r18novel Chapter 1819 I couldn't hold back anymore
Chapter 1819 I couldn't hold back anymore
The Imperial Guard who stopped Qingsong had a blank expression.
How could the Princess Consort of Jin be such a person?
In front of him, have the guards turn around and knock him unconscious?
But he really couldn't say anything at the moment, and could only look at Qingsong awkwardly. Qingsong clenched his fist and gestured at him, which provoked him to vent his anger again.
If it weren't for the Emperor's intention to make trouble for Prince Jin this time, even the Imperial Guards wouldn't dare to act recklessly towards the guards of Prince Jin's residence.
Now he dares to stop them, but he doesn't dare to actually do anything.
Lu Zhaoling looked at Zhou Shiyue.
Zhou Shiyue appeared calm, but Lu Zhaoling could sense that his emotions were not as composed as they seemed.
"Zhou Shiyue".
She suddenly called his name.
Zhou Shiyue's gaze shifted to her face, his eyes questioning.
“Zhou Zeren is still alright,” Lu Zhaoling said.
Her words seemed rather inexplicable and sudden, but Zhou Shiyue understood what she meant.
Zhou Ze truly respected him and would never do such a thing again.
Being kind to Zhou Ze will not turn him into an ungrateful wretch.
Within the royal family and the Zhou family, there was still one person who was truly sincere towards him.
As long as family ties remain, we won't be left with nothing.
Zhou Shiyue cupped her hand in his palm and leaned slightly closer to her.
"It doesn't matter, I have you."
He paused for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "Did you look at A-Ze's face? Did you look at his family relationships?"
They've seen it, so they all speak with such certainty, right?
Looking at him, Lu Zhaoling felt a little sorry for him, but also wanted to laugh.
He had just said that as long as she was there, he immediately wanted to find out how Zhou Ze treated him.
Zhou Shiyue is also a living, breathing person. He also needs to give and receive, and he also needs family affection.
Because the retired emperor always demanded filial piety from him; otherwise, given Zhou Shiyue's intelligence and skills, even if he himself didn't want to sit in that position, it would have been no difficult task to push Zhou Ze to the position ahead of time.
The reason why Zhou Ze was allowed to remain in the position of Crown Prince was simply out of respect for his elder brother.
He didn't want to use force to remove the emperor from his position. He knew the emperor had been the crown prince for many years and had only been on the throne for a few years; if he were to be removed from power, the emperor probably wouldn't be able to handle it.
So Zhou Shiyue and Zhou Ze, the uncle and nephew, just kept enduring it.
One should be a good younger brother, and the other a good son.
The emperor thought he was very capable.
And they've been suspicious of them all along.
Lu Zhaoling couldn't resist the urge to give the emperor a nightmare talisman just by thinking about it. However, she figured the retired emperor would probably visit him in a dream again.
Lu Zhaoling thought of the Emperor Emeritus's previous behavior and fell silent.
"I only glanced at the Crown Prince's face; he doesn't look like a lonely person."
Therefore, the Crown Prince is unlikely to be the kind of cold-hearted person.
“Of course I believe you, and I also believe Zhou Ze.” Zhou Shiyue was visibly more relaxed.
Lu Zhaoling asked, "The Emperor Emeritus..."
“I’m not the kind of person who gets stuck on things,” Zhou Shiyue knew what she was going to ask. “I’ve known for a long time that the old man is soft-hearted and could be a benevolent ruler, but he can’t really be called a wise ruler. When he should be decisive and ruthless, he values family too much.”
Zhou Shiyue was somewhat uncomfortable with the Emperor Emeritus's behavior, but he let it go afterward.
After all, the retired emperor genuinely cared for him, and it's not wrong for a deceased person to hope for family harmony and prosperity.
However, things don't always go as planned.
This should be enough of a blow to him.
“This time he’s probably ten times more upset than I am,” Zhou Shiyue said.
"So what do you plan to do this time?" Lu Zhaoling asked.
This time, Zhou Shiyue did not hesitate.
He said bluntly, "The Emperor has been in this position for five or six years now, and it's time to hand it over to someone more capable than him."
"The Great Zhou was already on the verge of collapse. If it were to start another internal rebellion, the remnants of the previous dynasty wouldn't even need to fight; they could destroy the Great Zhou on their own."
Zhou Shiyue held Lu Zhaoling's hand and said, "I still want to live a peaceful life with you, and raise a few more children to play with. I don't want the Zhou family to be ruined like this."
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The atmosphere inside the carriage quickly relaxed again, no longer feeling heavy as if the emperor was about to punish them.
Although the imperial guards inside the carriage did not hear what they were saying, they soon heard the prince and princess laughing softly.
They looked at each other, completely baffled as to how they could still laugh at a time like this.
The Fifth Princess, who was in the same carriage as the Empress Dowager, did not have such an easy time.
He kept trying to recall and speculate whether Zhou Shiyue knew that he was a man.
However, the Empress Dowager would never allow him to quietly think about his own affairs.
The Empress Dowager was now deeply regretting accepting the Emperor's assignment!
Wouldn't it be better for her to stay in solitary confinement?
Is it uncomfortable to curse this and that in the Cining Palace?
Why did you come out?
She ended up getting nowhere, failing to vent her anger at the Prince of Jin's residence as she had hoped, and even breaking her leg.
She's in so much pain right now...
The pain caused her to lose all trace of affection for the Fifth Princess.
The Empress Dowager pinched the Fifth Princess Zhou Ruan's arm hard, gritting her teeth as she said, "Fifth Princess! What were you doing at the Prince of Jin's residence all of a sudden?"
The fifth princess frowned; it hurt.
"Go if you want, why are you unconscious? What did you do to offend that troublemaker, your royal uncle?"
"Your mother is useless too!" the Empress Dowager shouted angrily. "She took so many people, including your uncle and brother, to the Prince's mansion to demand your release, but they couldn't even get you out! If they had brought you out, would I have needed to go there myself?"
The Empress Dowager was already quite willing to do so, and now she's taking this opportunity to leave the palace, and the Emperor will forget to punish her.
Now he's saying he feels utterly helpless.
"And you, you're so clumsy!"
The Empress Dowager pinched him hard again after scolding him.
"I can't even walk a few steps steadily, and now I'm so tired that my bones feel like they're about to break! Ouch, ouch!"
She was in so much pain that she wanted to punch the Fifth Princess.
"It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone; how long will it take for me to be unable to walk here!"
The Empress Dowager pinched the Fifth Princess's arm hard again, wanting the Fifth Princess to feel the pain along with her.
Zhou Ruan was already extremely annoyed, and with her being pinched and scolded like this, she couldn't control her anger for a moment.
He suddenly grabbed the Empress Dowager's wrist and twisted her hand.
"Ouch!"
The Empress Dowager let out a scream.
She had been wailing the whole way, and although this sound was a bit loud, the people outside didn't find it too strange, so no one lifted the carriage curtain to look.
The Empress Dowager looked at Zhou Ruan, who was leaning closer, with shock and anger.
Zhou Ruan's expression completely changed at this moment.
His eyes were sharp as he stared at her, his anger pressing down like a mountain.