This Su Zhaoyi is truly an amazing person. No wonder Xiao Heng favors her so much.

The Queen sighed sincerely.

"Since the Queen is fine, my purpose has been achieved." Su Minglang stood up contentedly and said to the Queen, "I came to visit you today because Master Wen asked me to do so."

"If I have offended Her Majesty in any way, I hope Her Majesty can go and find trouble with Master Wen and ask him to spare me." Su Minglang smiled, but her expression stiffened when she looked at the lonely teacup.

The Queen pointed to the cup that was left alone and said, "What about this one?"

"Zhaoyi smashed a teacup at me as soon as she saw me. Is this also what Shuyi meant?"

"Those who achieve great things don't care about trivial matters." Su Minglang laughed awkwardly, "I suddenly remembered that I have something important to do in the room, so I'll take my leave first!"

She grabbed Xiaoye and dragged her away before she could finish her greetings.

The Queen couldn't help laughing at her smug look, while Xiaozhu couldn't help laughing on the side. It was the first time for her to see her queen being so humiliated in front of a concubine.

The queen glared at her and laughed at herself twice, "Don't look at her all the time, or you might learn bad things from her."

"I think there is nothing wrong with Su Zhaoyi's behavior." Xiaozhu said disapprovingly, "It is said that those who are close to vermilion will be red, and those who are close to ink will be black. Your Majesty should spend more time with Zhaoyi in the future."

"If Your Majesty could become as cheerful as Zhaoyi, I would be so grateful that I would shed tears of gratitude." Xiaozhu joked.

"You!" The queen said helplessly.

After Su Minglang came out, his expression became more serious. Neither the Wen family nor Queen Wen herself mentioned anything about what happened back then, and no one knew what the secret was. However, Su Minglang had a vague feeling in his heart that this matter must be related to Xiao Heng.

But the Wen family couldn't be counted on for this matter. Master Wen didn't even tell his own son, so how could he tell an outsider? If you want to know what happened back then, you still have to start with the Queen.

"Xiao Ye, what do you think is the relationship between the Queen and the Emperor?"

Hearing Su Minglang's sudden question, Xiao Ye was stunned for a moment. The first thing he did after he reacted was not to answer her question, but to look around in panic, "Your Majesty! How dare you discuss His Majesty's affairs outside!"

"The relationship between the emperor and the empress is of great importance. No matter how they behave in private, they must treat each other with respect in front of outsiders." Su Minglang paused and continued, "But the empress has been childless for many years, and the court officials have no complaints?"

"Even if the Minister of Literature is here, there shouldn't be any rumors at all, right?"

"How can this servant know?" Xiao Ye spread her hands, "Speaking of which, Madam, why are you so concerned about the affairs of the previous dynasty now?"

Su Minglang narrowed her eyes and said nothing. She seemed to be aware of something but could not grasp the thread of thought.

"Forget it!" She suddenly shook her head vigorously, trying to get rid of all the chaotic thoughts in her mind, "Everything will work out when the time comes."

"My queen?" Xiao Ye didn't understand what she was doing, but her master had been doing some inexplicable things like this recently, so she was used to it.

On the way back, Su Minglang met Li Zhao, who came to see her specially. She also happened to have something to ask Li Zhao.

"Your Majesty, can you please talk to me for a moment?" Li Zhao looked a little serious. Su Minglang rarely saw such an expression on his face.

"Xiao Ye, you go back first." Su Minglang turned his head and gave an order, then left Xiao Ye and Li Zhao behind regardless of her objection.

Xiao Ye was a little worried, but Su Minglang always knew his limits, so she had no choice but to go back first.

"I wonder if Su Zhaoyi has any purpose for this trip?"

Before Su Minglang could even take firm steps, he heard Li Zhao's almost questioning tone.

"What does Lord Li mean by this?" Su Minglang's heart sank. She felt that things might have reached a point where they would end in the worst possible way.

"I found a person in the woods." Li Zhao took out a piece of blood-stained cloth from his arms, "But I sincerely hope that this person has nothing to do with Empress Zhaoyi."

"It really doesn't matter." Su Minglang looked at him without any guilt, "At least not now."

"But Lord Li, what makes you so sure that I have a purpose for this trip?" Su Minglang stared straight into his eyes with a stern look, "Couldn't I just come out to relax?"

"Relax? If Your Majesty wants to relax, why did the Su family bring a doctor here? Could it be that the doctor's medical skills are more advanced than the imperial physician's?"

"Lord Li is so capable!" Su Minglang's face turned completely cold. She knew that the Su family would not be too strict in doing things, but she didn't expect that this person's background would be known thoroughly before she could be used.

"Didn't Your Majesty know for sure that someone would get hurt this time?" Li Zhao paused, his serious expression never changing. "Although I don't know how Your Majesty could predict the future, but..."

Su Minglang was silent. She really didn't like dealing with people who were too smart. It was impossible to hide things from such people. She felt like she was naked in front of them with no secrets at all.

"Master Li, I cannot tell you my purpose for now, but I can be sure that the person I am looking for has absolutely nothing to do with the person Master Li is looking for."

"Really?" Li Zhao was silent for a long time before he slowly said, "The person is now lying in a cave in the mountains, but it looks like he is going to die."

"No one else knows about this, and I hope your people can keep their mouths shut."

After Li Zhao finished speaking, there was an instant of silence between the two of them. No one spoke. After a while, Li Zhao looked up at Su Minglang and said, "I don't care what the queen is planning, I just hope that one day you and I will not stand on opposite sides."

"I really don't want to fight with your Majesty."

"That's what I mean." Su Minglang met his gaze directly, "But, I believe that day will never come."

"I'll take this as a handle from the Queen. Now that we each have our own secrets, we can be honest with each other." Li Zhao suddenly laughed, "But I don't have any ambitions. I just want to spend the rest of my life in peace, so I hope the Queen won't break my dream."

"I don't think I have the ability to cause turmoil in the government and the country." Su Minglang also laughed.

"That's good." Li Zhao bowed and took out a sketch from his arms and handed it to Su Minglang, "I'll take my leave."

"Wait!" Su Minglang put away the sketch and called him. Li Zhao thought there was something wrong with his sketch, but when he turned around, he saw that Su Minglang had already put away the sketch, and the expression on his face was even more serious than before.

"What happened to the prince?"

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