It was night, and the entire Luanfeng Palace was surprisingly quiet. It was so quiet that the sound of falling snow could be heard clearly.
When you are already ugly, you can lie in bed like a moonlight but not at all sleepy.
Quietly looking at the sleeping man next to her, Ruoshuiyue struggled in her heart. Although she was so moved and heart-beating, the cruel facts kept reminding her not to forget the purpose of entering the palace.
She became his woman and made him fall in love with her, just to get better revenge on him. Her ultimate goal was to make his life worse than death and miserable. She must not sink into his tenderness, absolutely!
Sleep slowly came over me in a trance. Not long after I closed my eyes, I suddenly heard the feeling of him getting up next to me. For a moment, Ruo Shuiyue lost all sleep, and his whole nerves became tense. He closed his eyes tightly and listened quietly to this.
The movement coming from around you.
Until she heard him leaving the room, Ruo Shuiyue opened her eyes suddenly, put on her clothes hurriedly, and followed him quietly. She was really curious, what on earth was he doing when he left at this time?
Because she knew how advanced Xiahou Ye's martial arts skills were, Ruo Shuiyue didn't dare to follow him too closely, but just followed him from a distance.
I thought he would go to other concubines' palaces or do some secret things
, but after following him around the palace, he went directly to the imperial study room.
Seeing him entering the Imperial Study Room, Ruoshuiyue stopped far away. Maybe she was really too worried!
Thinking of this, Ruo Shuiyue turned around and walked back.
However, before he had taken two steps, Liu Dequan's low voice suddenly came to his ears. "Your Majesty the Imperial Concubine..."
Hearing this, Ruo Shuiyue stopped and looked at Liu Dequan with a calm face. "Why haven't you gone to bed at this time? Why are you wandering in the snow at night?"
"To answer my questions, I'm just a slave. It's normal to not go to bed at this time, isn't it? It's you, my queen? Why are you here so late? You're not here to wait for the emperor, are you?" Because you know Ruoshuiyue's
Because of her personality, Liu Dequan had absolutely no inhibitions when talking to her and said whatever came to mind.
Raising an eyebrow, Ruoshuiyue argued hurriedly, "Who is waiting here for him? I'm just passing by!"
"Oh? Really? Doesn't the imperial concubine want to know what the emperor is doing in the imperial study at this time?" Liu Dequan looked into the imperial study and asked with a mysterious look on his face.
"What else can he do in the Imperial Study Room? It's just to review the memorials!" Ruoshuiyue said with an indifferent expression as he glanced into the Imperial Study Room.
"Reviewing the memorial? Haha, it seems that the imperial concubine still doesn't understand the emperor! You know, with the emperor's intelligence, there is no need to review the memorial at this time!" Liu Dequan looked proud when he said this, as if what he said was not what he said.
Others but himself.
"Oh? Then what is he doing in the imperial study?" Hearing this, Ruoshuiyue looked confused and curious.
Liu Dequan smiled mysteriously. "Why don't you go and see it yourself?"
"This..." After staring at Liu Dequan hesitantly for a few seconds, Ruo Shuiyue turned around and walked towards the imperial study room.
"Empress..." At this moment Liu Dequan suddenly stopped her.
Hearing this, Ruoshuiyue stopped and turned back to look at Liu Dequan in confusion. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I'm just kindly reminding you that when you enter the royal study, there is a mechanism under the emperor's desk. Just turn the mechanism and you will see the entrance to a secret room. If you go in, you will know what the emperor is doing inside.
!" Liu Dequan said with a meaningful expression.
Looking at Liu Dequan complicatedly, Ruoshuiyue said two words calmly, "Thank you!" and walked towards the imperial study room without looking back.
Outside the imperial study room, upon seeing Ruoshuiyue approaching, several guards saluted. "I've seen Concubine Yue..."
But before a few people could finish their words, they were stopped by Ruoshuiyue's shush.
Seeing this, several guards quickly shut up and quietly retreated to both sides, not daring to stop her in the slightest. After all, who in the entire palace now didn't know that she was the emperor's favorite! Offending her was tantamount to seeking death.
Ruo Shuiyue gently pushed open the door of the imperial study and walked in with light steps. Sure enough, looking around, there was no figure of Xiahou Yesiu in the huge imperial study.
Without the slightest hesitation, Ruo Shuiyue walked directly to Xiahou Yexiu's desk and twisted the mechanism below. Immediately, the bookcase behind the dragon chair opened silently.
Staring at the entrance of the secret room, Ruoshuiyue took a deep breath, and finally walked in quietly. After walking through a short dark passage, Ruoshuiyue was stunned by everything in the secret room.
If her secret room is luxurious, then Xiahou Yexiu's secret room can be called the most luxurious among luxury. The huge secret room is filled with light. Above the head is a ceiling made of countless luminous pearls, and under the feet is a blue jade.
On the paved floor and silver walls, there is a giant dragon made of gold, which is vivid. Four large white jade pillars are entwined with four golden soaring phoenixes. An extremely exquisite and luxurious round bed with dragon patterns is placed in the center.
, three feet below it is a circular bathtub. The bathtub is steaming with steam at this time, and you can vaguely see some red petals. There are also desks, wardrobes, and bookcases, all of which are perfectly arranged.
aside.
In a corner of the secret room, Xiahou Yexiu was sitting at the table with his upper body naked, holding a bowl of bright red blood, and patiently and carefully feeding a small pink-to-red thing. That little thing was the colorful blood fox.
However, Ruoshuiyue's mind was not on the colorful blood fox at this time, but on his left arm, Xiahou Yexiu. His left arm was covered with dense scars, old and new, each one was so...
deep.
Looking at the large and small scars, Ruoshuiyue felt that her heart was trembling and bleeding. Why should you pay so much to yourself? Why should you be good to yourself?
Everything in front of him made Ruoshuiyue no longer have the courage to take another step. He didn't sleep at night in this winter, and he came here just for... Suddenly Ruoshuiyue's nose couldn't help but feel sour.
A quarter of an hour later, the bowl of blood had bottomed out, but at this time, the colorful blood fox was still pink, without any change.
At that moment, Ruo Shuiyue clearly saw Xiahou Yexiu's brows twitching slightly, but he did not complain at all. He just silently picked up the blood-stained dagger on the table and pointed it towards his own without blinking.
He was stabbed on his arm. Immediately, bright red blood flowed silently from his arm and dropped into the bowl.
For a moment, it seemed that Ruo Shuiyue could no longer hear any other sounds, only the sound of blood dripping into the bowl. It was so clear, so heavy, and so painful, as if it penetrated her heart.
The next moment, Ruo Shuiyue's brain seemed to have stopped thinking, and he took a step forward to stop him.
However, as soon as she took a step forward, a hand suddenly stretched out from the darkness and stopped her.
Ruo Shuiyue's face darkened, and she turned her head sharply to look at the other person. It was Liu Dequan!
Liu Dequan shook his head, opened his mouth, and said silently, "You can't stop him. Let's go out and talk!" Liu Dequan took the lead and walked out.
After hesitating for a moment, Ruoshuiyue glanced at Xiahou Yexiu distressedly, and finally followed Liu Dequan out.