Yan Jingbai's return did not arouse anyone's suspicion. In the eyes of everyone, the emperor is still the same emperor, not the slightest difference from yesterday or a month ago.

When he woke up the next day, the first thing Yan Jingbai did was to re-elect some people to serve him. He didn't dare to call back the little Zhuo father-in-law that Zuo Ting said, for fear of scaring the snake, but there were also hidden secrets. At least it can help him get rid of some dissidents in the palace without anyone noticing.

Afterwards, he changed his clothes, got on the Luanjia and went to the court. The court was considered peaceful. Yan Jingbai admired it a little. It was not easy for Jun Yuqing or the people behind the scenes to be able to do this, but compared with Zuo Ting The list of personnel who was recently promoted by Jun Yuqing personally gave him an eyesore.

If it weren't for the time to deal with these people, he would have already done it unceremoniously.

However, looking all over the court, there is really no one who can match the people behind the scenes.

This seems to be ruled out as an important court official.

Yan Jingbai sat tall and upright in the dragon chair, resting his forehead on his hands and observing the civil and military officials below, silently recording everyone's information in his mind.

While doing this, he listened to the reports of the ministers, thought and analyzed them, and issued the most correct instructions.

He is used to dealing with these things, and it allows him to understand the dynasty as quickly as possible.

All the ministers said that today's emperor is extraordinarily sharp, dealing with problems straight to the point and full of courage.

Only Zuo Tingzhi, who knew the truth, exchanged a secret smile with Yan Jingbai who was about to leave before going down to court.

After leaving the imperial court, Yan Jingbai went directly to the imperial study. It is important to find out who is behind the scenes, but state affairs are even more important. If you want to know a country in detail, the emperor's study is the most correct choice.

In just one morning, the huge study room was turned into a mess, and Yan Jingbai knew almost everything he wanted to know.

The new batch of palace maids and eunuchs stood there like wooden stakes, not daring to disturb the emperor. They had heard about what happened last night, and no one dared to make fun of their own lives.

At noon, someone suddenly came to report that the queen mother had invited her.

Yan Jingbai raised his eyebrows, feeling a little strange that this queen mother really knows how to choose the time.

After patting his butt, he stood up, dropped the mess all over the floor, and went to the harem.

Jun Jingshen is only twenty years old and has not yet married. There are no concubines or queens in the harem, only one queen mother.

He and the queen mother are mother and son, so even though they are not too close on weekdays, there is still a lot of filial piety and etiquette that should be there.

The queen mother was a famous beauty when she was young, even though she is no longer young, this does not detract from her beauty in the slightest.Maybe it's her natural beauty, maybe it's because of her well-maintained skin. In her 40s, she looks a few years older than Yan Jingbai now. What the years have left him is not wrinkles and gray hair, but a kind of maturity that young girls will never have. Charm.

When Yan Jingbai saw her for the first time, he also felt emotional, no wonder Jun Jingshen's appearance is so handsome, it turned out to be her inherited mother.

"Emperor." The queen mother waved at him, then patted the seat beside her, and said, "Come here and sit."

Yan Jingbai wondered, did the former emperor and queen mother have a good relationship?So what if the intimacy value given by the system is only 10?Moreover, this queen mother seemed to be a master of martial arts, and the big characters with a force value of 85 made him a little confused.

He walked over slowly, and sat down next to the queen mother, with his back straight, as if he was listening to the teachings.

The queen mother took his hand affectionately and said: "It's noon, has the emperor eaten yet?"

Yan Jingbai was extremely uncomfortable being yelled at by a woman who was not as old as him, but he couldn't protest aloud, so he could only bear it silently, and he replied: "Never."

The queen mother sighed, and said with a distressed face: "You just don't know how to cherish your body."

Then he turned his head and said to the palace servant standing beside him, "Go and prepare meals, the emperor will eat here today."

The palace man promised, bowed and retreated.

"Thank you, Queen Mother, for your concern." The Queen Mother Yan Jingbai shouted in one go, without hesitation, although he felt awkward, but he is a dedicated actor, it's just a matter of title, it's not too difficult for him.

The Empress Dowager seemed very surprised, making Yan Jingbai wonder if he had revealed his secrets, or did he say something wrong?

But the empress dowager's astonishment was only for a moment, and soon she returned to her original state and said with a smile: "Why do you need to be so polite between us, mother and child?"

She stretched out her hand to caress Yan Jingbai's cheek, and said: "I heard that the emperor dismissed all the servants around him yesterday, but he didn't use it? It doesn't matter, tell the queen mother, she will find you a new one later, okay?"

Again?Yan Jingbai's heart tightened. Didn't those people belong to Jun Yuqing or the people behind the scenes, but arranged by the Queen Mother?

Moreover, she knew what happened last night today, and the Queen Mother is also very well informed.

Yan Jingbai became wary of her, but his smile became more gentle. He said softly, "Thank you for your mother's kindness. I still have enough people around me, so I don't need to bother my mother. Last night, those people are not good at hands and feet. I don't need to use them." I liked it, so I sent it away, but I didn't expect to alarm the queen mother, and the son and minister are not filial."

"Where, the emperor's son is very good, the queen mother is sorry for you." The queen mother sighed, but Yan Jingbai silently remembered it in his heart.

At this time, the meal has arrived.

Teams of court ladies and eunuchs filed in, and all kinds of delicacies were filled to the table.

The Queen Mother took Yan Jingbai's hand kindly and sat down at the table, asked him some trivial matters in life, and kept serving him dishes.

Yan Jingbai was not stupid, so he could see her earnest attitude towards him, but he didn't say anything, didn't show at all, he just observed calmly.

The Queen Mother stretched out her hand, and snapped Yan Jingbai's chopsticks which were about to reach for a plate of bitter gourd.

She glanced at him, and said in a quiet but majestic voice, "Who brought the bitter gourd?"

A court lady knelt down with a plop, her slender body trembling slightly.

The Empress Dowager's words were not harsh, they could even be called gentle, but the hall was inexplicably filled with a chilly evil spirit.

"Don't you know that the emperor doesn't eat bitter melon?"

The palace maid trembled even more, but she kept her mouth tightly shut, not daring to say a word of begging for mercy.

The Empress Dowager rubbed her forehead and said: "Drag it to death, and don't keep the imperial chef who made this dish. He can't even cook a dish well, so what's the use of him!"

Her voice was soft and sweet, but her words were icy cold.

Yan Jingbai pursed his lips tightly, listening to the crying of the maid when she was dragged down, she didn't say a word.

The Queen Mother took a chopstick of cucumber and put it in his bowl, saying: "The emperor 'should' like cucumbers, bitter melons are too bitter, don't eat them in the future."

Yan Jingbai narrowed his eyes slightly, this empress dowager is definitely not simple!

After a very painful lunch, the Queen Mother dragged him to talk for a while, and then reluctantly let him go.

When going back, Yan Jingbai didn't take a Luanjia, but walked back. Walking is good for helping people think, and he has to sort out some things.

Nothing major happened in the afternoon, he summoned Zuo Tingzhi, and after knowing that Jun Yuqing was hidden in a place where absolutely no one could find it except him, he felt relieved.

He didn't intend to kill him for the time being. The living Jun Yuqing was more useful than the dead Jun Yuqing. As for letting him go, it was even more impossible.

Yan Jingbai discussed the current situation with Zuo Tingzhi for a while, and finally ordered before he left: "Help me find some information about the Queen Mother before, the more detailed the better."

Zuo Tingzhi looked at him with some surprise. Although he was infinitely curious, he didn't ask after all it was related to the royal family.

And Yan Jingbai obviously didn't mean to explain, his son was replaced, would the mother not notice it at all?Moreover, the degree of intimacy given by the system was only 10, yet the other party seemed to care so much about his son. Yan Jingbai could tell that the concern was definitely not adulterated, but from the heart.

The system will never go wrong, so the problem can only be the queen mother.

Who does she really care about?

Jun Jingshen, whose intimacy is only 10, or Jun Yuqing?

The answer is about to come out!

The night was dark.

The diligent king corrected the memorial under the lamp, the scene was exactly the same as the night before, but the person was changed.

Yan Jingbai rubbed his eyes, and when he raised his eyes, he saw the person leaning against the window.

He was startled, then subconsciously looked at the closed palace door, and whispered, "Why are you here?"

Shi Zhixuan folded his arms and said with a smile: "What? Your Majesty doesn't welcome me?"

"Master Shi was joking." Yan Jingbai said lightly, "It's just that Master Shi has already escorted me to the capital and allowed me to enter the palace smoothly. I thought that with Master Shi's temperament as an outsider, I have already done what I promised. Now, the next intrigue should be of no interest."

Shi Zhixuan smiled and said: "Then you are wrong, in fact I like watching theater the most."

Yan Jingbai's face froze, and he said with a half smile: "It's my honor to be able to provide Master Shi with a wonderful scene for free."

Shi Zhixuan shook his head, and said seriously: "How could it be free, I paid for it."

Yan Jingbai smiled: "It's my money to exchange a good show for Master Shi's personal escort."

The hall fell silent.

Shi Zhixuan approached him step by step, his deep eyes never left Yan Jingbai's face, he looked at the mask-like smile on his face, his gaze was focused and unpredictable.

If it were an ordinary person, his hair would have stood on end by such a stare, but Yan Jingbai was obviously not this case, and looked at him with a calm expression.

Shi Zhixuan walked to the table and stood facing him, his right hand stretched out, almost touching the other's cheek.

Yan Jingbai frowned, and avoided it.

Shi Zhixuan suddenly laughed, with an inexplicable smile, "You know what? You look very similar to someone from a long time ago. You are calm and rational. You are obviously not a proud person, nor do you look down on others from a high position, but you never The temperament revealed in his bones is declaring to everyone that he is the most honorable one."

Originally, Yan Jingbai didn't realize that the other party was talking about him, but what Shi Zhixuan said next made him feel tense.

"Obviously he was a useless, very unpleasant ordinary person at the beginning, but one day when I saw him again, that person suddenly changed, became interesting, and made people unable to take their eyes off, do you think this is a person? A very strange thing?"

Shi Zhixuan supported the edge of the table with both hands, leaned forward slowly, and said with a light smile: "He is very capable, and he handles everything in an orderly manner, but there is one thing that is not good, just like you, he will treat you very well when he needs someone. You are polite, but once you achieve your goal, you throw it away after you use it, and you can’t wait to stay far away from you, it’s truly ruthless."

Shi Zhixuan looked at the twitching corners of his mouth, and added the last sentence slowly, saying: "The only difference from you is that he has a crush on me!"

Yan Jingbai's brain exploded - it exploded!

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