sbdcsierra Chapter 1041 When did the Empress Dowager guess it?
Chapter 1041 When did the Empress Dowager guess it?
Liang Chongyue rode his horse toward the palace, arriving just after all the officials had left.
When Chi Rong and his men collected all the assassins' bodies and prepared to transport them out of the palace...
The stench of blood was overwhelming; wherever the bodies of these assassins had passed, the smell lingered for a while.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
Liang Chongyue glanced sideways at the corpse covered with a white cloth that the guards were carrying.
"There are many?"
Chi Rong followed His Majesty's gaze and roughly counted the items.
"Your Majesty, there should be several hundred left."
Upon hearing this, Liang Chongyue could already imagine the battle that had taken place last night.
"Give more compensation to the surviving relatives of the deceased guards and secret agents, and triple the guards' year-end bonuses."
The guards carrying the corpse heard Liang Chongyue say this.
My body, exhausted from a night's sleep, felt energized.
"On behalf of everyone, I express my deepest gratitude to Your Majesty."
Liang Chongyue waved his hand, saying that these were nothing.
"These corpses must be disposed of properly, otherwise, when the snow melts in the spring, it may cause a plague."
These are lessons learned from the battlefield.
Even if Liang Chongyue didn't say it, Chi Rong understood.
"Yes, Your Majesty, rest assured, I will definitely handle these corpses properly and ensure that nothing harmful to the people happens."
With Chi Rong's words, Liang Chongyue felt relieved.
Using her lightness skill, Liang Chongyue flew directly to Cining Palace. As soon as she appeared, the guards in Cining Palace all popped up.
After recognizing who it was, they quickly pulled their heads back in.
The panel in front of the system hadn't been retracted; it had already received the message that the host had returned.
Xiang Huayue was preoccupied with His Majesty and Minglang, so she didn't eat much for breakfast. She fed the puppy to pass the time.
Suddenly, the puppy stopped eating and ran off.
"Go and see if His Majesty has returned."
When Xiang Huayue called to the maid beside her to go and see, she had already gotten up.
She spent the whole night thinking about it, waiting for His Majesty and Minglang to return.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it really is His Majesty who has returned."
Liang Chongyue practically stepped into the main hall, following the cheerful voice of the little maid.
“A great event occurred in the palace last night, which frightened the Empress Dowager. It is my fault for not being able to stay by the Empress Dowager’s side and protect her safety.”
Xiang Huayue helped Liang Chongyue up and carefully checked her over, confirming that Liang Chongyue was not injured.
I finally felt relieved.
"His Majesty has his own matters to attend to. There are countless guards in the palace, and I have many secret guards here to protect you. Nothing will happen."
Xiang Huayue glanced at the doorway several times, but couldn't see Minglang's figure.
"Minglang still has some things to finish up. Once he's done, he'll come back to spend the New Year with his mother."
Upon hearing this, Xiang Huayue finally broke into a relieved smile.
"Good, good, good. Minglang has spent every New Year in Cining Palace since she was a child. In previous years, she would have been busy decorating the palace at this time. Now that she is not here, the New Year's atmosphere in the palace has faded."
Upon hearing this, Liang Chongyue glanced out the window.
"It's just the festive atmosphere. I'll give the order to the Imperial Household Department to take care of it in a moment."
Minglang liked Chinese New Year when he was a child because studying all year round was really tiring.
She only gets a short holiday during the Chinese New Year.
I usually rest, maybe four days a month at most.
"It's because you worked so hard back then that your children followed your example and never dared to slack off for a moment."
After learning that Liang Chongyue and Minglang were both safe and sound, Xiang Huayue felt relieved.
The smile on his face deepened.
"It's not like I didn't tell her to rest; it's just that she refused to rest. Mother, you can't blame everything on me."
As Liang Chongyue spoke, he pulled his mother back to the dining room.
He settled his mother in a chair, washed his hands, and then dined with her.
"Tell the kitchen to make another bowl of shrimp porridge, so Your Majesty can warm up."
The puppy barked once when it heard this.
"Then let's bring another bowl for the puppy too."
The food in the puppy's bowl has piled up.
Even so, the puppy still felt it wasn't enough; it could eat even more.
After finally finishing its busy work, it wanted to make up for all the food it had missed in the past few days.
When the shrimp porridge arrived, the puppy didn't forget to take a picture and send it to the kitten, just to make it drool.
Liang Chongyue had been watching the puppy's every move, but hadn't noticed anything wrong with it before.
Looking at the puppy now, I feel that the mother's tolerance is still too high.
The puppy's behavior is no longer like that of a dog.
She doubted this and that every day, but never doubted that the puppy would expose too much of her.
When did Mother discover this?
Xiang Huayue watched His Majesty and the dog eat, and feeling hungry, she also ladled out a bowl of shrimp porridge after it was served.
I had barely taken a couple of bites when I heard His Majesty say something so abrupt and out of the blue.
Xiang Huayue's gaze mingled with Liang Chongyue's as it landed on the puppy, and she instantly understood the meaning behind Liang Chongyue's words.
The puppy was unaware of this and was still enjoying its meal.
Being able to eat and drink without doing anything, it was so happy that it almost burst out laughing while eating.
Xiang Huayue and Liang Chongyue exchanged a glance, then Xiang Huayue addressed the palace servants beside them:
"You all go down first."
After Chun Chan and everyone else left, only Liang Chongyue, Xiang Huayue, and a clueless little dog remained in the dining room.
"The imperial physician diagnosed me a long time ago that I would never be able to conceive again. I was very happy when you came that day."
The puppy only listened to it once and then stopped eating.
It did not make a sound to disturb the host and the Queen Mother's conversation.
He simply opened the panel and began investigating what happened back then.
“I never thought I could have another child, so I have been taking good care of you every day since you were born. I would occasionally find that you would talk to the air, and I was so worried at the time.”
Your maternal grandfather handed over all of the Xiang family's spies in the palace to me. I investigated for a long time but couldn't find out who had harmed you.
Later, seeing that you just liked to talk to the air and couldn't find anything wrong, I just assumed you were a special child.
Xiang Huayue said a lot in one breath, and at this moment, Liang Chongyue heard a system message notification in his mind.
The panel unfolded in front of Liang Chongyue, recording her mother's physical condition before she transmigrated.
The situation of her having difficulty conceiving only changed after she arrived.
Previously, it was written above that the lineage had ended.
Liang Chongyue stared in shock at the words on the panel, her calm expression masking a tremor in her heart.
"Later, the puppy came, and you liked it very much. You often spent time with the puppy, holding it and talking to it. The puppy was really smart, and over time it guessed some of the things."