Wen Yuan did not respond.

"Ah Yuan."

"Yeah." Wen Yuan responded perfunctorily.

She felt a little tired. After Ji Xingyao's death, she was left alone in the Taifeng Dynasty. She felt empty and lonely, a loneliness she had never experienced before, lingering in her heart.

From then on, no one would secretly cook hotpot with her, and no one would chat with her about anything.

This is a feudal society that I cannot integrate into, and over there is my hometown that I cannot return to.

Apart from avenging Ji Xingyao, she has no attachment to this world. It is time to arrange her own retreat.

As the saying goes, serving a king is like serving a tiger. It is easy to anger a king.

He kept committing suicide, dancing on Li Zhao's sensitive spot, and then gave her death and returned to the modern era.

In just a short while, Wen Yuan thought of his own escape route.

My mind is wandering, up and down, with no stability.

Suddenly, Wen Yuan was shrouded in shadow, and the familiar sandalwood scent surrounded her.

Wen Yuan's hand was held by a large palm, and then a small hand warmer was stuffed into the palm.

"Are you hungry? I asked Eunuch Zhou to go to the Bu Er Porridge Shop and buy some shredded chicken porridge. Have some."

Buer Porridge Shop, they used to go there often when they were in the East Palace. Wen Yuan loved their signature chicken porridge.

Later, after entering the palace, Li Zhao was busy securing the throne, pacifying the borders, and purging the rebels of the previous dynasty, while Wen Yuan was busy managing the huge harem, and they never had a taste of the porridge from Buer Porridge Shop.

She couldn't remember the last time she had chicken porridge.

Buer Congee Shop is located on the main street of the capital, not far from Ruiping Palace.

Wen Yuan finally looked up at him. After staying up all night, there were a few bloodshot eyes in her clear eyes, which looked unusually clear.

Li Zhao touched her face lovingly, with tenderness in his eyes.

Wen Yuan couldn't see through him. It was he who ordered the house arrest, and it was also he who sent someone to buy porridge. Which one is the real him?

She couldn't guess, nor did she want to guess.

"Aren't we supposed to investigate the case? How can we have the energy if we don't eat enough?"

Wen Yuan turned his head, avoiding his palm: "The criminal is your Majesty's younger brother. I'm afraid this case will be left unresolved."

Li Zhao's palm felt empty, and the heat from the contact of skin was replaced by the cold air outside.

He clenched his fists and dropped them to his sides.

"Fifth brother won't harm Xingyao."

Wen Yuan did not argue with him. They were brothers and the absolute rulers of the Taifeng Dynasty. No one dared to disobey them.

She had her own plans in mind.

Men are sometimes stumbling blocks, not getting anything done but getting in the way.

Seeing her so cold, Li Zhao's smile disappeared.

This time he did not leave in anger, but just left his seat and went to the study ten meters away.

Wen Yuan held the stove, his eyes fixed on the swing in the backyard.

The year Li Zhao ascended the throne, everyone thought she would be crowned queen.

The palace where she lived was almost trampled to the ground by people, and everyone rushed up to curry favor with her in order to gain good luck in front of the future queen.

However, one or two years passed and the throne remained vacant.

Wen Yuan is still Li Zhao's only woman, but she has been promoted from Crown Princess to Imperial Concubine.

Since Li Zhao didn't mention it, Wen Yuan didn't ask.

Half a month ago, the King of Southern Xinjiang sent an envoy to seek peace. He expressed his willingness to allow the Southern Xinjiang princess to marry. Since then, Southern Xinjiang and the Taifeng Dynasty have coexisted peacefully and no longer fought.

The chaos in southern Xinjiang has lasted for decades, and the border fighting has been intermittent and has never stopped.

The common people were suffering, and the court's military expenditures were rising year after year.

Southern Xinjiang is a cancer. If the new ruler wants to establish his political achievements, the issue of Southern Xinjiang will be the first priority.

Four years ago, General Ji Zhenting and his eldest son Ji Yuanbai voluntarily followed the orders of the fifth prince Li Heng to suppress the border.

Li Heng was in danger several times and was rescued by Ji Yuanbai every time.

After a year-long war, the general and Ji Yuanbai died in battle one after another, leaving only Ji Xingyao in the Ji family.

Ji Yuanbai is a 1.9-meter-tall man who loves his sister. He never married and gave all his love to Ji Xingyao.

The father and son attracted the enemy's attention for Li Heng on the front line. Li Heng led a small group of elite troops, bypassed the enemy camp from the back, and burned their food and supplies.

The battle was a great victory. The people of Southern Xinjiang retreated ten miles, and Li Heng occupied the city that the Taifeng Dynasty had lost for decades.

When the news of the death of General Zhenguan and Ji Yuanbai came, Ji Xingyao cried so hard that her whole body convulsed and vomited continuously, and she fell seriously ill.

A month later, Li Heng returned triumphantly, bringing back the bodies of General Zhenguan and Ji Yuanbai.

The funeral was extremely grand, and the new emperor Li Zhao posthumously conferred the title of General of Nanguan on Ji Yuanbai.

There are no more males in the Ji family, and all the military power that originally belonged to the General's Mansion was handed over to the fifth prince Li Heng.

From then on, in the Taifeng Dynasty, the military power was in the hands of Li Heng and the political power was in the hands of Li Zhao, and no one could threaten them anymore.

Over the past three years, major battles on the border have ceased, but minor wars continue.

The King of Southern Xinjiang took the initiative to send his daughter to marry, which solved Li Zhao's biggest worry. How could he not be tempted?

The envoys from Southern Xinjiang made a request that their princess from Southern Xinjiang must become the queen of the Taifeng Dynasty.

Li Zhao agreed.

It turns out that the empty rear seat is not really vacant, but is just waiting for its real owner.

When Wen Yuan heard the news, he was feeding fish in Yonghe Palace.

With a flick of her hand, the full jar of bait poured into the pond. In an instant, a swarm of fish emerged, vying for the bait and fighting for it.

Wen Yuan's brain stopped working for a moment.

She didn't understand why Li Zhao treated her like this.

They are not only a couple who share hardships, but also comrades-in-arms who advance and retreat together.

Even though her marriage was filled with hypocrisy, they had been together for five years and had endured all the hardships, so they should share the fruits of victory.

She could remain a noble concubine forever, and even tolerate Li Zhao expanding his harem.

But all the tolerance and generosity have a prerequisite, that is, the throne of queen belongs to her, Wen Yuan.

This was the reward she deserved for supporting Li Zhao from the Eastern Palace to the Suhe Palace.

But she was eventually "backstabbed" by her comrades.

Wen Yuan rushed into the Suhe Hall and petitioned to leave the palace, resulting in the emperor confining him to his house for three months.

Sad, ridiculous...

In the past, she always laughed at Ji Xingyao for being love-sick, but in fact, she was not much better.

Wen Yuan believed that she was sober. She treated Li Zhao as a business partner and never gave her true feelings to him. She always wanted to get away quickly after completing the system tasks.

She is selfish and has no noble moral character. Just because she doesn't fight for what belongs to her doesn't mean she can give it away to others.

But in the end, she underestimated the ambition of an emperor and the hierarchical oppression of feudal society.

Li Zhao's light words were enough to prevent her from leaving Yonghe Palace.

As a modern person who traveled through time, she only had a system but no cheat code.

After working so hard to complete the mission, the only reward was space teleportation, which she had already used up.

After Ji Xingyao died, she suddenly felt that everything in this world had lost its meaning.

So what if she is a royal concubine or a queen? She doesn't belong to this world. The right thing to do is to find a way to escape as soon as possible.

The sun outside was covered by dark clouds, and it felt even colder. She buried half of her face in the fox collar, looking listless.

When the hand warmer was about to go out, Eunuch Zhou came.

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