After learning that the Empress Dowager was ill, Qu Lingyuan stayed in the room, depressed. The other palace maids had no impression of her, so they didn't talk to her and just chatted with her on the side.
"Didn't the Regent go to the north to fight?" a palace maid whispered.
"Yeah, is it over so soon? I just saw him enter the main hall." Another palace maid also whispered.
After hearing these two sentences, Qu Lingyuan immediately perked up.
"Yi Ling! He's back?" Qu Lingyuan was feeling listless just now, but suddenly she felt like getting excited.
"Why don't you go and take a look yourself..." Yi Ling couldn't bear to look at her silly look.
Two days had passed before Qu Lingyuan walked out of the palace maid's room for the first time, avoiding the sight of others and ran to the main hall.
Before entering the house, Qu Lingyuan thought for a while and took off the mask on her face, otherwise it would be difficult for her to explain where this thing came from.
Inside the house, Shen Qingmo was staring at the empty room in a daze. He was always alert and immersed in his own world, so he didn't even notice someone appeared behind him.
It's really him...
Maybe it was a psychological effect, but Qu Lingyuan always felt a little desolate when looking at Shen Qingmo's back. She stretched out her arms and hugged his neck from behind. As soon as she got close to him, Qu Lingyuan felt at ease.
"Fortunately...you're okay." Qu Lingyuan rubbed his shoulder, her voice soft and trembling.
"Yuan...Yuan'er?" Shen Qingmo's body was stiff and he didn't dare to look back, fearing that this was all a picture he imagined because of excessive longing.
"It's me, I'm not dead." Qu Lingyuan guessed that Shen Qingmo might have known about her fake death, so she explained.
As soon as she finished speaking, the man with his back to her suddenly turned around and hugged her in his arms, with such strength that he almost rubbed her into his body.
"You're not dead... You're not dead... That's great." The joy of regaining what he had lost made Shen Qingmo feel a little overwhelmed. He didn't know how to express his emotions, so he could only hug her tightly, "I never want to leave you again."
After letting him hold her quietly for a while, Qu Lingyuan pulled herself out of his arms. There were more important things to do now.
"Ninth Brother, let's go see Mother. She's under house arrest, and I faked her own death. I'm afraid she's not doing well right now," Qu Lingyuan said, blaming herself again. "If I had known you'd be back so soon, I wouldn't have faked my own death. It's not only saddening Mother, but it hasn't been helpful at all."
Chen Qingmo knocked Qu Lingyuan on the head. "You're right. What if I get caught up in the war and can't make it back? Are you going to stay in that dark prison forever? Will you stay in the emperor's hands and become a bargaining chip to threaten me?"
"Did he threaten you with me?" Qu Lingyuan looked up in surprise. She had always thought that the emperor really just wanted her to marry a foreign prince.
"yes."
On the way to Changle Palace, Shen Qingmo told Qu Lingyuan all about Shen Xiaoyi's conspiracy.
"What a piece of shit..." After hearing this, Qu Lingyuan wanted to cut Shen Xiaoyi into pieces on behalf of the soldiers who died unjustly.
It is really too much for an emperor to not love the people and even harm them.
"Also, Yuan'er, when I'm not around, taking care of yourself is the greatest help you can give me, so don't feel like you haven't been of any help. You've done enough."
Holding Qu Lingyuan's little hand, Shen Qingmo slowly comforted her.
He didn't want Qu Lingyuan to have a grudge about this matter. This was not something she should work hard on.
"Hmm..." Qu Lingyuan nodded in self-abandonment, silently accepting the setting that the ancient male protagonists were more or less chauvinistic, and consciously regarded herself as a little waste.
Although it’s important to have dreams, as for strong women, let’s wait until we reach other worlds~
Full of thoughts, when she arrived at Changle Palace, Qu Lingyuan felt that she had never walked so fast since she came to this world. She didn't dare to run, but it was not an exaggeration to describe her as walking as fast as flying.
"Mother!" Qu Lingyuan rushed over to the pale-faced Grand Empress Dowager lying on the bed. Before she could say anything, she burst into tears. "Mother, why are you sick? It's all my fault. I've made you sad."
The Empress Dowager's half-closed eyes widened in surprise when she heard Qu Lingyuan's voice: "Yuan...er?"
She called out hesitantly, feeling like she was dreaming.
"It's Yuan'er, mother. Look, my daughter is not dead. She is alive and well." Qu Lingyuan took the hand of the Empress Dowager and put her cheek against her palm.
Feeling the warmth of the person in front of her, the Empress Dowager finally believed that she was still alive and well. She struggled to sit up on the bed, hugged Qu Lingyuan and sobbed.
After finally comforting the Empress Dowager, the imperial physician that Shen Qingmo had sent for also arrived.
The imperial physician stroked his white beard, glanced at Qu Lingyuan slowly, and said with a smile, "Grand Empress Dowager, it's a heart disease. Now that Her Royal Highness the Grand Princess has returned, the Grand Empress Dowager will naturally recover without medical treatment."
Qu Lingyuan was naturally delighted to hear this. The imperial physician simply prescribed some tonic medicine and left with his suitcase.
At noon, Chen Qingmo and Qu Lingyuan accompanied the Grand Empress Dowager for lunch. The imperial physician had advised that the Grand Empress Dowager should rest well after putting her worries aside, which would be beneficial for her physical recovery, so the two of them left first.
They still strolled back to Xiyun Palace. Qu Lingyuan was still wearing the clothes of a palace maid and was stared at by people along the way.
Ruoxi and the others also ran out after hearing the news. They bravely stared at Qu Lingyuan intently, worried about whether their master was still a complete person. It was said that the female corpse was torn into pieces!
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