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The emperor arrived late with the empress following behind him. The people who were noisy and laughing just now stood up one after another to pay their respects.

Zhou Leping cupped his hands as his eyes swept across a patch of pink. It was the Empress's skirt.

When the Emperor saw Zhou Leping wearing the mask, without being able to explain the joy in his heart, he pressed his hands together to prevent the other officials from bowing. He then said a few words of praise to her, which were all courteous words, although it was praise, it was nothing to be happy about.

Zhou Lean's gaze moved back and forth between the emperor and Zhou Leping. Qi Miao saw this and thought it was strange, she was so serious, he did not know what she was thinking.

The emperor's first goblet of wine toasted Zhou Leping, "The young general has shown off his might. He's fought so beautifully during the battle at the start, so I won't say much.

Yes, what should be said. The imperial edict had said it once, and it had just said it once more. Moreover, it seemed to be long-winded.

She should be the first person that could make the emperor speak words of respect. This was such a great honor. She couldn't just stand there and drink the wine without saying anything.

Then the queen.

The Queen was the same age as Zhou Leping, and was a famous talented girl in the capital. I forgot to say, other than Zhou Leping, she was also the hottest candidate to be the Crown Prince's consort.

It was just that at that time, Zhao Shiqian's thoughts were not on her, and he did not even know who she was.

Zhou Leping felt guilty towards her for a period of time, and when they were with each other, he felt uncomfortable, as if he owed her something.

If she didn't like Zhao Shiqian, she would have felt better, but she liked him, and she liked him even more.

Zhao Shiqian gave Zhou Leping a piece of jade. Once, when Qiu Rong came to find her and saw her jade, he asked if it was from Zhao Shiqian.

She wanted to deny it, to stop stabbing at her heart, even if it wouldn't help her.

However, Qiu Rong interrupted her, "The last time I saw the crown prince wear one, it was a pair, right?"

Although she was extremely embarrassed at the time, she could only admit it.

Then she said, "You don't have to feel sorry for me. The princess consort is something those people are just spouting nonsense. You're my best friend, so it's better for you to be the princess consort than for others. If you become the princess consort, I won't be able to be happy."

Qiu Rong had always been understanding in Zhou Leping's heart, she was gentle, square and elegant and beautiful.

The current her was the same. After a few years of training in the palace, she had become more refined and more dignified.

Lin Jing had raised her up as his consort since childhood. Her every word and gesture was flawless, and she was born to be his consort.

On the other hand, she had been dancing with sabers and guns since she was young. She didn't look like a girl at all.

Now that she finally got what she wanted, the result was pretty good.

"General," Qiu Rong raised his glass, "How have you been?"

Zhou Leping said, "Empress, how have you been?"

Qiu Rong used his sleeves to cover his face, and finished the cup of wine. This was the way women drank wine, Zhou Leping watched her drinking, and suddenly remembered his first time drinking wine.

The first time she drank was taught to do so by her father. She drank it all in one gulp, imitating her father's manly movements, but was immediately reprimanded by his father, saying that women were not allowed to drink.

What should a woman's drinking be like? Just like Qiu Rong, but she was no longer a pure woman. She had done all that women could not do, even when fighting and killing people, it was too late to think of the drinking etiquette thing she did now.

"When you went back to the capital, the Japanese palace originally wanted to see you. However, the Emperor said that you were heavily injured, and Japan wanted to take the opportunity to look at you today, but the mask on your face is..."

Palace Maid beside her poured wine for her. Her hands paused for a moment, and her wine almost spilled out.

Her face, should have been known by everyone since she saw the emperor in the morning. She was the empress, even if the emperor didn't tell her, the palace had so many Palace Maid eunuchs, it was impossible that she didn't know.

"This humble subject was poisoned two years ago. Although I was lucky enough to survive, my appearance was completely ruined. When I was released, I was able to scare people, which is why I wore a mask."

Her tone was relaxed, trying to sound as humorous as possible, but this was her scar after all. No matter how gentle she tried to open it, it would still hurt.

Qiu Rong frowned, his expression somewhat indignant, "Xianyuer is indeed vicious, to actually... To actually use such a cruel method to deal with you. "

After that, he faced the emperor and said gently, "Your majesty, chenqie and the general are best friends. Since the general has become like this, chenqie is very sad.

Zhou Lean muttered behind Zhou Leping's back, "If she really knows how to act, can she be more disgusting?"

The emperor turned his gaze towards Zhou Leping with difficulty and stared at the mask on her face. He looked at it again and again, then looked at it again and finally said, "We were able to help you obtain the title of famous doctor, the one called Zhu Guanliang. Since he was able to cure you, he didn't say anything about your face … Can you treat it? "

Zhou Leping said, "This subject has asked the Dr Zhu, but after all so many years have passed, I am not confident that I can cure her. To this subject, whether or not I can save her face is not important, the meaning of this subject's existence is to protect the Emperor from this world forever, this subject is the sword in his hand, these foreign affairs, this subject does not care anymore."

The entire Zhou Family was filled with loyalty, counting from the top three generations, they were all heroes who were loyal enough to serve the nation and die for it. When they came to her, no matter what attitude the Emperor had towards her, her jade blood heart would never change.