Dressed as the stepmother of a wealthy and rebellious son

Chapter 291 Freedom
Qi Yuan walked quickly. By the time Shu Wan entered the Qianqing Palace, Qi Yuan had already entered the side hall for a while.

Seeing Shu Wan, Huang Bing hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty."

"What about Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty has just entered. I will go and report it now."

"No, I'll go in by myself."

"Ok."

It would be unthinkable for anyone else to freely enter and exit Qianqing Palace, but as an old man around Qi Yuan, Huang Bing knew Qi Yuan, so he naturally knew that Shu Wan was an exception.

Huang Bing took a step back, and Shu Wan walked directly into the hall.

However, she seemed to have arrived a little late. Qi Yuan had already finished talking to everyone.

Several handsome-looking men walked out of the hall. When they saw Shu Wan, everyone's eyes were filled with obvious surprise. The next moment, they lowered their heads, bowed hastily, and then left quickly.

These people did not look like people in the palace in terms of their clothes or manners. In fact, some of their expressions made Shu Wan feel a little weird.

She walked into the hall doubtfully and saw Qi Yuan looking at something on the desk seriously.

Under normal circumstances, with Qi Yuan's skill, it was impossible not to discover Shu Wan.

But at this time, probably because his mind was concentrated, he didn't notice Shu Wan approaching.

Qi Yuan didn't realize it until Shu Wan had walked to the table and the light fragrance from her body floated over.

He took down the things on the table and asked with an unusually flustered expression, "Why are you here?"

"I have nothing to do, come and take a look." Shu Wan looked at the book in Qi Yuan's hand, "What is this?"

For some reason, Qi Yuan's ears turned a little red, "It's nothing."

"Oh."

Qi Yuan didn't want to say anything, and Shu Wan didn't ask any more questions. She turned around and said, "I have nothing to do, so I'll leave first."

"Don't."

In fact, Shu Wan's expression was normal, but it was probably because Qi Yuan cared too much about Shu Wan's thoughts. As long as Shu Wan didn't smile, Qi Yuan felt that Shu Wan was angry with him.

"do not be angry."

Qi Yuan grabbed Shu Wan's wrist and said, "I'll show you."

With that said, Qi Yuan pulled Shu Wan to sit at the table, and then slowly opened the book.

Shu Wan actually expected many scenarios, but she really didn't expect that Qi Yuan would be reading ancient pre-marriage brochures in the imperial study.

Shu Wan wanted to laugh, but she still didn't laugh out of consideration for Qi Yuan's face.

"You can laugh if you want." Qi Yuan's voice was filled with resentment, "I told you, I have never touched any of the concubines in the harem."

"I didn't want to laugh." Shu Wan pursed her lower lip.

"Yes."

Qi Yuan seemed to feel that he was losing face. He threw the book aside and held Shu Wan in his arms, "I don't know how to do it, then you teach me."

Shu Wan was silent for a moment, "Actually, I don't know how either."

Qi Yuan's eyes lit up, and his hand holding Shu Wan subconsciously tightened. Just as he was about to say something, Huang Bing's voice sounded outside, "Your Majesty, urgent report from 800 miles away."

Qi Yuan frowned, "Let the cabinet handle it."

"Your Majesty, this is an important border matter."

Qi Yuan didn't want to take care of it, but Huang Bing was a smart man. If it wasn't a particularly urgent matter, Huang Bing wouldn't come to him.

"Let him come in." Shu Wan said.

"Come in."

Qi Yuan was unwilling to let go of Shu Wan, so he hugged her and just lowered the curtain in front of the desk.

Soon a general came in and said, "Your Majesty, Juyong Pass has been lost."

"What?" Qi Yuan frowned, "Didn't I already ask Huang Qu to guard Juyong Pass?"

According to Qi Yuan's previous plan, those sent to the battlefield were all the people he planned to exterminate, including Prime Minister Shu's family.

Qi Yuan originally thought that Prime Minister Shu's family was the culprits of Shu Wan's murder, and he held them high in order to send them all away in this war. But things changed and Shu Wan came back.

There is no need to lose this war, but time is limited, and the people Qi Yuan sent to change positions have not yet arrived, which will lead to some problems on the front line.

But it has always been within the controllable range. The fall of Juyongguan was within the uncontrollable range.

"General Shu defected and took the entire city to surrender to the Yueshi."

Qi Yuan's expression turned cold. He knew that the Shu family was useless, but he didn't expect that it would cause such a big loss.

Juyongguan is only a hundred miles away from the capital. Once the Yuezhi's follow-up army follows, it will pose a great threat to the capital.

Just as Qi Yuan was about to speak, he felt Shu Wan gently pull his sleeve.

He lowered his head and Shu Wan whispered in his ear, "Let me go."

Qi Yuan subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Shu Wan said again, "Let's go together."

Qi Yuan hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Okay."

Afterwards, Qi Yuan looked outside the curtain and said, "I will lead the expedition myself. You can go down first."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Everyone knows that when Qi Yuan was still the prince, he was in charge of the three armies and was a veritable god of war. His ability to lead the army in person was like a shot in the arm for the now depressed army.

"Since all causes and effects started from this war, in the end, it should be ended by our own hands."

After the general left, Shu Wan looked at Qi Yuan and said.

Qi Yuan knew what Shu Wan meant, and he nodded, "Okay, let's go together."

"Ah."

The battle was intense, so the two of them didn't waste much time.

Two hours later, the two of them rode horses and galloped out of the palace gate.

Qi Yuan was a genius at mobilizing troops, and with Shu Wan's assistance, he quickly won the battle on the front.

Until the war was about to end, Qi Yuan was personally in charge of the army camp.

With the emperor personally in charge, the soldiers were invincible.

But only a few people knew that except for the first three days when Qi Yuan and the handsome young master beside him were there, the camp was empty at other times.

No one knows where Qi Yuan has gone, not even Huang Bing, who is responsible for his daily life.

It was already a month later that Qi Yuan appeared in front of everyone again.

The emperor's emotions were never understood by outsiders, and Qi Yuan was famous for being reserved and quiet.

However, this time when he went to court, everyone clearly felt that Qi Yuan's emotions were very obvious, like happiness and sadness. The two were mixed together, making it difficult to distinguish.

Qi Yuan was wearing a dragon robe and sitting high on a dragon chair, with a jade bracelet faintly leaking out from his wrist.

"Concubine Shu saved me with her own life. She has passed away and was buried with the rites of a queen. Concubine Shu and Concubine Ning are left in the harem, and the others are sent out of the palace."

Qi Yuan's string of words were each full of big information. Before the courtiers could react, Qi Yuan dropped an even bigger bomb, "I am planning to launch a new policy next month, starting with taxation."

During this month, Qi Yuan sat in the army and did not summon any courtiers to go to court.

Everyone is used to living a comfortable life, but now they are a little uncomfortable.

Suddenly I felt like, ah, the former emperor is back.

The emperor rarely showed some warmth in the past few days, as if it was their illusion
The New Deal reform is a major event, and everyone has been arguing for a whole day without coming to a conclusion.

Finally, Qi Yuan was tired and waved his hand lazily, "Let's talk tomorrow."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

It was already dark at this time, Qi Yuan left the main hall and walked alone on the palace road.

There are unknown birds flying across the sky, fluttering into the boundless night.

Qi Yuan stroked the bracelet on his wrist, his eyes fell on the free-flying bird, with a hint of smile in his eyes.

That is real, unique happiness.

Thousands of years later, in the Imperial Capital Hospital, the man who had been sleeping for three years finally opened his eyes.