Hearing this, Empress Hua seemed to be surprised. She turned around and looked at Li Xiulan several times. Then she said to Li Xiulan in surprise, "You mean you were Li Xiulan from the Li family of the imperial censor?"
Both Li Xiulan and Yun Shang were stunned. Yun Shang knew that Empress Hua had lost her memory. Then why did she say so? She shouldn't have known Li Xiulan, but she called her name so accurately. She was also called Li Xiulan, sister Xiulan. What the hell was going on? Did Doctor Xue Yan really cure Empress Hua's amnesia?
Li Xiulan was stunned. She had thought that Empress Hua would say she didn't remember. But when she heard what Empress Hua said, it seemed that she remembered her. Didn't the man say that Empress Hua had lost her memory?
Li Xiulan thought to herself and said with a smile, "It turns out that your majesty still remembers Xiulan..."
"I really didn't remember when you mentioned the kite just now. But Xiulan, I remember that you are only forty years old this year. Why are your hair so white? No wonder I didn't recognize you now. I remember that you were so beautiful when you were a child. You were only ten years old, and the person who proposed to you broke the threshold of your family. But now... " With embarrassment in her eyes, Empress Hua paused and said, "I really couldn't recognize you just now."
Although Yun Shang didn't know why Empress Hua suddenly regained her memory, it was exactly what she wanted. If Empress Hua remembered everything, these people will not make things difficult for her. Yun Shang smiled. She had learned the sharp tongue of Empress Hua when she was still in the State of Ning. Now seeing that Li Xiulan's face turned pale after hearing her words, Yun Shang couldn't help but feel happy.
If it weren't for the inappropriate time, Yun Shang would have stood up and clapped her hands.
After a moment's silence, Li Xiulan said, "Since your majesty left the Jin City these years, tremendous changes have taken place in the city, so has Xiulan. But then again, where has your majesty been these years? Xiulan was really frightened by your majesty's sudden disappearance. His majesty has almost turned the State of Xia over, but he still hasn't found your majesty.
The whole yard was a little quiet, as if they were waiting for the answer of Empress Hua.
Empress Hua lowered her head and touched Bao'er in her arms. She smiled, but there was a bit of sternness in her eyes, "Where am I going? I have to tell you? I don't know there is such a rule."
Li Xiulan was stunned. She didn't expect that the amiable Empress Hua would suddenly attack her. With a panic on her face, she quickly knelt down and said, "Please forgive me, your majesty. I didn't mean that."
Empress Hua sneered and raised her voice, "I haven't been back for a long time. Perhaps I haven't been the Empress for a long time, and my temper is much gentler than it was thirty years ago. Therefore, many people think that I'm a good tempered person, and a good tempered person is equal to being bullied."
The crowd fell silent.
"There have been many people visiting me these days. They came here in the name of catching up on the old days and chatted with me, trying to ask me where I have been these years. Of course, because I came back to the palace, my family lost their favor in the palace and wanted me to send her daughter to his Majesty. I have a good temper and am willing to gossip with you. But I'm really tired, so I answer casually. Maybe it's not in line with the question I am asked. Thus there are rumors outside that I have lost my memory." The smile in Empress Hua's eyes disappeared, and her eyes swept over the crowd.
"Yes, you are right. I did lose my memory. If I hadn't lost my memory, why wouldn't have returned to the palace until today? But what you don't know is that a few days ago, the Crown Prince found Doctor Xue Yan from Changbai Mountain and cured my amnesia. I'm really sorry to have brought up your sniggering before I regained my memory,"
said Empress Hua. She took off the Buddha beads from her wrist and fiddled with them one by one.
"Don't you want to know if I have lost my memory?" Empress Hua said and stood up. The Phoenix on the crown shook slightly, and the pearl inlaid in it shone gently in the autumn sun. "Li Xiulan, if you ask me if I remember the kite, I certainly remember that you did give it to me. But I also remember that it was my birthday. I was engaged to the prince at that time. You liked the emperor too, so you tried to frame me.
"You secretly gave the kite to me as a gift of my birthday, which was actually made for your sister by the son of General Liu, who has engaged with your sister. And then you told your sister that I wanted to take her husband away and let General Liu come to reason with my family. You were only ten years old at that time, but you were so scheming. Li Xiulan, you impressed me very much," Empress Hua sneered.
Then he looked at another woman in light green and said with a smile, "If my memory serves me right, this woman should be the daughter of the former Field Marshal Dou, Dou Zitong. Her beauty is much better than Li Xiulan's. You, as I also remember, also like practice shooting and fencing. Later, you were sent to the Imperial Academy. It was you who flattered the Eldest Princess and scolded me as a barbarian. You told everyone not to talk to me.
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