"Why, is the hairpin I gave you not pretty? Why haven't you worn it in the past few times I've been here?"
Oh, are you talking about that hairpin that weighs a pound? Oh my god, not to mention whether it's ugly or not, just the weight, my head really can't bear it!
"It was a gift from the Empress Dowager. Of course I have to keep it for constant admiration, so I've never worn it."
"Hahaha, those jewelry are meant to be worn. If you leave them there, they'll become useless. As the saying goes, clothes suit your appearance. Yixing, I think you're a perfect match for it..."
"Empress Dowager! I am Yi Yan." Xu Yixing's palms were sweating again. This was not the first time that the Empress Dowager recognized her. Now she had no doubt that she would have her own way to distinguish between herself and Yi Yan in the future. Fortunately, she was confused, otherwise it would be bad if she saw it at a glance.
"Oh, oh, oh, oh!" The Queen Mother took down the reading glasses from the table beside her. "Look, my eyesight is really getting worse. But speaking of it, I always feel that you and your sister are really alike!"
"The Queen Mother has seen my sister?"
"Yes, but that was a long time ago. Back then, Yuan'er was naughty and loved to bully the weak. One time, your sister got hurt. Haha, Yuan'er is also stupid. He thought no one saw it! If I hadn't sent someone to clean up the mess, this matter... cough cough, I'm getting off topic."
The Queen Mother picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, but Xu Yixing felt a surge of emotions in his heart.
Is what the Queen Mother was talking about the incident when Lu Anyuan pushed her into the well?
So this matter was not perfect at the time, and it was not that no one knew about it?
Xu Yixing was still thinking about something when she felt someone was looking at her. She was startled and immediately looked up. It was indeed the Queen Mother looking at her.
However, the confusion in his eyes just now was not fake, and the Queen Mother could not see anything.
"Empress Dowager, I don't know what you are talking about. What happened next?"
"Later? Hahahaha, I forgot. You didn't often go to the palace when you were a child, so you might not be familiar with it. Later, your sister fell ill, and then she recovered."
The Queen Mother finished speaking and smiled at her again, but she still didn't react. The strange feeling in her heart had long been suppressed. Xu Yixing now looked no different from Yi Yan's deer-like eyes, making people feel that he couldn't hide a trace of his worries.
"Is that so? Then sister and Anyuan had a good relationship when they were young. What a pity..." She revealed her sadness at the right time, an action she was very familiar with.
"Alas! Let's not talk about them. You're such a kindhearted child. I heard that it was you who stopped Princess Cheng from driving Wu Xueyan away? What a pity, she's also ungrateful and framed your family like this..."
"Empress Dowager! Empress Dowager! It's bad, the Fourth Princess has had her bleeding!" Before she could finish her sentence, a palace maid rushed in from outside. Her demeanor was relatively calm, but her words were obviously flustered.
"What?" Xu Yixing and the Queen Mother leaned forward at the same time, incredulous. How long had it been? And already something like this had happened?
Xu Yixing looked at the Queen Mother with a little panic. Since something had happened, the Queen Mother would definitely come forward to take care of it, right? But unexpectedly, the old lady seemed to be stimulated. As soon as he looked over, her eyes rolled back and she fainted.
"Queen Mother, Queen Mother!"
The Empress Dowager fainted, which greatly surprised Xu Yixing. Although the responsibility was not hers, as a junior present, it was impossible for her to go to the Fahua Hall to check on the Empress Dowager. She could only stay by the Empress Dowager's bedside and serve her medicine with all her heart.
It was already half an hour later when the Emperor and Empress arrived. It seemed that they were busy treating the Fourth Princess while hearing about the accident in Yian Palace, so they hurried over.
After the emperor came in, he went straight to the empress dowager's bedside, his eyes full of worry, and kept asking questions to the imperial physician; the empress noticed Xu Yixing, but did not expect her to be here, and looked puzzled.
"Your Majesty, Queen, I was by the Queen Mother's side when she fainted from shock just now, so I served her medicine. Now that the Emperor and Queen are both here, I will take my leave first." Xu Yi bowed politely, left the bedroom, and stood in the outer hall waiting.
The outer hall was now also crowded with people. It seemed that except for the fourth princess's mother, Concubine Gong, and the third prince's wife, all the other concubines were here.
As soon as she came out, a concubine came forward to ask about the situation. Xu Yixing told them the truth and then quietly stepped aside. She wanted to ask about the Fourth Princess's situation, but unfortunately, the whole palace was filled with people who cared about the Queen Mother, so she couldn't say anything.
Retreating to a corner where no one noticed her, a layer of obscurity crept into her eyes; she was thinking.
It was very strange, the Queen Mother was very strange. She clearly said that her mind was confused, but the words she said before she fainted were all meaningful. Her mind was wise and her eyes were sharp. How could she be like an old lady with a confused mind?
And then there was the fainting moment just now. The palace servants had been very careful when reporting the Fourth Princess's condition, not even mentioning anything like "the child is gone." So why did the Queen Mother faint? Besides, her relationship with the Fourth Princess seemed to be just that, so there shouldn't be such a huge emotional ups and downs.
While he was thinking, a man walked in quickly from outside the door and slipped into the inner hall without any obstruction.
When Xu Yixing raised her eyes, she only saw a blurry back, but she recognized the pattern on the clothes. It should be the strong man beside the emperor. She didn't see Eunuch Kang go in with the emperor and empress just now, so she thought it must be him.
Not even half a moment after Eunuch Kang went in, the emperor's angry voice was heard from the bedroom. Then the door curtain was lifted, and the emperor walked out quickly with an angry face.
"It's just right that you are all here, so I don't have to send anyone to pass the message!" The emperor said, and then sat down on the main throne and spoke to the concubines on the ground:
"Concubine Ying, Zhou, is vicious and cruel, destroying the royal bloodline. She openly committed a crime in the Fahua Palace, resulting in the death of the Fourth Princess and the Emperor's son. She also frightened the Empress Dowager and caused her to faint, unable to recover to this day. She is unworthy of being an Imperial Concubine. I order that her title of Concubine be stripped and that she be exiled to the Cold Palace, where she will be confined to reflect on her mistakes!"
After the emperor finished speaking, another dark cloud went in, leaving the concubines in the palace, some of whom were gloating, while others were frightened and panicked.
Xu Yixing closed his eyes tightly. He didn't expect that the fourth princess's child was still lost. It was such a pity.
Not long after the emperor entered, Eunuch Kang dismissed everyone. Xu Yixing dragged his heavy steps out of the outer hall and saw Lu Anyuan and the fourth prince there.
"How is it? Is the Imperial Grandmother okay?"
"He hasn't woken up yet. The Emperor and Empress are here. Let's go first."
Lu Anyuan looked at Yian Palace worriedly. The Fourth Prince came over and said a few words of advice before leaving on his own.
"Let's go too."
Xu Yixing grabbed Lu Anyuan's clothes and said, "Why don't we go see the Fourth Princess?"
"That's not necessary. When I entered the palace just now, I heard that the Fourth Princess is borrowing the palace of a concubine near the Fahua Palace because it's inconvenient for her to move. It's a time of great chaos, so we shouldn't add to the chaos."
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