The male lead went insane after the female supporting character gave birth to the main villain'

Everyone in the group sensed that their emperor had been very irritable and easily angered lately, so everyone was careful with their words and actions, afraid of offending the emperor and being punished.

To accommodate Su Yan's delicate health, the team did not travel quickly and it took them a month to return to Kunjing.

When the officials in Kunjing learned that Qin Yan was returning to the capital today, the ministers all wore court robes and the lower officials all wore official robes and lined up outside the city to welcome him.

Qin Yan stopped five miles outside the city gate, changed into a black and gold dragon robe with auspicious cloud patterns and five-clawed golden dragons in his carriage, and tied his hair with a golden dragon hair crown and a long hairpin with a golden dragon spitting pearls.

He also sent a message back to the capital in advance, instructing people to prepare fine clothes and exquisite jewelry for Su Yan.

Her dress was a bright red, high-waisted ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), embroidered with gold floral patterns, and she wore a matching wide-sleeved gauze robe over it.

The Great Zhou Dynasty favored black, followed by bright yellow and true red.

Black is a color that transcends social status and age; it is something that anyone can use and wear.

Bright yellow and true red were reserved for the imperial family and could only be used by the emperor, the retired emperor, the empress dowager, and the empress. Imperial concubines, princesses, royal wives, and wives of nobles all used different items with yellow and red colors according to their status and rank.

Su Yan was neither the Empress Dowager nor the Empress, so according to the rules, she was not allowed to wear this outfit.

"Ayan, have you changed your clothes? Should I call a maid to help you with your hair and makeup?" After changing his clothes, Qin Yan went straight to Su Yan's carriage. He wanted to be the first person to see her wearing bright red clothes.

Crimson already made her breathtakingly beautiful; one can only imagine how stunning she would be in bright red.

"Your Majesty, I cannot wear the clothes you sent."

Qin Yan was taken aback, remembering that bright red and bright yellow were reserved for the royal family, and Su Yan was not a member of the royal family.

But he had already decided to recognize her as his adopted sister, so wearing it a little in advance was no big deal. No matter how big those rules were, they couldn't be bigger than him, the emperor!

Qin Yan completely ignored the fact that only the Empress could wear bright red, and that no one else, even a princess, could wear bright red except on her wedding day.

He chuckled and said, "I said Ayan can wear it, who dares to say she can't? Ayan, don't worry, change your clothes, I'll take care of everything."

Three breaths later, Su Yan's voice came from inside the carriage, "Your Majesty, I do not wish to wear this, nor do I wish to enter the city with Your Majesty. Please return to the city first."

The voice was light and airy, but it pierced Qin Yan's heart, leaving gaping wounds through which cold wind rushed in, making him feel cold all over.

The shade of the trees enveloped him, casting a shadow over him. He lowered his head, making it even harder to see his expression. "Ayan, I'll have the maid go upstairs to help you change and do your hair. I'll wait for you outside."

His tone subtly conveyed a sense of assertiveness.

The two maids were the most skilled in dressing up in the palace. They were brought out of the palace early in the morning by someone sent by Bian Qinyan and were specially waiting here to dress up Su Yan.

The two were fought over by Empress Dowager Jiang and Empress Dowager Liu in the palace, and were also asked for by Qin Yan's concubines.

However, Qin Yan disliked both of them, so he used the excuse that Empress Dowager Jiang and Empress Dowager Liu were both empress dowagers and he couldn't show favoritism, so he left the two palace maids in the Zhen Palace Bureau to manage the production of jewelry for the concubines in the harem, and didn't give them to either of them.

Two palace maids boarded the carriage respectfully, and once inside, they didn't dare to look up or dart around. Instead, they knelt down and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Your Excellency."

"I am not some noble person, you don't need to kneel before me." Just as the two were about to kneel, Su Yan hurriedly stopped them, but the two did not listen.

The palace maids' masters were the emperor, the retired emperor, the empress dowager, the empress, and the concubines of the various palaces.

Except on particularly solemn occasions, palace maids would only perform a curtsy when they saw their masters.

Su Yan was neither a concubine, nor a princess, nor a member of the royal family; she didn't even have a rank, so she wasn't qualified to receive their kneeling salutations.

As they bowed, Su Yan moved to the side, but the carriage was only so big that she couldn't get out of the way.

"Your Highness, let us help you change. His Majesty is waiting for you outside the carriage." The two palace maids lowered their heads, not daring to look up at her.

In the entire capital, apart from His Highness the War King and His Majesty's teacher, there is no one else His Majesty is willing to wait for.

This young lady not only made His Majesty wait, but also dared to refuse him, and His Majesty was not angry. She must be very much liked by His Majesty. They dare not offend her.

Su Yan didn't want to make things difficult for the two young palace maids, so she nodded gently and said, "Then let's get ready."

The two palace maids then stood up and looked up slightly to examine Su Yan's appearance, trying to see what kind of hairstyle and makeup suited her.

Upon seeing this, the two immediately held their breath, afraid of making even the slightest sound and disturbing the beautiful woman who was leaning against the cushion with her brows slightly furrowed.

"Why aren't you coming over?" Su Yan asked softly, her voice gentle and soothing that it could melt anyone's heart.

The two palace maids, whose voices were already soft, became even softer, "Your Highness, let us do your hair and makeup first."

This lady is so beautiful. I wish I could present her with the best things in the world, so that her slightly furrowed brows would be brightened.

"My surname is Su. Please call me Miss Su or Miss Su. Please stop calling me 'noble person'."

"Rouge, face powder, hairpins, and jewelry are all in these two boxes. I don't have a hairstyle I want to do, so you can do my makeup as you see fit." Su Yan slightly tilted her head and glanced at the two vermilion wooden boxes at her feet.

These were all sent by Qin Yan from the Imperial City of Kunjing early this morning, and Su Yan has not yet opened them to look at them.

The two palace maids opened it, took a closer look, and their hearts skipped a beat.

Seeing that the two did not move, Su Yan's eyes darted around and she saw that on the red cloth on the first layer of the jewelry box, there were five nine-tailed phoenix hairpins and five nine-tailed phoenix hair ornaments.

Two palace maids picked up the first layer of jewelry. The second, third, and fourth layers were all jewelry that Su Yan's identity could not use.

"..." Su Yan paused for a moment, then said, "Let's get ready."

Two palace maids, one to do her makeup and the other to comb her hair.

The palace maid who was applying her makeup looked at her beautiful face and didn't know where to begin.

She could transform any flaws on the faces of the concubines in the palace into beauty.

But now she was in a dilemma. With such a flawless face, she felt that using rouge and powder would only ruin her beauty. "My lord..."

“Call me Miss Su, or you can get off the carriage now.” Su Yan did not open her eyes; she disliked having something repeatedly emphasized.

The palace maid quickly changed her words, "Miss Su, your beauty is unparalleled. My skills are not good enough, and I'm afraid I might ruin your beauty."

"Then I won't wear makeup. Just draw my eyebrows, apply lip rouge, and add a floral decoration."

"Miss Su is a beauty of unparalleled grace; a peony hair ornament would certainly suit her perfectly."

"Then let's make peony flower hairpins."

Two quarters of an hour later, the palace maid bowed and stepped off the carriage. She walked slowly to Qin Yan, who was standing a foot away from the carriage, and stopped. She gave him a deep curtsy. "Your Majesty, Miss Su has changed her clothes and is ready to depart."

"Get down." Qin Yan eagerly stepped onto the carriage, lifting the curtain. "Ayan..."

Time seemed to freeze at this moment. Qin Yan stared blankly at the person sitting in the carriage, still holding the curtain up, forgetting to move.

A beautiful woman in red, with unparalleled beauty and fragrance, truly one of a kind!

Any magnificent sight, any dazzling treasure, pales in comparison to her!

Her heart was pounding faster and faster, and Qin Yan suddenly didn't want anyone to see her like this!

"Ayan, would it be alright if you wore a veil?" His usually calm voice had become a little hoarse.

After a short while, Qin Yan managed to coax Su Yan into putting on a veil, and the two of them stepped out of the carriage one after the other.

The nearby guards, eunuchs, and two palace maids secretly watched as their wise and mighty emperor reached out his hand to the veiled beauty in red, intending to help her down from the carriage.

To their astonishment, the beautiful woman in red ignored their emperor completely and stepped down from the carriage herself.

To their surprise, their emperor was not angry at all; instead, he smiled and followed the beautiful woman in red onto the imperial carriage.

The curtain was drawn back, and His Majesty's majestic voice rang out from the imperial carriage, "Let's set off."

The eunuch beside him reported to Emperor Shenwu and then looked ahead, announcing loudly, "Set off!"