After all, Ye Ningxiang has not lived in this Ruiguo Palace for a long time, and she doesn't know that there is a place called Qinglingyuan in this palace, but judging from the tone of the Empress Dowager's voice and demeanor, that place should not be a good place to go.

Sure enough, as Ye Ningxiang expected, the place was dilapidated, desolate, and remote, as if no one had lived in it for a long time. In each palace, there is a palace with the harshest environment as a cold palace, and Ye Ningxiang guessed that this Qingling Garden is probably the cold palace of this Ruiguo Imperial Palace.

Ye Ningxiang was escorted by the Praetorian Guards into the main house of Qingling Garden, followed by the sound of locks outside the house. She had been mercilessly imprisoned in this dusty hut.

"Queen Ye, this is the rule of our Qingling Garden, please ask you to do a lot of Haihan if you offend. ”

There were words with a bit of schadenfreude outside the house, the person who spoke was probably a palace maid in her twenties, her voice was crisp, and she wouldn't look bad if she thought about it, but the door was locked, and Ye Ningxiang couldn't see the appearance of the speaker.

If it were Ye Ningxiang in the past, if she fell into such a situation alone, she would probably be scared, and even cry, but at this time, Ye Ningxiang was very tenacious, there was no fear, no tears, and her eyes were wide open only with deep hatred.

Feng Jingzhi, the prime minister of Ruiguo, was really a scheming old fox who sought power and killed him, first made Feng Yun sick early and then withdrew from this ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens, and then quietly made his hands and feet on the altar, and waited until Ye Ningxiang sacrificed to the heavens alone, and then released everything he had prepared before.

This series of schemes was completed in one go, interlocking, and she really used the art of scheming to the extreme, although she was so badly harmed by Feng Jingzhi, but she Ye Ningxiang also admired him from the bottom of her heart.

The Empress Dowager has always regarded her as a thorn in her side, and this time she was imprisoned in this place where ghosts can't live because of the fire on the altar. This practice really made Ye Ningxiang very annoyed in her heart, and for her, an elder, Ye Ningxiang's heart flashed with a strong killing intent.

Xiao Qingyu came to Qinglingyuan that night, very low-key, and only Gao Fei followed him, so that the maids of Qinglingyuan, Ah Hong and Ah Bi, who had already fallen asleep, did not notice that the deserted palace actually broke into two people, one of whom was still the emperor.

Xiao Qingyu did not wake up the sleeping maidservant, but directly ordered Gao Fei to cut the lock of the door that locked the house with a knife, and then opened the door impatiently and held the lamp.

"Ning Xiang, I'm sorry for making you wronged!"

Xiao Qingyu rushed to Ye Ningxiang, who was sitting on the dusty bed, and then hugged her tightly into his arms.

Approaching the birth, Ye Ningxiang's body became heavier and heavier, and she became more sleepy, she got up early on this day to prepare for the sacrifice, and there was a big event in the middle that almost lost her life, which made Ye Ningxiang, who was not very energetic, even more sleepy.

It wasn't until she was held in Xiao Qingyu's arms that Ye Ningxiang slowly opened her eyes, and even her voice was full of laziness unique to her sleep.

"It's the emperor, why are you here?"

Xiao Qingyu originally thought that Ye Ningxiang would be very angry and waiting to settle accounts with him, or be so upset and on the verge of collapse that she was tortured by this closed cold palace. The only thing he didn't expect was that Ye Ningxiang was actually sleeping, and she fell asleep leaning on the wooden bed, as if she didn't take what happened today as an incident at all.

Ye Ningxiang's unexpectedly calm made Xiao Qingyu a little overwhelmed. After his eyes flickered a few times, Xiao Qingyu gradually let go of the hand holding Ye Ningxiang, and said with a smile: "I really don't worry that you are here alone, but now that I see that you are doing well, I am relieved." ”

"Your Majesty, even if I don't have a good time, I can't show it to outsiders, so that those who want to put me to death will not dare to harm me easily, and you who want to rescue me will have more confidence. ”

Seeing that Xiao Qingyu's expression became too serious, Ye Ningxiang pretended to smile lightly and said, "The emperor really doesn't have to worry, Ningxiang is doing well." However, Ning Xiang remembered that the emperor had always acted ruthlessly and viciously, never dragging mud and water, and would not be hindered by anyone. Your Majesty, your throne is your own, not the Empress Dowager's, if you want to gain a foothold in the court, the stumbling block of the Empress Dowager should be removed as soon as possible. ”

The meaning of Ye Ningxiang's words was very clear, as for Xiao Qingyu's reluctance to kill him, his grandmother, but it was not controlled by her Ye Ningxiang. Whether she wants Ye Ningxiang or his imperial grandmother, everything depends on Xiao Qingyu's choice.

In the second half of the night, Xiao Qingyu and Gao Fei were busy with one thing, helping Ye Ningxiang clean up the house. By the time dawn of the morning, the dirty room had become neat and comfortable. The sheets and bedding that were originally covered with dust had been replaced with the new bedding that Xiao Qingyu had brought from Longhua Palace.

"Ning Xiang, I can only go so far now, I have to wronged you for the time being, and when I solve this matter satisfactorily, I will definitely welcome you back to Changle Palace with great momentum. ”

Afraid that too many people would know that he had come to the cold palace where Ye Ningxiang lived, and that he would be more passive about Ye Ningxiang's situation, Xiao Qingyu was very cautious when the sky was just a little bright, and he returned to his own residence in Longhua Palace with Gao Fei.

Early in the morning of the second day, Ah Hong and Ah Bi, the palace maids who were in charge of the daily cleaning of Qing Ling Yuan, suddenly found that the door lock that was fine yesterday was now split in half and was carefully hung on the door. The cheeks of the two of them suddenly turned white with fright, and when they walked into the house, they were even more surprised by the brand-new room, which made them cry bitterly.

But fortunately, Ye Ningxiang is still there, and she is still sleeping on the bed.

"Leaf ...... Queen Ye, last night, it was ...... But who's been here?"

Ah Hong was so nervous that she couldn't even speak, and what she said when Ye Ningxiang was just locked up in the room yesterday was a world of difference.

Ye Ningxiang opened her lazy eyes, and said with an unblasphemous smile on her face: "No one has ever come, the door lock was broken by itself." ”

"But ......"

"I said no one had been here, didn't you hear?"

Ye Ningxiang's words are obviously nonsense, someone obviously came to see her last night, so if she can come to Qinglingyuan in the middle of the night and leave silently, I am afraid that this person is only the emperor. The two little maidservants who were punished here for making mistakes naturally couldn't offend the emperor, so they shut up one after another, not mentioning the invasion last night.

That night, Qing Lingyuan's maidservant Ah Hong behaved cautiously, probed her brain, and walked quickly towards a secluded corner when she saw that no one was following her.

Waiting for her in the corner was a young woman in a cloak, who seemed to have been waiting for her for a long time, holding her mouth as if she was a little impatient.

"Miss Ye, I'm here, what do you want for me?"

Seeing that Ah Hong, who she had been waiting for for a long time, finally appeared in front of her, Ye Ninglu's tightly knit brows finally relaxed, and she unhurriedly took out a small medicine bottle from her cuff.

"This bottle contains a colorless and odorless liquid, all you have to do is quietly mix it into my sister's meal. ”

After speaking, Ye Ninglu took out a stack of silver tickets from her arms and said with a smile: "This is your reward, there will be another one after the deed." ”

Seeing that the medicine that he and Ye Liu had worked so hard to find finally came in handy, Ye Ninglu's heart was extremely happy. This medicine has a strong slippery effect, even if it can't make Ye Ningxiang's child stillborn, it can make her give birth prematurely, but it should be difficult for the baby to survive in this world before it is about two months away!

In any case, Ye Ningxiang's child can't be saved. In this way, she will have one more chance to be favored by Xiao Qingyu, and she will be able to control life and death in their hands instead of Ye Ningxiang to the greatest extent.

On the second day, just after breakfast, Ye Ningxiang felt uncomfortable all over, weak as if she was about to die, followed by severe abdominal pain.

A few days ago, she was still able to calm down, but now her child is so noisy, and even seems to be in danger of life, she can't sit still anymore, not because of how much she loves this child, but because this child is her bargaining chip to make a comeback, without this child, she is afraid that she will really die alone in this cold palace, and if she wants to seize power, she wants to take revenge on Xiao Qingyu will eventually become a fantasy.

She began to pound violently on the closed doors and windows, the force of her hands getting heavier and heavier, but the sound became softer and softer. Soon her face was drenched in sweat, and blood was even oozing from under her skirt.

"Ah Hong, let's open the door and see, if something really happens to Queen Ye, we can't afford to wait!" Ah Bi looked worried, paced to the door, and was about to take out the key to open the door.

"What can happen to Queen Ye, there are still two months before her due date, and now I'm afraid it's not her physical accident but a psychological accident, it's just that she has been locked up in the house for a long time and can't stay. Ah Hong sneered, looking like she didn't want to help when she was watching a good show.

"No, I'll have to open the door and see. ”

Ah Bi didn't listen to Ah Hong's words, and opened the closed door privately, only to see Ye Ningxiang's face pale, sitting weakly by the door, and there was still a little blood oozing under her skirt.

"Niangniang, are you okay? I'll go and help you find a doctor!"

The young Abi had never seen a person like Ye Ningxiang who seemed to be dying, and he was instantly shocked and frightened, and his hands were cold and trembling. Without waiting for Ye Ningxiang to respond, Abi quickly ran towards the Tai Hospital.

"Queen Ye. ”

Ye Ningxiang's ears suddenly remembered a gloomy, even very evil voice. She struggled to raise her head, but saw Ah Hong standing in front of her with a fierce face.

"Queen Ye, it's cold on the ground, let's go back to bed and rest. ”

It was obviously a word of concern, but when it came out of Ah Hong's mouth, it was still cold and even with a strong killing intent.

How could Ye Ningxiang, who was already so weak that she was almost fainting, resist this sturdy young woman, and was carried back to the bed by Ah Hong in three or two. Ah Hong then deliberately closed the door of the room so that no one could see the scene in the house.

Ye Ningxiang, who was in a semi-comatose state, suddenly felt that something seemed to be restrained on her neck, which made her breathless, and then the pressure on her trachea became stronger and stronger, making her unable to breathe.

Ye Ningxiang wanted to scream for help, but her body was extremely weak, and her vocal cords were crushed by the hemp rope wrapped around her body, and she couldn't make any sound at all. Her hands were struggling in the air, her cheeks were blue from the lack of oxygen, her abdomen was more painful, and there was more blood under the hem of her skirt.

"Queen Ye, don't blame me, I think about it, only by killing you can I completely ensure that your child is lost, and I can save my life forever. ”

Only by taking advantage of this opportunity when no one is around to kill Ye Ningxiang, and then set fire to the entire house, pretending to be Ye Ningxiang who can't stand the loneliness of the cold palace and dies, can Ah Hong, a humble little maid, live safely under the condition of accepting the money.

However, to Ye Ningxiang's surprise, the woman in front of her, who wanted to put her to death, suddenly had an earthy face, her hand holding the rope uncontrollably let go, her body retreated again and again, and a scream that could almost pierce her eardrums came out of her mouth.

"Ghost, ghost!"

Ah Hong shouted, only to hear a muffled sound, and her whole body had fallen to the ground, and blood was still oozing from her forehead.

Ah Bi didn't care about what Ah Hong saw just now, and it would make her frightened like that, so she decisively picked up a wooden stool and smashed it at Ah Hong's head. Seeing Ah Hong fall to the ground, Ah Bi threw away the wooden bench and rushed to Ye Ningxiang, her face full of tears because of her fright and helplessness.

"Niangniang, the Empress Dowager suddenly contracted a serious illness last night, and the doctors of the Empress Dowager Hospital are now in the Empress Dowager's palace, and the entire palace is in chaos because of the Empress Dowager's illness, and no one will come here to help us at all. ”

At first, Ah Bi could still describe what happened rationally, but when it came to the end, Ah Bi couldn't cry anymore, and she didn't know what she, a little girl who had never done anything in the world, should do to save the lives of Ye Ningxiang and her children.

"I'm not dead yet, why are you crying! No one helps, I can live on my own." ”