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

【secret?】

[Hmm, the Queen's secret.]

Everyone raised their eyebrows and thought to themselves, is this the first time that Lord Jiang has eaten the Queen's melon?

From Xiaogua's tone, one could tell that the Queen's secret was not simple.

Can they really listen?

Hmm...Why didn't Your Majesty stop it?

Shocked?

After hearing what the system said, Jiang Yueyang suddenly remembered that Xiaogua said he wanted to eat melon a few days ago, and that melon would rub salt into His Majesty's wounds.

Could that melon be the Queen's secret?

Thinking of this, Jiang Yueyang immediately asked: [What secret does the Queen have? ]

Emperor Yuan came back to his senses and wanted to announce the end of the court session immediately, but he also wanted to know the queen's secret, and he was torn for a moment.

Just as he was struggling, the system lowered its voice and said mysteriously: [The Queen... has been married!]

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a thud, and the tablet in Duke Su's hand fell to the ground.

Because everyone present was shocked by what the system had just said, the hall was very quiet, and the voice seemed particularly clear.

Jiang Yueyang instinctively looked over when he heard the sound and saw the tablet dropped to the ground. He asked in confusion: "What happened to Duke Su?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Emperor Yuan and all the civil and military officials came back to their senses instantly.

Emperor Yuan called out to Duke Su in displeasure. Duke Su immediately bent down to pick up the tablet from the ground and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I just had a cramp in my hand."

After hearing this reason, Emperor Yuan and all the civil and military officials felt that the words were somehow familiar.

The next second, they remembered.

When Lord Xiao Jiang first came to court, he wanted to impeach the late Minister Lin, but Duke Su accidentally cut in line, which made Lord Xiao Jiang dissatisfied.

In order to prevent Lady Xiao Jiang from thinking about him, Duke Su used the excuse of leg cramp to let her speak first.

Jiang Yueyang also remembered the cramps and shook her head, saying, "Duke Su is truly old. He's always getting cramps in his legs and hands. Your Majesty is the same. He doesn't even know how to let him retire. What a shame!"

Emperor Yuan: “…” It’s his fault again.

Emperor Yuan snorted inwardly and raised his hand towards Duke Su. "Even if it's just a cramp, that's it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After this little episode, Jiang Yueyang turned his attention back to the Queen's secret.

Remembering that the system had just mentioned that the Empress had been married, she couldn't help but exclaim in shock: "I didn't expect that the Empress had been married before marrying Your Majesty, just like Empress Cao."

All the civil and military officials secretly glanced at Emperor Yuan on the dragon throne and secretly agreed with Jiang Yueyang's words.

Not only did you not expect it, but His Majesty and we also did not expect it!

But...who is Empress Cao?

Emperor Yuan felt mixed emotions. The empress had concealed such a big thing from him, and also the Shangguan family.

Their whole family conspired to deceive him!

System: [No, no, no, the Empress and Empress Cao are not the same. The Empress is truly married, but Empress Cao hasn't completed the wedding ceremony with him yet, so it can't be considered married.]

[Who did the Empress marry before, and why did she marry Your Majesty later?]

The system replied: [The Queen’s first husband was Qin Huai, her father’s student. They grew up together and were childhood sweethearts.

The Queen's father liked Qin Huai very much, and everyone in the Shangguan family tacitly assumed that the Queen would marry Qin Huai in the future.

The two parties involved also knew from a young age that they would get married when they grew up.

Although the country was in turmoil and wars were raging everywhere, their wedding was still held as scheduled.

Unexpectedly, on the night of their wedding, when they were preparing to have a baby together, other rebel forces attacked them. Qin Huai led his troops to fight, but unfortunately he was killed in battle.

Jiang Yueyang glanced at the prince and asked uncertainly: [So, they haven't had their wedding night yet, right?]

Upon hearing Jiang Yueyang's question, Emperor Yuan and all the civil and military officials held their breath unconsciously, nervously waiting for the system's answer.

The prince clenched his fists. If the answer was not what he wanted, then his status as the eldest son...

Prince Yan and the other princes present looked at the Crown Prince worriedly.

System: [No, the Queen was still a virgin when she married the Emperor.]

As soon as these words were spoken, Emperor Yuan, all the civil and military officials, as well as the Crown Prince and others, all breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiang Yueyang also breathed a sigh of relief. He secretly glanced at Emperor Yuan sitting on the dragon throne and asked, "Little Gua, do His Majesty and the Left Prime Minister know about this?"

They don’t know.

Jiang Yueyang's eyes widened slightly. [How could they have concealed such a big thing as the Empress's marriage?]

[Because not many people knew about this, and except for a few people from the Shangguan family, everyone else died in the battle.]

Jiang Yueyang suddenly lowered her eyes in sorrow, [So that's how it is...]

[As for why the queen married the emperor, it was because the Shangguan family and several other rebel forces later supported the late emperor's enthronement, and the Shangguan family made a huge contribution to this.

The Emperor's ability to defeat Prince Rong and be crowned Crown Prince was largely due to the Shangguan family's assistance. "Of course, the late Emperor also valued the Emperor," the system continued.

Jiang Yueyang was puzzled. "I remember you said that everyone thought that Prince Rong would be made the crown prince. Then why did the Shangguan family take the risk and choose Your Majesty?"

If the late emperor appoints Prince Rong as the crown prince, wouldn't the Shangguan family miss out on the position of empress?

Emperor Yuan was also very curious about this question.

He fell in love with the queen at first sight and wanted to marry her, but he felt that the Shangguan family would not marry the queen to him.

After much hesitation, he decided to follow his heart and personally went to the Shangguan family to propose marriage. Unexpectedly, the Shangguan family agreed.

He couldn't understand why the Shangguan family didn't choose Prince Rong, who had a better chance of winning, but chose him, the unpopular prince.

The system said: [First, the Shangguan family doesn't care about the position of empress. Second, the emperor and Qin Huai look a bit alike.]

[Substitute literature?] Jiang Yueyang covered her mouth in surprise.

She had never thought that the emperor could be someone else's substitute. How could the dead Bai Yueguang compare to him?

Emperor Yuan’s eyes suddenly darkened. He was Qin Huai’s...stand-in?

The Queen mistook him for Qin Huai?

None of the civil and military officials dared to utter a word, and the official who was reporting on his work spoke in increasingly low voices.

The system looked at Emperor Yuan with sympathy and sighed, "It's true that the Empress noticed the Emperor because of his face, but I don't know if he was a stand-in."

[This...] Jiang Yueyang looked at Emperor Yuan with mixed feelings, [Forget it, I won't say anymore. Whether it's a substitute or true love, it's none of my business. I know nothing about it.]

[I don’t know anything either.] The system then said.

As their voices fell, the Queen's melon eating came to an end.

Not long after, the morning court ended and Emperor Yuan left with a gloomy face.

Minister Jiang quickly walked up to Jiang Yueyang and tried to find a reason to remind her, "Yangyang, His Majesty is in a bad mood. Don't provoke him, okay?"

"Why is Your Majesty in a bad mood?" Jiang Yueyang asked in a low voice.

"I can't tell you that. Anyway, just don't provoke him. And be careful when you talk to him, okay?"

"Oh~"

"Remember!" Minister Jiang reminded again worriedly.

"understood."