The chief eunuch was startled and said quickly: "Your Highness, please forgive me. I can't remember the original words of the eldest princess, but the general meaning is that the queen wanted to burn her to death because she knew the queen's secret. She also said
Twenty-five years ago at night, the Queen killed a palace maid, and the palace maid wanted to kill her because she took away the palace maid's child..." As he spoke, he looked at Mu Qingyuan again, not daring to continue.
Go on.
When Mu Qingyuan heard this, his expression froze. Did the Queen Mother kill the palace maid? Twenty-five years ago? The child?! He glanced at the eunuch in charge, his heart was shocked, and he was stunned on the spot.
Seeing this, Eunuch Zhang thought he was the prince's personal attendant, and immediately shouted at the eunuch chief: "You are so outrageous, you dare to slander the queen. Someone come and take him down."
The chief eunuch was startled and quickly knelt on the ground and said: "Your Highness, this servant is passing on the words of the eldest princess."
"You dare to quibble!" Eunuch Zhang shouted and was about to step forward, but was stopped by Mu Qingyuan.
Looking at the palace in front of him where the flames were raging, Mu Qingyuan was in a trance. The flames in his eyes seemed to be getting stronger and stronger. Suddenly he looked at Hui'er who was kneeling next to him, walked over and lifted her off the ground.
He started dragging, "Tell me, what exactly does the eldest princess want to say to me when she comes to me?"
This sudden movement not only startled Hui'er, but also made Eunuch Zhang and others startled, and they all looked over.
Hui'er looked panicked and said quickly: "Your Highness, slave, I don't know."
"I don't know. You don't know about the letter you sent, eh? Tell me quickly!" Mu Qingyuan yelled at Hui'er!
Eunuch Zhang and the eunuch chief over there were both startled by the roar. They all lowered their heads respectfully, not daring to express their anger.
Hui'er gritted her teeth and said, "If your Highness wants to know something, why don't you ask the Queen!"
Asked the Queen Mother? Mu Qingyuan's face stiffened, and his hand unconsciously let go of Hui'er. He took a few steps back. If he asked the Queen Mother, what the Queen Mother said was the same as what he just heard. No, maybe he heard wrongly.
Okay. How could such a thing happen, and even if it was true, what does it have to do with him.
Not far away, Gao Yueli walked quickly towards this side. Judging from the clothes on her body, they were casual clothes. It was obvious that she had fallen asleep before knowing the news, followed closely by Xiuhe.
Seeing the fire filling the sky in front of Ninghe Palace, a look of success appeared on Gao Yueli's face. So what if she knew the secret, she had to have a chance to tell it. She withdrew her gaze, glanced at a young eunuch beside her, and then
He said in a loud voice: "What's going on? How did Ninghe Palace escape so smoothly?"
When the young eunuch saw that it was the queen, he quickly knelt down and saluted, "This slave is paying homage to the queen. I don't know about the queen." Although he said this, there was a slight hesitation in his eyes when he looked at Gao Yueli.
Xiuhe glanced around. For some reason, the palace maids and eunuchs looked at the queen and her with fear and suspicion in their eyes. She directly pulled one of the palace maids over to inquire about what had happened previously.
Gao Yueli didn't care much about the little eunuch's answer. Although he didn't expect that his men would burn Ninghe Palace, it was better to burn it and destroy the corpse!
"Be sure to put out the fire and rescue the eldest princess!" Gao Yueli ordered, turning around and preparing to leave.
"Your Majesty..." Xiuhe suddenly walked up to Gao Yueli and shouted to her. She glanced at the little eunuch in front of her, who was a little far away, and then said, "My Majesty, something serious has happened. What happened here just now?"
..." Then, she told Gao Yueli what she just heard.
"What did you say!" Gao Yueli stared at Xiuhe with wide eyes and said, "That's nonsense, how is it possible!" That woman dared to slander her, and hadn't she already been killed? How did she let that happen?
Did she say these words? What happened?
Xiuhe lowered her head, she wouldn't have believed it if she hadn't just inquired from several palace maids.
"Mother, why are you here?" Suddenly, a cold voice sounded in my ears.
Gao Yueli was startled and looked at Mu Qingyuan who suddenly appeared. For some reason, she felt that the look he was looking at her was cold and unfamiliar. She twitched her face and forced herself to calm down and said: "I, I listen.
They say the Princess Palace is on fire, come and take a look. Why are you here? How long have you been here...?"
Looking at Gao Yueli's probing eyes, the coldness in Mu Qingyuan's eyes became even more intense. He suddenly withdrew his expression and said, "My son has just come here, but it's the queen. It's dewy this night. You should go back to the palace earlier to rest.
Let the matter be handled by my son."
Gao Yueli opened her mouth, wanting to say something else, but looking at Mu Qingyuan's expression that seemed to know nothing, she felt increasingly nervous. Everyone around her must have heard it just now, and some of them might have already heard it.
After leaving, what should she do, what should she do to make those people shut up!
"Mother, what's wrong with you?" Mu Qingyuan looked at Gao Yueli with concern.
This shout brought Gao Yueli back to her senses. She smiled dryly and said, "It's okay. I'll go back first."
"Best farewell to your mother," Mu Qingyuan said with a salute.
Gao Yueli turned back and looked at the fire in front of her. She felt as if all the strength in her body had been drained away. Fortunately, Xiuhe hugged her. She glanced at Xiuhe, who shook his head at her.
Shaking his head, he helped her turn around slowly and headed towards Fengzao Palace.
However, what happened just now happened to be in Mu Qingyuan's eyes. He held his hands tightly and stared at Gao Yueli's back.
"Your Highness, as you have just seen, the Queen feels guilty." Hui'er's voice suddenly sounded behind Mu Qingyuan.
Mu Qingyuan turned his head, looked at Hui'er, frowned and said, "You are so presumptuous that you dare to slander the queen. Aren't you afraid that this palace will kill you?"
"Don't you, Your Highness, want to know the truth? Do you want to continue to recognize as your mother the person who killed your biological mother?" Hui'er said angrily, "The eldest princess knew the truth, so the queen killed her, but don't you care?
The mother who gave birth to you and raised you?”
"Shut up, why should I believe you?" Mu Qingyuan turned his head and looked at Hui'er coldly.
Hearing this, Hui'er shook her head and said, "Your Highness may not believe me, but what if the Queen herself said it?"
Mu Qingyuan looked at Hui'er without saying a word, his brows furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.
On the eaves not far away, looking at the fire in front of him, Ji Lengxue's face was dazzling in the firelight. He clenched his fists and closed his eyes tightly, with a look of unbearable.
At this moment, a deep voice sounded from behind, "It seems you have accepted her."
"Accept? Haha, it would be better to say that I let it go, but she..." Ji Lengxue's brows grew darker.
The dark figure behind him took a step forward, looked at the fire in front of him, and said in a quiet voice: "Maybe this is a relief for her, but not necessarily."
Free? Ji Lengxue slowly opened her eyes, glanced at the man beside her, and then looked ahead. The fire cut through the night, as if heading towards the light.
Fengzao Palace, in the dead of night, in the inner hall, on the couch
"Don't come, don't come, I told you not to come." Gao Yueli waved her hands and shouted loudly, her face full of panic, and her forehead was covered with sweat. However, her eyes were closed tightly, still in a dream.
.
"It's not that I'm cruel, it's that you know too much. That child, that child belongs to me, it belongs to me!" Gao Yueli shouted loudly.
"Go away, go away, don't kill me! No--" Gao Yueli screamed and woke up suddenly. Her eyes widened and she looked up in horror. At this time, a cold wind passed through the room, and she only
I felt cold in my heart, and a faint shadow passed by.
Gao Yueli hurriedly sat up and looked into the room, "Ah..." She was so frightened that she backed away because a woman in white with disheveled hair was looking at her.
"Your Majesty, this slave died miserably. Why did you kill the slave after you took the child away?" The woman in white waved her hands, trying to catch Gao Yueli.
Gao Yueli's face turned pale, he lifted up the quilt next to him to cover himself, and said in horror: "Qing'er - don't come over, don't come over, you like that child, I will give that child to you, give it to you. Don't kill me.
Palace, no!"
"Empress, you said that with that child, as long as he becomes the crown prince, you can keep the throne." The woman in white had a hoarse voice.
"Yes, yes, he is already the prince, and my position as queen has been secured." Gao Yueli said incoherently.
"Then why do you want to kill me? Didn't you say you would give me glory and wealth?" The woman in white suddenly said in a sad voice, "If you don't keep your promise, I will kill you!"
When Gao Yueli heard this, she immediately wrapped herself tighter and shouted crazily, "No, get out, get out!"
However, after a while, a hurried voice came from outside, "Madam, Madam, what's wrong with you?"
"Go away, don't touch me, don't touch me!" Gao Yueli huddled together and said loudly.
"Your Majesty, this slave is Xiuhe."
Xiuhe? Listening to this familiar voice, Gao Yueli slowly stretched his head out from under the quilt. The room was already bright, several palace maids were standing at the table, and Xiuhe was standing by the couch looking at her with a puzzled expression.
"Xiuhe, I have seen Qing'er." Gao Yueli grabbed Xiuhe and said in horror.
Qing'er? Xiuhe's expression changed, and she glanced at the maids behind her, "You guys go out first."
After all the maids in the palace had gone out, Xiuhe looked at Gao Yueli and said again: "Mother, isn't Qing'er dead? How could you see her?"
Gao Yueli shook her head, her eyes dull, "Qing'er, Qing'er has come to claim her life, she has come to claim her life from me..."
Looking at Gao Yueli's helpless look, Xiuhe became even more confused. Today the eldest princess told her that the empress would kill her mother and seize her son, so she saw Qing'er at night? This was too much of a coincidence. I'm afraid someone was playing tricks on her and she left.
He went to the window and took a look, and then said to the eunuch on duty outside: "Did anyone come here just now?"
"When I go back to my aunt, no one has been here." The eunuch said as he was told.
Xiuhe nodded, her doubts getting worse. However, looking at Gao Yueli who was sitting on the couch with a frightened expression, the palace was in chaos because of the eldest princess' matter, and the Queen was like this, she sighed.
With a cry, he walked over.
In the grass outside Fengzao Palace, a woman in white looked at the man beside her and whispered: "Your Highness, do you believe it now?"
Mu Qingyuan clenched his fists and looked ahead coldly, "The revenge of killing my mother is irreconcilable!"