On the diagonal path, Gu Xishu looked at them and covered her lips with a handkerchief in astonishment, seemingly frightened and about to pass out.
Wen Xichi, who was beside her, looked at them with his deep eyes and a gentle expression. He was dressed in a large blue garment embroidered with bamboos, which made him look like an elegant childe.
It seemed to have been a while since they stood on the path not far away and watched Qin Yuru and Qi Rongzhi quarrel. Watching the distance, Qin Wanru knew that they wouldn't have heard much even if they had heard something.
They might even had heard nothing, since they had stayed here for a while. Qi Rongzhi happened to be facing this direction when talking, and she should have seen them if they had come closer.
Qin Wanru looked at the winding path thoughtfully.
Wen Xichi and Gu Xishu should have seen their actions, didn't hear their conversation. But this delicate Miss Gu
Wen Xichi said lightly and looked at Gu Xishu with an unclear meaning. "Third Cousin, let's go!" Gu Xishu was not aggrieved anymore. She smiled at once and wanted to lightly pull Wen Xichi's sleeve again. Wen Xichi stepped back to avoid her hand and said gently, "Cousin, please don't pull my sleeve in the future because it looks a little impolite!" "Third Cousin, were we not always like this in the past?" Gu Xishu was surprised, but then her eyes turned red, ready to cry. "We were young in the past!" Wen Xichi heaved a light sigh. "Third Cousin, you've changed. You were not like this in the past!" Gu Xishu looked at Wen Xichi with sadness and disappointment, condemning him silently! "Cousin, you will marry in the future and leave, and I will also marry. When we grow up, our childhood behavior is not suitable anymore. Even if we were brother and sister, we should also avoid that, let alone we are not!
Qin Wanru came from this direction just now, but she didn't know the way. After Yujie asked several servant girls about the way secretly, they finally came here. When she stood at the entrance of the tall but deserted courtyard and looked inside, she felt the pain in her heart. As she put her hands on the door knockers feebly, the thin and tall figures in her mind seemed to appear before her eyes, merge into one, and come to her, making her faint and nearly fall. "Miss!" Shocked, Yujie reached out her hands to support her hurriedly. After a long while, Qin Wanru raised her pale face. Her face was usually ruddy, but it was now as white as snow, and the corners of her mouth even looked pale. "I'm fine!" Qin Wanru's eyes fell on the two ink buckets on the side. The ink in the big buckets was very dense, giving off ink's special flavor. Qin Wanru usually liked this flavor, but she detested it now. She to
Some people in Duke Xing's Mansion might know her biological parents did have a daughter, and they had never given up looking for her, secretly. Therefore, Madam of Duke Xing plotted against her time and again. After she lived in the imperial palace in her previous life, Madam of Duke Xing could not do her any harm, but her daughter Shao Yanru came to kill her. Their strategy of destroying her was extremely cruel but extremely precise. In this life, she could find out the truth. No wall in the world could stop secrets from being spread, and she would find their flaws from the walls of Duke Xing's Mansion. After rolling up the painting slowly and putting it back on the bookshelf again, Qin Wanru turned around to walk out, but before she went to the door, she suddenly heard a sound coming from outside. It seemed a large group of people had arrived, and she made a gesture of pressing her hands together. Yu Jie unders
"I don't know what Old Madam of Duke Xing's Mansion thinks, either!" The old maid heaved a slow sigh, squatted down, and wiped Shao Yuanhao's tears with her handkerchief! "Does my grandma dislike my father?" Shao Yuanhao blinked his big, beady eyes and suddenly asked sensibly. "I even have no clue about it!" Although the old maid was taken by Rui'an Great Elder Princess from the Empress Dowager to serve Shao Yuanhao, she could not make irresponsible remarks on some topics, either. "No doubt, my grandma dislikes my father. Previously, she said she liked my father, but it's not true!" Shao Yuanhao did not need the old maid's answer. After he asked the question, he answered it himself. His big eyes were full of tears. As his long eyelashes fluttered, his tears seemed about to flow out. He looked pitiful and sad. In his view, his grandmother always loved his father deeply, and also loved him a lot. Now when he drew su
Since she met Wen Xichi, Qin Wanru had always been very polite and there seemed to be an inexplicable closeness between them. Even when Wen Xichi accused her later, she only consciously alienated herself from him, but it was not an estranged and cold feeling that deliberately distanced one from others. But now she looked at Wen Xichi with such cold eyes that it made Wen Xichi feel very uncomfortable. He coughed in a low voice, and said, "Is it worthwhile?" "To do or not to do. I just can't stand around when I see that someone is plotting something against Hao'er!" Qin Wanru said with a serious look. At this moment, she did not look like an unsophisticated young girl. She was like an old man who had gone through vicissitudes, and stubbornly held on to the firmness in her heart. No matter what the price she had to pay, she would not hesitate, and she even had a solemn feeling of cutting off all the ways of retreat!
Now the words of Chu Liuchen removed the worries in Empress Dowager's heart. That Qin Wanru who seemed to be very young wasn't adept at scheming. But when she got along with her grandson, she was just like a playmate. Playmates could be attached importance, but it was not necessary to pay so much attention to her that it seemed that he only wanted her. Being in the palace, even if it was the simplest thing, the Empress Dowager would also think about whether someone was trying to plot something behind it. "Is it better to let her be dressed as a boy and go to the palace to accompany you?" The Empress Dowager tried to ask him. "It's okay. I only have Xiao Xuanzi, which is so boring!" Chu Liuchen said carelessly. That was to say, in the heart of her grandson, this girl only had the same status as Xiao Xuanzi, who was only a little eunuch. Thinking about this, the Empress Dowager became happier. The pers
"You are presumptuous! When we are talking here, there is no space for a servant like you to speak!" Di Fenglan looked at Xiao Xuanzi and shouted angrily with her words almost squeezed out of her throat. "Miss Di, I really have message for you. Just now I was asking this Miss where you are!" Xiao Xuanzi continued reporting without being threatened. Since he was Chu Liuchen's trusted subordinate, he had seen all kinds of people, let alone an ordinary Miss from aristocratic family. There was even a sense of anxiety in his behaviors. "Miss Di, you just asserted emphatically that this servant coming to me is up to no good, but how about now? It is you that he wants to find. Does it also mean that Miss Di has anything to do with the outer yard?" Qin Wanru said lightly. "You are presumptuous!" Feeling that several Misses beside her took another step back, Di Fenglan became livid. "Miss Di, I really have something to tel
"Can you take it out and show it?" Old Madam said. "Yes, Old Madam!" Qin Yuru took out a seal from her cuff and presented it respectfully. An old maid came over to take the seal and transferred it to Old Madam on the couch. Old Madam saw the pattern on it clearly and her tears fell down. Suddenly her face was full of tears. "Old Madam, please don't be so sad. Now that you have got news now, it is better than no news!" The old maid who presented the seal comforted her in a low voice. "Why is he so cruel? He just left at that time. He really forgot his mother when he had a wife. And he had left for... so many years without any message. He, he..." Old Madam couldn't help but cry and her tears fell down constantly. "Old Madam, don't be so sad. The plan of heir of the duke was temporary and he did not really want to fight against you... But who would have expected that this would happen... If heir of the duke knew this
"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