister, wait for me, I can still help you."
Xie Shizhu obediently stopped, and it wasn't until Fang Yiran came to her side that Xie Shizhu started walking again.
Lin Xuan stared at the two people's backs, her eyes flashed with ridicule, how stupid.
*
Inside the Chengming Hall.
The ministers handed the folds in their hands to Fuyun in an orderly manner, and Fuyun placed them in front of Yan Chou.
Because a famine suddenly broke out in the area near the Xihe River, the cause is unknown.
Then he summoned the ministers to discuss how to deal with it.
After the discussion came out, Yan Chou planned to send everyone away. Suddenly someone mentioned the draft season every year. It was at this time. However, in the first two years, after the emperor ascended the throne and made Xie Shizhu his queen, there was no draft again.
Disrupt the entire Xihe regulations.
Yan Chou pinched his eyebrows impatiently and said in a cold and sinister voice: "That's enough."
The ministers were so frightened that they hurriedly shut their mouths.
Suddenly, a woman burst into the hall. She walked eagerly. Under the gaze of a group of people, she flopped and knelt on the ground.
Yan Chou was slightly startled when he saw Xie Shizhu, and then he heard Xie Shizhu's voice reaching his ears: "Your Majesty, as your queen, I feel that drafting a concubine will be beneficial to you and Xihe..."
Yan Xiuran caught a glimpse of Xie Shizhu among the civil and military courtiers, and suddenly stood up.
Immediately, a violent gaze swept over him, and he realized his impoliteness and slowly knelt down.
Yan Chou withdrew his gaze from Yan Xiuran and turned to Xie Shizhu. His auspicious eyes contained sullenness, and he asked angrily: "What did you say?"
Xie Shizhu bit his lip and said, "I think it's time to add someone new to the harem."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Chou's face suddenly darkened, and his black eyes as dark as a cold night were filled with a layer of sinisterness.
Under his gaze, Xie Shizhu slowly raised his chin, his eyes unyielding.
Yan Xiuran's heart trembled, thinking that Xie Shizhu was so brave for himself, he quickly agreed: "Your Majesty, what the Queen said is absolutely true, the harem has always had no heirs..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Chou suddenly smiled and stared at Xie Shizhu with burning eyes, "Since the regent has said that I have no dragon heir, then Queen, can't you relieve me of this worry?"
Yan Xiuran: "..."
Xie Shizhu was startled and lowered his eyes, seemingly unable to refute.
The Minister of Civil Affairs saw his daughter appearing here at some unknown time, and quickly grabbed Fang Yiran's arm and asked her to kneel down.
Yan Chou smiled coldly, stepped in front of Xie Shizhu, and stared at her condescendingly.
"Queen, who taught you to do this?" Yan Chou said, "You want to persuade me to accept a concubine in front of all the ministers. Based on my understanding of you, I can't think of such a way."
His tone was careless, but his narrow eyes held a coolness.
Xie Shizhu raised his eyebrows in his mind and said to the system, "Did you see that? Xie Shizhu is a fool, but Yan Qiu is not."
The system thought it really wanted Lin Xuan and Fang Yiran to succeed, but it seemed that Xie Shizhu had a trick up his sleeve.
Yan Chou saw that she was silent and glanced at Yan Xiuran's face, "Queen, are you the regent?"
Xie Shizhu was stunned and subconsciously replied: "Not the regent."
Suddenly, she realized that she had fallen into Yan Chou's trap, and after realizing it, she said: "It has nothing to do with others."
In the Chengming Hall, no one dared to speak except for the voices of Yan Chou and Xie Shizhu. After all, Yan Chou was too terrifying at this time, and no one wanted to get into trouble.
Yan Qiu raised his eyebrows slightly, bent down slightly, caressed Xie Shizhu's face with his long fingers, and rubbed his calloused palms against her skin. Xie Shizhu shuddered, "Queen, when did you learn to lie?"
The ministers wanted to leave. If they stayed any longer, they might be implicated by the moody tyrant.
Yan Chou approached Xie Shizhu's ear and said quietly: "If you don't tell the truth, the regent will die because of you."
These words made Xie Shizhu's pupils shrink, and he reflexively looked at the woman in red who was already kneeling on the ground.
Yan Chou caught her gaze, with a bloodthirsty sneer on his lips, and looked straight in Fang Yiran's direction.
Fang Yiran noticed a cold gaze and hurriedly raised his head, what he saw was Yan Chou's dark eyes.
She was startled, and her heart skipped a beat.
Yan Qiu slowly straightened up, his tall figure cast a shadow in the sunlight outside, and he said in a tone of voice: "Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, starting from tomorrow, you will go to the water area, and you will have to work hard for me for several months."
The Minister of Civil Affairs trembled and raised his head in disbelief.
There was a famine there, and corpses were everywhere. It was hard to tell whether they were dead or alive.
"emperor……"
Yan Chou returned to the case, took a writing brush and wrote the imperial edict on Huang Ling, and then Fuyun took it with both hands.
The imperial edict read out by Fuyun was like a judge who sent the Minister of Personnel to the underworld.
"According to the emperor's edict, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel will go there tomorrow..."
The Minister of Civil Affairs was trembling all over. He didn't understand why he would go to a place where life would be worse than death.
But Fang Yiran was stunned on the spot, with tears streaming down his face, but he did not dare to refute the imperial edict and could only lower his head.
*
"What?" The Empress Dowager's hand holding the teacup shook. After listening to the eunuch's words, she threw the teacup on the ground and said with a trembling voice, "The emperor sent the Minister of Staff to the water area?"
The eunuch said: "Back to the Queen Mother, it is absolutely true that the imperial edict has been delivered to the Minister of Civil Affairs."
The Empress Dowager held a breath in her chest and slammed her right hand on the table, "This is not taking the Ai family seriously!"
Who doesn't know that the Minister of Civil Affairs has a good relationship with her, and Yan Chou's behavior now is nothing more than giving her a blow.
The eunuch told the Empress Dowager exactly what happened in the Chengming Palace. After hearing that it was because of Xie Shizhu, the Empress Dowager's face became darker and darker, her hands were tightly clasped together, and her nails were deeply embedded in her flesh.
The Queen Mother said angrily: "Disaster!"
Lin Xuan stood beside the Empress Dowager and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she didn't follow her just now, otherwise her life would have been implicated.
However, she thought of Yan Chou too simply. A man like this who could sit on the throne must be very thoughtful.
Lin Xuan thought for a long time, and then said in the ear of the Empress Dowager: "Empress Dowager, there will be a flower appreciation party tomorrow, and many ministers will come. By then, I will think of a way to expose the palace sand on Xie Shizhu's arm. By then, the emperor will be gone.
Face, if you are more angry, the emperor will naturally listen to you."