After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

Chapter 626 Walking away in anger I couldn't help but roll my eyes and said bluntly, "You are pregnant and you are about to give birth. Who dares to let you go out? What if you have an accident on the way and it's all my fault?"

I asked you to pretend to be a white lotus, but I will even pull out your roots, I thought hatefully in my heart.

Zhao Fangping didn't expect me to be so ruthless. She couldn't stand it anymore. Her eyes turned red. She shook Zheng Yan's sleeve and said with a heartbroken look: "Your Majesty, I am concerned about my sister, but she made such malicious assumptions about me. I feel bad."

I really couldn't stand Zhao Fangping's disgusting look, so I stood up and said to Zheng Yan with a cold face: "Your Majesty, I suddenly feel unwell, so I will take my leave first."

Without waiting for Zheng Yan to speak, I took Yang and Xichun and left quickly.

If I walked any slower I was afraid I would vomit from nausea.

As soon as Zheng Yan raised his hand and shouted "Hey", the three of us had already walked out of the hall. The speed was comparable to that of an Olympic race.

Zheng Yan glanced at the ministers in the hall and saw that they were all looking at him in amazement.

I'm really being disrespectful. I'm leaving right away. This is the Hall of Supreme Harmony! Even Zhao Zhenyuan and Jinping looked at each other in disbelief.

I left without caring what the people in the hall thought, but later I heard from the grapevine that Zheng Yan was not angry at all, and continued the palace banquet normally, chatting and laughing with the ministers, with singing and dancing.

After returning to Shengping Palace, Yang couldn't help but remind her, "Your Highness, didn't His Majesty remind you to keep an eye on the ministers in the palace? If Your Highness runs away like that, His Majesty must be furious."

I had actually forgotten about this, but when I saw Zhao Fangping pretending to be so serious, I got so angry that I ran away without caring about anything.

I don’t know if it’s because we two shouldn’t get too close to each other, her luck is stronger than mine, and it suppresses my luck so strongly that I behave so abnormally.

Thinking of this, I said to Yang, "Hurry up and have someone prepare the carriage. I will wait at the palace gate."

Yang seemed to understand something, and quickly asked Xichun to help me get dressed, and then went out to ask someone to prepare the carriage.

Yes, I will go to the palace gate and wait. When the ministers leave the palace, I will be able to see them all clearly.

There was paper, pen, ink and inkstone in the carriage, so there was no need to prepare anything else. So as soon as I returned to the palace, I hurried to the palace gate.

Next to the palace gate there is a room that looks like a security room. This room is called the Imperial Guard Room, where the imperial guards take turns to rest.

There are several observation holes in this room. This one is smaller than the window, but it is enough to see clearly what is happening outside.

I sat at the observation post facing the palace gate, drinking the hot tea handed to me by the chief of the imperial guards. The chief of the imperial guards stood behind me with some fear and trepidation, and asked in a low voice: "Madam Concubine Dowager, tonight is the festive day for the palace banquet. Why do you want to sit here? It's freezing here, and they use low-quality charcoal. It's not warm, but there's a lot of smoke. I'm afraid it might hurt you."

I glanced at the chief of the imperial guards and said, "According to what you said, do you think the palace has treated you unfairly and prevented you from using good charcoal?"

When the chief of the imperial guards heard this, he was so frightened that he knelt down with his legs weak, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am not good at speaking, and I said something wrong. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

I put down the teacup and said, "Get up. I know it's not easy for you. I really have something to do tonight, so I came here. I don't want to blame you. As long as you can answer me well, I will tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs to give you some good charcoal and give you a few more taels of silver to have a good New Year."

Upon hearing this, the chief of the imperial guards kowtowed several times and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

I spread out the paper, pen, inkstone and said, "Stand up and answer. It is said that you know every official very well. Do you know which ministers will be attending the dinner tonight?"

The chief guard stood up, wiped the sweat from his forehead due to shock, and said with a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty, you really asked the right person. We have detailed records of everyone who enters and leaves the palace. We will definitely protect the palace like an iron barrel to ensure the safety of the masters in the palace."

I nodded and praised, "You did a great job. I will definitely report it to His Majesty and reward you."

The chief of the imperial guards was even happier, smiling until his eyes narrowed into slits, and asked flatteringly: "Your Majesty, please feel free to ask me anything you want to know. I will tell you everything I know."

I said, "Please bring the book here for me to see. I want to know which officials will be attending the palace banquet tonight.

The captain of the guards hurried to get the booklet.

Soon, a thick booklet was placed in front of me.

This booklet records in detail the time, name, position, and reason for entry of each minister into the palace, and finally there is a column for the time of leaving the palace.

I flipped through it casually and was very satisfied with the book. I said to the chief guard, "You have recorded it very carefully. When the ministers leave the palace, you only need to identify each minister for me. If you do a good job, I will definitely reward you handsomely."

This matter was too simple for the Chief of the Imperial Guards. Originally, the time of each minister leaving the palace had to be recorded. He only needed to say who this minister was.

The captain of the guards happily agreed.

The charcoal burned in the guard room is indeed not good charcoal. It produces a lot of smoke and has a bad smell. Although the windows are open for ventilation, some of the smoke will still stay in the room. If you sit there for a long time, it will make your eyes hurt and your throat itchy.

I was afraid that I would be poisoned, so I asked the Ling brothers to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get some better charcoal. Although it didn't have silver thread charcoal, it was much better than this inferior charcoal.

The Ling brothers quickly pulled a large cart of charcoal from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After the chief guard and his men replaced the charcoal, the room felt much better.

I looked at the charcoal fire on the stove and thought about the people in the Hall of Supreme Harmony who were drinking and having fun, while these soldiers had to stay at their posts in the bitter cold winter.

So I asked the Ling brothers to go to the catering department to get some vegetables and meat that can be boiled and eaten. How comfortable it would be to eat a warm hot pot on such a cold winter day.

The captain of the guards didn't know what I was going to do, but when the Ling brothers brought the ingredients and the copper pot, I put the copper pot directly on the charcoal stove, poured water in it, and when the water boiled, I threw the ingredients directly into the pot, and ate them when they were cooked while they were still hot.

The chief of the guards was stunned.

I put down the bowl with a smile and said, "See how you eat? Let your brothers take turns to eat a few bites to warm up your body. You are still on duty, so I dare not let you drink. Otherwise, it would be so comfortable to drink and eat hot pot at the same time."

The chief of the imperial guards didn't expect that I prepared this pot for them, and he immediately ran out excitedly and called all the brothers who were not on duty and hiding in another room. More than a dozen people came in at once, and the small room became warm.

Yang looked at the group of men who seemed to be fighting for food like wolves, frowned, and whispered: "Madam, there are too many people here, shall we get on the carriage?"