Tianfeng Palace
When Queen Bai Tianling was about to go to bed, she saw her maid Ping'er coming in hurriedly.
Ping'er bowed hastily with an anxious look on her face.
"Empress!" Ping'er was breathing heavily, and one could tell at a glance that she was in a hurry. Ping'er had always been the most stable person, and she would be reserved and taciturn even when faced with a big matter. But at this moment, she was so unpretentious, so there must be something urgent going on.
The Queen raised her hand and motioned Ping'er to stand up. "What's the matter? Why are you so flustered?"
Served by the palace maids, the empress slowly stood up, left the dressing table, and moved to the couch beside her.
"Your Majesty, the Second Princess's people just wanted me to pass on a message." Ping'er calmed down and said to the Queen anxiously, "I asked for someone to follow me to Cuiyun Palace as soon as possible. The Second Princess's maid blocked the guards who were searching for the assassin outside Cuiyun Palace and refused to let them go. At this moment, the guards who were searching the palace should come to our Tianfeng Palace for instructions."
Ping'er hurriedly informed her master of the matter in the shortest possible words.
The hand holding the teacup paused slightly.
The empress's barely visible brows trembled a little. In the case of the assassin, a palace search was inevitable. At this moment, Ting'er's behavior was extremely inappropriate.
"Why does the Second Princess want to do this?"
"In reply to Your Majesty, the Second Princess's maid came to tell you that the princess had some flashes of memory today, which were about the truth of falling into the water. The princess had a splitting headache, but she was very angry and said with gritted teeth that she must remember it, so she has to stay at home quietly for the next few days to sort out her thoughts." Ping'er reported everything without missing a word.
"The truth behind the fall into the water? Angered?" The queen murmured to herself, lowering her eyes in thought.
At this moment, news came from outside the palace that Concubine Rougui was visiting.
After a while, Concubine Rougui appeared in the Queen's bedroom.
"Sister Queen!" Concubine Rougui walked in quickly, bowed to the Queen, and hurriedly shook the Queen's hand.
"Sister, I was just about to send someone to look for you."
"I just received the news about Ting'er, so I came here in a hurry." Concubine Rougui nodded, and the two sisters sat down one after another.
Ping'er saw this and wisely led the palace maids to retreat.
Only the Empress and Consort Rou were left in the bedroom.
"Sister, tell me, what should we do about Ting'er? The guard is just following orders. Even if I want to show favoritism, I'm afraid it will be difficult to stop people from talking. Besides, when it comes to family, country, and the love between children, the emperor is no longer the crown prince he used to be." The queen frowned. In front of Concubine Rougui, she no longer suppressed her emotions. She no longer acted dignified and majestic. At this moment, she looked like a little sister in front of her sister, with an anxious look on her face.
"If that's the case, I'm afraid that something might reach the emperor's ears through this incident." Concubine Rou Gui smiled at the empress, "Sister, do you know that Ting'er's fall into the water was man-made?"
"I have speculated, but I can't find out who did it. After all, Concubine Lixian should be the one who needs Ting'er to keep her in your favor. Even if she hates you and Ting'er,..." The Queen suddenly stopped talking and raised her head abruptly, "Sister, you just said that you would use this matter to tell the Emperor!"
Concubine Rou nodded, not hiding the ruthlessness in her eyes.
"It's Concubine Lixian!" the Queen confirmed.
"Ting'er didn't lose her memory, but in order to protect herself, she had to pretend to lose her memory." When Concubine Rou Gui mentioned her daughter, the pain in her eyes gradually overflowed.
Even though her daughter is grown up now, as a mother, she still blames herself for her incompetence, for making her live in such exhaustion at such a young age amid the intrigues of the harem.
Concubine Rou Gui's tone gradually became agitated, "Sister, do you know that Shangguan Jie Li, that bitch, personally drowned Ting Er alive in the water? If it weren't for God's eyes, I'm afraid that at this moment, you and I would hate the emperor..."
When the queen heard this, a fierce look flashed in her eyes.
His hands were clenched tightly into fists, digging into the flesh of his palms, but he didn't feel anything.
"The real purpose is not to drink! What she wants is for her sister to completely give up on the emperor and hate him to the core. As for me, she is also gambling on the deep sisterly love!"
"I'm afraid that the marriage must have been the work of Shangguan Jie Li." Concubine Rou Gui gradually regained her composure and sneered, "However, she had calculated everything, but she forgot that Ting Er had gone to Prince Yan's presence and completely abandoned her previous cowardice. She also forgot that the daughters of our Bai family are always stubborn and unyielding when they are pushed to the limit."
"If that's the case, some people's good days will come to an end." The Queen nodded, indicating her agreement with Concubine Rougui's words.
At this moment, Ping'er's voice came in again.
"Your Majesty, the deputy chief of the palace guards requests an audience."
"I will go after I change my clothes." said the Queen in a deep voice.
"Tonight, I'm sure countless eyes know that I'm here with my sister. I'll go there with my sister later." Concubine Rougui smiled, with a calculating gleam in her eyes.
"It's time to settle the grievances between us and the Shangguan family." The empress's face, like Concubine Rougui's, had a meaningful smile. Although their faces were similar, they each had their own vaguely concealed sorrow.
Concubine Rou Gui was re-doing the empress's makeup. The two sisters' reflections in the bronze mirror made them sigh at the same time.
The queen choked up and her eyes became wet. "I wonder where my elder sister is now."
The hands that were combing the empress's hair also paused.
"There are three of us sisters. Now, there is no news from our eldest sister. I hope that she can live a happy life for us. If she hadn't disappeared suddenly, I'm afraid that her fate would be the same as ours, and she would only be able to struggle in endless loneliness among the noble families."
The deputy guard waited for a while in the main hall of Tianfeng Palace, and then saw a bright yellow palace dress slowly coming. Next to the empress, Concubine Rou was wearing a purple palace dress, delicate and gorgeous, dignified on one side and beautiful on the other. They had somewhat similar faces but completely different temperaments.
While slightly dazed, deputy guard Wei Zixin lowered his head quickly, feeling a little bit of pain in his heart. After more than ten years, when he saw her again, everything had changed. Although he was not allowed to see the hardships she had gone through in the back seat, he understood the hardships.
"I, the humble servant Wei Zixin, pay my respects to Her Majesty the Empress and Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine!"
Guard your heart!
Upon hearing this, the queen stopped in her tracks, with a look of disbelief in her eyes.
Concubine Rou Gui also frowned tightly. Is this Wei Zixin the same Wei Zixin?
Seeing her sister in a daze, Concubine Rougui gently supported the empress's hand, gave her a soothing smile, and held the empress's hand tightly.
The Queen came back to her senses then, smiled weakly, and walked slowly forward accompanied by Concubine Rougui.
At this moment, inside Cuiyun Palace, Zong Zheng Xiaoting returned to his bedroom, staring at the four hundred taels of silver in his hand, thinking about something.
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