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Zhou Qingyi was discussing business with his staff in the study, when he heard the housekeeper rushing over, saying that Zhou Qingyou was coming. He immediately put down the teacup in his hand, still making a crunch in the bottom tor. Zhou Qing also learned of Zhou Qingyou's intention, and without saying a word, he asked the housekeeper to invite a doctor to Wu Guowei, seeing that Wu Guowei was carried away by the little girl, Lin Dongxian of course left with him.
Now she should have no use value for Zhou Qingyou, and she should go. Zhou Qing's quiet and crisp voice sounded in her ears: "Wait, don't go!" Zhou Qing didn't squeak, but looked Lin Dongxian up and down. I don't know why Zhou Qingyou wants to stay with her, they are discussing the preparation of entering the palace. A hint of surprise flashed in Lin Dongxian's eyes, and she quickly covered it up, and walked in front of her respectfully, waiting for her instructions.
"You come with us into the palace." Zhou Qingyou didn't even believe herself after speaking, and unconsciously she began to believe in Lin Dongxian, and inexplicably trusted her. It is undeniable that Lin Dongxian is indeed a smart person, at least she thinks more than she thinks. Just like that, at Zhou Qingyou's insistence, Lin Dongxian reluctantly followed into the palace. Zhou Qingyou and Lin Dongxian both dressed up in disguise, pretending to be the maids next to the eldest princess, and Zhou Qing also took them as if they were going to see Queen Pan.
The emperor has been by Empress Pan's side, and she doesn't know when she will wake up? Doctor Wang is so skilled, he can't do anything, who else can he count on? Under the whole world, where can he go to find a skilled doctor for a while? Even if she can find it, Queen Pan may not be able to wait for any time. The emperor's heart was like being grilled on the fire, and the aunt in charge walked over with a lot of distress and comforted: "Holy Lord, don't be too sad, Niang Niang Ji is a celestial person, and it will definitely be fine." Don't hurt yourself, your mother is still waiting for you to take care of you. ”
Who asked the emperor to drive away the eldest prince and the second prince, not to mention that he didn't let them stay with Empress Pan to take care of her, and also demoted Zhou Qingyou, who brought Jinyiwei back to the palace, to a commoner. He is a high emperor, no one dares to object to his decision-making, she is just a humble aunt in charge, so she dare not intercede for Zhou Qingyou. She is not Empress Pan, she is the emperor's favored woman.
The aunt in charge has been with Empress Pan for many years, and she can see very clearly that the emperor is fighting with her, and Zhou Qingyou will soon resume her status as a princess, and it is not a good thing for her to make her suffer now. The aunt in charge carefully supported the ten-year-old emperor who had aged ten overnight to sit up slowly, and the emperor's hands were still holding Empress Pan's hand tightly, refusing to let go.
He seemed to have not looked at Empress Pan carefully for a long time, and the years had left a lot of frowns on her face, as well as the strands of gray hair. Recently, his hair has turned gray because of the border incidents, and it is useless to talk to her about these things, but it will increase her burden. Rather than this, the emperor should bear it alone. The oath is good, the blessings are shared with the hardships, but they are all false.
How could the emperor be willing to let Empress Pan worry about state affairs, but he was unbalanced in his heart, he was so attentive to Empress Pan, but what about her? is pretending to be Zhou Qingyou in her heart, if there is no him, where is the daughter, if she can spend more time on him, how good would it be? Seeing that the emperor's eyes had been falling on Empress Pan, the aunt in charge turned around and wiped Empress Pan's face with a towel.
It doesn't matter if you don't wipe it, this wipe made the aunt in charge so frightened that she didn't stand firm and fell to the ground. The emperor's eagle-like gaze shot straight over, what the hell is going on? It's really useless to not even be able to do such a small thing? She has been serving by Queen Pan's side for many years, so she should learn to be calm, but why is she so reckless? The aunt in charge had a face as white as rice paper, her eyes were cold, and her heart was trembling.
When she polished Queen Pan just now, she encountered her shortcomings and found that she was out of breath. And she was cold, I don't know when, Queen Pan has gone. Why didn't the emperor, who had been holding her hands, feel it, she couldn't bear to tell the emperor the bad news.
Seeing that her gaze had been falling on Empress Pan's body, the emperor seemed to realize something, and suddenly stretched out his hand and put it on the tip of Empress Pan's nose. The emperor's face gradually became solemn until it was gloomy, and the gloom with sharp edges and corners made the aunt in charge shudder.
The palace people who were waiting on the side lowered their heads one after another, looked at their noses and noses, and did not dare to make a sound, for fear of making the emperor unhappy and ending up with the same fate as the imperial doctor. Zhou Qing also took Zhou Qingyou and Lin Dongxian into the palace very smoothly, and the eldest princess covered for them, how dare the guards not let them in. Besides, before the eldest princess, the eldest princess gave the two of them a little makeup and dressed up, and no one would recognize Zhou Qingyou's identity at all.
Zhou Qingyou was anxious, "Imperial brother and sister-in-law, you are too slow, I don't have to wait to see my mother, so I will leave first." Don't be in a daze, follow me! As he spoke, his eyes fell on Lin Dongxian's body, reminding her to follow her closely. Queen Pan had long said that she would find a smart person to stay by her side, and she would find it after a trip out of the palace by herself, if Queen Pan knew, she would definitely praise her fiercely. As soon as he thought of this, the corners of Zhou Qingyou's mouth couldn't help but bend up, revealing a perfect arc.
Zhou Qingyi and the eldest princess just watched Zhou Qingyou leave with Lin Dongxian, they glanced at each other, and quickened their pace to keep up with them. If it is really discovered by the guards, the emperor will definitely be furious, or the eldest princess is right, the second prince should also be followed, so that even if the emperor is angry, the three of them will bear it together.
The emperor should be somewhat restrained, at least for Empress Pan's sake, but this time the emperor did make him a little confused, and he actually didn't let him and the second prince serve by Empress Pan's side. The staff told him to hold back during this critical period and not to confront the emperor, after all, the emperor had two sons, and the throne was only one. If you want to get the throne, you must make the emperor happy.
For so many years, he has been a cold sideliner, and the emperor seems to only love Empress Pan, and hardly cares much about him and the second prince? It makes the eldest prince wonder more and more, is there something hidden in it? But the palace is full of emperors, where should he go to investigate this? Zhou Qingyou and Lin Dongxian arrived outside the queen's bedroom in less than a stick of incense, and the guards quickly stopped them and prevented them from entering.
Zhou Qingyou didn't have to hide her identity carefully at this time, she went outside the queen's bedroom, as long as she called loudly, the queen mother would definitely ignore her. "Bold dog minion, open your dog's eyes and see, you dare to stop this palace?" Saying that, Zhou Qingyou raised his head and stared at him fiercely, the fierceness in his eyes made the guard shrink back, and murmured, "Eldest Princess? ”
"Hmph, it seems that you still know this princess, so don't you get out of the way, this palace is going to go in to see the queen mother." Zhou Qingyou raised his lips and scolded arrogantly, and the guards immediately relieved themselves, stopped their arms and did not retract them, and said firmly: "Eldest princess, please atone for your sins, the Holy Lord has ordered that no one is allowed to enter." "Zhou Qingyou is not embarrassed for them like this, and Zhou Qingyou has been ordered by the emperor to be demoted to a commoner, how can he appear outside the queen's bedroom in a grand manner.
They really don't know the emperor's temper, as long as they don't mess with him! "Celestial princess, the slave advised you to go out of the palace!" A guard on the left kindly comforted, as soon as he finished speaking, he only heard a snap, Zhou Qingyou's heavy palm fell on his face, and he spurned at him: "Bah, even you dare to stop this palace with a lowly minion, if you don't dodge it again, don't blame this palace for killing your dog!" ”
She's not joking, if you want the palace people to respect you and listen to you, you must establish your prestige. First of all, the first point is to walk the talk, otherwise they won't take you seriously at all. She was just demoted to a commoner by the emperor, but she still has the noble blood of the royal family in her blood, how can they talk nonsense. Lin Dongxian looked at the angry Zhou Qingyou, and couldn't say what she felt in her heart?
From the high-ranking princess to today's commoners, the pride and nobility in her bones are still there. Zhou Qingshu learned that the eldest prince and his wife had entered the palace to see Empress Pan, and he quickly rushed over to meet them. Knowing from them that Zhou Qingyou had also entered the palace, he opened his mouth wide in an instant, but quickly covered it up and said, "Brother and sister-in-law, then what are we waiting for, go to the queen mother's palace."
It's not that you don't know the quiet temperament, and you can do anything. Her father ordered her to be demoted to a commoner, and the guards would definitely not let her go in to see her mother, especially when her father was still by her mother's side. If we alarm our father, I'm afraid even we will be punished. Inadvertently, his gaze fell on the eldest princess Rong and the county lord, and the county lord Rong and the county lord were silent, not noticing the gaze he projected at all.
Zhou Qing was also said by him, and then became nervous, and the group quickly rushed to the queen's bedroom. Zhou Qingyou was persecuted like this, but the guard still refused to back down, only to see her eyes flashing slightly, and she suddenly pulled out her sword from the waist of the guard on the right, and stabbed it into the chest of the guard on the left with lightning speed. In an instant, Lin Dongxian took two steps back, and her eyes were red with bright red.
Zhou Qingyou's anger made the guard on the right sit on the ground, and he didn't dare to stop her anymore. If she is not allowed to enter again, the guards who pass out on the ground will be his fate. It's better to die than to live, didn't the emperor still order his life? Lin Dongxian followed Zhou Qingyou into the queen's bedroom, and as soon as she entered the palace, she saw that the palace people were kneeling on the ground.
Raising his eyes again, the emperor in the dragon robe was holding a graceful and luxurious woman in his arms, which should be Empress Pan. It's just that she was too far away to see the expressions of the emperor and queen clearly, and there was an aunt in charge in her thirties standing beside her. When the aunt in charge heard movement at the door, she turned her head to look over, but she didn't expect it to be Zhou Qingyou, she was back.
She subconsciously wanted to say goodbye to Zhou Qingyou, but soon she came back to her senses and bent her knees in mid-air, and the emperor seemed dissatisfied with Zhou Qingyou's escape from the palace. "Mother, mother, the tranquility is back, the mother." Zhou Qingyou didn't notice these actions of her aunt in charge at all, her heart was on Queen Pan's body, even if she was held by the emperor at the moment, she didn't care.
As long as Empress Pan opens her eyes and looks at her and supports her, the emperor doesn't dare to take her? Zhou Qingyou suddenly became a little annoyed, the moment the emperor demoted her to a commoner, she should not have left the palace with Wu Guowei in anger and went to the Pingbohou Mansion. Instead, he should come to Empress Pan's bedroom to find her, let her make the decision for her, and teach the emperor a lesson. Throwing off these thoughts, Zhou Qingyou ran to the couch with a happy face, and was just about to squat down to touch Empress Pan's body, when the emperor raised his head suddenly, patted her hand vigorously, and held Empress Pan's body in his arms.
Zhou Qingyou bit his lip and said, "Father, the son knows that he is wrong, and he shouldn't make his father angry." You and the queen mother are worried about your son, and your father can rest assured that your son will never be from now on. Zhou Qingyou listened to Lin Dongxian a lot in the carriage, and also learned to recognize the situation clearly. Whoever makes the situation stronger than the person, she must learn to compromise. Lin Dongxian stood very close to her aunt in charge, for fear that she would notice something, so she kept her head down.
But since they had come, the eyes of the aunt in charge had never left them. Lin Dongxian is very faced, she seems to have never seen it, how did Zhou Qingyou enter the palace? "Father, how can you do this?" The anger that was forced in his heart was deeply stimulated by the emperor, why was he so domineering and didn't let her touch Empress Pan. The anger in the emperor's eyes was eager to burn Zhou Qingyou to ashes, it was all this rebel girl, if it weren't for Empress Pan for her, she wouldn't have fallen into such a situation.
The emperor blamed Zhou Qingyou for everything, "Come on, drag her out to me, and don't appear in front of me." "For Queen Pan's sake, after all, she will still be spared, but if she is demoted to a commoner, she should not appear in the palace and appear in front of him again. Otherwise, the emperor didn't dare to guarantee that one day he would not be murderous to Zhou Qingyou.
The emperor's words instantly brought Zhou Qingyou back to her senses, looking at the guards who rushed in, she swallowed her saliva, stretched out her hand and said, "Slow, you all stand in this palace!" Father, the son is the daughter of you and the queen mother, no matter what mistakes the son makes, you don't let the son see the queen mother, what does this mean? Queen Mother, wake up quickly, make decisions for your son, your son is really innocent, Queen Mother, wake up quickly, You'er is back, Queen Mother, Queen Mother. ”
Her miserable cries made the anger in the emperor's heart rise even more, "What are you still doing, why don't you drive her out of the palace quickly!" The tone of anger brought a strong chill, and at this moment, Lin Dongxian suddenly realized that something was wrong with the emperor, as well as all the palace people in the queen's bedroom, and Empress Pan who was on the couch and in the emperor's arms.
She didn't wake up when they quarreled so loudly, and a terrible thought crossed her mind, could it be that Queen Pan had passed away? will provoke the emperor to sprinkle his anger on Zhou Qingyou's body, and her back is shocked by her idea, if so, she really shouldn't follow Zhou Qingyou into the palace together. At the moment, it is really a dilemma, Lin Dongxian subconsciously protected her lower abdomen with her hands, just came out of the wolf's den of Pingbohou Mansion, and entered the tiger's den.