A kitten dressed as an empress

In the afternoon, because the sun was too scorching, the time was moved to the evening.

The racecourse in the palace is much bigger than Zhao Yao imagined, and the guards are guarding the outside, and the guard is particularly strict.

At first, Wen Ruyan thought it was interesting to look forward to it, but when he saw the tall horse, he suddenly became a little bit timid. If this big guy is disobedient, it will be a disaster.

Zhao Yao changed into a bright yellow simple clothes, the whole person was extraordinarily heroic, she got on the horse with great dexterity, stretched her arms and said, "Come on."

The girl took off the crimson dress from before, and she was dressed in a water-blue simple dress, which made her more pure and charming.

"Let me warm up first." Wen Ruyan felt guilty and planned to flee, stretching his arms and walking slowly along the racecourse.

Zhao Yao walked forward like this ignoring others, making Zhao Yao a little unpredictable, so she had to hold the rein and follow silently.

The girl looked at the shooting range on one side and changed her words: "I think playing archery is actually pretty good, you don't have to follow me."

Zhao Yao slightly pursed her thin lips, thinking that the girl was reluctant to ride the horse with her because she was concerned about the eyes of others, so she let the horse speed up sullenly.

After riding like this for a few laps, Zhao Yao looked at the girl who was fiddling with arrows, and slowly approached on horseback.

Wen Ruyan picked a light arrow, thinking it would be easier to shoot, but who would have thought that either it would miss the target, or it would be too far away from the target.

It finally flew out with an arrow, but it fell into the sand like a parabola.

This is a technical job.

When Wen Ruyan was discouraged, he saw an arrow hit the target, and then heard the sound of horseshoes.

Wen Ruyan turned his head and saw Zhao Yao riding a horse in the distance, holding a longbow and firing two arrows at the same time, standing very firmly in the center of the target.

The dragon pattern carved on the longbow looks very delicate, shining golden.

Seeing the girl looking at her, Zhao Yao's mood eased a little, and she jumped off the horse when it got close to the girl.

The gorgeous fiery sunset covered the sky behind the girl, and the water-blue long-sleeved simple jacket was also dyed fiery red, and the girl's fair face was also stained with some color.

"If you want to learn archery, I can teach you." Zhao Yao stepped forward, and when her eyes fell on the girl's slightly parted lips, she hesitated for a while.

Curiously, Wen Ruyan wanted to try the longbow in Zhao Yao's hand, so she leaned forward and stretched her hands and said obediently, "Can I play with your arrow?"

Looking at the girl's appearance, Zhao Yao held up the longbow with a slight smile, and gently turned the palm of one hand in front of the girl, Qingxiu Emei lightly raised her eyebrows and said, "Are you sure you can afford it?"

"Don't underestimate people." Wen Ruyan blinked mischievously, then stretched out his hands to catch the longbow.

The longbow fell gently, and the girl held the longbow tightly with both hands, but her face was very ferocious, her eyes were wide open, as round as jewels.

Wen Ruyan's whole body was not well, and she fell backwards unsteadily.

"Be careful." Zhao Yao embraced the girl with one hand, took the longbow with the other, leaned over and smiled beside her ear, "This longbow weighs fifty catties, do you really want to play with it?"

The girl shook her head and slowly opened the distance, "Your strength is too unusual."

Zhao Yao regretfully let go of her hand, holding the longbow in one hand and said: "It's getting late, it's not suitable for archery, I'll take you to ride a horse."

Before Wen Ruyan could speak, he was led by the hand towards the horse.

Wen Ruyan, who didn't dare to move at all, leaned against Zhao Yao's arms, and didn't dare to take a breath.

Zhao Yao held the rein with one hand, hugged the girl in front of him with the other, kissed her face against the side of the girl a few times and said, "Don't be afraid, riding a horse is fun."

Wen Ruyan turned his head to look at Zhao Yao who was taking advantage and said angrily, "You just want to use this to steal a kiss from me, don't you?"

Zhao Yao, who has always been calm, dodged her eyes in a panic. She didn't admit it, but she didn't deny it either. She just responded, "You belong to me, why do you use the word steal?"

The girl's cheeks turned red quickly, she turned her head and didn't dare to stare at Zhao Yao.

God, Zhao Yao is too provocative.

After getting familiar with the feeling of riding a horse, Zhao Yao quickened her pace a little, and the warm wind blew in to relieve the sweltering summer heat.

Thinking about Zhao Yao's words just now, Wen Ruyan said awkwardly: "I belong to me, so how come it's yours?"

Zhao Yao rolled up the fine hair next to the girl's ears with her fingertips and bent over, saying: "You will become the Queen of the Southern Kingdom in the future, so you will belong to me."

The girl tilted her head to avoid Zhao Yao's hand, and looked at it in disbelief. It took a while to recover and said: "Did I hear correctly just now?"

Although they have been together for several years, the lovers have only been together for half a year at most, and the pace of getting married suddenly is too fast.

"Don't you want to?"

Seeing Zhao Yao's rapid change of expression, Wen Ruyan immediately felt something was wrong, smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm actually not that interested in being a queen."

Leaving aside the feudal society in the Southern Kingdom for the time being, it was so hard for a female emperor to be an empress, and if she still wanted to marry a woman as the empress, those stubborn old ministers probably would have to force her to abdicate.

Zhao Yao said coldly: "You say you like me, is it a lie?"

The girl's hesitation was more like acquiescing to the questioning.

"That was not what I meant."

"You have to think about what it means. The Queen of the Southern Kingdom is so honorable. You don't want people from other aristocratic families to think about it." I didn't want to say threatening words, but it can be seen that the girl is so hesitant, Zhao Yao can't bear it Living in such a cold place, I said it out of breath.

Wen Ruyan didn't expect that Zhao Yao would like to threaten and intimidate when she was angry. When her mood fell to the bottom, she wanted to go back, but remembered that Zhao Yao wanted to save face. If she said nothing, she would probably have another big fight.

The two of them remained silent with cold faces, until they rested at night, the bedroom was not as lively as it used to be.

On this day, the Empress personally sent the Supreme Emperor to be buried in the Imperial Mausoleum. Wen Ruyan is now just a little female official, so she can't stay in the palace as she goes.

Su Qing was checking the collection of books in the Library Pavilion, when he saw Wen Ruyan sighing.

Since the Empress left the palace, Miss Wen seemed to have lost her soul.

"Miss Wen, if you are tired, you can go back and have a rest instead of counting the books with me."

"It's okay, I just don't want to go back to Yuqing Palace to stay." Wen Ruyan replied, while planning to find some interesting books to pass the time at night.

Seeing this, Su Qing kept quiet and checked the number by himself.

When Zhao Yao returned to the palace, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and it was a rare rain.

Wen Ruyan nestled in the water pavilion to enjoy the rain, flipping through a book in his hand, while the people beside him didn't speak or move, the two of them were very embarrassed.

At night, Wen Ruyan slept in the water pavilion, while Zhao Yao slept in the inner hall, until the palace servants reported that the girl was asleep, and then she fell asleep sullenly.

I haven't seen her for more than half a month, but I really don't miss myself at all. Not only did I not say anything considerate, but I never even looked at her.

If the two had argued in the past, if she felt uncomfortable, she would probably have questioned her aloud, but it was the first time that she was so silent.

Zhao Yao had no idea, and didn't know what she was thinking. She only guessed that she might have annoyed her, so she didn't want to talk to her.

In the morning, Wen Ruyan was in a very unhappy mood standing outside the hall, and Zhao Yao was freezing in the cold these past few days, showing no sign of showing any kindness at all.

"Miss Wen?" Su Qing looked at the motionless Wen Ruyan and called several times.

Wen Ruyan regained his composure and responded, "Is there something wrong?"

Su Qing felt that the empress's mood was not quite right recently, so she wanted to ask a few words, "Didn't your majesty have sunflower water coming recently?"

"I don't know." Right now, one of them lives in the main hall and the other lives in the waterside pavilion, which can be regarded as living separately in the two places.

"But you are His Majesty's personal female officer, how could you not even know about this kind of thing?" Su Qing doubted that Wen Ruyan hadn't recovered.

Wen Ruyan was unhappy at first, and it was even more uncomfortable to be questioned like this, and said bluntly: "I'm just guarding the gate and not her nanny. Besides, there are quarrels. Do I still have to care about her mood like an old mother?"

Su Qing was taken aback by this string of complaints, no one in the palace would dare to criticize the Empress like this.

"Have you quarreled with His Majesty?"

"No!" After Wen Ruyan uttered a long series of words, she was sure that Zhao Yao's character was too difficult to get along with.

If Zhao Yao wants to be happy, she has to be with her, and if she wants to do something, she has to be with her.

It's the same for expressing liking, and now it's the same for urging marriage. If it doesn't fit her mind, the dispute will turn into a cold war. This is not living, it is clearly torture.

Seeing Wen Ruyan's aggressive appearance, Su Qing was even more convinced that the Empress probably had a conflict with her.

Otherwise, the empress wouldn't be so indifferent these days. Even if it was just a small mistake, some courtiers would be fined and their salaries deducted, so that the ministers were all conscientious.

In the main hall, Qi Tai, Minister of the Household Department, who was trembling, knelt beside him. Zhao Yao threw down the memorial in his hand and said, "The household registration investigation that Nanguo should have completed two years ago, how long do you have to postpone it now?"

"Your Majesty, the famine and turmoil in the past two years have been too complicated, and I will definitely complete this task by the end of the year."

"If you can't finish it at the end of the year or if there are any omissions, you don't have to go to court."

"The minister leads the order."

The atmosphere in the early court was particularly depressing, Qi An, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, was a little afraid of not wanting to stand out, but Song Taishi repeatedly signaled, and had to go forward: "Your Majesty, I have something to announce."

Zhao Yao looked at Qi An, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, with a serious expression, "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty does not have a queen at the moment. As the saying goes, heirs are a major matter for the country. In autumn, when the emperor is selected to enter the palace, I believe that your majesty should establish a queen as early as possible, so as not to leave the harem unattended."

After these words fell silent in the hall, Zhao Yao's eyes were full of sparks, and all of them rushed to the fire without long eyes.

"I have my own plan for the Queen's matter. I should leave early today."

"Yes."

The ministers came out of the palace one after another, and Wen Ruyan looked at the trembling Minister of the Household Department, Qi Tai, who was supported by his elder brother into the palace.

"Why are they so scared?"

Su Qing glanced at it, and remembered that His Majesty proposed to re-measure the field, and now Qi Tai, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, was beaten right after him, it was hard not to think of it.

Wen Ruyan glanced at the main hall in embarrassment, not wanting to serve him closely, but since it was a job, he could only bite the bullet.

The door of the palace opened wide, Zhao Yao looked at the girl standing not far away, flipping through the memorial in her hand without making a sound.

But the young girl was extremely proficient in changing tea and pouring water, and she was especially proficient in doing things like studying ink and carrying memorials.

I thought the girl had figured it out, so she took the initiative to show her favor, and Zhao Yao, who was in a good mood, wanted to let her taste the cakes from the imperial dining room.

Who would have thought that the girl walked in with the tea tray in her hand, and whispered to Miss Su at the same time, the two looked very intimate.

Wen Ruyan said softly to Su Qing: "You act as a missionary in front of His Majesty on my behalf."

"En." Su Qing agreed without thinking much, met the empress' extremely cold gaze without thinking, and immediately regretted it.

The girl left the hall without looking back, Zhao Yao said, "What is she doing?"

Su Qing responded unluckily: "Miss Wen said she went to the toilet."

Only then did the frightening eyes move away, Zhao Yao looked at the steaming teacup with a little thought, not knowing how to express her friendship to the girl in the future.

Wen Ruyan, who came out of the hall, wandered around outside because he was afraid of the embarrassment of the two of them being alone.

I saw a man in the imperial garden, holding a sword in his hand, and his moves were particularly gorgeous, which was pleasing to the eye, so many palace people secretly watched.

Wen Ruyan knew this man. Song Jun, who temporarily lived in Orchid Garden, was Grand Master Song's nephew. He was more wild than Qi Jun, unrestrained like a knight-errant, and he could not tell that he came from a scholarly family.

Song Jun, who was dressed in black clothes, flew towards Wen Ruyan with a long sword in his hand, and said with a smile that he thought he was very handsome: "I wonder which palace you belong to, the symbol of your rebirth?"

This frivolous behavior really made Wen Ruyan's scalp tingle.

Sure enough, you can't judge people by their appearance, otherwise they may really go blind.

"I'm a palace servant working in the hall, please don't block my way, okay?" After Wen Ruyan finished speaking, she turned sideways and walked to one side.

Song Jun didn't think that this little palace man was cute but had such a wild temper, so he followed him and said: "My sister is able to work in front of His Majesty at such a young age, it seems very powerful."

If Wen Ruyan hadn't watched too many Gongdou dramas in modern times, he might have been fooled by Mr. Song.

This scheming man is waiting for him to take the bait, it seems that he wants to take the opportunity to hook up with Zhao Yao.

Wen Ruyan felt unhappy when he thought about it, so he stopped and looked at Song Jun's appearance.

Oh, what a handsome face.

"Every day, the imperial dining room will prepare good pastries. I have a small bag, so I can give it to my sister to taste." Song Jun handed the pastry bag to the little palace man, thinking that the little girl in the deep palace compound would not be able to take it.

"I'm tired of eating this pastry." Wen Ruyan didn't even look at it, turned around and left.

Only Song Jun with an embarrassed face was left, thinking that it was rumored in the palace that the empress favored the first palace man, so it seemed that this was the little palace man.

Wild is pretty wild, but if you add some tricks, you won't be afraid of not being able to win her heart.

Wen Ruyan, who had returned to the main hall from the outside, was still angry, and stood by himself silently, silently criticizing Song Jun's wishful thinking in his heart.

Su Qing wisely withdrew from the main hall, fearing that he would become a fish in the pool that would harm innocent people again.

Zhao Yao glanced at the girl several times, her expression was really not good, could it be that being alone with her made her so unhappy?

The joy that rose in her heart before suddenly turned to disappointment, Zhao Yao drank the tea in the teacup and coughed, "It's time to refill the tea."

The girl approached straight, poured the tea without opening her mouth, turned around and retreated to the corner, her movements were swift and without any trace of nostalgia.

Zhao Yao looked at the full cup of tea, then turned to the girl who was still silent, and resigned herself to pouring down the tea.

"Add tea." Zhao Yao swallowed the tea and made a sound.

Seeing the girl walking again, Zhao Yao reacted promptly this time, reached out and gently held the girl's hand and asked, "Are you unhappy?"

Wen Ruyan replied puzzled, "No."

Zhao Yao didn't dare to let go of her hand, fearing that the girl would slip away again, so she pulled her hand to signal the girl to sit aside.

The girl didn't refuse to sit down, but she didn't intend to speak up either.

The huge palace was silent, Zhao Yao hooked the soft white fingers with her fingertips, leaned over and said, "Are you still angry?"

"No." Wen Ruyan came back to her senses when she sat down, she just pretended to be deep in thought and deliberately waited for Zhao Yao to speak.

Zhao Yao took the girl's hand and put it on her lap and said softly: "I was too anxious that day. If you haven't thought about it, it's okay to take the Queen's matter for a while."

The girl still didn't answer, which made Zhao Yao a little frustrated, she looked at the person with a particularly indifferent expression with thin lips.

Zhao Yao had never imagined such a situation. Girls are always optimistic and cheerful, such silence is really unusual.

Originally wanted to ease the atmosphere between the two of them so that Zhao Yao could restore her intimacy with the girl, but now Zhao Yao dared not act rashly.

"Why do you like me?" Wen Ruyan looked at Zhao Yao who was suddenly silent and asked.

Zhao Yao held the girl's hand tightly and replied: "I don't know what to say, you are not well-behaved or obedient, naughty and sometimes argue with me, but I just want to stay with you."

The girl seemed to be dissatisfied with the answer, so she didn't say anything, but sighed angrily.

"you do not believe?"

Wen Ruyan sighed because she felt that Zhao Yao just wanted to find someone to accompany her.

This kind of liking, it doesn't feel like love, it's a bit like a mixture of friendship and family affection.

No wonder Zhao Yao was too clingy a few days ago, maybe it was just possessive desire.

"Nothing." The girl lazily fell back on the dragon chair, staring straight at the extremely delicate building above, remembering that every time the two quarreled, it seemed to be the same, and the result always ended without a problem.

In the final analysis, it is the difference in thinking between the two. Zhao Yao is the empress and the ruler of the feudal society. She is very used to dominating others, and this way of thinking may even manifest in her unconscious.

What a ruler needs is to obey his servants, not to be equal, so once he expresses his different opinions and ideas, Zhao Yao will be easily angered, and thus speak threatening words.

Zhao Yao would threaten his life in the earlier disputes, but later it was probably because he was not used, and it turned into a cold war. Every time, he would pick things up and then seek peace, and there was no follow-up negotiation.

Because if they talk about the issue again, the two may still have disputes, so Zhao Yao is smart not to mention the disputes, and even uses candy tactics to confuse herself as much as possible, but in the end her goals are almost achieved.

From going out of the palace to taking medicine to her sudden confession, and finally wanting to marry her, there was only one purpose, she wanted to stay in the palace.

The queen's seat is just for her to restrain herself.

Seeing the girl's motionless appearance, Zhao Yao felt a little worried, leaned sideways and put her hand on the girl's forehead and sighed: "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

The girl blinked lightly in response: "Zhao Yao, if I say I don't like you, what will you do to me?"

At that moment, Wen Ruyan clearly felt that Zhao Yao's limbs were particularly stiff, her expression was obviously about to lose her grip, her eyes were staring coldly, her thin lips were pursed tightly without any color.

"You, what are you talking about?" Zhao Yao thought she had misheard, but the girl who had ensured her love several times had suddenly changed.

Wen Ruyan held Zhao Yao's hand on his forehead and sat up a little, "If I don't do what you want, what will you do?"

Zhao Yao's eyes turned slowly, and her blood was close to the edge of boiling, and she said: "Zhenhui..."

The blurted words were stopped by reason, Zhao Yao calmly thought and responded: "There are no ifs in this world, don't make random guesses, I don't like such topics."

Sure enough, she avoided it again.

"When you talk to me, do you have to call me by my name?" Wen Ruyan asked, changing the subject.

"I am the emperor who claims to be himself." Zhao Yao was relieved that the girl did not insist on talking about such a scary topic.

The girl moved her hand away from Zhao Yao's palm with dark eyes, and asked calmly, "Then what are you to me?"

Zhao Yao's cheeks were slightly flushed, and her thin lips parted softly, saying: "As long as you want, I can be your husband, and I can give you whatever you want in the world."

Wen Ruyan shook his head and said, "No, you are just the empress of the Southern Kingdom."

So in Zhao Yao's thinking, obedience is more important than anything else, as long as she obeys, she will give herself supreme favor, but once she disobeys, she will deal with it coldly.

"What do you mean?" Zhao Yao looked very serious.

"I will not be a family name, unless your love for me is for objects, so you never regard me as a family member."

"If you like it, you like it. Why do you say it so complicated?" Zhao Yao was a little displeased, and even suspected that the girl was just making excuses.

Wen Ruyan didn't want to argue with Zhao Yao again, so she said very calmly: "Okay, let me keep it simple."

"Don't use the word "zhen" with me in the future, otherwise I won't say a word to you for three days." The girl slowly got up and straightened her skirt, and said very seriously.

Zhao Yao was puzzled and said: "Don't make trouble for no reason, is there something wrong with my treatment of you?"

"I'll answer this question for you in three days." The girl covered her mouth with her hands after she finished speaking, indicating that she would stop talking.

Wen Ruyan thought that if Zhao Yao couldn't change her thinking, she would never be able to avoid this quarrel for the rest of her life.

As for the husband and the like, Wen Ruyan did not admit it. She didn't believe her deceptive sweet lies until she was married.

After all, Zhao Yao is still a very cunning person, so she must not be careless.

Zhao Yao didn't expect that the girl really didn't speak for three days, and her complexion was extremely bad.

At the end of the morning court on the third day, Zhao Yao didn't see anyone, so she asked Su Qing, "Where is she?"

"Miss Wen said that Jun Song invited her to have tea." Su Qing tried to reduce the sense of presence as much as possible, thinking that this dying Miss Wen might not survive today.

Everyone knows that the empress has been in a bad mood recently, not only has she left her post without authorization, but she has also dared to openly despise the majesty of the emperor and get involved with the gentlemen in the harem.

According to the empress's unpredictable nature, she might have to take off her little head.

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