Chapter 211: Empress Changsun: You're Not a Good Thing Either

Mother... Mother Empress, you—how did you come?

Gao Yang asked cautiously.

"How did I come?" Empress Changsun was truly somewhat angry now, "If I hadn't come, I wouldn't have known you were acting like such a big shot at home."

How?

Did I let Zi An marry the ancestors and bring them back?

Gao Yang buried his head, not daring to speak.

From childhood, she wasn't even afraid of Li Shimin, but she feared the angry Empress Changsun.

Otherwise, how would she have practiced the skill of climbing trees?

It's all because she was forced.

"You... come with me!" Empress Changsun was about to educate her daughter, but seeing the situation, she ultimately didn't scold her on the spot.

Instead, she led Gao Yang toward the main hall.

Gao Yang drooped his head, looking listless.

Today Li Shimin and Empress Changsun were both present, so she was definitely unable to escape.

So, she would have to endure this scolding whether she liked it or not.

"It's all Chen Yan's fault!"

Gao Yang thought silently, then turned and glared fiercely at Chen Yan.

Of course, Chen Yan didn't care at all, cheerfully saying to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, look, I told you so?"

"Sometimes it's not that I won't yield to her, it's that I really can't help it."

"I run myself ragged from morning to night outside, laboring heart and strength for the county's people, and every time I return home I still get argued with by Zhao Tang."

"Once or twice, I certainly wouldn't stoop to arguing with my wife, but you also understand that in our line of work, there are too many worries."

"When I encounter a worrying matter, my own mood is bad too—how can I accommodate Zhao Tang?"

"You say, isn't that reasonable?"

Li Shimin thought about Gao Yang's appearance, then considered Chen Yan's achievements, and found it hard to refute.

Although knowing Chen Yan had suspicion of fanning the flames, his words were somewhat reasonable.

Wearing oneself out day and night outside, then coming home to face the wife's various sarcastic remarks—who could bear it?

Why does Li Shimin himself like Empress Changsun so much?

Most of the time, Empress Changsun doesn't speak, and he basically rarely goes to other concubines.

Besides Empress Changsun's companionship all along, isn't it because she understands his heart best, always considers problems from his perspective, soothes his emotions, and helps him relieve worries?

Someone like Gao Yang would make even a dog shake its head.

Li Shimin remained silent for a while, then finally rebuked: "Zhao Tang is at fault—are you really innocent?"

"Sometimes you need to examine your own issues—have you spent more time accompanying Zhao Tang? Have you tried to understand her as a person?"

"When you encounter a problem you just know how to complain—but what can complaining produce?"

"Can it produce a child?"

"If I were to say, you two are six of one, half a dozen of the other—like a turtle matched with mung beans; nobody should say anything about anyone!"

Chen Yan: "......"

"Your Majesty, saying that—won't your conscience hurt?"

"All right." Li Shimin didn't want to continue discussing this issue; no matter how Gao Yang spoke, as her father, what could he do?

Of course he must speak on behalf of his own daughter!

"You, in the East-West Market, are you going to build the library you mentioned?"

"Yes, that place is where the library will be built." Speaking of business, Chen Yan became a bit more serious.

"Hmm, let's go inside and talk." Li Shimin didn't treat himself as a guest, lifting his leg and heading to the main hall.

As Chen Yan followed up, he patted Xiang Lan, who was still kneeling on the ground, trembling nonstop: "All right, don't kneel—it's got nothing to do with you; what are you afraid of?"

"Hurry up and get up to serve tea."

"Yes... yes, Lord Bo." Xiang Lan immediately relaxed, hurriedly rose to prepare tea.

"......"

Inside the room, Empress Changsun sat at the head, Gao Yang sat on the right side—one speaking, the other listening with head bowed.

Chen Yan then laughed.

How to describe Empress Changsun?

If you say she's good, she truly is good.

She is sufficient to be a model for women.

Both internally and externally, there's nothing to say about it; this can be seen a bit from Chen Yan.

After Chen Yan's mother passed away, Empress Changsun still remembered to care for him wholeheartedly, attending to every aspect.

She also didn't forget him at each birthday banquet.

But there is one point: Empress Changsun is too conservative.

She places etiquette and rules above all, believing how a woman should be is more important than anything else.

And when Chen Yan returned home, Gao Yang lay on the rocking chair, acting like a big shot, saying sarcastic words—undoubtedly touching Empress Changsun's sore spot.

All that can be said is that Gao Yang is unlucky.

Who could have imagined that today Li Shimin and Empress Changsun would suddenly attack, and yet Chen Yan brought them back home?

Upon seeing Chen Yan enter, Gao Yang immediately gave him a death stare.

"Her Majesty, she's glaring at me!"

Chen Yan immediately raised his hand.

Gao Yang was dazed at that moment.

No, you weren't that overbearing before, were you?

Why are you still tattling like a child?

"Zhao Tang!" Empress Changsun glared, "Did you already forget what I just said?"

Gao Yang with difficulty moved his gaze away from Chen Yan, clenched his teeth, as if biting Chen Yan's flesh.

"I didn't......"

"Her Majesty, you can't listen to her nonsense; she just glared at me, she definitely wants to deal with me after you leave." Chen Yan jumped in again.

"Her Majesty, you definitely can't let her off lightly."

"She dares to glare at me today, tomorrow she'll dare to choke me, the day after she'll try to kill me!"

"Once you leave, there'll be no one to back me up."

Gao Yang: "......"

Li Shimin: "......"

Even the well-informed Empress Changsun couldn't help but twitch at the corners of her eyes.

She closed her eyes, helplessly saying, "I should have realized this earlier; in this regard, you're not a good person either."

Chen Yan: "......"

"Pfft~"

Gao Yang couldn't hold back his laughter, burst out laughing, and teased him with a look.

Let you be able!

Let you tattle.

Is it okay now?

Trying to steal a chicken but ending up losing the bait rice!

Serves you right!

Chen Yan felt wronged: "Her Majesty, how am I not a good person?"

"I came as a good child."

"A good child?" Empress Changsun retorted, "Have you ever seen a good child who throws stones into a well when his own wife is being scolded?"

"What? You think the fire isn't hot enough, so you come add more firewood?"

Chen Yan silently cursed his mistake, was about to speak in his defense, but saw Empress Changsun wave her hand and say, "Enough, you don't need to say anything."

"You two should just be however you should be; I don't want to manage this."

"Just remember not to embarrass yourselves outside in the future."

"My only demand is this; you two must remember it for my sake, or else......"

Empress Changsun glanced at the two of them nonchalantly, "You'll wish you hadn't."

Chen Yan opened his mouth, but ultimately didn't dare to retort, turned to Gao Yang and said, "Did you hear that? You'll wish you hadn't."

Gao Yang:?

"Huh, are you deaf?"

"Just now Mother Empress was talking about you two; this 'you two' you mentioned refers to us two."

"I'm suffering; can you be okay?"

Chen Yan: "Hehe, given my understanding of you, you'll definitely try every means to make me suffer, but limited by your wit, you'll ultimately reap what you sow."

"Anyway, in the end it's definitely you who will suffer."

"......"