The sound of a horse bell rang out as a group of soldiers in golden armor rode over on their horses.
This outfit.
They were the imperial guards of the palace.
The one leading the team was the commander, Xu Yi.
Xu Yi led the Imperial Guards and quickly ran to the entrance of Dou Zhao's mansion, surrounding it tightly.
Immediately after, a pair of female soldiers in silver armor guarded a golden carriage and slowly walked down.
The imperial guards in the front row also opened up a path for them to pass.
"Welcome, Your Majesty!"
Dou Zhao and his two sons knelt on the ground respectfully.
The female soldiers escorted the golden carriage to the front. A young female official immediately dismounted and pulled out a golden stool from the bottom of the carriage. She placed it on the ground and lifted the curtain.
"Your Majesty, please get out of the car!"
A golden phoenix boot stretched out from the car, followed by another.
The female official hurriedly reached out and helped the empress out of the carriage.
Dou Zhao and the commoners present all knelt on the ground and bowed.
However, there was only one person who was unmoved.
That was Xu Yannian.
Zhao Yinman alighted from the carriage and her gaze landed on the white-haired old man.
A hint of anger flashed in the depths of his eyes.
However, he did not show it.
Logically speaking, even if Xu Yannian was her maternal grandfather…
However, when he saw her, he still had to bow to her.
Indeed.
When she had just ascended the throne, Xu Yannian had still followed the rules in this aspect.
Zhao Yinman couldn't remember when Xu Yannian stopped kneeling when he saw her.
However, she was still a junior after all. She couldn't possibly ask something like," Grandfather, why didn't you kneel when you saw me?"
When the officials around her saw that Xu Yannian did not kneel, she did not say anything.
He did not say much.
In fact, Zhao Yinman was already very dissatisfied.
However, on account of Xu Yannian being her maternal grandfather, she did not hold it against him.
What Zhao Yinman really cared about wasn't whether she knelt or not.
It was mainly about his attitude.
She could clearly feel that her maternal grandfather, who used to dote on her, was becoming more and more indifferent to her now.
In fact, the way he looked at her was no longer as doting as before.
What replaced it was a trace of disdain and disdain.
This made Zhao Yinman very unhappy.
If it wasn't for her mother's constant advice to not be calculative with Xu Yannian, she might have already made things difficult for Xu Yannian.
However, she realized…
It was her own indulgence that made Xu Yannian even more unscrupulous.
He was clearly her grandfather, and they were blood-related!
However, he had repeatedly stood on the opposite side of her.
Especially this time, he was willing to go against her for Su Che.
Zhao Yinman had been in a bad mood for the past few days.
After getting rid of Su Che, many things deviated from her expectations.
Moreover, Su Che wasn't dead.
This made Zhao Yinman even more restless.
However, at this time, Xu Yannian did not help her plan, but he even made things difficult for her.
This is intolerable.
Zhao Yinman had already made up her mind.
If Xu Yannian still didn't know what was good for him this time, then she couldn't blame her for not caring about their blood ties.
However…
Although Zhao Yinman had already decided to kill him.
However, he still put in a lot of effort on the surface.
There were so many commoners watching.
What a good opportunity to show his kindness to the people.
Moreover…
Wasn't Xu Yannian trying his best to speak up for Su Che just now?
Many people believed what he said.
She might even think that she was a fatuous ruler now. How could she treat such a minister who had contributed greatly to the Chu Country like this?
In that case…
Then, he had to put on a good show and salvage his image.
Over the years, Zhao Yinman had not learned anything else, but her acting skills had reached the acme of perfection.
Moreover, in her opinion.
These commoners were the easiest to deceive.
They felt that he was a wise and benevolent ruler just by saying a few words and doing a few things.
"Grandfather, long time no see. I wonder if your body has been well recently?”
Zhao Yinman said with a smile as she walked closer.
"This old man is already at the end of his life, and I think his days are numbered.”
"So, there's no need for Your Majesty to worry about it."
Xu Yannian was still as cold as ever.
It could be said that he did not give her any face at all.
This made Zhao Yinman's killing intent even stronger.
Although his relationship with Xu Yannian wasn't that good, it wasn't that bad.
But now, Xu Yannian had completely abandoned him.
As for the reason…
Zhao Yinman was also very clear.
It was because he had gotten rid of Su Che.
Sometimes, she really couldn't understand.
In the end, Su Che was an outsider.
She didn't know why Xu Yannian would rather help an outsider than help his niece.
Especially on such an occasion.
She had already greeted him nicely.
He still had such a cold expression.
It was equivalent to deliberately embarrassing her in front of the world.
One had to know that there were at least thousands of civilians gathered around.
When they saw that he was not on good terms with Xu Yannian, they would definitely make all kinds of guesses.
Another round of gossip was inevitable.
Seeing this.
Zhao Yinman had no choice but to give up on her previous thoughts.
He had wanted to put on a show of benevolence in front of the people.
However, Xu Yannian did not cooperate and could not continue acting.
In fact, Xu Yannian had deliberately put on this attitude because he had seen through Zhao Yinman's thoughts.
"Please get on the palanquin."
Zhao Yinman knew that she couldn't go on like this. The only way was to bring Xu Yannian back to the palace.
Otherwise, with so many people here, Xu Yannian might say something that would pierce the sky later.
These days, Zhao Yinman had been worried sick about Su Che.
She didn't want to make any more mistakes on this matter.
"Grandfather, I advise you to get on the palanquin. Otherwise, don't blame me for killing all the officials related to Su Che in prison.”
Zhao Yinman knew that Xu Yannian would not listen to her so obediently.
Therefore, he walked closer and said in a low voice.
She knew that Xu Yannian was a stubborn person.
But he also had a weakness.
As expected.
Being threatened by Zhao Yinman.
Even if Xu Yannian had a thousand ways to be unwilling.
He could only listen to her arrangements.
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