Yu Su had always been restrained and polite towards Yue Chen. In fact, he was very good - looking, but the murderous aura on him was too strong, which made a boudoir lady like Yue Chen always inevitably afraid of him and keep her distance.
The Yue family also emerged from the battlefield. They had made contributions to founding the country, and there had been an empress in the family. In recent years, the world has been mostly peaceful. The Yue Mansion has not experienced war for a long time. Only the men in the family practice martial arts and have a rough understanding of military strategies.
For the time being, Chen Zhi couldn't quite figure out why a person like the Prince Regent, with his background, would be infatuated with an ordinary woman like Yue Chen, who was kept in a sequestered environment.
Chen Zhi's arrival had already changed the rebirth. From now on, probably no one knew how the story would develop.
Yu Su, regardless of worldly etiquette, openly held her hand this time. It might not be that after experiencing a loss, he no longer suppressed his emotions.
In a place like the Imperial Medical Office where people were constantly coming and going, news spread quickly. By the end of the day, rumors about the Prince Regent and the Empress would be secretly spreading throughout the entire imperial palace.
Yu Su was also thinking to himself. Since she was ten years old, Yue Chen had always been extremely cautious in front of him, for fear of making a single mistake, and was also very afraid of him.
The tender hand in his was still there, and she didn't resist, which made him a little dazed. The current Yue Chen was very different. The woman in front of him was gradually merging with the girl in his memory.
There was no extra expression on her face, no fear, no regret, no pain, only a trace of barely noticeable bewilderment.
Yu Su saw the white cloth wrapped around Yue Chen's head. After giving careful instructions, he turned to go out to find the imperial physician, but was grabbed by the hem of his clothes by Chen Zhi.
"Can you leave me a... guard? I'm a little scared." Chen Zhi's voice was soft and tinged with dejection. Now that she was in the imperial palace, even the emperor was her enemy. There were too many people who wanted her dead. If she had no support at all, I'm afraid it wouldn't be long before she died again. Chen Zhi understood that her biggest backer now was only Yu Su in front of her.
Yu Su looked at her deeply, with pain hidden in his eyes, and nodded slightly. "I'll have him guard in the dark. Call him if you need anything."
Chen Zhi lay down in a more comfortable position. The guard left didn't know much either. From him, she learned some information about this body. The emperor was really ruthless. He exterminated the entire Yue family, not even leaving the guard dogs.
Now the most favored person by the emperor Yu Qian was her hidden - strength cousin, Yun Lian, who came from Lianyunzhou. Yun Lian and Yue Chen were close boudoir friends. For the time being, she couldn't confront her.
Yun Lian knew Yue Chen too well. They had grown up together for ten years, and Yun Lian knew everything about Yue Chen.
Chen Zhi wasn't as stupid as some authors, thinking that making up an excuse of amnesia could deceive everyone. No matter how much a person forgot about the past, their self - cultivation and character wouldn't change drastically.
Yu Su didn't have much contact with her, so the excuse of amnesia could deceive him for a while.
After all, she wasn't Yue Chen and didn't have such deep - seated hatred for the emperor and Yun Lian. Now she could only adopt the attitude of "live and let live".
She pricked up her ears and heard footsteps outside the door. Looking at the reflection on the doors and windows, a woman was coming.
Qian You entered and saw Chen Zhi's indecent lying posture. She frowned slightly. This person really seemed to have hurt her brain and forgotten all the daily etiquette and boudoir teachings.
"I heard that sister hurt her head in the cold palace. I was very worried, so I came to visit sister without hesitation. But along the way, there were so many gossips, saying that sister and the Prince Regent were acting intimately in an unspeakable way. I think it's all the idle talk of the subordinates. Who in the capital doesn't know that sister has whole - heartedly loved His Majesty and done her best for His Majesty, even using the entire maternal clan to pave the way for His Majesty?" Qian You brought up the old things to deliberately prick Yue Chen. But unfortunately, she was facing Chen Zhi. Even if she described the past more vividly and the Yue family as more tragic and pitiful, it couldn't arouse the slightest interest of Chen Zhi.
Chen Zhi looked at her with a smile on the corner of her mouth, didn't interrupt, and waited for her to finish speaking slowly, as if she were an outsider.
As Qian You spoke, she also paid attention to Chen Zhi, but saw no trace of emotion on her face. She couldn't help but feel suspicious. In the past, whenever His Majesty and the Yue family were mentioned, she was always full of resentment, pain, and regret.
Chen Zhi stood up and walked closer with her head tilted. "Does sister really worry about me?"
"What kind of words are these, sister? Ever since I heard that sister was consigned to the cold palace by His Majesty, I have been weeping in my bedroom, losing my appetite for food and tea, and always thinking about the kindness sister has shown me. His Majesty was also deceived. One day, sister will surely get out of the cold palace. I have always been looking forward to that day." Qian You said insincere words. His Majesty had already written the imperial edict to depose the empress, and the Yue family was destroyed. She had no more support, and even the child in her belly was gone. With Yun Lian's revenge against her, the death of a deposed empress in the cold palace wasn't a big deal.
"I think sister's family education must be poor, or sister's family really doesn't attach enough importance to sister. They didn't even teach sister the slightest bit of etiquette. When coming to visit the sick, you don't even bring anything in your hands. Are you here to visit the sick or to spy on news? And sister cries in the bedroom every day, but I see that sister's eyes and eyebrows are full of joy, and there's not a trace of bloodshot in your eyes. Sister's steps are light and energetic. You really don't look like someone who can't eat. " Chen Zhi swept a glance. "Sister's diet must be very good recently. Look, this complicated dress can't even cover sister's prominent belly."
Qian You immediately covered her abdomen and stepped back, no longer speaking false words. "Yue Chen, now that the Yue family no longer exists and you can't even protect yourself, you've been consigned to the cold palace, but your tongue has become much sharper. Let me tell you the truth. His Majesty's imperial edict to depose the empress has been issued. You're no longer the empress, and you're not even as good as a palace maid."
"Now what you say is rather pleasant to the ear." Chen Zhi smiled with a curl of her lips. "I really can't afford to be a deposed empress. Since I haven't received the emperor's imperial edict yet, I'm still the empress. As a concubine, sister doesn't salute when she sees the empress. This is a crime of disrespect."
Chen Zhi stood up and walked closer to Qian You. She still had a smile on her face, but the momentum around her made Qian You unable to move.
"Not distinguishing between high and low is a serious crime in this palace. Sister is just a humble palace maid - in - waiting and hasn't been in the palace for long, yet you've committed such a crime. Even if I stabbed you to death with a sword right now, not to mention Yun Lian, even the emperor would probably be powerless to stop me." Everyone could accuse others. This was an ancient time with a clear hierarchy. The original owner just didn't know how to use the power in her hands.
The Yue family ended up in today's situation, partly because they didn't know how to plan ahead and also because they taught the women in the family to be too simple and ignorant of the world.