Return of the Swallow

Li Helan's face was suffocated by the reprimand, her nose was sore and her eyes were hot with grievances, and she almost shed tears.

Since the palace change, the Queen Mother's attitude towards her was as if she was a different person, as if her heart was filled with anger at any time, and she no longer had the gentle love and patience that she used to have.

Now she would be scolded as long as she did not do what the queen mother wanted.

She knew that in this palace change, even though her uncle had been made the Duke of Qing, he was really hated by the emperor's brother. The future of the Zhou family is worrying, which is the root cause of the empress dowager's difficulty in controlling her emotions.

But something happened to the Zhou family. It was because the queen mother and uncle made a mistake in decision-making. They mistrusted Li Junwang and made the mirror frame now. What does it have to do with her?

Could it be wrong for her to help the queen mother who can't go out of the palace at will to inquire about the situation?

Li Helan's grievance was seen by the queen mother, but it aroused her anger even more.

She is not a stupid person, how could she raise a daughter like this? Now that the situation in the court is so tense, Li Helan still can't figure out what to say and what not to say.

The Zhou family has already been hated by Li Qitian, if Li Helan's words just now were known to Li Qitian, wouldn't it mean that the Zhou family was dissatisfied with the Holy Will, wouldn't it mean adding another crime to the Zhou family?

How did she raise such a stupid daughter!

The Empress Dowager has been out of breath recently, since she was overly frightened when she was imprisoned by Prince Li, she suffered from heart palpitations and chest tightness.

The queen mother panted and leaned on the big pillow, and stroked her chest to breathe.

Li Helan saw the Queen Mother like this, instead of being anxious and concerned, she became even more depressed.

"The queen mother can figure it out. Anyway, my daughter is helping you find out the news. I will do my best to do what I deserve. If you don't like to listen, my daughter won't bother to walk there in the future. To tell you the truth , just because the matter between me and the son-in-law hasn't been resolved clearly, I don't bother to think about it."

"you you!"

The queen mother almost rolled her eyes angrily.

Seeing the queen mother like this, Li Helan was also a little worried that she would be angry, so she held back her anger and said, "Okay, don't be angry, queen mother. Didn't the emperor say that there will be a farewell banquet later? How about my daughter serving you?" Shall I go and change?"

For Li Helan,

This is the greatest show of favor and compromise.

But the Empress Dowager was still angry in her heart, she only felt that she had spoiled Li Helan too much, and now she has become a willful and selfish person who can't judge the situation.

The middle and side halls of Ci'an Palace were already bustling at this time. The eunuch who came to prepare for the order led the palace people to clean the palace and arrange banquets. Everything was going on in an orderly manner.

When the Empress Dowager came to the side hall with the arm supported by Li Helan, everything had been packed, and the palace people retreated one by one.

Seeing that the hall was spotless, and even in winter, fresh flowers were brought from the greenhouse to decorate, and the flowers sent were even more cherished than the ones she usually enjoyed, the Queen Mother felt unhappy and depressed for a while.

The Empress Dowager always felt that after Li Qitian came back this time, he completely lost the closeness and filial piety towards her. Both son and daughter treated her like this, and the queen mother felt that life was unloved for a while.

When Qin Yining and Pang Xiao brought their family into the palace, they ran into Ji Zeyu head-on.

Pang Xiao and Ji Zeyu looked at each other, their faces turned cold while they had a tacit understanding.

Ji Zeyu was originally cold as ice, too lazy to talk to anyone, but now he showed his indifference to Pang Xiao to the fullest, as if Pang Xiao was not a living person, but a stumbling block to the eyes.

Qin Yining couldn't help smiling as he watched from the sidelines, and he lowered his eyebrows to look at his stomach before suppressing the corners of his raised lips.

If he hadn't experienced this catastrophe and saw Ji Zeyu's appearance sticking to the imperial tomb, Qin Yining might really have been deceived by Ji Zeyu's appearance.

But that's right, ever since she came to Dazhou and was intercepted and killed halfway, she has never had a good impression of Ji Zeyu in her heart. She has been judging him with her inherent cognition, so that she has always regarded Ji Zeyu as a a hostile object.

It was only when she was in real adversity that she saw clearly the distance and closeness.

It seems that the tacit understanding between Pang Xiao and Ji Zeyu has not been for a day or two. In order to protect themselves, they have to be a trap in acting.

While meditating, a group of people entered the Empress Dowager's palace one after another.

Li Qitian and the empress had already arrived at this time, and they were talking with the empress dowager. Hearing the voice, Li Qitian immediately smiled and looked at the door.

Seeing that Pang Xiao and Ji Zeyu were quite different from each other, they both had cold faces, and their expressions improved only after entering the door, Li Qitian's smile was somewhat genuine.

Pang Xiao took the whole family to salute the queen mother and the emperor's wife.

The Empress Dowager sat in the first place, her smile didn't reach her eyes, she was obviously in a bad mood.

Li Qitian and the empress were all smiling, eagerly waived the courtesy from Pang's family, and took their seats according to their status.

Li Qitian first smiled and said: "There are no outsiders today, it's just an ordinary family banquet, you can do whatever you want."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone responded respectfully.

Li Qitian looked at Pang Xiao with a smile, and said: "Zhixi went to the south this time, it was really hard work, and I have experienced many difficulties, and I have seen through many things."

Picking up the wine cup, Li Qitian shook the wine glass, slightly shaking the drink in it, and said with emotion: "It was the three of us who fought the world back then. The country has been sitting firmly for five years, and I almost forgot the sense of crisis on the battlefield. This One change, but let us three brothers join forces again. Weird people say that we are fighting brothers, and this statement is not deceiving me."

"Your Majesty's words are serious." Pang Xiao said with a smile: "As the Majesty said, they are all brothers of our own family, so why bother to say these things. This time, the minister is going to the south, and the family has to work more for the Majesty to take care of him."

"Just don't worry. Aren't your family members the same as my family?" Li Qitian smiled and said, "You just need to manage the south for me and maintain the stability of the south." Looking at Ji Zeyu again, "the Tatar matter You two are really my right-hand men, and I can't bear to have any arm broken."

What Li Qitian said was very moving, and Pang Xiao and Ji Zeyu were also very moved.

At this time, the queen and Qin Yining were sitting next to each other, both of them were pregnant, so they had something to say together.

Yao Chenggu, Mrs. Ma, Mrs. Yao, and Mrs. Sun all cooperated and expressed their loyalty and closeness to Li Qitian under Qin Huaiyuan's few words, and the scene was very lively for a while.

The queen caressed her belly, looked at Qin Yining's belly that was several times bigger than her own, and thought about the time of crisis, it was Qin Yining, a pregnant woman, who ventured into the palace to deliver the letter, but the queen mother behaved worse than Qin Yining, an outsider, and felt sorry for her. Qin Yining was even more grateful and admired.

The queen smiled and said, "The majesty is also very worried about this trip, but the state affairs are tense, and the majesty is really in a dilemma. My palace has prepared some things that you can use, and I have also found two safe nuns, and a Take the hundred-year-old ginseng with you, I am waiting for your good news in the palace."