Qiao Yuange thought he was right in saying this.
After all, she was the empress dowager's mistress, and the emperor knew it, but he did not find an excuse to get rid of her.
And although Qiao Yuange thought that the original body's appearance was indeed an advantage, the other party was the emperor. What kind of beauties had the emperor not seen?
There was no need to be so attentive to a maid like her. There was only one reason for that: the emperor was indeed kind-hearted.
Xiao Liang frowned and thought for a while, as if he was thinking about whether Qiao Yuange's evaluation of the emperor was correct, but he didn't delve into it. Then he raised his eyes and said to Qiao Yuange: "Then are you really someone close to the Queen Mother?"
How could you ask a spy like that? Did he think Qiao Yuange looked stupid, so even if he asked such a question, Qiao Yuange would answer truthfully?
But... Qiao Yuange still answered truthfully: "The Queen Mother said that I was relying on the face of my late mother, Concubine Qiao, and said that I was the niece of Concubine Qiao."
"So what do you say?" Xiao Liang came over quickly and looked at Qiao Yuange carefully, with curiosity on his face.
"I... don't remember anything. My memory is very limited." Qiao Yuange still said truthfully.
She was not stupid, but she knew clearly that sometimes, telling the truth would make others more likely to believe her.
Besides, the fact that this man could move freely in and out of the palace proved that he was of extraordinary status. It must be very easy for him to investigate her. So, it was obviously unnecessary for her to go to great lengths to conceal the truth.
"But since the Empress Dowager said so, I will naturally agree to it - after all, this is a good thing for me."
Qiao Yuange was calm.
Xiao Liang waved his fan and said, "Since you are Concubine Qiao's niece, then you are Xiao Yuli's cousin?"
"Xiao Yuli? Who is he?" Qiao Yuange looked suspicious, but Xiao Liang seemed to have found some interesting job. He put away his fan abruptly, clapped his hands and said, "I will introduce you to him later. It's getting late, so I'll leave first."
Xiao Liang turned around, taking slow and firm steps, and soon disappeared into the path.
Under the moonlight, Qiao Yuange was left frowning, thinking that Xiao Liang was indeed strange, but in such a huge palace, there would always be strange people, so he naturally didn't need to take it to heart.
She followed the path to Taixing Palace. Just as she was about to push open the door and go into her room to rest, she saw that the door to the main hall of Taixing Palace was wide open. There was a palace lantern next to it. The emperor was sitting at the door with a pot of wine and a cup in front of him.
He took a sip of wine and looked into the distance quietly, but the noise Qiao Yuange made obviously alarmed the emperor.
The emperor did not look at Qiao Yuange, but scanned the surroundings aimlessly, and opened his thin lips slightly: "You like your status very much? You are really conscientious and responsible. Are you going to scout the place?"
Qiao Yuange paused when he was about to enter the house, obviously knowing that the emperor was talking about him. He hesitated for a while, not knowing whether he wanted to go in or stay.
But the other party is the emperor. As a maid, how could I disobey the emperor?
She gritted her teeth, and immediately ran to the emperor's side, bowed, and said respectfully: "Your Highness has misunderstood... It was because I saw that the Concubine was in a bad mood and had an ugly face, and I was afraid that she would be upset, so I followed her..."
The moment the concubine was mentioned, Qiao Yuange's heart trembled for no reason. Then, looking at the emperor drinking alone under the moon, as if he was in endless sorrow, a feeling of pity suddenly rose in his heart.
Even though the emperor has a fragile heart and is always thinking about how to commit suicide, he still shouldn't be cuckolded, right?
As the ruler of a country, he has to endure such humiliation?
When the emperor heard her words, he suddenly smiled, lowered his head, and his handsome eyes twinkled, as if hiding the stars in the night sky.
"So what did you find out? The Concubine is dying because she didn't sleep with me? She's crying and crying?"
There was a smile in the emperor's tone, and with the smell of alcohol, the powerful and noble aura on his body was instantly restrained. When he said this, he was gentle and indifferent, as if he was an ordinary person like Qiao Yuange.
Qiao Yuange thought that the emperor was really strange sometimes. Although he had a bad mentality, he was surprisingly conceited and full of confidence in himself.
Still want to die or live? Still want to be in the rain?
She had already secretly met with another man and took the opportunity to confess her feelings...If it weren't for the high walls of the palace, both of them might have gone far away.
Of course, no one could say anything about being cuckolded. After all, the emperor was a man and had to save face. If it was exposed, he would lose face. Not to mention that he would punish the concubine, he would have to kill Qiao Yuange, who knew about it.
Can……
At this time, the emperor smiled lightly, exuding a lazy atmosphere. He leaned against the door frame, holding a wine jug in one hand and resting the other on his knee, as if he was not paying attention at all. Qiao Yuange did not answer, but just looked up at the sky and asked: "Where do you think people go when they die?"
Qiao Yuange's heart paused.
She turned and looked at the Emperor.
The emperor's handsome and elegant profile was imprinted in Qiao Yuange's eyes.
In the past, the emperor always talked about suicide, and although he actually put it into practice, Qiao Yuange thought that the emperor was just talking.
But today, the emperor's drunken words made Qiao Yuange suddenly realize that the emperor must have really planned in his heart how to die and what the world would be like after his death.
She opened her mouth and looked up at the sky.
The sky here is so bright and vast, so beautiful, yet so lonely and desolate.
"Where do you hope people will go after they die? You are always committed to leaving this beautiful world, which makes me think that you must have some place you want to go, but you can only reach that world by dying, so you will give up everything you have now?"
Could it be that the emperor is also a time traveler, and can only travel through time after death?
"Own everything? Why do you think I own so many things?" The emperor suddenly turned his head and looked at Qiao Yuange quietly. Although these words sounded like a reproach, the expression on the emperor's face was indifferent, even teasing.
But the tone was filled with reluctance and helplessness.
From the beginning to the end, Qiao Yuange only regarded herself as a maid, a palace maid. She was lucky enough to work for the emperor. Thanks to God, the emperor was a good man and did not kill innocent people, so she was spared.
But when the emperor suddenly spoke to her heart-to-heart, she also knew that the emperor was cuckolded, and she sat next to the emperor openly.
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