As soon as the carriage arrived, Meng Zihan said nothing, ignored me, and jumped out with a sullen face.
I squatted blankly outside the sedan chair, looking at the high steps. He was blaming me and sulking.
"Your Majesty, my servant will help you come down." The eunuch accompanying me quickly handed it over the short steps, put it down, and helped me down.
I followed Meng Zihan silently. He walked faster and faster. Finally, I almost started running and followed him through the imperial garden in the middle.
"Your Majesty, you're back?!" Wen Ruoyu suddenly appeared out of nowhere. When she saw Meng Zihan, she immediately stuck to him like marshmallows.
"Yeah." Meng Zihan finally stopped and groaned without looking back.
Xi'er and I were still following behind. I glanced at Wen Ruoyu lightly. She was so fast. In just a short time, she had changed into goose-yellow clothes, and her tied up hair was hanging down. She must be full of energy.
She was dressed up carefully.
"Sister, are you here too?" Only then did Wen Ruoyu notice me behind Meng Zihan. His expression froze for a moment, and then he smiled hypocritically.
"Yeah." I nodded and looked at Meng Zihan in front of me.
"Your Majesty, where are you going? Are you going to my concubine tonight?" Wen Ruoyu actually flattered everyone in front of everyone, and her slender snowy arm slowly climbed up Meng Zihan's arm.
"Yeah." Meng Zihan hesitated for a while, and then strode towards Xiyue Palace.
"Xi'er, let's go back." I looked at his retreating back and deliberately shouted loudly, without looking back, and walked angrily in the other direction.
It seemed that he was really angered. He actually made me unable to get off the stage in front of so many eunuchs and maids.
As the saying goes: A big tree attracts the wind. What he did today will undoubtedly indirectly cause my status to plummet. In less than a night, this news will spread like wildfire, and the entire palace will know how unbearable the queen who was favored in the past is today.
"Miss, you have been idle all night, so you should go to bed early." Xi'er brought in a basin of hot water, handed over the soaked handkerchief with concern, and looked at me worriedly.
I put the handkerchief on my face, took a deep breath, threw it into the copper basin, and said with a smile: "I know, you are almost an old woman, and you chatter all day long."
The night is still so quiet, the moonlight shines lazily through the window paper, casting patches of light in the dark room, cold and lonely.
I turned sideways and stared blankly at the shadow under the table. Meng Zihan's uncertain face appeared in my mind, sometimes sad, sometimes angry, sometimes tender, sometimes as cold as frost...
What on earth is he thinking? Why can’t I see through him even though I’ve known him for a year?! After all, he still doesn’t understand me.
He is always the greatest in the world, and he dominates the world, making him despise everything. He ignores the self-esteem of others, just to satisfy his own selfish desires. He is irritable, furious, and even extremely vicious.
He is a dangerous man. His powerful position makes him have no scruples. He thinks that everyone in the world should surrender at his feet and shout "Long live."
How should I get along with him? Alas...if he was not the king of a country, if he did not have the power and majesty to be superior to others, would he still be like this?
Love is like raindrops, hard to break
The more I think about it, the more confusing it becomes
I no longer want to be obsessed with you
I have my dignity and don’t want to get hurt again
Helpless, my heart is indistinguishable, always on the edge of love and pain
I don't want to struggle anymore, I just wait slowly until the end of time.
When I woke up, the face in the mirror looked quite haggard, and there were two faint black circles under the eyes, just like my mood, which was calm and depressed.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor is here." Chunxiang reminded me in a low voice while she served me something to eat.
"Where is Xi'er?" I paused and suddenly realized that Chunxiang had been serving me all morning.
"She is in the main hall, and the emperor is asking her something." Chunxiang inserted a golden hairpin for me and said casually.
I was startled, since when did he start to frown at me as soon as he came? That handsome face no longer gave me the courage to provoke him, and I even felt vaguely afraid in my heart.
I was afraid of disobeying him because I knew that my status was not as good as before.
At the peak moment, I simply chose to remain silent. His power frightened me, and his uncertainty frightened me even more.
"I'm here to see you, Your Majesty." I bent down slightly, winked at Xi'er, and motioned for her to get down.
Meng Zihan glanced at me indifferently, strangely, as if I was just a woman who had little interest in him.
"The Queen Mother is hosting a banquet tonight, and she will announce Ruojun's marriage then." A calm, calm voice. Those sinister eyes were staring at me.
"Really?" I smiled, and my heart suddenly trembled. As expected of an emperor, he beheaded first and then reported. I'm afraid even Shichen himself was kept in the dark at this time.
Meng Zihan snorted and slowly walked down from the top. With a hint of ridicule in his eyes, he asked: "I know very well what you are thinking. However, I will not let you succeed."
"Then, may I ask Your Majesty, what is this concubine thinking in her mind?!" I was still very calm, so calm that I almost didn't look like myself anymore. My eyes were half-squinted.
"Queen, I advise you not to be arrogant. I know you don't care about the queen's position, but you should always care about the dozens of lives in your family, right? If your matter is settled like this, I will let them get married as soon as possible.
You'd better be self-aware and don't try to cause damage!" Mencius looked at me coldly, his tone was like warning an enemy.
"Haha... It turns out that in the eyes of the emperor, I am just such a woman?! I like to play tricks, be petty, and love to cause destruction?! Very good, let's go. I have remembered everything you said." I didn't even look at it.
He felt a sense of desolation or sadness in his heart.
Meng Zihan was stunned, his face tightened, his lips pursed tightly, and finally, he snorted hard and walked away.
"Miss, have you made the emperor angry again?!" Seeing Meng Zihan walking away, Xi'er hurriedly walked in and looked at me worriedly.
I let out a long sigh and closed my eyes heavily. The tears I had been holding back for a long time finally fell down my cheeks, and my heart gradually became numb...
The palace was a fiery red at night, with red lanterns hanging high. I could see through the pain of so many beauties and the glitz of the world.
"Miss, come here, put on this festive dress. I remember that the emperor likes you to wear this dress the most." Xi'er had a bright red satin dress with water sleeves in her hand, which looked particularly dazzling to my eyes.
"Change another one. I am who I am, and there is no need to please him. Furthermore, if he is a person who only cares about appearance, then no matter how I dress up, I am still not half as good as Ruo Fei." I glanced at the gorgeous clothes and looked at them.
I already have no intention of it, so why should I deliberately care about it!
"But..." Xi'er looked at me in the mirror in embarrassment, holding the clothes and not knowing what to say.
This girl is sometimes more stubborn than me. I really can't do anything with her...
"I'll wear this one." I deliberately pulled out a green dress, which was elegant and unobtrusive.
"Miss, you are going to make the emperor unhappy again!" Xi'er opened her eyes wide in surprise and couldn't believe it.
"Do whatever you want. I don't have much status anymore. If I still force myself, I might as well die." I said lightly, and already put on the clothes.
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"Miss, let's go. The Queen Mother will talk to you later." Xi'er is not stupid, she understands that the Queen Mother is too dissatisfied with me.
Unexpectedly, Meng Zihan and Wen Ruoyu had already sat down, leaving me the only empty seat on the entire table. Seeing that I was late, the others looked at me with wide eyes.
"Queen, you're so early." Before the Queen Mother could speak, Meng Zihan stared at me with a pair of angry eyes.
Without saying a word, I sat straight next to him and silently glanced at everyone present.
Is Ji Chen there too? I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was facing me directly, sitting next to Ruojun. Does this mean that the royal family has invisiblely included him in this group?!
"Sister Yan'er, I haven't seen you for a long time." Ruojun looked at me with a smile, with a hint of shyness. It was obvious that she was in a very good mood.
"Yeah, are you okay?!" I picked up a piece of green vegetables and put it in the bowl, deliberately ignoring Fan Chen's fiery gaze.
Then I looked at Meng Zihan next to me. His face was colder than ice, and his eyes were wandering between me and Yan Chen intentionally or unintentionally.