The Queen Mother took a sip of tea and continued to say to Qiao Yuange, "Zhen'er has been in the palace for two days, but has not yet seen the emperor. Tomorrow Zhen'er will naturally pay respects to the emperor. You should pay more attention and see how the emperor treats Zhen'er. After you see it, you must speak to me."
The "Zhen'er" that the Empress Dowager mentioned was naturally Yun Zhen, the "culprit" who made the Emperor commit suicide that day. She was the legitimate niece of the Yu family, who the Empress Dowager was quite proud of, and the Ming Fei who had just been canonized as everyone knew.
This was a forced sale, and it was said that the Emperor was extremely unhappy about it, but he could not prevail against the Empress Dowager.
Besides, Yun Zhen was trained to be the queen since she was a child. It was probably only a matter of time before she entered the palace and became the emperor's woman.
"I obey your command." Qiao Yuange was taken out of the house by Nanny Hua.
She was sent to her own little room in Taixing Palace.
The room was very clean, but of course very small, as she was the only one living there. As a girl who had just worked in a laundry department, it was really nice to have such treatment.
But as the emperor's personal maid, this is what she deserves.
She had just laid down on the bed when she heard a sudden "creak" sound coming from the Taixing Palace next to her.
The sound was particularly obvious in the silent night - could it be that the Emperor had made some move?
She thought about it, and on the one hand, she knew that she was working for the Queen Mother, so if the Emperor made any move, she should naturally follow him.
But on the other hand, he also felt that he was too abnormal. Couldn't the emperor just get up and go to the toilet?
Although the warm quilt was constantly calling Qiao Yuange, she gritted her teeth, jumped up, and immediately opened the window. In the moonlight, she saw a man in a black robe sneakily jumped down from the window of Taixing Palace and disappeared into the darkness in a few seconds.
This person must be the emperor, and judging by his movements, he is obviously very familiar with doing this kind of thing.
Qiao Yuange didn't think much about it and slipped out of the window.
Although she was thin and clumsy, she was very slender. She just opened the window a crack and fell down like a leaf.
Relying on her memory, she followed the direction the emperor was walking in, lowering her head and following him.
Although doing this was very risky, Qiao Yuange didn't know why, but she always felt that if something went wrong, at least the Queen Mother would be there to support her from behind - of course, maybe she was just a pawn, and if she was of no use, the Queen Mother would abandon her without even blinking an eye.
She immediately walked quickly and caught up with the emperor in a few steps. However, she saw the emperor sneaking up to a pavilion.
There was a lamp lit above the pavilion, and the moonlight shone on the lake like a mirror.
The lake was sparkling, and the lights on the pavilion flickered, blending into the surrounding scenery and not being very noticeable.
There seemed to be a person standing in the middle of the pavilion. He stood with his hands behind his back. He was too far away, so Qiao Yuange couldn't see clearly whether he was a man or a woman, or whether he was tall or short.
Could it be that the emperor was pretending not to be interested in women before? Was he actually sneaking over to meet women in the middle of the night?
If he got this information, I wonder if Qiao Yuange could temporarily protect his life.
The emperor walked to the pavilion and stood behind the man, with Qiao Yuange realizing that this was a man with a handsome appearance and a great figure.
Come on...
Qiao Yuange was shocked. The person the emperor was having a secret meeting with late at night was actually a man? But if he told the Queen Mother this news, would she spare his life? Or would she think this matter was too shameful and kill Qiao Yuange to silence him?
All of a sudden, a mess of thoughts came into Qiao Yuange's mind, but his feet did not stop moving, and he moved along the grass towards the lake.
The evening breeze was blowing gently, and her movements were very gentle. With the help of the breeze, the voices of people in the pavilion in the middle of the lake reached her ears.
"I heard that Yun Zhen entered the palace?"
It was a strange man's voice, but it was very soft, and it was obvious that he was about the same age as the emperor.
Thinking about how Li Xiaoxiao hesitated when he told her about the emperor's strange personality, Qiao Yuange imagined that the emperor was not interested in women, but had some...
Seeing that the emperor was secretly meeting a man in the middle of the night, the suspicions in her heart were naturally confirmed bit by bit.
When this man asked the question, Qiao Yuange immediately thought that he must be jealous.
"yes."
The emperor replied indifferently and stood in the pavilion with his hands behind his back. In the moonlight, the figure had a glow in his eyes.
Hearing a hint of anxiety, the man suddenly smiled: "Yun Zhen has been raised by the Queen Mother since she was a child. She is your child bride. How could you not know her? She is submissive and has no backbone. She can only follow the Queen Mother's orders. She can't help herself..."
When the man said this, Qiao Yuange still felt strange. What kind of mind did he have? How could he persuade the emperor to marry someone else?
"If you ask me, when you meet Yun Zhen tomorrow, you should give her some face. What will you do if she cries?" the man continued.
The tone was neither sad nor happy, but rather had a certain degree of sincerity.
The emperor snorted coldly and said, "Yun is really a good child, but it's a pity for the Queen Mother... Do you know that she actually sent a palace maid here openly, clearly watching me..."
When the man heard that the Queen Mother seemed to be quite indifferent now, he immediately laughed, and after a long time he asked casually: "Is the palace maid pretty?"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Yuange suddenly stopped.
To be honest, she was just a palace maid in the laundry department, but she was taken care of by her eldest aunt who had passed away long ago and caught the eye of the empress dowager.
But how could her cheap name be worthy of the emperor's mouth?
I don’t know how free this man is that he can even gossip about such things.
But for some reason, Qiao Yuange really wanted to hear what this emperor, who was always looking for death, thought of him.
The emperor pondered for a moment, then nodded: "It is beautiful, but rare."
After saying this, the man seemed to want to take over the conversation, and there was even some joy in his tone: "Introduce it to me some other day..."
"But he is a stupid one..." The emperor continued what he had not finished saying.
At this time, a "pop" sound was heard from the grass not far away.
The sound came from the bushes where Qiao Yuange was.
It was midsummer now, and mosquitoes were buzzing around her. She was so absorbed in listening that when a mosquito landed on her arm, she slapped it away with a "snap".
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