"Well!"

Empress Dowager Zhao opened her beautiful eyes wide, but the eyes of the young man in front of her showed pride, and then he held his breath after recovering from the impulse.

'Why is it sweet?'

With such an idea flashing through his mind, Mr. Zhao was about to retreat immediately. Unfortunately, it was too late to regret it. Under his guidance, the Queen Mother who discovered the New World began to compete with others.

"That's enough... let go of your hands!"

Zhao Cuo, who suffered the consequences, finally found a chance to speak every time, but was immediately interrupted by the out-of-control Empress Dowager Dayu. After several attempts to resist to no avail, he was determined to regain his dominant position.

"The Queen Mother..."

The voice of the palace maid Fei Wu came and then stopped suddenly. The Queen Mother and the young nobles in the palace did not care about her arrival, and the air was quiet again for a while.

What people in the palace are best at is pretending to be blind.

Aunt Shangshi lowered her head and waited.

"Zhao Cuo, you are so brave!"

After a while, the Queen Mother's scolding voice reached her ears. When Feiwu heard this, she knew that she should go to work, and as expected, the order was given to her the next second.

"Feiwu, please write down the evil deeds of this perverse bastard that insulted me!"

So the female official in charge of the inner palace once again became a court painter, forcing herself to calmly paint the two people in front of her without letting each other speak. She knew that if the painting was not done well, she would definitely be scolded.

"Do you know your guilt?"

The Queen Mother's cold voice sounded again after the scroll was painted.

"I was just discussing with my empress how to deal with corrupt officials and relatives."

Zhao Cuo pretended to be calm and looked at the red-haired beauty with an angry look in front of him.

"Do you think you can get me to pardon those people with your smooth words?"

Empress Dowager Zhao pursed her thin pink lips and said in a cold voice.

"I have done as the queen said."

Zhao Cuo frowned.

"snort……"

Her stern face suddenly revealed a stunning smile like an iceberg melting. She stretched out her hand to tidy up his messy neckline with satisfaction, then leaned forward and whispered in a little devil's tone:

"Zhao Cuo, you should be mentally prepared, right?"

"I don't understand what I'm saying."

"That's it... I won't pursue the matter of hunting in the frozen river."

The Queen Mother chuckled lightly, then her face returned to its usual lazy state, she raised her little face and said without doubt:

"You are still you! I am still me! From now on, I will work hard for this palace."

"yes……"

Zhao Cuo nodded in relief.

"Yuan Day will be in half a month. You should go back to accompany your precious sister first. I will summon you at any time."

"Thank you, empress."

After he thanked him according to etiquette, he realized something was wrong.

"Does Yuan Day mean New Year?"

Zhao Cuo asked.

"Have your brain been damaged?"

Empress Dowager Zhao raised her hand and touched his forehead strangely.

"So I've been unconscious for half a month, right?"

He remembered that the day of the frozen river hunt was early December.

"Are you blaming me for not letting you wake up within a few days?"

"It's just that such a long time has passed all of a sudden and I can't react."

Zhao Cuo rubbed his forehead and said.

"Does my sister know that I am recuperating in the palace?"

"I allow her to come to the palace to see you every three days."

The Queen Mother couldn't help but sneered when she heard him say "sister".

"I excuse myself."

Young Master Zhao felt like returning home for a moment.

"Empress!"

Feiwu, who had just left, walked into the hall at this time.

"What are you so worried about?"

Queen Mother Zhao asked with a slight frown on her eyebrows.

"The Minister of the Ministry of War asks for an audience."

"It's an hour before the morning court service. Let him talk about it later. I need to wash up and change clothes."

"Master Shangshu said it was an urgent report from the border crossing 800 miles away!"

As soon as Zhao Cuo heard this, he knew something was wrong. He crouched and prepared to leave quietly, but his fate was grabbed by the Queen Mother Dayu by the collar.

The Minister of War went into the palace and reported a major event outside the screen.

Mr. Zhao, who was eager to go home, was also taken to Chaotian Hall to participate in the morning dynasty.

"The commander-in-chief of Duanmen Pass sent an urgent report that the Mobei Demon Court broke through the gate on the 13th of this month, looted dozens of our border towns and then left."

Empress Dowager Dayu said expressionlessly while sitting on the dragon chair. Zhao Cuo, who was standing beside her, and the civil and military officials below, could hear the anger in the calm words of this woman who had the power to dominate the world.

"It's unbearable!"

A military commander immediately came out.

"The Demon Court first broke the agreement during the frozen river hunt half a month ago and colluded with Daozong to assassinate the king. This time, he invaded our country again! The wolf's ambition is undisguised, and he even asked the empress to order the dispatch of troops!"

"No."

The new Minister of Household Affairs walked out with a sigh.

"The national treasury does not have money to support the army. Once a war breaks out, it can only plunder the people's fat and oil to use as military pay and food. This is harmful to the country's foundation."

As soon as he said this, no one dared to say anything.

Who doesn’t know that war is all about money and food.

No money to talk nonsense.

"In your opinion, what should we do this time?"

Empress Dowager Zhao continued to speak in a calm tone.

"and."

said a Privy Councilor cautiously.

"The Demon Court just plundered the border town this time and did not attack the city. It should be that it has no intention of starting a full-scale war with Dayu. The only plan for now is to negotiate a peace."

"It's not a bad idea to give those demonic barbarians some money and food."

"Maybe we can use the marriage strategy from the Wenzong period..."

The more these ministers talked, the more outrageous they became. Zhao Cuo felt dumbfounded after hearing this. Can this sunset dynasty really be saved?

"Thank you for your hard work, little guy."

Young Master Zhao took a look inside the Palace of Life. The dragon-veined worm was lying on the ground as if exhausted again, with tears of grievance vaguely in his dark red eyes.

‘I’m afraid the female devil’s self-absorbed nature won’t allow her to hear such words…’

He looked at the Queen Mother on the throne again. As expected, the bad woman saw the ground was as cold as frost, and her white and tender little hands clenched the armrests with veins pulsing.

"Your Majesty, please listen to what I have to say!"

Another heavyweight spoke up.

"Once the imperial court sends troops to the Demon Court, the vassal kings from all over the country will definitely sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. Then there will probably be something unbearable to say!"

"come over."

Empress Dowager Zhao waved to Zhao Cuo beside her with cold eyes.

"Um?"

Although Mr. Zhao had a bad premonition, he could only step forward.

"What else do these losers do besides taking money from the treasury?"

Empress Dowager Dayu raised her slender and delicate arms to hug the young man's waist, then buried her little face in his arms, trying to take deep breaths to calm the anger in her heart.

'Does the smell on my body have a soothing effect?'

Zhao Cuo muttered in his heart, looking down at the red-haired girl who had her face hidden on his chest. After hesitating for a moment, he tentatively reached out and rubbed her long, silky hair.

This incomprehensible behavior made Mr. Zhao feel a slight pain in his chest.
Chapter completed!