After chatting with everyone for a few minutes, the Queen left.

After lunch, we strolled around with Emperor Qianlong in the afternoon, chatting as we went.

As night fell, Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi lay side by side in bed, and Yongqi drifted into a dream.

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"Ziwei, please let me be by myself for a while."

"But Little Swallow, you..."

Little Swallow's face was a little pale, and she smiled helplessly, "Don't worry, I'm an invincible Little Swallow!"

Just as Xiao Yanzi was feeling heartbroken over Yongqi's relationship with Xinrong, someone quietly sneaked into her room.

"Princess Pearl".

When Xiao Yanzi came to her senses, a sword was already pressed against her neck. "You...who are you?"

"That's not important. What's important is that you shouldn't expect anyone to come and save you!"

"Your guards at Shufangzhai are probably going to be disbanded soon!"

"Enough with the nonsense. I'm here today to deliver a message. To prevent the Fifth Prince from still entangled with you after the marriage and following you around outside the palace all the time..." the masked man said, taking out a bottle of poison. "Write a will and tell everyone that you took the poison because you couldn't accept the marriage between the Fifth Prince and Princess Xinrong!"

"If you don't comply, the people at Huibinlou might not even survive..."

Little Swallow started trembling when she heard the words "Huibinlou". "You dare?"

"Don't worry, as long as you obey, they won't die! Otherwise, they'll pay with their lives for your stubbornness!"

You'd better think this through!

After the masked man left, Xiao Yanzi was so frightened that she sat down on the ground, crying out, "What should I do? What should I do..."

She didn't want to die, but she also didn't want Liu Qing and Liu Hong to lose their lives because of her!

Just as she was about to go find Yongqi, the masked man returned. "By the way, if you dare tell anyone about this, they'll only die even faster! Do you want to try? You only have seven days to consider!" (Seven days refers to the five days before Yongqi and Xinrong's wedding, the wedding day itself, and the first day after the wedding.)

"I can't tell everyone, so what should I do?"

The fact that person was able to sneak into Shufangzhai so quietly shows that he is very capable. If she doesn't do as she's told, Liu Qing and Liu Hong might really...

With the wedding day of Yongqi and Xinrong drawing ever closer, Xiaoyanzi finally made her decision!

She couldn't afford to take any chances. If she made a mistake and harmed Liu Qing and Liu Hong, she would hate herself for the rest of her life!

But she can't die in vain, she can't let Xinrong get away with it!

On the day of Yongqi and Xinrong's wedding, Emperor Qianlong granted them special permission not to attend the ceremony. They were free to be themselves at Shufangzhai, drinking and singing as they pleased!

"Ziwei, I want to go back to my room to rest!"

"Please feel free to do as you please!"

Xia Ziwei couldn't stop her in time, and Xiao Yanzi entered the room.

"Yongqi, I'm sorry, your wedding is destined to be imperfect!"

"Actually, I know that when I impersonated a princess and committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, I should have died. It was only because Father Emperor was merciful that he didn't take my head and allowed me to live until now..."

"Someone like me, staying in this palace, will only cause trouble. One day, Father Emperor will not be able to stand me anymore and will eventually cut off my head!"

"Yongqi, since I am destined to die, I will make you remember me forever, so that no matter how many women you are forced to marry in the future, you will only have me in your heart and eyes!"

(The words of the masked man, Consort Yu, Emperor Qianlong, the Empress Dowager, Yongqi, and others, all piling up, spurred Xiao Yanzi to make this decision!)

Ever since she realized she had fallen for Yongqi, she had been secretly working hard to improve her skills, starting with calligraphy. That's why she was able to write the letter that broke Yongqi's heart.

When Xiao Yanzi died, Yongqi broke down and committed suicide out of love.

A month after Yongyan's death, Xia Ziwei discovered the truth behind Xiaoyanzi's suicide.

"Your Majesty, Xinrong only sent someone to scare her, she didn't intend to kill her!"

Xinrong knelt before Qianlong, trembling all over, explaining that she had simply sent someone to scare Xiaoyanzi and tell her to stay away from Yongqi!

"Your Majesty, even if Xinrong is incredibly bold, she wouldn't dare let the Princess Huanzhu, whom Your Majesty personally appointed, take poison!"

Guan Bao knelt on the ground, pleading for Xin Rong, "Your Majesty, I vouch for Xin Rong, she is definitely not such a ruthless person!"

The man who had threatened and intimidated Xiao Yanzi that day knelt on Xinrong's other side, saying, "Princess Xinrong, you were the one who told me to threaten Princess Huanzhu and make her commit suicide by poison. How can you deny it now?"

"You're talking nonsense! You're deliberately slandering me! Your Majesty, you can't just listen to her side of the story!"

Xia Ziwei glared at Xinrong, "Even so, you're still in the wrong!"

"Little Swallow is a princess personally appointed by the Emperor. What right do you have to let someone frighten her?"

"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly for me! I want to see who is trying to harm my Princess Huanzhu!"

In a secluded room outside the palace, where everything was dark, the voices of a man and a woman could be heard.

"What a pity! I never expected Aisin-Gioro Yongqi to be so devoted, to commit suicide for a woman. How interesting!"

"Brother, I really don't understand, what's so good about that woman that makes Yongqi keep chasing after her?"

"I am not him, how would I know? But you, now that he is dead, you wouldn't be thinking of committing suicide for him, would you?"

"How could that be? I do like him, but he's so worthless. He actually gave up his promising future and the responsibilities he should have borne for that orphan, Xiao Yanzi. I despise him! How could I possibly still be hung up on him?"

"What, aren't you moved?"

"A man who can abandon his responsibilities for his own selfish desires will one day abandon his beloved for something else!"

"The person this princess loves will always prioritize the nation and its people, not romantic love!"

"Well done! Now that he has lost his most outstanding son, if he launches an attack now, I'm afraid they won't be able to resist, right?"

"Brother, now is the best time to attack! Don't hesitate any longer!"

Two months after Yongyan's death, the man and woman led an attack on the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty was caught off guard, and Fu Erkang, Fu Ertai, Xiao Jian and others also participated in the war.

"Without Aisin-Gioro Yongqi, the Qing Dynasty is truly vulnerable!"

"How dare you! How dare you mention the Fifth Prince's name?"

The man sneered, "The Fifth Prince, a man of such high status, lost his life for a woman. How laughable!"

Then, the woman beside him laughed and said, "Since you're all going to die anyway, I'll tell you the truth. It was my brother who sent people to threaten your Princess Huanzhu and frame that Xinrong..."

"Originally, I was thinking that if your Princess Huanzhu died and it was discovered that she was related to Xinrong, then Xinrong would also be dealt with, and this princess could marry your Fifth Prince!"

"I never expected that Aisin-Gioro Yongqi would be such a useless and unambitious man! It's better that he's dead. I, the princess, would never want to marry someone like that!"

Their psychological tactics were naturally effective.

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Yongqi watched helplessly as his brothers, whom he cared about, died one after another. At that moment, he heard a familiar voice in his ear, "Yongqi, wake up..."

"Yongqi, wake up..."

Little Swallow patted Yongqi's cheek, "Yongqi, the sun's already high in the sky, aren't you getting up?"