After Yan Ziqing's figure completely disappeared, a heroic girl wearing a scarlet pomegranate skirt also appeared in Yixin Garden.
Next to the girl, there was only a graceful woman wearing a phoenix skirt and a slightly haggard appearance.
Zhao Lang, who originally looked lazy, immediately stood up upright after seeing the woman, and his unruly expression was as docile as a little sheep.
He took three steps and two steps at a time, then obediently moved forward, and then said to the woman, "Mother, why are you coming out too?"
Queen Min's expression when asked could not help but reveal a bit of sadness.
When Zhao Lang saw her sad expression, he realized that he had said the wrong thing. Empress Min had now been relegated to the cold palace and deposed from the throne. As for the Chen family house she relied on, now everyone except Chen Yanrong, whose whereabouts are unknown, is dead.
Although Emperor Yong did not kill her because of the pain of losing her father and son, he allowed her to leave the palace and live with her until she was old.
But in this world, people are accustomed to worshiping the superior and suppressing the inferior. Now that the predecessor has lost his power, who is willing to come to curry favor with him?
In addition, Queen Min may not be able to let go of the gap from heaven to earth at this time.
It's a pity that he doesn't have the ability of the third brother, let alone the favor of his father. When Queen Min was deposed, although the poison he studied was powerful, it could not solve any problems in the end.
When the news of the death of his third brother came out in the palace, and the news that Queen Min was deposed, all he could think of was to kill the person who issued the decree, and he almost led people to surround Fengchen Palace, if not At that time, Yan Ziqing came out and told him that his third brother was not dead. He might have perished with those people that day.
Fortunately, the third brother is always a trustworthy older brother, and things are not yet at the end of the road.
Third brother will always come back.
When the third brother comes back, will those wallflowers look down upon others? I'm afraid the wind will inevitably swing again.
Thinking of this, Zhao Lang immediately slapped himself and whispered, "Look at my bad mouth. I really don't want to open any pot."
Although Queen Min had some selfish motives when she rescued Zhao Lang from Zhao Lang's biological mother, she had raised the child by her side for so many years, and she really cared for the child as much as a little boy.
Therefore, she immediately took Zhao Lang's hand and said, "Lang'er! I'm fine. You don't have to worry too much. If I really cared about these false reputations, I would have been able to survive the month I was imprisoned in the cold palace." But let’s go. I just miss Zhen’er and Qiu Wan.”
After saying this, Queen Min sighed.
Although Zhao Lang couldn't bear to see Queen Min so worried, he also remembered that Yan Ziqing had told him long ago that he was not allowed to reveal the news about his third brother to anyone.
Therefore, he could only say with a sincere face, "Don't you still have me, Queen Mother? If anything happens to Queen Mother in the future, just tell me. When I open the mansion, I will take Queen Mother to live in my courtyard for a while."
Queen Min knew that Zhao Lang was trying to make her happy, and she also knew that it was probably impossible for her to go to the place where Zhao Lang opened his mansion.
After all, she was able to live in Prince Jin's Mansion for the sake of her son and daughter-in-law.
But in fact, as long as Emperor Yong does not die, she may not be able to wait until the ban on herself is lifted.
Now she is just transferred from the palace to Prince Jin's Mansion to continue her confinement.
However, this person has been acting all his life. Zhao Lang wants to relieve himself, but he doesn't want to let others worry anymore.
Empress Min only said, "Okay, with your words, the queen mother will feel at ease."
"Mother, it's quite cold outside, why don't we go to the inner room?" Zhao Lang then held Queen Min's hand and said.
Queen Min glanced at the view of the residual lotus lake outside and said, "I'm going to come out to get some air. If you feel cold, just go back to the inner room and stay there."
Zhao Lang was not willing to leave at this time. He only said, "I still want to spend more time with my mother."
Queen Min looked at Zhao Lang helplessly and smiled softly, "You are so old, why are you still so coquettish. Lang'er, I am no longer the queen, you don't need to call me queen mother anymore."
Zhao Lang heard this and said anxiously, "But in Lang'er, the queen is the queen. I don't want to call any other woman except you."
After hearing this, Queen Min rarely had a straight face. Although this
Months of practice have made her no longer so aggressive.
But there were some things she had to remind Zhao Lang.
After all, she had already lost a son, and she didn't want to lose another son over this.
"Zhao Lang! You can just say this in front of me and your cousin. If it is in front of others, don't even mention it. Your Majesty... If he canonizes the new concubine as his queen in the future, you should call him mother. Yell. But you can't be willful. Now that your third brother and I are gone in this palace, if you get into trouble, no one will take care of you anymore. "
Hearing Queen Min admonishing him so seriously, Zhao Lang only nodded slightly. At this moment, he only secretly told himself in his heart that before the third brother came back, he was the only one left with the queen, and he must protect the queen.
After all, when he was almost strangled to death by his biological mother, it was Queen Min who brought him out of the sea of suffering, and it was Queen Min who made him experience the maternal love that a child should have.
He ate the most delicious food in the world and wore the warmest clothes.
Although the mother is strict, she is not harsh. Although the third brother is weak, he is very gentle.
He is really too greedy for this warmth.
"Queen Mother, Lang'er knows everything, but if Lang'er doesn't call you Queen Mother, then what should I call you?" Zhao Lang looked at Queen Min innocently with his cat eyes open.
Zhao Lang's face already looked childish. At this moment, he opened his eyes wide. In Queen Min's eyes, it seemed that the child was still at the age of her knees. She couldn't help but rub Zhao Lang's head and said "Instead of calling me Queen, you can also call me Mother like ordinary people."
After hearing this, Zhao Lang immediately called his mother.
Queen Min only responded.
Chen Changnian, who was standing aside, looked at the loving scene of mother and son, and felt that he was the most unnecessary one among them.
So she just said immediately, "Aunt, since my cousin is here, I'll sneak away first. It just so happens that I also go to accompany Gillian. She is guarding the empty room by herself, I think she is very lonely."
Hearing Chen Hongnian's words, the mother and son were speechless at Chen Hongnian's words.
"Bian'er, I'm not talking about you. How often have you seen guests going to the bridal chamber? Aren't you breaking the rules?" Empress Min Chen Zhiwei couldn't help scolding her.
However, although Zhao Lang on the side was very speechless about Chen Hongnian's choice of words and sentences, he had no objection to Chen Hongnian's proposal.
Especially when someone dared to climb into Jiang Nianjiao's bed just now, just trying to ruin her reputation as Princess Jin.
If such a scandal really happened on the wedding night, it would not only be the Jiang family and Jiang Nianjiao who would be disgraced, but also his third brother's face.
So if Chen Changnian is with him now, maybe he can have more safety guarantees.
Therefore, he immediately helped Chen Changnian and said, "Mother, I think my cousin's suggestion is good. Anyway, they are both girls and are not afraid of gossip, and the third sister-in-law is also passionate about the third brother. Today she is afraid and feels very uncomfortable. It just so happens that, My cousin has a good relationship with my third sister-in-law, and if my cousin can help with some persuasion, she will feel better."
Empress Min felt that what Zhao Lang said was somewhat reasonable, so she did not refute it. She just said, "In that case, go and persuade her, but you can't stay in the bridal chamber for too long."
Chen Yannian just said impatiently, "I know, I know."
After saying this, she happily walked towards the bridal chamber.
It’s just that it’s obviously weird along the way. Logically speaking, the outer courtyard is crowded with guests. In order to prevent guests from the outer courtyard from breaking into the inner courtyard, it stands to reason that the inner courtyard should be more heavily guarded today.
However, the further you go in, the fewer the guards are. Even if you encounter guards occasionally, the discipline of those guards is very loose. They gather together in twos and threes to drink wine and play cards, which is more chic than the guests outside. Moreover, from Chen Hongnian From the moment she entered this place, she felt like she was entering a deserted place, without being stopped by anyone.
When we arrived at the bridal chamber, it was even more outrageous. Not even a single guard was seen in the entire corridor.
As soon as he saw this situation, Chen Changnian felt extremely angry.
These people clearly didn't take their master seriously, and maybe they thought that he was a weak female who was easy to bully.
Therefore, Chen Changnian was about to step into the bridal chamber, but when she thought of herself
Seeing what he saw, he angrily rushed in front of those people. Those people were still playing cards at the moment. When they saw Chen Hongnian approaching, they didn't even bother to give Chen Hongnian a look.
Chen Yannian immediately slapped the floor covered with leaf cards hard.
The leaf cards that were played then became chaotic, and her movement finally attracted all those people to turn their attention to her.
One of them was dissatisfied with Chen Yannian's disruption and said, "Who are you?"
Chen Yannian also said angrily, "I am your uncle! You bastards, don't you know what day it is? There are so many guests outside! How dare you neglect your duties here? If people like you were in the military camp, you would definitely call me Brother, let’s finish it off by beating him to death in front of all the troops!”
Facing Chen Changnian's rebuke, this group of people didn't know whether it was the first time they saw such a tough woman, or they heard that the other party's eldest brother was from the military camp, so they didn't dare to offend her.
After she started scolding, the person just now didn't dare to talk back, and a group of people hurriedly started to pack up the wine jars and leaf cards.
"Auntie, aren't we just taking a break and relaxing? We have been on duty all day, and we don't even have a shift." Another servant quickly begged Chen Changnian for mercy.
Chen Yannian was always easy to talk to, but now that they didn't continue to talk back, he stopped preaching. ..
However, when she was about to leave at the end, she still said to those people, "Today will be a bit harder, but Princess Jin is always a mistress with clear rewards and punishments. If you do a good job, she will never treat you badly. But you have to continue like this." Don't talk about her being lazy, even I won't agree."
