Bei Mingchen slowly squatted down next to Xiyan, gently pulled out his sleeve from her hand, and gently patted her shoulder with his hand, even smiling.
It was fleeting.
"No, no, prince, don't leave me here alone."
Xiyan shook her head desperately and begged him bitterly. However, Bei Mingchen had already made up his mind. No matter what she said, he would not be swayed.
He turned his face and glanced at the Queen, then turned back and looked at Xiyan intently. He looked at her firmly and spoke to her with all his heart.
"Believe me, nothing will happen. If you want to accuse me, why bother?"
Bei Mingchen then leaned down slightly, leaned against her ear, and whispered: "Wait for me."
Bei Mingchen's voice was very small and gentle, and only Xiyan could hear it. His tone sounded so firm, and although it was just two short words, it gave her great encouragement.
"Okay." Xiyan said silently.
She finally accepted this fate. That sentence of "wait for me" was enough. She was willing to give up all her struggles.
After saying that, Bei Mingchen left the palace. Now that the emperor's grandmother had recovered, he naturally had no reason to stay in the palace to take care of her.
However, how could the Queen really fulfill her promise? How could she really treat this "culprit" kindly?
As soon as Bei Mingchen left Nanming Palace, the Queen sent Miss Xiyan to the Heavenly Prison.
Although, judging from the current situation, she still cannot save Zhen'er, but with Xiyan as the scapegoat, Zhen'er's situation should be much better than before.
"Queen, who is this person?"
When the jailers saw the Queen escorting a woman to the prison, they asked suspiciously.
"This person is the culprit who poisoned the Queen Mother." The queen said firmly. As she spoke, she roughly pushed Xiyan and pushed her into the cell.
Xiyan's body was already very weak, and now she was even more weak after being tortured like this. She was pushed hard again, and she staggered into the cell. She just
As soon as they entered, the queen hurriedly closed the door of the cell.
"really?"
"It's absolutely true. There are all the witnesses and material evidence. All that's left now is her confession."
The Queen spoke very firmly. She had said these words silently in her heart thousands of times. Now when she said them again, she said them so firmly and she didn't feel guilty at all.
After locking Miss Xiyan firmly in the cell, the Queen slowly walked out and continued to explain to the jailers.
"We must use all means, no matter what the cost, to pry her mouth open."
The queen spoke viciously, and the dim candlelight in the prison made her look even more sinister and terrifying.
"I will obey the order."
"Then Zhen'er..." Then, the queen spoke slowly again.
"My Majesty, please forgive me for your difficulty in obeying your orders. Your Majesty has an edict. Unless it is an order issued by His Majesty himself, Miss Zhen'er must not be released. But don't worry, Madam, we will definitely take more care of Miss Zhen'er."
The jailers said with some embarrassment. Seeing their submissive looks, the Queen did not continue to embarrass them. "Well, in this case, I don't want to force anything anymore. I will go and take a look."
Look at her."
"Mother, please."
These jailers are all people who adapt to the changing circumstances, and they will naturally try their best to satisfy the Queen.
"Okay, I have something to say, so please step aside."
"According to the decree."
After saying that, the queen entered the cell alone. With her last order, Zhen'er's situation was much better.
"Empress."
As soon as Zhen'er saw the queen, she hurriedly stood up and walked forward to greet the queen. The queen also strode forward and helped her sit down.
"Zhen'er, how are you doing here these days?" she asked with concern.
"If I get back to you, your Majesty, everything is fine. Your Majesty is in your thoughts."
The queen was still a little worried and continued to look her up and down, carefully observing the injuries on her body.
Now, she was just locked in a cell, not hung on a cross like the last time she came. Nor did she suffer any inhuman torture. With what she had brought to her last time
With those ointments, Zhen'er's injuries were slowly recovering.
"Zhen'er, don't worry, I have already thought of a solution, and I will definitely rescue you!" the queen said firmly.
"Well, I believe in you."
Zhen'er smiled faintly at the Queen and spoke without hesitation.
"Okay, I hope that none of you will forget what I told you today."
"Don't worry, Madam." The jailers said swornly.
"This matter is of great importance. You must investigate and find out the results as soon as possible. Otherwise, if you make His Majesty unhappy, you should be aware of the consequences."
"Your Majesty, I understand, please rest assured." They said vowedly.
After saying this, the queen left Tianlao. After leaving the palace, Bei Mingchen went directly back to Prince Xiao's Mansion.
These days, Bei Mingchen has been staying in the palace, and the affairs of Prince Xiao's Mansion have been left to Shuojin.
The fact that the Queen Mother is ill has become known to everyone. Shuo Jin, the master of Huanqing Pavilion, has also known about it for a long time. He is also very concerned about the health of the Queen Mother.
Although Huanqing Pavilion's information has always been very well-informed, Shuojin was powerless across the high city wall.
The news outside the palace was far less well-informed than inside the palace. He didn't know why the Queen Mother was poisoned or what kind of poison she was poisoned, nor did he know what the Queen Mother's health was like now.
He was just handling the affairs of the palace alone, praying for her silently in his heart.
On this day, he suddenly saw Bei Mingchen coming back, so he roughly speculated that the Queen Mother's poison should have been cured.
"Hey, the prince is back." He greeted Bei Mingchen there as if he were a distinguished guest.
"Yes." Bei Mingchen ignored the enthusiastic Shuojin and simply said.
"It seems that the Queen Mother's health should be recovering well!"
However, Shuojin didn't notice Bei Mingchen's absent-minded look at this moment, and just kept asking his own questions.
"Yeah." Bei Mingchen didn't say much, just said kindly.
"It's so good, it's so good." Shuo Jin kept saying, but there were still many questions in his mind, because there were really too many doubts about this matter.
"Then what kind of poison did the Queen Mother get? Has your Majesty found out anything..."
Shuojin continued to ask Bei Mingchen curiously. This time he asked a series of questions, which even made Bei Mingchen a little impatient.
Bei Mingchen sighed softly and subconsciously smoothed his hair with his hands.
Bei Mingchen looked hesitant, which quickly attracted Shuojin's attention. Shuojin looked carefully and found that something was wrong with this matter. Why were there two people when he left, and only one was left when he came back?
Is Xia Bei Mingchen alone?
"No, Bei Mingchen, tell me, what exactly happened?"
Shuojin questioned him seriously. He didn't even change his attire as a prince, but called him by his first name.
As he spoke, he put his hands on Bei Mingchen's shoulders, held him tightly, frowned slightly, and looked at him seriously.
Seeing that Bei Mingchen didn't speak for a long time, Shuojin became a little anxious. At first, he just shook Bei Mingchen gently.
However, even so, Bei Mingchen still didn't say anything. At this moment, he didn't know where his eyes were looking. He just felt that his eyes were so hollow and lifeless, and he looked like a walking zombie.
The same, or like a puppet, at the mercy of Shuojin.
"Bei Mingchen, tell me, where is Miss Xiyan? Why are you the only one back? Tell me what happened?"
Seeing Bei Mingchen's reaction, Shuojin could no longer pretend to be calm. He shook him vigorously and asked anxiously.
"It's nothing. I'm tired. I'm going back to rest first. You don't have anything to do here, so you should go back earlier."
Bei Mingchen sighed softly there, shook his body slightly, broke away from Shuojin's hand, slowly withdrew his empty gaze, and spoke feebly.
After saying that, Bei Mingchen was about to walk towards his house, but his steps were so heavy, as if every step weighed a thousand pounds. He was still walking lifelessly like a zombie.
However, Shuojin didn't get the answer he wanted, so how could he give up?
Shuojin strode forward in a hurry, walked up to Bei Mingchen, stretched out his hand, and pulled him. This time, he pulled him very tightly. He tried his best to pull him there.
Bei Mingchen made it impossible for him to break free anymore.
Bei Mingchen had no choice but to stop, but he just stared at Shuojin blankly, still as silent as before. Seeing this, Shuojin really couldn't bear it this time, and he kept silent every word.
Said.
"Okay, since you don't want to tell me, then I will go to the palace myself to find out!"
After saying this, Shuojin turned around and prepared to leave. His words and deeds had completely angered Bei Mingchen. This time, as soon as Shuojin let go of his hand, Bei Mingchen backhanded him and grabbed him tightly.
"Are you crazy?" Bei Mingchen lowered his voice and scolded Shuojin.
"I'm not crazy, I'm more sane than ever! Since you don't want to tell me, I'll investigate on my own."
Shuojin said without hesitation, his tone sounded so firm, and there was a trace of resentment in his eyes.