After exchanging marriage with my elder sister, I won with a bad hand.

Three days later, the new emperor ascended the throne and the Crown Princess was named Queen.

Zhao Xun and Shen Yihuan joined hands, and in full view of everyone, the emperor and empress walked firmly step by step towards the platform of power.

"Huan'er, are you nervous?" Zhao Xun asked Shen Yihuan in a low voice that no one could hear.

"Kind of."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here, and I'll always hold your hand."

"His Majesty."

The two finally walked onto the platform, and the subjects below knelt down one after another, shouting "Long live the emperor, long live the queen."

Zhao Xun looked at the people below, then at his beloved wife standing beside him, and suddenly he was inspired: "From now on, you will be the only one standing on this high platform to accompany me."

It is said that it is lonely at the top. This is probably what it feels like to be alone.

At this moment, Shen Yihuan had the same feeling as Zhao Xun. At this moment, the two of them became dependent on each other.

"Your Majesty, I will always stand by your side and never leave you."

Prince Su and Shen Yiluo below stared at the two people standing on the podium with unwillingness. That was the position that should have belonged to them.

These two people are actually a perfect match. It is simply wishful thinking to take it for granted that something clearly does not belong to them.

After the coronation ceremony, Zhao Xun moved into the Emperor's Longtai Palace, Shen Yihuan moved into the Queen's Luanfeng Palace, the Queen Mother moved to the Changshou Palace, and the Grand Empress Dowager still lived in the Yongshou Palace.

The princes began to leave one after another, and the last to leave were Prince Su and his wife.

I came here with full confidence this time, but ended up returning disappointed.

Shen Yihuan was actually a little dissatisfied with this result. Her original goal was to induce Prince Su to rebel. After all, with such a time bomb in place, she could not feel at ease.

However, it does not prevent her from using another method to eliminate the hidden danger.

"Red leaves."

"master."

"Go back through the secret door and tell your sister..." Shen Yihuan whispered, with a hint of ruthlessness in her eyes. This was the first time she showed her dissatisfaction on her face. It seemed that she had really lost her patience.

"Do you understand?"

"Yes."

After Hongye left, Jinsong stepped forward and whispered back, "Some of the previous troubles have been resolved. Today, a new batch of palace maids came in. Many of them have been well trained in the secret door and have been scattered throughout the palaces."

Shen Yihuan nodded and said with satisfaction: "Well, Jinsong, you did a great job." In this way, after she had her own spies in the palace, she would be able to know clearly about every move here.

"There are also many good talents found in the schools outside the palace. They will also be resources for Your Majesty when they enter the court in the future."

"Yin Song has done a great job, too." Shen Yihuan looked at Jin Song, who looked very loyal, and said sincerely, "With you two brothers, I don't have to worry about a lot of things."

Jin Song knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "It is my duty to share my master's worries."

The master and servant had just finished their conversation when the eunuchs' shrill singing voices were heard from outside.

"The Queen Mother is here!"

Shen Yihuan quickly stood up and went out to greet them, but before he even stepped out of the palace gate, the empress dowager had already approached.

"Welcome, mother."

"Child, you are still so polite. Come in quickly with your mother." The Queen Mother was still as enthusiastic as ever. She took her hand and walked her inside.

Shen Yihuan smiled and secretly looked at the empress dowager while supporting her inside.

She discovered that since the old emperor passed away, the empress dowager had become younger and more beautiful.

Compared with her previous gentleness, there was a hint of charm between her eyebrows. She was quite shocked when she thought about her spy in the palace telling her that the Queen Mother had a lover.

After all, the relationship between the old emperor and the empress dowager was quite good. It is not an exaggeration to say that the two of them are each other's only one.

However, it was not surprising to Shen Yihuan why the Queen Mother became like this. After all, it was the old emperor who first used her as a substitute, and that old guy did not really love the Queen Mother.

She even had a bold guess that the old emperor was poisoned by the empress dowager. After all, at that time, the only one who could get close to him was the empress dowager.

Although the Queen Mother showed that she didn't mind at that time and still loved the old emperor wholeheartedly, she couldn't believe that a woman could be so generous and not mind after finding out that she was just a substitute for someone else.

Moreover, if she really still had feelings for him, she wouldn't have started keeping a lover in the palace right after the old emperor passed away. So she could almost conclude that the empress dowager hated the old emperor to the core.

As for the matter of keeping a lover, Shen Yihuan didn't want to get involved. After all, she got along well with the Queen Mother, and she was still so young, it was not worth it to be a widow for such a bad man.

"Mother, I haven't seen you for a long time. You look better and better, and your appearance is even better than before."

"Oh, this is all thanks to the whitening and beauty pills you gave me before, the effect is really good." The Queen Mother felt a little guilty, in fact, she had finished eating that thing a long time ago.

People say that the reason why she has become like this is that people are in high spirits when they are happy, but she feels that she has finally tasted the sweetness of love, her state of mind has become different, and she has become younger.

Since that night with Shen Xiangguo, they have kept in touch from time to time. Although most of the time they met was in bed, and many things were done in bed, her goal was finally achieved through her unremitting efforts.

The reason I came here today was to talk to her good daughter-in-law first.

"As long as the effect is good, mother should have almost finished eating it. I still have some here. I will give it to you when she returns." Shen Yihuan saw through it but did not say anything. He said with a smile.

The Queen Mother really enjoyed talking to such a gentle and intelligent person. It made her feel very relaxed.

She nodded, and said directly without hiding anything: "Queen, I want your father to return to the court and be the prime minister again. What do you think?"

"This...I'm afraid it's not appropriate. Father made such a big mistake, it's already good enough that he can save his life. How dare I expect him to continue to sit in the position of Prime Minister."

"This is not the case. Xun'er has just ascended the throne, and his country is not stable yet. There is no one trustworthy around him." The Queen Mother was a little surprised that she did not agree immediately. She felt that this child was really honest, so she counseled, "Although Prime Minister Shen had rebellious intentions before, he is your father after all. We are a family. How can he rebel against his son-in-law's country?"

Shen Yihuan looked at the Queen Mother strangely, and saw that when she mentioned her father, her eyes were full of affection. Then, she understood immediately.

She really wanted to thank him. She had no idea what was in the Queen Mother's mind. She said she would not rebel against her son-in-law, so what had he done before?

She wondered in her heart how much nonsense her father had persuaded the empress dowager, who was so naive that she had almost no brains, to make such a suggestion to her.