Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

After leaving the East Palace, Jiang Yueyang didn't want to go to the Supervisory Office anymore. She wanted to go home directly. She felt uncomfortable eating that meal.

Moreover, Gu Ruo has changed a lot.

She used to be such a lively and bright girl! Now... she was so uneasy and cautious.

Sure enough, the palace is not a place where ordinary people can stay.

System: [Host, your original choice was right.]

[Hmm?] The system's incoherent words made Jiang Yueyang confused.

[Lu Yunting is superior to the Crown Prince in every way except that he can't make you the mother of the country.] The system listed and explained, [If you marry him, you won't have parents-in-law to take care of or sisters-in-law to get along with. You can have children if you want, and not if you don't want to. Also, since Lu Yunting cares about you so much, you will definitely have the final say in the family.]

Jiang Yueyang exclaimed, "Little melon, how did you suddenly figure it out? Didn't you want to break us up before?"

[Let’s not talk about the past!] The system smiled and brushed off the question.

As soon as he finished speaking, the system's laughter suddenly stopped, and Jiang Yueyang keenly noticed that something was wrong.

She asked: [What happened?]

The system replied in a deep voice: [Host, Ye Wuhen over there... is gone.]

Jiang Yueyang slowly stopped, feeling an inexplicable discomfort in her heart. She didn't know if it was out of pity, heartache, or sadness for Ye Wuhen...

She looked up at the gloomy sky. There was no sunlight, but it was so dazzling.

After a moment, the system asked: [Host, do you want to tell him about this? ]

[No.] Jiang Yueyang didn't even think about it. [If he doesn't ask, I won't tell. One doesn't have to know everything in life.]

What if he asks?

"Then I'll tell him." Jiang Yueyang raised her foot and continued walking forward. "I don't think he'll ever ask."

……

The next day, when Emperor Yuan arrived, he announced that the empress dowager's birthday banquet was cancelled before he even sat down.

As soon as the civil and military officials heard this, they knew that something had happened between Emperor Yuan and the Empress Dowager, but they dared not ask anything.

The atmosphere at today's morning court session was particularly depressing.

Jiang Yueyang sat upright, not daring to make a sound, let alone slack off, for fear that Emperor Yuan would be unhappy and take his anger out on her.

The same was true for everyone else, who spoke in as gentle a tone and wording as possible so as not to further displease Emperor Yuan.

Under the Yuan Emperor's low mood, the morning court session passed incredibly slowly. Although only a quarter of an hour had passed, it felt like a century had passed for those present.

难熬

In this oppressive atmosphere, the system unconsciously lowered its voice and asked: [Host, would you like to eat some melon? I have experience, eating melon makes time pass quickly.]

[Goodbye. I'm afraid I lost control and breathed a little too hard, and His Majesty might get upset and take it out on me.]

Emperor Yuan: “…”

[Alright, in this situation, breathing louder is wrong.] The system unexpectedly didn't insist on eating melons.

Jiang Yueyang was surprised and asked, "Little melon, why do you have such a low appetite today?"

"Eating melon in this atmosphere is unpleasant. Furthermore, the melon I'm about to eat is related to the emperor, which is a bit like rubbing salt into someone's wounds. Not good."

As soon as Emperor Yuan heard the news, he knew that it was not a good thing and his mood became even more depressed.

When everyone heard what the system said, they thought it would be better not to listen, so as to avoid Emperor Yuan being shattered.

Jiang Yueyang teased, "Hey~ Are you now considerate of His Majesty? Not bad, not bad, you've grown up."

System: [...Host, please calm down. The Emperor is staring at you with a sullen face.]

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yueyang immediately put away the smile on her face, sat up straight, and put on a serious and earnest look.

In this way, civil and military officials spent a long morning court session under the low pressure of Emperor Yuan.

When Jiang Yueyang walked out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he felt that working for more than ten hours in a row was not as tiring as attending the morning court for two hours.

She looked at the officials, who were equally exhausted, and muttered, "Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager had a fierce argument this time. I wonder if mother and son can ever reconcile?"

The system asked curiously: [Host, do you hope they can reconcile?]

[Hopefully, it's tiring to go to court every day like this.]

【But the Empress Dowager is not kind to the Emperor.】

Jiang Yueyang turned her head and looked towards the Taiji Palace. [But Your Majesty wants to reconcile with the Queen Mother.]

How do you know what he wants?

If he didn't want to, he wouldn't be so angry.

The system didn't say anything else. Jiang Yueyang sighed and continued walking towards the outside of the palace.

On the other side, the Queen went to Shoukang Palace with a big belly.

The Empress Dowager was angry with the Emperor and also disliked the Empress, so she did not summon her immediately.

After standing outside the palace for a long time, the Queen's face turned pale and she could hardly stand.

Seeing this, Aunt Shang advised her to take care of her body and the baby in her womb, and to come visit the Empress Dowager another day.

The Empress came to Shoukang Palace to ease the relationship between the Empress Dowager and Emperor Yuan, but she was in heavy body and could not stand for long.

Moreover, compared to the relationship between the Empress Dowager and Emperor Yuan, she cared more about her own children.

The relationship between mother and son has not been a one-day or two-day thing.

Thinking of this, the Queen nodded and said, "Let's go back to the palace."

But just as the Queen turned around, the head aunt of the Queen Mother came out and invited her in.

The Empress stood by the Empress Dowager's bed and bowed. Seeing her pale lips, the Empress Dowager scolded her, "Empress, this isn't your first pregnancy. Why are you running around with such a big belly? If anything happens to my grandson, can you bear the consequences?"

"My mother is teaching me that I must pay attention next time." The Queen Mother tried her best to go along with her.

The Queen Mother snorted softly, "Why do you come to see me? If it's about the Emperor, then there's no need to tell me."

"Mother, allow me to be presumptuous. You repeatedly make unreasonable demands on His Majesty and hurt Him simply because you rely on His Majesty's love for you."

The Queen Mother was immediately furious, "Queen, how dare you..."

"But Your Majesty is the Emperor, the father of the people," the Empress Dowager gently interrupted. "He should set an example for the people, for all civil and military officials. How could he disregard the laws of the country and the people?"

"Whether the Queen Mother believes it or not, His Majesty did not intend to kill Prince Rong at the time. It was Prince Rong who was unwilling to give up and wanted to make one last effort."

The Queen Mother's chest heaved with anger at the Queen's words, "You...you..."

The aunt in charge hurried forward to help her calm down.

The Empress looked at her calmly, "Mother, I came here today to ask you to think carefully about whether you still want Your Majesty to have this son."

After she finished speaking, she slowly stood up, her eyelashes half-closed, "The deceased is gone, don't destroy this last bit of mother-son love."