Deep in the courtyard, the moon shines brightly in silence, and the Buddha's light spreads across the scriptures.

The candlelight in the surrounding hall flickered with a slightly swaying candlelight, which seemed particularly depressing.

Even if she was facing a small Buddha statue and she was the only one around, she still had a gloomy feeling.

Looking at the densely packed scriptures on the desk, the pen in my hand has been trembling. I have been writing for some time, but I have not finished writing the scriptures.

So what if she had complaints? After all, the Queen Mother was his most respected relative.

Just as she was writing on the paper one by one, the window next to her was gently opened and it fell lightly to the ground.

Standing there, staring at the back figure. Walking slowly behind her with gentle steps, he covered her mouth and whispered softly: "Don't scream, it's me."

At that moment, Ye Yilan was extremely flustered, but when she heard the familiar voice again, she immediately felt at ease.

It was very inappropriate to see him appear here. He was hugging himself so tightly that he couldn't help but look up at the Buddha worshiped above, and pushed him: "Your Majesty, you should go back. If the Empress Dowager knows,

I am afraid..."

"What are you afraid of?" Seeing that she was so timid, he sat with her, kissed her cheek affectionately, and looked at her affectionately. "I was afraid that you would be scared alone here, so I came to see you, and now you

Want to drive me away?"

"How could the emperor go so far in front of the Buddha statue?"

His intimate appearance made her feel uncomfortable all over.

It was not that he had not seen the Empress Dowager's attitude toward him this morning.

She was just worried that if the Empress Dowager knew about this matter, she didn't know what she would think of.

The more she looked like this, the more he didn't want to leave.

In order to see her, he could only accompany her in this way. Naturally, he knew how scared she would be if she stayed here alone. He thought she would leave him alone, but he didn't expect that the thing she was worried about turned out to be the royal grandmother.

Today, the imperial grandmother's decree was clearly aimed at her, but he could not refute it and could only obey it.

If he disobeys her, he will definitely target Lan'er even more in the future. He: I can't, so I hurt her like this.

Staring affectionately, hiding the loss deep in his heart, he smiled and said, "How about I write it with you?"

Ye Yilan remained silent. When she saw the situation, she put down the pen she had just picked up and smiled seriously: "What's the matter? I'm not happy with you? If you dare like this, I will really leave."

Seeing him getting up, I clearly wanted him to stay, but the words in my mouth were lying.

She immediately took his hand and looked at him intently: "You know exactly what I'm worried about, but you still treat me like this."

The dim look in her eyes gradually became like a ray of sunshine shrouding her.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, he put his arm around her waist, leaned on his shoulder, picked up the pen he had just put down with the other hand, and sighed: "This scripture is too big to read, why don't you take a rest first and let's

Let me do it."

"How can I let you suffer too?"

Ye Yilan was about to take it away, but he refused.

"I'm not afraid of getting tired."

Tired, he has always endured it silently alone, and has long been used to it.

Copying this scripture with him, he looked extremely serious, unlike his usual look when he was playing tricks on himself.

If he doesn't smile, he is like a proud person who cannot be touched.

His smile can make the heart of a girl in love throb.

The oil lamp in front of me burned out little by little.

The person next to him fell asleep in his arms.

That night, Murong Haochen never closed his eyes and kept copying scriptures for her.

At dawn, he finished copying all the scriptures. Just as he was about to leave, the door was opened.

As soon as An Yi saw the emperor here, she immediately said, "Slave, please see the emperor."

Murong Haochen glanced at her sleeping body, walked up to An Yi, and said in a low voice with a hint of anger, "What's the matter?"

Upon hearing this, An Yi raised her eyes slightly and glanced at Chen Zhaoyi, who was sleeping soundly at the table. She knew something in her mind and said softly: "The Empress Dowager asked Chen Zhaoyi to send the copied scriptures over there."

"No need, I'll send it there for her."

Murong Haochen directly picked up the copied scripture, but was intercepted by An Yi.

"But, the Queen Mother is just..."

Just now, the Empress Dowager named Chen Zhaoyi. If Chen Zhaoyi had not left, I wonder how the Empress Dowager would be angry.

"How dare you, even a slave, resist me?"

"I don't dare." An Yi put her head tightly on the ground and timidly made a trembling voice.

Murong Haochen saw that if she had not been with the imperial grandmother all year round, how could he be so polite to her just now.

He warned in a cold voice: "Don't disturb Chen Zhaoyi."

"Yes, I understand."

An Yi closed the door gently and sighed in her heart: If it wasn't your mother's business, the Empress Dowager would not treat you like this.

Sitting in the high hall, savoring the tea in his hand, his kind smile showed a hint of anger: "Why hasn't Chen Zhaoyi come yet? Is it because the Ai family should go and invite her in person?"

"There is no need to invite the imperial grandmother, her grandson is not here."

An Yi, who was following Murong Haochen closely, stood aside with her head lowered. Just now, she heard the Empress Dowager talking about Chen Zhaoyi, and she felt very panicked.

"Your Majesty must have arrived a little early today." Seeing him coming, I was full of confusion. I put down the teacup in my hand and saw that he was holding something tightly in his hand, and I was extremely curious. "What is that in his hand?"

?"

"The Empress Dowager is a scripture written by Chen Zhaoyi."

An Yi took the paper from the Emperor's hand and handed it to the Empress Dowager.

"You clearly wrote this for her."

The handwriting on the few pages she flipped through was clearly his. He actually dared to fool herself with this. She had lived in the harem for many years, and she knew everything about men's thoughts.

She kept thinking of herself, and after calming down a little, she said softly: "Chen'er, do you want to be like your father and go against the Ai family?"

"My grandson doesn't dare."

He never wanted to go against the imperial grandmother, and everything he did had nothing to do with government affairs. I don't know why the imperial grandmother held on to what happened back then.

"Don't you dare?" He threw the paper tightly in his hand to the ground angrily. "I think you are quite brave."

Watching the pieces of paper fall to the ground one by one, Murong Haochen still stood there calmly, not afraid at all.

An Yi, who was on the side, saw this scene and ordered the others to leave.

There were only two of them left in this hall. Her angry breathing could be heard in the silence.

"For her sake, I canonized her as Zhaoyi. Why is the Imperial Grandmother still not satisfied?"

It was not his intention to call her Zhaoyi. He wanted to give her the best and didn't want others to hurt her, so he could only do it in this way.

But in the eyes of the imperial grandmother, she never recognized it.

"Don't think that the Ai family doesn't know. What are you thinking about?" She got down from her seat and stood in front of him. In the past, in her memory, although he was a direct descendant and the candidate of the late emperor's heart, he had not been with him.

Other princes are generally arrogant.

Although his mother-in-law was favored, she was left alone in the palace because of the Queen Mother's obstruction.

He is her favorite grandson among all the princes. He never likes to talk much, and she sees all his actions.

However, today he also ignored his royal grandmother because of this woman. How could she let him do whatever he wanted?

His position was not yet stable, and there were very few concubines in the harem. He only favored Ye Yilan, which put him in trouble.

He chuckled helplessly and said: "Conning Zhaoyi is just your first step. When she has an heir between you, you will give her a higher concubine position, even a queen."

"The Imperial Grandmother is right."

Ye Yilan, who was standing outside the door, heard everything the Empress Dowager said just now.

When she woke up, she saw that Murong Haochen was not there, and even the copied scriptures on the table were missing. She rushed over immediately, but she never thought that she would hear these words at the door.

What surprised her was that what the Empress Dowager said was exactly what he thought.

It turned out that she had such a great importance in his heart that he could wait and wait until the day she was pregnant with an heir, and then he agreed to become the queen.

Murong Haochen, what you said, it turns out that you have planned everything step by step.

But everything you plan is not what I want.

Seeing that he has a kingly demeanor, he has grown a lot in these years. But it was also because of a woman that he lost his mind.

He turned around and looked out the window, closed his eyes, controlled his emotions, calmed down his heart, and said calmly: "Chen'er, is it possible that you want to be like your father and give up the throne for a woman?"

Give up the throne?

He was never interested in going.
To be continued...