Looking at the people left in the room, Xuan Yi shouted angrily: "Who told the queen about her mother?"
Cuiyi was at a loss for a moment. She took a step forward fearfully, knelt on the ground and timidly responded: "Yes... yes... I am a slave."
"Humph." Xuan Yi raised his head and looked down at her and said, "It's you again. Because of you last time, I almost made a mistake. I didn't expect you to help me again this time."
"This slave deserves to die. Please forgive me, Your Majesty." Cui Yi was so frightened that she cried and kept slapping her hands on her mouth.
"I have warned you before, don't let this happen again. How dare you, a little palace servant, turn a deaf ear to my words?"
"I don't dare. I know I was wrong."
"Here comes someone." Xuan Yi shouted, and two guards came in from outside the palace. They clasped their hands and accepted the order. He then said, "Pull this ignorant girl out and behead her."
"Yes." Two guards came forward to escort the person, and Qi Zi said: "Wait a minute."
She walked up to Cuiyi and said, "I asked her to deliver the message for me. If she is guilty and the emperor wants to execute her, then she should be executed together with me."
"Queen, don't challenge my patience, you..." Before Xuan Yi finished speaking, Defu came in holding an exquisite box and said: "Your Majesty, I brought what you asked for.
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Xuan Yi ordered: "Open it."
Defu opened the box and saw a string of pearls exuding a faint white light. They were huge, round and the same size. They were really beautiful. Xuan Yi took it in his hand and said to Qi Zi: "Come here."
Qi Zi looked away: "I don't want your things."
"Come here." Xuan Yi suddenly shouted loudly.
Qi Zi was so frightened that his heart beat faster. In order to avoid his unpredictable temperament, Qi Zi reluctantly walked to him. His anger and hatred were clearly visible at this moment.
Xuan Yi held her slender waist and walked to the dressing table, and gently sat her on the stool. In the bronze mirror, an incongruous mark of strangulation was printed on the snow-white neck. He gently stroked it with heartache.
There were no traces of strangulation, and the precious necklace was tied around her neck, just blocking the disproportionate place. Qi Zi, who thought she would never shed tears again, cried silently at this time, and the beauty was like water in the bronze mirror.
generally.
There was a feeling in the room at this moment, that the emperor "came back" after leaving.
Qi Zi finally couldn't help the anger in his heart and exploded. He stood up, pulled off the chain and threw it at Xuan Yi, shouting loudly: "You devil, I don't want your things."
Xuan Yi smiled evilly, handed the pearl chain to Qi Zi again, looked at Cui Yi and said, "Someone, pull her out."
The fool also understood, and Qi Zi said: "Wait a minute."
Xuan Yi looked at Qi Zi proudly, and Qi Zi took the pearl necklace and said helplessly: "Please let her go."
Xuan Yi waved his hand, and the two guards went out. Cui Yi trembled and fainted.
"Cuiyi——." Zilan stepped forward and called, Qizi also stepped forward to help her up. Zilan said comfortingly: "Don't worry, my dear, she just fainted."
Qi Zi turned back to look at Xuan Yi and said: "Get out, get out——."
Xuan Yi walked to the door and said in a cold voice: "If you do anything surprising again, everyone in Qifeng Palace will be buried with you."
Qi Zi hugged Cui Yi dumbly, her tears were like a flood bursting out of control.
On the way back to the Zhengde Palace, Lan Zihui asked, risking the crime of disrespect: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly."
"What do you have to say?"
"Why does the emperor do this to the empress? Aren't you afraid that the empress will do stupid things again? If possible, you can send someone to follow the empress out of the palace."
Xuan Yi walked straight away without responding to Lan Zihui's words. No one knew what he was thinking about now? How to plan?
Lan Zihui wanted to say something more, but Defu touched him gently and signaled him to stop talking. He thought for a while, shook his head gently and followed.
Qi Zi has been on a hunger strike for two days. Cui Yi and Zi Lan are so worried that they are exhausted. They have tried various methods, but Qi Zi refuses to eat or drink. He even doesn't even sleep at night. He leans on the window sill and looks at the blue sky every day.
Sky.
In the evening, food was delivered to the imperial dining room again, and Qi Zi stood by the window as usual, watching the setting sun reflect the red sky.
Outside the inner hall door, Zilan and Cuiyi were talking in a low voice.
Zi Lan looked at Cui Yi with a face full of embarrassment and said, "Aren't you afraid of beheading? You didn't experience the pain last time, and you thought you were still in jail, right?"
"But, Zilan, can you bear to see my empress continue like this?" Cui Yi said unhappily.
"This..." Zilan was speechless.
"If this continues, sooner or later something will happen to the empress." Cui Yi said anxiously: "Zilan, I beg you, please help me, help the empress. If anything happens, I will bear the responsibility.
, I will never cause trouble for you."
Although they were arguing in a low voice, they still attracted Qi Zi's attention. She thought: What happened today? Why did two people who were usually good friends suddenly get into an argument? She couldn't hide her curiosity and walked softly towards the door.
I heard Cuiyi say: "I beg you, please promise me."
"Cui Yi, I also hope your mother is well, but I don't want you to be in danger. Your mother is so good to you, if she knew..."
"What are you talking about?" Qi Zi spoke for the first time in two days.
"Empress——." Zilan and Cuiyi knelt down and praised her.
"What are you arguing about?" Qi Zi asked softly.
Cuiyi was about to speak, but Zilan was the first to say: "No... nothing, my dear, the food has been sent from the imperial dining room, please use it as much as you can."
Qi Zi shook her head weakly, like a pear blossom about to drip, which made people feel pitiful.
"Your Majesty, I have an idea for you to leave the palace." Cuiyi blurted out regardless of Zilan's obstruction.
Qi Zi became energetic, looked at Cui Yi and asked: "Really?"
Seeing Qi Zi's joyful expression, Zi Lan also made up her mind to second the proposal and said, "My Lady, it's true, I'm just afraid that I will make my Lady suffer some injustice."
"No grievance, as long as I can leave this besieged city, no matter how much grievance I suffer, it will be worth it." Qi Zi said seriously.
Cui Yi walked to the outer hall and closed the door. After returning to the inner hall, she whispered to Qi Zi: "Your Majesty, the imperial kitchen will have farmers who bring ingredients to the palace every day. After they have unloaded the vegetables and meat,
, you can hide in the vegetable basket while the people in the imperial kitchen are counting the number, and finally be pulled out of the palace on a cart. Because the palace guards will check when you come in, and the food delivery people are all familiar faces, so they should not
Checked."
"But my dear, you can only give it a try. Whether you can get out or not depends on God's will." Zi Lan added.
Qi Zi excitedly held their hands and said, "Thank you. No matter what, you lit a light for me when I needed help the most. Whether it succeeds or not is another matter. Thank you for your kindness."
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"Empress, stop talking, we all hope you are well." Cuiyi said with tears in her eyes.
Qi Zi stopped smiling again and said: "But, if he succeeds, what will you do? He is an unstable person and will kill you."
"Mom, don't worry, we already have a way to deal with it." Zi Lan gently touched Cui Yi and said, "Isn't that right, Cui Yi?"
Cui Yi hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, we have a solution, please don't worry, Madam."
Qi Zi, who was overly happy, didn't pay much attention when he heard what the two said. He was completely immersed in the joy of escaping from the prison and said: "As long as you are safe, I don't want to harm you because of me.
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"Okay, stop talking, empress, you should be able to eat now." Cui Yi led her to the dining table, Qi Zi sat down with a smile and drank the soup.
Although I haven't closed my eyes for two days, the person who should have been very tired is now full of energy, and his heart is beating nervously, waiting for the long night to pass quickly, and the dawn of his own has seen a glimmer of light.