Chapter 424 Hello, hey, hey! I'm the Queen Mother. Who are you?
The lantern illuminated Qi Changchuan's stern face.
Especially the eyes, like a pair of lonely stars in the cold night.
Shi Li and he looked into each other's eyes.
I feel inexplicably nervous.
But she would never be so self-indulgent as to think that Qi Changchuan was worried about her.
So, what exactly is he asking?
She didn't say anything, and Qi Changchuan didn't say anything either, and the situation was at a stalemate for a moment.
Finally, Qi Changchuan seemed to have lost his patience, and his stern eyes swept towards the innocent palace maid beside him.
The fierce aura of having fought on the battlefield for many years made the maid's knees weak. She almost fell to the ground and answered tremblingly: "Your Majesty just opened the window of the warm room. She might have caught a cold."
She didn't have as many thoughts as Shi Li, so she answered according to normal thinking while trembling.
Shi Li felt a little distressed when she saw the palace maid shivering like a little white rabbit.
I don't know where he got the courage from, but he suddenly looked up at Qi Changchuan and said, "Don't be mean to her, she didn't do anything wrong. I was worried that someone might tamper with the warm room, so I opened the window to let in some air."
The moonlight above was as bright as snow, and the light from the candle in the lantern shone on the girl's face, like a shining treasure.
Qi Changchuan stared at her in silence.
After a while, he shifted his gaze to the dark steps outside the corridor, and his voice was still cold.
"Let's go back."
So simple?
Not taking advantage of the situation anymore?
Shi Li was a little bit unbelieving, but she saw the opportunity as not to be missed. She blinked her eyes, gave the palace maid a wink in what she thought was a very covert move, and then quickly ran away, picking up her skirt.
The maid's reaction was not as fast as hers, and she did not dare to leave casually. She looked at Qi Changchuan worriedly. Seeing him nod slightly, she knelt silently and saluted, and then caught up with Shi Li.
When they returned to Yundie Palace, all the ministers had already taken their seats.
Seeing Jixiang...the Queen Mother, they all stood up and greeted her.
Looking at the people kneeling on the ground in the palace, Shi Li finally felt like a winner in life for the first time, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Everyone is safe."
After saying this, Shi Li walked back to the empress dowager's exclusive throne with a dignified and noble attitude.
"Why has the Queen Mother been gone for so long?"
As soon as he sat down, Zhou Chenghao next to him came closer and asked with concern.
Shi Li really wanted to roll her eyes at him.
But after all, this man will be in power in the future, and she cannot afford to offend him, so she said perfunctorily: "Nothing, just resting in the warm room for a while."
She is a young girl, but she tries to make herself sound like an old woman in her seventies or eighties. She even needs to rest for a while to change her clothes, but this is the least perfunctory excuse she can give.
Zhou Chenghao seemed to be just asking politely. Having fulfilled his filial duty, he immediately sat back and continued to be another mascot.
After a while, Qi Changchuan appeared.
The crowd probably didn't know that he had actually arrived a long time ago, and they all stood up to greet him warmly.
His attitude was much more friendly and natural than the one he showed to Zhou Chenghao and Shi Li just now.
Shi Li watched this scene and glanced at Zhou Chenghao who was sitting next to her with complicated eyes.
Then she discovered that Zhou Chenghao seemed to be very used to the identity of the mascot and did not feel embarrassed at all. Instead, he looked at Qi Changchuan with longing.
I don’t know if he is pretending or if he really thinks Qi Changchuan is his idol.
Shi Li turned her head silently and picked up the luminous cup on the table.
There was a banquet today, and everyone's cup was filled with tribute wine from the Western Regions, and her cup was no exception.
Just as I raised the cup to my lips and was about to drink, I heard Qi Changchuan's voice again.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Qi Changchuan called Zhou Chenghao. Shi Li was sitting next to him. It was not appropriate for her to drink while the other person was talking, so she put the cup down and looked solemnly at the man below her.
"General Qi, please speak."
Zhou Chenghao's face was full of smiles. Even though he looked childish, he looked like the late emperor who was highly praised by the world for his respect for the wise and humble.
Qi Changchuan's face was serious. "Just now, Censor Sun's daughter made a noise in front of the emperor and was disrespectful to the empress dowager. She has been detained by this humble minister and is awaiting your majesty's decision."
"Is there such a thing?"
Zhou Chenghao acted extremely shocked, as if he really had no idea such a thing had happened before.
Shi Li was secretly shocked when she saw this. It turned out that everyone in the palace was an actor.
"Censor Sun, what's going on?"
Zhou Chenghao was still acting, looking seriously at Censor Sun who didn't know what was going on.
The poor censor was implicated by his daughter and hurriedly stood up to confess his guilt, his face as pale as rice paper.
Shi Li also looked at the poor man curiously.
In her memory, Censor Sun had always been an honest man, and she didn't know how he could have given birth to such a confusing daughter...
Wait!
Shi Li suddenly had a bold idea!
Could it be that Miss Sun was also brought here through the world like her?