Da Han Yan Hua * Netizen uploaded Chapter 72: New Emperor (Part 2)

  But in the end, it was necessary to break this tranquility. Liu Ying asked, "I heard that the Empress Dowager had sent Concubine Qi to Yongxiang?"

  Suddenly, Empress Lü's smile froze, "What if it is? What if it isn't?"

  Liu Ying smiled awkwardly, "Son knows that Qi Furen had committed some wrongdoings against the Empress Dowager in the past, but after all, she is the widow of the late Emperor. Now that the Empress Dowager has become the Grand Empress Dowager, if you don't like her, just send her to the Cold Palace and never see her again. Why must you make things difficult for her? People outside will hear about it and think poorly of it."

  "She naturally has a lot of sins against me," Lü Zhi's cold smile, her eyes staring straight at Liu Ying, her expression gloomy. "She wants the throne you're sitting on now, she wants my position as empress dowager, she wants to destroy our family, and she also wants the lives of us mother and son. She has committed a lot of sins against me."

  "Empress Dowager," Liu Ying's expression was awkward, he stood up and paced around, "Those things are already in the past." He walked behind Lü Zhi and hugged her from behind, "Now, your son is already the Emperor. She has thoroughly lost. The victorious king and defeated villain, Empress Dowager, why not be more magnanimous?"

  She straightened her back, coldly smiling, "What a pity. If even my son thinks this is something I did, then the whole world must think so too. What a pity, it doesn't match what you guys thought. The idea of sending Xi down to Yong Alley wasn't mine, but rather that precious niece of yours who's being pampered in your palm. Because she personally heard Xi scold her own grandmother.----Yinger?"

  She turned around and looked at her young son in close proximity, "You only heard that Qi Yi was demoted to Yongxiang, but did you hear that Qi Yi scolded your mother? Scolding her as a seductress, scolding her to death?"

  "Don't say anymore, Empress Dowager." Liu Ying shouted out of control.

  After a while, he asked in a low voice, "Did Qi Yizhen really scold like that?"

  Lü Cuī chuckled. "Is this what I arranged? Everyone up and down the Divine Hall heard it clearly, Ah Yan also heard it clearly----"

  "A Yan ----" Liu Ying repeated this name in a daze.

  "Insulting the Empress Dowager, this crime, is enough to send Consort Qi down to Eternal Lane for a trip, isn't it?" Lü Zhi asked calmly, her face serene.

  "It's not Mother who is at fault, it's the son." Liu Ying regained his composure and looked straight into Lü Zhi's eyes. "The son should not have doubted Mother's intentions arbitrarily."

  Lü Zhi blinked. Her expression returned to its usual loving state, and she smoothed out Liu Ying's hair, her hand slipping down the collar of his clothes. "The Empress Dowager won't blame you. The Empress Dowager will never blame you."

  How could the empress dowager blame you?

  Because you're my son.

  "But, Your Majesty," Liu Ying continued, "since Qi Yi has already been sent to the Cold Palace, it's pointless to surround the Divine Temple again. The slaves and servants inside the temple - I know you don't like any of them, so why not let them all go back home?"

  Lü Zhi's expression was strange, and after a moment, she burst out laughing. "How wonderful! You're actually my son. Ying'er, you're a good child. Do as you said, the empress dowager wants everyone in the world to see that my Ying'er is a good child."

  The moonlight shone in from outside the temple, illuminating a patch of ground inside. "It's really getting late," she glanced at the moon leaning towards the west and pressed down on Liu Ying's collar, "Go back to sleep, Ying'er, you have things to attend to tomorrow."

  "Good." Liu Ying Rou nodded and stood up. "The empress dowager should also rest early."

  He stepped out of the hall, and under the curtain, he turned his head to look at his mother. His mother was no longer young, because of her husband's death, she wore mourning clothes, couldn't wear makeup, but didn't look haggard either. In fact, her complexion was even better than in previous years. A pair of black eyes were full of sparkling light.

  His mother was not a kind-hearted woman, he had known that for a long time. But she was his mother. She had been loving and caring towards him all her life, never disappointing the word "mother". So he loved his mother as a son should, never disappointing the word "son". The candlelight in the hall, his mother's smile, his mother's words, were all as usual, everything seemed fine, nothing was wrong, but he suddenly felt uneasy, as if he was afraid of something happening, although it had not happened yet. This fear drove him to suddenly shout out, "Mother?"

  "Huh?" Lv Wei looked at him in confusion.

  Liu Ying looked straight at her and suddenly said, "You must take care of your body."

  Don't collapse like Father Emperor did. I've already lost a father and don't want to lose a mother too.

  No one knows a child better than their mother. In an instant, Lü Zhi felt Liu Ying's emotions and her heart softened like water. "Foolish child," she repeated, this time with a smile on her face. "The Marquis of Zhongliang said that the Empress Dowager still has fifteen years to live, so you don't have to worry so much."

  "Your mother also wants to see your son and grandson grow up."

  Xin Luo returned to her original position, Liu Ying looked at her with an awkward expression and said, "Mother."

  "Empress Lü said, 'In three more years, you will have fulfilled your filial duties. Then I will choose the best woman in the world for you to be your empress.' ---Right." Empress Lü put down her hands and turned to ask Zhang Liang who was attending at the side, "Where did Your Majesty rest tonight?"

  "This----" The crown prince hesitated. The crown prince had already ascended to the throne, and naturally could no longer stay in the Eastern Palace. However, the Chang Le Palace was filled with remnants of the previous emperor, and His Majesty found it distressing to look at, unwilling to linger for long. As the sky was about to brighten, the vast Chang Le Palace, yet the new emperor couldn't find a place to reside.

  Lü Zhi smiled slightly, "Since you came to Chang'an, Ying'er, you've been living in the East Palace. We haven't spent a night together as mother and daughter again. If you don't want to live where your father lived out of respect for him, that's fine. Isn't there still Weiyang Palace? You can move there tomorrow. But tonight, just stay with me at the Empress Dowager's place for one night. It's only one night, and I'm not afraid of those historians writing nonsense."

  "Good." Liu Ying replied, feeling a warmth in her heart.

  As people get older, they can't sleep well. The next morning, Lü Zhi got up very early and went to the East Hall where Liu Ying was sleeping. She looked at her son who was still fast asleep, tucked in his quilt for him, stood by his bed for a while, then quietly walked out.

  "Your Majesty isn't sleeping well, is he?" Su Mo smiled and came forward. "I've already ordered that no one disturb him. These days he's been working hard, only when he's with the Empress Dowager does he sleep well."

  "Yes." Lv Wei finally spoke up, laughing heartily, "The child has grown up." If there was any regret, it was settled in her heart.

  "It's still very filial," Su Mo blinked his eyes. "The empress dowager will never have to worry."

  On the second day, Lu Yuan entered the palace to bid farewell to Empress Lü Zhi.

  "Are you really going to leave?" In the pepper chamber, Lü Zhi patted Lu Yuan's hand, reluctant to part with him. "The empress dowager has just lost your father, and now you're leaving again, aren't you afraid of hurting your mother's feelings?"

  "After Mother Empress, Manhua also didn't want to part with you." Lu Yuandao said. "But Ao Ge heard that after Mother Empress, you planned to send the vassals and generals back to their respective places, he didn't want you to have a hard time, so he decided to bring us back to Xuanping."

  Lv Wei was taken aback for a moment.

  "Grandma," Zhang Yan also looked up at Lü Yu and said, "When you turn fifty next year, I will definitely come back to Chang'an to celebrate with you."

  "Alright, alright." Lü Yu smiled and kissed her, "A Yan, Mother heard that someone in the palace made you angry?"

  Zhang Yan smiled slyly and said, "Auntie, are you talking about Qi Furen? I heard her scolding you. She was so angry that she took matters into her own hands." She asked cautiously, "Did I overstep my bounds?"

  "Nothing is off-limits, nothing is off-limits." Lü Zhi smiled all over her face. "In this Chang Le Wei Er Gong, Ah Yan, you can do whatever you want, and nothing will be off-limits."

  Eunuch Zhang Ze stood by, nodding his head as he thought to himself, "Indeed, this Miss Zhang from the Eldest Princess's household is not someone to be underestimated. She is currently the Empress Dowager's comfort and the Emperor's treasured darling. Although she isn't even a princess, she is actually more noble than Lady Liu."

  Inside the temple. Lü Yu led her daughter's hand, whispering and talking about some personal matters. Zhang Yan was bored outside, kneeling on the black lacquer case with gold inlays, suddenly heard the sound of the curtain being lifted, happily raised his head and smiled. "Mother, are you okay?" Suddenly he froze and stopped smiling.

  She looked suspiciously at the sky outside the temple again.

  No. The sun is already high in the sky, and at this time, it's also the new emperor's ascension to the throne. He should be busy with government affairs in the front hall, without even having a moment to catch his breath. How could he possibly stand under the palace curtain of the Pepper Chamber with a sleepy look on his face?

  Tandoku beads strung under the curtain, Liu Ying also stood there in a daze, having just gotten up, still wearing her meditation clothes, slightly wrinkled, and with her hair loose, softly draped over her shoulders.

  "Ah Yan?"

  Liu Ying was also surprised as if in a dream. When she woke up, she saw Zhang Yan who should have been staying at the Xuanping Marquis's residence.

  He moved his lips, but didn't know what to say either.

  After Zichen Hu left, Ayan had been hiding from herself for several months. She wasn't very good at hiding, but she was thorough. There were several times he came to the Pepper Chamber Hall and saw her hastily walking away in the distance.

  In private, I couldn't help but feel sad. After all, he had always been kind to his niece. But thinking carefully, it was ultimately my own fault. Ah Yan was such a pure and clean girl, and she had always liked to be close to Hu'er. Yet in that situation, she witnessed Hu'er's death.

  How can you pretend like nothing ever happened?

  He thought, let her vent a little temper. Children have poor memory, after a while, they won't remember anything; but he forgot that children are also very stubborn and will remember things they want to remember for several months.

  He thought it was just a distant and unfamiliar relationship, but one morning after getting up, he suddenly saw her sitting there with her mouth open and staring at him in shock after pulling back the curtains.

  People who had been avoiding each other for several months suddenly and unexpectedly bumped into each other on either side of a curtain.

  Then let's just say nothing.

  Liu Ying smiled slightly, with a warm expression.

  There is a beginning, there must be an end.

  After making a fuss for so long, it's time to have an end. Ah Yan, as long as you smile, we can go back to the way things were before, with uncle and nephew being filial and harmonious.

  He smiled as he watched the girl slowly withdraw her hand, correct her kneeling posture, place her right hand over her left, and hide both hands in her sleeves. She raised her hands to her forehead, bowed respectfully, paused for a moment, then straightened up again, simultaneously raising her hands to her forehead once more, thus performing a very formal and solemn bow.

  "I have seen Your Majesty." She slightly opened her pale lips, hiding the delicate complexion of her youth in the shadows.

  His smile stiffened inch by inch.

  In an instant, Liu Ying's heart was almost dead. The young emperor took over the throne from his father and stood in the highest place under heaven. He had vaguely imagined what it would be like at this moment, but he hadn't expected it to feel so empty. When he was a child, his mother told him that the emperor was the most powerful person under heaven, and whatever he wanted, he could have. But now that he stood here, he felt like he had already lost something before even getting anything. These things, he couldn't quite put into words, but he knew they were what he should be concerned about.

  Mother, I'm actually unable to be happy.

  The first volume ends with a loud bang and clouds flying high.

  Pink ticket is looking forward to Yamaki's scroll.