After the rebirth, the queen took the Meiqiang tragedy script

It was not until the hour of Hai that He Tingquan left Jingshou Palace.

"It's raining tonight and the road is difficult to travel on. Aunt Fanghua, please go and see my uncle off." Ye Qinghuai instructed Aunt Fanghua.

Aunt Fanghua was stunned at first when she heard this, then lowered her head and responded. Ye Qinghuai noticed that there was a hint of joy that was difficult to conceal between her usually calm brows.

He Tingquan bowed to Ye Qinghuai again, and Aunt Fanghua brought him a cloak. The two behaved in harmony, like a family who had known each other for many years. After the two of them had packed up and walked to the corridor, He Tingquan bowed to Ye Qinghuai again outside the door.

Looking at He Tingquan's figure, Ye Qinghuai's heart was suddenly filled with mixed emotions. She hesitated for a moment and finally spoke.

"Uncle, there are some things you may not know, but I can see clearly. In the heart of the Queen Mother, you and the He family have always been the most important."

Ye Qinghuai saw surprise and confusion in his eyes. She knew that He Tingquan was destined not to understand the meaning behind her unclear words, but she still wanted to say it. It seemed that speaking out could comfort her mother in the afterlife, and that speaking out could relieve the resentment and depression that had accumulated in her heart for many years.

After everyone left, Ye Qinghuai did not move. She sat at the table in silence for a long time.

Until Shen Guidi's arrival interrupted her thoughts.

Shen Guidi brought the regular reports from the Eagle Guard.

It's all normal news.

The Northern Di royal court has not shown any signs of mobilizing troops. After Lu Yanchen eliminated a group of Hanhai bandits, he recruited some people. The Eagle Guard handed over a list of names and the backgrounds of some of them. In addition, several secret agents of the Gu Mansion were found in the capital. The Eagle Guard handed over the names and backgrounds of these people to Ye Qinghuai.

Ye Qinghuai nodded after reading it, and then instructed Shen Guidi: "Give Yingtou a message that Lu Yanchen doesn't need to be followed for the time being, and ask him to transfer back all the people who can be transferred back to the capital. In addition, send more people to keep an eye on the Jingji Guards. I want to know the movements of He Tingquan and every general of the guards, and see who they have been in contact with recently."

Shen Guidi took the order and retreated.

After Shen Guidi left, Ye Qinghuai read the Eagle Guard's report again, and after making sure that no important information was missed, she put the page of paper into the secret box and locked it up. Then she sat back at the desk and flipped through the memorials on the desk that she had not had time to review during the day.

Not long after, Aunt Fanghua came back.

"Your Majesty, General He has left the palace and returned home."

Ye Qinghuai looked up at Aunt Fanghua. She was still wearing the floral blue jacket with a white cape on the outside. The corners of her clothes seemed to be wet by the rain.

She stood there with her head lowered and her eyes submissive as usual, waiting for the emperor's orders.

Ye Qinghuai suddenly discovered something that she had always ignored.

Although Aunt Fanghua is already 32 years old this year, with fine lines around her eyes, and she is a woman, she was born with a delicate appearance. She grew up with the Empress Dowager Jingmin since she was a child, and worked her way up from a personal maid of a noble lady to the head nanny of the emperor. She has a dignified temperament like a lady from a noble family. Ye Qinghuai couldn't help but have an idea in his mind: Aunt Fanghua must have been a beautiful woman when she was young.

She returned her gaze to the memorial in her hand and asked, "Is the rain still heavy outside?"

"It seems a little small, but it looks like it will last all night."

After saying this, the room fell silent.

Seeing Ye Qinghuai immersed in government affairs, Aunt Fanghua quietly checked the charcoal fire and snacks in the house.

Ye Qinghuai looked at the letter in his hand for a long time, but did not turn to the next page.

The last time she saw Aunt Fanghua in the Hall of Supreme Harmony in her previous life seemed to reappear before her eyes.

At that time, she was barefoot, like a mad woman, and was dragged down the hall by the guards on their shoulders to be whipped. But what Ye Qinghuai saw in the end were her bright black eyes under her disheveled hair.

She looked at Ye Qinghuai like a real mother, and with her last glance she silently comforted Ye Qinghuai not to be afraid, but that comfort was mixed with worry, as if she was worried about what Ye Qinghuai would do in the future after she was gone.

The only thing Ye Qinghuai didn't see in those resolute black eyes was the fear of death and pain.

"Aunt, do you blame me?" Ye Qinghuai suddenly threw out these words in the quiet study of Jingshou Palace.

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Aunt Fanghua was stunned, stopped what she was doing, looked at the emperor, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, what nonsense are you talking about..."

Ye Qinghuai did not look at her, but glanced at the inkstone beside him and said, "If it were not for hiding my identity, you could have left the palace like other palace maids and lived your own life when you were old enough. Given the relationship between mother and you, she should have arranged a marriage for you that you would be satisfied with. It is me who has delayed your life."

When she heard the word "marriage", Aunt Fanghua's expression darkened for a moment, but soon a smile appeared on her lips again, and she said, "For me, no marriage is better than being with His Majesty and His Majesty."

Seeing that Ye Qinghuai was still upset, she put down her work, walked to Ye Qinghuai, half-knelt beside her desk, and asked her in a friendly manner like when she was a child: "Since Your Majesty asked this, then I will also ask Your Majesty, does Your Majesty hate Queen Mother Jingmin in your heart?"

Ye Qinghuai was silent for a moment, and said, "I have resented it. When I was young, I always wondered why other princes could do whatever they wanted happily, but I could only live in the shadow of others, and live a cautious life. Now I can understand how difficult it was for my mother. If the He family was implicated by my uncle, my mother would have no status in the palace, let alone the position of concubine. And as a princess without the protection of my mother's family, I am afraid I can only end up marrying far away. If I were my mother, I would probably make the same choice."

Ye Qinghuai sighed and continued, "My queen mother just didn't expect that I would sit on the throne by mistake. However, my body and hair are inherited from my parents. If it weren't for my queen mother, I wouldn't have come into this world, let alone other things. Now I have no resentment towards my queen mother, only gratitude and regret."

Hearing the word "regret", Aunt Fanghua also sighed silently and said, "The Queen was just overthinking and wanted to consider everything for everyone, so she left so early."

"Your Majesty's feelings for the Empress are also what I feel for Your Majesty. I have been with the Empress since I was a child. If it weren't for the Empress, I would have been dead long ago. I am presumptuous to say that in my heart, I have always regarded Your Majesty as my own child. Although I have not started a family, with the Empress and Your Majesty, I have a family, and I don't regret it at all." (End of this chapter)