Chapter 16 Correcting Your Three Mistakes

"I'm talking to you, didn't you hear me?" The Queen Mother didn't hear a response for a long time, and her tone was a little unhappy.

Yan Qing came back to her senses and pulled herself out of her immersed thoughts. There were too many things that happened in the past ten years, and she couldn't finish thinking about them even if she thought about them for three days and three nights.

"Release Xiao Jinghan?" She looked up at the Queen Mother and smiled faintly, "Impossible."

What?

The Queen Mother was stunned. Obviously, she didn't expect to hear such an answer. In extreme shock and surprise, she finally raised her head half a beat later and looked at this familiar yet unfamiliar daughter like a favor.

Familiar, because Yan Qing is the biological daughter of ten months of pregnancy.

Strange, because the mother and daughter have met too few times. Apart from the title of "unlucky star", the Queen Mother's impression of this daughter is not even as deep as that of a palace maid.

At this time, looking closely, I realized that the eighteen-year-old Yan Qing really had a beauty that could overwhelm the whole city and the country. The beauty was breathtaking, and the Queen Mother couldn't help but feel jealous.

But compared to her appearance, she was more shocked by Yan Qing's completely different temperament and attitude. Ten years ago, this daughter was obviously very eager to get her love, and that look was different.

But now standing here, it makes people feel alienated.

Even if she is smiling, there is a kind of indifference that keeps people away from her.

The queen mother didn't like this feeling, and asked again as if to confirm: "What did you say?"

"I came to the palace today just to see how the queen mother is doing, whether she has become haggard and pale because of missing her daughter in these years, and whether she is overly worried, but the queen mother looks very healthy and elegant." Yan Qing raised the corner of her mouth slightly, "In this way, I am relieved."

The queen mother frowned imperceptibly: "What are you relieved about?"

"You can do what you want to do boldly without worrying that the queen mother is weak and will be angry to death."

The queen mother's expression froze, and the hand stroking the cat's back tightened involuntarily, causing the white cat to whimper in protest.

There was a sharp light in her eyes, as if to pierce Yan Qing's eyes and see what was in her mind.

How dare she talk to her like this?

"Queen Mother, please take a rest. I won't bother you anymore." Yan Qing bowed slightly, and her voice sounded gentle, without any sense of alienation and indifference. "Queen Mother didn't want to see me before, and I will stay away from her as much as possible in the future. If I can avoid appearing in front of her, I will never appear in front of her."

After saying this, she turned around and left calmly.

The Queen Mother's face was pale, and she stared at her back in silence, unable to react for a long time.

The air in the palace seemed to be frozen, and it was almost dead quiet.

The palace maids were horrified, lowered their heads, and even tried their best to suppress their breathing.

Yan Qing was halfway through the journey when she was stopped by a white-skinned eunuch.

"Your Highness, the Princess." Wei Changhai smiled respectfully and saluted, "The Emperor invites you to the Imperial Study."

Yan Qing was not surprised at all and nodded slowly: "Lead the way."

"Yes."

Wei Changhai led Yan Qing all the way to the Imperial Study. Just as he was about to go in to report, he saw Yan Qing walking into the Imperial Study without knowing the rules at all.

Wei Changhai's face changed slightly, and it was too late to stop him.

After Yan Qing went in, she turned her eyes and saw the young man sitting on the dragon throne.

The sixth brother of the same mother, Yan Chen.

Compared to Yan Qing, a daughter who was exiled since childhood, Yan Chen was born to be loved by thousands of people, and deserved to be called unparalleled honor and glory.

As the legitimate son of the Queen, Yan Chen's status was already noble. His father loved him, and several princes also treated him with great respect.

Yan Chen had been in poor health since childhood. The queen took great pains for him, fearing that he would make a mistake. Yan Chen played a significant role in banishing Yan Qing to Suzaku City ten years ago.

At that time, he was weak and often sick. His mother thought that Yan Qing's evil spirit had suppressed him. The Imperial Astronomical Observatory proposed to exile the Ninth Princess to Suzaku City and let her come back after Yan Chen ascended the throne.

The emperor's fate is precious, and he is blessed by heaven. The evil spirit of the star of destiny cannot suppress him.

So Yan Qing stayed in Suzaku City for ten years until the late emperor was critically ill and Yan Chen ascended the throne. She was able to return to the imperial city.

The reason why the regent was appointed when he ascended the throne was, first, for Yan Chen's health considerations, second, to deter the vassal kings, and third, it was inevitable that he would use the regent to suppress other princes.

The Celestial Empire had been somewhat uneasy since ten years ago. The vassal kings in various places who held military power gradually became rebellious. Except for the regent Yan Cang who could suppress them, no one else had such courage.

The emperor was deep-minded and calculated a lot. He thought he had made the most appropriate arrangement. Appointing a regent to supervise the country could not only curb the ambitions of the princes of various places, but also allow Yan Cang and Yan Qing to check each other, giving the emperor enough time to consolidate the throne - but he never thought about whether Yan Qing would be willing to listen to his arrangements.

The number of times the brother and sister met in recent years was really pitiful. There was no emotion at all. They were just like strangers, or even more indifferent than strangers.

If there was no power struggle involved, they could actually do not have any contact with each other until they died, but being in the royal family, how could there not be some struggles for the interests of the imperial power?

"Your Highness the Princess." Wei Changhai saw Yan Qing standing there all the time, and reminded him carefully, "You should salute when you see the emperor."

Yan Qing glanced at him: "Salute?"

"Yes."

"How can it be?"

"Just... just kneel down..."

"Kneel down first for me to see."

Wei Changhai knelt down quickly and kowtowed to the emperor: "Your servant greets the emperor, long live the emperor."

Yan Qing hummed: "There's more."

Wei Changhai was stunned for a moment, then turned around and saluted Yan Qing: "Your servant greets Her Royal Highness the Princess, long live the princess."

Yan Qing said calmly: "You can go out."

Wei Changhai was stunned again.

"Yan Qing." Yan Chen looked at this scene coldly, his face seemed to be covered with frost, "What do you want to do?"

Yan Qing raised his eyes slightly, and looked at the young king without avoiding, "Didn't you want to see me? I should ask you what you want to do."

Wei Changhai was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat, and tremblingly said, "The eldest princess... When talking to the emperor, no... you can't have no rules at all, and you can't just say you, my..."

"I was exiled to Suzaku City when I was eight years old, and no one taught me the rules." Yan Qing lowered his eyes and brushed his sleeves, "I have set a lot of rules for others over the years. Eunuch Wei, do you want to see them?"

"Slave...slave..." Wei Changhai's face turned pale. He didn't expect Yan Qing to be so rebellious, "Slave..."

"Wei Changhai, you go out first." Yan Chen said coldly.

"Yes." Wei Changhai got up and left as if he had been pardoned.

But he didn't dare to close the door of the imperial study, nor did he dare to walk away. He just stood in front of the door with his head down, paying attention to the movements in the imperial study at any time.

The other eunuchs stood in the corner with their heads down, like wooden sculptures, without any reaction.

"Yan Qing, you are so presumptuous." Yan Chen's eyes were sinister, "It's okay that you don't salute me, but you dare to be so disobedient and disrespectful. Do you know that even if I want to kill you now, you can't resist?"

Yan Qing seemed to have heard a joke, "Your Majesty is joking, right? To be precise, it should be that I want to kill you, and you can't resist at all."

What, what?

Wei Changhai almost fainted.

"How dare you!" Yan Chen clenched the armrest of the dragon throne and said sternly, "How dare you be so rebellious!"

Yan Qing looked indifferent and was not frightened by his bluffing: "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't show off your emperor's power in front of me. I won't accept it."

Yan Chen was so angry that his face turned blue and he could hardly control the murderous aura in his lungs.

Yan Qing seemed to think it was not enough and added slowly: "If you have nothing to say, I will take my leave first."

"Release Xiao Jinghan." Yan Chen suppressed his anger and ordered forcefully, "In addition to being your son-in-law, he is also the legitimate son of General Xiao. You can't be rude to him."

"I haven't married him yet."

"My father's will granted the marriage. Even if we haven't married yet, we are already husband and wife. You can't deny it."

Yan Qing raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "The emperor may have misunderstood something."

Yan Chen frowned.

Yan Qing took two steps forward, resting his hands on the dragon table, and looked at Yan Chen with a playful look. Seeing his alert expression, he couldn't help but sneer.

"Yan Chen." A mocking look appeared in his cold and dark eyes. Yan Qing said word by word calmly and clearly, "Let me correct you on three points."

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