Empress Chu

She jumped off her horse and ran up the hill.

Chapter 1 Invite Tea

Du Qi held the food box in one hand and the tea stove in the other.

The grass was soft and the ground was uneven, and the tea stove tilted as soon as it was put down.

"All right, all right, Du Qi." Xie Yanfang said, "I'll do it."

Du Qi responded and got up and walked away.

Xie Yanfang straightened the tea stove and said, "As a guard, I have never done this kind of work." He looked at Chu Zhao with a smile, "In the past, when I came to enjoy the flowers and scenery, others had prepared them, please invite me."

Chu Zhao smiled: "Then I'm really honored this time." He stretched out his hand, "I'll help too—"

Xie Yanfang waved her hand: "No, no, I'll come, I'll clean up the dust for the Empress, Your Majesty, please sit down."

Sure enough, Chu Zhao sat down, looking at the young man in plain robes with clear eyes, he first lit the tea stove, put the kettle on, set up the teacups, and then placed plates of snacks, dried fruits, and snacks on the coarse cloth.

"Why hasn't the third son returned to Beijing?" She asked.

Xie Yanfang said: "The King of Zhongshan's [-] soldiers were imprisoned on the spot and escorted to the border county in batches. I will keep an eye on it here, and Xiao Xun will make life difficult for the people along the way. Now that it is time for spring plowing, I will take care of your Majesty. People's hearts."

Chu Zhao nodded: "With the three young masters here, everything is safe."

Xie Yanfang smiled, made tea with boiling water, and said, "I want to thank you, Madam, for relieving the people's worries, otherwise, how could I sit here and watch the bustling and blooming at this moment."

He looked forward, and Chu Zhao followed suit. Sitting on the hillside, the view of the peach forest was more beautiful than the peach forest he saw on the road just now, and he could still hear the chatter and laughter from the peach forest.

"People can't enjoy the scenery in spring."

"Even this peach grove has been burned up."

"So, I'm here to welcome your empress, and replace the wine with tea, and ask your empress to take a look at your achievements."

He held the tea in both hands and handed it to Chu Zhao.

Chu Zhao straightened his body and took it, smiled at Xie Yanfang, poured the tea——

"It's not wine, it's hot." Xie Yanfang smiled, reaching out to block the girl's raised arm, "Don't drink it all in one gulp."

Chu Zhao laughed, put the teacup to his mouth and tasted it slowly.

"I heard that the third son is still here." She said, "I still want to see you, but the third son is one step ahead of me."

She dresses lightly but does not want the Queen's ceremonial guard, and conceals the news so as not to disturb the government and the people, but she has Ding Dahui and the Longwei Army accompanying her, and the front and rear defenses are very strict.

Just now, Xie Yanfang had already received the whistle, and Xie Yanfang was waiting on the road.

Of course, Xie Yanfang also found her whereabouts.

Coincidentally, it is impossible to appear on them.

Xie Yanfang poured tea again, but only for herself, raised it up and said, "This cup of tea is my apology to Miss Azhao."

Are you sorry?After the empress called her Miss Azhao again, Chu Zhao turned around and looked at Xie Yanfang with a smile.

"It was my arrangement to reveal the past between your uncle and Xiao Xun." Xie Yanfang said, "Miss Azhao told me her privacy frankly at the beginning, but I used it to endanger Miss Azhao's reputation. It's not fair."

Chu Zhaodao: "I know, but I can understand. If it were me, I should have chosen the same way." He smiled again, "Besides, I also benefited from what the third son did. If it wasn't for the court to track down my uncle , My uncle and the others will not approach Xiao Xun so smoothly."

If someone else said this, Xie Yanfang would still think it was ironic, but this girl——

Xie Yanfang looked at the girl, whom she hadn't seen for a few months, her face seemed a little strange, but at this moment, it was very familiar.

It was the same when she first came to see him.

Before she met him for the first time, he was also like this. In order to embarrass the third prince, he pushed her.

Then he also confessed to her, she waved her hand and said that she didn't care, and said that she was also very happy to see the third prince confuse her.

Xie Yanfang looked at the teacup in her hand.

"Miss Azhao doesn't care, it's because Ms. Azhao has a big heart." He said, "It doesn't mean I can do this."

He drank the tea in one gulp, looked at Chu Zhao and said.

"I thank Yanfang, I am not a kind person."

Chu Zhao smiled, she did know this.

Xie Yanfang said: "People all over the world say that I never act domineeringly on the basis of my status as a relative of the emperor, and praise my noble character. Guess why?"

Chu Zhaodao: "Because, the young master is not that kind of person?"

Xie Yanfang laughed: "No." He shook his head, "That's because of what I want, not because of my status as a relative of the emperor."

He looked at the peach forest in the distance.

"Although I made my elder sister the crown princess, I made the Xie family the emperor's relatives."

"But what I want to do this is not a high official and a rich salary, nor the status of a relative of the emperor, but, I want to do this."

He puts emphasis on the last sentence, so that people can tell that the same words express different meanings.

Chu Zhao did understand and was thoughtful.

"Does Miss Ah Zhao like mountain climbing?" Xie Yanfang asked.

Chu Zhao shook his head, and smiled again, climbing the mountain was tiring, which is not what women like. In that life, she stayed in the deep palace, and at most she went to the rockery in the imperial garden. In this life, she never had time to talk with her Opportunity to find what you like.

"When you stand on the top of the mountain, you can have a panoramic view of this world." Xie Yanfang said, "You can feel the feeling of letting me fly in the sky and the earth."

Chu Zhao thought for a while, and said: "I understand, what the third son wants is to be above others, and everything is under your control."

Xie Yanfang looked at her and smiled, neither admitting nor denying, the smile faded slightly: "But the sudden death of the prince and concubine is a great blow to me."

In fact, His Royal Highness couldn't keep it, the blow was even greater, and Chu Zhao was silent, so for this proud young master, only by not allowing others to sit on the Daxia throne can he fight against failure and control everything again.

"To be honest, when I heard that King Zhongshan raised his troops." Xie Yanfang looked at Chu Zhao and said, "I am very happy."

I am very happy to have the opportunity to make amends, to avenge the prince and concubine, to wash away the shame, and to climb the mountain again?

It's just a pity that this matter was interrupted by her. Chu Zhao poured tea by himself, held it in his hand, and said, "The next cup of tea, do I want to express my apology to the third son?"

Xie Yanfang looked at the girl's sharp eyebrows for a moment, and shook her head with a smile: "What the queen has done is for the country and the people, there is nothing wrong with it, and there is no need to apologize to anyone."

Chu Zhao put down the tea, nodded with a smile and said, "Master Xie can think so, I feel relieved."

This is the first time we met, she called him Master Xie for the first time, Xie Yanfang looked at Chu Zhao, the girl's breath was different from before, no longer as soft as a tender willow, no matter her eyes or words, she had the air of gold and iron horse face.

He was honest about his plans, and she made no secret of her persistence.

The wind in the mountains also seemed to become fierce. A gust of wind passed by, and a few peach blossom rolls came and fell between the refreshments.

Xie Yanfang reached out to pick up the peach petals, and placed them one by one on the green forged robe.

"Miss Azhao, I'm frank that I'm not dissatisfied with you." He said, "I'm just curious, why did Miss Azhao do this?"

Chu Zhao sighed, and said, "Naturally, what the third son said earlier is for the country and the people—"

Xie Yanfang smiled, and said, "Of course I didn't question Ms. Azhao's intentions. I mean, why did Ms. Azhao risk her life?"

He sighed lightly.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Why not ask him, ask him, join him, even, order him.

"I know Miss Azhao doesn't trust me, but you should trust me to eradicate Zhongshan King's heart for His Majesty."

"But you would rather fight to the death with King Zhongshan than discuss with me."

"Could it be that in Ms. Zhao's opinion, I, Xie Yanfang, are more terrifying than King Zhongshan?"

He looked at the girl in front of him, his eyes were as clear as a mirror, shining directly into the bottom of people's hearts.

At this moment, Chu Zhao felt that his heart had been seen through.

Although in this life she and Xie Yanfang became one because of His Royal Highness, in fact, there was always a thought in her heart.

The Xie Lang who can't even get rid of Xiao Xun, the son of the orthodox royal family, is the most terrifying.

Chapter 1 Ten Confessions

But it doesn't matter whether you don't believe it or it's scary, it's actually not a problem.

Chu Zhao was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"King Zhongshan is today because of his identity." She said, "His identity is innate, and you are different, third son. Your identity was obtained by yourself. No matter what the world thinks, in our eyes In my eyes, you are stronger than King Zhongshan, not only you, Deng Yi is also the same in my eyes."

This is very frank and very nice.

It's just that Xie Yanfang didn't want to be obedient, he smiled and nodded thoughtfully: "I know that people feel terrible about powerful things and people. It turns out that I have been scaring Miss Azhao all along."

Chu Zhao quickly waved his hands: "It's not to scare, but to motivate."

She looked at Xie Yanfang with bright eyes.

"I am fortunate to have met such a powerful person as you, so I must also become a powerful person."

Without waiting for Xie Yanfang to speak again, she nodded.

"So this time is my chance."

Having said that, she paused again, and laughed at herself.

"Actually, in this way, I feel the same as the third son. It is a good thing for me that King Zhongshan raises his troops."

She also gained fame by defeating King Zhongshan.

Xie Yanfang shook her head: "No, don't say that, you can't talk like this, Miss Azhao wants to seize the opportunity, not looking forward to this opportunity."

Chu Zhao sighed inwardly. Such a third son claimed that he was not a good person before, but who can not treat him as a good person?

He is indeed very kind.

Chu Zhao thanked: "Thank you, Third Young Master, for your kind understanding." It is not important to continue this topic, it is not important to discuss the good and evil in one's heart, and then continued, "I know that King Zhongshan will be solved with you, but I don't want to sit and wait. Look on the sidelines, after all, I am the queen now, so I analyzed the situation, planned the manpower, and fought back against King Zhongshan just like the third son, as for why I didn't contact you—"

She looked at Xie Yanfang with bright eyes.

"San Gongzi, you are fighting for you, and I am fighting for me. I don't want to disrupt San Gongzi's plan, let alone let San Gongzi plan for me."

Xie Yanfang smiled, turned the teacup in her hand, drank it down, and said, "Even if you and I are fighting each other, as long as we have the same goal, we are fighting side by side."

Chu Zhao nodded: "Yes, and—" she smiled again, "Because I know that the third son is powerful, so I firmly believe that even if I lose, there is still the third son, you can turn the tide and be invincible."

Xie Yanfang laughed, poured tea again, and said suddenly: "I used Mr. Chu Lan's old story before, but I didn't tell you, it was—"

"No need to say any more, even if I don't have any plans of my own to leverage on this matter, I also know that the third son will not let me, Chu Zhao, be stigmatized by revealing the past." Chu Zhao interrupted him, "You will definitely There are ways to undo the influence against me."

Xie Yanfang looked at her.

Her eyes were bright and bright, and her eyes were as clear as snow water.

She believed him.

"Actually, you are really honest with me." He sighed softly, "You know me, trust me, never blame me, you even know me better than me."

Know him better than him?Chu Zhao raised his teacup and said, "I said before that it is God's pity for me to get to know the third son in this life. Although the third son said that I deserve it, the third son may not be able to understand it. You, what an honor it is for me to walk side by side with you."

Xie Yanfang was startled, then smiled slowly, this time he didn't praise Chu Zhao again, but raised his teacup to touch her lightly.

"I'm honored," he said, downing his tea.

Chu Zhao also drank the tea in one gulp.

"Although there is no wine, let's try the dishes here." Xie Yanfang said, pointing to the plate, "This is a famous local snack, see if it suits your taste?"

The topic changed, and the matter was over.

Chu Zhao was not polite either, and tasted it as he said, with one mouthful of sour and one spicy, his brows were all knit together.

"It's not to your taste." She covered her mouth and said.

Seeing the girl's wrinkled face, Xie Yanfang laughed, and poured her tea again: "You must try something new."

Chu Zhao drank the tea in one gulp, and said, "I'm going on my way."

Xie Yanfang nodded: "Ah Yu is looking forward to you, let's go back earlier."

Chu Zhao stood up and looked at the peach forest in front of him: "Thank you, Third Young Master, for allowing me to stop and take a look at this beautiful scenery."

Xie Yanfang sat leaning on the bench, also looked at Taolin, and said, "Thank you too, Ms. Azhao, I haven't seen the scenery for a long time."