Chao Ci knew that he would never do what Chao Hua said because he didn't even know whether Lou Chen was alive or dead.

But since Chaohua dared to say this and led the imperial army to search his palace - how could the imperial army dare to search the queen's palace without Lou Yue's permission - then Chaohua must have something to rely on.

Sure enough, they found a stack of letters.

Hidden behind the paintings hanging in the study.

Chao Ci didn't read the letters, he just glanced at his sister.

His sister, whom he had loved for more than ten years, had only pride and pleasure in her expression, and then there were large patches of stained dirt.

Chao Ci closed his eyes.

He has a good heart, but he is not a fool who cares about food and not fights.

Time and time again... How could he be sorry for Chaohua, so she hated him so much.

That’s all.

Chao Ci opened his eyes and looked at Lou Yue again.

Even if he didn't read those letters, he still understood that Chaohua must have come prepared this time, and at this time, it was just a matter of whether Lou was willing to trust him.

Are you willing to trust him?

——If it was Lou Yue in the previous life...

"Your Majesty, please take a look." The leader of the Forbidden Army raised the believers over his head and presented them to Lou Yue.

Lou Yue unfolded the letter.

Every time he read a line, his expression became darker, and Chao Ci's heart became colder.

After Lou Yue finished reading the letter, he threw it down in front of Chao Ci.

Chao Ci didn't look at it, but out of the corner of his eye he saw the writing on it.

Exactly the same as myself.

——If it was Lou Yue who joined hands with him.

"Chao Ci, what else do you have to say?" Lou Yue walked up to Chao Ci and looked at him condescendingly.

Chao Ci knelt down and could only see the hem of his heavy black clothes: "I don't recognize you."

"The evidence is solid, what's the excuse?" The man's voice was cold and unfamiliar.

"Just relying on a few letters is too childish." Chao Ci knelt on the ground and looked at the ground.

——If it were Lou Yue who loved, protected, and valued him.

Chao Hua said proudly: "I had known that my brother would be so lucky. Bi Luo, please tell me again what you confessed to me before."

Bi Luo is one of the two maids beside him.

His confidant.

"Yes." Bi Luo stood up. She didn't dare to look at the speech. She just knelt in front of Lou Yue and said word by word those unnecessary crimes she wanted to inflict.

Finally, she kowtowed heavily to Lou Yue: "Master insists on this, and I can't interfere, but I can't sleep day and night. I know that I have sinned deeply, and I just ask not to implicate my family."

"Chao Ci, can you plead guilty?" The man said every word, as if he was knocking on Chao Ci's heart.

"deny."

——That Lou Yue will definitely...

"The queen is detained in Qionghua Palace. She is not allowed to take a step without Gu's permission."

Qionghua Palace is the cold palace.

——After all, it’s not him.

Chao Ci closed his eyes and burst into tears upon hearing the sound.

…………

Life in the cold palace is indeed not that easy.

Naturally, the dozens of maids and eunuchs from Linhua Palace could not come, and only Bi Fei insisted on following the speech.

When he arrived in the cold palace, Chao Ci was still accused of treason, and the treatment he received from the former queen was even worse.

It's just that Chao Ci still holds the title of empress after all, and Lou Yue has not yet been deposed as empress, so those people should not go too far.

Food and clothing are not considered bad.

If you can get by, you can get by.

Chao Ci sat at the desk with a blank piece of paper in front of him.

He picked up the pen but didn't know what to do.

Finally, he didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly he started to write.

Half an hour later, he put down his pen and looked at the painting again, but he was shocked.

That was Lou Yue who had passed his forties.

God favors this man. Even in his forties, he never looks old.

There are just a few fine lines at the corners of his eyes, but he is still majestic and handsome.

Chao Ci put the painting aside.

Dip the pen in ink and start drawing again.

The way he looked when he was just a year old, the way he looked when he was still young, the way he looked when he was over half a hundred years old... and the way he looked with gray hair.

Chao Ci lived to be eighty-three years old, and Lou Yue was also eighty-five at that time.

No matter how favored by God, he still looks old and gray-haired.

His face was full of wrinkles and ravines.

But this is his lover.

She is the lover he loves more than life.

…………

Chao Ci was thrown into the cold palace, but the Chao family was in turmoil after receiving the news.

Prime Minister Chao and Ruan went to see Chao Hua overnight.

"Ci'er is your brother. He loves you a lot. Don't you know how he behaves? How could he have an affair with the former prince!" Chao Mingzhi looked at Chaohua sadly.

"Knowing people but not their hearts, what does he think, how do I know?" Chao Hua sat high and asked with raised eyebrows.

Chao Mingzhi looked at his only daughter. Her mother was also his only concubine besides Ruan.

Although she was a concubine, as his only daughter, he always loved her as his legitimate daughter.

Her aunt was the daughter of a merchant and was short-sighted. Chao Mingzhi was unwilling to leave Chaohua to her aunt to educate her. However, Chaohua had been extremely close to her aunt since she was a child and would quarrel once she left. Chao Mingzhi could not help it.

, she could only be given to her aunt to raise.

After so many years, he knew that she would inevitably develop some short-sightedness, but he didn't expect... that it would change her roots.

Framing his brother, he was charged with treason all his life.

How dare she!

Chao Mingzhi was disappointed and heartbroken.

"Since you are stubborn, I won't force you."

"Tomorrow when I go to court, I will explain everything to Your Majesty. The court family and Ci'er will both prosper and suffer."

"Your Majesty, take care of yourself."

Chao Chao Mingzhi bowed deeply to Chao Hua, turned around and left with Ruan.

…

Chaohua almost crushed the armor in his hand.

There is no difference between her and her legitimate daughter.

In fact, Chao Mingzhi didn't even come to see her a few times in her last life in the poor and remote village of Zhuangzi.

Let her stay there and live like a pariah.

Now that Chao Ci was in trouble, he would drag the entire Chao family with him to fight for Chao Ci.

What kind of!

Full of lies!

Of course she couldn't let Chao Ci turn around like this.

Chaojia......

It's not her home either.
To be continued...