Reborn to marry the emperor, I just want to confuse the emperor and seize the throne

Although Xie Shang had a splitting headache after waking up, he still endured the headache and went straight to the morning court. In the court, he had already forgotten what happened last night and did not think it was that important.

Good news came from the border again. Jiang Zhiqin used the Hu tribe's territory as his base and used the advantageous terrain to wage war against other ethnic groups in the northern border. He was determined to include the entire northern border into the territory of the Great Zhou.

After Xie Shang read the intelligence sent from the border, he asked the officials to prepare supplies and to fully support Jiang Zhiqin in recovering the northern border.

The ethnic groups in the northern part of the Great Wall are in chaos and there are wars every year.

The emperor had not left the court yet, and Nanny Wang was waiting outside anxiously. It was not until noon that she finally saw some ministers slowly coming out of the Golden Throne Hall.

Here, as soon as Xie Shang returned to the imperial study, the maidservant who served Bai Yuhan hurried to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Han is missing."

Xie Shang had been dealing with state affairs for the whole morning, and because of the hangover last night, his head was hurting and he was not in a good mood. He said indifferently: "Where can she go?"

"We don't know. We didn't see anyone when we woke up this morning. We thought the queen was still sleeping, so we didn't bother her. When she didn't get up, we realized something was wrong. Then we searched the entire palace but couldn't find Concubine Han. She suddenly disappeared."

Xie Shang thought to himself: Bai Yuhan has always wanted to leave the palace, but in the heavily guarded palace, it is impossible for Bai Yuhan to go out alone.

He said, "Maybe she went somewhere else, let's look for her later."

"I have searched for her but couldn't find her. The dress that Concubine Han wore when she entered the palace is missing, and her luggage is also missing. However, the clothes she wore in the palace are neatly laid out on the bed. It is obvious that she left on her own."

Xie Shang was also puzzled. He was exhausted from attending the morning court session and had no time to care about Bai Yuhan. He said in a cold voice, "There are so many of you and you can't even watch over one person. Do you think the palace is a place where she can come and go as she pleases?"

The nanny knelt on the ground and explained, "Last night, the queen went to bed very early. I don't know why all the palace maids and eunuchs also went to bed early. This morning, we all fell into a deep sleep. When we woke up, it was already bright. In the past, we never dared to slack off in serving the queen. I suspect that everyone has been drugged. Your Majesty, please forgive me."

Xie Shang suppressed his anger. The Bai family had left the palace long ago, and Bai Yuhan didn't have her maid by her side. It would not be easy for her to leave the palace alone. Who helped her?

If she leaves the palace, she must be returning to the Bai family. We can find out by sending someone to the Bai family to investigate.

There was no point in keeping Bai Yuhan in the palace. Jiang Fenghua didn't care who he liked or favored. Xie Shang said calmly, "Pass on my order. Concubine Han suddenly became seriously ill and died suddenly."

He then said to Li Ma, "Report this to the Queen, she will know how to deal with it."

The maid continued, "I sent someone to the Dawn Palace to report to the Empress, but the gates were also closed. They also said that the Empress was ill. I was anxious so I came to find the Emperor."

Nanny Wang informed the eunuchs guarding the gate of Chenxi Palace that no matter who came to see the queen, they should say that the queen was ill and needed to recuperate.

At this time, Nanny Wang also came over and said, "Your servant greets the emperor."

"Why is Nanny Wang here?" Xie Shang asked in a deep voice.

She looked at Nanny Li and wondered why she was here. Aoxue didn't know that Lin Yu had taken Bai Yuhan out of the palace.

Nanny Wang said quickly, "I have something to report to the emperor in private."

Seeing that she was acting mysterious, Xie Shang thought she came for Jiang Fenghua again. Jiang Fenghua disdained to pretend to be sick, but the people around her were good at helping her plan.

After Nanny Li left, Nanny Wang asked Wuxin to guard the door outside, as this matter was of great importance and had to be discussed.

Nanny Wang knelt before the emperor and said, "I have something to report..."

Xie Shang said coldly, "Don't talk about the Queen. I don't want to hear it. Nanny Wang doesn't need to make plans for her. If she is sick, ask the imperial physician to treat her. I can't cure her."

Xie Shang's mind was full of conspiracy theories that Jiang Fenghua was plotting against him. Even if she wasn't plotting, the people around her were helping her. It seemed like he had been deceived by Jiang Fenghua and was traumatized. Their feelings were not as pure as they were at the beginning.

Nanny Wang was stunned. She felt conflicted as she looked at the cold-blooded emperor. Did the emperor really not care about the queen?

Xie Shang sat on a soft chair and pinched his brows to relieve his headache.

Nanny Wang changed the subject, "Your Highness dreamed about your past life with the Emperor, which means that the Emperor and Your Highness are destined to be together. A person's life span is no more than a hundred years, and after a hundred years, dust returns to dust, but Your Highness and the Emperor have been husband and wife for two lifetimes. This kind of fate is favored by God and cannot be obtained even by human beings."

Xie Shang looked at Nanny Wang coldly, "What on earth do you want to say?"

Nanny Wang said boldly, "People always regret it only when they realize it is too late. It is only when they lose something that they know how to cherish it. Will the emperor regret his cold words to the queen today?"

Nanny Wang said nothing more after she finished speaking. "I will take my leave now."

Just as Nanny Wang left, Xie Shang remembered her words again. It was Jiang Fenghua who didn't know how to cherish him, so why was Nanny Wang blaming me?

Jiang Fenghua left him alone and went back to Chenxi Palace last night. Why did he still try so hard to coax her? What would happen if he didn't go?

I want to see how Jiang Fenghua will perform when she comes to me for help.

So, Xie Shang was so stubborn that he didn't enter Chenxi Palace for half a month. Chenxi Palace only told the outside world that the Queen was ill and temporarily did not allow concubines to pay their respects to the Queen.

Gao Qingtong and Song Jing were both refused when they wanted to visit. All matters in the palace were still handled by Chenxi Palace. Lian Ye and Hong Xiu were the female officials around the Queen, and they handled everything very well. With Nanny Wang in charge as well.

The emperor didn't care, and no one in the entire harem noticed that the queen had disappeared for half a month.

The war situation on the border has become increasingly intense in the past half month, and Xie Shang has been busy dealing with state affairs. With new battle news coming in every day, he has no time to take care of other things.

On this day, Xie Shang was reviewing memorials in the imperial study when Cheng Feng arrived before the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I am your humble servant."

Xie Shang said, "No need to be polite."

Cheng Feng thanked him and said, "The Queen Mother's 48th birthday will come in a month. I am here to ask Your Majesty how to arrange the Queen Mother's birthday banquet."

The news that the Empress Dowager was "confined" to the Cining Palace by the Emperor was never spread, and no one dared to say a word about what she did. Anyone who dared to spread the news would be killed. In any case, the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet had to be held as usual to be in accordance with the rules.

Xie Shang said, "Just let the Queen handle these matters."

Cheng Feng said, "I have consulted the Queen, and I heard that Her Majesty has been ill for half a month and has not left the Dawn Palace."

"The queen's dress has been prepared. We are just waiting for the emperor to issue an order to decide the date for the ceremony, so that the Ministry of Internal Affairs can start to prepare for it."