"Your Majesty, some people outside are talking about His Majesty...taking my wife by force, some are talking about how long Your Majesty can keep His Majesty's favor, and also..."
Yueya carefully learned a few words that were somewhat offensive to the eyes.
As she spoke, she observed Ying Xixi's expression.
Ying Xixi frowned, "Now that the people know that I became a noble concubine after my divorce, has the tone of discussion about Your Majesty in the capital changed?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was in a hurry to come back after I finished my work and didn't notice what happened afterwards."
Yueya lowered her head and explained quickly.
“Well, that’s okay, we should know the situation outside soon.
Let's go and continue choosing a palace."
Ying Xixi stood up.
Yueya originally wanted to ask the Queen if she had been waiting here for her to come back.
After thinking about it, she still didn't ask.
The palaces in the harem are some distance away from the Qiankun Palace where the emperor lives.
Ying Xixi felt that these palaces looked similar, and there didn't seem to be much difference no matter which one she chose.
"Yueya, these palaces are all quite far from Qiankun Palace. It seems that it doesn't matter which one we choose."
Ying Xixi thought so and said so.
"Your Majesty, do you want to choose a palace closer to Qiankun Palace?"
Ying Xixi hummed, "I have this idea."
"Your Majesty, in fact, His Majesty also said that when choosing a palace, you don't need to consider distance, just whether you like it or not.
There are also some palaces closer to Qiankun Palace. Would you like to go and take a look, Your Majesty?"
Yueya's words made Ying Xixi stunned.
She doesn't need to consider the distance, just whether she likes it or not?
This sentence made her think too much, what if the palace she liked happened to be far away from Qiankun Palace.
Would Xiao Xieyun rather spend more time seeing her every day and let her live in the palace she likes?
Thinking of this, Ying Xixi felt happy.
She planned to wait until she met Xiao Xieyun and ask him.
The palace is so big that it would take more than an afternoon to choose one.
Now let’s get down to business.
"Let's not go there now. We can just stop by and take a look when we return to Qiankun Palace. Let's go over there and take a look."
Ying Xixi pointed in a direction.
Yueya took a look and hesitated, "Your Majesty, that direction... is the direction of the cold palace."
"The cold palace, then there should be no one living in the cold palace now, right?"
Yueya: "No one lives there. After your majesty ascended the throne, many of the late emperor's concubines lived in the harem and the cold palace.
Later, a concubine asked His Majesty to show mercy and release them from the palace.
Logically, this was not possible, but Your Majesty was merciful and released all of the late emperor's concubines from the palace.
He also gave them money for their retirement and let them go on their own, allowing them to spend the rest of their lives however they wanted.
Since His Majesty did not hold a beauty pageant, the harem palace remained empty."
"I see. Is there anyone who cleans and maintains the cold palace on weekdays?"
Yueya thought for a moment and said, "There should be, but I am not responsible for these matters, so I am not too sure.
Your Majesty, would you like to go and take a look at the cold palace?"
"go."
The cold palace is not a single palace, but a group of palaces. It seems there are four or five palaces in total.
The location of the cold palace happens to be the most remote place in the imperial palace.
It can be said that it is a place where birds don't live and weeds grow everywhere.
Because the road was quite far, Yueya specially called for a sedan chair and asked the young eunuchs to carry their master there.
Ying Xixi got off the sedan chair and was silent for a moment as she looked at the palace surrounded by weeds and bird droppings, with its outer walls peeling off.
No wonder the people of Lin Yueguo, or Zhao Yonggang, were able to dig such a long tunnel here right under Xiao Xieyun's nose without being discovered.
I'm afraid no one has been here for a very, very long time.
Yueya was also dumbfounded when she saw the mess here.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I thought someone would come to clean it up, but I didn't expect it to be in such a state."
"Let's go and take a look."
Ying Xixi walked over first, and Yueya quickly followed.
[Host, the tunnel is in the courtyard of the palace in front. There is a rockery in the courtyard...]
When the system saw that the host had arrived near the tunnel, it immediately guessed what the host was thinking and told the host the location of the tunnel.
Ying Xixi calmly took Yueya and casually entered the palace with a tunnel.
"This palace actually has a pool and rockery. If it wasn't said to be a cold palace, who would have noticed it?"
Ying Xixi exclaimed in amazement.
Yueya looked around, shrank her neck, and her voice trembled.
“My queen, it’s a bit spooky here, how about we leave first, my queen.
I heard someone died in the cold palace before! I wonder if those wronged souls are still here!
Yueya shrank her neck and moved a little closer to Ying Xixi.
Ying Xixi looked up at the sun in the sky and patted the crescent moon soothingly, "It's broad daylight, don't be afraid. As long as we haven't done anything wrong, we don't have to worry about any wronged spirits.
Come on, let's continue walking around and looking around. I think that rockery looks a bit strange. Is it hollow inside?"
Ying Xixi said as she picked up a stone from the ground and threw it into the center of the rockery.
The sounds of hollow and solid objects are different, and Yueya was puzzled when she heard it.
"Your Majesty, this rockery sounds hollow, but if I remember correctly, all the rockery in the palace are solid."
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