Chapter 577 Blood Letter
The queen felt the heavy silver in her hand and couldn't help but tear up.
"You are usually simple-minded, and you still care about me at this time. Although I am under house arrest, I have saved some money in the past. I cannot accept this money. You have to make a living in this palace."
Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu still stuffed the silver tightly into the Queen's hand.
"Your Highness, are you trying to be polite to me? What you have is yours, and this is what I want to give to you. I don't know when the emperor will calm down. After the storm of this matter has passed, I will go to the emperor and find out what he thinks."
Concubine Shu has been very simple-minded these years, and the third prince she gave birth to has a personality as simple as hers, so she has been very polite to the mother and son over the years. Unexpectedly, this has earned Concubine Shu's sincere treatment. The Queen looked at her.
"Don't beg the Emperor anymore. Your most important thing now is to protect yourself and the Third Prince. Don't provoke Concubine De either. She's usually polite to everyone and acts like she's not competitive, but I'm telling you, she's definitely not as simple as she seems. And then there's Concubine Mei, the usually reclusive Concubine in the palace. Now that she's adopted the Sixth Prince, she's got leverage and ambition. You don't understand the intrigues in the palace, so you have to avoid them, okay?"
Listening to the Queen's instructions, Concubine Shu had tears of emotion in her eyes.
"Your Majesty, I understand. I will be careful."
Then he remembered something and immediately opened the food box on the ground.
Take out the pastry inside.
"Your Majesty, these are the pastries you liked. I brought you a few plates today. The weather isn't too hot yet, so pastries keep well. You can keep them and enjoy them slowly. I'll go to the imperial kitchen and prepare some food. Even if the food isn't as sumptuous as when you were in power, it still has to be delicious."
Bizhu hurried forward to take the pastry.
"Your Highness, I am truly so grateful to you. The Empress has not eaten for two days. Fortunately, it was you, Your Highness. The Empress just had a bowl of soup, and now you have brought more food and money. Our Empress finally has a little hope."
Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu looked at the Queen and spoke. Although her tone was blaming, it was full of concern.
"Your Highness, how could you not eat? Aren't you foolish? You should eat and wait for the Queen to release you, and then you can fight Concubine De. They are just taking advantage of your worry about the Crown Prince and using it to kick you when you're down. Your Highness, you can't give in so easily."
Upon hearing this, the Queen patted the back of Concubine Shu's hand.
"I understand. Since you're so thoughtful and have spent so much time preparing, I'll leave all the silver and snacks for you. You should go back now. If you stay too long and others find out, it will reflect badly on you."
Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu looked at the Queen and nodded.
"Okay, I'll go back right away, but you, my lady, must eat well and take care of yourself first, so that we can have the strength to slowly figure out a solution."
The queen nodded.
"Okay, I understand."
Only then did Concubine Shu reluctantly let go of her hand.
"Then I'm leaving."
Watching Concubine Shu slowly leave.
The Queen suddenly spoke.
"Shufei."
Concubine Shu hurriedly stopped, turned back, and quickly returned to the door.
"What's wrong, Queen?"
The Queen looked at her.
"Call me sister!"
Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu was stunned for a moment with a look of surprise.
Then he spoke.
"Sister Lingyi."
The Queen smiled, nodded, and waved at her.
"Let's go, go back, and take care of yourself from now on."
Only then did Concubine Shu leave.
The queen stood and watched silently for a long time.
"Originally, I thought Concubine Shu was innocent. In this palace, the Empress is the Emperor's wife, but she's not the Emperor's wife either. Sometimes people say the Emperor and Empress are of one mind, but sometimes they say the Empress isn't favored by the Emperor. Whoever the Emperor favors lately, someone will always take his favor away. So, why don't I choose someone who's obedient and support her? I didn't expect Concubine Shu to be so sincere to me."
Bizhu spoke from the side.
"I also think that Madam Shufei is great. When you were in power, everyone in the harem was praising you. Now, Madam... only Madam Shufei still cares about you. The food from the past two days was so bad that it looked awful. It even looked a bit rotten. Fortunately, Madam Shufei took care of it, and today's food is completely different."
The queen looked at the heavy silver in her hand, then at the snacks in Bizhu's hand, and spoke thoughtfully.
"Let's go back first. I'm hungry."
Upon hearing this, Bizhu's face immediately showed a hint of joy.
"My Lady, it's good that you have figured it out. I will serve you dinner."
After returning to her bedroom, the queen put the silver away before walking into the hall, where she ate her meal calmly and greeted Bizhu.
"Bizhu, please sit down and eat with us. I am no longer a queen, so there is no need to worry about etiquette."
Upon hearing this, Bizhu spoke hurriedly.
"I will stand here and wait for you to eat. After you finish eating, I will have the chance to eat."
Upon hearing this, the queen picked up another pair of chopsticks on the table and handed them to her.
"Sit down and dine with me."
When Bizhu saw that the queen had changed her name, she was shocked, but she didn't ask any more questions, so she had to sit down and accompany the queen for dinner.
That night, the queen put on her inner clothes and began to pack her things, and took out a jade pendant from a small box.
Touching the patterns on the jade pendant.
I feel like something is wrong with the Queen.
Biju spoke worriedly.
"My Lady."
The queen put down the jade pendant.
"I'm fine, rest. You can rest on the couch too."
A night passed.
The queen got up early the next day.
He took a pair of scissors and cut open one of his inner garments.
Bizhu looked worried and spoke in an anxious tone.
"My lady, what are you going to do? You can't do anything stupid."
The queen raised her hand and bit her index finger.
"I won't do anything. The prince is still waiting for me to save him."
Then he wrote on the white cloth.
"We have been married for over thirty years, deeply in love since our youth, and have been together through thick and thin for many years. Lingyi has failed in her duties as a mother. Her womanly views have led the prince to commit a grave error. I do not ask for forgiveness, but I hope you will remember our old friendship and see Lingyi again."
After the queen finished writing, she carefully folded the blood letter.
"Bizhu, take some silver to the eunuch guarding outside and ask him to tell Concubine Shu to come over."
Bizhu glanced at the blood letter on the table, and finally lowered her head and spoke.
"Yes, I'll go right away."
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