She woke up early in the morning. She didn't dare to sleep in without him, for fear of missing anything important.

After a simple wash, I saw someone I hadn't seen for a long time.

"Er Xu?"

"Empress!"

The eyes of the person in front of me are red, and I miss her day and night, and now I can finally see her.

He walked forward excitedly and saw a familiar person, Bai Yan, touching his arm with some joy.

He is darker and thinner, and his arms are full of tendons, making him look stronger.

"Why are you back? Come in quickly."

Er Xu drank two glasses of water before remembering why he came here.

His expression immediately became serious, "Mother, everything is in chaos now, and the military camp is even more chaotic. What are your plans?"

It just so happened that if he didn't look for her, she would look for him in a few days. Bai Yan said, "My plan is Qi Huan."

"Ah! Concubine, you, you really plan to..."

As he spoke, he looked around, closed the doors and windows tightly, and pulled Xiaocui in.

"Mother, I can protect you now, or I will send you away before the rebels come."

Why did everyone tell her to leave? Bai Yan frowned impatiently, "I've already thought about it, no need to say anything more. Does General Xu plan to spare his manpower to fight against the rebels?"

General Xu is Concubine Wanyan's pillar in the court, and it would be good for them to weaken him.

"No, he plans to mobilize the imperial guards in the palace. Madam, he has given up on everyone in the palace."

It was exactly as she expected.

Bai Yan frowned, "How is your relationship with General Xu?"

Er Xu thought for a moment and didn't know if it was possible. Anyway, it was either good or bad. He couldn't be considered his confidant.

"Go back now and try your best to describe the ferocity of the rebels in front of him. Tell him that once they enter the imperial city, they will be unstoppable. Only the few guards in the imperial city can't stand it. Everyone will be in danger by then. Let him

Use even a small number of people to resist, but don't leave the imperial city. No, wait until tomorrow to go back, remember to mention it casually, don't appear too deliberate. It's best to help me when he is drunk.

"

She felt like she had become Pei Lin, teaching the people in front of her little by little just like he did on the carriage.

Seeing that he was still a little dazed, Bai Yan held his wrist seriously, "Do you understand?"

"Okay, okay, I understand."

Er Xu stuttered, wondering why the empress refused to leave.

When he heard that Lord Pei was dead, he hurried back slowly and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she was still in good condition.

She is obviously not a person interested in power. Why risk her life here for an irrelevant Qi Huan?

"Thanks."

"Why do you have to be polite to me, your Majesty? My, that, life was saved by your Majesty, and I will be loyal to your Majesty for the rest of my life."

When he said these words, he couldn't help but blush, and seemed to be shy about expressing his love.

Bai Yan smiled and nodded, indicating that she understood.

After he left, Bai Yan learned that Concubine Wanyan's troops would arrive at the foot of the imperial city in two days at most.

She was prepared in her mind and would strike first the next night.

As soon as she sat down and didn't rest for a while, Xiaocui knocked on her door in a panic and brought Qi Huan's servant.

"Empress, Your Highness was stopped by His Highness the Second Highness at Tingxue Pavilion. He asked his servant to come find you."

Bai Yan clicked her tongue and pinched her brows in annoyance. Didn't she tell him to be more honest? Why was he running around so much?

That's all, so that he didn't have to say anything bad, she walked over quickly.

From a distance, I saw the two of them standing together. They were somewhat similar as brothers.

However, one person had his head lowered and the other one had his head raised high. Even if she looked at the back, she could identify which person was Qi Huan.

As she got closer, she took a closer look at Qi Cheng.

Qi Huan inherited more of his mother's gentle facial features, while Qi Cheng looked quite similar to the Dog Emperor, with a bit more of her mother's domineering look, which made Bai Yan feel irritable in her heart.

At that time, we should have allowed the adults to kill all their family members.

Seeing her coming, Qi Huan coughed and straightened his back, as if someone suddenly supported him.

"Empress."

"Mother."

The two stopped and saluted her one after another.

Qi Cheng raised his eyebrows. His cowardly and incompetent brother seemed to have attached himself to the person in front of him, and he dared to call her empress. The mother-in-law was right.

Bai Yan pretended to be passing by and secretly scolded Qi Huan for being an idiot. Didn't she tell him to call her mother in front of outsiders?

He didn't know whether he wanted to show off his relationship with her or was bullied by Qi Cheng and deliberately used her to suppress him. She was really stupid, but she casually raised her hand and smiled, "Your Highnesses. The sun is nice today. I'm going to come out."

Let's go for a walk, I don't want to meet your two highnesses."

"Mother, you are very welcome. The sunshine is indeed very beautiful today. I wonder if I have the honor to invite you to sit down and have a cup of tea."

"Then thank you, Your Highness."

Since I'm here, I might as well ask a few more questions. Bai Yan didn't look at Qi Huan and went straight to the pavilion with Qi Cheng to sit down.

"Pu'er tea, I don't know if my mother still has the habit of drinking it."

"Well, His Highness's tea is indeed extraordinary," Bai Yan smiled and put down the cup in her hand, "I met your mother and concubine once before. Is she in good health?"

There is a generation gap between her and most of the concubines in the palace, but she is similar in age to Qi Huan and the others.

Qi Cheng couldn't help but laugh, it was really cute.

He had seen her on the first day she entered the palace, and now she was even more beautiful.

If he hadn't been worried about being stabbed in the back when he first took up the throne, he would have made her his concubine as soon as he took the throne of his father.

Bai Yan also looked at him, and when he learned that Concubine Wanyan's army was approaching the imperial city, he felt more confident and did not care at all when he spoke.

This is good for her.

There was no one around, and Qi Cheng suddenly approached her.

His breath sprayed on her ears. Bai Yan's eyes widened suddenly, and she couldn't bear to raise her hand to slap him. She still needed him, at least not now.

"Mother, when I ascend to the throne, you can become mine. Do you really think Qi Huan can compare with me?"

Crazy, but Bai Yan looked straight ahead with a smile in her eyes.

Especially good, these two are useless, this battle is between her and Concubine Wanyan.

"I feel that this queen is the only one worthy of my position."

Her eyebrows were silky, and her breath was like orchid. If you got close, you could smell the light fragrance in her hair.

Qi Cheng felt dizzy and couldn't wait to kiss Fangze.

"The queen mother is whatever she says. Could it be that Qi Huan promised you the position of queen."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Then, it's okay to be alone, as long as you stand on Gu's side."

His squinting look made Bai Yan feel sick to her stomach. She turned back and stopped looking at him. Her expression turned cold, "Let's wait until His Highness has done it."

Qi Cheng sat up straight with a smile, "Okay, the queen will wait. The promise made by Gu will definitely come true, and the queen will wait to become Gu's queen."

He said this in a loud voice, and everyone around him could hear it.

The boy next to him was obviously panicked. Bai Yan glanced at him, guessing that he would ask Concubine Wanyan for help.

That couldn't be better.

Qi Huan slapped the table, "You, you, what are you talking nonsense!"

"Hahahaha, why don't you play with the children anymore? Mother, let's see you later."

As he spoke, he left with a big smile, his laughter echoing around him, looking so arrogant and determined.

Qi Huan looked at her expressionless look angrily, then calmed down the expression on her face, and asked cautiously, "Empress, are you okay?"

Bai Yan hummed and kept staring coldly into the distance.

She is not that good. Qi Cheng reminds her of the Dog Emperor in disgust and makes her feel sick to her stomach.
Chapter completed!