Ye Ningxiang didn't have time to think about it and ran to Mu Xize's side and took him into his arms, and at this moment, a mouthful of blood suddenly gushed out of Mu Xize's mouth, dyeing Ye Ningxiang's neat skirt into a blood-red color. She slapped his cheek as she tried her best to call his name, her vision blurred by tears, and her throat was bloody from the fierce shouting.

Until he was sent back to King Ning's Mansion, Mu Xize did not wake up.

At such a critical juncture, Ye Ningxiang should have followed Mu Jingyuan back to Zhaoyang Hall according to his wishes, but she didn't even report it, and followed Mu Xize all the way back to King Ning's Mansion.

Mu Xize was lying on the bed weakly, and his hands, which were still a little warm, were already cold at the moment. And this cold hand is now being held tightly by Ye Ningxiang.

She has been planning for a long time, but now that she has really removed one of Mu Xize's arms, she is not happy at all. On the contrary, seeing Mu Xize, who was almost dead like this, there was only one thought in her heart, she wanted him to wake up, she wanted this person who had already been sentenced to death by the imperial doctor to wake up again.

It was late at night, and the people of King Ning's Mansion gathered in front of Mu Xize's room, and kept muttering something in a whisper, as if discussing whether King Ning was dead, and whether the person next to Ye Ningxiang was already a corpse. However, when the time passed, these subordinates left one after another to rest, and only the room where Ye Ningxiang and Mu Xize were in the huge Ning Wangfu was still brightly lit.

"Mu Xize, wake up quickly, I still have a lot to ask you. ”

"Mu Xize, don't you often say that you are deeply sinful, people with deep sins should not die so easily, even if you want to die, you must die in my hands. ”

Ye Ningxiang gently stroked Mu Xize's cold palm on her cheek, and her eyes were always fixed on Mu Xize's face. A warm and slippery liquid slid down the corners of Ye Ningxiang's eyes, and finally flowed into Mu Xize's palm, stimulated by tears, Mu Xize's cold palm suddenly moved, then coughed a few times, and slowly opened his eyes.

"Little Yezi, you're crying. Mu Xize wiped away the tears left on Ye Ningxiang's face, and smiled weakly, as if he was happy because of Ye Ningxiang's concern for him.

Ye Ningxiang avoided his hand, wiped away her tears with her sleeve, and said stubbornly: "No, my eyes have been a little inflamed recently, so I often cry." ”

Mu Xize sat up and looked at Ye Ningxiang with eyes as gentle as water, "Xiao Yezi, it's good to sit next to me, while I can see it now, I want to take a good look at your face." ”

Mu Xize wanted to touch Ye Ningxiang's cheek, but as soon as his hand was stretched out, he froze in the air, and then withdrew his hand, just quietly, very carefully, staring at Ye Ningxiang's face that seemed to still have tears on it.

"Big eyes, bun face. Mu Xize smiled and continued: "Although it is a little different from what I imagined, it is also very cute. ”

Then, Mu Xize patted the back of Ye Ningxiang's hand, with a caring look on his face, "You must be against the emperor's will to accompany me here, so it's better to go back to the palace earlier, don't worry about me." ”

"In the past, you didn't want me to be by your side, why did you want me to leave today?"

"I did that to you because I was afraid that you would be bullied, but to protect you. Now that you have been made an official, and you have won the trust of the emperor, there are ......" Saying this, Mu Xize suddenly smiled, and suddenly changed the topic and said: "In short, you can live well now without me." ”

"What else?"

"Nothing. If you don't want to leave, I don't mind if you sleep with me here for one night" After speaking, Mu Xize actually lay on Ye Ningxiang's lap very presumptuously, like a coquettish child.

Ye Ningxiang suddenly withdrew her legs, got up, and said in a little panic: "Since the prince is no longer in trouble, Ningxiang will retire first." After saying that, she ran out of King Ning's mansion quickly.

Looking at Ye Ningxiang's departing back, Mu Xize said in a voice that was so low that it was almost difficult to be heard: "And I'm not by your side, Xiao Qingyu will also take care of you." ”

When Ye Ningxiang returned to the palace, the palace door had been locked, but Mu Jingyuan seemed to have specially instructed him before, so the soldiers guarding the palace saw that it was Ye Ningxiang, and opened the locked palace door very respectfully. I thought that Mu Jingyuan would blame her for staying in Ning Wangfu without permission, but when she returned to Zhaoyang Palace, Mu Jingyuan not only did not have half a word of reproach, but said with great concern: "Ye Ningxiang, I'm afraid you're tired today, rest early." ”

"The emperor doesn't blame me for staying in the Ning Palace?"

"No blame. After all, you did that for your revenge, how could I blame you!"

After speaking, Mu Jingyuan yawned tiredly and walked towards his dormitory, "It's good that you come back safely, I'll go back to sleep first." ”

This night, Ye Ningxiang couldn't sleep all night, as if a lonely traveler had lost his way in the vast world, lonely and helpless. She didn't know how to face such a ruthless Xiao Qingyu in the future, she didn't know how far she could go on such a blood-soaked road of revenge, and she didn't know what choice she would make when she saw Mu Xize die.

In this life, she is flexible and more sociable, but when she needs comfort and listening the most, there is no one in front of her. On the wide bed, Ye Ningxiang curled up, hugged the quilt that was also a single shadow on the bed, and kept her eyes open until dawn.

Early in the morning of the second day, the Zhaoyang Palace was a rare mess, not only the Zhaoyang Palace, but the entire palace seemed to be in chaos, and the palace maids and eunuchs looked hurried, even frightened, and they all walked in the same direction, and the end of this direction was the Yixia Palace.

Ye Ningxiang's heart burned with a very bad premonition, grabbed a panicked little eunuch, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"The queen has just committed suicide by hanging herself. ”

What, she regarded her as a sister-like person, someone who laughed and played with her, someone who drank with her, a person who had just passed her fifteenth birthday, and the innocent and laughing girl finally chose to end her life with her own hands.

Just like when he didn't believe that his relatives were arrested, he desperately ran towards Su Mansion, Ye Ningxiang tried her best, and even used light skills to rush towards Yixia Palace. Maybe the little eunuch's information was wrong, and he didn't see Qi Mengyao's body, so what he said must be false. Although she was suspected of fornicating with the guards, this matter was not clarified, maybe the child in her womb was Mu Jingyuan's, and it was possible that the two had a room in private.

Yes, Qi Mengyao is not dead, the child in her womb is Mu Jingyuan's, and the slaves and maids deliberately spread words to slander Qi Mengyao when they watched the Qi family lose power. Ye Ningxiang forced herself to believe such a point of view over and over again, but tears kept pouring out like a flood that opened the floodgates.

When Ye Ningxiang arrived at Yixia Palace, Qi Mengyao's body had been moved from the beam to the ground, except for her face was blue and there was a dark purple blood mark on her neck, Qi Mengyao was like she was asleep, so peaceful, so calm.

It turned out that all this was true!

Ye Ningxiang covered her mouth and nose tightly, as if she wanted to control her emotions, but no matter how she controlled it, her crying had already resounded throughout the Yixia Palace.

Because of her, it was all because of her, it was she who was determined to take revenge, and she knew that Qi Sheng was Qi Mengyao's eldest brother and Qi Changyong was Qi Mengyao's father, but she still agreed to Xiao Qingyu's plan without thinking about it, not only killing Qi Sheng, but also killing Qi Mengyao, who was ignorant of the world and kind-hearted.

It turns out that sometimes what is more difficult to suffer than the hatred of killing relatives is the guilt that is boundless, that cannot be dissipated by eternal life, and that cannot be made up for by eternal life.

Ye Ningxiang's emotions were extremely sad, struggling to shake the already stiff corpse, calling Qi Mengyao's name, and all the palace maids and eunuchs present looked sad and burst into tears.

Under Ye Ningxiang's shaking, a thin piece of rice paper slipped from Qi Mengyao's clothes, and a few lines of words were neatly written on the paper: sad and heartbroken, gloomy. I wanted to find an idiot, but I had to enter the palace wall. Ascending to the top to become a phoenix was originally a dream. There is no love in this life, and I will be a cow and sheep in the next life.

This is Qi Mengyao's last letter, but a few lines of Juanxiu express the helplessness of being a political victim. Maybe an innocent person like her is really not suitable for living in this dark and filthy palace, and death is probably the best ending for her.

When she married the emperor a few months ago, she wore red makeup for ten miles, and hundreds of officials worshipped, how spectacular the scene was, and how famous she was. Now it's just because of this unwarranted frame-up that the last people who came to Yixia Hall to see her were all lowly slaves. And these slaves and maids did not come to visit because of any special feelings, but simply curious about what the person who committed suicide would be like after death.

Now, Ye Ningxiang actually believes what Xiao Qingyu once said, "In people's eyes, emotions will eventually dissipate, and only interests will remain eternal." ”

"Ye Ningxiang, I really didn't expect you to be such an amorous person. The Queen Mother didn't know when she appeared opposite Ye Ningxiang, and the disgusted and fierce gaze that originally looked at Ye Ningxiang had all dissipated, replaced by a kind of sympathy, a kind of pity.

"Meng Yao is a good boy, in the final analysis, it's all because I'm too selfish, I always feel that such a good girl really shouldn't let Jing Yuan miss it. In the end, it cost her life. As she spoke, tears also flowed from the eyes of the Queen Mother, and those exotic eyes were as touching and pitiful as when she met the Queen Mother eight years ago.

No one is born with a vicious heart and a hateful face, but he just escaped in a harsh living environment, and finally lived a wicked life and lost his heart.

Maybe the Queen Mother is such a person who has been sharpened by the wind and frost and thorns in life, and even lost her heart, and is willing to present her essentially good nature in front of others with a wicked attitude.

"Today, Lord Qi Changyong submitted his resignation, and the emperor will stay in Zhanghua Hall all day long to discuss the candidate for the new Zhongshu Order, I'm afraid he won't come here. Speaking of this, the Queen Mother sighed, seemingly revealing a hint of disappointment in her son, and then looked at Ye Ningxiang very solemnly and said, "Ye Ningxiang, Mengyao's funeral will be arranged by you." The mourning family was tired, so I went back first. ”

Ye Ningxiang wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, her eyes were firm and powerful, and she kowtowed her head and said forcefully: "Yes, Ningxiang must live up to the Queen Mother's entrustment." ”