The useless second daughter of the Hua family

The phoenix comes and the phoenix comes to live with me, and I have to entrust the breeding tail to be my concubine forever.

Listening to the sound of the piano coming from the room, Hua Miaomiao raised her eyebrows. The emperor is quite romantic.

She would never admit that she was eavesdropping. She was just worried that Miao Yizhui would lose control of his emotions and do something stupid like regicide.

"Isn't it inappropriate for you to eavesdrop like this?"

The sudden voice in her ear startled her, and she turned around and glared at the person who came.

Ever since Mr. Zhu moved into the general's mansion, he has come uninvited every now and then and has managed to become a regular customer.

The piano music in the room stopped. Hua Miaomiao was too lazy to argue with him, so they both leaned over to eavesdrop, their movements surprisingly consistent.

"I have finished listening to the song. Your Majesty, can we go back to the palace now?"

Miao Yizhui sat there calmly drinking tea, not feeling any pressure at all about the current emperor playing the piano for her.

The emperor walked up to her, his eyes full of affection.

"Yizhu, do you really not understand the meaning of this song?"

Miao Yizhui took the opportunity to refill his tea to avoid his hand on her shoulder.

"I am just a military man, I really don't understand these elegant things."

The emperor sighed and sat down next to her.

"I know you blame me for Wu Sang's matter. But I have no choice. The Regent wants to protect him, and I really tried my best."

"I understand everything and dare not complain."

"Hehe... I just don't dare, not that I can't. Between you and me, when has there ever been a need for you to be afraid to do something?" He had a bitter look on his face. They used to be close and intimate, and could talk about anything.

"Your Majesty, this is wrong. There is a difference between the ruler and his subjects, and I dare not cross that line."

Hearing the rejection revealed in her every word, the emperor felt even more bitter.

"Yizhu, don't talk to me like that. You said you would always stand by my side!" His tone even had a hint of begging.

"I will not break my promise. The Miao family will always stand by your majesty. Your majesty does not need to be suspicious, nor does he need to do unnecessary things."

"What do you mean by unnecessary? Is it unnecessary for me to marry you? Is it unnecessary for me to have feelings for you? Or do you think our years of relationship are unnecessary?"

The emperor had somewhat lost his mind. He questioned Miao Yizhui again and again, and even forgot to refer to himself as "I".

"It's not necessary. Xiao Ce, if you hadn't deceived me, if I had known from the beginning that you were the current emperor, I wouldn't have had too much interaction with you."

"You...regret it?"

"Yes. If I could go back to the past, I would definitely not meddle in other people's business."

As soon as these words were spoken, the mood of both of them changed.

Miao Yizhu suddenly became clear-headed, and all the entanglement and irritability of the past few days disappeared. Since he could not change the fact that he was the emperor, he should change his mind, retreat to the position of a minister, and treat the past as a dream.

The emperor felt a chill in his heart. He and Miao Yizhu had known each other since childhood, when he had just ascended the throne and General Miao returned to Beijing to pay homage to the new emperor. At that time, he was not used to leaving his mother and concubine, and he hid in the rockery and cried alone. It was Miao Yizhu who found him and spent that snowy night with him. Miao Yizhu thought he was just an unfavored child in an official's family. After she returned to the border, the two kept in touch through letters. He sent her interesting things in Beijing, and she told him about the beautiful scenery outside the Great Wall. Over the years, he relied on absorbing the warmth from those letters to prevent himself from becoming completely indifferent.

How could he bear to let go? He stood up and looked down at her like a hawk.

"What if I insist on having you enter the palace?"

"Miao Yizhu will never enter the palace in this life, and will never enter the imperial mausoleum after death."

"You! Good! Very good! Miao Yizhu, except for me, who has the courage to marry you!"

The emperor left in a rage. Because Hua Miaomiao hid in time, when he went out, he only saw Mr. Zhu who had just stood up and was standing in the corridor. He was stunned for a moment and turned around to look at Miao Yizhui.

"Is this your staff member?"

"How could I have such a great talent as yours? Mr. Zhu was introduced to me by Princess Linglan."

She said half of it and left the other half, deliberately arousing people's imagination. The emperor's face really turned ugly, and he stared at Mr. Zhu unkindly. Mr. Zhu pretended that he didn't know who he was, just nodded slightly to show his goodwill and left.

After walking a few steps, he turned back and added, "General, don't forget our appointment tomorrow."

The emperor's face turned green.

Hua Miaomiao in the dark couldn't help but feel admiration, well done!

After the emperor left, Hua Miaomiao and Mr. Zhu slipped back into the room. Miao Yizhu looked at them helplessly.

"Have you two been eavesdropping outside?"

Hua Miaomiao didn't feel embarrassed at all about being exposed.

"Not everyone can hear the emperor playing the zither. This is a rare opportunity. How can we miss it? Isn't it, Old Zhu?"

"That's right. You played the song Feng Qiu Huang quite well, but a little worse than me."

The two of them sang the same tune, and Miao Yizhui was defeated by their shamelessness.

"Don't be curious. He is just an old pen pal. He didn't tell me his real name at that time. There will be no more things beyond the boundaries of the emperor and his subjects."

"Can you really let it go?"

"I have to let it go even if I can't. He can't stop being the emperor, and I don't want to be the woman who has to wait for his favor inside the palace walls. Why bother with something that has no result? It's just a waste of time."

Hua Miaomiao knew that Yizhu had really figured it out. As she pondered Miao Yizhu's words, a glimmer of light seemed to light up in the haze in her heart.

The next morning, when Hua Miaomiao and Miao Yizhu went out, Mr. Zhu was already waiting outside the door. Seeing his dazed look, Hua Miaomiao couldn't help but tease him.

"Old Zhu, what were you doing last night? Which room did you eavesdrop in?"

"I always feel like someone is following me? But then I think it's impossible. Am I possessed by a ghost?"

Hua Miaomiao checked his body and found nothing dirty.

"Don't worry, it's clean."

"It's the Imperial Guards." Miao Yizhui said to the two of them in a low voice.

"The Emperor's personal guards? Where are they?"

"Don't look around, they are everywhere. They have unique codes and gestures."

Hua Miaomiao then realized that there were indeed some new faces on the street today.

"This emperor is really not giving up." Hua Miaomiao sighed. But he sent someone to follow Mr. Zhu. Could it be that he really regarded him as a love rival? She couldn't help but feel a little sympathy.

They had originally planned to visit Xiaoyu today, but because someone was following them, in order to avoid exposing Hua Miaomiao's identity, they had to change their plans and head towards the Heavenly Prison.

Wu Sang was still imprisoned in the Tianlao. Although both sides had plans to negotiate peace and the emperor agreed to his marriage proposal, the regent still detained him on the grounds that the specific matters had not been agreed upon.

Hua Miaomiao followed Miao Yizhu into the prison wearing a veil. When passing by, she heard a familiar voice crying out for justice. It was Lin Yichen. He was locked up in the prison by Yao Muyuan. If you stay in such a place for a long time, you will go crazy if you don't die. She continued to walk silently, thinking in her heart that she had to rescue the person as soon as possible.