Huanbi had never seen Hongpinbai before, so she always had a curious look on her face. When she saw Huaimoran's expression was unkind, she couldn't help but frown slightly and said in a deep voice: "Princess, what's wrong?"
Huai Moran was silent for a long time, and said helplessly: "It's nothing."
"But let Hongfenbai look at the Queen?" Qishuang's face was solemn, and there was a bit of anxiety in his eyes.
When Huanbi heard this, her face flashed with panic. Immediately, Mei Dongzhu explained to her the origin of Hongpinbai and its 'special functions'. After hearing this, Huanbi's face turned pale again. It could be seen that,
She is very nervous.
Huai Moran always sat there with her eyebrows furrowed, holding the teacup in one hand, her joints turning white, letting people know that her heart was actually far less peaceful than she appeared on the surface.
After a long silence, she raised her eyes slightly and said in a calm tone: "Qishuang, take A-Zhu for a walk around the palace while I talk to my aunt for a while."
Qi Shuang and Mei Dongzhu looked at each other, then stood up silently and exited the dormitory. Before leaving, Qi Shuang even closed the door to prevent anyone from disturbing them.
Huai Moran took a deep breath, looked at Huanbi with a deep look, and said solemnly: "I hope aunt will not hide it from me and tell me everything you know."
Seeing the seriousness on Huai Moran's face, Huanbi felt extremely hesitant. Then she shook her head helplessly and said, "The queen doesn't want me to say anything to you, so I won't worry you. Since you already know, I will tell you everything today. I
I think you should know that there is a kind of poison in the queen's body. The poison is not a poison, and it is not a poison, so even Mr. Leng Ao can't get rid of it."
Huai Moran nodded slightly, with a hint of anger flashing in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "What A'ao told me at the beginning was that the empress was poisoned by Baili Fusu in her body, and there was nothing he could do about the poison... But he didn't know what happened later.
What's going on?"
Huanbi thought of Baili Fusu, and a coldness flashed in her eyes. She shook her head and said with rare excitement: "That man really has no conscience! Back then, when he was not favored by the emperor, our queen treated him like her own son.
Unexpectedly, he went on a trip and when he came back, he brought poison from southern Xinjiang. In order to please the emperor, he put the poison into tea and tricked the queen into drinking it."
"What did you say?!" Huai Moran's face was full of shock, and he frowned: "The emperor knows that it was him who caused the poison?"
Huanbi nodded and said in a deep voice: "More than knowing..." At this point, she paused, looked at Huai Moran's face, and hesitated: "The Crown Princess is so smart, I wonder if you know about the relationship between the Empress and the Emperor.
entanglement?"
Huai Mo Ran nodded slightly, lowered his eyes, picked up the tea cup, and casually fiddled with the tea leaves with the tea lid, while saying calmly: "I already know, I can only say...it's a pity that my empress is such a good woman."
"Oh, who says it's not the case?" Huanbi shook her head and sighed, "But our empress is a responsible person, and she always has her own principles in doing things. Since entering the palace, she has not even replied to that person's letter.
The one who died in such depression...but she never even complained..."
Huai Moran knew that the "one" Huanbi was talking about must be the one the Queen was concerned about. But since he could send a letter to the Queen who entered the palace, his identity must be unusual. Unfortunately, no matter how noble his status was,
How can you compare with the emperor?
Huai Moran said nothing, only took a sip of tea, and then motioned for Huanbi to continue.
Huanbi glanced at the inner room, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes, and then she lowered her eyes sadly and sighed: "But even so, the emperor could not let go of his feelings for the empress. In addition, although the empress was gentle and polite to him, she never got close to him.
, day after day, he fell in love with the empress."
"Although the fifth prince was young at first, he was very smart. He was born as a maid and was never favored by the emperor. He also wanted to prove himself to the emperor, and finally resorted to such extreme measures. I originally thought that the emperor would punish him severely.
Unexpectedly, the emperor pretended not to know, and found a random person to apologize in front of the queen, and then gave the fifth prince gold, silver, jewelry, and a mansion, and the fifth prince happily moved out of the palace."
"Pity our empress, she is clearly like a mirror in her heart, but she never shows it on her face. She knows that the fifth prince is in danger, but she never thinks of punishing him. She even begged the prince not to do anything after he found out all this.
It's hard for him. I really don't know if the empress is kind or..." At this point, Huanbi bit her lip. Obviously, no matter how much she hated iron, she did not dare to criticize Empress Ye He directly.
Huai Moran let out a long breath, calmed down his emotions, then stared and wondered: "What does this have to do with the poison in the empress' body?"
Huanbi's face gradually turned pale. She squeezed her jade hand several times and loosened it weakly. After thinking for a long time, Fang Ning looked at Huai Moran and said sadly: "That's because the emperor felt guilty towards the queen.
, she was asked to drink a so-called 'tonic' every day. Mr. Leng Ao had checked the tonic and found that there was no problem at all, but... no one knew that over time, the medicine actually interacted with the poison in the empress' body.
The poisons have combined, and the empress is now becoming more and more haggard, I'm afraid... I'm afraid there's nothing she can do to save her."
At this point, Huanbi frowned in pain, raised her brocade handkerchief and quickly wiped away the falling tears, choking up and saying: "Your Majesty, your life has been too painful..."
Huai Moran shook his head slowly, with complicated emotions on his face, and said coldly: "It is indeed too bitter..."
"Cough cough...cough cough..." At this time, a suppressed coughing sound came from the inner room.
Huai Mo Ran hurriedly put down the tea cup, stood up and went to the inner room, quickly opened the curtain, walked around the screen, and hurriedly came to Queen Ye He, with a worried look on his face: "Empress, are you okay?"
When Queen Ye He saw that she was coming, she hurriedly hid the brocade handkerchief in her hand and tried her best to squeeze out a smile and said: "Mo Ran is back? My mother misses you so much. Come sit here quickly and let me take a closer look at you."
She gave in, patted the mattress in front of her, and said with a loving look on her face.
Huai Moran was stunned and silent. She looked at the trace of blood remaining on Queen Ye He's lips and felt very unhappy in her heart. However, seeing Queen Ye He's bright smile, she couldn't bear to make her sad, so she just pretended not to know.
He turned around and said, "Mother, are you thirsty? Mo Ran will give you a cup of tea first."
Queen Ye He looked at her back with a smile on her face. She stood up slowly, half leaning on the bed, and said calmly: "Dad said you went to help Ye Heng fight, but you are worried about the death of your mother. After all,
It's a battlefield, tell me, why are you so brave?" Although her words were meant to blame, her tone was full of endearment.
Huai Moran came over with a tea cup, sat down next to Queen Ye He, and handed the tea into her hand. Fang smiled slightly and said, "Queen mother, don't be angry with Mo Ran. Didn't I come back in a good way?"
Queen Ye He took a sip of tea and was surprised to find that there was blood in the tea cup. She couldn't help but feel a little panic. She looked at Huai Moran, whose face was as usual. She lowered her head, pretending to be natural, took out the brocade handkerchief and wiped her lips, and then drank the tea.
After drinking it all, he murmured: "I'm really thirsty."
Huai Mo Ran's eyes were red, but her face pretended to be normal, and she said softly: "Mo Ran will pour you another cup." After saying that, she took the empty tea cup and turned around to leave.
Empress Ye He took her arm and said, "No, my mother is not thirsty anymore. You can just stay here and talk to her."
Huai Moran said softly: "Okay", then put the tea cup on the small table, looked at Queen Ye He with a pair of smart eyes, and said with concern: "Mother, you don't look very good. Have you called the imperial doctor?
Come and take a look?”
After hearing Huai Moran's words, Queen Ye He obviously relaxed a little more, because when she was half asleep and half awake, she heard Huai Moran and Huanbi talking, so naturally she didn't want Huanbi to tell those things, so as not to
It made Huai Moran worry. Now that Huai Moran asked this question, it proved that she still didn't know these things.
Empress Ye He held her hand, shook her head and said: "My mother is fine, I just miss you. But you, why are you so skinny and skinny? You don't look as good as before. You need to make up for it quickly."
After finishing, she shook her head and said with a distressed look on her face: "You must have suffered a lot on the battlefield, right?"
Huai Moran giggled and said comfortingly: "Queen mother, don't worry, I haven't suffered much, isn't it because Ye Heng is here? He protects me very well, and where have I lost weight? It's just that you have been here for a long time.
It’s just that you haven’t seen me anymore.”
These words were exactly like what Queen Ye He had said to prevaricate her before. They were both smart people, and they all knew how to tell such jokes, just to make the other party feel more relieved. So Queen Ye He didn't say anything more, just a look on her face.
Concerned: "Where is Ye Heng? Why don't you see others? How is he? Is he injured?"
Huai Moran shook his head and comforted softly: "Mother, please rest assured. He is fine. He is just too tired from the war and has lost a little weight, but he is more energetic than before. Now he is fine.
He took the troops to the military camp, and they will go to the court to receive the reward later. He said he would come to see you later."
Queen Ye He looked at Huai Moran with bright eyes, and couldn't help but nodded: "Good boy, are you two in a relationship now?"
Huai Moran's pretty face turned red, and she pouted and said, "How can there be such a thing?"
Queen Ye He felt delighted for a moment. She patted the hand holding Mo Ran and said sincerely: "Mo Ran, my mother did not misjudge you. You must promise your mother not to leave Ye Heng at any time. In this world
Come on, I can only feel at ease if I hand him over to you."
Huai Moran looked at the serious-faced Empress Ye He and was deeply moved. However, she knew very well that maybe today would be the day when she and Baili Yeheng would fall out... But, how could she tell Ye He about such a thing?
Where is Queen He?
Queen Ye He stood up slowly and said calmly: "Wait a moment, my mother will give you something."
Huai Mo Ran said hurriedly: "Mother, just lie down on the couch and have a good rest. Mo Ran lacks nothing."
Queen Ye He was very insistent. She stood up slowly, patted Huai Moran's shoulder gently, and said meaningfully: "Good boy, this is a good thing, and it is the only thing in the world. It is the only thing that the queen can give you.
.”
Huai Moran became more and more confused, but she did not stop Queen Ye He. However, when Queen Ye He came over holding a delicate box, she felt her heartbeat inexplicably speed up.
Queen Ye He came to the bed and opened the box. Huai Mo Ran took a look and found that it was just some ordinary jewelry. Queen Ye He took out a light cyan hairpin from all the jewelry. This hairpin was made of fine workmanship.
It's simple, it's in the shape of a plum blossom, and apart from being exquisite, there's really nothing special about it.
Empress Ye He solemnly handed the hairpin to Huai Moran's hand. There was a bit of reluctance in her eyes. She looked at the hairpin as if looking at her lover. For a long time, she choked and said: "This is Beihai."