The most difficult thing in life is that you clearly predict the ending ahead, you know that what is waiting for you ahead is danger, but you must move forward without hesitation, just because there is no way out behind you. It has only been one day, but Xu Yan feels like a month or even longer, so that when Xia Zha asked her to get up to dress up in the morning, she couldn't react.

She walked on the way to court every day, looking at the bluestone bricks still reflected in the night, and suddenly she felt reluctant to leave. She had obviously hated staying in this seat, but when it was really time for this day, she realized that her emotions seemed not as exaggerated as she imagined.

She lowered her head and walked across the corner, and heard Xia Zhi's respectful greeting beside her: "I've seen Mr. Yun." Xu Yan raised her head in a daze, and then saw a touch of moon-white color in front of her. His face was a little worried, and Junyan, who was originally beautiful, also wrinkled because of Xu's worries. Xu Yan knew that he must have received the news, perhaps he had already mastered all the information before she woke up.

But this still cannot explain why he appeared in her palace in the middle of the night. Xu Yan stopped and asked mockingly: "Why are you here? Gu remembers that Gu did not give you instructions to come in. Could it be that the master of Qianji Pavilion's hands are so long that he can bribe the people under Gu's hands without knowing it?"

After she said this, she felt a little regretful. Now she is still willing to come over to see her, and she still has to say these words to him to force him away. But this is good, so that his own affairs can affect him. He is already excellent. Even without her, he can rely on his own efforts to find an official position in the court and rise to prominence. He can even continue to be his master of Qianji Pavilion without them knowing it, gaining fame and fortune.

Yun Qi's eyes suddenly dimmed, not knowing whether it was because of what she said just now, because of her attitude, or because of the changes she claimed. He did not continue Xu Yan's words, but instead turned his face away from looking at her, and said directly: "It will be very dangerous in the court today. They have agreed to force you to abdicate."

Xu Yan didn't expect Yunqi to say this to her. After a moment of being stunned, she turned her face and said, "Even if she is lonely, she will have her own way to deal with it, so there is no need to worry about the Lord of the Pavilion." When Yunqi heard her words, he pursed his lips and smiled bitterly, "It's good that you know." After saying that, neither of them said anything else, and just let the quiet atmosphere ferment between them.

Xu Yan finally noticed Xia Zhi, who was standing next to her, was about to be anxious, and said coldly to Yunqi: "If nothing is going to happen, I will go to the morning court." Just as she was about to leave, Yunqi finally spoke out and stopped her: "Do you still remember what you said to me? This time the situation is different from any time before. If you still have the answer, you can quit now."

Xu Yan paused, and as he said, she remembered their youthful words. She lowered her eyes and showed a bitter smile: "It's just a childhood speech. I didn't expect the Pavilion Master to take it as real." Yun Qi didn't say anything, and her footsteps did not stop and walked straight to the direction of the morning.

For some reason, both of them had a very familiar feeling in their hearts, as if this scene had been staged for thousands of times. Xu Yan walked towards the court without looking back, while he was quietly watching her from behind, and the two parted ways. Yun Qi's heart suddenly felt a dense pain, and some scenes flashed through his eyes. He wanted to seize those clues, but he was useless. The pain tortured him like maggots on his bones, making him unable to get rid of it.

Xu Yan was calming down on her face, but her heart was already in a mess. I don’t know if it was because of what he said just now or because of his appearance. She shook her head and tried hard to throw these thoughts out so that she would stop thinking about it. Even if Yun Qi didn’t tell her about this, she knew that today would not be a good time. Those ministers must have received the news of her awakening and must have known that she had taken action against Lan Taijunzi. She just made her abdicate so directly, and she hadn’t thought about this. If it was as he said, she would have planned it more carefully.

When she walked here and looked at the ministers in the audience, she suddenly felt a little sad. Although she had known that there was no true love in the court and that they had their own ulterior motives, the past between them and her standing below was not fake. The daily bickering that made her helpless, and the little things that the ministers who relied on their seniority were all memories that she could not forget.

She slowly sat down on the seat of her glory. The audience was silent. Everyone lowered their heads, no one saluted her or said hello to her. Although they had known this situation in advance, they still couldn't help feeling sad when they encountered it. Their waists were straight, their heads were all lowered, and they didn't say a word.

After all, Xu Yan said first: "It's a coincidence today. One of you and two of you shut up as if they had agreed." At this point, she lowered her head and chuckled: "If you are so quiet in normal times, you will be able to do a lot of things for the orphan."

The ministers in the audience were still silent, as if they were turning a deaf ear to what Xu Yan said. Xu Yan continued, "I guess everyone is tired. He is tired after being a minister for so many years. He has to get up before the Yin hour every day and work hard for national affairs. Occasionally, he can understand that he wants to take a break for such a day. Then today's morning court will start early and leave if he has nothing to do."

After all, she was unable to speak harshly to them. She knew that it was never all the ministers who turmoil in the court, but only those important ministers. Although they were the ones that everyone in the world envied the most, as ministers, they had to compromise. They had to judge the situation and avoid being washed away by the torrent of the times, and naturally they had to sacrifice their ideals and ambitions. Xu Yan sometimes couldn't help but wonder what she would do if she were those ministers? She felt that she might not be able to do better than them, so she forgave their choice.

She had already recognized herself and was no longer the empress who could bring them protection.

She looked at the ministers who were quietly fighting against her with Yun Lang with some sadness, and sighed, "It seems that you are all tired. Well, there is nothing big about Xu Country these days. Then let's come here today, and you all will be separated."

After saying that, the Minister of Rites, who had been silent, came out. He first bowed respectfully to Xu Yan, and then said to Xu Yan directly: "Your Majesty, be at ease, I have something important to report!" Xu Yan looked at his figure and thought to himself that he finally came. The Minister of Rites' sword was very useful, and it was no wonder that Yun Lang would send him to the forefront.

Xu Yan waved his hand at him and signaled him to get up: "No need to be polite." The Minister of Rites stood up after hearing this, and then said to Xu Yan: "Your Majesty, I have a question, I don't know if Your Majesty can answer me?" Xu Yan raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect that he would use this method to ask questions, so he just asked him to continue and said: "Tell me."

The Minister of Rites paused and continued, "Your Majesty has been married to the monarch of Liang. How should Xu's government affairs be managed after Xu? Could it be that as His Majesty said a few days ago, he should send a minister to Xu to assist His Majesty? Will Your Majesty feel that this would be an unnecessary move?"
Chapter completed!