Still with a bit of hazy moonlight, when the most majestic and spacious rooftop in the Chang'an Palace came into view, Yang Lihua, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, could not fully understand what kind of mood she was in when she returned to this familiar Chang'an Palace after more than three months. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The rooftop was the daily living place of her husband, Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, where she had spent a short happy life with the Yu clerk, and then all this was broken by the Yu clerk himself.

When the Yu clerk had a whim in his mind and wanted to surpass the ancient emperors and set up five queens in the harem, although Yang Lihua felt incredible and inexplicably ashamed, but for the sake of the honor and disgrace of the Yang family, she still held back the resentment and tears in her heart, and did not express strong opposition, but after Zhu Manyue, Wei Chi Chifan and others were canonized as queens with the same identity as her, she did not hesitate to compromise and welcome her, ensuring the peace of the harem of Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

When the Yu clerk was just over the age of the weak crown, she insisted on passing on her son Yu Wenyan, who was less than eight years old, and soon after due to overindulgence, Yang Lihua completed the third identity transformation in her life at the age of less than 20: from the original crown princess, to the queen, and then from the queen to the queen mother.

A year ago, when Emperor Xuan's fortunate ministers Liu Yi and Zheng Yijiao led Yang Jian into the ruling court, she was full of hope that her father Yang Jian could faithfully assist the young master, not only to fulfill her wish to raise her young son for him as the original partner of the Yu clerk, but also to make her maiden family achieve the virtuous name of Duke Zhou and Duke Zhao in the troubled times, so as to be invincible.

Unexpectedly, in just one year, his biological father Yang Jian forced the little emperor Yuwen to give him the emperor's throne and became the founder of the Great Sui Dynasty.

At the same time, it also pushed her, the young Empress Dowager of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yang Lihua, into a situation from which she could never recover: in the eyes of the world, she was a virtuous and generous queen of the dynasty, and immediately became her father's number one accomplice in usurping the Yuwen clan.

For this reason, she has found her father Yang Jian and mother Dugu Jia Luo more than once, in front of the civil and military ministers, she did not hesitate to violate filial piety, and sternly questioned Yang Jian, and also quarreled with Dugu Jia Luo in front of a guard, eunuch and palace people in Chang'an Palace, but no matter what, she was a weak woman who could not change the iron-like status quo of the decline of the Zhou family and Yang Sui's usurpation.

Once, she also thought about retreating, as long as her parents can tolerate her to be raised by the little emperor Yuwen Yan, who was forced to abdicate the throne, in order to fulfill her last responsibility to her husband's family, she can endure all the accusations and cold eyes of the world, and even accept another role change in her life: from the empress dowager of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to Princess Leping of the Sui Dynasty.

However, on the night of Yuwen Yan's death, before his parents could cut off his contact with the outside world, Yu Wenxi's biological mother Zhu Manyue suddenly visited and brought her a news that still frightened and embarrassed her even though she was expected: Yuwen Yan died at the hands of her parents, not by some demon as Dugu Jia Luo claimed.

Zhu Manyue cried bitterly and left the Jin Palace, and soon after heard that she had become insane due to excessive sadness, and because of the sudden intrusion of an unknown person in the Jin Palace, that night, her parents also sent Li Yuan to lead a hundred thousand Niu soldiers into the Jin Palace, under the pretext of strengthening the guards around her, but in fact put herself under house arrest.

This time, Yang Lihua was furious, she categorically refused the order of Princess Leping of the Sui Dynasty, and still claimed to be the empress dowager of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, wanting to use this as the biggest revenge for her parents for instigating someone to brutally kill Yuwenyan.

Until last night in her room, there was an incident of Xie Wei stealing her handwriting, Yang Lihua relied on the experience accumulated for many years as a concubine and a queen, from which she keenly noticed that some people in the court wanted to make trouble under their own banner. After almost a night of thinking and fierce ideological struggle, Yang Lihua finally decided to change her original intention and was invited to the palace today to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet held on the rooftop.

This does not mean that Yang Lihua has changed her attitude towards her parents usurping Zhou and killing the Emperor of the Northern Weekend, but out of instinctive fear of the unknown force hiding in the dark, instructing Xie Wei to steal her handwriting and want to do bad things, as well as an innate family affection that blood is thicker than water, prompted Yang Lihua to make this decision immediately.

She wanted to return to Chang'an Palace and participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet of the Great Sui royal family, and issued the most severe warning to that secret force: the dignified Empress Dowager of the Northern Zhou Dynasty should not be used by the petty people, so as to force them to take the initiative to show up and explain their reasons to themselves.

Even if she has such a thought in her heart, Yang Lihua also understands that her willingness to enter the palace today to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet undoubtedly shows the world that the queen mother of the previous dynasty no longer exists, and Princess Leping of the Great Sui is about to make her debut.

The eldest sister's complex and subtle thoughts, how could Yang Awu, who was only five years old, feel it, she was full of joy and thought that the eldest sister liked herself, so she agreed to follow her into the palace to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, and pestered Yang Lihua happily along the way, insisting that she take her infant niece Yuwen Eying to move to her own house to live, Yang Lihua couldn't bear to brush off her little sister's good intentions, so she vaguely agreed.

Yang Lihua was able to change her attitude and enter the palace to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, except for Yang Awu, who Dugu Jialuo deliberately arranged to invite Yang Lihua, the happiest person was Li Yuan, who insisted on protecting Yang Lihua.

Recently, Li Yuan has been depressed because he heard the news of Yang Lihua's refusal to marry with her haircut, and even wanted to take the opportunity of following Yang Guang out of the town and state to get rid of the princess's personal escort in front of him, who made him feel extremely lost and embarrassed, and at the same time avoided getting along with Yang Lihua day and night, and ended up uncomfortable. And Yang Lihua's willingness to enter the palace tonight to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet undoubtedly means that her attitude of refusing to accept the title of princess of the Sui Dynasty has eased, and her aunt will naturally think that there will be her own share of credit, which increases her hope of getting rid of Yang Lihua and going to it instead.

"Yo, Niangniang, no, the two princesses have arrived, let's go back to Niangniang, Niangniang may be so happy." He Zhu'er, the inner counselor, urged a group of eunuchs and palace people to arrange the seats with the banquet everyone under the rooftop corridor, and was about to go back to Zhengyang Palace to ask the queen to move to the rooftop, and did not want to face Yang Lihua and his party to face each other, when he recognized that the opposite side was actually the queen mother of the previous dynasty, the eldest daughter of the current queen, He Zhu'er was so happy that his mouth couldn't close.