The queen's face was covered in blood from the kowtow she had just kowtowed to. The pain of her scalp being pulled made her face look even more hideous. She said with difficulty, "I was wrong. Please, let me go."
Qi Xing threw her to the ground fiercely, "Wrong? How could the high and mighty Empress be wrong?"
The queen was speechless and didn't even dare to get up. She watched Qi Xing approaching little by little, "You should have thought about this day when you killed my mother."
“No, no…”
The queen shook her head helplessly. She could never have imagined that the little bastard who was bullied by others would grow up to be what he is today.
"You've lived so long, that's enough."
Qi Xing pinched her mouth open, and a black pill was about to fall into her mouth.
Just when she thought she was about to die, Eunuch Hong's voice rang out from outside, "Your Highness, Miss Liu heard that the Empress was unwell and wanted to come and pay her respects."
“…”
Hope rekindled in the Queen's eyes. She said incoherently, "Your Highness, Miss Liu is still in the palace. If I die like this, she will become suspicious..."
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Outside the palace
Su Man stood in the corridor, wrapped in a cloak.
Not long after, Eunuch Hong came over, hunched over and said, "Miss Liu, the Queen is not feeling well today. His Highness is already waiting inside. It's freezing cold, so please go back."
Su Man's face showed worry. "The Empress suffered a great injustice in the palace today. I just wanted to go in and pay my respects to the Empress. Seeing that the Empress is well, I am relieved. Please, eunuch, pass on the message for me."
Seeing Su Man's insistence, Eunuch Hong's eyes flashed with displeasure, but he had no choice but to go back and report to Su Man.
After Eunuch Hong left, the worry on Su Man's face slowly faded away.
Judging from the situation just now, the queen must be in great danger today. She came here to do her best. As for whether she could save her life, it all depends on Qi Xing.
Snowflakes fell one after another, forming a thin layer on the bluestone slabs on the ground. From time to time, they were blown up by the wind blowing through the corridor, forming fine snow foam and scattered into the air.
Qi Xing appeared at this time. He didn't hold an umbrella. A few snowflakes fell on his shoulders and quickly melted into his fur-collared cloak.
"Your Highness."
Su Man bowed.
Qi Xing looked at the top of Su Man's head and said quietly, "Do you want to see the Queen Mother?"
Su Man maintained her bowing posture and spoke sincerely, "Although I haven't married Your Highness yet, since we're engaged, the Queen is my closest relative. It's really inappropriate to let Your Highness take care of the Queen alone."
Qi Xing's eyes were deep. "So that's how it is. Man'er is very filial. But the Queen Mother just took the medicine and has fallen asleep. I'm afraid it won't be good for her health if I go in now. It's better to pay my respects tomorrow."
"Thank you for the reminder, Your Highness. I will come again tomorrow."
Su Man took two steps back, and when she turned around, Qi Xing called out to her, "Man'er."
Su Man's body stiffened. Could it be that Qi Xing noticed something?
She turned around as if nothing had happened, "Your Highness?"
In the deep corridor, Qi Xing approached her step by step with great oppression.
Finally, Qi Xing stopped just one step away from her and said, "Mr. Liu will come to the palace to pay his respects tomorrow. You should be well prepared."
Su Man understood. Such a big thing had happened in the palace. In addition, Master Liu's adopted daughter "Liu Luoyi" was also imprisoned. He must be worried about his daughter, so it was normal for him to come and see her.
Realizing that she had a good father as a talisman, Su Man breathed a sigh of relief, lowered her eyebrows and said, "Yes, I understand."
...
Turning out of the corridor and returning to the west warm pavilion, Su Man breathed a long sigh of relief.
Dealing with Qi Xing is like walking on thin ice. If you are not careful, you may be doomed.
At night, she stayed awake for a long time, waiting for Qiu Niang.
Although Qiu Niang was imprisoned one after another along with the Imperial Noble Consort, the Fifth Prince, and the Imperial Preceptor, a mere prison could not hold Qiu Niang.
Sure enough, when the bangzi sounded for the third time, Qiu Niang came.
This time she didn't make any grand entrance. She pulled aside Su Man's bed curtains and sat down on the bed. "When your father comes tomorrow, ask him to take you out of the palace."
Su Man was a little surprised after hearing this, "Don't you want me to get Qi Xing's ring?"
"Can you get it?" Qiu Niang looked at her with contempt.
Su Man thought about it and realized it was indeed difficult. She asked tentatively, "What is the use of that ring?"
Perhaps the situation was much more urgent than before, so Qiu Niang stopped playing it safe and said bluntly, "I don't know exactly what it is, but as long as he has that ring, I can't get close to him."
She gritted her teeth and said, "If it weren't for this, I would have taken out his heart and lungs and fed them to the dogs!"
It was similar to what Su Man guessed. She continued to ask, "You just asked me to leave the palace, why?"
"I have a feeling that Qi Xing must have other purposes for keeping you in the palace." Qiu Niang looked at Su Man steadily, and she was right at first glance.
It was really creepy to talk about this in the middle of the night. Su Man paused and said, "Before I leave, can you do me a favor?"
-
In the dark bedroom, the woman on the bed had her hands and feet tied to the bedposts.
She had her eyes tightly closed, haunted by a nightmare.
"No! Let me go. I didn't mean to kill you. No!"
Hearing this shrill scream, Su Man instantly got goose bumps all over her body.
The queen on the bed had taken off her makeup. Her skin was as rough as dead tree bark, and her face was loose to an almost weird degree. Coupled with her white nightgown, it would not be an exaggeration to say that she was a female ghost.
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