Chapter 187: Volume 1, Chapter 187: That Woman with the Little Daughter's Demeanor, Is It Really

Yun Yongyuan's face sank when he heard Yun Qiyue ask about the Empress Dowager.

The things that happened on the street hadn't reached the General's Mansion yet, so Yun Yongyuan didn't know about the Empress Dowager finding Yun Qiyue on the street, but he did know the news that the Empress Dowager had returned.

So, Yun Yongyuan looked at Yun Qiyue with a calm face, "Why do you ask this?"

Yun Yongyuan thought, could it be that something he didn't know happened in the three years he wasn't here, which was why Qiyue suddenly asked about the Empress Dowager?

Yun Qiyue then told him about what happened on the street today.

Until now, she still felt it was too unusual.

Upon hearing this, Yun Yongyuan's eyes were deep, and then he looked at Yun Qiyue with a solemn face, "The Empress Dowager is not simple; Qiyue, you must not trust her easily."

The Empress Dowager in her youth was indeed not simple; otherwise, she wouldn't have climbed to the position of Empress Dowager from a small concubine.

The Empress Dowager later... Yun Yongyuan's eyes darkened.

Originally, at the beginning, he did indeed think the Empress Dowager was grateful, because Wan'er was very good to Qiyue, and he didn't have so many precautions in his heart.

But, the three years he left, the Empress Dowager never took care of Qiyue, and after he left the capital, the Empress Dowager went to worship Buddha, and she hadn't returned for three years either.

Heh, even if she went to worship Buddha, that wasn't very far from the capital; couldn't she have helped take care of her?

It wasn't that she couldn't, but that she had no heart.

Since she had no heart, then the so-called good back then must have been done for them to see, and it couldn't be taken seriously at all.

The Empress Dowager, from the beginning, shouldn't have had her guard let down.

Upon hearing this, Yun Qiyue also knew the answer, so she nodded, "Good, Grandfather, I know."

Yun Qiyue didn't stay long and said goodbye to the Old Marquis before returning to her room.

After returning to her room, Yun Qiyue finally took off the mask.

The mask was very comfortable to wear; sometimes she even forgot she was wearing a mask.

And until now, she didn't know what the mask looked like.

However, when she took it off to look, Yun Qiyue was stunned.

The purple mandala flower on the mask was very conspicuous; no wonder she was so eye-catching after getting off the carriage, especially in the medical hall, where people always looked at her face.

A mask of the same style as the Regent's, how could it not be eye-catching?

Imperial Uncle, she...

Thinking of what Ye Lanjue said and did today, Yun Qiyue was somewhat ashamed and angry, but also somewhat...

Yun Qiyue looked up and happened to see herself in the mirror, stunned again.

That woman with the little daughter's demeanor, was it really her?

Touching her face in the mirror, Yun Qiyue was somewhat lost in thought.

And at this time, the Imperial Palace.

Since returning to the palace, the Empress Dowager had been throwing a big temper.

The entire Xianghe Palace was not peaceful, and the palace people didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

When Donglin Emperor Xuanyuan Kun and Crown Prince Xuanyuan Qi arrived, what met their eyes was a mess.

Seeing Xuanyuan Kun and Xuanyuan Qi, Qi Taihou felt anger rising, glaring at the two with raging fire in her eyes.

Crown Prince Xuanyuan Qi saw the Empress Dowager like this, his neck shrank, and Xuanyuan Kun also had a trace of fear in his eyes, but he was the Emperor after all and didn't show it.

"You all withdraw; this Dowager has words for the Emperor and the Crown Prince." The Empress Dowager said coldly.

The palace people were like they had received amnesty and immediately withdrew.

Only the three were left in the room, and Qi Taihou looked directly at Xuanyuan Qi with sharp eyes, "Kneel."

"Imperial Grandmother..." Xuanyuan Qi wanted to say something, but under the Empress Dowager's gaze, he still shrank and knelt down directly.

There were fragments on the ground, and even though he knelt somewhat carefully, he still felt his knees were very painful, but after kneeling, the Empress Dowager didn't say he could stand up, so Xuanyuan Qi didn't dare to stand up either.

And the Emperor's expression also had a few points of awkwardness, hurriedly asking, "Mother, what's wrong with you? Why such a big temper just after returning to the palace?"

In fact, Xuanyuan Kun had heard about what happened outside the palace.

However, Xuanyuan Kun didn't care in his heart.

A minister's daughter, or a minister's daughter who was foolish before and ugly now, what was there to care about?

The engagement was canceled, so what was the big deal?

In short, Xuanyuan Kun didn't care.

He even felt the Empress Dowager was making too much of a fuss.

However, it would have been fine if Xuanyuan Kun didn't speak, but as soon as he spoke, the Empress Dowager was even angrier.

"Bang—" with a sound, the Empress Dowager slapped the table; this sound showed how much force she used and how painful it was.

However, the Empress Dowager didn't change her expression, which showed that at this very moment, she was truly angry.

Angry to the extreme.

"Emperor, do you know what you have done?" Qi Taihou questioned angrily.

Xuanyuan Kun only felt his scalp tingling, but said, "It's not a big deal; could it be that I, the dignified Emperor of a country, can't even make the decision for a minister's daughter's marriage?"

As soon as Xuanyuan Kun said this sentence, the Empress Dowager felt even angrier.

However, she laughed out of extreme anger.

The Empress Dowager sneered a few times, and then, her eyes, which were somewhat red from anger, were now staring tightly at Xuanyuan Kun, "Yes, you are the Emperor of a country, and because you are the Emperor of a country, you don't have to put me, this mother, in your eyes, right?"

Xuanyuan Kun hurriedly said, "I don't mean that."

No matter what, he couldn't not put the Empress Dowager in his eyes.

After all, the Empress Dowager was his biological mother, and he, this Emperor, was also fought for by the Empress Dowager.

Qi Taihou sneered upon hearing this.

"Not that meaning? If it's not that meaning, why not listen to this Dowager? Why cancel the engagement between the Crown Prince and Yun Qiyue? When this Dowager left, didn't I tell you that no matter what, the engagement couldn't be canceled? Have you forgotten this Dowager's words?"

A long string of words made Qi Taihou's face gloomy, but she was also much calmer.

This time, before the Emperor could speak, Xuanyuan Qi spoke.

"Imperial Grandmother, grandson doesn't understand; what is good about that Yun Qiyue that makes Imperial Grandmother look at her so highly, that I must marry her?"

Yes, Crown Prince Xuanyuan Qi didn't understand.

He hadn't understood since he was a child.

He didn't know how many times his older and younger brothers had mocked him for having such a foolish fiancée.

A dignified Crown Prince, yet only able to have a foolish fiancée; he didn't know how many years he had been mocked.

Now that the engagement was canceled, what was wrong with it, that it made Imperial Grandmother have such a big temper?

Qi Taihou looked at Crown Prince Xuanyuan Qi with eyes like a hawk.

"Do you feel this Dowager is biased, why she must force her to become your fiancée?" The Empress Dowager's tone turned a bit colder.

Xuanyuan Qi, under the Empress Dowager's gaze, although afraid, still nodded.

"Yes, grandson has never understood."

Qi Taihou's gaze landed on Xuanyuan Kun, "Does the Emperor also not understand?"

Xuanyuan Kun felt somewhat guilty under Qi Taihou's gaze, but he truly didn't understand, so he nodded.

Qi Taihou sneered, "This Dowager has schemed for so many years, just for Yun Qiyue to become the daughter-in-law of the royal family, yet you two... forget it, today this Dowager will tell you the reason..." ===== CHAPTER 188 =====