When Li Qiuxue was canonized as Li Guifei , no ceremony was held in the palace. Chu Shaoqin's imperial decree gave her a new identity - Li Guifei. Since then, Chu Shaoqin went to Xiyang Palace every day, but he looked unhappy every time he left.
Li Qiuxue always dreamed of Chu Shaoqin, dreaming that he kissed her, but every time she woke up, she found that it was not a dream.
Rumors soon spread in the palace that Concubine Li had seduced the emperor. Since Concubine Li entered the palace, the emperor had not paid attention to state affairs and ignored the queen. Chu Shaoqin never cared about these rumors. He let people in the palace talk about them. Among these discussions, Hua Yu was a pitiful person.
She was like the most useless vase in the palace. After being favored for one night, she was like being banished to the cold palace. Since Li Qiuxue entered the palace, Chu Shaoqin had never been to Huayu's Dongxiang Palace. Huayu, who was originally pursued by millions of men, watched Chu Shaoqin and Li Qiuxue get along in silence.
At this moment, Hua Yu was sitting in Dongxiang Palace playing with the jade beads in his hand, looking at the deep palace, thoughtful.
Although Li Qiuxue was canonized as a concubine, it was not enough to shake her position as queen, but if it continued like this, her position as queen would be nothing more than a formality. Sooner or later, she would be surpassed by Li Qiuxue, so no matter what, Li Qiuxue could not stay!
"Xue'er, look, I brought you your favorite candy man." Chu Shaoqin would always change into ordinary clothes when he went to see Li Qiuxue, just like before.
Today, he went out of the palace to buy Li Qiuxue's favorite candy figurines, while Li Qiuxue was picking pear blossoms in the yard. An Qing was digging a pit under the pear tree, and they buried the fallen pear blossoms in the pit together.
Since An Qing appeared, Chu Shaoqin often felt that he was the superfluous person. Li Qiuxue didn't need him, she hated him, but he still shamelessly begged her to be with him. He was obviously the monarch, but he had to suffer such grievances.
"An Qing, please go out. I have something to say to Xue'er."
An Qing frowned slightly. He stood beside Li Qiuxue, and it seemed that he would not take a step without Li Qiuxue's order.
"Didn't you hear me talking?" Chu Shaoqin was a little annoyed, but An Qing took a step forward fearlessly.
Li Qiuxue pulled An Qing's sleeve and shook her head gently at him, motioning him to go out first. Although An Qing was hostile to Chu Shaoqin, he still obeyed the order and walked out of Xiyang Palace because of the difference between the monarch and his subjects.
"Xue'er, if you want to see the pear tree blossom in the future, I'll accompany you to see it, okay?" Chu Shaoqin half-knelt in front of Li Qiuxue, holding her shoulders with both hands, staring at her with pleading eyes. She smiled lightly, picked up the soil in her hand and buried it in the pit.
“The blooming season has passed.”
"Then can I accompany you during the flowering season next year? Just like before, okay?"
"Before? In the past, I had my father to accompany me, and the people from the escort agency to accompany me. Can you bring them back to life? Can you make everything go back to the way it was before?" Li Qiuxue looked at Chu Shaoqin's complicated expression. She looked at his hand that was gradually loosening, sneered, stood up and said, "I don't think I need you to accompany me. The one who needs you to accompany me is Hua Yu. She is your queen."
"But I love you. I know that letting you be a concubine is unfair to you. How about this? I will depose the queen tomorrow and make you the queen..."
"These are never what I want. Don't you understand yet?" Li Qiuxue turned around and yelled at Chu Shaoqin. This was the first time she spoke to him loudly in the six months since she entered the palace.
All she wanted was a simple and free life, to be with the one she loved, not to be trapped in this courtyard surrounded by four walls, in this cold and desolate palace like now.
"Then what do you want? Tell me, as long as I can do it, I will..."
"I want freedom!"
Chu Shaoqin stood there in a daze, unable to continue what he had not yet finished saying. He suddenly laughed, and his shoulders trembled with laughter.
"Li Qiuxue, hahaha... Do you still want freedom? Freedom is death to you. Do you know how many people in and outside the palace want you to die? I carefully protected you and gave you everything I could, but you just wanted freedom." Chu Shaoqin laughed and tears fell. He had never shed a tear in front of others. Even when his father died in front of him, he clenched his teeth and swallowed his grief. But for Li Qiuxue, he was powerless.
"Li Qiuxue, you're a liar. You said you would always be by my side. You said you would never leave me no matter what happens. Liar!"
"Yes, I am a liar. I have never liked you. I just want someone to play with me and be by my side at my beck and call. I have never loved you, never." Li Qiuxue sneered, denying the fact that she loved him.
"Have you fallen in love with An Qing? Tell me!" Chu Shaoqin suddenly grabbed Li Qiuxue's shoulders and pushed her against the wall. The anger in his eyes seemed to burn her, and this was the look she liked to see the most. She was in so much pain because of him, and she wanted to make him feel the pain too.
"So what if it is? So what if it isn't?" Li Qiuxue showed a sarcastic smile. As expected, Chu Shaoqin punched the wall behind her. This was probably the cruelest sentence Chu Shaoqin had ever heard. She smiled cruelly and swallowed all her tears.
"I'm going to kill him!"
"If you dare to kill him, I will die with him!" Li Qiuxue grabbed Chu Shaoqin's collar, came in front of him, and said word by word.
"Li Qiuxue, don't regret doing this to me!" Chu Shaoqin approached Li Qiuxue, his hot breath falling on her cheek. Her heart was beating wildly, but she smiled stubbornly and watched him flick his sleeves and leave.
After that day, Chu Shaoqin never came to Xiyang Palace again. The palace servants who used to run to Xiyang Palace diligently also turned to another master, and Xiyang Palace really became a cold palace. When An Qing accompanied Li Qiuxue for a walk in the palace, he could always hear people in the palace talking about how Concubine Li had fallen out of favor and the emperor was having fun in Dongxiang Palace all day and night.
Li Qiuxue knew that Chu Shaoqin was trying to make her angry, but she just didn't want to give in or compromise.
"Qiuxue, actually the person you love most in your heart is Chu Shaoqin, right?" An Qing, who had been following Li Qiuxue, finally spoke when she stopped and sat in the pavilion.
Li Qiuxue did not answer, but just looked at the lotus pond in the distance.
"Before I knew it, the weather started to get colder and the lotus flowers in the pond withered."
"Qiuxue, do you know? There are always countless misunderstandings between people. Some people can let go, but some people will never let go in their lifetime." An Qing followed Li Qiuxue's line of sight and looked into the distance. "When my parents were alive, they always liked to quarrel over various trivial matters. They were always angry with each other. But one day, my father really died. My mother was very sad and upset. She always regretted not cherishing my father when he was alive. Later, my mother also died, leaving me alone."
"I always wonder why people don't cherish each other when they are alive, and regret it when they die. In fact, all misunderstandings and quarrels in the world are temporary, and we must look forward after all. People who live in the past will not only bring pain to themselves, but also to those around them." An Qing continued, "Qiu Xue, I don't want to see you suffer, and I don't want you to torture each other. I can see that there is a misunderstanding between you. I think you should have a good talk and stop hurting each other."
Li Qiuxue was silent for a moment and sighed softly. Perhaps An Qing was right. They clearly loved each other, but they had to hurt each other because of the irreversible past.
Half a year had passed, and she had never given Chu Shaoqin a good look. She knew that he was also suffering in his heart, and perhaps she should forgive him. He was already a king, but he was willing to give in for her, and she trampled on his dignity again and again.
But can they go back to the past?
"I'm going to Chu Shaoqin's bedroom. You don't have to follow me." Li Qiuxue stood up and walked towards Chu Shaoqin's bedroom. She knew that Chu Shaoqin didn't like to see An Qing, just like she didn't like to see Hua Yu.
Since Chu Shaoqin stopped coming to Xiyang Palace, she felt a little regretful. She shouldn't have hurt his heart, shouldn't have hurt his self-esteem, if he was willing to continue to be good to her, then she was willing to forgive him for everything, she was willing to start over.
Turning into the corridor, Li Qiuxue passed through several half-open doors and several covering veils, approaching silently. With each step forward, her heart beat abnormally. Through the layers of veils, she finally saw clearly that the two people kissing passionately broke into her blank mind, and moans came from the veil.
Chu Shaoqin slowly raised his head and looked at her quietly. With a cruel smile on his lips, he kissed Hua Yu, who was wrapped in a veil in his arms. Hua Yu moaned shyly and wrapped her hands around his neck. He watched Li Qiuxue retreat step by step, but his playful eyes never left her, as if to say, "Don't regret it."
Li Qiuxue left Chu Shaoqin's bedroom just like she had left. When she had no more room to retreat, she turned around and ran away, letting her tears flow.
The man she loved is no longer here.
Walking to the lakeside, the breeze was gentle, but it was a desolate scene. Li Qiuxue stood by the lake, looking at the bleak scenery. She thought, maybe she and Chu Shaoqin could never go back in this life. But what would it matter if they could go back? There was an invisible wall between them that no one could cross.
"Well, if it's destined to happen, it will happen. If it's not destined to happen, don't force it." Li Qiuxue said with a wry smile. As she turned around, a figure passed by her unexpectedly, and a force from nowhere pushed her into the lake. She couldn't see the figure running away, but could only feel the cold water drowning her whole body.
The sound of someone falling into the water echoed in the deserted palace, and no one even noticed it.
Li Qiuxue, who didn't know how to swim, struggled for a while. She floated up and down in the water, but couldn't call anyone.
The moment she fell into the water, the cruel smile on Chu Shaoqin's lips flashed through her mind. At that moment, her heart became as cold as the water.
If I die like this, wouldn't it be a good thing? My future life wouldn't be so hard, and I wouldn't have to cry for anyone anymore.
Tears mixed with the cold lake water. Li Qiuxue closed her eyes, lost consciousness, and sank to the bottom of the water.
A dark blue figure emerged from the water surface and swam hard towards Li Qiuxue. In the emerald green water, that figure looked like it would be swallowed up by death at any time.
An Qing jumped into the water and quickly grabbed her hand after approaching the figure. He pulled her towards him, put his arm around her waist, and tried his best to bring her out of the water.
Two people emerged from the water with a splash, and the palace maids and eunuchs who happened to be passing by exclaimed in surprise.
"Empress Li has fallen into the water! Quickly call the imperial physician!" An Qing shouted at the palace maids and eunuchs. The eunuchs hurried to inform the emperor, and the palace maids helped An Qing pull Li Qiuxue up.
"Report - Your Majesty, something bad has happened. Concubine Li has jumped into the river." The eunuch outside the door came hurriedly and knelt down as soon as he reached the door of the bedroom.
"Xue'er!" Chu Shaoqin, who was hugging Hua Yu the moment before, immediately pushed Hua Yu away when he heard that Li Qiuxue had jumped into the river, picked up his robe and left in a hurry.
Hua Yu looked at his departing back, a strange smile on her lips. Soon, a palace maid walked in tremblingly.
Hua Yu glanced at her, smiled, and gave her a bag of silver. After receiving the silver, the maid knelt down to thank him and respectfully left the bedroom.
"Xue'er!" When Chu Shaoqin rushed to Xiyang Palace, the palace maid had already changed clean clothes for Li Qiuxue. She lay quietly on the bed, breathing evenly. An Qing waited at the head of the bed, waiting for the imperial physician to prescribe medicine. After the imperial physician felt the pulse, he smiled and knelt in front of Chu Shaoqin to congratulate him.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. Your Majesty is three months pregnant."
"Are you pregnant?" Chu Shaoqin was slightly startled upon hearing the news, but then he became happy. He ordered the imperial physician to prepare the best pregnancy-preserving medicine for her.
After the imperial physician left, Chu Shaoqin hurriedly sat down beside the bed, held Li Qiuxue's hand, and said, "Xue'er, we are having a child. Xue'er, we are going to be parents."
Li Qiuxue heard someone calling her and slowly opened her eyes, only to see Chu Shaoqin looking at her with a smile on his face. When she saw his smile, she thought of him and Hua Yu.
She didn't want to see him, so she turned her face away.
"Xue'er, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have deliberately made you angry. If I had known earlier that you were pregnant, I would never have made you angry." When Chu Shaoqin mentioned "pregnancy", Li Qiuxue turned her head and looked at him in surprise.
She was pregnant? She was carrying his child?
"Xue'er, can we not quarrel anymore? I don't want to fight with you anymore, and I don't want to lose you. Do you know how scared I was on my way here? I was afraid that I would never see you again, and that you would ignore me. Xue'er, I admit my mistake, okay? Will you forgive me? Can we live a good life?" Chu Shaoqin excitedly hugged Li Qiuxue in his arms. At that moment, Li Qiuxue's heart softened.
She was pregnant with his child, and for the sake of the child, they couldn't continue to fight like this. Chu Shaoqin was willing to tolerate everything about her, so why couldn't she forgive him?
"Shao Qin, I just don't want to lose you. I'm just afraid that one day you will abandon me for power and Hua Yu. I obviously love you so much, but I have to pretend to be indifferent. I obviously love you so much..." Li Qiuxue hid in Chu Shaoqin's arms and started crying.
Chu Shaoqin shuddered all over. At that moment, he seemed to see Li Qiuxue standing outside the trap and not denying that she liked him, the Li Qiuxue who dared to love and hate and never denied. He hugged her tightly in his arms, as if he wanted to integrate her into his life.
"Xue'er, I'm sorry for making you so sad. I promise you that I will protect you and your son and never do anything to make you sad again. Xue'er, I love you. I will only love you in my life."
An Qing looked at Chu Shaoqin and Li Qiuxue hugging each other, and quietly left the palace. He knew that Li Qiuxue only had Chu Shaoqin in her heart, but he was willing to guard her silently and watch her happiness.
The news of Concubine Li's pregnancy spread in the palace, and Chu Shaoqin issued a general amnesty. People in the palace who didn't know the whole story were talking about it, saying that Concubine Li must be favored because she was pregnant with a dragon seed.
Whenever Hua Yu heard the discussions in the palace, she couldn't help but feel angry. She entered the palace a month earlier than Li Qiuxue, so why did Li Qiuxue get pregnant first, but she didn't.
"Yu'er, Yu'er." Hua Shenghe's voice came through the gate of Dongxiang Palace. Hua Yu, who was drinking tea and thinking about a strategy, stood up and went to greet him.
"Dad, why are you here?"
"Yu'er, I heard that Li Qiuxue is pregnant with a dragon seed, but there is no movement in your stomach." Hua Shenghe, who heard about the harem, brought a well-known doctor in the city to the palace to diagnose what was wrong with his daughter. "I brought the best doctor in the city to check your pulse today."
"I also want to get pregnant with a dragon seed as soon as possible. Since Li Qiuxue entered the palace, the emperor has become increasingly cold towards me."
"This is outrageous! Think about how our Hua family helped him to ascend the throne, and how dare he do this to my good daughter!"
"Dad, don't be angry. Let the doctor check your daughter's pulse first." Hua Yu gently stroked Hua Shenghe's back, telling him to be less angry so as not to harm his body.
Hua Shenghe nodded, sat down, and winked at the doctor behind him.
The doctor came forward, took out a silk scarf from the box and placed it on Huayu's wrist. He carefully checked Huayu's pulse, then looked around for something. Finally, the doctor took Huayu's unfinished cup of tea and sniffed it.
“This tea…”
"This is a reward from the emperor. What's the problem?" Hua Yu looked at the tea in the cup.
"This tea has the flavor of purple eggplant flowers."
"Purple eggplant flower?"
"Although purple eggplant flowers are non-toxic, they are a medicinal herb that can cause infertility in women. Women in brothels drink purple eggplant flower tea every day if they don't want to get pregnant."
"Chu Shaoqin!" Hua Yu waved her sleeves and overturned the tea set on the table. She narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at the tea leaves that Chu Shaoqin had sent. She originally thought that Chu Shaoqin sent her the famous tea every day just to irritate Li Qiuxue, but it turned out that the tea was sent to prevent her from getting pregnant with his child!
"Yu'er, Dad has long reminded you that Chu Shaoqin doesn't love you, but you were so devoted to him. Now, he has ascended the throne and is disdainful of you and the Hua family."
"Dad, don't worry, I will make sure that the Hua family will flourish in this palace!" Hua Yu tightly grasped the silk scarf in her hand, and the charm in her eyes turned into the most poisonous poison in the world.
Chu Shaoqin, I gave up the entire Hua family for you, but you treated me like this. You were unkind first, so don't blame me for being unjust!
Since Li Qiuxue became pregnant, Chu Shaoqin has been going to Xiyang Palace more frequently. Chu Shaoqin plans to hold a large banquet for Li Qiuxue and the fetus in her belly, inviting all the civil and military officials and celebrities to the palace to celebrate.
There was no ceremony when she was conferred the title of Imperial Concubine. Now that Li Qiuxue was pregnant, it had to be more grand. Although Li Qiuxue felt it was troublesome, she thought that now that she and Chu Shaoqin had reconciled and she was pregnant, it would be a good thing to celebrate, so she agreed with Chu Shaoqin's approach.
"Xue'er, I want everyone in the world to know that you are the most important person to me, and the baby in your belly is also the most important person to me. No matter if it's a boy or a girl, I will love him dearly." Chu Shaoqin never called himself "Zhen" in front of Li Qiuxue. He and she sat under the pear tree, looking at the sunset, like a couple who could grow old together.
Li Qiuxue snuggled in his arms, and fell asleep when she got tired of chatting. Chu Shaoqin would always gently carry her back to the bed, cover her with the quilt, and quietly stay by her side.
Three days later, a large banquet was held in the palace. The civil and military officials who were invited presented gifts one after another, and some of the city's famous families also came with gifts. The palace was full of royal guards and imperial guards to ensure that the banquet could be held normally.
Chu Shaoqin ordered people to arrange Li Qiuxue's seat together with his own, and Hua Yu's seat was placed in the Hua family. To outsiders, Li Qiuxue was the real queen, and Hua Yu was just the general's daughter, a person who had fallen out of favor.
As the queen of the country, Hua Yu could not sit side by side with Chu Shaoqin, but she did not get angry. She suggested to Chu Shaoqin that she dance a solo to celebrate.
Chu Shaoqin knew that Huayu was good at singing and dancing, so he agreed. Huayu put on a red dress and danced to the music of the musicians. In this palace, Huayu gave people the impression that she was charming but not charming. She had a good appearance but was not favored. Many people in the palace felt sorry for her, thinking that such a pitiful woman could not win the heart of the emperor. And Huayu's dance with feathers and colorful clothes made many men feel itchy, and they wished they could pamper her on behalf of Chu Shaoqin.
Among the painters who entered the palace was a man in white. He sat in the exclusive seat for painters and was mesmerized by Hua Yu, whose sleeves were fluttering. This was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She not only had a beautiful face, but also a fairy-like aura. When she waved her sleeves, it was like the most beautiful painting. Xue Shaoheng, who entered the palace as a painter, stared at Hua Yu intently, and he quickly painted her graceful figure into the painting.
At the end of the colorful feather dance, all the guests were moved and thunderous applause resounded throughout the hall.
Hua Yu walked up the steps with a glass of wine in his hand and elegantly toasted Li Qiuxue and Chu Shaoqin to express his congratulations. Xue Shaoheng's eyes followed Hua Yu, but he was shocked when he saw the emperor and Concubine Li sitting at the highest seat. He did not expect that the person being chased by the soldiers that day would be the current emperor, and he did not expect that Li Qiuxue would become the current Concubine Li. If he knew that he would run into them today, he would definitely not enter the palace to attend the banquet as the first painter.
Xue Shaoheng still remembered that Chu Shaoqin had beaten him black and blue that day. If Chu Shaoqin saw it today, he would probably issue an imperial decree to execute him.
Xue Shaoheng broke out in a cold sweat when he thought of this. He hurriedly got out of the banquet, but the palace was guarded by guards. He could not leave the palace before the banquet was over.
"No matter what, let's find a place to hide first." Thinking this way, Xue Shaoheng walked around the guards and headed towards the corridor with few people. After he walked a distance, the words "Dongxiang Palace" suddenly appeared in front of him. There were not many guards here, nor many palace maids and eunuchs. It must be a corner of the cold palace. Xue Shaoheng heard footsteps behind him and hurriedly hid in Dongxiang Palace.
After performing a dance and toasting, Hua Yu led several palace maids back to Dongxiang Palace on the pretext of feeling unwell.
When An Qing turned around, he noticed the strange smile on her lips, and he suddenly felt a little uneasy. But everything at the banquet was in order, and Qiu Xue's tea was tested and found to be free of poison.
Am I overthinking it?
Just when An Qing suspected that he was being suspicious, Li Qiuxue said that she was a little sleepy and wanted to go back to rest. Chu Shaoqin carefully helped Li Qiuxue down the stairs. An Qing was about to follow her when the maid who had been waiting by her side suddenly pulled out a dagger and rushed towards Li Qiuxue.
"Qiuxue, be careful!" The palace maid was quite skilled and was a martial artist. An Qing was unable to resist and could only use his body to block the knife.
In panic, Li Qiuxue missed a step and rolled down the stairs.
"Xue'er!" Chu Shaoqin didn't bother to capture the assassin. He hurried over and helped up the pale-faced Li Qiuxue.
The guards came from all directions and caught the assassin and took her to the prison. Li Qiuxue stroked her slightly bulging belly with a painful expression on her face.
"Shao Qin, my stomach hurts so much." Li Qiuxue reached out and touched the slightly wet hem of her skirt. Her hands were stained with red blood. She trembled and became terrified. "Child, Shao Qin, our child..."
When Li Qiuxue saw the blood on her hands, her eyes suddenly rolled back and she fainted.
"Xue'er! Call the imperial physician! Call the imperial physician quickly!" Chu Shaoqin picked up Li Qiuxue and ran towards Xiyang Palace. The palace maids and eunuchs behind him hurriedly followed him, and the guards surrounded all the guests present, as if no one was allowed to leave the palace before finding out who was behind the scenes .
An Qing, who was stabbed in the abdomen, watched Chu Shaoqin carry Li Qiuxue away. He used his sword to support himself, but he didn't have the strength to follow.
There was chaos outside Xiyang Palace. The imperial doctors and palace maids were busy trying to protect Li Qiuxue's pregnancy. The corridors in the palace were filled with hurried footsteps. Dongxiang Palace was quiet and peaceful. Huayu listened to the music played by the musicians and hummed a little tune. She moved back to the bedroom and walked behind the screen. Behind the screen was a bathtub filled with steam. In the bathtub were warm water with flower petals that the palace maids had prepared in advance. The palace maid who followed Huayu into the bedroom closed the door and undressed her. Huayu took off her gorgeous clothes, revealing her icy skin. She stepped on a small stool and stepped into the water, soaking in the fragrant bathtub.
The moment Hua Yu sat down, she frowned slightly and ordered all the maids to leave. The maids respectfully left Hua Yu's bedroom and closed the door. After a while, Xue Shaoheng, who couldn't hold his breath any longer, got out of the bath and breathed heavily.
"Who are you?" Hua Yu looked at the man in the same bathtub with her without changing her expression. He had delicate features and looked more like a scholar than an assassin.
Xue Shaoheng suddenly became nervous when facing the naked Hua Yu. He explained stutteringly, told Hua Yu everything that had happened, and begged Hua Yu not to hand him over to Chu Shaoqin.
Hua Yu looked at the man in front of him with interest. He was an old friend of Chu Shaoqin and Li Qiuxue, and also an enemy. The enemy of my enemy is naturally my friend.
"Do you think I'm beautiful?" Hua Yu stood up from the water.
Xue Shaoheng swallowed and nodded quickly.
Hua Yu walked out of the bathtub and casually put on a tulle. She walked to the bed, lay on her side on the quilt, and raised her seductive long legs slightly.
"I want a child, a boy." Hua Yu looked at Xue Shaoheng who walked out of the bathtub. He was soaked and couldn't help sneezing.
Hua Yu moved her long legs, stood up from the bed, and walked towards Xue Shaoheng step by step. Her slender and tender hands passed through Xue Shaoheng's collar and reached his hot chest. She led him, guided him, and walked towards the bed step by step.
The white gauze curtain was gently lowered, the curtain hook at the head of the bed swayed gently, and the candlelight flickered, intertwining and lingering.
"What's your name?" Hua Yu asked softly.
"My name is Xue Shaoheng."
"Xue Shaoheng, I need you to do me a favor after you leave the palace..."
Inside Xiyang Palace, maids were carrying blood in and out of the beaded curtains, and the imperial physicians were frantically trying to treat Concubine Li. Chu Shaoqin paced back and forth outside the beaded curtains until an imperial physician came out and knelt in front of him.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Li was frightened and had a miscarriage."
"If the fetus cannot be saved, do your best to save the imperial concubine. If anything happens to my Xue'er, I will bury all of you with her!" Chu Shaoqin waited for Li Qiuxue to wake up, and he was extremely anxious. He wanted to go behind the pearl curtain to guard her many times, but the palace maids and eunuchs behind him hurriedly stopped him.
"Your Majesty, you can't go in. This woman's redness will bring bad luck, which will be harmful to Your Majesty and the country!"
"Xue'er, you must be fine, Xue'er." Chu Shaoqin clenched his fists tightly, but could only be isolated outside the beaded curtain. The palace maids continued to carry blood in and out, but they covered it with something to prevent him from seeing it.
One hour passed, two hours passed...
The next morning, the imperial physician and the palace maids finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Li and the fetus in her belly are saved." The imperial physician and the palace maids walked out of the pearl curtain together and knelt in front of Chu Shaoqin.
"Xue'er!" Chu Shaoqin was delighted and did not bother to dissuade her. He rushed into the bead curtain.
Li Qiuxue, lying on the bed, still looked pale, breathing evenly, and seemed not to be in as much pain as before. He sat down beside the bed and gently stroked her bulging belly, feeling sorry for the little life that had not yet been born.
"Xue'er, can you hear me? Our child is still here, still here." Chu Shaoqin held her hand and touched her forehead tenderly and lovingly. Her hair was stained with cold sweat, just like her skin was slightly cool.
"Your Majesty, there is a man named An Qing outside the door asking to see you."
"An Qing? Go out and tell him that Concubine Li is fine, and mother and child are safe, and tell him not to come in and disturb them." Chu Shaoqin said to the guards who came in, and at the same time ordered the imperial physician to treat his wounds.
An Qing, who had been waiting outside the door for a whole night, was finally relieved when he learned that Li Qiuxue was fine. He was pale with knife wounds on his body, and he collapsed. The imperial physician and the guards hurried forward to help him away.
"Where is that palace maid?" After Chu Shaoqin covered Li Qiuxue with a quilt, he asked about the assassin.
"He is imprisoned in the prison and is being tortured, but he refuses to say anything."
Chu Shaoqin felt that something was fishy, ​​so he ordered people to guard Xiyang Palace and led several guards to the Heavenly Prison. But he was still a step too late, and the assassin had already bitten her tongue and committed suicide in the cell.
"Before me, who else has been to the Sky Prison?" Chu Shaoqin asked the jailer guarding the Sky Prison. The jailer shook his head and said "no" with some stammering.
Chu Shaoqin quickly thought of the Hua family father and daughter. In this palace, except for Hua Yu and Hua Shenghe, no one could bribe the jailer. Chu Shaoqin glanced at the jailer and issued an imperial decree to execute him.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty..." The jailer who was dragged away without knowing what crime he had committed cried out for injustice all the way.
Chu Shaoqin glanced at all the jailers in the prison. They all lowered their heads and dared not look at him directly. Chu Shaoqin was thoughtful, and then ordered his personal eunuch to transfer all the jailers inside and outside the prison and replace them with a group of new people who entered the palace.
Hua Shenghe's power in the palace has expanded unknowingly. Although he knows this and the dirty things that the Hua family has done, he cannot punish them without evidence. Now that the palace maid who attempted the assassination bit her tongue and committed suicide, there is no evidence, so the matter cannot be pursued further.
"Come here, dispose of the body." Chu Shaoqin ordered the jailer to deal with the body of the palace maid, and announced to the public: The assassin was a man of Chu Ji during his lifetime, a remnant of those who plotted to usurp the throne, and the assassination would not be pursued any further.
Chu Shaoqin walked out of the Sky Prison. He ordered all the guests trapped in the palace to be released, and then walked towards the direction of Xiyang Palace.
Not far away, a figure in a long skirt passed by, and the woman in the long skirt stood behind the rockery. She watched the figure passing through the corridor and smiled faintly. As soon as she turned around, the man who came out from behind the rockery hugged her waist and pecked her neck gently.
"Hua Yu, you smell so good." Xue Shaoheng sniffed the scent of Hua Yu and reached his hand into her skirt.
"Like it?"
"I like it. If I could do it again..."
"Remember what you promised me." Hua Yu smiled, pushed Xue Shaoheng away, turned and walked into the path, and smiled back before leaving, "You can leave the palace now, you should leave as soon as possible."