Hey! Host! I asked you to have a child, not to have a strategy.

"Miss...uncle..."

Bi Tao's eyes also turned red. Master Wen Yan was such a good man, gentle and kind. If he was in good health, he would complement the young lady's cold personality and they would be a perfect match.

Zhu Baishao turned around and saw a familiar figure standing quietly at the door, looking at her in her wedding dress, hugging Wen Yan with a dim gaze.

Her eyes flashed.

Xiao Huanzhi also received the news and rushed over from the palace.

Unlike other emperors, he did not wear a bright yellow dragon robe, but still wore a dark-colored crown. He looked graceful and dignified, like a majestic mountain.

Xiao Huanzhi was standing with his back to the light, so Zhu Baishao couldn't see his expression clearly, but she could feel his eyes were on her and Wen Yan, especially on her wedding dress and her hands hugging Wen Yan.

She changed into her wedding dress, but for someone else.

"Brother Wen..."

Finally, Xiao Huanzhi came in and broke the silent atmosphere.

"He has passed away." Zhu Baishao's voice was slightly sad. She stroked Wen Yan's loose long hair and helped Wen Yan lie on his back on the bed.

Xiao Huanzhi was silent, his lips slightly pursed, his phoenix eyes deep, looking at Wen Yan's closed eyes and the arc of his mouth that was still raised, his eyes finally reddened, and he whispered: "I will arrange his funeral."

"I'll stay and help, too."

Zhu Baishao turned her face to the side, so Xiao Huanzhi could only see the slightly red corners of her eyes and the traces of tears still on her face.

Xiao Huanzhi was a little dazed.

He didn't know how to describe his feelings. His best friend had passed away, and his beloved was so lonely and sad...

Zhu Baishao was clearly still sitting beside the bed, but it seemed as if she was separated from him by thousands of miles.

I'm afraid she will leave after finishing Wen Yan's funeral.

He felt so uncomfortable in his heart that even his breathing was a little sluggish.

……

At Wen Yan's funeral, not only did some members of the Wen family come from far away, but many strangers also came to pay their respects.

It is not difficult to guess their purpose. They just knew that the new emperor had ascended the throne, and Wen Yan had a close relationship with the new emperor.

Zhu Baishao followed suit, wearing mourning clothes, and saw Wen Yan off for the last time.

Her appearance was outstanding to begin with, and she was naturally beautiful even without makeup. Her eyes were slightly red, like grass leaves covered with frost and dew. She was also wearing mourning clothes, which made her particularly charming and attracted countless people's hearts.

However, the young gentlemen who were ready to make a move, when they saw Xiao Huan walking towards her, saluted and shrank back like quails, not daring to have any other thoughts.

"Shao Shao..." Xiao Huanzhi looked at the woman in front of him who didn't want to look him in the eye and sighed softly, "The dead are gone. Although it's inappropriate, but...will you stay and be my queen?"

He said he would give her the best, and in the eyes of many people, the most glorious destiny for a woman in the world is to be the mother of the country.

This is the consensus of everyone in Dachang.

Those gorgeous phoenix eyes, the usually calm deep pool, were filled with gentle ripples, which made Bi Tao, who was huddled aside carefully, stunned.

The emperor is so tender.

She looked at Zhu Baishao, who was tilting her head and looking cool in a white dress, and then looked at Xiao Huanzhi, who was wearing a black robe and looking down at her gently. Her eyes switched back and forth between the two of them. She clenched her hands, and a little person in her heart was screaming.

Promise him! !

[Host, quickly agree to his request! ] The system almost turned into a screaming chicken.

Zhu Baishao's heart moved, and she finally turned to look at him. There was an emotion in her eyes that Xiao Huanzhi didn't understand for a moment, "Xiao Huanzhi, we are not suitable, let me go."

"We have to try it to know whether it's suitable or not." Xiao Huanzhi frowned, always feeling that she rejected him because of Wen Yan.

"Try it? I don't want to try." Zhu Baishao's eyes fell on the dragon pattern on his clothes, the fine stitching, the intricate and gorgeous patterns, that was the dignity of the emperor.

Xiao Huanzhi knew her cold and aloof personality ever since he met her. However, his heart still choked when he heard her ruthless rejection.

After a long silence, when Bi Tao thought he was going to lose his temper, Xiao Huanzhi said bitterly, "Wen Yan helped you, you stayed for him, kept vigil for him and saw him off... I helped you, but I never asked you to do anything. You said you would repay me... Then, play chess with me again tonight."

Zhu Baishao did not agree immediately, but waited for a while deliberately.

Her silence made Xiao Huanzhi even more annoyed. She didn't even want to play chess? Did she like Wen Yan that much?

Seeing his irritability, Zhu Baishao lowered her eyes and nodded.

……

[Host, why?] On the way to the palace, the system asked.

Zhu Baishao looked calm and replied, "Do you remember the first plane I went to?"

The system nodded like a chick pecking at rice. It had a careful record of every dimension.

[Remember, you could enter the palace as a concubine in that dimension, so why wouldn't you want to be the queen in this one? ]

"Gao Yang is also the emperor, but he has a psychological shadow and stays away from other women. He has never touched other women. Those concubines are just decorations. I don't need to compete with other women..."

"But Xiao Huanzhi is different. In the original plot, he faked his death to escape when he felt bored, and became interested in me when he felt interesting. If he ascends the throne and has three thousand beauties in his harem, who knows what interesting women he might have... I don't want to compete with a bunch of women for one of his."

Zhu Baishao wanted to wait and see if Xiao Huanzhi could understand that with her cold and aloof personality, she simply disdained the position of queen, so what could the world do for her?

She wants, and only wants, one person's exclusive love.

But then she chuckled again, "It doesn't matter. Have you forgotten that I'm pregnant? The mission of this plane will be completed when this baby is born."

System: [Although I always feel something is wrong, it does make sense... It's not right!! Host, you only want to have one child?! ]

Zhu Baishao did not answer the system again.

Because Xiao Huanzhi had given instructions in advance, the carriage drove directly into the inner courtyard of the imperial palace and stopped at the gate of the imperial garden.

Bitao helped Zhu Baishao get off the carriage and went in, where they saw a garden full of exotic flowers and plants. Vines were spreading on the rockery, and roses were in full bloom, like clouds holding the moon amidst the green shade.

Next to the rockery is a specially repaired pool. As it is dusk, the glazed palace lanterns beside the pool have been lit, emitting a faint light.

Xiao Huanzhi was sitting at the stone table beside the pool, on the table was the jade go set that Zhu Baishao was familiar with.

Seeing that there was no one around him, Zhu Baishao winked at Bitao and asked her to leave.

She sat opposite Xiao Huanzhi.

"Can you play chess?" Xiao Huanzhi asked suddenly.

"...Yes." Zhu Baishao recalled the first time they met.

"Play this game with me. If you lose, stay."

Zhu Baishao felt strange. What was Xiao Huanzhi trying to do? Going back on his word?

"What if I win?"

"If you can defeat me, I will let you out of the palace."

When he said these words, the sourness in his chest almost made Xiao Huanzhi cry.