The room was very quiet, and the incense at the window, which could calm heart and tranquilize mind, curled upwards with a hint of slight sweet smell.
In the bed, Chu Liuchen closed his eyes, but it could be seen that he did not fall asleep. His handsome and delicate face was pale like snow. He frowned from time to time, but obviously he could not spare energy to say something.
Empress Dowager tucked him in quilt and turned to Qin Wanru after a sigh. At this time, she started to look up and down at Qin Wanru.
Perceiving Empress Dowager's gaze, Qin Wanru tightly held her head down with a little bit reserved look, and her long eyelashes shook several times uneasily. Nevertheless, whoever saw Empress Dowager for the first time, no girl would not become reserved.
"Are you the second daughter in Ningyuan Army General's Mansion?" Empress Dowager asked in the voice which was not high, but quite serious.
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"She is really quite small!" The Empress Dowager nodded her head and fell her eyes on the delicate and dignified small face of Qin Wanru. Then she turned back and looked at the Chu Liuchen lying on the bed. Until now, he was still lying still. She could not help but sigh in her heart. "You go back first. This thing is not in a hurry!" "Yes, mother, then I'll go back first!" the emperor said. Then he turned his feet and took his people out of the house. "You go too!" Empress Dowager said. Qin Wanru knew that this time she was talking to her. She answered with a low voice and then went out with Yujie respectfully. It was until she went out of the door that she sighed with a relief. "Second Miss Qin, please come with me!" A palace maid smiled and came to her with a salute. Qin Wanru nodded her head and followed the palace maid to one side. When she entered into a wing, she found the set of clothes she h
The palace maid brought Qin Wanru to the palace banquet. The palace banquet was set in a garden. From the entrance, there were pots of Tang Qianyan in full bloom everywhere. This time was not the period when Tang Qianyan should be in full bloom, but here and there were so many Tang Qianyan in varied and beautiful shapes in this garden. Inside the garden were many tents around, which shaped a half circle. In the center was a big flower terrace. Around the flower terrace were potted flowers, and in the middle of it, a large platform was packed. The platform was covered with a top, and the light yarns flew around the platform. There happened to be a large rockery at the back of the platform so only the front half of the circle left. The back of the tents was also enclosed. The small stoves inside were very warm. Although the front doors of the tents were opened to the middle flower terrace, it was not cold inside. Th
Wang Yishu said, while mysteriously pulling out a handkerchief seemingly with something in it. Qin Wanru had an intuition that she had seen the cloth. With her watery eyes slightly fixed, she had recognized it was the cloth from the clothes given to her by Madam of Duke Xing. The set of clothes was left in the Mansion of Rui'an Great Elder Princess, and Rui'an Great Elder Princess had told her not to wear it, because it violated the emperor's taboo. Was this Colorful Yarn? It had been exposed in an aroma and quite fragrant! Qin Wanru did not like using aroma and was very sensitive to aroma! "Miss Wang, where did you get this handkerchief?" Qin Wanru reached out to press Wang Yishu's hand in astonishment. "What's wrong?" Wang Yishu was dumbfounded and looked down at the handkerchief in her hand with a mocking smile. Qin Wanru was exactly a petty country girl as her aunt described. "I have a lot of them. If you like
"Childe Wang's jade pendant?" With her face changing, a Miss involuntarily exclaimed. Everyone else was stunned, looking at Qin Wanru with astonishment followed by sarcasm in their eyes. Qin Wanru had grown into a teenage girl with such a brilliant appearance, which had aroused others' jealousy. At this moment, they undisguisedly showed their contempt! "Miss Wang, are you sure this is your brother's jade pendant?" Under the gaze of everyone, Qin Wanru leisurely wiped her palm with a handkerchief, as if to wipe the stain from her white and tender hand! "My, my brother is Wang Shengxue. There, there is a character 'Xue' in his name!" Wang Yishu stuttered, but still nerved herself to say. "So I don't understand why do you show me your brother's jade pendant and then say that it belongs to me. Do I know your brother?" Qin Wanru smiled slightly and said calmly. This jade was smashed by Qin Wanru. She intended to catch
Everyone involuntarily stared at the fragment of the jade pendant, but then looked confused. There was really nothing on the fragment. This was not even the fragment with a character. Wang Yishu first panicked, and then became overjoyed. She raised her head with a sneer and said complacently, "Second Miss Qin, it's just a fragment. What proof do you get?" "I do have the proof!" Qin Wanru smiled slightly and swayed the fragment in front of a nearby Miss. "Miss, have you sniffed something?" "A strong fragrance!" The Miss sniffed it and said honestly. "That is Miss Wang's handkerchief, right? I'm wondering if it has the same fragrance." Qin Wanru squinted at the handkerchief which was still in a Miss's hands at this moment. The handkerchief made of colorful yarn belonged to Wang Yishu. "They have the same fragrance!" The Miss had held the handkerchief, so she certainly had sniffed the strong fragrance.
"Your Highness, I don't think I have any problem with Madam of Duke Xing. Madam of Duke Xing has always been gentle and appreciated me a lot. She would probably not frame me up!" Qin Wanru said gracefully. Her words made the Empress fall silent. She stared at Qin Wanru's face with a bit of coldness in her eyes, as if to make sure if Qin Wanru was telling the truth. After a long while, the Empress said slowly, "Since you don't have any problem with this Miss from the Wang family, why does she intend to frame you up? The only connection between you is Madam of Duke Xing!" She said gently even with a faint smile. Nevertheless, Qin Wanru had a bad feeling. The Empress enticed her to involve Madam of Duke Xing in this so deliberately. She must have an unusual intention. The Empress was deliberately trying to make her say Madam of Duke Xing intended to trap her on purpose? But she couldn't do anything to someone with su
Yan Xulan nodded and remembered they were in the palace where they couldn't talk casually. Even if she said that in a low voice, she couldn't guarantee that it wouldn't be heard. If her words got out, she would be considered disrespecting the Empress, which was a grave crime! Seeing her understand, Qin Wanru put down her hand. Looking around, only to see there were only two rows of flowers around them with no other big trees and no one nearby, she was relieved. Seeing that Qin Wanru was so cautious, Yan Xulan considered herself reckless and felt sorry. "I've made a slip of the tongue and almost caused trouble!" "Fortunately, there are no other people here!" Qin Wanru softly said, looking ahead in the distance quietly with her watery eyes. Seeing a few palace maids pass by without approaching them, she felt slightly relieved. A lot of things had happened in the palace today. The Empress seems to be looking for someone to take th
Today's banquet looked splendid, but actually contained turbulence which was essentially caused by the daughter of Ningyuan Army General, a trivial official. No one had expected that. The Empress and her son Prince Zhou sat in the room, with two intimate old maids of the Empress and a eunuch of Prince Zhou beside them, and the rest of the servants waited outside the door quietly. "You didn't find anything?" the Empress said coldly with a displeased face. "Mother, I didn't find anything. I only tracked down the family where the groom used to work. But the master of the family is just an ordinary merchant, and he's not in the capital now!" Prince Zhou raised his eyebrows with faint coldness in his eyes. How could he not be angry? He had returned his mansion directly after getting out of the palace, but he was still too late. The groom had hanged himself with fear! Who would believe this reason? "No clue left?" the E
"Not yet. My leg just cramped up." Shao Wanru reached out to touch her calf, but her belly was too big to reach it.The Emperor reached out his strong hand and massaged her calf. The young and handsome Emperor breathed a sigh of relief. "Thankfully, you are not going to deliver the baby!"As soon as he said this, Chu Liuchen realized he had said something wrong. He hurriedly explained, "I didn't mean that. It's good that you are not delivering the baby now."After saying that, he realized that something was wrong again and laughed.Shao Wanru laughed so hard that she couldn't speak. Since when did Chu Liuchen, who was as scheming and gloomy as a demon king, could not even speak clearly?"You're still laughing. Did I say anything wrong?" Chu Liuchen glared at her. However, with an elegant smile on his face, he didn't look domineering at all.Shao Wanru continued laughing happily. After a while, she s
Everything in the past had a cause, but this cause was concealed in many mists, so it appeared unreal.After reading the letter in her hand, Shao Wanru put it down with a trace of a smile across the corners of her eyes. She had been relieved of some things. Once she hoped that Qin Huaiyong would treat her like Qin Yuru.This was what she hoped for most in her last life. After all, at that time, she had always thought that she was Qin Huaiyong's biological daughter, and she had no idea that her identity had been seized by Qin Yuru. Right now, Shao Wanru didn't want to mention it again. After the rebirth, she found out the truth and could not be reluctant to get close to Qin Huaiyong anymore.The memories of her last life were fading away, and they become blurred in her eyes.Putting down the memorial in her hand, Shao Wanru smiled with an elegant and calm look in her eyes. "Madam, please pass my gratitude to Ningyuan Army Gen
Shui Ruolan followed the Nanny who led the way ahead and felt uneasy. Since she came to the capital, she occasionally associated with some Madams from aristocratic families. She would not attend their parties unless it was necessary.On the one hand, she always had a weak character. On the other hand, every time she joined them, some Madams always asked about Madam Di intentionally or unintentionally. They were polite to Shui Ruolan on the surface, but they sneered at her behind her back when talking about her.People in the capital thought that Madam Di was Qin Huaiyong's legal wife. Shui Ruolan was a divorced woman. How could she compare with a decent Madam from an aristocratic family? Her status was much lower than Madam Di's. Of course, there were some people who flattered her. They were two-bit nobodies who wanted to curry favor with Qin Huaiyong.This was the first time Shui Ruolan had entered the Palace since she came to the capit
"Yes, Her Highness fainted. Hurry up... Inform His Highness to go to see her. Mingqiu Nun is also there... Hurry up!" Yujie was so excited that she spoke incoherently."Are you stupid?" Xiao Xuanzi looked at Yujie as if she were a fool."Quick! It's true. Believe me." Yujie was overjoyed and kept urging."His Highness will get angry," Xiao Xuanzi reminded Yujie.Yujie blinked her eyes in confusion. "Go quickly. His Highness will be happy.""His Highness will be angry!" Xiao Xuanzi said loudly. He thought that Yujie was out of her mind. What nonsense she was talking about! Xiao Xuanzi had seen with his own eyes how his master treasured Princess Chen. Princess Chen fainted now, but Yujie said that Prince Chen would be happy. What could he be happy for?Xiao Xuanzi felt a chill on his back. He even thought that he might not be safe. Instead, this silly girl was giggling here.Yujie looked
The swing swayed slowly. Shao Wanru sat on it and slightly narrowed her clear eyes in the sun, enjoying the gentle breeze. After a shower, the sky cleared up. Under the blue sky, she felt quite pleasant.It was the third day since the violent political upheaval in the Palace. Everything had returned to the right path, and the Emperor had woken up. The Fake Dead Medicine was remarkably effective.Chu Qing planned to kill the Emperor and shift the blame onto Chu Liuyue. In the end, he occupied the Palace, but at the last moment, Chu Liuchen changed the ultimate outcome.Chu Qing was not the deceased emperor's son. As the truth was exposed, he became a surviving supporter of the previous dynasty.Consort Dowager Qing had an affair with the prince of the previous dynasty on the run and was pregnant. After that, she met the deceased emperor, who had come to wipe out the rebels. She seduced him and entered the Palace. Not long aft
Chu Liuyue looked at the Emperor indifferently. During this period, the Emperor often vomited blood. He was used to such a scene. He fainted again, but so what?He walked up to pull the Emperor up and said, "Father, you'd better write it carefully so as not to cause me more trouble..."The next moment, his hand paused before the Emperor. Abruptly, Chu Liuyue reached out to feel his breath, and his face changed drastically."Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Derong was terrified and looked at Chu Liuyue. Likewise, he reached out to feel the Emperor's breath and knelt on the ground in a panic. "His Majesty... passed away!"Chu Liuyue looked sullen and reached out to feel his breath again. He found it hard to believe that the Emperor would die of anger because of him. Although he had said he was not afraid of this result, it became more difficult for him to clear up such a messy situation when the Emperor died. Since he was in t
Lights of every palace in the imperial Palace went out at night. There was a great noise somewhere. When the first scream came, many people put on their clothes and lit the lights again.These women in the Palace looked ghastly pale. They wanted to hide elsewhere but couldn't find shelter in the darkness. They trembled and huddled together, not knowing what had happened. Anyway, it didn't sound like a good thing. How could such a lot of awful noise appear in the Palace? The first idea that came to many people was that a rebellion was happening.In the night, Zhaoyi Di hurriedly followed a eunuch carrying a lantern and went to a palace out of use.Chu Liuyue was sitting in the middle of the hall."Greetings, Your Highness!" Zhaoyi Di said."How is it going?" Chu Liuyue asked."Commandery Prince Cheng has taken some people to the Emperor's resting place!" Zhaoyi Di reported."Good, well d
"From the previous dynasty?" Shao Wanru looked up. Though she was surprised, she didn't show it. She had figured it out. But after confirming it, she was wide awake."Will the Empress Dowager be in danger? I'll go to the Palace every day in the next few days!" Shao Wanru suggested."No, it's too dangerous!" Chu Liuchen shook his head."It doesn't matter. I have helpers by my side and bracelets!" Shao Wanru reached out her hand and cutely shook it. There was a pair of glossy sapphire bracelets on her wrist. At a glance, they were not ordinary.Chu Liuchen said with his face darkening, "No!"Such a close-fitting concealed weapon should be the last resort. As long as he thought Shao Wanru would be in such a dangerous situation, he would not be at ease. "Let Qin Yiyan accompany my Imperial Grandmother!""But someone should accompany and protect Noble Consort Lan. If those people deal with her..." Shao W
"Master, there is something wrong with the sandalwood." Qi Jue pulled an incense stick out of the incense burner at hand.Chu Liuchen took it and frowned. "What's the problem?"Qi Jue replied with a serious look, "There is something added to it. If it is used for a long term, one will be mentally and physically exhausted, then lack strength, and spit out blood. If putting another ingredient into the medicine at this time, it is very likely to cause sudden death."On the bed, the Emperor leaned against Noble Consort Lan with a pale face. Just now, he spat out blood again, and he felt very uncomfortable all over.Noble Consort Lan stroked the Emperor hard while looking toward Chu Liuchen with her red eyes, but she did not speak."What was added?" Chu Liuchen asked sternly. He didn't trust the imperial physicians in the Palace, so he brought Qi Jue to the Palace. After entering the Palace, Qi Jue did not check the