Empress Chu

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Those eyes, that girl, are in his station——

Later, he paid special attention to this postman, but he never saw him again. He remembered that this postman was called Ah Jiu, and he secretly inquired about it, only to get a frightening news.

That Ah Jiu is a descendant of the Xie family, Xie Yanlai.

Later the name became more and more famous.

until death.

"Xu Ling, what are you doing?" Qi Duyou called from inside.

Xu Cheng came back to his senses with a shiver, and hurriedly responded, he raised his feet and took a step, but he didn't pay attention to the threshold, and was tripped and staggered.

Qi Duyou laughed inside: "Can you do it, this is too old to walk steadily?"

Xu Cheng laughed and laughed: "My lord, don't say that, I still want to work for a few more years."

That's right, he really wants to work for a few more years, so those past events, people can't remember clearly, they have forgotten.

He saw nothing, knew nothing.

……

……

There are no galloping soldiers and horses in the capital, except that there are more soldiers guarding the city gate, and Xie's and Liang's houses are guarded by soldiers, everything else remains the same.

Because the emperor and empress were not in the imperial city, the court meeting was temporarily suspended, but the officials still performed their duties.

Officials walked by on Royal Street, chatting.

"How long will the empress escape the summer heat?"

"Ten days and a half months should be enough, right?"

"Back then, the late emperor stayed here for three months to escape the summer heat."

"You haven't ascended the throne yet, so you want to learn from the previous emperor and ignore the government?"

"How can you ignore the government affairs? The court affairs memorials are sent every day, and they are all reviewed and sent back. Besides, is the queen idle?"

Having said that, an official pointed his mouth in one direction of the city.

"The Xie family and the Liang family are all surrounded."

"Words have spread from all over the place that bandits are going to be suppressed, and Xiliang spies are going to be investigated."

While they were talking, an official came in front of them. The python-pattern robes shone in the sunlight, which immediately made the officials stop and stop talking.

"Master Zhu." An official greeted, "When did you come back?"

Zhu Yong, the acquaintance of the Arch Guard Division, smiled and saluted them: "I arrived last night."

It seems that the matter of Han County has been settled. The eyes of the officials swept over his hands, and the hands of this former editor were stained with blood again.

Zhu Yong didn't exchange greetings with them, and walked past them to the guard guard next to the palace gate.

"He's all back, I don't know who will be unlucky again."

"Who else, Mr. Xie was detained by the queen in the hunting ground."

So, the queen didn't go to escape the summer heat, she was clearly going to deal with Mrs. Xie, the officials talked in a low voice and walked away.

Zhu Yong didn't turn his head. Although he couldn't hear clearly, he knew what these people were talking about. He heard the movement in the capital on the way, so he quickly went to the capital and went directly to the hunting ground to meet the queen, but he was stopped outside. Did not go in.

The guard passed on the queen's words and asked him to preside over the guard department during this period, and keep an eye on Xie's and Liang's comrades.

Zhu Yong stepped into the Gongwei Division, looking at the familiar government office, the familiar officials and guards.

But—it just doesn't feel right.

Is it true that the queen shut down Xie Yanfang?

Chapter 95 Calm

As dusk fell, the sounds of hunting in the hunting grounds died down.

Lights were lit in the camp, and the imperial chefs were flying with knives and axes, chopping up the prey, frying and grilling it into delicious food.

There were still only two people enjoying the delicious food, but it was no longer the queen and the emperor, but Xie Yanfang and the emperor.

Xie Yanfang cut a piece of barbecued meat with a knife and put it on Xiao Yu's plate: "Your Majesty, taste my prey."

Xiao Yu looked a little numb, looked at the barbecue in front of him, and said, "Do you want my sister to die?"

Xie Yanfang said: "If I wanted her to die, she wouldn't be sitting here today." He looked at Xiao Yu, "After she saves you, she can actually die. Whether she lives or not, I'll tell you Live or not doesn't matter."

Xiao Yu could understand what this meant.

He survived and sat on the throne, surrounded by officers and soldiers, courtiers, and grandfather Xie. No matter how the court was in dispute, no matter how turbulent the Great Xia was, he, the emperor, would not be affected.

He is himself, but he is not himself. He is the wealth and life of many people, so many people want to kill him, and many people want to protect him, and Queen Chu Zhao is one of them.

She is here, she does a lot of things, and when she is not there, someone else will fill her place immediately and do the same thing.

For the others, Xiao Yu was holding the knife, the thought flashed through him, making him feel at a loss, he couldn't imagine who the others were, and he didn't even think about it.

Different.

No one can be like sister Chu.

Even if other people could do what sister Chu did, they wouldn't treat him like sister Chu.

He was particularly afraid of losing sister Chu, but now, he lost it in the blink of an eye.

He didn't even know what was going on...

He just wanted to convince her through Xie Yanfang, or, at least, force her to stay, but he didn't want to use force against her.

How could those people aim their swords, swords, bows and crossbows at sister!

"You won't be able to convince her by doing this." He murmured, "Sister Chu is never afraid of threats."

Xie Yanfang said: "I know."

He wasn't threatening her, he was just keeping her.

"Persuasion, Ah Yu, remember, first of all, the other party must be able to convince himself in his heart, otherwise it will be useless no matter how much you say."

"So at this time, all you have to do is to keep her."

After that, he picked up the plate in front of him and got up.

"Now, Your Majesty, just wait quietly for this matter to pass. Don't think about anything else, it's useless."

He glanced at the young boy who was sitting stiffly, and smiled.

"Eat more, don't threaten me by not eating. Of course, eating more can't please me."

After that, he turned and left.

Xie Yanfang has always regarded herself as a courtier in front of him, respectful and friendly, but at this moment, he is high above her, with a distant attitude.

Xiao Yu looked at Xie Yanfang's back, not unfamiliar at all, or in other words, felt familiar.

This is the third uncle he knew when he was a child, the uncle who only lived in his mother's mouth, was smart, powerful and omnipotent, and loved him very much.

But in fact, this uncle never saw him, nor was he interested in seeing him.

This uncle doesn't have Xiao Yu in his eyes, only the eldest grandson of the emperor.

Xiao Yu lowered his head and slowly cut the meat, with tears dripping on it, and then put it in his mouth together and chewed it.

No one is like Sister Chu, only Sister Chu regards him as Xiao Yu.

……

……

There are layers of bright and dark guards around the camp, just like before, only the people locked up have changed.

Xie Yanfang passed the guards and lifted the curtain to enter the camp.

Chu Zhao sat in front of the table, holding a pen in one hand and a booklet in the other, frowned and meditated, and ignored people coming in.

"Your Highness, let's eat something." Xie Yanfang said, walked over and put down the plate.

Chu Zhao just glanced at it, but did not put down the pen in his hand.

"Not poisonous." Xie Yanfang said.

Chu Zhao smiled: "The third son was joking. Although father and son and husband and wife should be on guard, it is an evenly matched situation. Now I am not worried that I will be poisoned by you."

She shook the file in her hand.

"I'll eat this after reviewing it."

Xie Yanfang sat down, picked up a booklet from the table, looked at the written reply on it, and said, "Miss Ah Zhao can still do her duty at this moment."

Chu Zhao bowed his head to write, and said calmly: "Although Deyi and the third son supported me to secure the position of queen, the Daxia court has come to this day, and it is also the result of my hard work, Chu Zhao, I hate the third son, There is no need to waste my own hard work."

Xie Yanfang smiled: "So, Miss Azhao should be the queen."

Chu Zhao ignored it.

Regarding her silence, Xie Yanfang didn't say anything else, she looked away and looked down at the memorial.

Sitting quietly facing each other like this, there was only the occasional sound of lights popping lightly in the tent. At some point, probably after the approval of a memorial, Xie Yanfang felt the girl's eyes staring at him.

Look and look.

Xie Yanfang raised her head, met her gaze, and asked, "What is Miss Azhao looking at?" He reached out and stroked his face, "I was hunting today, and I splashed blood, but it was cleaned up."

The girl's eyes were very strange, and her words were also strange.

She said: "I have admired your name for a long time, and I finally saw it today."

Xie Yanfang smiled slightly, and said: "It turns out that I am very strange to you now, just like meeting you for the first time." Speaking of this, she sighed softly, "People inevitably feel like strangers, and it is normal to feel strange at this time. But, don’t worry, the road to the world leads to the same goal, and you and I will get acquainted with each other again.”

Chu Zhao smiled, nodded again, yes, that's it, that's what that Xie Yanfang would say.

What Xie Yanfang said was correct, she regarded him as a stranger, but no matter how clever he was, he would never guess that it was Xie Yanfang from another life she was feeling.

Yan wolf.

In that life, the Yanlang Xie family appeared in her ears almost every day, but unfortunately she never saw it until she died.

In this life, she and Xie Yanfang met each other early, and together they guarded Xiao Yu and defeated Xiao Xun's emperor's life.

The third young master Xie she knew in this life is elegant, amiable, arrogant and funny. Of course, being smart is also being smart, and being powerful is also very powerful, but this is the power and wisdom seen from the same camp.

This kind of fierceness and intelligence is not in the least threatening, but pleasant.

Until this moment, she saw Xie Yanfang standing on the opposite side.

His expression was still soft and gentle, but no matter his eyes or words, they were as cold as jade, indifferent and cold.

Sitting in front of you and smiling at you, he is also aloof, overlooking indifferently.

Xie Yanfang in that life must have been like this, but in this life she finally saw it in person.

Chu Zhao felt a little disappointed again. In this life, she kept Xiao Yu and Deng Yi, and changed Xiao Xun's fate of being emperor and sparking Xie's rebellion.

Deng Yi is still the Grand Tutor, and the Xie family doesn't have to rebel anymore.

But she also knew that when they were together at the beginning, they might not be against each other. She and Deng Yi had a quarrel because of power, and she and Xie Yanfang would also have disputes. But she didn't expect that Xie Yanfang's rebellion against her was not because she wanted to be a queen, Wanting hegemony, suppressing powerful ministers and relatives, wanting to act recklessly, but because she didn't do it——

Chu Zhao raised his head and let out a long sigh.

Even the gods can't think of this.

No matter how you think about it, it's incredible.

Chu Zhao originally wanted to ask him, because he hid his mother and private soldiers, so he didn't believe that she was really willing to hand over the position of queen.

But looking at Xie Yanfang's eyes, she couldn't ask this question. She could tell that Xie Yanfang was not because of this.

He was, angry that she wasn't queen.

"Third son." Chu Zhao looked at him, "A queen who hates you is in the court, what good does it do you? You don't think that time will heal everything, do you? Or you have enough skills to make me a A puppet, but I want to tell you that unless I die, even if you make me a human pig, I will hit you with a jar."

When she was talking, Xie Yanfang listened carefully, and when she finished speaking, he smiled.

"As a courtier and a relative, I never thought that I would live in harmony with the empress in court."

"The ruler is strong and the minister is weak, the minister is strong and the ruler is weak, and there will inevitably be stalemate between the ruler and his ministers."