"Your Majesty, you are confused. This is Qifeng Palace. You have been infected with the cold and have been ill for almost a day and a night." Qi Zi walked aside and looked at Qi Zi and replied.
"Qifeng Hall? Why am I in Qifeng Hall?" Qi Zi's question made Cuiyi confused and felt faintly uneasy.
At this time, Zilan walked in with a cup of freshly brewed tea. Seeing Qizi waking up, she walked to the bed with a smile and said: "Queen, you are finally awake, but the emperor and the emperor are so anxious."
We."
"What did you call me just now? Queen?" Qi Zi looked at the person in front of him and thought he looked familiar. Where had he seen it before?
"Yes, Queen," she repeated.
Qi Zi smiled coldly and said, "You must be mistaken, I am not a queen."
Zilan and Cuiyi looked at each other, confused by Qizi in front of them. Qizi suddenly looked at Zilan and said, "Aren't you Zilan, the palace servant next to Concubine Mei? Why are you here?"
Cui Yi suddenly knelt on the ground and said with tears in her eyes: "My queen, please stop scaring me. I really can't bear it."
"Cui Yi, get up quickly, what's wrong?" Qi Zi asked anxiously.
"Your Majesty, please take your leave first." Zilan exited the room and ran towards the Zhengde Hall.
Cui Yi stood up and asked tentatively: "Mother, do you still remember what you did the day before yesterday?"
Qi Zi looked at the tent and thought for a while: "Didn't we go to Yingyue Lake to enjoy the lotuses together? You went to get me a cloak, but then Concubine Jin came. She said that I had killed her child and wanted to kill me.
, and then the emperor came, gave Concubine Jin a few words and then left, and I seemed to have hit a rockery."
"Your Majesty——" Cuiyi called softly.
Qi Zi touched the place where he was hit and said, "It's strange, why doesn't it hurt? Did I fall very hard, so I slept all day yesterday?"
"The injury there has long been healed." Cuiyi said softly.
"Cui Yi, I'm a little hungry." Qi Zi said embarrassedly.
"Oh, this slave knows." Cui Yi responded, "Here comes someone."
Lian'er came in, and Cuiyi said: "Go and bring some pastries for the queen."
"Yes." Lian'er went out, and Qizi lifted up the quilt and got out of bed and sat at the table. He poured himself a cup of tea and said, "Cuiyi, tell me quickly, why am I in Qifeng Hall?"
Just as Cui Yi was about to open her mouth, Defu's voice came from outside the palace: "The Emperor has arrived."
Before the tea was poured, Qi Zi looked at his obscene clothes and immediately looked for them. When he saw the clothes screen beside the bed, he immediately walked behind the screen.
Xuan Yi entered the palace and saw Cui Yi alone, and asked, "Where is the queen?"
Cuiyi silently looked behind the screen. As she walked along, Zilan had already explained the general situation. He still walked to the hall with a glimmer of hope. He didn't want to admit it, and the days when she had him in her heart ended like this.
, and the pace was chaotic again on the rare peaceful journey.
Qi Zi walked out from behind the clothes screen. It was the same person, but the feeling was different. Xuan Yi walked towards her slowly, and Qi Zi met his gaze at a loss. Although there were many things he wanted to figure out, at this time
The feeling of rejection defeated her reason. When Xuan Yi was about to reach her, she quickly walked sideways to Cui Yi. Her actions made Xuan Yi's heart freeze to the extreme. He tried to calm himself down, and the palace was extremely quiet.
, looking at Qi Zi's unnatural gaze, Xuan Yi suddenly felt that his existence was like a joke. She let herself have a beautiful dream, which was so easy to wake up from that he still can't accept it. Qi Zi is here
He was deeply rooted in his heart, but he still had no place in Qi Zi's heart, at least he didn't occupy a corner now.
Cui Yi timidly said: "Your Majesty, I forgive you, but I don't remember what happened in the past few months."
He glanced at Qi Zi, and the cold expression returned to his face. He turned and left. When he walked to the door, he said, "Take good care of your Majesty."
"Yes." Cuiyi replied softly.
Not long after Xuan Yi left, Lian'er came in with cakes and put them on the table and said: "Queen, my servant has brought some cakes. Please use them."
Qi Zi felt an inexplicable melancholy in his heart. He had never felt this way before. What was it?
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Seeing that Qi Zi was distracted, Cuiyi called out softly.
Qi Zi came back to his senses and said: "I don't want to eat, I have no appetite."
Cui Yi was worried about Qi Zi's health and said, "My queen, have a cake."
Qi Zi was helpless and couldn't bear to worry Cui Yi, so he picked up a piece of cake and started eating it.
Outside the window, the wind blew through the leaves, making a gentle sound, and the sweet-scented osmanthus fell all over the ground. From time to time, there were birds chirping, which was relaxing, joyful, and carefree. Qi Zi felt as if he had slept for a long time, and his heart
It has been empty for a long time, and it seems like several months have passed since the day before yesterday.
Cui Yi wanted to tell Qi Zi several times what happened in the past few months, but every time she mentioned Xuan Yi, Qi Zi became angry and said, "Cui Yi, what's wrong with you? Why are you always here with me?"
Did you mention this person in your ears?”
"Empress, slave..."
"Okay, don't mention this person in front of me in the future." Qi Zi said angrily. After finishing speaking, he felt uncomfortable and felt that he was being duplicitous.
Seeing Zilan, she learned about Concubine Ling, Concubine Jin, and Concubine Mei from Cui Yi. She thought: Xuan Yi is so cruel, why did he do it so decisively? After all, he was once the person on his pillow. I
No need for his protection, no need for his sympathy.
In the next few days after the incident, Qi Zi stayed in Qifeng Hall all day, and Xuan Yi never set foot here. Every day, he went to the Zhengde Hall, the Imperial Study Room, and the Court Hall at three o'clock and one line. During this period, the Queen Mother visited Qi Zi and looked at
Qi Zi looked worried, and felt really unspeakably sad.
After lunch that day, Qi Zi did not take a lunch break, but went to the Leng Palace to see Concubine Mei. When he arrived outside the palace gate, he looked at the two characters "Leng Palace" and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. He said to himself: "The Leng Palace is really cold."
.”
Cuiyi stepped forward and knocked on the door. The door opened with a creak, and a little eunuch's head was stretched out and asked: "Are you..."
Cui Yi was about to reply when a middle-aged voice came from behind the little eunuch and asked: "Xiao Lizi, what are you doing?"
"Father, someone is coming." The young eunuch turned around and replied.
"Hmph, who would come to this ghost place?" The middle-aged eunuch appeared behind the door. He opened the door and saw Qi Zi standing outside. He thought of himself and immediately pulled the little eunuch to kneel on the ground and said, "Slave
"Kowtow to the Queen, she is a thousand years old."
These days, more and more people call her this, and Qi Zi doesn't want to argue, so he says, "Get up, I want to see Concubine Mei, is that okay?"
"This..." The middle-aged eunuch stopped talking.
"If you have anything to say, don't tell me."
"Yes, I would like to inform you that Concubine Mei is suffering from madness. I am afraid that I will hurt you if I go in."
"My father-in-law is right. Madam, let's go back. The slaves in this place are so busy." Cuiyi said worriedly. She didn't want to go in and see Concubine Mei acting crazy.
Qi Zi smiled and said, "Since you are all here, why don't you go in? If you are afraid, just wait here and I will go in by myself."
Cui Yi shook her head vigorously and said, "I'd better accompany you in."
Qi Zi added: "Father, don't bother me. If anything happens, I will take care of it myself. I won't blame you. You just lead the way."
"In that case, please come with your servants, the queen." The middle-aged eunuch led the way into the cold palace.