In the Palace of Mercy Ning, the Empress Dowager's spirit seemed to be much better. Seeing Zhaoyang walking in from the gate of the palace, her spirit was shaken, as if she had suddenly improved her combat effectiveness.
Zhaoyang bowed to the queen mother, and the courtiers paid homage to the queen mother, and the queen mother is blessed and safe. "
The queen mother carefully looked at Zhaoyang who was kneeling in front of her. She had only seen the princess from a distance before, and she was full of pity for her at that time, but now she saw Zhaoyang again, but she didn't have such a view.
"Stay flat." The queen mother said lightly, just looking at Zhaoyang's reserved and indifferent look, I really can't imagine that a widow like her dared to steal someone behind her back, and even had an affair with someone like Ye Yiqing.
Zhaoyang stood up, looking at the Queen Mother calmly, with a gentle smile on his lips.
The queen mother frowned slightly, feeling that Zhaoyang seemed to be too calm, didn't he feel guilty at all? "Zhaoyang, when did you return to Kyoto?"
"Back to the queen mother, my daughter came back a few days ago. Because I haven't returned to the capital for a long time, many things have not settled down. I thought that I would go to the palace tomorrow to greet you. I don't want to... The queen mother summoned my daughter first." Zhaoyang said respectfully.
"Oh? You came back to Beijing this time to visit your mother and brother? How did Ai's family hear that you didn't go back to the county palace, but lived in another place?" The queen mother raised her eyebrows and asked.
Zhaoyang thought to himself that it really had something to do with the concubine step, it seems that the concubine step really entered the palace today.
"Back to the Empress Dowager, my daughter's return to the capital this time has nothing to do with the County King's Mansion, but there are some things that need to be dealt with back then. Before she got married, the minister had already asked the first emperor for an order. After she got married, she no longer had any relationship with the County King's Mansion. The late Emperor also The decree allowed the minister's daughter." Zhaoyang said in a low voice.
The queen mother seemed a little displeased when she heard this, "Zhaoyang, what you said is wrong. After all, the queen concubine and Chu Yang are your relatives. How can you say that you don't recognize them? You are a newly widowed woman alone. It's not suitable to live outside, let's go back to the county palace."
Zhaoyang raised his eyebrows invisibly, "Empress Dowager, my servant thinks that living in Calabash Lane is already very good."
"What's the matter? Can you have a private meeting with your lover? Zhaoyang, do you still know that you are a widow?"
"Empress Dowager, I don't understand what you mean." Zhao Yang said, it seems that the second concubine really told the Queen Mother everything.
Just as Ye Zhen guessed, the queen mother has a heart for Ye Yiqing, so she definitely hates her and Ye Yiqing's affairs, and today's trip may be difficult.
The queen mother said in a deep voice, "It's okay if you don't understand, although you are married to the prince of Beiming Kingdom, but because you are going to get married for the sake of Jin Kingdom, the Ai family plans to award you a chastity archway, so that you can be married in the future." Jin Guo will always be respected by people."
Chastity archway? Zhaoyang sneered in his heart, thanks to the Empress Dowager who figured it out, "Empress Dowager, the ministers don't want the chastity memorial archway."
"Actually, if you say you want it, you want it, and if you say you don't want it, you don't want it!" The Queen Mother asked angrily, "You don't want the chastity archway, do you still want to marry again in the future? The Ai family tells you that for the face of the royal family, Aijia will never allow a princess who has a widow to remarry."
Zhaoyang's face was slightly cold, "Mrs. Empress Dowager, since ancient times, many princesses have remarried. Why can't I remarry? Besides... I am neither a widow, so how can I be a widow? Your chastity archway should be given to the successor princess of the prince's mansion, but Not for me."
The queen mother couldn't understand Zhaoyang's words, "What did you say? What do you mean?"
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Ye Zhen who was waiting in the side hall didn't take long when she saw Murong Zhan coming from outside, she immediately greeted her, "Your Majesty, hurry up and go to the Palace of Compassion with me, the Queen Mother has called Zhaoyang into the palace, I'm worried about him."
Mo Rongzhan raised his eyebrows, dare she enter the palace for Zhaoyang, didn't she come to find him
"Yaoyao, don't scare yourself. The queen mother knows that Zhaoyang is back, so it's okay to summon her into the palace and say a few words." Mo Rongzhan took her hand and pulled her into his arms, "You think the queen mother Did you know about Zhaoyang and his father-in-law so soon?"
"I think the queen mother already knows." Ye Zhen said, "Princess Ji entered the palace this morning. She has already threatened Zhaoyang before that. Anyway, she must go to the palace of compassion. The queen mother is not doing it for the best. I will take it as paying her respects to the old man."
Mo Rongzhan smiled and said, "I have already issued a decree to allow Zhaoyang to remarry freely, and the decree will be announced to the world soon, how can the Queen Mother make things difficult for Zhaoyang?"
Ye Zhen's face was filled with joy, "Have you made an order?"
"Let's go, since you are so worried, let's go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and you should also go to pay respects to the Queen Mother." Murong Zhan said in a low voice, he still hoped that the Queen Mother and Yaoyao could share the same love as before female.
"Yeah." Ye Zhen was a little nervous, she didn't know if the Queen Mother was still angry with her.
There was a smile in Mo Rongzhan's deep eyes, "If it wasn't for Zhaoyang, you still wouldn't enter the palace."
"I'm not worried." Ye Zhen shot him a look, there's nothing to worry about.
When they came to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, the Empress Dowager was flushed with anger from Zhaoyang, and the atmosphere in the palace seemed a little tense.
"The emperor is here!" The maid's voice sounded.
Shaking Ye, who was standing beside the queen mother, was startled suddenly, raised her head and looked at the queen mother, then hurriedly retreated back with her head lowered.
When Zhaoyang saw this scene, he felt a little puzzled, but he didn't take it to heart.
Murong Zhan and Ye Zhen walked in together.
The moment the queen mother saw her, her face became even more gloomy.
"Mother, Yaoyao heard that you are not in good health recently, so I came to the palace to greet you, and I want to show you by the way." Mo Rongzhan said with a smile, Ye Zhen's medical skills are so good that even the medical officer Qi The whole palace knew about falling in love with her.
Ye Zhen lowered her head and bowed, "My daughter has met the Empress Dowager."
The queen mother sneered, "Today is a coincidence. Ai's family has been ill for a few days and you didn't come to the palace to pay his respects. Today, Ai's family called Zhaoyang into the palace, so you think of Ai's family."
Ye Zhen sighed in her heart, the queen mother really didn't like her very much.
"Mother, why did you call Zhaoyang into the palace suddenly? I still want to tell you about her." Mo Rongzhan sat down with a smile, and before the queen mother could speak, he said, "Zhaoyang used to be It was a last resort to get married. Bei Tangcheng wrote her a letter of reconciliation before he died. She is not a widow of Bei Tang Cheng now, so she doesn't have to be a widow to Bei Tang Cheng. Following the promise of the first emperor, Zhaoyang was allowed to remarry freely."
The Empress Dowager's expression changed suddenly, "Your Majesty, what did you say?"