But at this moment, it was impossible to continue. Si Junlin had no choice but to reluctantly release his arms around Su Wan'er.
"I say." As soon as he released her, Su Wan'er quickly jumped away. There was full of anger in her eyes, "A Lin, are you taking the wrong medicine?"
Si Junlin rubbed his forehead in distress, "Is it taking the wrong medicine for me to hug my own queen?"
Su Wan'er's face froze. It seemed that it was true... But she just felt that this matter was very awkward, "No, it's just..."
As she was talking, she didn't know what to say. She couldn't just ask, "Why do you like me?"
Just thinking about that scene, Su Wan'er felt extremely ashamed...
"Just what?" Si Junlin would force Su Wan'er to say a reason today.
Su Wan'er took a deep breath and planned to change the subject, "Let's talk about the secret letter from your father."
Si Junlin stared at her seriously, and sighed slightly in his heart.
This woman was still resisting him, which made him a little regretful for what he did back then.
If he knew the outcome would be like this today, he might... No, he would still treat her like this. However, in terms of attitude, he might be a little bit gentler.
As for now... He could only follow Su Wan'er's idea and change the subject.
"You just seemed to say that this was the 'policy for governing the country' left by my father?" Si Junlin asked.
Su Wan'er nodded, "This was said by the Empress Dowager herself. It should be true."
Si Junlin didn't not believe Su Wan'er. He just wanted her to participate as well. Otherwise, it would be too boring if only he were to read it.
He didn't feel like this before, but since he had Su Wan'er's company, he seemed to be more and more enjoying the feeling of having Su Wan'er by his side.
Su Wan'er sat beside him, waiting for him to open the secret letter.
She saw that his hand had already touched the seal of the secret letter, but he stopped at this moment.
Su Wan'er asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"
Si Junlin pressed on the secret letter, with a very serious expression on his face, and asked Su Wan'er, "Wan'er, do you really hope that I can be a kind emperor?"
Su Wan'er was silent for a while, and also used a very serious expression to answer his question, "This matter is not something that I can decide. You are the emperor, and the way of governing the country should be according to your own thoughts."
After pausing for a while, she continued, "The previous emperor had established a kind image in the hearts of the people, but it did not mean that the kind image you established would be accepted by the people. You have your own style, and you also have your own style of conduct. You just need to do what you want to do according to what you think in your heart."
While Su Wan'er was talking, Si Junlin had been staring at her seriously. Her self - confident appearance when she was talking eloquently reminded him of his mother.
At that time, his mother seemed to be arguing with his father like this. Although many things had happened later, the memory at that time was still as fresh as if it happened yesterday.
As Su Wan'er was talking, she found that Si Junlin's eyes were a little blank. She really didn't know what to say about this man... "Hey, Your Majesty, are you listening?"
Si Junlin came back to his senses from his memory and quickly nodded, "Of course."
Su Wan'er curled her lips, "Then do you know what I said just now, Your Majesty?"
Si Junlin sighed, "Of course I know. I should thank you for your suggestion." He glanced at the secret letter and finally pressed it on the stone table.
Su Wan'er looked at him in confusion, "What are you..."
"I am not a kind emperor in the first place. If I were to suddenly change my policy that I had adhered to for more than a decade, it would only make my subjects confused. It would not be beneficial for governing the country." Si Junlin said.
Su Wan'er nodded slightly, "Since this is Your Majesty's decision, then I, your concubine, will only support you."
Si Junlin smiled and put away the secret letter. When he was walking out of the pavilion, he did not forget to turn around and look at Su Wan'er, "Your Majesty, do you want to rest in my concubine's palace today?"
"No, I still have something to do today." Su Wan'er waved her hand and walked towards the other end.
Although the matter of the Hua family had been resolved, Su Wan'er still had many things to do. She planned to rest in the imperial study tonight.
Si Junlin walked on the palace path back to the palace with a group of palace maids. His hand had been pressing on the secret letter in his sleeve.
That secret letter was not only the relic left by his father for him, but it also carried the love of his queen. Although it seemed that Su Wan'er was still resisting him, he was confident that with his ability and their relationship, she would not be able to escape from his palm.
He was thinking to himself and did not notice the person at the corner. With a "thump", he accidentally bumped into Consort Xi.
"Which blind person is this?" Consort Xi roared angrily.
Si Junlin looked at her indifferently, "It's this palace."
Consort Xi looked at the person in front of her. She was both resentful and afraid in her heart.
The matter of Consort Hua had spread to everyone in the harem. Everyone knew the reason. It was because she had attempted to poison the queen.
Now, as long as the people in the palace saw the queen, they would avoid her from afar.
Didn't you see how terrified the palace maids behind Consort Xi were? It was as if they had seen a ghost.
What they were afraid of was not that Consort Xi would encounter trouble, but that when Consort Xi encountered trouble, they would be implicated. By then, they would have nowhere to cry.
Si Junlin did not know that the image he had in the palace had reached such a terrifying level.
As a concubine that he had once doted on, he would not do anything to Consort Xi, but he would not reach out his hand to help Consort Xi up either. He did not want to leave any handle for Consort Xi.
Qing Cao spoke at this moment, "Bold Consort Xi, why aren't you saluting when you see the queen?"
Consort Xi stood up with the support of the palace maid, forcefully suppressing the anger in her heart and saluting Si Junlin, "Consort Xi pays her respects to the queen."
Si Junlin waved his hand in a dignified manner, "Get out of the way." After saying that, he bypassed Consort Xi and walked towards his own palace.
"Wait." However, although he wanted to let Consort Xi off, Consort Xi did not want to let him off just like that.
Si Junlin turned around impatiently, "Does Consort Xi still have something to say?"
Consort Xi twisted the handkerchief in her hand. After a long time, she said, "If you don't plan to give birth to a prince with His Majesty, I advise you to give up the position of the queen as soon as possible. Don't let the Jin Kingdom have no descendants."
There was full of ridicule in Si Junlin's eyes, "How do you know that this palace does not plan to give birth to an heir with His Majesty?"