Song Qi took a deep breath; the assassin who came to kill her was also dead.
The person Zhao Zhi took away last time also died not long after, due to his own health condition.
All the clues just vanished.
I always feel like someone is watching me from the shadows.
This is probably the pain of being the female lead.
Moreover, assassination was the most fun thing she encountered after entering the palace.
After only a few months in the palace, she felt like she was about to suffocate.
"Your Highness, Imperial Concubine!"
Song Qi heard someone calling his name and looked up.
Fourteen and Seventeen ran towards him happily.
"Your Highness, Imperial Concubine!"
"Are you so happy to see me?" Song Qi ruffled their hair. "You've grown taller."
"Yes!" Fourteen nodded, looking excited.
Seventeen looked up at Song Qi, feeling somewhat aggrieved: "Your Highness, why haven't you come to see us since you left last time? They said it's because my brother and I are too stupid, that's why Your Highness doesn't come to see us."
"Because I've been too busy lately." Song Qi ruffled the hair of the two of them again.
"When are you not busy? Our accuracy has been pretty good lately." Seventeen looked at Song Qi expectantly.
Song Qi thought for a moment: "I'm not busy this afternoon. Would you like to come to my palace and practice swordsmanship with me?"
"Sword practice?!" Fourteen and Seventeen exclaimed in unison, "Great!"
"Yes, I need to rest at noon. I'll have lunch, take a nap, and then come back."
"Okay." The two nodded, their faces beaming with excitement.
Tsk, it seems like they've gone down the "raising a son" route again.
"Do you usually go out to play on the 14th and 17th?" Song Qi asked, looking at the palace maid beside him.
"They usually don't come here; they're mostly around the drill ground."
Song Qi nodded, indicating that he understood.
After she woke up from her nap, she was told that Fourteen and Seventeen were already waiting for her in the side hall.
Therefore, Song Qi simply changed into clothes suitable for movement.
After they went outside, Fourteen and Seventeen immediately stood up and started teasing Yaofeng.
However, Yaofeng ignored the two of them completely. Upon seeing Song Qi, she immediately darted towards her and nimbly climbed onto Song Qi's body.
"Let me catch my breath." Song Qi watched as the two excited people sat down, picked up a pastry, and looked at them casually. "Why didn't you come looking for me before? I've never run into you before."
She asked very directly, and she didn't need any answer; you could tell something from her facial expression.
Seventeen spoke much faster than Fourteen: "Because my elder brother doesn't like us coming out."
Upon hearing Seventeen's directness, Fourteen immediately glanced at Song Qi: "No, him..."
"It's nothing, I don't tell anyone. He doesn't like me running around like this, otherwise I wouldn't be in the palace," Song Qi said. "Why did you come out today?"
"Because Consort Sun came to see us," Seventeen continued. "She talks to us when she's bored."
Song Qi blinked. This was the first time she had ever heard of a Dowager Consort in the palace; she had never heard anyone mention her before.
She ate another pastry.
"Can we come to see you often?"
Song Qi looked at Seventeen, then glanced at Fourteen: "Of course."
She tried to put on a gentle smile.
In the afternoon, she led two people in practicing a set of sword techniques.
The kind that strengthens the body.
Neither of them had received systematic training, so they couldn't sense any problem.
After seeing the two people off, Zhao Zhi arrived.
They arrived very quickly.
It has been a while since I last saw this person.
"You saw them again." Zhao Zhi looked at Song Qi.
Song Qi gently swirled the glass: "Do they have a problem?"
What do you think?
“I think so.” Song Qi looked at Zhao Zhi with a half-smile.
Zhao Zhi narrowed his eyes: "Knowing this, you still contacted them?"
"It's precisely because I knew about her that I made contact, Your Majesty. I'm dying of boredom in this harem." Song Qi looked at the tea in his cup. "Who is Consort Sun?"
"The foster mother of Fourteen and Seventeen, and the mother of Prince Rui." Zhao Zhi frowned, clearly not very fond of them.
When the incident occurred here, Shao Jie was on the frontier, so he didn't know much about what was going on.
"So, the fact that Fourteen and Seventeen came to me might be on someone's orders? They can't kill me, so they want to turn me against them?" Song Qi stroked his chin thoughtfully. "I think we can give it a try."
Zhao Zhi looked at Song Qi with some doubt: "Try what?"
The next second, Song Qi swept the cup on the table to the ground and shouted, "You are the emperor, of course you are great, but don't go too far! I have my own judgment in what I do!"
Zhao Zhi was startled.
"Are you stupid? Hurry up!"
"Shao Jie, I've spoiled you too much!" Zhao Zhi's voice rose slightly, concealing his anger.
Song Qi raised an eyebrow at Zhao Zhi; the emperor's acting skills were indeed quite good.
The next second, Zhao Zhi flicked his sleeves and left for the eight hundredth time.
Watching Zhao Zhi's departing figure, Song Qi arranged everything before the palace maids returned.
She heard Zhao Zhi's voice: "Tell her not to go out during this time, and to reflect on her actions in the palace!"
Song Qi narrowed his eyes. Why was this person adding drama to his life?
However, the goal was ultimately achieved.
“Host, I suspect you just don’t want him to live here.”
"You're such a clever little devil," Song Qi laughed.
Zhao Zhi was still a little confused after he went out. He clearly had many options, so why did this woman suddenly yell at him?
He strongly suspected that this person did it on purpose.
Zhao Zhi glanced at Jingde Palace.
I was somewhat displeased.
"How many times have I come out of Jingde Palace like this?"
“Eight times now,” Yang Dekai said.
"You actually counted them?" Zhao Zhi looked at Yang Dekai with some displeasure.
Yang Dekai: ...
"This servant has a good memory," Yang Dekai said, bowing his head.
Zhao Zhi looked at Yang Dekai and sneered.
When Meng Yilan heard the news, she was preparing to go to sleep. Hearing the palace maid's words, she was somewhat surprised: "They really started arguing?"
"Yes, I heard that the Emperor was very unhappy and even confined the Imperial Concubine to her quarters."
Meng Yilan frowned, a perfectly timed hint of worry on her face: "Do you know why?"
"I don't know. When the Emperor and the Consort were talking, there was no one serving them inside. Your Highness, you always worry about others but never think about yourself. The Emperor has gone directly to the Consort's place every time he comes to the inner palace. You two are so close, why doesn't she say anything about it?" the maid said with some dissatisfaction.
Meng Yilan glared at the person who spoke: "Cui'er! Stop talking. I am the Empress. How could I do such a thing? Who the Emperor likes is his own business."
"I need to rest now. I'll get up early tomorrow morning to plead with the Emperor," Meng Yilan said.
"Your Highness!" the palace maid said disapprovingly, "You're so kind to everyone, how come no one remembers you at all?"
"Didn't you say that? Okay, stop talking and go out, I'm tired." Meng Yilan lay down on her own, closed her eyes, and didn't want to say anything more.
"Yes." The palace maid extinguished the candle and stormed out.
Hearing the door close, Meng Yilan opened her eyes, looked at the bed curtains, and then glanced at the empty space beside her.
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