Emperor's Lazy Queen

Chapter 71

It turned out that she really didn't take herself seriously. The queen mother was right. Du Xiaoyue handed over the power of the harem to her precisely because she didn't care about herself. She would not be jealous, let alone treat other concubines Trick!Although she has recognized this point for a long time, but hearing her say it herself, it is really... very sad! "You can make there is no peace in the harem, and I won't blame you!" After a long while, Tan Wenhao said this slowly, staring carefully at her eyes and eyebrows.

Uh... His words... Du Xiaoyue stared blankly at Tan Wenhao, and met his gaze. The atmosphere was a bit subtle and awkward, which made Du Xiaoyue a little uncomfortable. After a long while, she said haha, "Ha! I'm already Didn’t it make the harem uneasy? Your child is gone, and my empress is about to end—I’ve been looking forward to this day for almost half a year! Seriously, how do you plan to punish me, the perpetrator?”

Hearing Du Xiaoyue's answer, a feeling of irritability and even a little bit of anger welled up in her heart. She had already talked about this, what else did she want?Could it be that she really expects to abolish the Sangong and Sixth Courtyards, so that she will take a look at herself?And her last sentence irritated Tan Wenhao even more. It turned out that she had been ignoring her all the time, and she also looked indifferent, and she was pretending to leave the palace in front of her!snort!If she really had such a calculation, then she made a mistake this time! "You want to take all the crimes on your shoulders? Bear the injustice?" Inadvertently, he frowned. Although his face was not cold, the anger that was inadvertently revealed did not miss Du Xiaoyue's eyes.

"What is injustice? Your Majesty, you locked up your concubine for murdering the royal heir! Besides, the tea in Zhaoyang Palace was indeed poisonous, and Concubine Li Gui just happened to be poisoned. There are all evidences for this person Of course, the concubine has to plead guilty!" Du Xiaoyue changed her identity to answer, but she was still neither humble nor overbearing.

"Obviously you didn't do it, why do you have to bear such a false charge?" Tan Wenhao felt harsh when she heard her mouthful of concubines. The minister also said these words, but she didn't say them out of her mouth. It's so ironic, do you really want to carry such a crime on your back for the rest of your life?
"Oh! I don't care!" Du Xiaoyue shrugged, shook her head and answered casually.

"You take it very lightly. You are not afraid that I will demote you as a court lady as the minister said, so you will never be able to leave the palace for the rest of your life!" Very angry, she really has no nostalgia for the palace at all!

"You..." Staring at Tan Wenhao, his anger kept rising, did he have to embarrass himself so much?I want to get angry at him, but what can I do if I quarrel like this?People use the identity of the emperor to oppress him, what can I do, a 'sinner' who has no power, no power and no background? ! "You are the emperor, you can do whatever you want, the guilty concubine has nothing to say!"

It's that kind of indifferent look again, which is very irritating. Can she not be so rational and always suppress all her emotions in her heart? ! "You should know who poisoned you, right? Why help her?"

"I didn't help anyone!" Du Xiaoyue shook her head violently and clenched her fists, "Anyway, this thing was found in Zhaoyang Palace. I can't get away with it!"

"Do you want to know the reason why she framed you?" Tan Wenhao ignored Du Xiaoyue's avoidance mentality and forced her to face the fact.

"I only know that people cannot be judged by their appearance, and sea water cannot be measured." Du Xiaoyue sighed softly, "The person closest to you will give you a gentle knife behind you, it is really hard to guard against! I finally know what mother said to be careful of the people around you." Interesting, but it's still a step late! By the way, did you already know that she has a problem? Why didn't you remind me?"

"Because there is no evidence, I'm afraid you won't believe it." Tan Wenhao replied with a lot of money.

"Oh! Is that so?" Du Xiaoyue sneered, half-believing in his answer, "I think this incident has helped you a lot! Needless to say, the harem has cleaned up a batch of People, by the way, you can also suppress a group of people in the court!" This time, I am afraid that Tong Shilang will be implicated.

Tan Wenhao was slightly displeased. Indeed, he had guessed what that person was thinking, and thought that they would not act so quickly, and he could take precautions. No, they would pick at this juncture! "You have to believe, I'm not happy to watch them drag you into the water." Tan Wenhao put his hand lightly on Du Xiaoyue's, with a serious expression on his face, "I'm sorry, I couldn't fulfill my promise."

Gently withdrew his hand, and smiled uncomfortably: "It's okay!" Not interested, "It's just that I don't want to let the person who killed my mother go! Can you...can you help me? Help me find out the real cause of my mother's death?"

"Since your mother doesn't want you to know, why do you keep asking?" There are some things that are good for not knowing!
"Why? What do you think?" Du Xiaoyue raised her eyebrows and asked angrily, "If your mother died inexplicably, would you want to know the cause of her death, or take revenge for her?"

"My mother is still alive and well!" Even if she knew that the Queen Mother's health was not very good, it was not very serious.

"Alive? Heh! It seems that you really don't know...!" Du Xiaoyue turned around and pinched her thigh secretly, blaming herself for being impatient, and almost, just a little bit, said the words.

"I don't know what? What do you want to express?" Tan Wenhao's heart trembled suddenly. Du Xiaoyue is not a person who makes trouble out of nothing, especially when she is angry, she always speaks directly and truthfully. She hesitates like this , suddenly stopped talking, which shows that she must have something to say.

"Nothing!" Du Xiaoyue turned her head and found that the carriage hadn't moved, and asked anxiously, "The carriage has stopped, have you arrived at Du's mansion?"

"You can't go to the Du Mansion with your current status." Tan Wenhao didn't continue to ask, but he secretly made up his mind that he must ask the rest of the words next time, bowed and stood up, stretched out his hand to Du Xiaoyue, "Let's go down. This is the cemetery of the Du family. They have already buried your mother and returned home."

what!How could this be? !Their actions were too fast, so how could they find out the cause of Jiang Liangdi's death? "No! Absolutely not!" Du Xiaoyue jumped up, jumped out of the carriage in a hurry, and all she saw was a desolate cemetery.Withered vines, old trees, faint crows, weeds are overgrown, and even the newly buried graves are still hung with white sails, swaying in the wind, so desolate. "Is this really the ancestral tomb of the Du family?" Looking at the scene in front of her, Du Xiaoyue couldn't believe her eyes. No matter what, the Du family is also a famous family. How could the ancestral tomb be so shabby?

"This is not the ancestral tomb of the Du family. This is the back mountain of the ancestral tomb." Tan Wenhao wondered why Du Xiaoyue didn't know her own ancestral tomb. join in! "They said that your mother died of a strange disease at a young age, and she couldn't enter the ancestral grave, so they buried her here in the back mountain."

Listening to Tan Wenhao's report, Du Xiaoyue could only be speechless, and could only sigh deeply: Jiang Liangdi, your death is really worthless!
On the way back to the palace, Du Xiaoyue just kept silent, gently opened a corner of the curtain, and watched the changes in the roadside scenery.

"Yue... Xiaoyue, you don't have to be too sad." Tan Wenhao always felt that there should be something to say, but he had never persuaded a woman like this before, and for a while, he didn't know where to start to compare her feelings. heart out. "Life cannot be resurrected. If your mother sees you so sad, then she will definitely be disturbed..."

"Ha! Look, there is a bride running away from marriage!" Du Xiaoyue yelled loudly at this moment, "So there were really bold women who dared to run away from marriage in ancient times!"

"You..." Tan Wenhao felt powerless, what was going on in Du Xiaoyue's mind?One moment he was still hurt by Jiang Liangdi's matter, but the next second he has already shifted to other matters!However, this is also good, at least she won't stay on that matter all the time, and she can feel less sad.Leaning over, looking through the gap opened by Du Xiaoyue, there was only a forest outside, and no one was seen, "Where is there anyone? What else is a bold woman in ancient times?"

Du Xiaoyue was still leaning against the window, not paying attention to Tan Wenhao's close approach at all, and half-closed her eyes: "Isn't the marriage here all based on the wishes of the parents and the words of the matchmaker? If any woman does not want to marry someone arranged by her parents, Then the only way to go is to escape from marriage. And not all women dare to do this, so the woman who was running wildly in the forest wearing wedding dress just now must be very courageous."

"You're not too courageous!" Tan Wenhao took the words, remembering that she dared to kneel and beg Du Kang never to let her enter the palace, she was already very bold; after she entered the palace, she was blatant She read Fengyue novels, disregarding the court etiquette; then she thought about negotiating conditions and drawing up a contract with herself; the strategies she made, the ideas she mentioned, are really not what ordinary women would do!

"What's the use of being brave? So what if you're not a fool? In the end, you can't even protect the person you want to protect!" Du Xiaoyue laughed at herself, lifted the curtains, and the bright sunlight came in, reflecting on Du Xiaoyue's face , very hazy, and her voice was even more ethereal, "Now I can see clearly, even if I have thousands of years of history and advanced education, so what? In this time and space, I am just a weak woman , being swayed and plotted by others, without the ability to protect oneself, and to protect others—the last journey to send one’s loved ones is still so sneaky. Thinking about it, it’s really ironic! I didn’t think about it I am here to change other people's thoughts, and I didn't insist on importing my own ideas into anyone's mind. I just thought about living this stolen life in peace, but God doesn't seem to treat me peacefully. Dial after dial, fog after cloud, exhausted all my patience, all exhausted!"

(End of this chapter)