It wasn't until she heard that Xia Houlie had issued an imperial edict that Mu Qingwan's eyes looked like a dry well. She quickly stood up and went to the door. When she opened the door, she didn't see the person she wanted to see. She only saw Li Changan.

He was standing outside the door holding a plate with a white porcelain bowl on it.

Inside, there was a dark soup, and the smell was so familiar.

At this moment, Li Changan looked at her with eyes full of sadness and pity. He handed the medicine bowl to her and choked with sobs:

"My dear, please drink it while it's hot."

The blood color faded from her face bit by bit. Mu Qingwan stared blankly at the bowl of dark concoction. After a while, she spoke softly. As soon as the words came out, she realized that her voice was almost broken:

"This...was given by him?"

Li Changan lowered his head and wiped his tears with his sleeve, "Long Live Lord said that if this is your wish, he is willing to fulfill it."

When Mu Qingwan heard this, it was as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over her head. The biting cold invaded her blood, causing her whole body to tremble. She pinched her palms hard to calm herself down, and stared at Li Changan:

"Eunuch Li, please take me to see him. I have something to tell him."

Why does Li Changan:

"Your Majesty, your Majesty has issued a decree to seal the Dragon Palace. No one is allowed to enter or exit the palace, slave..."

With a sound of "Boom -", Mu Qingwan suddenly fell to her knees. Li Changan turned pale in panic and hurried to help him, saying in a trembling voice:

"Your Majesty, you must not do this. You are deliberately letting your slave die without a chance to die!"

Mu Qingwan held back tears and said sadly: "Please, Eunuch Li, just take me to see him."

She didn't expect things to develop to this point.

Originally, she had good intentions and could not bear his pain, but she did not expect that she would cause him such a big misunderstanding.

Thinking of his broken appearance three days ago, her heart began to ache again.

She looked at herself in a panic, thinking about the past three days, what happened?

The two people finally got together and it should have been warm and sweet, but why did it become like this?

No, it can't go on like this. She must tell the truth. She doesn't want the two of them to suffer such unnecessary torture anymore.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to help you, but it's true that the Long Live Lord is not in the palace now. He ordered the slave to deliver the medicine here and then take Concubine Chu out of the palace..."

Seeing that Mu Qingwan's face suddenly stiffened, Li Changan wanted to bite off his tongue and hurriedly explained:

"Today is Dr. Zhou's birthday, so..."

Mu Qingwan looked out the window and murmured the familiar yet unfamiliar words: "Concubine Chu?" She turned her head, with no expression on her face, "Is it Zhou Churuo?"

When I mentioned this name, I thought of all the things I had done in this palace before, and it felt like I was in another world, and I felt like I was reborn.

Originally, she thought she was mentally prepared, but when she really heard that he was with another woman, her heart still hurt.

After all, I still can't help but be jealous.

She didn't speak any more, and slowly walked to the window, pushed it open, and took a deep breath. It was already autumn, and even the air was filled with the smell of depression.

She raised her head, closed her eyes and quietly let the sunlight shine on her face. When she opened her eyes again, all the haze in her eyes had dissipated, and everything was clear.

After closing the window, she walked up to Li Changan, stroking her belly. Li Changan did not dare to disturb her while she was meditating, but secretly ordered Shaoyao to heat the decoction again.

So at this moment, the medicine in his hand was still steaming hot.

She reached out and took the bowl of medicine, looked at it quietly for a while, then raised her head and drank it all.

"Your Majesty—" Li Changan couldn't help but call out when he saw her like this.

After Mu Qingwan finished drinking, she handed the bowl to him and smiled lightly. Li Changan saw crystal tears falling from the corners of her eyes, but they were quickly wiped away by her.

Before the effects of the medicine took effect, she walked to the table and sat down, took out a piece of paper, picked up a pen and wrote a few words, then dried the ink, folded it and handed it to Li Changan, "Eunuch,

Please give this to the Emperor for me."

Li Changan nodded and carefully stuffed it into his sleeve. Thinking of his mistake just now, he was afraid of causing misunderstanding between the two of them. He thought for a while and said seriously:

"Madam, you must take care of yourself. Long Live the Lord is just confused for a moment. There will be more children after the child is gone. The important thing is... when two people are together, they must trust each other, so that they can be dependent on each other and .

Shou, if you can't do this, you will only suffer in the end."

"Eunuch Li, thank you, I will remember it."

Yes, the cornerstone of love is trust. Even if two people endure hardship together, they are still happy.

It was because she was too confused and didn't understand this before that the two of them suffered such torture in vain.

From now on, she will never be so stupid again.

Zhou Changlong's position in the court has been even more prosperous since the fall of the Yun clan. However, because of Yun Lanshan's mistakes, how could a smart man like Xia Houlie allow the court to have a second Yun Lanshan?

Therefore, while re-employing him, he also did not forget to promote the ministers of the court who often disagreed with him, so that now the entire court belonged to two factions, and Xia Houlie was in the upper position, mediating in the middle, taking advantage of both sides, and

It can be said that it is done with ease without offending both sides.

Today is Zhou Changlong's sixtieth birthday. With his status in the court and the presence of the Emperor and Concubine Chu, there is no doubt that the house is packed with guests and very lively.

Such an occasion is nothing more than hypocrisy and flattery. Although Xia Houlie was extremely bored in his heart, he still maintained a decent manner and dealt with it. It was not that he didn't know the plans of the Zhou family and his daughter. Since he deposed Mu Qingwan as the queen,

The concubines in the harem began to fight overtly and covertly again, especially Zhou Churuo. She hinted several times that her father would join forces with the ministers of the court to submit a memorial, saying that the queen's position had been hanging for a long time and there was discord in the country. They were afraid of causing turmoil in the harem, so they advised him to re-establish the throne as soon as possible.

back.

As for what happened three days ago, although he looked calm on the face, he had already investigated clearly in secret. Dr. Li was clearly instructed by Zhou Churuo to deliberately reveal the news to him, in order to use his hand to eliminate this possibility.

Someone who competes with her for favor.

It seems that even though he did not openly disclose Qingwan's identity, such strict and special protection has made her a target in the palace.

Yun Chuyi and Yun Luo will definitely take action. At present, he has no way to uproot Yun Chuyi's power at once. Now, the best way to protect Qingwan is to divert the trouble eastward, so that Zhou Churuo and Yun

Luo goes to fight.

Attending Zhou Changlong's banquet today to bring Zhou Churuo to the forefront was the first step in his plan.

Qingwan...

He closed his eyes and recited the name silently in his mind. The pain that he thought had subsided in the past three days began to faintly scream again.

When the banquet was over and he walked out of Zhou's house, he felt tired and his stomach began to hurt.

Xia Houlie's personal attendance at Zhou Changlong's birthday party this time undoubtedly earned Zhou Churuo a lot of face. At this moment, she took his hand and walked out of the door with a delicate look on her face. Seeing that he was about to walk to the sedan chair in a hurry, she hurriedly

He bowed his head and asked for instructions:

"Your Majesty, can I, my concubine, ride in the same chariot with you?"

There was no expression on Xia Houlie's face. He calmly took his hand out of her wrist and avoided the two soft balls that she deliberately leaned towards. "I'm feeling a little unwell, please help yourself."

With that said, he stepped on the eunuch's back and got into the sedan, leaving Zhou Churuo standing there with his face turning pale with anger.

Seeing that all the servants around him were looking at him, in order not to lose face, Zhou Churuo quickly took the maid's hand and got into the sedan behind the dragon chariot. As soon as he got on the sedan, he slammed the jade bracelet that Xia Houlie had just given in his hand onto the seat.

On the couch, he covered his face and sobbed softly.

The pretended strength and pride can no longer hide the pain and pain in her heart. In the past few months, she has never guessed the emperor's thoughts. It was clear that he was tender and sweet to you one second, but he could seriously treat you the next second.

She hurt you completely. She wants to win his heart, but she doesn't know how to start.

Because he never gave her any chance.

After crying quietly for a while, she suddenly stopped crying, Zhou Churuo, did you give up so easily? Where was your childhood dream? Where was the confidence and courage that made you personally promise your father that you would become the queen?

No, she can't give up so easily. She, Zhou Churuo, has never been able to get what she wants!

A flash of light flashed in her soft eyes, and Zhou Churuo's sharp fingers clenched the handkerchief:

She wants the queen's position and the emperor's heart!

Xia Houlie got off the sedan and went straight to the Qinzheng Hall. When he reached the entrance of the hall, he quickly waved away the guards behind him and called Li Changan in.

"She..." Did she drink the medicine?

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and wanted to blurt out the questions that had been swirling in his mind all day long, but as soon as he uttered one word, he could no longer speak.

A deep fear came over him, and he was suddenly afraid of hearing the answer.

He unfastened a few buttons irritably, then began to pace in the center of the hall, looking at Li Changan several times but hesitated to speak.

Li Changan sighed in his heart. He remembered the piece of paper that Mu Qingwan stuffed into him, and quickly handed it to Xia Houlie, "My Majesty asked this servant to give it to you."

Xia Houlie reached out to take it, sat down behind the imperial desk, calmed down, and then turned over the plain white paper in his hand. There were six small regular scripts on it, and the words were just like the person, handsome and elegant.

I just hope that we can help each other.

He stared blankly at the six characters, without moving for a long time, staring straight at it. The big black characters jumped into his eyes one by one, and then fell into his heart bit by bit, which suddenly smoothed his mind.

All the anxiety and hesitation.

He tried to smooth out the creases on it with trembling hands, but he heard a clear dog barking from under his feet. When he lowered his head, he saw that it was warm.
Chapter completed!