I'm not willing to be a cannon fodder for the female supporting role anymore

Yueying thought that it was normal for a daughter of a military commander to ask her to learn martial arts. Although her original body seemed to be somewhat averse to martial artists, she asked for Qinggong, so it shouldn't be considered a bad character setting? ?

"it is good."

She thought she was just going to act like a spoiled brat or something, but she didn't expect Li Qixuan to agree so readily. But she didn't know that Li Qixuan's kindness was only to find her a master to teach her Qinggong, not to agree not to send the Shadow Guards to protect her.

"The Queen Mother will return to the palace tomorrow. Remember to go to the Cining Palace to pay your respects to her in the future."

"Every day?"

"What else? Still want to be lazy?"

Li Qixuan noticed that Yueying's face was puffed up into a small bun and he laughed out loud. The palace people who were following not far away looked at each other in disbelief. It seemed that the emperor had never laughed so heartily in the few months since he ascended the throne.

I have to pay my respects every day... that would create more obstacles for my escape plan. Also, I have to run back and forth to the harem every day. The Cining Palace is very far from my Dongchao Hall.

"But my family has not been rehabilitated yet, and I always go to the harem..."

Yueying thought about it and found an excuse to refuse.

"It doesn't matter. Later I will order Liu to go to Huguo Temple to pray for blessings for three months."

Isn't it time for the Zhao family to be vindicated? After Liu Lan prays for blessings, she will be sent to the cold palace when she returns to the palace...

Yueying supported her head with her small hands, staring at Li Qixuan's back and sighing as she thought, this man is so cruel to someone he doesn't like, it's true that a man's heart is hard to predict.

Back in the East Court Hall, Yueying fiddled with the new toys that Li Qiyun had sent her. In the original text, the empress dowager returned to the palace several years later because the emperor had not entered the harem.

"What on earth went wrong? Why did you come back so early?"

"Girl, please stop pulling. You're going to tear these nice rabbit-wool shoes bald."

Haitang saw Yueying in a daze for a long time and couldn't help but speak.

Yueying looked at the object in her hand. It turned out to be a pair of slippers made of rabbit fur? Suddenly, she felt a strange feeling in her heart, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.

"What's for dinner today?"

"I added the pickled garlic you requested."

Speaking of food, Yueying couldn't help but complain about Li Qiyun, the control freak. Ever since the original owner's menstruation came the year before last, she was in extreme pain every time. The imperial physician diagnosed her as having a cold uterus. Since then, the original owner's three meals have been light, and she cannot eat anything spicy. He always thought that it was because the little girl caught a cold when she saved him, so he now accompanies Yueying to eat these bland foods.

After Yueying traveled through time and space and ate for two days, she couldn't bear it anymore. The imperial physician saw that the original owner's health was still not good after two years of conditioning, so he reduced the range of food she could eat again and again.

Although it was in the palace, the delicacies in ancient times were much less than those in modern times. You couldn’t eat this or that, and you had to add some oil and salt as seasoning. I don’t know how the weak original owner could endure it.

Thinking of this, Yueying suddenly got a headache, and some fragments flashed chaotically in her mind.

"Haitang, I feel a little uncomfortable. Help me up. I'll go lie down for a while."

Haitang was a little worried when she heard that she was not feeling well. Wasn't she just ready to eat dinner? Why did she suddenly feel unwell?

"Girl, I'll go find the doctor."

"No, I probably just caught a cold this afternoon. I'll just drink some hot water and rest for a while."

"OK then."

Haitang helped her onto the bed, took off her shoes, pulled the quilt over her, tucked her in carefully, then turned around and poured her a glass of warm water.

"Girl, drink some first to warm yourself up."

Yueying rubbed her scalp vigorously, physically relieving some of the pain, then took a few sips of the hot water and pulled the pillow behind her to support her waist.

The scene that just flashed through Yueying's mind made her a little frightened. She didn't expect that the small world would work like this.

When writing the story, Yueying was rather casual and made the emperor believe that the person who saved him when he was a child was Zhao Yueying, so he had always been nice to her. But in fact, it was the heroine Qin Hanyan who saved him. This was not known to the emperor until a few years after the original owner's death because of a time-traveling girl. This is why the emperor, who loved the original owner to an obsessive degree, would fall in love with another person again.

Yueying just received a fragment of the story that was automatically completed by the small world. Qin Hanyan was a poor distant relative of the Zhao family. When she saw Li Qiyun being bullied, she didn't dare to step forward to dissuade him. She could only watch the boy struggle in the water for a while. After the bullies left, she picked up the pole and ran to save him.

Unexpectedly, he was too weak. Although he tried his best to let Li Qiyun crawl to the shore, he was dragged into the lake by him. The male protagonist vaguely knew that the one who saved him was a young girl.

After waking up, Eunuch He beside him told him that it was General Zhao's daughter Zhao Yueying who saved him. However, because his mother's injustice had not been cleared at that time, in order not to cause trouble to others, he did not express his gratitude in a public manner.

A few years later, when he stood in front of the girl as the crown prince, he found out that she had a fiancé, who was his study partner.

Later, when Li Qiyun met the original owner, he always took overly care of her and did things that were not appropriate for his status. The original owner mentioned this to her father, and only then did she realize that there was a misunderstanding between the prince and her about him saving her life.

She wanted to explain everything to Li Qixuan, but her father told her that it was not that simple. It was the head of the Shen family who came in person to ask the Zhao family to acknowledge the life-saving grace.

Li Qixuan fell out of favor because of the unjust case of the queen, so in order to get help from the Zhao family, Shen Guozhang swore that the Shen family would never tell him the truth. In this way, if Li Qixuan ascended the throne a hundred years later, at least one or two generations of Zhao family descendants would be worry-free.

For many years, the original owner had been burdened with this matter, and it was no exaggeration to say that he lived in fear. This was the real reason why the Zhao family would rather die than stay with the emperor after the case was overturned.

Is this because they are afraid that the truth will be exposed and Li Qiyun will get angry and drag the Zhao family out to whip their corpses?

Yueying knew that the Heavenly Dao would automatically fill in some of the plot, but she was still upset by the original owner's grievances. Would her life be much easier if she wrote more?

But soon Yueying was in no mood to sympathize with the original owner of her writing, because she should worry about what she should do now. Originally she thought it was a matter that could be solved by running away, but suddenly she realized that if she didn't die, even if the Zhao family was rehabilitated, they would still suffer because of this matter in the future.

Asking her to die... is impossible. The mission of living a good life must be completed. It seems that the only option is to consider faking her death.

During dinner, Yueying was in low spirits and ate only a few bites. She even ate only one clove of the pickled garlic she had requested. Li Qiyun clearly sensed that something was wrong with her.

"What's wrong? Are you still depressed about having to greet people every day?"

Li Qixuan pretended to be casual and asked tentatively, peeling a pickled garlic for her.

"Ah? No, I was just wondering if the Queen Mother still remembers me after not seeing me for a few years."

"It's only been four years. The Queen Mother and your mother have such a good relationship, how could she not remember you?"

After saying that, Li Qiyun picked up a handkerchief beside him, wiped his hands, and then stroked her soft hair.

"Ah Xuan, I have always had a question, why are you so nice to me?"

"I am pleased with you, don't you understand?"

Li Qixuan smiled and seeing that Yueying seemed to be reluctant to speak out, he took the initiative to pick up the pickled garlic and fed it to her mouth.

Yes, this man never mentioned repaying a favor, which made it difficult for people to explain, especially since the original owner still hoped that he would help the Zhao family to redress their wrongs.

Li Qixuan had expected not to get a good response, but he was a little surprised that Yueying didn't even have any other expression on her face.

There was no girlish shyness, nor the frightened look from before. Because of Li Qiyun's thoughts, the hall fell silent for a moment.

When Yueying came to her senses, she hurriedly forced a smile, trying to redeem herself from the crowd.

"But, Your Majesty, I am engaged to..."

Yueying's voice became lower and lower. As Li Qiyun listened, a hint of ruthlessness first flashed in his eyes, then his pupils flashed and returned to normal.

"Ying'er, don't challenge my patience."

When the emperor spoke, his tone was gentle and calm, and he even had a smile on his face, but when Yueying heard him say "I", she knew that she might have said something wrong.

I just wanted to hide my distracted state, but if I don't use my brain, I will get into more trouble.

"I was wrong."

When facing a paranoid male protagonist, don't try to reason with him, especially when you are in a weak position. Admit your mistakes decisively and pretend to be well-behaved.

Seeing that Yueying had quickly admitted her mistake, Li Qiyun stopped being sarcastic.

"As for Liu, I have just issued an order to have her leave the city to go to the Huguo Temple overnight. From now on, the harem will have the Queen Mother's support, and the other concubines will not dare to cause trouble."

Yueying thought that Liu Lan left the city to go to Huguo Temple overnight because she and the palace maids received the order and packed up their belongings and were escorted out of the palace by the imperial guards. But in fact, after receiving the order, Concubine Liu wanted to see the emperor. After all, the empress dowager would return to the palace tomorrow, and it didn't feel right to ask her to leave the palace overnight today.

However, the chief eunuch brought the imperial guards and surrounded Mingzhuxuan in three layers. He simply asked the maids to pack some clothes and then were taken to the carriage by the guards in a tough manner.

On the second day, Yueying got up early. Because of her current situation, she definitely could not follow everyone to the city gate to welcome the empress dowager's procession, so she could only come to the Cining Palace early and wait.

There were only some palace maids who were doing daily cleaning in the palace, so it was not convenient for her to go in. She could only stand in the yard like a wooden stake.

After all, many people in the harem had never seen this person. The palace people saw that she was dressed elegantly, had a good appearance, and was accompanied by palace maids. Although they did not know her identity, no one dared to go up and do anything to her.

She stood in the yard for more than two hours as if she was punishing herself, from morning to noon. Yueying felt that military training was nothing.

Although she was born into a family of military generals, she has been a lady from a noble family since childhood. Since she is here to wait, she can only stand there with a dignified manner.

When the group of people arrived at the Cining Palace, talking to the Empress Dowager in a loud voice, Yueying felt unsteady on her feet when she walked.

"Ying'er, is this really Ying'er?"

Because the emperor had already greeted the empress dowager in the letter, before the empress dowager entered the Cining Palace, she sent a nanny to take Yueying into the inner hall first. After she sent away the concubines who followed her, she hurried in and saw Yueying standing sideways at a glance.

"Aunt, it's Ying'er."

The emperor followed in soon after, and when he saw the excited empress dowager, he felt that he had made a good move.

"Best wishes, Queen Mother."

Yueying stood in the hall, not daring to say much. She could only greet the empress dowager politely, and then the empress dowager happily took her hand and walked towards the couch.

The emperor signaled and dismissed all the outsiders, and Yueying then knelt down and kowtowed again.

"I, the daughter of a guilty minister, Zhao Yueying, pay my respects to the Queen Mother. May Her Majesty live a thousand years."

When he kowtowed, Shen Huanxi's already excited mood couldn't be suppressed, and tears flowed out.

In fact, she is not very old, only 30 years old this year, more than 40 years younger than Yueying's mother. Theoretically, there is a big age difference between them, and they both later became famous talented women in the capital. They should have been in conflict with each other, but unexpectedly, they have a very good relationship.

"So much alike, Ying'er looks so much like Sister Wanxi, dear girl, come quickly and let auntie hug you."

Yueying was hugged by the woman, who buried her face in her shoulder and sobbed. She didn't understand. Although she had only been in the palace for eleven or twelve years, she had survived some open and secret struggles. How could she lose control of her emotions so easily?

But the Queen Mother had cried so hard, Yueying felt that she couldn't just stay blank-eyed like this, so she also gathered her emotions, her eyes turned red, and she shed some tears.

Li Qiyun looked at the two women hugging each other and crying, and for a moment, he didn't know what to do.

"Ying'er, my aunt isn't feeling well, please don't make her sad again."

After giving the two of them some time to cry for a while, Li Qiyun finally spoke up to persuade them.

After traveling here for so long, Yueying felt that Li Qiyun was the cutest at this moment. She quickly held back her tears and gently stroked the empress dowager's back.

"Queen Mother, if Mother knew about this, she wouldn't want us to be overly sad."

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother glared at Li Qiyun.

"Why? When I see my goddaughter, I think of my best friend. You won't let me be sad for a while?"

"It's unfair, auntie. You and Ying'er are not in good health. I am just worried about your health."

The way Li Qiyun cried out in injustice was not as serious as usual, but more like a child acting coquettishly to his elders.

"If you were worried about my health, you should have told me earlier that you saved Ying'er."

As she spoke, the Queen Mother took Yueying's hand and patted it gently.

"Don't be angry, Queen Mother. Fortunately, the Emperor saved me so that I can live to see the day when the Zhao family is vindicated. In addition, the Emperor has protected me very well in the past few years."

Only then did the empress dowager take a closer look at Yueying. Although she was slender, she had red lips and white teeth, and was in good spirits. She looked very pampered. In an instant, she thought of something, and a faint light flashed in her eyes. Then she looked at Li Qiyun.

"Ying'er, please stay in the Cining Palace with me for the time being. After the Zhao family's grievances are redressed, it will be time for the Ouyang family to fulfill the marriage contract."