The night was deep and Yan'er was asleep. Her little hands were tightly holding the corners of Mu Yunhan's clothes. As long as she moved a little bit, he would groan.
Mu Yunhan could only let him hold her patiently. The weather was hot, so she took a cattail leaf fan and gently moved it. The cool breeze blew away the heat and made people feel a little refreshed.
Empress Dowager Shen was lying on a chair nearby, with a white cloth wrapped around her head, her eyes swollen from crying: "Let's go, take Yan'er with you..."
She cried and said: "I know what you are capable of. As long as you want to leave, you can always leave. If you stay, it will become more and more dangerous."
Mu Yunhan said gently: "The city gate is closed, and you can't go anywhere for the time being. Even if I leave, the Priest Palace, the Gu family, the Mu family, and many people, they can't go anywhere."
Before, she relied on the people's will and the will to contain King Shou.
But after everyone's face-off this morning, King Shou completely ignored his face and suppressed everyone with force. The previous strategy was useless.
The gold medal that would kill anyone who sneaks into the Priest's Palace unless the emperor comes in person is useless now.
King Shou had military power and could order an attack on the Priest's Palace.
He probably doesn't care much about the safety of Princess Shou. The reason why this delicate balance has not been broken yet is because he can't spare his hands for the time being.
It can be said that the current peace of the Priest's Palace is because Mu Yunhan is in the palace. Once she leaves, the Priest's Palace will be razed to the ground.
Empress Dowager Shen covered her face with her hands and choked with sobs: "God is going to destroy our Zhao country. It's my fault that I didn't teach Xing'er well in his early years. If he had been more resolute, he wouldn't have fallen to this point."
"Then you can't blame the Queen Mother! The imperial brother was born as the eldest son. He was favored by countless people, but he was suddenly thrown into Qi State and suffered one after another. It's normal for his temperament to become weak because he couldn't bear it!"
King Shou strode in without being informed, smiled politely, and slowly swept his eyes over the faces of Mu Yunhan, Queen Mother Shen, and Yan'er.
"You are so presumptuous! This is the harem, and I am your aunt, how could you break in without notification?" Empress Dowager Shen shouted sternly.
Prince Shou curled his lips, sat down by the couch, put his hand on Yan'er's head and stroked it tenderly, and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother is really good at making people laugh. How long have you been, and you still talk about these false etiquettes?"
"I have come here for two things. One is that Yan'er has been following you for too long and it's time to go back.
The reason why the emperor's brother has a weak temperament and is hesitant is precisely because he has been good at women's hands for a long time and has changed his temperament. Yan'er cannot make the same mistake again.
Secondly, the queen mother must give some instructions on how to deal with Zou’s sinners, otherwise I will order people to strip her of her clothes and throw her into a graveyard to feed the wolves!"
He deeply hated Empress Zou for playing tricks on him before she died, and wished to make her as miserable as possible.
Queen Mother Shen's heart was like a knife. She finally put Yan'er in front of her eyes and looked at her. She felt relieved for a moment. King Shou took Yan'er away, but she couldn't sleep or eat well.
She couldn't say anything, so she could only ignore Queen Zou and said: "What do you want?"
Mu Yunhan said: "What the Queen Mother means is that one of the two things can always fulfill the prince's wish. It depends on which thing you want to realize most."
"The dead must make way for the living. I want the Queen Mother to issue an order to convict the Zou family's sinners and demote them to common people. Kill the six clans, whip their corpses, expose their crimes, tell the world, and rectify my name!"