After leaving Jinyuzhai, it was already the second watch. Qi Zi returned the same way and finally returned to Hui's apartment. In the house, Cuiyi was anxiously waiting for Qi Zi to return. When she heard footsteps outside the door, she quickly walked to
When I opened the door, I saw Qi Zi.
"You're finally back, I'm so anxious." Cuiyi said anxiously.
"I'm fine, why don't you rest?"
"How could I sleep without you coming back?"
"Then I'm back now, you should take a rest."
"Let's rest together." Cui Yi said with a smile.
Lying on the bed, Qi Zi suddenly remembered Concubine Jin's words and asked: "Cui Yi? Why doesn't the emperor have children?"
"I heard from the old nun in the palace that the emperor does not want children."
"There are so many concubines in the palace, how can he guarantee that he will not be able to conceive?" Qi Zi asked doubtfully.
Cuiyi turned sideways and looked at her and said, "You don't know, there is a special record room in the palace responsible for recording the master's menstrual affairs. When the emperor wants to visit the palace queen, he will ask her in advance."
"But there are always exceptions."
"Alas," Cui Yi sighed and said softly: "The first queen misled the emperor because she bribed the eunuch in the recording room, and she became pregnant with the dragon seed soon after she was lucky. When the emperor knew about it, Long Yan was furious and immediately gave him the gift of dragon.
She fell in love with Bai Ling three feet away. The second queen was pregnant with a child out of luck. Unexpectedly, the emperor still did not let her go, but instead of sending her to death, she was sent to the cold palace after a miscarriage. Soon after, the queen
It ends in depression."
Hearing this, Qi Zi said coldly: "The emperor is really inhumane. He is simply a beast. He has no mercy at all. He will not even spare his own children."
"Qi Zi, please keep your voice down. If others hear this, they will be beheaded." Cui Yi asked worriedly.
Suddenly she thought of something and her heart ached. Could Liran's death be related to him? "What about the third queen?"
"It's strange to say that the third queen is not favored, but the emperor doesn't dislike her either. I just heard from the palace servants in Qifeng Palace that she is always preoccupied and her health is getting worse day by day. Even the Imperial Hospital is helpless.
, and then finally..., well, this is all fate." Cui Yi said quietly.
Qi Zi closed his eyes and thought about what happened in Qifeng Palace that day. Sister Liran, what happened to you? Listening to what Cui Yi said, he didn't feel sorry for you, so why did you still..., thinking about it.
Fall asleep in sleepiness.
A few days passed, and Qi Zi played the role of a palace attendant in Yunxiu Palace. Xuan Yi often came over sometimes, not so much to see Concubine Jin as to see her. Concubine Jin also noticed it, and from that night Qi Zi left.
After Xuan Yi chased him out, she started to look at Qi Zi "differently".
She didn't know what her good mood was about today, so she called Concubine Ling and Concubine Mei over. The three women played with wolfberries happily. Although Concubine Ling and Concubine Mei didn't get along, they had to be different in front of Concubine Jin.
She vented her breath through one nostril. Look, Concubine Ling deliberately dropped the melon seed shell on the ground again, and immediately said apologetically to Concubine Jin: "I'm sorry, Sister Jin Concubine, my sister accidentally soiled the carpet."
"It's okay." Concubine Jin smiled, then glanced at Qi Zi standing next to her and said, "Go and pick it up."
Qi Zi clenched her fists tightly and thought: "I have to endure it, and I can't let these ignorant women look down on people." She slowly walked over and squatted down, picking up the pieces of melon seed shells, and heard someone snickering.
She endured her anger and walked out. When she heard Concubine Mei say: "Sister, don't you find it annoying that she is hanging in front of your eyes all day?"
"That's right, if there was such a person in my palace, I would be annoyed to death." Concubine Ling also shouted.
"Hmph." Jin Jin sneered and said, "What can I do? The emperor has issued an edict. No matter how favored I am, I will not dare to disrespect the edict."
"Then you will let her stay here well?" Concubine Ling said.
"What else? Can I still eat her?"
"Sister, you are such a kind person, no wonder the emperor loves you so much?" Mei said with a smile.
"That's right, that's right..." Concubine Ling said with a smile.
People in the house were always talking and laughing, but Qi Zi stood at the door, never having the courage to go in. But thinking of the words her mother-in-law gave her, she took a deep breath, went in and stood next to a palace servant.
Concubine Ling and Concubine Mei exchanged disdainful looks from time to time, while Concubine Jin looked straight at her with her tea cup in hand, the hatred in her eyes changing with Xuan Yi's changes.