Peerless Empress

Chapter 22

As night fell, the courtyard of the Emperor's Mansion was filled with flames. Dozens of stern-faced men in green robes, holding torches in their hands, lined up neatly in four rows, ready to stand by.

Before queuing up, five young men in fancy clothes wandered anxiously at the beautiful woman with deeply frowned eyes.

Di Si opened his mouth to comfort him: "Mother, don't worry! Don't forget, Qing'er has her eldest brother and second brother by her side, so nothing will happen..."

Just as Guo Yue was about to speak, an excited voice came from the door outside the mansion: "I'm back! I'm back!"

She rushed out of the gate happily, saw Di Qing, Di Yi, and Yi E walking up the steps, held Di Qing's hand anxiously, and asked worriedly: "What happened on the way?" Zeng sent someone to the academy to ask However, Di Qing and the others have already left the academy, and Di Yi Di E is not a person without restraint. The only possibility is that he is in trouble.

Di Qing patted her hand, smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Mother, don't worry, it's just that we met a few ants on the road and troubled us!"

The ants... Di Yi and Di E looked at each other, and they knew that one of the ants almost killed her. However, they knew that Di Qing just didn't want her mother to worry, so they didn't expose her lie.

Guoyue breathed a sigh of relief, and her face softened a lot: "That's good... let the people in the courtyard disperse! Let's go back to the house for dinner!"

Niang is easy to fool, but the other brothers of the Di family are not so easy to be perfunctory. When Guo Yue and Di Qing entered the courtyard, they immediately surrounded Di Yi and Di E.

Di Fan first asked, "If it's just an ant, where did the coachman go?" With Di Yi and Di E's abilities, even the life of the coachman couldn't be saved?
Di Si asked: "If it's just ants, why do you need to walk back?"

Di Wu looked down at the dirt on their shoes and asked, "If you were just ants, how could you be easily taken out of the city?"

Di Liu asked: "If it's just ants, why did you come back so late?" They almost sent people to search around.

Di Qi asked: "So, it is definitely not an ant, please tell the truth to the second brother!"

Di E smiled gently: "I didn't intend to lie to you, but this is not a place to talk, what about dad?" Logically speaking, it is impossible for dad to ignore and not come out to pick up Di Qing when such a thing happened.

Di Wu said: "Father, we have to go back home later, let's have dinner first, and we can talk about everything after Dad comes back!"

The other six nodded slightly, agreeing with his words.

During the meal, to avoid Guoyue's worries, everyone did not mention what kind of ants Di Qing and the others encountered, until Di Xia returned to the mansion, and the seven brothers were summoned to the study together.

In the large and luxurious study room, the candles were burning quietly. The seven brothers of the Di family sat on chairs and looked at Di Xia sitting in front of the table together.

Di Xia closed the booklet in his hand and asked without raising his head, "Do you know who did it?"

Emperor Yi replied: "I don't know, they are all wearing night clothes, only showing their eyes, and in the end, their appearances were all ruined by Luo Qinglian!"

Di Qi stood up and raised his doubts: "Father, do you think it is possible that Luo Qinglian sent someone to kill Qing'er, and then deliberately saved her life, so that our Di family owes him a favor?"

Di Xia raised his eyes and glanced, unhappiness flashed in his eyes, and he asked in a deep voice: "Qi'er, is that how you look at Luo Qinglian?"

(End of this chapter)