Chapter 8: Dou Taizhu

A room full of palace maids looked at the messy scene in front of them and were all stunned. It was Fuqu who reacted first: "What are you still stunned for? Hurry up and help the Empress and His Majesty up."

Only then did several palace maids rush forward in a panic, lifting the Emperor and Empress together and placing them neatly on the bed.

"Sister Fuqu, what should we do now? Little Mistress and His Majesty... are they okay?" A timid palace maid pulled Fuqu's sleeve, her voice carrying a cry: "Will we be punished?"

"Go and summon the imperial physician." Fuqu was worthy of being the head maid beside Ajiao, and she could still remain calm in such a situation.

"Nuo."

The imperial physician was dragged over in the middle of the night to take the pulse of the Emperor and Empress, and found that there was nothing serious with them, and they might wake up when the time came. But the serving palace maids didn't dare to be negligent, guarding the bedchamber all night, only hoping that the Emperor and Empress would wake up early.

When Ajiao woke up, she only felt that her head hurt a bit. Thinking of what happened before she fainted, she attributed everything to Liu Che's fault.

She barely opened her eyes, but unexpectedly found that there was a very beautiful beauty lying beside her, who looked a bit familiar. The beauty's face was gorgeous, and there were some red marks on her neck, which was quite charming.

Ajiao felt suspicious in her heart, but heard Fuqu's voice from behind: "Your Majesty, you are awake!"

Ajiao rubbed her head that was hurt from the bump and turned to look, only to see many palace maids standing in the bedchamber, the leader being her personal maid Fuqu. She barely supported her body and just opened her mouth: "Fuqu, I..."

Wait!

My voice?!

Ajiao covered her mouth in horror, her expression even more terrified. How did her voice just now become a man's, and so like that scoundrel Liu Che's?

She raised her hand to touch her face; the bone structure was not her own face.

What is going on?

Fuqu looked at the emperor in front of her cautiously: "Your Majesty, are... are you okay?" Why did you suddenly make such a strange movement?

Ajiao calmed down quickly and looked at the person who was still unconscious beside her, her mood extremely complicated for a time. If she hadn't guessed wrong, this beauty should be herself.

The bronze mirror usually used wasn't clear, and she could only vaguely see her appearance. Now, looking at herself from Liu Che's perspective, the once blurry features became exceptionally clear. Ajiao felt that she was really good-looking.

No, she thought wrong. The point now should be why she had become Liu Che?!

Liu Che also woke up dizzy. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a man staring at him with burning eyes. His expression tightened, and he almost reflexively reached out, grabbed the man's neck, turned over and pressed the man under him, his voice carrying killing intent: "Who are you?"

As soon as the voice came out, Liu Che was stunned. His voice...

Ajiao was stunned by this series of movements, and now her neck was being choked, her breathing was not smooth: "Cough, cough, Liu Che... you bastard, let me go."

Liu Che let go and sat on the side full of suspicion: "Ajiao?"

Ajiao struggled out of his devil's claws, covered her neck and coughed twice more, before saying angrily: "Are you planning to choke yourself to death?"

At this time, Liu Che had already calmed down. He even heard that the voice of the man in front of him was his own, and the voice he made was Ajiao's.

Thinking this way, Liu Che looked down at the clothes on his body; it was indeed the undergarments Ajiao had worn before. He thought for a while, reached out and touched his chest, and then he was dumbfounded to find that he had become a woman!

Ajiao witnessed Liu Che's movements toward her body, and suddenly became angry. She raised her hand and slapped his hand away, glaring at him and saying: "What are you touching?"

Liu Che gasped, reflexively covering the back of his hand: "I..." He looked up

at the vivid expression on his face, and for a moment he felt it was funny.

"Why would we become like this?" Liu Che asked.

Ajiao was also puzzled: "How would I know why?"

Carefully recalling what happened before they swapped bodies, Liu Che reached out and stroked his forehead, a strange look appearing in his beautiful phoenix eyes. Then, while Ajiao wasn't paying attention, he held Ajiao's shoulders with both hands, and then raised his head and bumped into her.

Ajiao gasped in pain from the bump, covered her forehead and scolded angrily: "Liu Che, are you sick?"

Liu Che: "..."

He also covered his head, frowning and looking a bit innocent: "I thought this would change it back."

Ajiao was facing her own face, and she couldn't vent her temper anymore, so she could only rub her forehead that was hurt from the bump and sulk.

Liu Che still wanted to say something, but didn't want Fuqu to knock on the door outside: "Your Majesty, Little Mistress, Dou Taizhu is here and wants to see the Little Mistress."

Ajiao subconsciously said: "Mother is back from Tangyi?"

Liu Che's expression was gloomy: "We cannot let Aunt know that we have swapped bodies!"

Ajiao looked up at the gloomy expression on her own face, slightly stunned.

Liu Che's expression was gloomy: "We cannot let Aunt know that we have swapped bodies!"

Ajiao looked up at the gloomy expression on her own face, slightly stunned.

Liu Li slept until dawn in her room, not at all disturbed by the incident in the Jiaofang Hall in the middle of the night.

Because she slept early, she woke up early. There was no one in the bedchamber, so she put on her shoes and went out, her wooden clogs tapping as she walked out of the room.

The morning air was exceptionally fresh. Liu Li took a deep breath, only feeling that her heart and lungs were smooth. Such an environment that hadn't been polluted was not available in the modern world.

The walls and pillars of the entire Jiaofang Hall were pink, with a faint fragrance. Liu Li had been recovering from illness before and hadn't observed this place carefully. Now looking at it, it was quite interesting.

She walked forward along the corridor, only to run into a woman who looked furious walking over from outside. The woman was wearing a dark green curved-hem robe, walking like the wind. Behind her was a group of palace maids, looking like they had a big background.

Liu Li hesitated whether to avoid her first, but the woman had already seen her and walked straight toward her: "A Li, why are you here?"

Liu Li was stunned and held by the woman, followed by the system's prompt: 【Ding, unlocked Dou Taizhu Liu Piao favorability: 50】

The person who came was Chen Ajiao's mother, the Eldest Princess Guantao, Liu Piao.

While holding Liu Li, who was only wearing undergarments, Liu Piao scolded the palace maids around her: "How do you slaves serve the Princess? You actually let the Princess run out without wearing clothes?"

The palace maids around knelt on the ground one after another. How would they know that the Princess had run out like this?

"Grandmother." Liu Li felt Liu Piao's anger, and quickly stretched out her little hand to hug her neck, calling out softly: "Don't be angry, it was A Li who wanted to come out herself, don't blame them."

Liu Piao looked at Liu Li with surprise, her eyes showing a bit of uncertainty: "A Li, you can speak?"

Liu Piao had gone to Tangyi during this time and was not in Chang'an. On the way back to Chang'an, she heard about what happened in the Weiyang Palace and rushed back on horseback.

She heard that her granddaughter had been pushed into the pond and had a high fever for several days. This child was not smart to begin with, and with such a high fever, she was afraid that her brain would be completely burned out.

Most importantly, those little bitches in the harem actually dared to calculate her granddaughter, which was absolutely unforgivable.

This wasn't it. Liu Piao arrived in Chang'an City and didn't even return to the Tangyi Marquis Mansion, but came directly to the Weiyang Palace. When she entered the palace, her eyes and ears told her that the Emperor had stayed in the Jiaofang Hall last night, which saved half of her anger.

"Grandmother, A Li had a serious illness not long ago." Liu Li took the words she had prepared to fool Emperor Wu of Han and took them out to fool this famous Eldest Princess of the Han Dynasty: "After the illness was cured, A Li felt that she was much clearer, so naturally, she could speak."

Liu Piao listened to her granddaughter's clear words and didn't doubt the truth of this matter at all, only feeling that it was a surprise: "That's truly great."

Liu Li blinked her eyes, watching Liu Piao's favorability toward her rise from the original

50 points to 80 points.

Liu Piao held Liu Li and walked into the inner hall, then sat down directly on the main seat, and instructed the palace maids on the side: "Go and call the Emperor and the Empress. I want to ask them properly how they took care of our A Li, actually letting A Li fall into the water!"

As the Empress's biological mother, the Emperor's aunt and mother-in-law, Liu Piao had the confidence to speak like this.

A palace maid responded and turned to notify the Emperor and Empress.

Liu Piao held her granddaughter beside her, gently stroking her hair, but there was no anger in her eyes. Liu Li looked up at her, and had time to carefully examine the appearance of this Dou Taizhu.

Chen Ajiao's features were three points similar to Liu Piao's, but Liu Piao's eyes were raised, more fierce than Ajiao's. It was not hard to see that Liu Piao was also a beauty when she was young.

Facing her granddaughter's eyes, which were as clear as glass, Liu Piao felt more and more fond of her for some reason. She thought of when the Empress Dowager bestowed the name "Li" on A Li, did she have the same feeling?

At this time, a palace maid had fetched Liu Li's clothes. Liu Piao took them from the palace maid, her voice becoming softer: "A Li, come, Grandmother will help you get dressed."

"Okay, thank you, Grandmother." Liu Li responded crisply and obediently stretched out her hands to let Liu Piao help her get dressed.

At this time, Liu Che and Chen Ajiao walked in from outside the hall one after another, "Chen Ajiao" walking in front, "Liu Che" following behind.

After entering the hall, before Liu Piao could start to vent her anger, "Liu Che" stepped forward and said: "A Mu." This call was quite crisp.

Liu Piao's expression gradually solidified. She looked at her big nephew and hesitated: "What did you call me just now?"

On the surface it was Liu Che, but actually it was Ajiao: "..." She hadn't seen her mother for a long time, and in her excitement, she had forgotten that she was wearing Liu Che's identity now.

It was the real Liu Che who stood out to smooth things over: "Your Majesty just called you that, which is not wrong. After all, Aunt... A Mu, you are the Emperor's aunt and also the Emperor's mother-in-law."

Liu Che and Ajiao had been married for so many years, and Liu Che had never changed his address to call her A Mu.

Liu Piao snorted coldly, unmoved: "Don't think that if you call me that, I will let you off." Saying this, Liu Piao stood up from her seat, walked to her nephew, and reprimanded: "Liu Che, if you can't even protect your own daughter, how are you worthy of being the Son of Heaven of my Great Han?! How did A Li fall into the water, and who did it? You must give me an explanation."

Ajiao, who was reprimanded by her own mother, was: "..."

Liu Che, who was standing on the side watching Ajiao being reprimanded, raised his eyebrows without a trace, and suddenly had a feeling of gloating.

Liu Piao suddenly looked at "Ajiao": "What are you laughing at?"

Liu Che's smile hadn't had time to retract, and Liu Piao reached out and poked his head: "You were bullied to your head, and you can still laugh? Fortunately, A Li is fine this time. If something happened to A Li, let's see what you do!"

These pokes happened to hit the place where he and Ajiao collided.

Liu Che frowned in pain, his face also darkened a lot. Ever since the Grand Empress Dowager passed away, no one had dared to treat him like this. Aunt was afraid she had forgotten the lesson from before.

Ajiao saw this and quickly reached out to hold her mother's hand, comforting her: "Aunt, this time it was all my fault. It was I who didn't protect my daughter. Don't worry, I will definitely give Ajiao and A Li an explanation and severely punish the culprit of this matter."

Liu Piao looked at "Liu Che" strangely again, wondering if this nephew had changed his nature, actually being so obedient to her today, without putting on the airs of an emperor.

Liu Che on the side snorted coldly. If it were him today, how could he tolerate his aunt being so presumptuous!

Liu Piao heard her daughter's cold snort, and felt even more strange in her heart. What happened to Ajiao? Who knew, she was diverted by the nephew on the side: "Aunt just returned from Tangyi, tired from the journey, why not rest in the Jiaofang Hall first? I will let the palace maids prepare some breakfast."

Saying this, she gave Liu Li a look, hoping that Liu Li could come over and stabilize Liu Piao first.

Liu Li, who was eating melons and watching the show, was a bit confused. Why did Emperor Wu of Han give her a look just now? Are they on good terms as father and daughter?!

Who knew

that Liu Piao hadn't agreed yet, when Su Wen hurried over: "Your Majesty, it is time for the morning court today."

Ajiao: "..." She turned to look at Liu Che, asking him with her eyes, what should we do?

Liu Che's face changed drastically. Damn it, the morning incident was too sudden, he had forgotten that he had to go to the morning court today. ===== CHAPTER 9 =====

Before Liu Piao could agree, Su Wen hurried over: "Your Majesty, today is the day for the morning court."

A Jiao: "..." She turned her head to look at Liu Che, asking him with her gaze, what should be done about this?

Liu Che's complexion changed abruptly; damn it, the morning's events were too sudden, and he had completely forgotten about the morning court he was supposed to attend today.