Accidentally dressed as an empress

Yunxiu got up early in the morning and went to the Neishi Mansion to report the case. She asked Su Da to drive and hurriedly left the mansion.

What she didn't know was that as soon as she left the house, a palace servant came to the house and summoned Zhong Yi to the palace for an audience.

Zhong Yi was drawing in his study when he was suddenly summoned to the palace. He was completely unprepared, but in order to meet the emperor, Zhong Yi took the drawing with him.

After boarding the palace carriage, the palace servants led him into the Juanshu Hall of the Changning Palace. Zhong Yi waited for an hour, speaking to the guards, but none of them paid any attention. The more Zhong Yi thought about it, the more dangerous it felt. No matter what, His Majesty would not summon his son-in-law to the bedroom.

This is against etiquette.

Cold sweat broke out on Zhong Yi's forehead. At this moment, the palace servants outside sang, "Your Majesty is welcome back to the palace."

Zhong Yi knelt down.

His Majesty asked him to stand up. Zhong Yi stood up and saw the attendants filing in. They brought out a white jade chessboard and placed it on the small table above the couch.

His Majesty sat on the couch and said with a pleasant face, "Come, play chess with me."

Zhong Yi's mind went around in circles, and he could only say, "As you wish."

Yun Se looked at Zhong Yi, and the more she looked at him, the more she found him pleasing to the eye. She asked Zhong Yi, "How long have you been married to the eldest princess's mansion?"

"Your Majesty, less than a month."

Yun Se greeted, "You haven't been married to the eldest princess for long, but you have changed her personality."

Zhong Yi lowered his head and said, "I don't have that much ability."

Yun Se was playing chess, placing the pieces one by one, from being careless to becoming serious. His chess style was surprisingly similar to Xuan Er's.

Yi's works are so soulless that you get tired of them after two or three times. They are really boring.

And Zhong Yi, undoubtedly, has both form and spirit. Yun Se was dazzled and smiled, "Why haven't you ever slept together? But she doesn't treat you well?"

His Majesty's words hinted at a censure. Zhong Yi's breath hitched as he said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. I wish to hold a wedding ceremony with you when you marry your husband, and then consummate the marriage."

"How dare she treat such a beautiful woman so coldly." Yun Se held down Zhong Yi's hand while he was playing chess, and said, "Would you like to stay in the palace and play chess with me? I will treat you well."

Zhong Yi seemed to be frozen in place by an invisible chain around his neck. Zhong Yi reacted, abruptly pulled his hand back, and knelt on the couch, "Your son, your son..."

His Majesty's voice was deep, "Why? Don't you want to?"

His Majesty said, "Isn't it better for you to stay in the palace and accompany me than to return to the eldest princess's mansion and become a nameless servant?"

Zhong Yi felt that the words were far away, and he kowtowed, drawing blood on the white jade chessboard, repeating over and over, "Your Majesty, please revoke your order, Your Majesty, please revoke your order..."

Zhong Yi's head was covered in blood and he looked miserable, which made the empress lose interest.

"okay."

Zhong Yi was held back by Yun Se. Blood was dripping from his forehead. He pulled out a piece of silk cloth from his bosom and presented it with both hands. "Here is the diagram of the Yan State's crossbow mechanism. Your Majesty, please take a look."

Yun Se frowned, "How come you have a Yan State crossbow?"

Zhong Yi continued, "When I was in Beiling, I accidentally found a fragment of a Yan State crossbow from an enemy soldier on the battlefield. I have only recently restored the complete map."

Yun Se had to re-evaluate Zhong Yi's value. Yun Se was not a person who was impatient. Since Zhong Yi's talent was comparable to Gu Zezhi, she could let him go just like she let Gu Zezhi go.

After a moment, Yun Se said, "You should report to the Weaponry Department first. If you can build a crossbow, you will stay there and serve the country. As for the eldest princess, you don't have to go back. The Weaponry Department will arrange accommodation for you."

"Your son... obeys your command."

Yunxiu returned to the mansion in the afternoon and found that Zhongxiu's courtyard was empty. She thought Zhong Yi had gone out shopping.

Su Da reported that Zhong Yi had been summoned to the palace and had never returned.

Yunxiu said calmly, "Maybe he was delayed in the palace."

Yunxiu added, "Zhong Yi has returned and is recuperating. Don't spread the news."

Without someone summoning her, Yunxiu couldn't force her way into the palace. Yunxiu sent servants to wait at the palace gate, but when the sun went down, Zhong Yi still hadn't left the palace.

Yunxiu covered her eyes with her hands. Her good mother! Yunxiu should have been on guard earlier. His Majesty saw that Zhong Yi was in a state of disarray that day. His Majesty found a substitute like Yi Shi by his side.

Yunxiu had never done such a frustrating task before. She said with her spiritual voice, "Your Majesty, Queen Yunse, has been suffering from headaches year-round, and they seem to be getting worse."

This word spirit did not shorten Yunxiu's life span, which proves that this is true.

"Yun Se has a headache and is not interested in sex tonight." Yun Xiu's life span was shortened by one month.

"It won't be long before Yunse will fall seriously ill." Yunxiu said, and after that, Yunxiu's life span was shortened by half a year.

When you are full of energy, you will think about lust, right? I will make sure you don't think about it.

After drawing circles and cursing the Queen, Yunxiu finally regained her sanity and asked the system to recall what happened to Zhong Yi.

Yunxiu finished reading it and thought that Zhong Yi was so smart that he could escape danger even without her.

Fortunately, he was so clever. The picture he had been drawing was a crossbow mechanism, and the crossbow mechanism picture might be what he said he would give to Grand Marshal Lin Yan.

But why had he never told her about this? Was he a recluse? Or had he never been truly honest with her?