The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

"What are you doing here?!"

Zheng Zhuyi was halfway there when she noticed Yu Sujin chasing after her, so she immediately stopped and asked.

Yu Sujin ran up to her, gasping for breath, and said breathlessly: "I am here to help your majesty. Your majesty, you have a leg injury, it is not convenient for you to be alone, and I am worried..."

"Go back, I don't need you!"

"I won't cause you any trouble. I'm just worried that you're not safe on your own. This city is chaotic and dangerous. What if anything happens to you? What will happen to my aunt?" Yu Sujin pleaded, choking with sobs. "Or, if you tell me who is lurking in the Yu Mansion and can harm my aunt, I won't follow you."

Zheng Zhuyi sneered: "You wish! You will never escape from my control!"

She ordered Yu Sujin to return quickly, otherwise, as soon as this matter was over, she would immediately send a message to the helpers in the Yu Mansion and ask them to take action against Yu Sujin's concubine.

"No! Don't do that! Can't I just go back now?" Yu Sujin pulled out a pair of bright jade earrings from her bosom. "Your Majesty, take these. More money will make things easier. We can hire someone to escort the Queen Mother quickly."

She handed the earrings to Zheng Zhuyi.

She explained, "This is a good thing that Concubine Zhao gave me. It's very valuable. It's made of the finest mutton-fat jade..."

Before he could finish his words, he suddenly elbowed him.

It hit Zheng Zhuyi's jaw hard.

"Well……"

Zheng Zhuyi fell to the ground before she could react.

Her leg was injured and her footing was unstable. Although Yu Sujin did not know martial arts, she was still able to knock her down with a sneak attack.

After a successful attack, Yu Sujin did not delay. She pounced on Zheng Zhuyi, grabbed her hair, and slammed her head to the ground.

After two or three hits, Zheng Zhuyi passed out.

Yu Sujin did not dare to slack off. She sat on the other person, pulled off Zheng Zhuyi's hair tie, and tied her hands tightly together.

He also stuffed a handkerchief into Zheng Zhuyi's mouth to prevent her from waking up and calling for help.

Then he dragged it to the base of the wall and placed it in a dark corner.

After doing all this, Yu Sujin was almost exhausted.

I was worried and busy all day long and didn't have a proper meal.

It’s not easy to hold on until this point, but we have to hold on.

She rested for a while, then picked up the lantern and hurried back along the same route.

When I arrived at the place where I separated from the Queen Mother and Tohka, they were gone.

Her head buzzed.

"...was all the effort in vain?"

A person was walking towards us from the alley over there.

"who!"

Yu Sujin was alert.

The man came closer, and Yu Sujin shone the lantern over to him.

"Thank... the eldest son of the Xie family?" She hesitated and stepped back, unsure whether the other party was a friend or an enemy.

"Where is the Queen Mother?" Xie Weizhou approached and asked.

He was covered in blood and his eyes were cold.

Yu Sujin was so frightened that she stepped back repeatedly, her back against the wall.

He stammered, "No, I don't know. I went to look for a place to stay, but I couldn't find it. When I came back, they were gone..."

Xie Weizhou snorted coldly: "The Queen Mother is plotting treason, and you followed her. You will be treated the same as a traitor. I will capture you and bring you to the palace for a reward!"

As he said that, he tied her up, led her away by a rope, like a cat or dog.

"I didn't commit treason. I was coerced. If you don't believe me, go ask Concubine Zhao. She's my sister!"

But no matter how Yu Sujin explained, Xie Weizhou refused to listen.

Yu Sujin shut up.

Let him lead you.

On the dark long street, two people, one in front and one behind, walked towards the palace.

Xie Weizhou walked slowly, his posture and movements showing fatigue. Yu Sujin stood behind him, quietly observing and examining him.

Soldiers and civilians cleaning the streets occasionally passed by, and the light of torches illuminated his tired but upright back.

Yu Sujin suddenly felt that this young man was very handsome.

Even so, she hadn't seen his face clearly tonight.

……

"Your Majesty, I was careless for a moment and lost the Queen Mother..."

"what!"

The emperor was furious.

But Zhang Lin, the commander of the Tiger Guards, hadn't finished his words yet: "...Thankfully, with God's blessing, we found the Queen Mother soon..."

"Could you please be brief?"

The emperor almost couldn't catch his breath.

The Chenqian Palace, which had been looted by the Tartar soldiers, was originally in a mess. After the palace servants hurriedly cleaned it up, it was barely a place to stay. However, many things were lost or damaged, and it was empty everywhere, looking very simple.

The bloodstains from when the rebel General Pu was nailed to the wall had not been cleaned up yet, and in the candlelight at night, they looked somewhat hideous and terrifying.

Zhang Lin originally went to monitor the Duke of Zhenguo, but hurried back when something happened in the palace. After the Empress Dowager escaped, he was sent out to track her. The emperor had high hopes for him.

Now, after listening to his unfocused report, how can I not be annoyed?

But Zhang Lin's next words surprised the emperor.

"The Empress Dowager was found by Consort Zhao. When I met them, Consort Zhao and the old maidservant beside the Empress Dowager were dragging the Empress Dowager towards the palace."

"Where is Concubine Zhao?"

Emperor Xiao Yu's heart trembled.

"Waiting outside the palace. Her Majesty asked me to come in first and report the reason..."

"Let her in!"

Zhang Lin was interrupted by Xiao Yu before he could finish his words.

There was a moment of astonishment.

He quickly turned around and went out to announce Concubine Zhao.

Everything is still in turmoil after the war. Why doesn't Your Majesty ask the Queen Mother first, but instead wants to see Concubine Zhao?

However, after Zhao Fei entered the palace, she did not kneel down, kowtow and shout "Long live the emperor" like other concubines who survived the disaster in the palace.

Instead, she flew into His Majesty's arms like a butterfly.

She hugged His Majesty's neck tightly and burst into tears.

"I thought I would never see you again..."

That delicate yet lingering posture, that figure in a coarse, commoner's dress yet still graceful, that disheveled black hair yet possessing a strange, messy beauty...

Seeing this, Zhang Lin quickly lowered his eyes and stood by with a bow.

She thought to herself that she was indeed the fastest rising favorite concubine in the palace.

This……

Who can resist this?

What shocked Zhang Lin even more was——

Damn it, even though he lowered his head, he saw it out of the corner of his eye...

Empress Zhao Fei suddenly stood on tiptoe and kissed His Majesty on the face.

Then the lips.

Just like that, openly, in front of him, in front of Cao Bin, she kissed him randomly!

Zhang Lin: Should I go blind?

Cao Bin: After the disaster, it's understandable...