I, who disguised myself as a woman, turned out to be a queen! ?

Chapter 1336 Empress: Wife, it hurts!

Xia Fengye looked at Xia Fengxiang as if he were looking at Xia Huachang.

Things really do change after you become the emperor!

Xia Fengye clenched his fist, but then smiled calmly.

Right beside Xia Fengye, the chief eunuch of the palace, Feng Diaosi, had been waiting at the courtyard gate.

Old Diao Si, with his hands tucked into his sleeves, saw that the old prince remained unmoved and stared straight at the emperor, and spoke softly: "Your Highness, please do not be impolite before the emperor. It is time to pay your respects."

Having served three emperors, Feng Chun entered the palace during the reign of Emperor Yizong, but at that time he was just a young man feeding horses in the Imperial Stables.

Later, Feng Chun met the late emperor when he was young and was taken to his side as a personal attendant.

Feng Chun had known and understood the Thirteenth Prince, who had remained hidden until the very end, and who had finally emerged to compete with the late emperor for the Eastern Palace.

Just like when Feng Chun saw Xia Fengye, he immediately recognized him.
This person really was imitating the late emperor.

The late emperor had a habit of not liking to wear restrictive clothing, so he always tore open his chest area, and the King of Shu did the same.

The late emperor had a habit of growing a beard but disliked having a neat and beautiful one, and this King of Shu was the same.

More than a decade ago, a secret letter arrived from Shu. The late emperor opened it and laughed, looking at Feng Chun and Yan Yunxiao, saying, 'Little Thirteen is starting to imitate me again, learning my trick of treating serving a ruler like walking on thin ice.'

Feng Chun hadn't seen the Thirteenth Prince for a long time, but when he heard the late Emperor say those words, Feng Chun could only think about it, and what came to mind was...
How could anyone else emulate the late emperor!
But looking at it now...
This is truly a bizarre and incongruous situation!

He is weak yet open-minded, yet rebellious and disorganized!

Upon hearing Feng Chun's words, Xia Fengye smiled but did not bow. He simply said, "Your Majesty! I wonder what merit I have rendered?"

Xia Tingyu glanced back at her father, but didn't say anything more, instead looking at the table, chairs, and dishes that had been brought over.

Out of curiosity, he looked at Su Chang'an.

Su Chang'an saw Xia Tingyu looking at him and thought to himself, "Don't look at me. If you look at me even once, my wife will kick me!"
In fact, Su Chang'an didn't know why his wife cared so much about Xia Tingyu and him, even though she didn't care about other girls.

But what can we do?

I can't make that decision myself.

Therefore, it's best to stay away from Xia Tingyu.

But right now.
After thinking for a moment, he nodded to Xia Tingyu, indicating that he had made it for them.

Xia Tingyu smiled and, without any hesitation, grabbed a small meatball and popped it into her mouth, looking at Su Chang'an with a look of surprise.

I told you not to look at me with that smile!

Seeing Su Chang'an's expression, Xia Tingyu raised a brow, as if to say, "Why?"

Upon seeing this scene, Su Chang'an immediately frowned and refused to watch any longer!

Seeing that Xia Tingyu didn't have any handkerchiefs or anything like that, he immediately gestured to Qiushui, while he himself took two steps back, preferring to stay away.

Xia Fengxiang looked at Xia Fengye: "Imperial Uncle, you have guarded the Shu region for decades, and your work in suppressing the An Lushan Rebellion is a great achievement, isn't it?"

That's what they said, but the hand hidden inside Long Guan's sleeve had already clenched into a fist.

Su Chang'an, besides me, you can also communicate with Xia Tingyu through eye contact now, right?

You can understand what this vixen is saying now, right?

Su Chang'an frowned, glanced at his wife, and felt something was amiss.
There is murderous intent!
Xia Fengye looked at the emperor and replied, "This is all thanks to Tingyu."

Xia Fengxiang laughed and said, "Saying those words is the greatest achievement of the Imperial Uncle."

Xia Fengye's expression froze.

Xia Fengxiang continued, "Xia Tingyu can enter the Ministry of Personnel to discuss national policies, and be appointed as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Governor of Yizhou, and Grand Master of the Palace."

Upon hearing this, Xia Tingyu didn't mince words and immediately bowed, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xia Fengye looked at Xia Fengxiang, who had stopped less than three steps away from him.

Xia Fengxiang began, "At first, I thought that when my uncle saw me, he would spout a lot of nonsense and start talking about himself and how great he was. But I didn't expect him to just look at me like this. But I did expect him to be like this, just like the look in his eyes right now."

Xia Fengxiang chuckled softly: "Is it because my Imperial Uncle views me as he views the late Emperor?"

Xia Fengye looked at the emperor and smirked, "There's no need for all this. Li Xizhi mocked me outside, and Yan Yunxiao even attacked me directly. You ordered all of this, didn't you? You'll probably say something about punishing the two of them later, just to highlight the difference in our status, to let me know that you are the emperor and I am just an ordinary member of the royal family, with the power of life and death in your hands. And when you just came in, you immediately offered to reward me, which is even more so."

Speaking of this
Xia Fengye straightened up and looked at the emperor in front of him. "As for your outrageous remarks, they were childish. The victor is king and the loser is villain. I lost, so naturally I have nothing to say. You and your father wanted to use me to give my only daughter a certain path in the future, as you wished, as Xia Huachang wished! And I was willing! But I didn't expect you to give her the power of a high-ranking official, nor did I expect you to trust her so much."

Xia Tingyu didn't react to these words, she just sat there and started eating, glancing at Su Chang'an with her foxy eyes after every bite.

Su Chang'an is currently on the other side of the courtyard.

Upon hearing Xia Fengye's words, he couldn't help but look at Xia Tingyu.

But he happened to make eye contact with Xia Tingyu.

Su Chang'an did not avoid the question this time, because she could tell from Xia Fengye that she had not told her father the truth.

Xia Fengxiang seemed unsurprised, and said with a smile, "A person who is willing to imprison herself in the capital, just wanting me not to kill her father and younger siblings, a person who only cares about her family and doesn't care about others, why can't I trust her? Besides, this person has been with me since childhood for many years."

Xia Fengye looked surprised, "Self-imprisonment?"

Then he looked at Xia Tingyu over there.

Xia Fengxiang spoke up: "I heard that on your way here you reviewed many things. I am very curious. Having left the position of Prince of Shu, you were able to see so many things clearly. Why did you end up thinking that my father and I were both using Xia Tingyu? I am even more curious. You clearly have children like Ruoyun, but you just said that Xia Tingyu is the only one. Ruoyun and the others may make stupid mistakes, but they are not your children?"

Xia Fengye frowned: "What do you mean!"

Xia Fengxiang looked at Xia Fengye with disappointment in his eyes: "Father said that you drove him to the brink of death several times back then. I asked Feng Chun, Aunt Yan, and Uncle Eleven, and they all said that you almost forced Father to raise an army to rebel back then, just to protect yourself. But now it seems that you have really grown old and are not as powerful as you used to be. Or rather, it was the people around you who were powerful back then, not you."

Xia Fengxiang turned around, but his gaze fell on Su Chang'an pointing at the chicken on Xia Tingyu's table, as if indicating to Xia Tingyu that it was delicious.

Xia Tingyu pointed at the chicken and looked at Su Chang'an with a puzzled expression.

Su Chang'an's eyes were determined, meaning he would eat this; it was especially delicious!

Seeing his wife turn away, Su Chang'an withdrew his fingers, his face expressionless and serious. Xia Fengxiang smiled lightly, then turned to look at Xia Fengye: "Uncle, just live a good life in the capital from now on. If you can't figure these things out, don't think about them anymore. I didn't mean to do anything to you when I saw you today. I just happened to see you. You're overthinking it. Today, I'm here to see Xia Tingyu."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the hall.

Xia Fengye frowned. What did Xia Tingyu mean by self-imprisonment? And what was it that he couldn't understand?

If she was imprisoning herself, why give her such a powerful position?
Xia Fengye looked at the Emperor: "Xia Qingge! What exactly do you mean by this!"

"How dare you!" Feng Chun immediately rebuked.

Xia Fengxiang raised his hand, and Feng Chun stepped aside, but glared angrily at Xia Fengye.

Xia Fengxiang said, "Because I am very curious about what the Thirteenth Uncle, who was always praised by the Emperor, and later the Thirteenth Uncle who the Emperor said had changed, is like now, so I wanted to see you today."

Xia Fengye looked at Xia Fengxiang, not understanding!
I've never understood what this young emperor is saying from the very beginning, especially what he's saying now.

The implication is clear: they want to see me as well.
By the way!?
Most importantly, look into the disappointment in your own eyes!
The victor is king, the loser is villain—that's true.

But is this an insult to me?
Xia Fengye squinted at Xia Fengxiang: "You said you imprisoned yourself, so Tingyu helped you take over Shu and imprisoned herself in the capital in exchange for my life?"

Xia Fengxiang shook his head: "I've already appointed her to such a high-ranking official position, and she's even sitting in the position of a prince. How could this be considered self-imprisonment?"

Xia Fengye frowned; this was what he didn't understand!

It's only natural to exchange him for Tingyu's current position.

But what Xia Fengye just overheard was that Tingyu had made a deal with the young emperor.

Xia Tingyu couldn't listen anymore. She looked at her father, who was clearly very smart, but couldn't understand this matter at all, and said, "Father, you treat me as your daughter, but the late emperor treated me as his niece, and His Majesty regarded me as his elder sister."

Upon hearing this, Xia Fengye suddenly seemed to understand, and couldn't help but smirk: "Are you talking about family ties? Or are you saying I never even considered family ties!"

Then, Xia Fengye looked at Xia Fengxiang with a mocking expression: "You mean talking about family ties in the Xia family?"

Xia Fengxiang countered, "Why not talk about it?"

Xia Fengye suddenly laughed: "The whole world belongs to the Xia family, and you're telling me to talk about family ties in the Xia family?"

Xia Fengxiang said, "The world that the Imperial Uncle speaks of is far too small."

Xia Fengye was taken aback.

When Xia Fengxiang saw Su Chang'an helping him up, he grabbed Su Chang'an's wrist and twisted it hard, but said calmly, "The world does not belong to the Xia family, nor to the royal family or the Great Xia court. The world belongs to all people, to all nations that come to pay homage and bow down to the people of Great Xia."

Xia Fengye's pupils contracted.

Xia Fengxiang glanced at Su Chang'an, whose face was contorted with embarrassment, and smiled gently before saying, "In a world like this, anyone can talk about kinship. I just said that you thought I and the late emperor were using Xia Tingyu to deal with you, but why can't you see that Xia Tingyu was already planning to sacrifice herself so that you could live, so that her younger siblings could live? Do I need to see you before I can reward her? Uncle, you think too highly of yourself. In my opinion, whether you live or die is not important, but Xia Tingyu wanted you to live, so I allowed it. Moreover, the late emperor didn't kill you, and I don't want to kill you either. Of course, this is not because I have any kinship with you, but simply because I don't want to do what even my father wouldn't do."

Xia Fengye looked at Xia Fengxiang and laughed even harder: "You mean, Xia Huachang values ​​family ties? You mean, besides Tingyu, I'm heartless towards my own children? Then tell me! How did Xia Huachang treat your brother! That bastard child born to Li Nishang! A prince, thrown to farm?"

Xia Fengxiang's expression turned serious: "He is not an illegitimate child! He is my brother! And I can tell you, he is alive only because Father Emperor approves of him. Otherwise, he wouldn't even have had the chance to be born. Even if he were born, Zhu Huang, Zong Ze, Su Wenqing, and my elder brother would have already killed him. He was under Zhu Huang's control, and Father Emperor wanted him to live, not to become someone else's puppet. Don't compare yourself to my father Emperor. My father Emperor would never think of using his own child to achieve his own goals. If my father Emperor knew that someone wanted to kill me, he would rush up and kill them without hesitation, instead of treating his daughter as a pawn in a power struggle, and he would never let his daughter's hands be stained with blood at a young age, watching from the sidelines under the guise of 'educating her'!"

Su Chang'an looked down at his wrist, under his sleeve, and thought, "My wife is about to pinch my flesh off!"

It was definitely not because he was angry with Xia Fengye.

Su Chang'an had been pinched so many times that he could tell his wife was pinching him because she was extremely jealous.

Su Chang'an bit his lip and looked at his wife. "It hurts, honey, it hurts so much. When you say these things, please think about me. It hurts me a lot."

Xia Fengye, however, continued to smile, "You mean Xia Huachang is so perfect? ​​Then what about Yang Shanchang?! Don't tell me you didn't see it! You..."

But it was only at this moment, when Xia Fengye had just said this...
An elderly man suddenly fell from the sky into the courtyard.

Upon seeing the old man, Xia Huachang froze, staring blankly at him.

Feng Chun, Aunt Sun, and others knelt down directly, saying, "Greetings to the Empress Dowager."

Everyone in the palace already knows of the existence of the Grand Madam, the legitimate matriarch of the palace.

Especially since Grandma had already passed by Lingqi Pavilion before, it was only natural that she recognized her.

Xia Tingyu looked at her great-grandmother with a look of astonishment.

Great-grandmother?
Can.
She had seen this old man before!

Just last time she came to the capital, she was eating at a noodle stall when this old man came over and asked if she could join him.

Xia Tingyu naturally did not refuse.

They didn't talk much at the time; the old man only asked her a few questions about where she came from and what her family was like.

Finally, she offered to take the elderly man home, but he refused.

Just like an old man she'd met by chance, Xia Tingyu didn't take it seriously at all.

But that old man
It turns out she was the Empress Dowager.

My great-grandmother had visited me before.
Snapped!
Xia Fengye knelt down and looked at his great-grandmother: "Grandmother."

Grandma didn't look at Xia Fengye. She glanced at Xia Fengxiang pinching Su Chang'an's arm, shook her head, and didn't bother to say anything more. Instead, she looked at Xia Tingyu.

Xia Tingyu snapped out of her daze and immediately knelt down: "Granddaughter greets the Great Empress Dowager."

Grandma spoke up: "Just call me Grandma, it's easier to pronounce, it sounds awkward to me. Get up and continue eating, Chang'an's cooking is quite good, and you're hungry after walking all this way."

Xia Tingyu immediately stood up respectfully.

"Royal Grandma, Imperial Grandma!" Xia Fengye knelt and moved toward Tai Nai.

"You're still as useless as ever." Grandma looked at Xia Fengye. "That's why I won't let you be the emperor."

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P.S.: I was supposed to take a break, but I realized I didn't have a leave slip, so I quickly updated! That's why it's late! Ah! I haven't had a break in a month!

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