At the darkest moment before the sun rose, Empress Wu Yan was standing at the table with a gloomy face, looking at the flickering red candle with a blank look.

In the center of the earth stood Yun'er and a palace man.

"Hasn't Your Majesty left Qingli Palace yet?" she asked after a long time.

The palace man next to Yun'er bent down and replied in a low voice, "Yes." ”

With a "snap", a teacup in his hand was swept to the ground by Wu Yan's hand.

"Your Majesty, you've finally got your wish. Gritting her teeth, she said earnestly as a string of tears fell on the table.

Sitting weakly on the chair, she supported her forehead with her hands, her face flushed slightly, and coughed lightly from time to time.

Yesterday, she heard that the emperor was unwell and did not go to the court, so she was a little worried, and wanted to visit, and heard that Feng Ze was guarding the emperor, and she didn't want to beg Feng Ze who was born by that servant, so she ordered someone to secretly send a letter to her father to ask him to go to the imperial study to investigate, but he was still blocked by Feng Ze back.

Thinking that the emperor's body and bones have always been good, how could he suddenly be sick, and he thought that he was inseparable from Qingli Palace.

Thinking that the emperor had relaxed his surveillance of Feng He and allowed him to come to the palace to see her, in order to let Feng He return to the court faster, she decided to put down her body and take Feng He to meet Chang Ruoli, firstly, she hoped that Chang Ruoli could say a few words for him in front of the emperor for the sake of Feng He being Feng Xuan's only nephew, and secondly, to find out how the emperor could suddenly get sick.

But that damn pendant didn't ignore her identity as the queen at all, and insisted that outsiders were not allowed to enter the Qingli Palace without the emperor's edict. The humiliation of that moment was unforgettable. A servant dared to raise his eyebrows and sneer at her.

was so angry with random speculation for a day, and in the middle of the night, she received news that the emperor went to Qingli Palace, and he didn't come out until now.

This made the anger and resentment in her heart even deeper, and at this moment, her mind was full of scenes of Fengqing and Changruoli's love between men and women.

I was jealous and hateful.

One hand clenched the brocade ribbon on the dress, and the desolation and grief in his heart had nowhere to say.

Suddenly, there was a burst of blood in his heart, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth.

"Niangniang!" Yun'er on the side became nervous, took a basin bowl, and lightly smoothed Wu Yan's back with one hand.

"Niangniang, your body is getting worse and worse, why don't you ask Princess Rongyu to come over and take a look at you?"

She whispered to her comfort.

Wu Yan's face flushed. A few tears fell.

"She can't see me if I'm sick. The tone is bleak and sad.

Yun'er helped her wipe the blood stains from the corners of her mouth. The palace man on the side put two pieces of carbon in the charcoal basin at her feet, and took a mink fur and handed it to Yun'er, who draped the shawl on Wu Yan's back.

"Mother, you still have to relax. You also have Your Highness. Not for you. You also have to think about Your Highness, this palace Your Highness can only rely on you. She whispered, looking like she wanted to say something.

"Go down. Wu Yan ordered to the little palace man.

Komiya bent down and retreated.

Gently pulled Yun'er's hand. He raised his eyes and looked at her with some kindness.

"When He'er led you to his dormitory, the palace could see that he treated you differently from other palaces. Later, I carefully observed you and found that you were an empathetic, well-behaved and intelligent girl, so I left you by He'er's side, and the palace didn't look away, you are indeed loyal to He'er. It's just that the palace is not powerful, so that He'er is not favored by His Majesty. Those powerful palace people in the palace clearly respected me and were afraid of me, and they all wanted to lick the palace gate of Qingli Palace behind their backs.

Fortunately, you have been staying by the side of the main palace and taking care of the main palace, so as not to make the dormitory of the main palace deserted. ”

Speaking of this, she sighed: "Hey, this palace wants to give you a status, but now that this palace has no status in this palace, how can it give you anything? ”

She said these words with a slight gasp, and there were already fine beads of sweat on her forehead.

Yun'er took out a brocade to wipe the beads of sweat for Wu Yan, and then knelt in front of Wu Yan.

"Yun'er thanked Niangniang, Yun'er didn't dare to think about it, as long as Niangniang allowed Yun'er to stay by His Royal Highness's side, Yun'er was already very satisfied. Yun'er also swore in front of her mother today, as long as it is for His Royal Highness, she will not hesitate to let Yun'er break her bones. ”

A gleam of light crossed Wu Yan's apricot eyes.

She took a sip of the teacup on the side, and then slowly put it down.

"Are you serious?"

The voice was slightly cold.

"Yun'er can swear to the sky. ”

Wu Yan stepped in to stop Yun'er's oath and said in a low voice: "It's not in vain that He'er hurts you, you returned to the palace for no reason a few days ago, I'm afraid it's not just that worrying about the body of the palace, right?"

After speaking, a pair of apricot eyes were full of temptation, and he looked at Yun'er.

Yun'er lowered her head as if she was thinking about something, and she looked up at Wu Yan slightly, "Please forgive Niangniang, Yun'er really didn't come back to take care of Niangniang." At this point, she bit her lip, and then said decisively as if she had made a decision: "I came back to regain the one that originally belonged to His Highness. ”

Wu Yan, who was sitting, was startled.

"Shut up, don't you know what the consequences of saying such a thing will be?"

Yun'er looked up at Wu Yan with a fearless expression, "Yun'er knows that all the decisions are Yun'er's own decisions, and His Highness doesn't know it, even if the matter is revealed in the future, it has nothing to do with His Highness." She said it firmly and sincerely.

Wu Yan's eyes flashed with an elusive light that was clear and extinguished.

After being silent for a while, she stretched out her hand and pulled Yun'er, "Okay, you get up, this sentence should be treated as if the palace has not heard it, and it is not allowed to mention it again in the future." As for what you want to do, this palace will not interfere, but you must not involve He'er. She lowered her voice as she spoke.

"Yun'er knows. ”

While the two were talking, the sky was getting brighter, and a palace man hurriedly ran in from the palace gate.

"Niangniang, Niangniang, Qingli Palace"

As soon as I entered the door, I stammered and didn't know what to say.

Wu Yan picked up the teacup in her hand and glared at him.

The palace man wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in a low voice: "That lady in Qingli Palace is dead." ”

"Bang," Wu Yan held the teacup in her hand and fell to the ground.

She looked at the palace man kneeling in the center of the ground in a daze, with a look of disbelief, and after a while, she asked in a trembling voice: "You say it again." ”

The palace man repeated it again, and then said: "The servant saw with his own eyes that the palace people of Qingli Palace covered the palace lamp with a white cloth. ”

The sound of the hourglass could be heard in the silence of the room, and Wu Yan looked confused and unbelievable as if she had fallen into a dream.

Slowly sat down on the chair and stool, stunned.

"How did you die?" Yun'er, who reacted, asked in a trembling voice.

"This minion doesn't know, and he doesn't dare to investigate. The palace man replied in a low voice as if he had done something wrong, his face trembling.

"What's wrong with the emperor?" Wu Yan asked in a low voice.

"The servant just heard that the emperor was in a coma all day yesterday, and after waking up, he went directly to Qingli Palace. ”

Wu Yan listened blankly, and tears inadvertently flowed down again.

"You're so affectionate with her. He said in a daze, and suddenly laughed again, "But she is not blessed after all." After finishing speaking, she cried again, "Chang Ruoli, why, you can walk so neatly, you have the heart of Your Majesty, and you will leave when you say it, but I still have to live this dark day." ”

After a violent cough and a mouthful of blood spit out, Yun'er's face changed.

"Mother, you"

Wu Yan held Yun'er's hand and said in a low voice, "Do you think that I should be happy when that woman is dead?" she shook her head.

"How do you know the emperor's heart for her, from the moment she stepped into the palace of the imperial capital, His Majesty's heart was not in his own body, for so many years, how can the emperor let her guard herself like jade, as long as she can see her every day, the emperor is happy, but now that she is gone, the emperor's heart is afraid that she will also die. ”

When he said this, his tone was a little desperate.

"I don't want to die of Chang Ruoli, but I can't say uncomfortable in my heart when she really leaves, I want to marry into the royal family with her, although she has the emperor's thousands of favors, but her heart suffers from the pain of family separation, and I have the status of the queen but live a lonely life, I think we are all hard-working people. ”

She took a breath of relief, "After all, I feel sorry for the emperor in my heart, he treats me ruthlessly and unjustly, but I am reluctant to let him suffer a little sin, and half of the reason why I usually hate that woman is that she does not follow His Majesty's heart." ”

Wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, she instructed Yun'er: "Swing, this palace is going to see the emperor." ”

When Feng Qing heard Wu Yan ask to see her, she only said two words: "No." ”

Standing at the door of the imperial study, Wu Yan fell a string of tears in a daze, and she turned her head sharply and walked back, her steps were a little hurried and unsteady, and Yun'er on the side wanted to help her, but she pushed her away.

"Fengqing, you are unrighteous, don't blame me for being ruthless. "Gritted his teeth with a look of despair. (To be continued......)