Special Forces Empress has arrived! Bring Tang Lin to Lei immediately!

  At this moment, the person standing at Tang Lin's door was Xiao Du. He smiled at her with an innocent look, waving one hand, "Your Highness, I'm back again!"

  "Bang", in response to Little Du's, Tang Lin quickly closed the door.

  "Your Majesty!" Little Dou knocked on the door and shouted, not forgetting to persuade: "I just don't understand, as the Empress, you have all the wealth and glory, why don't you want it?"

  Inside the house

  Tang Lin stuffed her earbuds into her ears and turned on the music on her phone, so no matter how loud the voices at the door were, she couldn't hear them.

  "Your Highness!" Little Dou persisted, knocking on the door and trying to persuade her. "The Empress Dowager has said that half of the palace guards have been sent out by the Emperor to find you, because I've seen you before, I can recognize you. Don't try to escape, if you're caught by the imperial guards, you won't even have a chance to negotiate with them and will be sent back to the palace, where you'll definitely be punished by the Emperor. The Empress Dowager is thinking of your father's past merits in saving the Emperor multiple times, and thinks you're a kind person, so she's sending me personally to bring you into the palace to meet her directly, without going through other procedures! Did you hear that?"

  After a long time, there was still no response. Xiaodu couldn't help but feel disheartened. "Your Majesty! Are you listening to me?"

  After a long time, there was still no movement in the house. Xiao Du had to stand straight at the door and not go anywhere else.

  Before long, the door opened and Tang Lin listened to the song while opening the door, thinking that Xiao Du had already left. She wanted to come over and see if Yu Sheng Jun was back, but saw that Xiao Du hadn't left yet, and suddenly rolled her eyes in exasperation. "I'm telling you, are you done yet? I really am not the person you're looking for!"

  "Miss, don't joke around, I didn't make a mistake!" Little Dou said firmly.

  If we can't find a way to resolve this matter, it seems like there's no way to drive this person away. Tang Lin threw out a sentence and turned around to walk into the room, "Come in and talk about it again!"

  Xiao Du thought Tang Lin had acknowledged him, and he was overjoyed, "Ah, I finally know!" He happily responded and walked into Tang Lin's room, gently closing the door behind him.

  Tang Lin sat down at the dinner table, pouring water while looking unpleasantly at Xiao Du and said: "Speak up, what do you want?"

  Looking at Tang Lin's unique beauty, Xiao Du felt a thousand emotions in his heart and secretly sighed: "The empress has changed, the empress who gave me a cold glance that day...has changed!"

  Looking at Tang Lin, Xiao Du couldn't help but think of things from two or three months ago...

  One day three months ago.

  This day is the first day of the lunar month, a ancient temple located in the southern part of the imperial capital, with thriving incense offerings. The scenery of the ancient temple is pleasant, with green trees and fragrant flowers, full of spring atmosphere. Because it coincides with the early spring season, when all things are reviving, the scenery of the ancient temple is so lush.

  The empress dowager personally visited the ancient temple to burn incense, with a grand procession, yet without disturbing the tranquility of the temple and the worshipers burning incense.

  Inside the grand hall, gold and jade shine brightly, tall Buddhas stand upright.

  The empress dowager knelt on the cushion in front of the Buddha, her hands clasped together and placed in front of her chest, her eyes lightly closed, devoutly reciting the scriptures. Her mouth moved slightly, but it was a faint whisper, not loudly chanting.

  Behind the Empress Dowager stood two rows of palace maids, four in each row. At the gate and all along the way, imperial guards from the Forbidden City were stationed on duty.

  Xiao Du stood a few steps away from the Empress Dowager, his eyes never leaving her side.

  A venerable monk from the temple, with a dignified demeanor, slowly walked up to the Empress Dowager and raised his palm, which held a string of Buddhist beads. "Greetings, Your Majesty! The old monk pays his respects!"

  At the sound, Empress Dowager opened her eyes and Little Dou came over to support her on horseback.

  After rising, the Empress Dowager looked at the monk, slightly bowed her head and nodded, showing her respect. After finishing the ceremony, she let out a light sigh, and only then did she speak what was on her mind, "I have come for the Emperor's marriage."

  The monk slightly inclined his body and made a polite gesture towards the rear hall, "Your Majesty, it's not inconvenient to take a walk in the rear garden, please!"

  "You all follow later," the empress dowager instructed Xiao Du and the others, then turned around and walked with the monk to the back hall.

  Arriving at the rear hall, looking out from the rear hall is a serene environment, only to see the courtyard set up with stone tables and four stone benches, surrounded by planted flowers and plants, making this palace backyard look simple, quiet, it's a must-have place for monks to practice.

  The monk invited the Empress Dowager to sit down at the stone table and ordered a monk to make tea.

  The Empress Dowager said: "As for the Emperor's thoughts, I, as his mother, find it difficult to guess. Before the previous Emperor passed away, it was a time of war and chaos, so the previous Emperor personally went to the front lines many times to fight the enemy, and many times he was saved by General Shi Hong. Later, General Shi unfortunately died on the battlefield. Before his death, General Shi entrusted his young daughter to the previous Emperor's care, and then he passed away. The previous Emperor always felt a sense of guilt towards General Shi, and in order for General Shi to rest in peace, after returning to the capital once, the previous Emperor entrusted General Shi's daughter's matter to me. The previous Emperor told me that if he were to go out to battle again and unfortunately die on the battlefield, then when General Shi's daughter grew up, no matter what, I was to have her crowned as Empress! Now is the time for the coronation, but I do not know the Emperor's thoughts, after all, he does not know that the previous Emperor's wish before his death was to hope that he would marry General Shi's daughter. If I were to suddenly tell him, I dare not imagine how the Emperor will think!"

  The monk smiled and said, "If fate has it, then it must be; if not, don't force it. Your Majesty, just let things take their natural course. Since it was the late emperor's wish, why not facilitate this marriage? It would also give General Shi and the late emperor a chance to rest in peace, and spare the poet's daughter from waiting in vain for her destiny. The Emperor is now 23 or 24 years old, yet has still not taken a consort; surely he must be waiting for this... fate!"

  The Empress Dowager worried: "I have chosen many concubines for him, but he has not even stepped into the harem. He never approaches women, and I have asked the Emperor many times to find out why he doesn't like women, but my son is as deep as a well, his mouth is tighter than a sealed jar! If Tang suddenly lets him establish an empress, I'm afraid it will scare him!"

  The monk smiled and said, "Your Majesty, think about it. How did the great nation of today come to be? In the past, people thought that the Yu Xin imperial court would be destroyed by a six-year-old emperor, but now... has what people worried about happened?"

  The Empress Dowager replied succinctly, "The current empire was all won by the Emperor himself, through his efforts, the Yu Xin dynasty didn't disappear over a decade ago!"

  The monk said: "What else can scare him?"

  The Empress Dowager digested the monk's words and suddenly came to a realization, "I understand, Master. Your meaning is that since the Emperor can bring peace to the entire world, how could he be bothered with just one Empress?"

  The monk smiled and said no more.

  Three days later.

  Palace.

  Xiangning Palace transmitted the faint voice of Emperor Sheng, "It is the will of my late father, how can I disobey? I shall obey and appoint Cihe as Empress. I will immediately return to the imperial study to draft the edict and choose a day to welcome Cihe!"

  Before long, Yu Sheng's footsteps hurried out of Xiangning Palace. With his back to the gate of Xiangning Palace, his handsome face was filled with awkward expressions.

  He couldn't help but recall the scene of his younger brother's grand wedding day, how his younger brother had gently looked at his queen...

  The next day, An Lin proclaimed loudly in the Golden Hall: "By the decree of the Emperor, who has received the Mandate of Heaven, from this day on, Shi Hong's daughter, Shi He, is hereby appointed as the Empress, with the title of Xian Mother, and is granted the name Chenghuan..."

  A month later,

  The welcoming procession escorted Empress Chenghuan into the palace and finally stopped in the large square within the palace.

  A festive carriage stopped at the entrance of the square.

  The ceremony of the imperial seal and the wedding are being held simultaneously today, so all civil and military officials are already waiting on both sides of the square, and all royal relatives and concubines in the harem are present.

  His Majesty wore a bright yellow dragon robe, standing beside the Empress Dowager, waiting for the arrival of the bride. His expression was calm as water, without a single ripple. The atmosphere at the scene, no matter how joyful, seemed to be like the wind, light and not enough to make him notice.

  The bride, dressed in a magnificent red satin wedding dress with golden phoenix coronet adorned with pearls and jade, had been helped down from the carriage. Her calm eyes were half-covered by a red silk veil, while her entire face, including her eyes, was covered by the golden pearl curtain of the phoenix coronet. However, her bright upper face faintly appeared through the pearl curtain. Especially those charming eyes, as beautiful as silk, were so captivating that they could enthrall people's hearts.

  The magnificent and overly long bridal veil trailed on the ground, as the bride, supported by two palace maids dressed in festive attire, walked step by step towards the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.

  Wherever the bride passes by, there is a burst of whispers everywhere.

  And the bride's charming eyes, after hearing those whispers, showed pride and complacency in her eyes. Unconsciously, she straightened her posture a lot, showing more people her confidence.

  A road as long as thirty meters was finally walked through, and the bride stood steadily at a distance of two meters from the empress dowager.

  The empress dowager looked at the new bride, plump and curvaceous, with a prominent front and back, although slightly short, but not enough to cover up her beauty.

  The empress dowager smiled faintly and looked at the bride, seemingly unsure whether she was satisfied or disappointed. Then, she raised her head to look at the emperor standing beside her and said, "Your Majesty, it's time to begin!"

  "Yes!" The Holy Lord responded faintly, then walked over and stood together with the bride.

  The royal wedding is different from the folk one, so as long as they have paid respects to the empress dowager, they can start the formal ceremony.

  Among those officials, there was one who gave the bride a deep look with his pair of eyes, and finally, a cold smile rose in that pair of eyes...

  The noble lord and the bride knelt down together, knocked their heads on the ground before getting up. Then, the noble lord helped the bride to stand up, facing the crowd in front of them, and gave a nod to Anlin beside him.

  An Lin Hui Yi, facing the crowd, opened the imperial edict in his hand and read a passage. The content was all about the matter of granting titles. After the imperial edict was read, the new bride officially became the Ci Xuan Emperor's motherly Empress Cheng Huan, and the scene erupted in cheers and applause.

  Marquis Hou, standing beside the Empress Dowager, took a peek at the bride with bated breath and secretly memorized the bride's enchanting eyes that could captivate one's soul, as well as her plump and curvaceous figure...

  "I have some matters to attend to in the imperial study, I'll take my leave first!" The Emperor didn't give anyone a chance to react, especially the new bride, and turned around to leave coldly.

  Yu Zi Chen and Guan E Yun exchanged a glance before chasing after Yu Sheng Jun.

  "Hey," Tang Lin suddenly spoke up.

  Xiao Du's nostalgic scene suddenly retracted, facing Tang Lin's angry eyes, and immediately knelt down in fear, "I deserve to die, I shouldn't have been distracted, I know my mistake!"

  Tang Lin asked him, "What were you just thinking about with such a distracted expression?"

  Xiao Du lowered his head and stammered: "N-nothing!"

  "Speak up!" Tang Lin couldn't bear to see others kneeling before her, feeling extremely uncomfortable. "I'm asking you, what evidence do you have to prove that I am the certain Huan or whatever who came later?"

  Xiao Du chuckled and corrected: "It's Concubine Huang, not Empress!"

  "Right, right, right," Tang Lin replied several times. "I remember when you first met me, you called me the Empress of Chenghuan. But I have to tell you, I am not the Empress of Chenghuan!"

  "Uh..." Xiao Du hesitated, thinking back to the Empress Chenghuan on the day he married Yu Shengjun, and he really didn't dare compare her to Tang Lin in front of him.

  The queen in front of him was tall and slender, unlike the Empress Chenghuan he had met that day. Moreover, this queen was plump where she should be plump and slender where she should be slender, not overly plump like the Empress Chenghuan. Furthermore, the Empress Chenghuan had a pair of enchanting eyes, but this queen's eyes were clear and bright, with a lively spirit that didn't seem to match at all. Could it be because the Empress Chenghuan was wearing a veil that day, causing him to mistake her?

  If the person in front of him was not Princess Yonghe, then who was the empress who escaped from the palace on their wedding night that he saw? They clearly had the same face!

  Xiao Du became more and more entangled, he found three places that didn't feel right. The Empress who had married with the Emperor at that time had a pair of enchanting eyes, but the Empress he saw escaping from the palace that night had a pair of ferocious eyes, so why did the Empress standing in front of him now have such clear eyes? Had his eyes really become blurry?

  On the day of their wedding, she wore a phoenix coronet and a crimson cloak that covered her figure, perhaps at that time he saw an imperial consort who was originally slender but appeared plump.

  Is it possible for height to change?

  "Are you stupid again?" Tang Lin waved her hand in front of Xiao Du, "Hurry up and think of a way to prove that I'm not the person you're looking for, did you hear me clearly?"

  Xiao Du thought that there was a way to prove whether he had mistaken the person, but this method, he didn't dare mention it directly. "Your Majesty, there is a way, but I'm afraid of offending you!"

  Tang Lin impatiently said: "Speak!"

  Xiao Du couldn't help but say weakly: "The person Xiao Du is looking for has already been pregnant for three or four months. Take a look at your belly, if it's bulging, then it proves that Xiao Du didn't recognize the wrong person!"

  Tang Lin heard this, three seconds later, hahaha holding his belly in laughter, "Three, three or four months pregnant? Hahaha, my dear ah, I'm dying of laughter, you really did surprise me!"

  "Are you pregnant or not?" Xiao Du asked impatiently.

  "Come on, check it out and see if I'm really three or four months pregnant. It's simply killing me!" Tang Lin suppressed her laughter and started to lift up her clothes.