After Concubine Xian left, everyone no longer had the courage to watch the fun and they retreated in disgrace.

Since Concubine Xian left, Hu has been sitting quietly in the chair without saying a word, and has not even had dinner. The servants around her didn't dare to say much after what happened at noon. They just quietly lit the lights in the hall and then left.

It was late at night and everyone was asleep. Hu was filled with resentment. She resented the emperor for being blinded by lust and unable to distinguish between loyalty and treachery, and she also hated the virtuous concubine for being cunning and arrogant.

Then a feeling of powerlessness gradually came over her. Concubine Xian became more and more arrogant. She wanted to stop her, but she was just an imperial concubine with an empty title but no real power.

It was so quiet at night that the footsteps outside could be clearly heard. The footsteps slowly stopped outside the palace door, and then the door was pushed open from the outside.

A graceful figure walked in. When she got closer, Mrs. Hu looked at the person in surprise: "Why are you here?"

In fact, before today, Mrs. Hu had not seen Qin Xuelin for a long time. One reason was that she lived a secluded life, and the other was that for some reason, Qin Xuelin rarely went out recently.

I didn't notice it during the day, but Qin Xuelin had become a lot rounder and her complexion was getting rosy.

"I'm here to check on you for Luo." The person who came was Qin Xuelin, who suddenly interrupted Hu's question during the day.

Mrs. Hu suddenly remembered that Lu Yanluo had said before that if she had nothing to do, she could visit Concubine Hui more often. At this moment, Qin Xuelin called Lu Yanluo "A'Luo" as soon as she opened her mouth, which was enough to show that the relationship between the two should be very close.

"You and Yanluo?" Hu was puzzled.

Qin Xuelin smiled and said, "A Luo is my benefactor. She felt uneasy before leaving the palace yesterday, so she came to find me and told me what happened. She was worried that you would do something, so she asked me to take care of you more. I didn't expect that you would lose your temper the next day."

Hu was confused, but only then did she figure it out: "So you interrupted me on purpose at noon?"

Qin Xuelin lowered herself to find a chair and sat down, sighing, "Your Majesty is too impatient. Right now, Concubine Xian is at her peak of glory. Why would you confront her at this moment? The concubine Rong who was beaten to death today was obviously Concubine Xian's way of intimidating you. If you confront her at this moment, you will never gain a single benefit."

How could Mrs. Hu not know that the blows hit Concubine Rong today were actually hit on her heart, but everyone was looking at her at that time, and she was really unwilling to accept it. The villain would become arrogant when he succeeded, and Concubine Xian was really going too far, and she couldn't bear it.

"Thank you for what you did today." Mrs. Hu took Qin Xuelin's hand and said, "I usually see you and Yanluo at loggerheads, and I thought you two were enemies. Even I didn't dare to have much contact with you. I didn't expect that you were just doing it for others to see."

Qin Xuelin was worried that Mrs. Hu might overthink things, so she explained, "Sometimes it's easier to do things when it looks like the relationship isn't good. So since I entered the palace, I've created the illusion that we're not on good terms with the Night Palace. The fewer people who know about this, the better. So we haven't told Your Majesty before. I hope you don't mind."

Being also trapped in this cannibalistic palace, Hu was not surprised at all. Instead, she was very grateful to Qin Xuelin for helping her today. Otherwise, she would have been one of the innocent souls beaten to death.

After this incident, the relationship between Hu and Qin Xuelin gradually improved. When no one was around, the two of them would often get together to drink tea and chat.

With Qin Xuelin's comfort, Hu gradually relaxed and no longer obsessed with the matter of Concubine Xian.

It’s a pity that the tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop.

In order to avoid being discovered that she was pregnant, Qin Xuelin seldom went out. After a long time, she inevitably felt depressed, so she would often go to the pavilion in the middle of the lake in the Imperial Garden to sit at noon when there were few people around.

There was nothing happening that day, but when Qin Xuelin was about to leave the pavilion in the middle of the lake, the beautiful lady Yue came towards her.

Logically speaking, Qin Xuelin was a concubine, and Yue Meiren was just a beauty without rank. She should kneel down and salute when she saw Qin Xuelin.

But Lady Yue was used to being arrogant, and there were very few people in the palace who she really cared about, so she just glanced at Qin Xuelin and walked away arrogantly.

But this one glance aroused great jealousy in Yue Meiren.

Qin Xuelin is undoubtedly a beautiful woman, with fair skin, beautiful looks, a well-proportioned figure, and a hint of heroic spirit in her bright and charming looks, which makes people feel fascinated when they see her.

Such a face naturally became a thorn in Yue Meiren's eyes. She prided herself on her beauty, but she was still inferior to Qin Xuelin.

Although they had no hatred in the past and no resentment in the present, but with just one glance, Yue Meiren was sure that she disliked Qin Xuelin very much.

There was no one in the Imperial Garden at noon, even the eunuchs who were acting like lechers around had no idea where to go to hide.

Yue Meiren's eyes turned, and the moment she passed Qin Xuelin, she suddenly raised her hand and pushed her hard. Qin Xuelin was caught off guard and was pushed away, losing her balance and falling back.

She tried to grab something to steady her body, but the area around the pavilion was empty. Qin Xuelin felt her feet go empty and her body fell backwards.

At the moment of falling into the water, Qin Xuelin tried to protect the baby in her belly, but the river water was icy and quickly drowned her.

"Someone come! Concubine Hui fell into the water!" The maid beside Qin Xuelin came from a distance. She originally went to take off Qin Xuelin's cloak, but when she came back, she saw her master struggling in the water.

In the pavilion, Yue Meiren had a look of disdain on her face. When she saw Qin Xuelin's maid coming back, she immediately turned around and left.

The guards patrolling around heard the palace maid's cry, and hurried over to rescue Qin Xuelin and sent her back to the bedroom.

When Lu Yanluo received the news, she ignored everything and hurried into the palace. When she entered the bedroom, the imperial physician happened to come out of the inner room.

Lu Yanluo eagerly grabbed the imperial physician and asked, "How is it? How is Concubine Hui?"

The imperial physician shook his head, somewhat regretfully: "Noble Concubine Hui is fine, but... the baby in her belly was still too young, so she couldn't be saved."

The child is gone? Lu Yanluo knew how much Qin Xuelin was looking forward to the birth of this child, but now, it’s gone?

Hearing faint cries coming from the inner room, Lu Yanluo hurried in.

"My Queen..." Lu Yanluo didn't know how to comfort a mother who had just lost her child.

Qin Xuelin's face was pale because of her miscarriage, which made her eyes look even more sad.

"How could this happen?" Lu Yanluo asked.

Qin Xuelin gritted her teeth, wishing she could vomit blood: "It was Nanyue! She pushed me into the water, A'Luo, I will never let her go! I want her to pay for my child's life!"

Ever since Qin Xuelin got her revenge, Lu Yanluo hasn't seen Qin Xuelin so full of hatred for a long time. Before, they were her sisters, and now they are her children, but they have all left her one by one.

Lu Yanluo felt extremely distressed and held the person tightly in her arms: "Cry, everything will be fine after you cry."