Chapter 681 Bitterness

While everyone in the palace was excitedly gazing at the magnificent fireworks overhead, which only happened once a year, inside the bedroom of Lianrui Palace, Zi Yue was supporting Bai Qianqian, who was burned into a semi-comatose state, and feeding her medicine.

Bai Qianqian felt dizzy from the fever and could hear the sound of fireworks exploding in the distance. She was annoyed by the noise and after drinking a mouthful of medicine fed to her by the palace maid, she turned around and spit it out.

"Empress!" Zi Yue was shocked, thinking that her condition had worsened. However, as soon as she approached, Bai Qianqian suddenly reached out and pushed her towards her.

Although he was still sick, he still pushed Zi Yue so hard that her body tilted. The medicine in his hand spilled out directly, landing on the back of her hand and clothes, scalding her so much that she jumped up suddenly.

Bai Qianqian ignored her and stared at Ziyue's direction, saying in a hoarse voice,

"I don't want to drink this, give me the original medicine... I want to drink the original medicine!"

Zi Yue didn't even bother to take care of the back of her hand that was burned. She could only comfort her in a pitiful voice, "Madam, you have a fever. This is the antipyretic medicine prescribed by the imperial physician..."

"I don't want to drink it. I don't want this. I want the original medicine. Give me the original medicine..."

Bai Qianqian just lay on the bed, muttering to herself like a possessed person, asking for the original medicine. Although she was so weak, her voice could not hide her eagerness.

Zi Yue felt that something was wrong with her queen's condition, but she couldn't tell exactly what was wrong.

There was really no other way but to send someone to invite the imperial physician back to see his own queen.

The palace maid was gone for a long time, but she came back by herself, with a very unhappy look on her face.

"The imperial physician said that today is New Year's Eve and the Imperial Hospital needs someone on duty. It's not good for them to go out so often. Just let the Empress take the medicine according to the prescription."

To put it bluntly, the queen is not favored now, and the imperial doctors are too lazy to deal with it.

The reason I made this trip previously was because of the Emperor’s instructions.

When Zi Yue heard that the person was not invited back, she was so angry that her face turned red, but there was nothing she could do.

At this time, Bai Qianqian's voice yelling for medicine came from inside again. Zi Yue couldn't understand why the stinky medicine soup was delicious? The queen insisted on drinking that one sip.

He gritted his teeth and asked someone to boil the previous medicine.

She thought about comforting the person first, and then coaxing him to drink the fever-reducing medicine.

Zi Yue thought straightforwardly, but she didn't know that some medicinal properties were conflicting.

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On the other side, there is a side courtyard behind Chonghua Palace.

After receiving the order, Wu Lie went straight to the side courtyard, blending his figure into the darkness and sneaking away quickly, but he didn't know that his figure fell into the eyes of another person.

Gu Qingquan originally came out to change clothes during the session.

Just as I was about to return to my seat, I vaguely noticed a dark shadow passing by in the darkness not far away.

She thought about it, left the palace maid behind, and went in the direction the black shadow left.

She wandered around behind Chonghua Palace for a long time and finally found the side courtyard where Helian Tuo and Bai Qianqian had previously met. The courtyard was empty, but there were several traces of people left behind.

Gu Qingquan followed her intuition and walked in, until halfway through, a voice suddenly appeared behind her.

"What are you doing here?"

Gu Qingquan was startled by the voice and almost grabbed the hairpin in her hand and stabbed backwards, but fortunately she recognized Wu Lie's voice.

I turned around and asked him, "What are you doing here again?"

The Emperor should be returning to his seat by now. Shouldn't he be staying by the Emperor's side?

Wu Lie looked at the clearness in her eyes and said, "I came here on orders."

But he did not say what he was here to do, and he would not say.

When Gu Qingquan heard that he had received an order to come to this remote courtyard, he knew that he had a mission.

On the night of New Year's Eve, what mission was assigned to this courtyard behind Chonghua Palace?

Could it be that there is an assassin?

Gu Qingquan's eyes suddenly lit up.

Her handsome and heroic face showed some solemnity, and she said simply, "What do you want to do? I'll help you."

The tone was serious, yet revealed a restrained desire to try.

Wu Lie shook his head and said, "I can do it alone. You should go back earlier."

Gu Qingquan felt that what he said meant he didn't trust him, because it was clearly him who taught him martial arts in the beginning!

"I am the emperor's concubine now. If the emperor has something to do, I will naturally share his burden. Please don't bother me."

Gu Qingquan just wanted to come up with a reason to convince him, but she didn't know that Wu Lie felt subtle bitterness in his heart when he heard her emphasize that she was the emperor's concubine.

He looked away, but did not stop her.

It's just a search for a fallen piece of jade, there's no need to hide it from her.

Wu Lie lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "The jade piece that served as a dragon scale decoration on the emperor's chest fell off, and he ordered me to find it back."

He thought that coming to a place like this in the middle of the night to look for a small piece of jade was too boring, and she might leave on her own initiative after hearing this.

Unexpectedly, Gu Qingquan was very cautious. "Since it is a decoration of dragon scales, it is related to the dignity of the emperor. I will look for it with you."

Having said that, regardless of whether he agreed or not, she picked up the lantern that was placed aside and started searching in the yard.

Wu Lie looked at her earnest back, and thought that she cared so much for the emperor, and a subtle sense of sadness once again surged in his heart, but his face never showed any expression, just as always.

Without saying anything else, Wu Lie followed her to search in the yard.

He knew why the emperor appeared in this remote place tonight. Imagining the emperor's route at that time, Wu Lie searched from the base of the wall to the hidden place under the window. Suddenly, he saw a faint reflection in the grass.

Wu Lie's heart moved, and he was about to reach out his hand, but unexpectedly, a hand next to him reached out at the same time, and the white fingertips belonging to Gu Qingquan stretched forward and touched his knuckles when they touched the jade piece in the grass.

The feeling of their skin touching each other made them both freeze.

He subconsciously turned his head and looked at the other person.

The moment their eyes met, they heard a sharp sound of flying into the sky, and the next second, brilliant fireworks bloomed above their heads.