In the steamy room, there was no coolness of early autumn, and at this moment, it seemed to the emperor to be even more impulsive. Qingya's words are not wrong, she truthfully described the situation when the emperor forced into the Xuanzheng Palace with a sword, Xiang Ye did not want Min'er to know that history, not to mention that he was in order to deter the world, so he stained the Xuanzheng Palace with blood.

However, he didn't want Min'er to see himself as a murderous devil, he hoped that Min'er could stand in his position and stand in the standpoint of the people of the world to look at the seven-year war.

"I'm murderous, am I? In your eyes, I am cruel? Xiang Ye was angry, he approached the bath bucket step by step, ignoring that the people in the bath were naked at the moment, and he couldn't hide or escape.

"Your Majesty, it's ......" Qingya wanted to step forward to explain, but the emperor's fierce gaze forced her to retreat again and again.

"Get out!" The Emperor said angrily, "I put you by the Empress's side to take care of her, not to make you talk too much. When I left your life, it was a moment of kindness, it can be seen that it was wrong, since you pity Emperor Jianguang and are still loyal to the old master, then go underground to accompany your master. ”

Qingya was shocked, and Min'er was also stunned, but the emperor didn't order someone to drag Qingya away, or directly want Qingya to do something, he just ordered Qingya to get out.

In this situation, if Qingya leaves, the emperor doesn't know what to do to the queen, God knows where she got the courage, and even her voice is trembling, but she said: "Slave, slave, you want to serve the mother out of the bath, the emperor, please avoid it for the time being." ”

The emperor's gaze was like a sharp knife, piercing Qingya's body, I don't know if he would order someone to break in and drag Qingya away this time, Qingya is so protective of herself, how can Min'er not protect her, and immediately said: "You retreat, Qingya, you go out." ”

"Mother?"

"Stand down!" Min'er gave her a determined look.

The emperor didn't care whether Qingya left or not, and as soon as he leaned over, he rushed to Min'er's eyes, so close that he could almost see her white body hidden under the water through the clear bath water, Xiang Ye asked in disappointment: "What happened, why did you suddenly alienate me again, did I do something wrong?" ”

Min'er shook her head.

"When I played chess the day before yesterday, you and I were so happy, I smiled whenever I thought of your expression." The emperor's gaze carefully looked at the frightened and stubborn face, as if he wanted to see some answer on Min'er's face, but unfortunately he couldn't get the answer, what this woman is best at is to keep silent.

"Do you have something on your mind? Can't I help you? Xiang Ye used the last bit of patience, but the more he said that he was annoyed in his heart, "Or maybe that period of history scared you, and you just said 'so cruel', can you let me tell you in person, what is cruel?" Do you want to know what happened, why don't you ask me, I am the one who really created that period of history, the one who really walked through the smoke and stepped on the bones, is it in your eyes, a few nonsense words and sentences of civil officials are more worthy of belief? ”

Min'er avoided the emperor's gaze and sank her body, unconsciously trying to hide herself in the hot water, but the emperor suddenly grabbed her by the shoulders and fished half of her body out of the water.

The crisp chest was exposed, Min'er instinctively covered it with her hands, the emperor's breath was close in front of her eyes, and the domineering spirit with a bit of bloodthirsty made people shudder, Min'er couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty...... You promised your concubines that you would never do anything to your concubines again. ”

Xiang Ye was stunned, at this moment he couldn't correctly understand the meaning of this sentence, and asked Min'er: "So you mean that I can't touch you from now on?" ”

Min'er wanted to shake her head and deny it, but as soon as the emperor let go, he had already thrown her into the hot water. After all, he is the lord of the world, when he raised the army, it was those who obeyed me and those who rebelled against me died, and he was the emperor for three years, and the whole world was subservient to his feet, and he no longer had to accommodate anyone, even if Min'er used up all his patience, it was limited.

Right now, it seems that all the patience has drifted away with the water vapor.

This woman has denied his greatest cause in this matter.

Sure enough, speechlessness is the biggest deterrent and threat, it turns out that the heartache makes people lose their minds, and they will not be mad, Xiang Ye doesn't want to touch Min'er anymore, and he doesn't want to talk to her anymore, leaving only a helpless and even sad figure, and leaves gloomily.

Min'er was relieved, and her slightly cool body was immersed in the bath water again, what...... So ferocious? She frowned and recalled the conversation she had with Qingya, and she did say those four words.

"It's fine, that's fine." Min'er closed her eyes deeply, but she couldn't shake off the emperor's lonely back, but her grandmother's letter, that word also came to mind.

Grandma is right, getting the emperor's love means that she is the enemy of all the women in the harem, when she first entered the palace, she was calculated to wear a taboo white dress, and the account is not known to be counted on whose head, she has been involved in the palace struggle when she has nothing, and the future is even more unimaginable.

If she accepts the emperor's love, she will rob these women of all hope. Moreover, she didn't know what love was, and she didn't know how to respond to the emperor's wishes.

But why, the back of the emperor's departure made her feel heartache?

A storm without warning swept the Shangyang Palace, but unfortunately only Min'er and Qingya felt the wind and rain, and the palace people only knew that the emperor left silently, and he couldn't see his face clearly in the dark night, except for a trace of strange breath, no one found out what happened that night.

But after two days, the whole palace was filled with a depressing atmosphere, the emperor buried himself in the Qingming Pavilion to deal with government affairs, he did not loudly scold useless officials, but every minister who walked out of the Qingming Pavilion was like losing half of his soul, and many procrastination matters were quickly resolved in those two days. The emperor was so domineering that even if the concubines were curious about what was going on, they didn't dare to make a mistake easily.

In the Shangyang Palace, the queen mother hadn't spoken for two days, and most of the time, she sat quietly in the water pavilion alone.

Min'er when she first arrived was a fairy in the eyes of the palace people, but the people who sat quietly in the water pavilion in the past two days would make people feel distressed when they looked at it. In the past, she was detached from everything, but now the queen mother seems to be immersed in something and can't get out.

"Niangniang, Zhou Huai said, I have been too busy these days to arrange to send your letter back to Yuanzhou, but it will definitely be sent out today, and it will be a few days later if I want to come to the old lady's reply, please forgive me." Qingya quietly came to the queen's side, she was not treated by the emperor, after the emperor left that day, it seemed that nothing happened in the inner hall of the Shangyang Palace.

"I see."

"Mama Lin sent a message, saying that the Queen Mother is very worried about you, Mama asked you when you are free, and wants to invite you to sit in the Longevity Palace." Qingya said again.

"Let's go tomorrow."

"Niangniang......" Qingya wanted to speak and stopped, some words were unspeakable after all, I was afraid that if I said it, it would hurt the queen.

She sat quietly behind Min'er, but autumn is autumn, the wind through the water pavilion is not as gentle and comfortable as in summer, but makes people feel slightly cool and tight, Qingya got up and brought a windbreaker to put on Min'er.

The body was suddenly touched, Min'er seemed to remember every sudden appearance of the emperor in the past, and Qingya clearly saw that the queen's eyes were full of expectation, and the moment she saw herself, she was eclipsed.

"Niangniang, are you waiting for the emperor?" Qingya plucked up the courage to ask, "Niangniang, let's go and explain to the emperor." ”

Min'er shook her head: "I don't care, it's okay like this." ”

Once heard such words, Qingya would also feel the queen's coldness, and indifference to everything, but at this moment, in these few words, there is only a faint sadness, if she really doesn't care, how can she not speak for two whole days, she should live leisurely and comfortably as before.

In the Qingming Pavilion, the emperor was angry that he couldn't find Zhou Huai, and the half-gone Zhou Gonggong was chased back, and he explained tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the slave is going to arrange for someone to send a letter to Niangniang, this letter has been left with the slave for four days, and if you don't send it, you will ......."

The letter four days ago, it happened that Min'er suddenly began to distance himself from him, and when he broke into the Shangyang Hall and heard those words, the emperor served the people on the ground and asked, "What about the letter, sent out?" ”

Zhou Huai hurriedly said: "The slave is half gone, and you called it back." He took out the empress's letter from his bosom, and wondered in his heart whether the emperor wanted to check the contents of the letter.

Xiang Ye did have this idea, in Min'er's letter, he must be able to see the most true words, his hand behind his back was about to move, wanting to take the letter, but he hesitated, opened the letter, and all the trust in that woman disappeared.

"Put it down." Xiang Ye didn't answer, but he was not reconciled, so he just ordered Zhou Huai to put down the letter. Then he was instructed to do a few things, and he did not mention the matter of sending the letter, which remained on the emperor's desk.

Zhou Huai had to inform Qingya privately that the empress's letter had been intercepted by the emperor, but he hadn't read it yet. Qingya didn't dare to tell the queen at this moment, for fear that if there was any misunderstanding, the misunderstanding would be superimposed on the misunderstanding, and it would be really difficult to say it clearly.

Another day passed, and the queen's mood seemed to be better, but she put away the books compiled by Song Yuan, and didn't seem to plan to read them again. I went to the Longevity Palace during the day, and there was still talk and laughter in front of the Queen Mother, and when the Queen Mother saw her like this, she couldn't say anything, and there was no progress in the matter after all.

When she returned to the Shangyang Hall at dusk, the broken strings of the zither were repaired and sent back, and Min'er was ordered to be placed in the water pavilion, but she sat by the piano and held the strings with one hand, as if she was in deep thought, and never a note came out.

Qingya silently retreated, told a few reliable palace maids, and left the Shangyang Hall along the approach bridge.

In the Qingming Pavilion, the emperor was tiredly standing under the window drinking tea, and Zhou Huai's voice came from behind him, saying that it was Qingya asking to see.

The emperor put down the tea bowl and didn't make a sound, but soon, he heard a clear and elegant voice: "The slave and maid pay a visit to the emperor." ”

Xiang Ye turned around and glanced at her, and said coldly: "Are you still in the palace?" ”

Qingya made up her mind and said, "If the emperor doesn't show it, the slave and maid can't leave the queen's mother." ”

Xiang Ye walked back to the table, and Min'er's letter came into view, but he sneered: "Get out, I don't want to see you." ”

"Your Majesty, even if the slave maid can't get out alive, I have a few words to explain to you." Qingya stood up instead, walked up to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the slave and maid mentioned the incident of the year without authorization, and the slave and maid deserve to die, but the cruelty that the mother said was not you." Niangniang listened to the slave maid say that before you entered the palace, the concubines and concubines of the old dynasty did not hesitate to fight and even kill people in order to snatch the gold and silver in the palace. ”