Qi Jingxuan still holds a significant place in Ruan Yumu's heart. Judging from today's events, a woman's thinking is indeed limited, especially after she has reached a high position. She seems to feel increasingly lonely. Most of the time, she doesn't want to refer to herself as "I" in front of Ruan Yumu, perhaps without even realizing it herself.
Upon arriving at Suqing Palace, Consort Jiang had already finished her meal and was making clothes for the children.
Unlike in the past, Consort Jiang was no longer afraid when she saw Qi Jingxuan, because she knew that the Emperor would no longer harm her and her child; on the contrary, he was protecting them well.
"Jinhua, if I were to send you and Xu Yuanzhang out of the palace, would you be willing?"
Jiang Jinhua's smiling face immediately changed color, and she knelt down, pleading, "Your Majesty, please spare General Xu! I beg you!"
Qi Jingxuan felt sorry for his cousin, seeing her kneeling on the ground begging him while pregnant. She looked so pitiful. It was just a pity that Xu Yuanzhang, that scumbag, never showed up and never mentioned Jiang Jinhua's pregnancy.
"I am not going to punish him. I have taken over the Minister's palace. If you are interested, I will immediately issue an edict to change your name and General Xu Yuanzhang's name and send you there. What do you think?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Jinhua looked up in surprise. How could such a good thing happen to her? It was simply unbelievable.
"Get up."
"Your Majesty, I, your humble servant, thank you!"
"Jinhua, you must take good care of yourself. You can go to the prefect of Xuzhou. I will tell him that you are a princess and make him wary. As long as the Great Qi Kingdom still exists, you will be fine."
As Qi Jingxuan spoke, he hugged his cousin tightly. At that moment, Jiang Jinhua felt that the Emperor was truly a rare and wonderful man. She unconsciously patted the Emperor's back, as if to say goodbye.
That night, Qi Jingxuan returned to his Qianqing Palace, all alone.
"Someone come here! Summon Lord Li of the Censorate. I have important matters to entrust to him!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Before long, Lord Li arrived. The Censorate was responsible for the most intimate tasks assigned by the Emperor, but it was unclear who would be the one to suffer this time.
"Your humble servant greets Your Majesty! Long live the Emperor!"
"Get up! Stop chanting 'Long live the Emperor' all the time! If we don't take precautions, I'll die a violent death!" Qi Jingxuan handed the note Ruan Yumu had given him to Lord Li. "There are already spies from enemy countries in the harem. Torture them severely until they confess. Who knows how much information they've already leaked!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
After a busy day, Qi Jingxuan rested in his own Qianqing Palace. He used to think that Chuxiu Palace was good, then Lihua Terrace was good, then Chengen Palace was good, this place was good, that place was good, but in the end, the place that belonged to him was the best.
Qi Jingxuan was very tired and fell asleep as soon as he lay down. This was the place where Consort Yi had slept, and her scent still lingered there. Accompanied by this scent, Qi Jingxuan quickly drifted off to sleep.
In his dream, he saw Lu Shiyi and General Xi living happily together, while he and General Qi stood by watching with happiness. His head was tilted and rested on his chest. In fact, it was all a dream. It had been eight years since he leaned on the general. Those eight years had taken away his youth, her ignorance, and the girl who should have stayed in the backyard for the rest of her life!
In a daze, he heard the eunuch calling him, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" But Qi Jingxuan's eyelids were so heavy that he could hardly lift them.
Xiao Shunzi reached out and touched Qi Jingxuan's forehead; it was burning hot.
"His Majesty has caught a cold! Quickly, summon the imperial physician! Hurry, hurry, hurry!" Qi Jingxuan tried to open his eyes despite the commotion, but he still couldn't see very clearly.
Li Qingzhou was researching beauty pills at the Imperial Hospital when he overheard that the Imperial Physician had been summoned from the Qianqing Palace, so he went along with him.
"Your Majesty, how are you feeling? Your concubine is here. Quickly, fetch some hot water!" Li Qingzhou instructed the eunuch beside him, seemingly anxious that no one was taking care of Qi Jingxuan.
The imperial physician examined the patient and concluded that it was just a common cold, which would be fine with some medicine, but the patient had a slight fever and would probably need to rest for a few days.
Li Qingzhou stood guard anxiously before the Emperor.
"Yun Que! Yun Que! What right do you have to take away my dowry maid? Who gave you the right? What is this Shenxing Division? I am a noble lady carrying the emperor's child! Stop right there!" Yun Que was happily drinking tea and chatting with Yelü Yanyun when suddenly so many guards rushed in and kidnapped her. She shouted loudly, but no one answered her.
"Your Majesty, be careful of the baby! Your Majesty! Don't worry about me! Go back quickly, Your Majesty~~~" Yun Que kept instructing Yelü Yanyun, hoping that no matter what had happened to her, Her Majesty would not harm the baby.
Upon entering the Shenxing Division, Yun Que immediately realized, thinking of her carrier pigeon that hadn't arrived for so long, that all her communications had been discovered!
When no one was looking, she bit off a bead from the string of beads on her hand and put it in her mouth.
"Guards, tie this woman up!"
Upon hearing the adults' instructions, the group immediately grabbed the lark and tied him to the cross.
"You're the concubine's dowry maid, right? Since you're already a dowry maid, you're a person of my Great Qi Kingdom. Did you secretly contact your former master through these letters? Speak!" The official brandished his whip, not yet making a move, just wanting to scare her a little, after all, she was a beautiful young lady! Girls are generally timid.
"You won't talk, huh?" A whip lashed down heavily, but Hibari didn't utter a sound!
"Still so stubborn?" The adult rolled up his sleeves and lashed out with the whip several times in a row!
Lark was sweating profusely from the pain on his face, but he still didn't say a word.
The man was about to make a move, but was stopped by the people around him. "Lord Zhang, you really don't know how to cherish a beautiful woman. How can you bear to lay a hand on such a beautiful woman? Take a break and let us brothers handle it!"
As he spoke, the man approached Yun Que in a lewd manner and began to undress her through the rope. Yun Que's eyes widened, and she kept shaking her head. She could endure severe torture, but she could not bear such humiliation!
"Are you going to tell me or not? If you don't, you'll only have your undergarment left, and then we brothers won't be able to resist!"
"That's right, it's so late, we've exchanged a few words and put our fingerprints on it, so we guys should get some rest! Otherwise, you won't be able to withstand the seventy-two punishments from the Censorate!"
The men sat and drank for a while longer. Seeing that Yun Que showed no intention of speaking, they went forward to strip off her last piece of clothing.
With tears in her eyes and thinking of her master, the lark bit the bead in her mouth and soon died from poisoning.
"Lord Zhang, I didn't move, I didn't move! Spitting out blood, it's obvious he took poison before coming here!" The man in front of her was very flustered and quickly threw his clothes on her, but they didn't really block anything.
"Go and report to the Emperor immediately!" Knowing the seriousness of the matter, Lord Zhang could only send someone to inform the Emperor.
"Yes, Lord Zhang!"
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