Even the usually expressionless secret agents were stunned. The Queen had actually blatantly said that the Emperor was timid. Judging from the Emperor's expression, it did seem as if he was timid...
The secret agents followed them one by one. After that, Su Wan'er originally wanted to immediately take out the token to remove the gu worm from Si Junlin. But suddenly she thought that just now Yu Wenshan clearly said that at this time he should be in a state of answering whatever was asked.
Why not make good use of this opportunity? After all, such a cute Si Junlin was rarely seen.
But what should she ask? A person as rigid and boring as him usually really had nothing worth asking. So Su Wan'er came up with a very profound and meaningful question.
She solemnly asked Si Junlin, "Your Majesty, if your humble concubine and the Empress Dowager both fell into the water, who would you save first?"
"Who?" Si Junlin looked confused, but his obedient appearance still made Su Wan'er can't help but smile.
"Me... I'm your current Queen, Su Wan'er. If I and your mother, the Empress Dowager, both fell into the water, who would you like to save first?"
"Wan'er... No... Naturally, I will save both. Bold! How dare you ask me such a question. I am the monarch of the Jin Kingdom. Naturally, I can save everyone!"
Su Wan'er stood there stunned. Originally, this was just a topic for after - dinner conversation and a joke circulated in the streets. She just asked it casually, but Si Junlin's first reaction was to save her first. She didn't know if the Gu King was reliable. Maybe it was fake.
Finally, Su Wan'er felt bored and hurriedly removed the Gu King from Si Junlin. It was better to save him quickly. Otherwise, if she made such a good Emperor stupid, she would become a sinner of the Jin Kingdom.
Sure enough, if the Gu King stayed in the body for a long time, there would be side effects. Si Junlin didn't stand there as lively as Su Wan'er. After the Gu King was taken out of his body, he actually fainted on the spot. The secret agents hurriedly carried him and sent him into the palace.
However... As expected, the Empress Dowager was already waiting in the palace. Such a big incident naturally alarmed the Empress Dowager.
"Liner..." The Empress Dowager shouted as soon as she saw the fainted Si Junlin.
"What's going on? What's wrong with my Liner? Su Wan'er, you poisonous woman! What did you do to Liner?"
Whether it was a prejudice formed over time or... Since Su Wan'er happened to be right behind Si Junlin, the Empress Dowager subconsciously thought that Su Wan'er had done something to Si Junlin.
"Please calm down, Your Majesty. The Emperor just reviewed too many memorials yesterday. He will be fine after a good sleep." Su Wan'er also felt wronged.
"Um... Report to the Empress Dowager. The Emperor did review memorials all night last night. He was really troubled by the war in the Southern Border. This has nothing to do with the Queen. I'm sure there's no serious problem."
Fortunately, Fang Xi stood up to speak for her. Otherwise, she would really have been wronged today.
The group of people, including the high - ranking concubines and the Empress Dowager, crowded into the Yangxin Palace. Some of them even shed tears. They took good care of Si Junlin for a while.
Su Wan'er felt uncomfortable watching them, so she started chatting with Fang Xi beside her. Only then did Fang Xi tell her that this morning he had originally arranged people to follow the Emperor when he went out of the palace. But because the Emperor was afraid of disturbing the Empress Dowager and causing her trouble, he actually went out alone.
So that's how it was... Su Wan'er had been wondering why Si Junlin went out without even a single guard this morning. Wasn't this clearly asking for trouble?
Finally, those who should leave had all left. Only the Empress Dowager and Su Wan'er were left looking at each other. It was extremely awkward and forced.
There was nothing they could do. As the saying goes among the people, when a daughter - in - law and her mother - in - law face each other, they are bound to be at odds. Now Su Wan'er still wanted to stay to see if there were any remaining damages caused by the gu worm. But the Empress Dowager was even more reluctant to leave when she saw her precious son.
"The Queen must be tired. Go and rest quickly. I'll watch over Liner here." The Empress Dowager couldn't hold back and spoke first. But according to the tactics of war between two armies, the one who couldn't hold back first was actually at a disadvantage.
Su Wan'er calmly said, "How could I trouble Your Majesty to stay here in person? This is originally my duty as a daughter - in - law. If Your Majesty stays here, won't it make the Emperor seem unfilial?"
The Empress Dowager's face changed several times.
For some reason, Su Wan'er felt really puzzled. She was clearly the Queen who had been properly married to her son, but in the Empress Dowager's eyes, she had become a venomous woman with a heart of snakes and scorpions, always trying to harm the Emperor.
Finally, the Empress Dowager couldn't bear it any longer and went back.
Su Wan'er bowed respectfully to see her off. She even went outside the Yangxin Palace to show her gentle courtesy.
But as soon as she entered the room, she was really startled to see Si Junlin sitting upright on the bed.
"You're awake. Why didn't you say anything? Are you feeling unwell?"
"Everything is fine. The Queen has taken such good care of me. How could I feel unwell?" Si Junlin also smiled, seemingly very satisfied with this experience.
"You were awake just now... Then why didn't you get up to see the Empress Dowager?" Su Wan'er disdained his act of feigning sleep. She had just confronted the Empress Dowager for so long and felt really uncomfortable. If he had been awake, she wouldn't have had to go through all this.
"You're annoyed by the Empress Dowager's nagging. Do you think I'm not? I've been nagged by her for decades. And among all these people, you're the only one I don't find annoying." As soon as Si Junlin woke up, he said such things, which really gave Su Wan'er goosebumps. She also remembered the stupid question she had asked just now.
"Okay, this matter is over. But you mustn't be so careless in the future. How could you go out of the palace without any guards? Besides, why did you have to go out of the palace? Didn't I promise you that I would come back after just one night?" Su Wan'er thought that this kind of trouble could have been avoided. No emperor would go out of the palace without a large number of guards. Why was he so carefree?
In the past few days, Su Wan'er found that Si Junlin was so thick - skinned. He not only ate and slept with her, but even moved his memorials into her central palace.
Originally, they had agreed that since Su Wan'er was good at military affairs, she could share the military memorials with him. But why did he have to move them to the central palace now? Every day seeing such a moody person sitting in her central palace reviewing memorials... Su Wan'er couldn't eat well or sleep well. She finally understood what it meant to be with the emperor was like being with a tiger.
Moreover, the people in the palace originally said that she was the only one favored by the emperor. The Empress Dowager and the concubines already disliked her. Now, wouldn't she become the target of public criticism?