Chapter 432 Soft Heart
On the small table by the window, there were two golden plates filled with dough balls, and two exquisite bows and arrows were placed next to them.
The Emperor of Northern Qi looked dazed. Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, officials and their wives would use bows and arrows to shoot at the dough balls in the golden plate. The official or family member who hit the ball would get a dough ball.
But the dough was very slippery and difficult to hit.
But the officials' families never get tired of it.
Therefore, the palace was very lively that day.
Now the Queen is guarding the imperial mausoleum, the Prince of Qi is imprisoned, and no Dragon Boat Festival banquet has been held. Instead, the Queen has ordered that owl soup be served to all officials.
Today the palace is deserted, like a lifeless tomb, devoid of its vibrant colors.
The Northern Qi emperor felt inexplicably oppressed. As his eyes shifted, he caught sight of a tiger carved from mugwort leaves lying on the couch, along with several bundles of colored silk. Perhaps because the window was half-open, one of the tigers had been blown to the ground.
His hand subconsciously reached for the left side of his waist, but found nothing.
Subconsciously, he took a step forward and walked towards the couch.
He took a bunch of colorful silk threads and picked up the Aihu on the ground, feeling mixed emotions.
Because every year on this day, the Queen would string the Aihu on silk thread and send it to the Yangxin Palace for him to wear during the morning court.
The empress had not had time to send him the colorful silk threads and Aihu that she had made this year, as Feng Xiaozhong falsely accused her of confusing the royal bloodline the day before.
The Emperor of Northern Qi clenched his fists. The Queen was aloof and arrogant. She must have been disappointed in him, which was why she still asked to leave the palace after proving her innocence.
Although the queen was usually cold to him, she would personally make some small items for him on every holiday, showing her care everywhere.
But at that time, he didn't take her feelings seriously.
Looking back now, of all the women around him, the Empress was the only one who hadn't plotted against him. On the contrary, it was his beloved Consort Shu who completely disregarded the greater good and even disregarded the royal family's dignity for the sake of the throne.
The more this happened, the more the Emperor of Northern Qi remembered the Queen's kindness.
The Emperor of Northern Qi strung the Aihu with silk thread, wore it on his waist, gently stroked the Aihu, and walked out of the hall.
Eunuch Liu was waiting at the door. Seeing the sadness in the Northern Qi Emperor's eyes, he knew he was thinking of the Empress. He called out cautiously, "Your Majesty, where did you eat your rice dumplings this year?"
The Northern Qi Emperor glanced at Eunuch Liu.
Eunuch Liu noticed the Northern Qi Emperor's gaze and lowered his head even lower.
How could the Emperor of Northern Qi not see what he was thinking?
"Send some food to the Queen." The Northern Qi Emperor lowered his eyes to look at Ai Hu, who was tied to his waist. His heart felt like it was blocked by a ball of wet cotton. "Ask her if she has apologized to the ancestors."
Eunuch Liu was shocked. Did the Emperor of Northern Qi want to bring the Queen into the palace?
"As you command."
He nodded in agreement and left quickly.
The Emperor of Northern Qi was about to go to the Qinzheng Palace when he suddenly saw a palace maid holding a bundle and poking her head out from a side hall. When she saw that she had been discovered by him, she was so frightened that she knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, spare my life!" The maidservant knelt on the ground, trembling, and kowtowed. Her forehead was broken after just a few kowtows. "I beg you to spare my life."
The Northern Qi Emperor noticed the maidservant acting suspiciously and walked towards her. He looked at the bundle on the ground and asked, "What's in this?"
The palace maid was like a frightened bird, the color drained from her face, and she was so scared that she couldn't utter a word.
Upon seeing this, the eunuch hurriedly picked up the bundle and handed it to the Emperor of Northern Qi.
The Northern Qi Emperor whispered, "Open it."
The eunuch opened the bundle with swift movements.
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