According to the heavens, the emperor ordered:

I know that the departure is not far away. I think about the past and regret it very much. I think about it very much. I regret it very much. I took the six tribes to find the eldest son of the emperor Yuanchen ascended the throne. If so, then the virtues of the world will be here. I respect this.

I looked at the words on the imperial edict in shock - the eldest son of the emperor Yuanchen?

It has been five years since I entered the palace to serve today. I have never heard of such a prince in the palace. What I can't believe is that the emperor actually wants to pass the throne to him in the imperial edict!

The eldest son of the emperor, Pei Yuanchen?

The eldest son of the emperor...?

I turned to look at Pei Yuanxiu. By the way, we have always called him the crown prince. From the bottom of him, there are the third prince Pei Yuanhao, the fourth prince Pei Yuanchen, the fifth prince Pei Yuanfeng, and several other princesses. In this way, the royal family is indeed missing a prince. Is it said that the crown prince is ranked second? Before him, there is really an eldest son?

But why have you never heard of it?

I looked at the imperial edict in a daze, then looked up at Pei Yuanxiu's pale face. At this time, his eyes slowly moved from the imperial edict to my face. When he looked at me, his eyes were no longer calm, but it seemed that there were contradictory things constantly fighting, even his eyes became fierce and painful.

I had never seen him like this before. I almost subconsciously wanted to reach out and support him, but as soon as I reached out, my eyes fell on the imperial edict in his hand. I suddenly turned my head slowly and looked at the jade seal beside me like a thunder in the sunny day.

At this moment, I suddenly realized that we had found the jade seal!

He and Pei Yuanhao, as long as anyone gets this jade seal, will be the master of the world. But at this moment, with the release of the jade seal, there is still this imperial edict to pass the throne to a prince who has never heard of it. For them, they are afraid that they will fail for Shan Jiuren's efforts. I wonder what kind of anger Queen Yin will be.

At this moment, I suddenly thought that now I was the only outsider who saw it. According to Empress Yin’s actions, would she simply kill me to silence me? In this way, no one would know about the imperial edict.

I was so scared that my face was pale. I subconsciously took a step back. The bead curtain behind me was thrust, and a rustling sound was made.

The sound is shocking.

This voice seemed to have awakened Pei Yuanxiu. He raised his head and looked at me, looking at me with a pale and a little panic look. But unexpectedly, he was very quiet, as quiet as a pool of water. He slowly raised his head, and the slender and fair hand gently stroked my cheek.

His fingertips were very cold, and when they touched my skin, both of them seemed to tremble for a moment.

However, his palm was very hot and slowly pressed against my cheek. This was the first time I saw this hand so close. It was fair and slender, with thin calluses on the belly of my fingers, and his joints seemed very powerful. After touching my cheek, it slowly slid down and stroked my neck.

Under such a big hand, my neck looked so slender that it would break with a slight fold.

I stood there with some trembling.

Looking at my helpless look, his hand only stayed on my neck for a while, and then gently stroked my face. The cold skin slowly warmed up under his caress, and then he heard him whisper: "Don't be afraid."

“…”

"In this world, there may be many people who will hurt you, but I won't."

...

For some reason, his words were so clear, but I seemed to be completely unintelligible. I looked at him blankly and lowered his hands slowly, slowly lifted the curtain and walked to the edge of the bed. Looking at the emperor who was lying on the couch, a smile appeared on his face.

Then, he said softly: "Father, you are indeed—foresighted."

The fastest thing in the palace is besides the whizzing north wind.

Pei Yuanxiu gave the order, and in less than a moment, the three dukes and six ministers gathered in Yonghe Palace. Everyone was stunned after seeing the imperial edict, and the one with the deepest expression was the Grand Tutor Chang Yanbai.

He glanced at the imperial edict, then looked at Pei Yuanxiu, with a flash of light in his eyes.

After the prince Taibao Wang Shi learned the whole thing, his face turned pale. I watched him walk over and pull Pei Yuanxiu aside. Although he tried his best to lower his voice, he still faintly heard the anger in his words: "Your Highness, what are you doing?!"

“…”

"Only, only that palace maid saw it, you-" he said, looking at Chang Yanbo and Shen Gongyi beside him, his face full of heartache and regret.

"Tao Fu," Pei Yuanxiu interrupted his words gently, his eyes lowered, and he said in an extremely calm manner: "Stop talking."

"Your Highness, you - you are for the mountain Jiuren!"

"After all, this is the will of the Father, and we must obey it, since—"

Before he could finish his words, he heard the Yu Eunuch outside whisper: "The Queen is here!"

The next moment, Empress Yin walked to the gate. As soon as she appeared, the atmosphere in the whole room became even more depressing. Everyone knelt down. I stood beside the pearl curtain and immediately knelt down.

Queen Yin's face was as gloomy as the weather outside, and Pei Yuanxiu had already walked over: "My son is paying homage to her mother."

"You did a good thing!"

This time, the queen could not hide her anger at all. This sentence burst out from her teeth. She glared at Pei Yuanxiu fiercely, turned her head and saw me. She walked to me step by step, reached out to hold up my chin, and looked at me condescendingly.

The murderous aura in her eyes really made me tremble.

I know that if it weren't for Pei Yuanxiu's notification to the Three Dukes and Six Qings first, I might be dead now.

"What a girl, I didn't expect that I would fall into your hands again and again."

"Empress..."

I spoke gently, and before I could say anything, Pei Yuanxiu had already walked to me quickly: "My mother!"

Queen Yin said almost viciously: "Get out of the way!"

"My mother." Pei Yuanxiu still refused to let him go. He looked into Queen Yin's eyes and said, "My son has never asked for anything from her mother, only this time."

"you--"

After hearing him say this, Queen Yin's face became even more ugly. She glanced at me again, and finally threw me away fiercely, saying to Pei Yuanxiu: "I really didn't expect that you would do this. You disappointed my mother too much!"

Pei Yuanxiu lowered his head and said no more.

Queen Yin lifted the pearl curtain, glanced at the emperor who was still sleepy, and slowly walked to the table and looked at the imperial edict. When her eyes fell on the words "The eldest son of the emperor, Yuanchen", she gritted her teeth and said, "I didn't expect that he was still thinking of that woman-"

After saying that, she shook her sleeves hard, turned around and walked out.

As soon as Queen Yin left, the atmosphere in the room was slightly relieved, but Chang Yanbai and the others frowned and still did not let go. After a while, Shen Gongyi said, "We have found the emperor's imperial edict, but - this emperor's eldest son -"

He looked at the other ministers and shook his heads one after another. Two of them even looked at the imperial edict as if they were seeing a ghost and murmured: "How is it possible? Is the emperor confused? The queen had already been-"

The First Queen? This eldest son is the First Queen's child?

So, where are others?

I was puzzled, but these ministers kept silent and could not say anything anymore. Finally, Pei Yuanxiu said with a tired look on his face: "Everyone, since the father's will has been issued, everyone should go down and do their own things. I am a little tired and want to rest."

"Yes, I'll send you the crown prince."

Pei Yuanxiu slowly walked to the door, stopped to look at me again, and I could only stand beside the pearl curtain and look at him from afar. At this moment, he was obviously calm, but he felt an illusion that everything was over, and he turned around and left.

As he left, the other court officials also turned around and left one after another. Only Shin Gongyi walked up and down before leaving, and looked me up and down. I was uneasy by his eyes. I lowered my head and heard him say, "You are that Yue Qingying?"

"Yes, sir."

He glanced at me again, sneered, and turned around and left.

It was not until this moment that I felt as if all my strength had been pulled away and I fell to the ground all of a sudden.

Jade seal...Emperor...Emperor's eldest son...Emperor's throne...

In less than half a day, I had experienced so many things, but all this came so suddenly that I couldn't tell whether it was an overly illusory dream or a reality.

If, all this is true...

If all this is true and the jade seal is also found in the secret compartment, then what about Pei Yuanhao?

I woke up suddenly. The jade seal was clearly in the secret compartment. Why did Pei Yuanhao say with confidence that he knew where the jade seal was, and it was related to this painting? Did he know it for a long time, or did he calculate it wrong?

However, after he had planned for so long and arranged so many people, would he really fight a battle without preparation?

Or is he having other arrangements at all?

When I thought of this, I stood up from the ground and looked up and saw the picture with osmanthus flowers. I took away the things behind the dark grid. The painting had lost its mystery and hung it alone on the wall. No one paid attention to it anymore, but I saw a line of poems at the bottom of the scroll.

The frost does not grow in the bright moon, and the Tongque Lane is planted deep in the west.

Tongque Lane is deep...

I raised my head again, looked at the tree on the painting, the stone table under the tree, and a scene suddenly flashed through my mind!

Could it be that-

I turned around and ran out of Yonghe Palace. It was already late at this time. The north wind was mixed with broken snow, whizzing past my face as if it was cut by a knife. But I ignored it and ran out desperately. As soon as I ran outside, I ran into Eunuch Yu. As soon as he saw me, he immediately said, "Oh, Miss Qing, what's wrong with you?"

"Yu...Yu Eunuch..."

I gasped and couldn't speak, and Eunuch Yu said again: "What are you anxious about? Your Highness the Crown Prince asked our family to escort you out of the palace and go to Prince Yun's Mansion."

Prince Yun’s Mansion? No!

I shook my head and said, "Eunuch Yu, I won't go to Prince Yun's Mansion. Please hurry up and have someone help me drive, I'm going to leave the palace."
Chapter completed!