699 The Quiet and Dark Palace (1/2)

Li Yu didn't forget that night when she knelt in front of her father, asking for the marriage to the Wilderness. She didn't forget the crying night before the wedding. She just buried it in the depth of her heart and pretended she had forgotten it as the time passed by.

She didn't expect that her little brother, who was very young at that time, had kept those things in his heart for so many years until he ascended the throne. Upon knowing this, she was nothing but touched and a little sad, and she could not blame him at all.

”Besides Miao Kechi, I want to kill that woman. If not for her, who had been instigating beside our father, and her officers who pushed it, the Imperial Astronomer's prophecy could not cause so big of a turmoil and you would not have to be forcefully married to the barbarian in the Wilderness.”

Holding Li Yu's hands, Li Huiyuan grimly said, ”Don't worry, elder sister. I am the emperor of Tang now. No one can oppress us anymore. Miao Kechi's death is just a beginning and I will keep the woman in Helan City. She would never dream to come back.”

Listening to this, Li Yu suddenly woke up. She tightly held his hands, staring at his eyes, and dignifiedly said, ”I have a plan for Helan City, so you can stop. The woman is our nominal mother and the Queen mother anyway. If you want to do something to her, we should wait for the perfect moment. What we need to do now is to stall her a little longer before she comes back to Chang'an.”

Li Huiyuan was still going to say something.

Li Yu shook her head while looking at him, and said, ”I know the rumors about the fake Edict in Chang'an bothers you a lot, but you should know the rumors are only rumors. Minister Xu wrote the eight characters because he was angry. You should not embarrass him. Your Majesty, you should remember, neither the Edict nor the woman are important, as well as the Imperial Astronomer's prophecy. The key lies in who the ministers and people support.”

Li Yu's words were reasonable. As an emperor, he should have a broad chest and tolerance and should avoid resorting to petty means.

However, she didn't tell her brother—the Edict and the Imperial Astronomer were not important, but the Empress in Helan City was a key person to Li Huiyuan's throne. Besides her, the military and the Academy's attitudes were also important.

Li Yu's biggest troubles were the Academy and the woman in Helan City. At this moment, she suddenly began to miss Ning Que, who could smooth everything if he was in Chang'an, but...

Since her father liked Ning Que very much, Ning Que must support him back. If Ning Que knew she forged her father's Edict, would he change his attitude toward her?

The palanquin quietly moved in the night and stopped in front of a peaceful palace. Li Yu got off the palanquin, gesturing her maids not to follow her, and entered the palace.

This palace was a special place in the imperial palace as it was the queen's Bedchamber.

Li Yu came here because she felt a little soft at this time—every time she came here, she would get angry. At this moment, anger would make her strong.

As the owner of this palace was still in Helan City, there were few lights in the palace. Even though, the ornate furnishings could be seen clearly in the dark.

As the maids and eunuchs were all driven away, Li Yu was alone here.

She stood in front of the embroidered jade bed, revealing a sarcastic expression in silence.

Her mother was supposed to be the real and only queen who died many years ago because of an illness. She never had a chance to sleep on the bed that belonged to her.

The woman, who slept on the bed after she died, was beautiful and gentle. Everyone, including her father, her uncles, and Uncle Chao told her to call her Mother when she was young.

However, she never did.