"Your Majesty, you mustn't!"
Hearing Green Sleeves' hoarse voice, Mingyue gradually came back to her senses from her anger.
Seeing that she was about to put the outer robe back on herself, Mingyue quickly refused.
"Your Highness, I am fine, but you are weak. You must not catch a cold!" Green Sleeve pleaded.
But Mingyue waved her hand, "I am not that delicate, you don't need to worry so much, just put it on!"
After saying that, Mingyue put the clothes on her.
"I'll do it myself!" Green Sleeves couldn't persuade her otherwise, so she had no choice but to agree and tied the knot for herself.
Before long, the imperial physician arrived in a hurry. Upon hearing that Yinti was alright and only needed to rest, Mingyue and Lüxiu both breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty, Yinti is truly unwell. I will take her back to the palace to rest." After Wanwan finished her bow, she left without waiting for Mingyue's consent.
Mingyue did not make things difficult for her and let her leave.
Only after the three of them, master and servant, had walked far away did Mingyue turn around and say to Lüxiu, "You should go back to the palace first! Don't catch a cold."
“No…” Green Sleeves shook her head and quickly refused.
"It's only a short walk from Consort De's palace, I can certainly walk there. Besides, if you were to fall ill, who would take care of me?" Mingyue smiled and urged.
Green Sleeve hesitated for a long time, then thought that Mingyue's words made some sense, and finally nodded, "Then, this servant will take her leave."
"Um!"
Once Green Sleeves' figure disappeared from sight, Mingyue's smile vanished instantly.
Just as he was about to turn and leave, he heard someone calling his name.
She looked up at the sound and saw Cheng Bi slowly walking towards her in a black cloak.
Mingyue smiled and said to Chengbi, "What a coincidence, I was just about to look for you!"
Cheng Bi bowed and said, "What a coincidence! After hearing that His Majesty had left, I also wanted to go and see you."
The two exchanged a knowing smile.
However, Cheng Bi did not rush to talk about her own affairs, but asked, "Why did you go to save her child? Look, did she say a word of gratitude to you?"
"I wasn't that kind-hearted. It was that silly girl, Green Sleeve, who took it upon herself to save her. It has nothing to do with me," Mingyue said calmly.
But Cheng Bi had seen everything that had just happened, so how could she hide it from her? "Your Majesty, there's no need to rush to push the matter onto others. Green Sleeve has always been loyal, and she wouldn't dare to act on her own without your permission."
"It seems you knew about what just happened," Mingyue said frankly, without denying it.
Cheng Bi nodded, pointing to a spot not far away, hidden by a withered tree, "I had already gone there before Your Majesty the Empress arrived."
"Did Yinti slip down by accident, or did someone push him?" Mingyue asked.
In fact, she had already guessed what was going on, but since she hadn't witnessed it with her own eyes, she couldn't draw any conclusions.
Cheng Bi smiled and said, "Naturally, it's the latter."
“Heh…” Mingyue sneered, just as she had expected.
At this moment, Cheng Bi said again, "Now that you have ruined her plans, aren't you afraid that she will take her resentment on you?"
"Fear!" How could she not be afraid? If she died, all the tasks she had done would have been for nothing. But she really couldn't just watch a person who was only a year old disappear from this world.
"Then why..."
Before Cheng Bi could finish speaking, Ming Yue countered, "If I hadn't been there, and you were the only one present, would you have saved her?"
"Of course not," she replied decisively, but her eyes darted around. "How could I possibly save her child when Consort Hui treats me like this? I would rather she be heartbroken."
But Mingyue clearly didn't believe her, and said softly, "Why do you deceive yourself? You clearly have a kind heart, but you insist on pretending to be indifferent."
Why would Mingyue say that? Because historically, Yinti survived. If Chengbi were as ruthless as she claimed, Yinti would already be dead and wouldn't be recorded in the annals of the struggle for the throne among the nine princes.
Cheng Bi didn't speak. She just lowered her head, looking at her toes. After hesitating for a long time, she said, "I don't know. I don't know if I will go to save him."
That's the truth. Although she hesitated, she ultimately saved him.
“You will save them,” Mingyue said firmly.
Mingyue gave a bitter laugh. "Does Her Majesty the Empress understand herself better than I do?"
“Many things are clearer to outsiders than to those involved,” Mingyue said solemnly.
"Really?" Cheng Bi frowned, beginning to doubt herself.
"Alright, that's all in the past, let's not talk about it anymore." Mingyue said, holding her hand. "We have more important things to discuss."
Cheng Bi finally relaxed her brows, and then looked around to make sure no one was around before she dared to reveal her plan.
Upon hearing this, Mingyue's lips curled up slightly. Cheng Bi's idea was exactly what she was thinking. Their goal was to make Princess Jianning's crimes known to the world.
"Only when she dies will I feel at ease giving birth to my own child," Cheng Bi said, stroking her flat stomach.
Xuan Ye had slept with her many times, but she always secretly took contraceptives. It wasn't that she didn't want to have a child, but that she was afraid of having a child and then losing it. Since that was the case, it was better not to have one for the time being, so as to avoid being heartbroken.
"Unfortunately, it's too late for me. I can only fight against her to the end with the child." Mingyue agreed. After all, being pregnant made things much more difficult.
"Your Highness, please be careful. Let me do what you can't do!" Cheng Bi understood that helping Mingyue was also helping herself.
After all, Jianning is only in her thirties. Who knows how long she will live? If I keep running away like this, I'm afraid Princess Jianning will be unable to have children before she dies.
So she could no longer sit idly by and wait for her fate!
"Mm." Mingyue nodded, exchanged a few more words with Chengbi, and then they went their separate ways to their respective palaces.
As soon as Mingyue returned to her palace, it began to snow heavily outside. She stood by the window, gazing at the snowflakes falling from the sky, her thoughts drifting.
Thinking about Xuan Ye's fate in his later years, she felt a little sad for him, after all, no one wants to see their children kill each other for the throne.
"If you have too few children, you can't choose the best ones; if you have too many children, there will be too many troubles." She murmured softly, and before she knew it, she had been standing by the window for half an hour, until she heard footsteps.
She looked up at the doorway and saw a young eunuch standing there with his hands clasped in a gesture of respect.
"This servant greets Your Majesty the Empress!" The eunuch bowed to Mingyue.
"No need," Mingyue said. "What brings you here?"
She had never seen this eunuch before, and his sudden arrival filled her with a vague sense of foreboding.
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