The Queen Mother fell to the side as she spoke.
Nanny Xi beside her was quick to embrace the empress dowager, but she rolled her eyes and seemed to have fainted.
The crowd was immediately in chaos. They shouted and helped the empress dowager onto the eunuch's body, and then rushed out. A group of people followed behind her, and a group of people came in with great fanfare and left in a hurry.
Concubine Ming was obviously upset when she saw the sudden situation. She first glanced at the emperor and saw that he was frowning and looking at the direction where the empress dowager left.
He was still wet as he sat on the ground, water droplets dripping from his clothes. His eyes flickered, revealing a sense of sadness.
It turns out that these people are in such a mess because of her?
The emperor stood up and left directly. Li Xixi followed the emperor. Before leaving, he suddenly turned around and smiled at Qiao Yuange.
Qiao Yuange was confused, thinking that Li Xixi probably still believed that Qiao Yuange's act of sacrificing himself to stop the emperor from committing suicide was a role model for everyone!
Everyone dispersed in a swarm. Qiao Yuange dragged his wet body to the small room, changed into clean clothes, and returned to the main hall of Taixing Palace.
In the main hall, the emperor had already changed into a plain white robe. He clasped his hands together and shivered, as if he was very afraid of the cold.
He obviously saw Qiao Yuange coming, but pretended not to see him.
Concubine Ming stood in front of the emperor, changed her previous cold expression, and said to the emperor: "Your Highness, I guess you hate me very much, right?"
Li Xixi served ginger tea, but the emperor took it and put it on the table. He turned back and said to Concubine Ming: "Zhen'er, you know very well that I only treat you as my cousin, and never as my wife. Rather than hating you, I feel more distressed."
"I feel bad that you became my concubine unwillingly, and I also feel bad that I married you unwillingly."
The emperor's tone also became much more serious.
Concubine Ming paused. She should have met the emperor early in the past two days since she came to the palace. But who could have thought that the emperor was like a bomb that could be set off at any time. If anyone mentioned her affairs, the emperor would definitely cry and piss his butt, and would put on a drama of dying.
Everyone in the palace had long been accustomed to the emperor's actions, but Yun Zhen was not happy.
Even though Yun Zhen didn't like the emperor, she didn't think she was so defeated that she needed the emperor to threaten her with death and ask her to get away.
"But this is the Queen Mother's intention..." Yun Zhen said softly.
There was even some grievance in that tone.
Not only Yun Zhen, even Qiao Yuange didn't know what Yun Zhen was wronged about?
What? The earth still has to revolve around you? Are you the sun?
You don't like the emperor, but you still want him to fawn on you and be your bootlicker?
Even though you clearly don't like the emperor, you still hope that he will happily welcome you into the palace?
The emperor took a breath, sat up straight without making any expression, looked at Yun Zhen quietly, and said to her: "Your title is given by the Queen Mother, and I haven't said anything yet. There is no love between you and me. In this case, I will persist until you are free."
“But I…” Yuan Zhen raised her eyes quickly, and even took two steps forward anxiously, wanting to say something urgently.
But she saw that the emperor had already turned his head, held the ginger soup in both hands, blew on it, and drank it.
Ming Fei stopped talking, turned around and left.
Li Xixi waved his hand, and a palace maid brought some medicine, which tasted quite pungent.
Then Li Xixi gave Qiao Yuange a look. After all, Qiao Yuange was the emperor's personal maid. Things like feeding medicine and serving the emperor's diet and daily life were all her responsibilities.
Qiao Yuange immediately understood what he meant, took the medicine, came to the emperor, smiled and said respectfully: "Your Highness, drink the medicine."
The emperor was originally quite calm, but when he heard Qiao Yuange's voice, it was as if a small stone was thrown into his calm heart.
He raised his eyes, and the cold look in his eyes was very familiar to Qiao Yuange.
He did not take the medicine, but snorted coldly: "You bring it to me, can I drink it? Are you trying to murder me?"
What was this man thinking? Although Qiao Yuange wanted to rush up and strangle him to death, did he have the ability to do so?
Qiao Yuange calmed down, calmed down a little, and said with a smile: "How can it be possible? Your Highness is my savior. I have said before that I will serve you like a cow or a horse, and I will do anything for you!"
The emperor then took the medicine from Qiao Yuange with great caution, but still pushed it aside and did not touch it.
Li Xiaoxiao was anxious when he saw it, and said as if to coax a child: "Your Highness, you have to take medicine. You must not catch a cold after falling into the water, otherwise your body will not be able to bear it."
"Oh, you are really old and foolish. I am always looking for death, how can I drink medicine so easily? Isn't this what you wish for?"
"Even if I have to be beaten today, I will beat myself to death!"
As he spoke, he stood up and moved closer to Qiao Yuange.
Qiao Yuange had her head lowered, but the emperor forced her to look him in the eye, gritting her teeth and speaking word by word: "Didn't Qiao girl say that she would protect me? I want to see if you can save me... Don't forget, if anything happens to me, not even the queen mother can save you."
Is there something wrong with this man? As an emperor, why does he have to be so serious with a maid like her?
Could it be that she was really attracted by her appearance, which made the emperor pay more attention to her?
At night, the emperor was leaning on a bench, crossing his legs, and reading a book nonchalantly.
Li Xiaoxiao held the lamp, followed by a man in black. The man came in and knelt on the ground, saying in a cold and serious voice: "Your Highness, you asked me to investigate the matter, and I have already found it."
Li Xiaoxiao served the man tea with a limp, and said with a smile on his face, "Fengming is quick at finding out information."
The emperor glanced at Li Xixi and said without any hesitation, "It seems that my guess was correct. Qiao Yuange is definitely not an ordinary maid in the laundry department?"
"Yes, Miss Qiao's identity is very extraordinary... She is the niece of the late Concubine Qiao."
Feng Ming finished speaking slowly. Before the emperor could be surprised, Li Xiaoxiao beside him exclaimed: "So! No wonder the emperor felt that she was very familiar and had an inexplicable sense of closeness when he first saw her."
"She often came to the palace when she was a child, and she and the emperor were childhood sweethearts. How could she end up being a palace maid in the laundry department?"
Li Xiaoxiao was talking to himself when he reached this point, and suddenly covered his mouth: "Then her father..."
Suddenly realizing that he had said the wrong thing, Li Xixi quickly shut up.
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