She returned to her room full of concern, took off her long shirt, shrunk into the quilt, only to feel that there was something strange under her, she reached out and touched it, touched a silky thing, and took it out, it was her own little coat.

Thinking about it, the man also knew that Xiao Nai had completed the task and returned the things to himself, and Xiao Nai had been holding a sigh of relief, and finally let go.

A dreamless night.

Early the next morning, He Xi learned of the will passed down from the Taihe Palace, and three days later, for His Royal Highness King Xian.

He Xi summoned Ruyi to come in to serve, and asked, "How is the queen's illness?" ”

It turned out that that day, Tuoba Chen saw that the queen used such a vicious lynching as locking the pipa bone, and in order to appease He Xi, he ordered He Xi to return to Lingxiu Palace, and sealed the position of a nobleman, the queen was naturally displeased, so she fell ill.

Ruyi replied lightly: "I heard people say that these days, the queen mother has not entered the water and rice, and the imperial doctor has changed again and again, and the imperial doctor Lu has been invited to come to Luchuan, but when it looks at it, it is only said that it is a heart disease, so that the queen mother can recuperate." ”

He Xi's eyes were condensed on the porcelain bottle placed on the desk, which was sparsely and obliquely inserted with lotus leaves, and the sunlight gently hit it, but it looked more and more verdant.

He Xi said: "Since the queen is sick because of my affairs, then I should go to Weiyang Palace to visit, Ruyi, prepare some good wolfberry jade dew ointment, let's go to the queen's palace to have a look." ”

Ruyi looked at He Xi's cold expression, a little worried, since he returned to Lingxiu Palace, He Xi has never smiled again, always with a cold appearance, as if the departure of the ugly child has taken away all the last warmth in He Xi's life.

ordered his subordinates to prepare wolfberry rain and dew ointment, and He Xi walked towards Weiyang Palace with Ruyi.

At this time, in the palace, Qiao'er was holding a plate of pastries, handed it to Lan Ruo, and persuaded: "Niangniang, you can eat a little bit anyway, if you go on like this, I'm afraid your body won't be able to support it." ”

Lan Ruo was lying with her eyes closed, as if she couldn't hear Qiao'er's words.

Suddenly, I heard the voice of the eunuch outside: "Queen Qiyu, noble Xi is here." ”

When Qiao'er heard He Xi's name, she felt angry in her heart, and she said angrily: "Niangniang's health is not good, and she doesn't see guests-"

But a cold voice came in and said: "I can't imagine that our queen mother is so fragile, Your Majesty has just promoted my position, and the queen mother is inevitably too unusual." ”

It was He Xi, she entered the inner hall without getting the communication, even Lan Ruo, who was lying on the soft collapse, was a little displeased, she barely supported herself, her eyes were full of jealousy and hatred, He Xi stood still in the center of the dormitory, looking at the queen's eyes.

Hate? Is it because she was favored, or because the emperor slapped her in the face for himself?

But how can they compare with ugly children? Thinking of this, He Xi's eyes became more and more sarcastic.

She looked at Lan Ruo without fear.

Where could Lan Ruo stand such a provocation from He Xi, she reprimanded angrily: "Presumptuous, He Xi, don't think that this time, Your Majesty has tolerated you, you can do whatever you want, this palace is still the queen of the Great Calendar, and you are the harem of the town, where is your turn to say such things?" ”

He Xi's expression was still cold, as if it was snowy in winter, and she said: "Indeed, you are still the queen now, not only that, even in the entire court, the prime minister is also the same." ”

Lan Ruo was stunned, as if she couldn't think of why He Xi suddenly said such a thing, but she had already been angered by He Xi and lost her mind: "Since you know, this palace advises you not to hit a stone with an egg-"

"Really?" A bright voice came from outside the hall, it was Tuoba Chen, Lan Ruo's expression changed greatly, she remembered what she had just said, and for a while she looked at Tuoba Chen who walked into the hall with some panic.

Her body was weak, but even so, she was still supported by Qiao'er and collapsed, almost like she fell, half-kneeling on the ground, but He Xi seemed to know it in advance, turned around softly, curtsied and said: "Concubine, see Your Majesty, Your Majesty is blessed with Jin'an." ”

The emperor saw that He Xi had already revealed a little coldness, and said, "You just returned to the palace, why did you get to the queen?" ”

He Xi bowed his head slightly and said respectfully: "It's just that I heard that the queen mother fell ill because of the matter of the concubine, so the concubine came to visit." ”

Tuoba Chen sighed, and asked suspiciously: "Ugly - don't you hate the queen?" ”

When Lan Ruo heard Tuoba Chen say this, his fingers on the ground curled up unconsciously, from the very beginning, Tuoba Chen had never seen himself, and he was very stingy with even a word of exemption.

There was a dull pain in her heart, and the feeling was as if there were thousands of ants gnawing on her flesh and bones little by little, and the pain was unbearable.

He Xi looked at Tuoba Chen's eyes, there seemed to be too much unspeakable in that glance, Tuoba Chen only heard He Xi's shallow voice and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to listen to the truth?" ”

Tuoba Chen didn't seem to expect He Xi to ask himself like this, and subconsciously hummed.

He Xi turned his head, looked in the direction of Lan Ruo, and said lightly: "Hate, although Chou'er is my handmaid, but she is more like my relatives, my siblings, let me ask, how many people can be at this time, who can not cry out for pain when their hands and feet are cut off, and can repay kindness to the executioner?" ”

She said lightly, as if she were stating a very simple matter.

Tuoba Chen didn't expect He Xi to respond to him like this, he thought about He Xi's answer, the best answer is not to hate, not only to reflect his generosity, but also not to make enemies in the palace.

But she didn't, she dissected her heart frankly, and showed it to Tuoba Chen little by little, so that he could see the truth of cruel things, and let him see the bloody pain and hatred.

But in this way, Tuoba Chen could see He Xi's sincerity, and he asked again: "Then why did you still come to visit the queen?" ”

He Xi said: "Because the concubine has no choice, the concubine is helpless, because His Majesty wants the concubine to die down, because the concubine can't be for a servant girl but not for the sake of my He Mansion, and because the Prime Minister's Mansion is a high-ranking family that I will never be able to look at directly." ”

He Xi said word by word, Tuoba Chen's heart moved, and suddenly remembered what he heard outside the hall, he said coldly: "This is the harem, not the court, besides, even if it is the court, this world is Tuoba after all." ”

He Xi stopped talking, Tuoba Chen seemed to have lost the desire to continue talking, He Xi blessed his body and said: "Since Your Majesty has come to Weiyang Palace, it must be to find the queen's mother, so the concubine will not bother and retire first." ”

Tuoba Chen just felt annoyed for a while, waved his hand, and acquiesced, He Xi took two steps towards the outside of the hall, turned around and said: "The concubine sent wolfberry rain and dew ointment, which is considered a concubine's intention, if Your Majesty and the queen can't trust the concubine, you can find a doctor to test." This is a specialty of my Jiangnan, and I ask the queen to smile. ”

With that, he turned and left.

Only Tuoba Chen and Lan Ruo in the hall were left, without the emperor's will, Qiao'er didn't dare to help Lan Ruo get up, it seemed to be a coolness from the ground, Lan Ruo trembled slightly, there was a fishy sweetness in his throat, and he coughed slowly, Tuoba Chen saw it, sighed and said: "Qiao'er, help your mother up." ”

Qiao'er hurriedly got up and helped Lan Ruo to the soft collapse on the side.

Lan Ruo's eyes were full of tears, and she choked up: "Since Your Majesty blames the concubine in her heart, why do you want to come to the concubine's palace again?" ”

Tuoba Chen looked at Lan Ruo and said after a while: "Lan Ruo, when did you become like this?" ”

Lan Ruo mourned in her heart and asked, "What has become of the concubine?" ”

Tuoba Chen slowly closed his eyes and said: "Since Jin'er's death, you will not let go of anyone similar to her, even related people, Ping'er who was favored by me before is now ugly, such a cruel punishment as locking the pipa bone, since you have thought of it, you are the queen, you sit on this phoenix seat, you want to be the mother of the world, virtuous and virtuous, these four words, you can afford to bear it, you can't afford it, you have to bear it, but look at you——"

Tuoba Chen was really a little disappointed with Lan Ruo this time, what he wanted was a stable harem, he was the emperor of the world, if he couldn't even settle down well in his own harem, how could he level the world?

Lan Ruo didn't expect Tuoba Chen to suddenly talk about Mu Jinlai, the tears in her eyes seemed to be unable to hold back any longer, she took a deep breath, held back her anger and said, "Your Majesty is blaming the concubine now?" Strange concubines are ruthless? There is no virtue to sit on this phoenix seat? So who has the ability to sit here, is it He Xi? Tuoba Chen frowned dissatisfiedly and said, "When did you become so unreasonable?" ”

Lan Ruo's smile became more and more sarcastic, and she said, "The concubine is unreasonable? Does Your Majesty feel that the concubines are becoming more and more like Mu Jin? Tricky and arrogant, unreasonable? ”

Tuoba Chen didn't seem to want to waste her words with Lan Ruo on this matter, so she just stood with her hands in her hands, but Lan Ruo had a great momentum of not vomiting unpleasantly, she covered her chest, and there seemed to be a burning pain there.

She said: "The concubine does this because the concubine loves you, and the concubine loves you so much that she does not allow any threatening thing to threaten you." Ugly girl, what if it was really the summer and winter of the year? Why did she enter the palace? Isn't Your Majesty afraid when you think about it? ”

Tuoba Chen's hands curled up tightly, and he said coldly: "Impossible, no one can survive the fire back then." ”

"Your Majesty, what are you afraid of?" Suddenly, Lan Ruo said in a deep voice.