Huanwan was left in the care of a nanny, while Bai Qiqian was relegated to the cold palace.
The environment in the Cold Palace is the same as that in the Fangfei Palace, but the treatment is very different.
The people in the palace welcomed the high and suppressed the low. Bai Qiqian's life in the cold palace was not easy. The autumn was cold, and she suffered continuously during this period. Her body could not bear it, and she finally fell ill and lay on the bed.
Outside the house, a heavy rain that had been brewing for a long time finally fell. It fell to the ground with a crackling sound, making a heart-stopping sound.
Bai Qiqian felt a strong unease inexplicably in her heart. Ziyuan has not come back yet. Could it be that he doesn't even want to let her go? Do you hope to get news about Yunran from Ziyuan?
Ye Liyuan, are you really willing to do this for Su Wanliang?
Bai Qiqian felt melancholy in her heart, Su Wanliang, are you my substitute, or have you really succeeded in replacing my existence?
The cold wind blew, and Bai Qiqian couldn't help but wrap up her clothes tightly.
The autumn nights were deep and cold, and Ziyuan could sleep peacefully every time she hugged each other. But two days ago, she still caught the wind and cold.
I thought it would get better after a few days. Now, I have been blown by the cold wind for a long time, and my head is getting more and more dizzy.
Feeling dizzy, Bai Qiqian curled up, slowly closed her eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.
In her sleep, her slender and long eyelashes could not help but tremble. No one could have imagined that Concubine Yao, who was cold and composed, would sleep extremely unsteadily in her dream.
At this time, there was a slight sound of footsteps.
Bai Qiqian subconsciously called out: "Ziyuan... Ziyuan..."
After calling twice, she didn't hear Ziyuan's reply. For some reason, the uneasy feeling in her heart became stronger and stronger. It seemed that she was going to lose something important soon.
At this time, footsteps approached. Bai Qiqian opened her eyes and looked up. The door just opened.
After calming down, she saw clearly that it was Eunuch Qi.
Eunuch Qi stepped forward, supported Bai Qiqian, and said with a slight tremor in his voice: "Empress, please go to Chengqian Palace quickly, Miss Ziyuan..."
Before she finished speaking, Bai Qiqian pushed Eunuch Qi's hand away, stood up in a hurry, and ran towards the outside of Leng Palace.
After not seeing Ziyuan for so long, she knew something must have happened to Ziyuan!
As soon as he ran out of the cold palace, Eunuch Qi's exclamation came from behind him: "Mother, it's raining heavily outside..."
It rains heavily, so what?
Now, in this cold and lonely palace, Ziyuan is the one who depends on her. If something happens to Ziyuan, then Bai Qiqian will never forgive herself in this life.
When she rescued Ziyuan from the perverted old eunuch in the palace, she secretly swore in her heart that they would never be bullied in the future.
Bai Qiqian rushed into the rain and ran towards Chengqian Hall.
In the cold autumn, the cold rain slapped randomly on her face and body. The cold wind blew, chilling her bones. At the same time, her broken heart was also cooled.
Eunuch Qi was holding a small umbrella in his hand. He caught up with him and wanted to hold the umbrella for Bai Qiqian.
However, Bai Qiqian was running fast in the rain, and he couldn't catch up.
The closer she got to Chengqian Palace, the more panicked Bai Qiqian felt. She covered her heart with her hand, trying to reduce the panic.
Ziyuan, Ziyuan, nothing will happen to you.
Looking at the splendid palace from a distance, Bai Qiqian had mixed feelings in her heart. Even if she angered the superior person again, she would take Ziyuan away.
However, when she reached the Chengqian Hall, there was no one left outside the vermilion door.
Bai Qiqian's face turned pale, her heart suddenly shrank, and she quickened her pace and ran forward.
Inside the Chengqian Hall, the candles are brightly lit, and there is peace and tranquility. The carved railings and painted pillars, the red palace lanterns hanging in the corridors, and the carved auspicious clouds exude warmth.
Walking to the door, he suddenly saw dark red blood stains. Bai Qiqian staggered, his body was shaky, and his eyes were staring at the turbid blood stains in a daze. The rain fell on the ground, and a lot of it was washed away, but some remained.
ground.
Both eyes were stabbed, and tears fell down the rain.
Eunuch Qi, who followed behind, opened his mouth, and finally called her with a sigh: "Your Majesty..."
Bai Qiqian's body softened and she knelt down on the ground, staring at the blood stains on the ground. Raindrops fell on the ground, and a few traces of blood splashed on her clothes.
My eyes were burning, and the sourness in my heart was even worse than my eyes. Tears were streaming down my face, but nothing could be changed.
When she was sent to Fangfei Palace by Ye Liyuan, she was calm and composed. When she was forced by Ye Jinjue, she was calm and composed. When she helped the proton escape from the palace, she talked and laughed happily. When she was sent to the cold palace,
At that time, she was calm and calm.
Now, the maid next to her is being scolded with a cane, but she is as shapeless as a gaunt tree.
Eunuch Qi, who had met countless people, wanted to open his mouth and say a few words, but in the end he couldn't say anything and fell silent.
Creak - the door was opened. When Eunuch Zhang saw the beautiful figure kneeling on the ground, he quickly returned to the house and walked out holding an umbrella. But just as he was about to walk towards Bai Qiqian, he was
People were restrained.
The woman's gentle voice was a bit sarcastic: "Eunuch Zhang, who are you holding an umbrella for?"
Eunuch Zhang turned around and saw the bright yellow figure behind him. His body suddenly trembled and he turned around to hold an umbrella for Ye Liyuan.
The Emperor of Heaven raised his steps and walked towards Bai Qiqian.
Standing beside him was Su Wanliang.
Su Wanliang nestled in Ye Liyuan's arms and looked at her with a smile. Those charming eyes were full of contempt and disdain, seeming to be laughing at her current situation.
Eunuch Qi, who was standing behind Bai Qiqian, hurriedly knelt down and saluted.
Ye Liyuan looked straight at Bai Qiqian, his eyes sharp, as if he wanted to see through her.
The hands under Liu Yunguang's sleeves were clenched into fists, the fingertips turned white, and the scarlet nails were dug into the flesh, but she felt no pain at all. Through the mist, she could not clearly see his eyes.
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The woman with a similar face in his arms said: "It's raining so hard, Concubine Yao will go back to the cold palace and get wet. Who else will she want to pity?"
Bai Qiqian was still biting her lip, and there was blood on the corners of her lips, but she didn't even notice it.
Seeing the two of them staring at each other, the smile on the face of the charming woman in Ye Liyuan's arms finally dropped by half, and she asked coldly: "Eunuch Zhang, I seem to remember the emperor's order that Concubine Yao is not allowed to step out.
It’s a step out of the cold palace, right?”
Eunuch Zhang's hand holding the umbrella could not help but tremble slightly.
He glanced at Bai Qiqian who was collapsed on the ground and nodded: "What Concubine Su said is right."
Su Wanliang smiled beautifully, with a very proud look in her eyes: "Concubine Yao, you'd better go back and rest early. Otherwise, it will be bad if the emperor gives you another crime."
Bai Qiqian's heart surged with blood, and the sweet and fishy blood seemed to burst out. He gritted his teeth and endured it all.
Looking at Ye Liyuan's indifferent and cold face, she finally lowered her head.
She lost, she still lost.
In his eyes, imperial power and divine power are above all else. Even if he can't bear to kill her, it doesn't mean he will let Ziyuan go.
The emperor is above all else, she can only bow her head and be a subject.
Bai Qiqian's body trembled like leaves falling in the wind. Her voice trembled slightly, with a touch of stubbornness: "Ziyuan is just a little maid, why don't you let her go?" When she said this, she felt extremely distressed.
The young life like a flower disappeared in this cold autumn.
In fact, at this point, she still had a little hope in her heart. How she hoped that the person would tell her that Ziyuan was only lightly punished, or was imprisoned in the Siguo Hall.
Such news is always many times better than being beaten to death with a stick.
Su Wanliang laughed softly, with a hint of lingering sarcasm in her words: "If she hadn't yelled outside the palace, she wouldn't have disturbed the emperor's rest. Such an unruly maid deserves death.
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Especially when he mentioned the words "the crime deserves death", Su Wanliang specially emphasized his tone.
Eunuch Qi finally couldn't help it and said: "My dear, Ziyuan went to the Imperial Medical Office earlier to ask for medicine but failed. Later, she came to Chengqian Palace and begged the emperor..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Su Wanliang: "The rules in this palace are that one day is worse than the other."
Eunuch Qi was as silent as a cicada and immediately stopped talking.
In fact, Bai Qiqian should have guessed a long time ago that Ziyuan would not be able to ask for medicine. Anyone in the palace who had the slightest hint of wink would welcome the superiors and suppress the inferiors.
Ye Liyuan snorted coldly, his tone as frosty as snow: "Okay, she just ordered Ziyuan to be punished. It was my personal order to beat Ziyuan to death with a stick."
Ye Liyuan's eyes were actually a bit colder than the ice rain.
The thin lips opened lightly, but the words he spoke were still without warmth: "If you have any other questions you want to ask, I will answer them all for you."
Is there anything else you want to ask?
Ask him why he is so cruel to her, ask him why he ignores his past feelings, ask him...
What exactly do you want to ask him? My emperor, my love, you really don't have me in your heart anymore, that's why you treat me like this, and why you look at me in such a cold and merciless manner.
It is easy to change an old person's heart, but it is said that an old person's heart is easy to change.
The throne can really change a person. After all, the love of the emperor is something she can't touch.
The sweetness that was suppressed in his throat finally broke out and merged with the remaining blood of Zi Yuan at the door.
Ye Liyuan walked out of the umbrella, and with one look stopped Eunuch Zhang who was about to hold the umbrella for him. He walked up to Bai Qiqian, looked at her condescendingly, and clamped her chin with his long, white hands.
The rain soaked his handsome face, his eyes were dark and unpredictable, and he looked at Bai Qiqian: "Do you think I am cruel?"
Bai Qiqian stared at him, and the corners of her mouth suddenly curved into a beautiful smile.
There are no words, only her smile is left.
Ye Liyuan released the hand that was holding her and said in a calm voice to the palace attendants behind him: "Come here, pass on my oral instructions and give Eunuch Qi a patellar punishment. I'll see how he goes to the cold palace in the future."
Eunuch Qi's face was ashen and he kept kneeling on the ground begging for mercy: "Your Majesty, please spare me this old slave."
Bai Qiqian begged him in a low voice: "I beg you, please let him go, he just sent me a message."
Ye Liyuan suddenly smiled: "What are you begging me for?"
Bai Qiqian looked at him straightly, her eyes empty: "I will exchange my life for his."
Eunuch Qi, who was kneeling in the wind and rain, shook his body and looked at Bai Qiqian in disbelief. He never thought that Concubine Yao would actually say such words to the emperor.
Ye Liyuan didn't even frown: "When you stepped out of the cold palace, your life was already mine."
Yes, why didn't she expect that she would step out of the cold palace and beheaded at the Meridian Gate?