"Xiao Yuzi, how are you? Why are you injured so badly? If I had known better, I should have kept you in the palace..."
Concubine Wan Gui didn't wait for Ye Yuan to salute, and hurried to Ye Yuan's side, caring for him for a while.
The fragrant aroma lingers on the tip of the nose, and the delicate white snow occupies the entire sight.
Ye Yuan's heart was filled with heat and he quickly diverted his attention.
Concubine Wan Gui breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there were no wounds on Ye Yuan's body.
Don't blame her for being worried, too many things happened these days.
First, her biggest backer...the emperor fell into the water.
I thought there was no big problem, but now I still can’t get up, and I even found out that I am infertile.
This made her feel like the sky was falling. If her heart hadn't been strong enough, she wouldn't have been able to hold on long ago.
If something happens to her most trusted confidant, her future will be completely lost.
To be honest, Ye Yuan was a little touched when he saw her caring eyes and quickly comforted her.
"Don't worry, Madam, my injury is not serious. I want to use the secret room for retreat this time when I return to the palace."
"Okay, come with me."
Concubine Wan Gui took the initiative to hold his hand, came to the bedroom, and gently turned the mechanism on the wall.
"Click..."
With a slight sound of a machine, an underground passage appeared on the ground.
"Xiao Yuzi, this is the secret room of Zhaode Palace. It has complete living facilities. As long as you close the door from the inside, no one can disturb you..."
Going down the stairs, there is a long passage with several stone rooms on both sides.
"By the way, this place was built secretly by the emperor, but... I didn't expect something like this to happen."
Concubine Wan Gui felt a little sad again when she thought of the emperor who could not wake up for a quarter of an hour a day.
Ye Yuan didn't know how to comfort her and seemed a little at a loss.
Concubine Wan Gui, on the other hand, after these few days of adjustment, has been able to calm down her emotions very well and said.
"Okay, why are I telling you this? Just take good care of yourself."
Ye Yuan hesitated for a moment, then called her back and told her something in a low voice, which caused a series of exclamations.
After seeing off Concubine Wan Gui, Ye Yuan no longer thought about these things and walked directly into a stone room and closed the door.
Then, he opened the area again and inspected every inch of the stone chamber.
It's not that he doesn't trust Concubine Wan Gui, it's that he doesn't trust the emperor and the craftsmen. Who knows if some of them have tampered with her.
Fortunately, the result was not bad. Apart from some very small vents, there were no other passages in the stone chamber, so no one could peep.
Feeling relieved, he lay down on the bed, found the most comfortable position, closed his eyes, and had a mean smile on his face.
"Finally, the wonderful life has begun, here I come!"
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The emperor's palace.
The queen mother, who had a few strands of white hair on her head, looked at her son, whose face was slightly red on the bed, with distressed eyes.
Moreover, under these successive blows, she was already a little at a loss.
The emperor cannot get up, and Wei Zhongxian is dead. What will happen to the government affairs, and who will comfort the noble ministers?
At this time, the Queen Mother had a headache.
As for the emperor's infertility, that was a matter for the future, and she didn't know how to get through this.
Cao Zhengchun knelt on the ground and apologized sincerely and fearfully.
"Queen Mother, this old slave is incompetent and cannot catch the murderer..."
The Queen Mother asked seriously without even looking at Cao Zhengchun.
"No clues found?"
Cao Zhengchun buried his head deeper and replied.
"The shipbuilding eunuch Guo Zhen was silenced, the relevant person Jin Yiwei Qianhu Lu Wenzhao disappeared, and the clues were lost."
The Queen Mother looked at the emperor on the bed with a sad expression.
Could it be that she really let the culprit who hurt her son go free like this?
No, she can't agree.
The Queen Mother said sharply.
"Check, use all means to investigate. I will make the people behind the scenes pay with blood."
Cao Zhengchun was a little embarrassed, but he did not dare to provoke the angry woman, especially since this woman was a queen mother who held the power of life and death.
"Yes, I obey the order."
The Queen Mother calmed down and asked.
"After Wei Zhongxian's death, what should the Superintendent of Ceremonies do?"
Cao Zhengchun was speechless.
If this was before, he would have really dreamed of wanting this position, but now, he doesn't want to, really doesn't want to.
It's not that he has a great enlightenment, sees through the world of mortals, and no longer loves power, it's just that at this time, the Chief of Ceremonies... is a pit of fire.
Whoever jumps in will die...well, most likely he will be bored to death.
There is no way, the emperor has not appeared in public for four days, and the noble ministers in the capital are also very nervous, and they will ask the Chief of Ceremonies every moment.
Wei Zhongxian was exhausted just dealing with them every day, and there were still a lot of official duties that were difficult to solve, so he hid in the palace and refused to go out.
At the very least, those people can't come in at night.
However, who would have thought that Wei Zhongxian would be killed even if he was hiding in the palace.
The Queen Mother looked at Cao Zhengchun, who was pretending to be silent, and felt uncomfortable in her heart.
However, she also understood what Cao Zhengchun was thinking.
After all, the emperor is almost destined to have no heirs, and they should also make plans for the future.
Thinking of this, she glanced at the "beautiful" eunuch sitting on her side meditating like a log, and felt weak in her heart.
The palace at this time was eerily quiet.
Cao Zhengchun was trembling in his heart, but he really didn't dare to respond.
In addition, it is impossible to say that he really found nothing.
After all, there is no airtight wall in the world.
However, he didn't dare to say anything about the results he found or the guess.
Just as the Queen Mother thought, he had to plan for his future.
There is no way, who makes him a rootless eunuch, who can only rely on the master of the palace.
Seeing that this generation of masters has no heirs and is about to die soon, if he offends the next generation again, he should commit suicide as soon as possible to avoid suffering inhuman torture in the future.
Just when people in the room were having different thoughts, a figure hurried over.
The Queen Mother looked at the person who barged in carelessly, her eyes flashed with anger, and she couldn't help but scold him.
"How dignified!"
Concubine Wan Gui felt a little embarrassed when facing the attention of everyone.
However, she still suppressed her embarrassment and stepped forward to salute the Queen Mother respectfully.
"Mother."
"Didn't you go back to rest?"
Concubine Wan Gui also knew that the Queen Mother did not like her. After all, no matter where in the world, the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has a long history and will never die out.
Well, to be honest, she doesn't like this little old lady either.
You know, this little old lady often calls her over, not to chat and enhance feelings, but purely to scold her. It would be strange if she likes her.
To be honest, a villain often appears in her mind, and from time to time she beats the little old lady to relieve her anger.
Suppressing the anger that was about to burst out of her body, she glanced at everyone in the room with some embarrassment.
This is something you can only tell yourself!
The Queen Mother realized this immediately, although she felt that she was making a fuss out of a molehill.
But after all, she is her son's beloved concubine, and she has indeed taken good care of him these days.
The Queen Mother also gave her face and ordered.
"Cao Zhengchun, go do something, and you all should go out!"
"yes."
When everyone was gone, the Queen Mother continued to look at her son and said impatiently.
"Just tell me if you have anything to do!"
I really want to punch this little old lady.
Concubine Wan Gui looked at the back of the Queen Mother and felt angry, but she didn't even dare to make faces behind her back.
Concubine Wan Gui knew very well that the Queen Mother was always protected secretly by a master, and this master was her absolute confidant.
Therefore, small movements from behind are not safe.