Returning after a three-year escape from death, the tyrant has turned evil.

Chapter 85 Protecting Jiang Lanye

"You know? What do you know?"

"You're taking everyone to the summer palace to escape the heat, leaving me behind. If something really happens to me then, even if you find out, you won't be able to get back in time."

Song Yi suddenly spoke up from the side:

"His Majesty already said that he left imperial physicians to take care of the Empress Dowager. Isn't the Empress Dowager back to normal now? She even has the strength to question His Majesty. Why do you insist on saying that something happened? Nothing of the sort happened. I really don't understand why the Empress Dowager is so fixated on this."

Her voice suddenly rang out, and the Empress Dowager was stunned, realizing that she was sitting by the window, staring straight at her.

Jiang Lanye looked at her helplessly.

I clearly told her not to move around, but I didn't expect she still couldn't control her mouth.

But she seemed to be defending herself.

Jiang Lanye's lips curled up slightly.

The Empress Dowager stared at her in shock, then suddenly strode over, glaring at her and demanding:
"Back then, you told me that you were leaving, that you would leave His Majesty. You spoke so sincerely that I almost believed you!"

Song Yi said slowly, "Your Majesty should know better than anyone why I wanted to leave back then, and why I couldn't leave."

She looked at the Empress Dowager with a smile and said, "And that Consort Su, she said the medicine for His Majesty was a sleeping pill, but why did it turn into an aphrodisiac later? Does the Empress Dowager know nothing about these things?"

Upon hearing Song Yi recount the events of that time, Jiang Lanye pursed his lips slightly.

In fact, that night, after he was drugged, he also discovered Song Yi's true identity. Under the influence of the drug, that night was exceptionally chaotic and absurd.

As a result, the bruises on Song Yi's body took several days to completely fade.

The Empress Dowager was furious that she had become so eloquent after her identity was revealed, and she was about to retort.

Song Yi interrupted her as she blurted out the words.

"Your Majesty, please don't pretend you know nothing. You know best how Consort Su came to be!"

"I already knew about your relationship with Consort Su!"

The Empress Dowager couldn't utter a word. She turned to look at Jiang Lanye, her voice trembling:

"Your Majesty, do you also think the same way about me?"

"I regard you as my own daughter, and I would never conspire with others to harm you or poison you."

Jiang Lanye didn't hear what the Empress Dowager was saying at all.

His eyes were gentle, with a hint of doting, as he stared at Song Yi without blinking.

Song Yi's outfit today is truly delightful, exceptionally bright and vibrant, like a flower just blooming in spring.

He couldn't understand why his mother disliked someone like her.

"His Majesty!"

The Empress Dowager couldn't help but raise her voice.

Jiang Lanye looked at her and said in a low voice, "Mother knows best what she has done. I am unwilling to say it directly because I want to save some face between us."

"After all, in other people's eyes, we are still mother and son."

The Empress Dowager suddenly coughed heavily a few times, her voice weakening.

"Actually, I don't object to you and Consort Yun. It's just that as an emperor, you should have the responsibilities and duties of an emperor."

Jiang Lanye said coldly, "Your subject knows that the responsibility and duty of an emperor are reflected in the country and the people, and have nothing to do with others, let alone the so-called imperial heirs."

The Empress Dowager was completely baffled: "Do you really intend to spend your entire life with only Consort Yun?"

"Yes, so what?"

The Empress Dowager was speechless, her gaze inadvertently falling on his waist.

Then, she was shocked to discover that the jade pendant Jiang Lanye always wore was gone.

Suddenly remembering something, she turned around in disbelief.

Sure enough, the jade pendant was quietly hanging at Song Yi's waist.

Meanwhile, she was still leaning on the table, yawning and looking this way, seemingly bored.

"you"

She suddenly didn't know what to say.

As Jiang Lanye's mother, she knew better than anyone what this jade pendant meant to him. It was not only an heirloom of his mother, but also a symbol of his imperial power.

Aside from the imperial seal, it was the most symbolic item of imperial power.

Now it's just used as an ornament, casually hung on Song Yi's body.

The Empress Dowager was truly shocked by Jiang Lanye's feelings for Song Yi.

Jiang Lanye looked at her coldly and said in a low voice, "Mother is not well, she should go back and rest as soon as possible."

Having said that, without waiting for the Empress Dowager to say anything more, he directly summoned two palace maids and forcibly helped the Empress Dowager out.

After she left, the palace doors were closed tightly, and the palace was unusually quiet for a moment.

Jiang Lanye looked at Song Yi.

Song Yi sat casually, but when faced with his gaze, she guiltily looked away.

Jiang Lanye said helplessly, "I just told you to behave yourself."

Upon hearing this, Song Yi glared at him and asked, "What? Are you unhappy with the Empress Dowager? Do you think I'm disrespectful to her?"

Jiang Lanye walked over, bent down slightly, looked into her bright eyes, and said softly, "I am very happy."

This was the first time Song Yi had defended him.

He became increasingly eloquent, and unusually, he left the Empress Dowager speechless.

He reached out and gently caressed her soft lips with his fingertips.

Song Yi couldn't help but say, "In my opinion, those ministers just can't stand to see you doing well."

"Ah."

He gave a faint reply, his gaze fixed intently on Song Yi.

Looking at her expressive face when she speaks, and the anger in her eyes when she's angry, everything about her is incredibly endearing.

Song Yi looked at him in surprise, "You're not going to refute me?"

"No rebuttal."

His voice was exceptionally soft.

Song Yi could tell that he was in a good mood. Her eyes lit up, and she suddenly tugged at his sleeve and said, "Take me out to play."

Jiang Lanye asked, "Trying to go out again? How long have you been back?"

"I'm so bored and restless being locked up by you all day, and I've been behaving so well these past few days."

"You mean the ice cream you stole?"

Jiang Lanye said sarcastically.

Song Yi said directly, "I don't care. If you don't let me go out, I'll make trouble for you every day, and you can forget about reading the memorials."

Jiang Lan laughed at night.

"Then tomorrow, I'll make you a swing myself, okay?"

Song Yi's eyes suddenly lit up. "Okay."

Day two.

The wind was a bit stronger today. When Song Yi went outside, she felt a slight chill in the air and couldn't help but sigh at how quickly time flies; autumn has arrived in the blink of an eye.

"Let's sit by the pond, like a palace."

"No."

"It's getting cold. You're swinging on the swings by the pond, but do you intend to wade in the water barefoot again?"

Jiang Lanye rejected her without hesitation.

".All right."

She held Jiang Lanye's hand and walked quickly, her hair fluttering in the wind, a few strands playfully brushing against Jiang Lanye's chin.

When Song Yi passed a familiar place, he stopped.

This seems to be the place where she planned to escape, but the bamboo is all gone.

(End of this chapter)