The virtuous concubine opened her mouth and was about to speak when a cold voice came into her ears from above her head.
"Princess Ying, I'm not dead yet, are you so impatient to find a way out for yourself?"
Zhou Beichen stood with his hands behind his back and walked out from the secret compartment at the back with a playful smile on his face.
Yingpin: "......"
Her mind went blank. After a moment, Yingpin waved her arms and yelled, "Ghost..."
The sound stretches on infinitely.
She screamed and yelled, ready to run outside, muttering, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty's ghost, every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor, please don't come looking for me, I'm just an unknown concubine, I don't even have a child, I can't die."
As Yingpin was speaking, she began to cry with tears and snot, and kept mumbling to herself.
Everyone in the hall: "......"
Zhou Beichen: “…”
He glanced at her sideways, grabbed Yingpin's collar, brought her into his arms, lifted her chin with his hand, and forced her to look at him, Zhou Beichen said seriously.
"Yingpin, you better watch carefully. I am still alive. I am alive and well. I am not a ghost. What are you doing here yelling and shouting? You don't behave like a concubine at all. Look at the other concubines, Xianfei, who is much more stable."
Yingpin blinked, she touched Zhou Beichen's face in disbelief, Zhou Beichen's hand, then slapped herself hard, then moved away from Zhou Beichen's arms and laughed.
"Um, uh... Your Majesty, it's all my fault. I overheard the conversation between Prime Minister Li and Imperial Noble Consort Li and thought you were really dead. Well, if you don't take care of yourself, you'll be punished by heaven and earth. You know that I'm most afraid of death, so please don't hold it against me for what I just said."
Zhou Beichen reached out and smoothed his clothes, then found a place to sit down. Not long after, Yingpin was dumbfounded again when she saw Shen Nian'an and Zhou Zhaonuan appear from behind him.
"I, I, I... I also heard that Sister Huifei and my little Nuannuan were both injured by swords. How come you are all so full of energy? I didn't even have time to mourn for you, and you died. What a pity!"
As soon as she finished speaking, fear immediately appeared in Yingpin's eyes. She closed her mouth consciously and covered it tightly with her hands.
Zhou Beichen was getting more and more angry when he saw her. He was almost laughing. This Yingpin never spoke or acted like an elder or a concubine. Every time he faced her, she acted like his own eldest son. It really made him feel helpless.
"You, be careful with your words next time, or I'll slap you next time. Also, what you just said meant that I'm not dead, and Concubine Hui and Nuannuan aren't dead either. Are you feeling upset?"
Yingpin's eyes darted left and right, dodging for a long time before she uttered a word.
"Your Majesty, Sister Huifei, you know that I have always spoken like this, and I really can't change it. Please don't take it to heart."
Yingpin suddenly had an idea and knelt on the ground, begging for forgiveness in a weak voice.
Zhou Beichen shook his head helplessly. He didn't want to argue with her. He raised his hand and said, "Get up."
When Yingpin heard this, she was very happy, grinning. Zhou Beichen looked at Xianfei and Shen Nian'an, straightened his expression, and pulled Nuannuan to his side.
Finally, after glancing at Yingpin, who was standing in the distance, feeling awkward, neither leaving nor staying, Zhou Beichen waved his hand mercifully, "Come here too."
Yingpin immediately took small steps and ran over.
"Only a few of us and the guards at the East Gate knew about my return. You must not tell anyone, especially you, Concubine Ying."
Zhou Beichen nodded Yingpin's head and continued.
"I predict that tomorrow, Prime Minister Li will find a time to take out my fake head and claim that I've passed away. At my funeral, you must act as convincingly as possible. When Prime Minister Li is about to support Concubine Li's child to ascend to the throne, Concubine Xian and Concubine Ying, you two must force him to return. If he even utters the word 'return,' you will win. I will then appear, catching him off guard and confirming Prime Minister Li's crime of mercenary rebellion."
The virtuous concubine nodded seriously, and the Yingpin stopped laughing at this moment. After they finished discussing the matter, Zhou Beichen breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, he thought of something else, so he asked the virtuous concubine to call the Shufei over as well, and asked her to go find the King of Qi and tell him that no matter what Prime Minister Li said or did, he should not give in.
When Yingpin walked out of Yuqing Palace, she was still in a daze. Today, she was completely confused. When she first heard that the emperor had died, she felt like the sky had fallen on her. Now, she felt relieved.
On the way, they met a large group of people. After seeing who was coming, Yingpin gritted her teeth and knelt down.
"Your Majesty, may your Majesty live a thousand years!"
After saying that, Yingpin closed her eyes, waiting for the usual bombardment of farts from Prime Minister Li. Unexpectedly, she was helped up.
"Your Highness, what are you doing..."
Yingpin deliberately acted surprised, and Imperial Noble Concubine Li smiled very gently. She affectionately took Yingpin's hand and spoke to her in private.
"Sister Yingpin, since you left Xianfei's place, have you had dinner?"
Yingpin had no idea what she was up to, so she stiffened her nerves and replied, "When I left, Sister Xianfei had already used up all her medicine. I spoke to her for a while, and then I left."
There was a gleam in the eyes of Imperial Noble Consort Li, and she thought to herself that the opportunity had come, and then she enthusiastically pulled Concubine Ying to Li'an Palace.
"I was thinking that since we are all sisters, there is no need to be so formal. Sister Yingpin, please come to my place for dinner."
Yingpin: "......"
Feeling his feet being dragged, he twitched the corner of his mouth in contempt. You are forcing her like this, and she has no way to refuse.
"good."
Just one simple word made Imperial Noble Consort Li even happier.
Imperial Noble Consort Li asked someone to serve her meal, intending to discuss matters with Concubine Ying while eating.
Over there, in the secret compartment, because of Prime Minister Li's rebellion, the government affairs were temporarily under the control of King Qi. Zhou Beichen had a few rare days of leisure, but his heart was also extremely anxious.
He paced back and forth on the ground with his hands behind his back, fearing that something might go wrong and lead to an irreparable situation. If it was just him, it wouldn't be a big deal, but this involved not only his wife and children, but also thousands of ordinary people.
Nuannuan sat on the bed, shaking her little feet, and couldn't help but say, "Daddy, please stop spinning. My head is spinning. Don't you always tell me that I should think calmly about everything? Why is it that you are not like that when it comes to me?"
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