The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Zheng An looked at the strolling visitor and trembled in shock.

"The slave kowtowed to see the empress."

Who would have thought that Empress Lu, who had been in the closed palace since she was proclaimed herself, actually walked out of Anluan Palace and wanted to meet the emperor in person!
This made Zheng An a little apprehensive.

"Zheng's palm print, I haven't seen it for more than ten years, but you haven't changed at all." With a smile on her lips, Empress Lu nodded gently, signaling him to get up.

Zheng An apologized, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty is more beautiful than before!"

Empress Lu smiled silently, her eyes calmly looked at the palace gate in front of her: "Let's pass on Zheng's palm print, and say that this palace wants to meet the emperor."

"Here." Zheng An bowed his body and backed up a few steps until he was close to the gate of the palace, then turned around and hurriedly walked into the palace.

Emperor Jing He was appreciating ancient paintings in the inner hall at this time, and slowly raised his head when he heard the movement.

When I heard that Empress Lu was waiting outside the palace at this moment, I couldn't help being a little dazed.

"Your Majesty? Your Majesty?" Zheng An didn't want to rush, but He Jing and Di were stunned in place, which made him a little worried.

"...Oh? Oh!" Jing Hedi blinked quickly, then came to his senses, hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand, "The queen, please come in!"

After he finished speaking, he paused and sighed slightly.

Empress Lu walked in under Zheng An's guidance.

Approaching the inner hall step by step, Empress Lu felt the palace that she had never set foot in without turning her eyes. She only felt that the floor tiles were too cold and hard, so that the sound of footsteps rang clearly in her ears.

"There is no need to recall the past, and there is no need to look forward to the future."

Her cold eyes swept over the carved beams and painted buildings, and when the man she once considered her beloved came into view, Empress Lu seemed to hear this whisper from herself.

"Your Majesty." Dragging her robes and walking in front of Emperor Jing He, Empress Lu stared at his face and slightly bent her knees.

Jing Hedi looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar face in front of him, feeling inexplicable in his heart.

"Queen." Dozens of opening words flashed through his mind in an instant, but those words rolled on his lips for a while, but he only uttered these two words, and he couldn't help but add a lot of embarrassment.

Empress Lu didn't wait for him to finish her emotions, she stood up straight, squatted together, and the two strings of pearl tassels pecked by the colorful phoenix at the front of the crown hung down on her forehead extremely calmly.

"Empress... sit down." Jing He Di's sentimentality instantly retracted, and he looked at Empress Lu, and did not choose to look at him, but smiled reluctantly and asked the other party to sit on the couch next to him .

Having never been this close for more than ten years, Emperor Jing and Emperor felt a little uncomfortable, so he gave Zheng An a wink and asked him to serve tea and fruits.

Empress Lu was not restrained, her every move was as natural as if the barrier of time did not exist.

The dust was clearly visible through the beam of light through the screen window. Empress Lu looked at Jing and Di who were separated from her by a beam of light, and smiled.

Jing Hedi seemed to hear some relief from this soft laughter.

"It is said that if there is nothing to do, you can go to the Three Treasures Hall. I took the liberty to meet the emperor this time to get something."

Empress Lu touched the official kiln white porcelain tea bowl, enjoying the slowly rising tea fragrance, and said straight to the point.

When she said this, Jing Hedi heaved a sigh of relief, and it was only then that he realized that his whole body had been kept tense, and after the sudden relaxation, his limbs were still a little stiff.

"The queen has something to say, but it's okay to say it."

Empress Lu smiled and shook her head: "The emperor must answer to me about this matter."

Jing Hedi straightened his body: "As long as the rules are good, the queen can speak up."

Empress Lu put down her tea bowl, and as if speaking in ordinary words, said, "I would like to ask myself to step down as empress."