The cell door was opened, and the empress dowager who entered the cell stretched out her hand and gave Nangong Ye a slap in the face without mercy.

"Bang!" A crisp slap sounded in the cold cell.

The empress dowager's slap made Nangong Ye's eyes flash with stars. Her slap made him, a skilled man, feel that it was too harsh.

"Shut up, if you want to die, you will die behind me." The Empress Dowager roared angrily.

Hearing his mother's disappointed tone, she stared at him with a look of hatred, and he raised his chin and looked at the Empress Dowager with grief and indignation.

He loves and hates this queen mother in his heart. Although he hates her for being partial, always protecting Nangong Ao, and even helping Nangong Ao steal his throne, this is not what he hates the most. He only resents these things.

What he really hated was Cao Yan's death.

When his mother, the Queen, faced the death of her biological niece, she could cold-bloodedly conceal the matter in order to secure the throne for the Emperor without mourning.

The empress dowager looked at her son's resentful and angry eyes. She felt distressed and angry at the same time. In the end, she did not say those words of blame.

"Don't mention who was right and wrong in the past, and don't mention the imperial edict in front of anyone in the future. I beg you, my mother." The Queen Mother said helplessly as she wanted to calm down the incident.

After saying that, she turned around and left without giving Nangong Ye a chance to speak.

She was afraid that he wanted to die, that he would reject her proposal and cause trouble again.

Nangong Ye, who was locked in the prison, looked at the lonely figure of the Empress Dowager. He felt unhappy in his heart. Maybe it was because he was too obsessed with Cao Yan's death that he made things happen like this.

He calmed down and thought carefully, maybe Cao Yan really died of illness. After all, no one had any evidence to prove that Shen Ruhui killed Cao Yan. He really felt that he was too impulsive.

Nangong Ye felt guilty for Shen Ruhui's child who had never been in trouble, and regretted his impulsive recklessness.

Nangong Ye felt remorseful in prison, and Nangong Aozheng was so angry that he was in a bad mood and had no intention of dealing with government affairs, so he simply went to Ye Wange's place.

She arrived at Ye Wange's place with a sullen face. Seeing Ye Wange packing her bags, she realized that they would all move out of the Prince's Palace and live in Funing Palace in a few days.

Ye Wange saluted him and served him a cup of tea with her own hands. Seeing his gloomy expression, she didn't dare to ask any questions. She only asked, "Sister Hui, are you feeling better?"

Nangong Ao, who was holding a tea bowl and about to drink tea, paused when he heard her question and said, "It's better."

I had something on my mind and didn't even have a place to talk to, so I walked for a long time to get to her.

Nangong Ao sat there with a sullen face, and Ye Wange also sat there quietly, not daring to say anything for fear that if he spoke too much, he would be wrong.

"I can succeed to the throne smoothly because of Prime Minister Ye's contribution. When I stabilize the country, I will definitely reward Prime Minister Ye." Nangong Ao said with eyes as deep as the sea. It was hard to tell how true and how deep he was.

pretend.

Ye Wange raised her eyes and looked at him secretly, trying to figure out his intentions from his expression. However, she looked at him secretly for a long time and could not figure out his true intentions from his gloomy expression.

As if he noticed her gaze, he looked sideways at her.

Ye Wange's probing eyes were caught by his sharp gaze, and she immediately raised a smile on her lips, hiding her embarrassment and pretending to be happy, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Seeing the disdainful smile on Ye Wange's lips, and even the vague contempt in her tone, Nangong Ao could hear it, and he understood that she had doubts about him.

Nangong Ao looked at Ye Wange sharply. Her hair stood on end when he looked at her, and she immediately looked away from him.

Ever since Nangong Ao ascended the throne, Ye Wange felt that he had changed a lot and became more gloomy than before. She didn't know if it was because she knew about his cruel nature in the previous life, but she always felt that he had bottomless eyes.

Hidden murderous intent.

Ye Wange's nerves were tense, and he lowered his eyebrows, wondering about Nangong Ao's thoughts as unpredictable as the deep sea. He prayed that Song Qisheng would pass the news to General Cao Hu and ask General Cao Hu to quickly move back to the court, like that in the prison.

Nangong Ye can save his life.

"Queen!" Nangong Ao called softly to the restless Ye Wange.

Hearing Nangong Ao's meaningful call, Ye Wange was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, "What are your orders, Your Majesty!"

"When you entered the palace, did you ever think that one day you would ascend to the position of queen?" Nangong Ao asked casually.

Not understanding why Nangong Aotu suddenly asked this, and not sure what he wanted to test, Ye Wange replied warily, "I have never thought about it."

Nangong Ao smiled faintly after hearing this, with a flash of coldness in his eyes, "Every woman who enters the palace has this idea, why don't you?" he questioned.

Hearing Nangong Ao's suspicious tone, Ye Wange quickly brewed it in his mind and replied, "I am ignorant and have no great ambitions. I think I am incapable of taking charge of the harem, so I don't dare to have such extravagant hopes."

Listening to Ye Wange's self-deprecating words, an almost imperceptible smile of contempt flashed across the corner of Nangong Ao's mouth.

Nangong Ao looked at Ye Wange, who had lowered eyebrows and a loyal and simple look. He was filled with doubts, wondering whether the cunning glint and resentment in the dark eyes of the well-behaved woman in front of him were caused by himself.

illusion.

"I planted willows unintentionally, and the willows are shaded. I planted flowers deliberately, but they didn't bloom." He looked at her for a while and said.

Nangong Ao didn't know whether Ye Wange was really stupid or just pretending. Ye Changyu tried his best to promote her to the position of queen, but she pretended with him that she had never even thought about the position of queen.

From the very beginning when Nangong Ao wanted to win over Ye Changyu, Ye Changyu wanted to promote Ye Wange to the position of queen. In the end, Nangong Ao promised Ye Changyu that besides Cao Yan, Ye Changyu was the best choice for the queen.

At that time, Nangong Ao was just saying a promise casually, but he didn't expect that it turned out to be a prophecy. After Yan'er ascended the throne without any fate, and the critical situation at the time, he was forced by the situation to keep his promise and let Ye Wange ascend the throne.

Ascend to the position of queen.

Nangong Ao didn't know whether to lament Yan'er's short life, or to say that Ye Wange had a good life, or that it was God's will. In short, Ye Wange ascended to the position of queen by accident, and he fulfilled his promise to Ye Changyu.

After Ye Wange ascended the throne, Nangong Ao made a promise in advance, but what he didn't expect was that Ye Wange didn't feel the joy of being a queen at all, which made him suspicious again.

Which woman in the world could be so dismissive of such a noble status, but Ye Wange behaved like this, turning a blind eye to such a noble status, not surprised or happy, but a little depressed.

Ye Wange's eyes secretly glanced at Nangong Ao's handsome face. Looking at his stern expression, she couldn't guess where she had sinned against him, or whether she had exposed something wrong and made him look at her with such a dead face.

"Queen, you are really lucky!" Nangong Ao said with a faint smile.

Nangong Ao's incomprehensible words made Ye Wange startled. He said that she had a good life. Hundreds of innocent souls of the Ye family, old and young, died because of her. She said that he had a good life. If it hadn't been for the lessons learned in this life, she would still have heard his words.

I would be so happy that I couldn’t open my mouth from ear to ear.

Nangong Ao's words made Ye Wange feel full of ridicule, but she did not show displeasure. Instead, she raised a smile at the corner of her mouth and said lightly, "It's all thanks to His Majesty."

Ye Wange's voice blew past Nangong Ao's ears like a breeze. He looked at her sideways with interest, watching the cunning flash in her phoenix eyes. He curled up the corner of his mouth, thinking about what was in front of him.

A woman is never as gentle and honest as she appears.

"Queen, it is said that your Ye family has a golden Buddha?" Nangong Ao asked casually.

After Nangong Ao finished speaking, Ye Wange's heart suddenly suffocated, and there was a flash of despair in those clear phoenix eyes.

Nangong Ao finally revealed his fox tail step by step. It was not enough to use the power in her father's hands. He also thought about the golden Buddha passed down from her ancestors. He was so shameless that he scolded Nangong Ao in his heart.

Thousands of times.

Glancing at the scheming Nangong Ao, she chuckled and said, "These are all unbelievable rumors. They all say that my Ye family is rich in gold and silver." After saying this, she paused and looked at Nangong leisurely.

Ao, seeing him listening carefully, she added, "The Prime Minister's Mansion is just a small place, how can it hide mountains of gold and silver?

If the Prime Minister's Palace had so much gold and silver, it would have been used to support the national treasury for military needs."

Listening to Ye Wange's words expressing her Ye family's loyalty to his Nangong family and their dedication to Beitang, Nangong Ao's lips raised a sarcastic smile, even though he knew that Ye Changyu was not as loyal as she said.

.

The last time the national treasury was empty and military pay was in short supply, Ye Changyu did not contribute anything. Shen Liang had to find a way to raise military pay.

Now the treasury is even more empty. He has been worried about this matter for the past few days. There are a total of twenty cities in the Northern Tang Dynasty, and the tax revenue of these twenty cities for a year has been completely consumed by the war.

The treasury was seriously empty. If there was another war or riot, there would be no gold and silver needed for military supplies. He was really worried these days.

Thinking about the legendary Ye family's wealth that rivaled that of the country, he wanted to test her tone, but he didn't expect her tone to be so strict. Without hearing the news, he found that she had an unhappy face and was very resistant to this matter.

Hearing that Nangong Ao was plotting against their Ye family's Golden Buddha, Ye Wange became panicked. It was a treasure passed down by the ancestors of the Ye family, and Nangong Ao wanted to covet it shamelessly.

The anger in his heart was burning, and he shrank his hands into his sleeves and clenched them tightly into fists, desperately resisting the impulsive thought of tearing Nangong Ao into pieces.

When she couldn't defeat Nangong Ao, Ye Wange would not take action superficially, and she would never be so stupid that she would die automatically.

Looking at the anger in Ye Wange's eyes, Nangong Ao became more sure that she was contradicting what he asked. It also allowed him to confirm that the secret of the Ye family's golden Buddha might be true. In fact, he could tell from her nervous expression

He concluded that it was true, but he couldn't be sure until he saw it.

Seeing the raging anger in Ye Wange's black eyes, the small hands on his knees that were clenched into fists, and the imperceptible hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth, he knew that this woman was angry with him.

"I'm staying tonight." Nangong Ao looked at the uneasiness in Ye Wange's dark eyes and said with a change of thought.

Hearing Nangong Ao's voice, Ye Wange frowned very reluctantly, not wanting him to stay, but had no choice but to pretend to be happy and say, "Okay!"

Ye Wange said happy words, but her heart was beating wildly. Nangong Ao was going to stay with her tonight and let her sleep with her. She hadn't had time to drink the Bizi soup yet.

Because Nangong Ao suddenly said that he wanted to stay, Ye Wange became uneasy, his eyes rolling as he thought about countermeasures.

After finding an excuse to get away, she walked outside the door, grabbed the little ruler Hou was there, covered her lips with her hand and whispered a few words in his ear.
Chapter completed!