Zhao Yong looked down at his shoulder. How many years has it been since he was injured? Not to mention being injured, even if he lost a single strand of hair, the people around him would tremble with fear. Today, he was actually shot by an arrow by a little girl, and he was not prepared at all. Was it because he was blinded by greed that she had the opportunity to take advantage of him?
"It is a big mistake for your highness to trespass into the forbidden land of the royal family. It is also a crime to offend me. It is not too much for me to pay you back for this minor injury. What's more …" Ye Zhen smiled faintly, looking slyly at his bloodstained wound. "The medicine I gave you is worth a thousand gold. It can guarantee that you won't get sick for at least a month."
"You not only hurt me, but also made this prince unable to touch a woman for a month?" Zhao Yong looked at Ye Zhen coldly, his eyes cold.
Ye Zhen sneered, "Do you really think that you can't do without women because your body needs it? You are not young anymore. Haven't you found that you can't do without women every day? It will be too late for you to regret it. "
For the first time, Zhao Yong was said to be not young, and a burst of anger came to him. "Do you want to see my age problem?"
"Whether you believe it or not, you will naturally know in a month." Ye Zhen didn't want to waste more words with him. "Good advice is unpleasant to the ear. Do you want to listen to it or not?"
"In a month, I will come to you." Zhao Yong said. He was surprised to find that the depression in his chest had disappeared, and even the urge to find a woman to vent it on had disappeared. Could it be that the medicine Lu Yaoyao gave him was to turn him into Liuxiahui?
Ye Zhen smiled coldly. "Then I won't see you off, your highness."
Zhao Yong heard the sound not far away getting closer and closer. He didn't want to attract the attention of the other guards of Chengde Villa. Fighting here was not good for him. "We will meet again, Lu Yaoyao."
"When you are incurable, this consort will wait for you to seek medical treatment." Ye Zhen said with a smile.
What a sharp-tongued little girl! Zhao Yong thought in his heart and turned to leave the depths of the forest.
Ye Zhen glanced at them faintly, turned around and walked back. Not long after, she met Hong Ling and the others. Several maids were already pale with fright. When Hong Ling saw her, she burst into tears. "Niang niang, are you all right?"
"What will happen to me?" Ye Zhen asked with a smile. "Let's go back. Today's game is almost finished."
Dong He and Xia He glanced at each other and then scrutinized the Empress. It really seemed as though nothing had happened to her. However, it was true that their acupoints were sealed by someone from the back and they couldn't even make a sound. They thought that the Empress would definitely be dead. But looking at the Empress's appearance, it seemed as though nothing had happened.
"Goddess, you... didn't see anyone?" Dong He asked in a low voice.
Hong Ling also wanted to ask this, but she felt that the Empress didn't seem to want to say it.
At the start, Ye Zhen had indeed wanted to say that Zhao Zhongshen had been here. However, she endured it. Given Zhao Zhongshen's dissolute past, once people knew that he had met with her alone, those officials in the imperial court who already had opinions about her would definitely not let her off. There were also those who had secretly spread rumors to slander her not long ago... She decided to wait for Mo Rongzhan to come before telling him herself.
"This consort didn't see anyone. Where did you guys go earlier?" Ye Zhen asked.
"Our acupoints were sealed and we can't move or speak..." Hong Ying looked at Ye Zhen in fear. "We thought that something had happened to Goddess."
"It seems like someone barged into the forest. Luckily, the forest is big enough. They probably couldn't find this consort. Let's hurry up and leave. Let Xue Lin and Wu Chong bring people in to search," Ye Zhen said.
Dong He was the first to regain her senses. "Escort the Empress and leave this place first."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Xue Lin and Wu Chong rushing over with the same worried look on their faces. When they saw Ye Zhen standing there, they breathed a sigh of relief. "Your Highness, this subordinate heard that someone broke into the forest."
Ye Zhen looked at the unfamiliar guards behind him. These were probably the ones who had been secretly protecting her. Zhao Zhongshen had just sealed their acupoints. "This consort didn't see that person. You search the forest."
Wu Chong said, "Your Highness, this subordinate will send you back."
"Good." Ye Zhen handed the bow and arrow in her hand to Hong Ying and returned to the Daohua Courtyard with several maids.
Dong He and Xia He stood guard outside while Hong Ying went to prepare hot water for Ye Zhen's grooming.
When Hong Ling was changing Ye Zhen's clothes, she found that a silver arrow was missing from the sleeve arrow on her wrist. She looked up in panic. "Your Highness?"
"Don't make a sound, lest people talk about it." Ye Zhen said faintly and put the silver arrow back.
"Your Highness, who broke into the forest?" Hong Ling originally thought it was the emperor, but when she saw the missing silver arrow, she knew that it was definitely not the case.
Ye Zhen said, "An uninvited guest, not to hurt this consort."
Hong Ling heard that Ye Zhen did not want to say more about this person, but … it was too frightening. What kind of person's martial arts could be so powerful that he could sneak into the manor without a sound? Even the guards' acupoints were easily sealed?
At this time, Ye Zhen was thinking about the marriage Zhao Zhongshen had just mentioned.
The State of Qi wanted Mo Rongzhan to abolish the empress's position and marry the princess of the State of Qi. This was based on political considerations. The State of Qi considered their interests. She knew that Mo Rongzhan would certainly not agree. Whether it was for the sake of the Jin Kingdom or his feelings for her, he would not abolish the empress's position.
Ye Zhen closed her eyes. Everything she saw in her dream was still vivid in her mind. Although many things had changed, he still made her an imperial consort.
If Zhao Ning was the princess who was married, would she still be an imperial consort?
Would Mo Rongzhan regard Zhao Ning as the second Hu Yue 'er?
She really didn't want to think about this problem. She was too tired.
"Niang niang, are you all right?" Hong Ling saw Ye Zhen's weariness and thought that she had just been frightened in the woods.
"I'm fine." Ye Zhen whispered. She just didn't know if Mo Rongzhan would compromise with the State of Qi for the sake of the Jin Kingdom. Even if Zhao Ning did not touch other women, she could not guarantee that she would be able to endure it.
May there be years to look back on and grow old together with deep feelings.
If this goes on, what memories will there be between her and Mo Rongzhan? How much deep feelings will there be left?
Whether they can hold hands and grow old together is one thing.
Hong Ling looked at Ye Zhen's eyes full of worry. Others did not find it, but she did. She felt that the empress was becoming more and more like the original Princess Qin. The longing for the outside world in her eyes, the depression in her heart … Did the empress herself notice it?
What the empress longed for was for the emperor to come to her, but now?
"Niang niang, why don't you tell the emperor to go back to the palace?" Perhaps the empress would be happy if she was by the emperor's side.
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(Tianjin)
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