Zhixia bit her lip and finally nodded: "Yes, Your Highness must be careful."
After Zhixia left, Chu Qingluan stood alone in the corridor, the wind blew through the corners of her clothes, bringing a hint of coolness.
She lowered her eyes and looked at the blood that had not yet dried on her palm, and a hint of complexity flashed in her eyes.
Thanks Yunqi.
What is the purpose of his doing this today?
…
Half an hour later, in the inner courtyard of Xie Mansion.
With the joint treatment of several imperial doctors, Xie Yunqi took the snow lotus brought by Chu Qingluan, and his condition temporarily stabilized and he fell into a deep sleep.
At this time, the old lady was sitting outside, looking solemn. At this time, Xie Rou and Madam Xie came in. The mother and daughter dismissed the servants in the room. Xie Rou leaned in front of the old lady and asked in confusion:
"Grandma, don't you think my brother's condition today is a little strange?"
The old lady slowly raised her eyes and gently moved the Buddhist beads with her fingers, "Oh?"
"Big brother is always calm and composed, but today he threatened to sacrifice his own life in order to keep Princess Zhaoyang. This is really unlike his usual style."
Madam Xie also frowned and agreed, "Mother, Brother Qi has always been considerate of the overall situation since he was young. He lost his composure today. Could it be that he really did something to Princess Zhaoyang..."
She paused, and ultimately didn't finish her words, but the dissatisfaction in her eyes was obvious.
The Buddhist beads in the old lady's hand suddenly paused.
"A divorced woman is worthy of my elder brother?" Xie Rou said dissatisfiedly: "What's more, she is the mortal enemy of my cousin the crown prince..."
The old lady didn't say anything, but there was a gleam in her shrewd old eyes, indicating that her heart was not at peace.
After a while, she snorted coldly as if she suddenly figured something out.
"The military pay case three years ago almost implicated the crown prince. Now that she has just returned to the capital, Brother Qi has been assassinated. Today, she has such an abnormal attitude. Do you think this is a coincidence?"
Xie Rou and Madam Xie gasped: "Grandma means...Brother did it on purpose?"
"Rou'er." The old lady looked at her meaningfully: "Go and find out what happened to Chu Qingluan during those three years in Jiangnan, especially... why she and the new champion divorced."
Mrs. Xie suddenly realized, "Mother is saying that Qi'er might be..."
"Remember!" The old lady emphasized: "Before Brother Qi wakes up, no one is allowed to act rashly, especially you——"
She stared at Xie Rou, "As a daughter of the Xie family, your every word and action represents the entire Xie family. You must not let anyone spread the news that you were disrespectful to the princess. Otherwise, you will be punished according to the family rules."
Xie Rou's face turned pale, and she immediately straightened her back and nodded.
At this moment, the hurried footsteps of a servant suddenly came from outside the door: "Old Madam, it's bad, the second young master has taken people to Tingyu Pavilion where the princess is staying temporarily!"
The old lady's expression suddenly changed: "This reckless bastard!"
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