The Empress of Zhen Huan Reborn

In just a quarter of an hour, Nian Shilan had finished dressing up. When the emperor saw her, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Shilan is the one who knows himself best.

Nian Shilan's outfit today was very gorgeous. Her beautiful hair was tied up in a bun with pearls and gems inlaid in it. She wore a purple and gold phoenix pearl crown on her head, and there were butterfly tassels made of rubies on both sides hanging down to her shoulders as a foil.

She was wearing a bright red dress embroidered with peony patterns, and there were eight colorful phoenixes surrounding the peonies. One could tell at a glance that this palace dress must have taken a lot of time and effort to make. It was very exquisite, but it could not conceal Nian Shilan's elegance.

Nian Shilan walked up to the emperor, bowed, and then asked, "Your Majesty, do you like this outfit?"

The emperor nodded with great satisfaction and said, "Lan'er is very beautiful."

Nian Shilan smiled shyly, and then the emperor held her hand and led her out of Changle Palace. After the two of them got on the sedan chair, Nian Shilan found that they were not heading to the torture chamber, but Shoukang Palace.

Nian Shilan looked up at the emperor in some confusion, because Nian Shilan had dressed up carefully today, and her eyes and eyebrows were full of charm. The emperor happened to see the whole scene and felt happy unconsciously in his heart.

(My queen is so beautiful, I can never get enough of her (○｀ 3′○))

Seeing the emperor looking at her like a pervert and laughing, Nian Shilan called out helplessly in a low voice: "Your Majesty~"

The emperor was interrupted by Nian Shilan's voice. When he came to his senses, he saw Nian Shilan staring at him intently. The emperor coughed twice uncomfortably, "Cough... cough... Lan'er, what's wrong?"

Nian Shilan wanted to say something, but she was too lazy to say it. She shook her head and said, "I am fine. I am just a little curious about what happy things the emperor is thinking about that make him smile so brightly."

The emperor shook his head and said, "I'm fine."

Seeing that the emperor had no intention of saying anything, Nian Shilan tactfully stopped asking any further questions. The sedan chair they were riding in soon arrived outside the gate of Shoukang Palace.

The emperor got off the sedan chair first, then looked at Nian Shilan and whispered, "The queen mother is getting worse and worse. I am concerned about some royal scandals that cannot be announced to the world, so I had to carry her back to Shoukang Palace."

Hearing this, Nian Shilan looked at the emperor with eyes full of distress and said, "Your Majesty, I am with you."

The emperor nodded, then took Nian Shilan's hand and walked into Shoukang Palace step by step. The setting sun made the emperor's steps seem very heavy.

After entering the palace, the emperor took Nian Shilan and walked straight to the bedroom. The moment Nian Shilan saw the empress dowager, she couldn't help but gasp.

The empress dowager, who used to look dignified and pay great attention to her appearance, is now skinny. Her eyes, which used to be full of calculation and brilliance, have become cloudy. The empress dowager is now lying on the couch, weak and coughing from time to time.

"Cough... cough... cough..." As the Queen Mother coughed, her face gradually became distorted. Her hands were tightly covered on her chest. Beads of sweat the size of beans gradually appeared on her forehead, as if she was enduring great pain.

Nian Shilan looked at the person in front of her with some disbelief. She could not connect her with the empress dowager who was full of energy in the past.

When the emperor saw the empress dowager's current appearance, he did not move at all, just stared at her coldly, without the slightest emotion or worry on his face. If you look closely, you can catch a glimpse of coldness and mockery in his eyes.

After a long while, when the Queen Mother gradually got over the excruciating pain, the Emperor took a step forward and said in a light voice: "Queen Mother, I heard that you don't have much time left, so I brought the Queen to see you."

When the empress dowager heard the emperor's voice, she opened her eyes, which were originally slightly closed, and looked in the direction of the voice. When she saw that it was the emperor, she stared at him intently with hatred and regret in her eyes.

The emperor looked at the empress dowager lying on the couch, still struggling to death, and couldn't help but laugh: "Why is the empress dowager so excited? But you haven't seen me for a long time, is it because the queen is here too, that the empress dowager is so happy?"

When Nian Shilan heard the emperor mention her again, she also walked out from behind the emperor, bowed and said, "Your son Nian Shilan pays respect to the queen mother."

When the Queen Mother saw Nian Shilan, she pointed at her in disbelief and asked the Emperor, her voice intermittent: "Emperor...Emperor! Are you...sure...you want...this...woman...to...become...your...Queen!"

The emperor looked at the queen mother and said with a smile on his face: "Yes, queen mother, now Shilan is not only my queen mother, but also gave birth to a daughter for me. If I were not worried that the queen mother would be sick and pass it on to my daughter, I would really like to bring Yaoguang to let the queen mother take a look."

After hearing what the emperor said, the empress dowager became so angry that her face turned blue. She pointed at Nian Shilan with a trembling finger but could not utter a word. No one had expected that the next second, the empress dowager would become so angry that a stream of blood spurted out of her mouth.

The emperor quickly pulled Nian Shilan away. After seeing that neither he nor Shilan was stained with filth, he looked up and saw the queen mother lying half-dead on the couch, coughing constantly, with blood from the corner of her mouth spreading to her neck. The emperor was not moved at all. He sneered and continued, "Queen Mother, there is no need to be so excited. Take care of yourself. I have decided to make Shilan the queen. Who dares to object?"

After saying that, the emperor turned around and supported Nian Shilan, saying gently: "Lan'er, please go out and wait for me. The air here is polluted and not suitable for you."

Nian Shilan nodded slightly, looked at the empress dowager with complicated eyes, then turned and left.

After Nian Shilan left, the emperor looked at the empress dowager and continued, "By the way, Ulanara Yixiu has been dealt with by me, and your Uya clan members have now been enslaved or exiled."

When the empress dowager heard the emperor's words, she looked up in anger, thinking that her gaze was very fierce, but she didn't know that in the emperor's eyes she was just a tiger with its claws plucked, unable to cause any trouble anymore.

"I only regret that I didn't strangle you to death when you were little!"

When the emperor heard the queen mother's words, he laughed loudly. After he had laughed enough, he looked at the queen mother and said sarcastically, "But what can we do? I am alive and well now standing in front of you. You have no chance to get rid of me. But I can take your life with just a flick of my finger without any effort!"