Refusing to let love take a back seat, the scumbag emperor actually seeks favor every day

"Is it really okay, Queen?"

Ever since Su Manman came back from Guanghua Palace, she didn't leave Fengwu Palace for several days, and didn't talk much. She just sat under the phoenix tree in a daze.

When everyone in the palace saw this, they were afraid that she would become depressed again, so they watched her closely without relaxing for even a moment.

However, they were worrying too much.

Su Manman just has nothing to do.

In the past, in order to please Zhao Chengyuan, she either stayed around him or was on her way to stay around him all day.

Now that things are in a mess, I have some free time.

She wanted to find something else to do, but after thinking about it, there seemed to be nothing that interested her.

She was brought into the palace and raised by the Queen Mother since she was five years old. She was in contact with concubines, princesses and princes in the palace.

The princesses and princes who were on good terms with me in the past have all been crowned kings and married, and are no longer in the palace.

Now the only people in the palace who are familiar with her are Empress Dowager Su and the emperor's concubines.

Unfortunately, apart from the empress dowager, she couldn't get along with any of Zhao Chengyuan's other concubines.

However, the empress dowager, who was devoted to seeking peace and tranquility from Buddhism, rarely appeared in public since Zhao Chengyuan ascended the throne, and even skipped the daily greetings from the concubines.

It would be inappropriate for her to always disturb the old lady's leisure.

I have been visiting the Imperial Garden for more than ten years and I have seen enough. I don’t want to go there anymore because I might run into annoying people there.

As for leaving the palace, as the queen, she couldn't just leave so casually.

So it’s not that she wants to stay in Fengwu Palace, but she has nowhere else to go except Fengwu Palace.

She stared at the phoenix tree for several days in a row, and the more she looked at it, the more she disliked it.

In order to find something to do and pass the time, I suddenly had an idea.

"Xia Zi, go find me an axe!"

Xiao Xia Zi, who was standing not far away, felt nervous when she heard her suddenly ask for an axe, fearing that she was going to do something horrific.

"Empress... what... what do you want the axe for?"

"Cut down the tree."

When everyone heard that she wanted to cut down the tree, they gasped.

"Empress! This tree cannot be cut down!"

Everyone knows that the reason why the Queen's residence is called Fengwu Palace is that Zhao Chengyuan personally gave it the name after the two got married.

It comes from the phoenix roosting on the paulownia tree.

This paulownia tree in the palace was also planted by the two of them together.

Su Manman usually cares about it very much and always waters and fertilizes it personally.

Suddenly they said they were going to cut it down, how could everyone not be nervous.

Faced with everyone's dissuasion, Su Manman remained unmoved.

"It's just a broken tree, why can't you chop it down?"

Su Manman remained unmoved and insisted on chopping it down.

Seeing that no one was willing to find an axe for him, he said he would go find it himself.

When everyone saw this, they thought, how could this be possible!

He quickly responded while steadying her and went to find an axe, and then sent someone to notify Zhao Chengyuan.

After all, the emperor was also involved in the planting of the tree, and if the empress wanted to cut it down, they would not dare to keep it a secret.

The eunuch who was going to deliver the message just walked to the palace gate when he suddenly saw a young man in a silver-white robe in a wheelchair, and he felt like he had seen a savior.

He hurriedly shouted towards the palace, "Empress! Prince Su is coming!"

Su Manman, who was still under the paulownia tree, disagreed.

"Stop talking nonsense. Yuxian is recovering from illness. How could he come to my place?"

"But……"

"No buts, go find me an axe!"

"..."

Prince Su, whose full name was Zhao Yuxian, was the only biological son of Queen Dowager Su. He was exactly eighteen years old at the time. At the age of ten, he was named crown prince and sent to the enemy country. He served as a hostage in the State of Zhouli for several years.

But no one expected the torture he had suffered in the enemy country all those years. When Zhao Chengyuan ascended the throne at the age of seventeen and defeated Zhou Li and took him back as soon as possible, he had been poisoned and became deaf, dumb and blind, and his leg was broken.

Even if he was brought home and taken care of for many years, he could only save his life. His health was very poor and he had to rely on medicine to stay alive for many years.

Zhao Chengyuan felt guilty about him, and in order to give him better treatment and care, he went against the opposition of his ministers and made him the only prince who was crowned king and continued to live in the palace.

He was in poor health and had difficulty moving, so he generally did not leave Chengyang Palace where he lived easily.

So, when the palace maid suddenly said that, she didn't believe it at all. She just thought that she was trying to delay the time for her to cut down the tree.

"Your Highness, are you saying that you don't welcome our prince?"

Su Manman, who was still staring at the tree, turned her head suddenly when she heard a familiar voice.

I happened to see a young man with a handsome face but lifeless eyes being pushed into Fengwu Palace in a wheelchair by a young guard.

"Oh my God! Song Qingwan, how did you steal the jade title?"

The moment I saw the young man, the matter of cutting down the tree was no longer so important.

She walked forward quickly and spoke to the person who followed her in a reproachful tone.

Song Qingwan knew that she had no ill intentions, she was just worried about the health of her own prince.

He sighed helplessly.

"Don't worry, Queen, the prince came out voluntarily. We didn't force him."

"If Yuxian wants to see me, just send someone to let me know. How can you bring him around? What if he catches a cold and gets sick?"

As she spoke, she had him pushed into the house.

As soon as I entered the room, I nervously touched his forehead and his hand to make sure he was okay.

He cannot hear, see, speak or walk, and he cannot communicate normally with the outside world.

If he feels unwell, he can only rely on the people around him to observe more.

Zhao Yuxian couldn't hear their conversation, but he could feel Su Manman touching him.

However, from the way he sat calmly, it could be seen that he did not dislike her action.

Song Qingwan didn't stop her, but just responded to her.

"It's strange. The prince is usually very quiet, but today when he woke up from his nap, he suddenly became very anxious. No matter what I did, I couldn't calm him down. Only after I agreed to bring him to see you did he calm down."

Su Manman became even more nervous when she heard this.

After confirming that his temperature was normal and fearing that he might be feeling unwell, I quickly squatted down, took his hand, and gently wrote on his palm.

He is literate and can sense the words written on his hand.

I asked him many questions, but he just shook his head.

When Su Manman was puzzled, he groped on her palm and slowly wrote a few words.

I dreamed that you were dead in the water.

Seeing the few words he wrote intermittently on his palm, Su Manman broke out in a sweat.

She raised her head and looked at Song Qingwan standing beside her. "Did you tell him about my falling into the lake?"

Song Qingwan, who was asked, was confused.

"No one told him!"

"Then why would he have such a dream for no reason?"

"Coincidence, right? Aren't dreams something mysterious?"

Su Manman felt that there was some truth in it.

But she was surprised that Zhao Yuxian came to confirm her safety because he was worried about a dream.

To reassure him, I comforted him.

Talking about jumping into the lake, Song Qingwan couldn't help but ask curiously when she was touching her prince's fingers while writing.

"So, Your Majesty, you really jumped that day because you were so depressed?"

Su Manman didn't really want to talk about this issue. After all, everyone agreed that she jumped into the lake out of jealousy.

However, seeing that Song Wanqing was curious, he still agreed.

"You wouldn't believe someone who pushed me down when I wasn't paying attention. You would just think it was a lie I made up to save face."

“Who pushed it?”

As soon as she finished speaking, she was startled by a sudden shout.

The person who responded was not Song Qingwan, but Zhao Chengyuan, who was invited by the palace servants to stop the tree cutting but overheard the words.