Chapter 645 Framed
Concubine Li and Yao Zhaoxun looked at each other.
They all felt that Concubine Xiao was acting strange today.
At Xiao Xixi's urging, the two raised their glasses.
The wine glasses clinked lightly.
Xiao Xixi smiled and said, "Usually we always call each other sister and younger sister, but that's just polite words. Today I sincerely call you sisters. If I'm not around anymore, remember to ask me to take good care of the prince."
After saying this, she raised her head and drank the wine in the glass without waiting for the other party to react.
Concubine Li looked at her suspiciously: "What happened to you today? Did you take the wrong medicine?"
Yao Zhaoxun didn't say anything, but he looked at Concubine Xiao with concern.
Xiao Xixi smiled and said, "I have raised chickens, ducks, pigs and geese for so long, but now they are all given away. The vegetables I planted are also gone. I suddenly feel that life is so unpredictable. Maybe tomorrow I will be like those vegetables and poultry and suddenly disappear. I am saying hello to you now, so that we won't have time to say goodbye when we part in the future."
Concubine Li put down her wine glass and said, "Are you in trouble?"
Yao Zhaoxun also said: "If you have any trouble, please tell me. Although I am a small person with little influence, I will do my best as long as I can be of use."
Xiao Xixi poured herself another glass of wine: "It's okay, I'm just expressing my feelings."
Today's lunch is particularly sumptuous.
But Concubine Li and Yao Zhaoxun were eating absent-mindedly.
When they were leaving, Xiao Xixi suddenly called out, "Baoqin, give them the mahjong and playing cards. I won't need them anymore, so give them all to them."
Baoqin quickly did as she was told.
Mahjong and playing cards were given to Li's concubine Yao Zhaoxun respectively.
Yao Zhaoxun was not at all happy about receiving the gift. Instead, he felt an inexplicable worry.
"Is Sister Xiao really okay?"
Xiao Xixi supported her head with one hand, her face was flushed and her eyes were blurry, she was obviously drunk.
She chuckled, "I'm fine."
Concubine Li whispered to Baoqin.
"If Concubine Xiao has anything to say, just come to me directly."
Yao Zhaoxun hurriedly said, "And me!"
Baoqin nodded and said yes.
After she sent the person away, she and another palace maid helped Concubine Xiao up.
Xiao Xixi pushed their hands away.
Baoqin: "You are drunk. Let me help you go back to your room to rest."
Xiao Xixi shook her head: "I'm not drunk, I just feel a little dizzy, I want to go out for some fresh air."
She staggered out the door and stood alone on the porch, looking at the bare backyard.
The tears fell without warning.
Baoqin was worried about her and kept watching her from a distance. She was frightened when she suddenly started crying.
"My queen, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying?" Baoqin asked, taking out a handkerchief to wipe her tears.
Xiao Xixi took the handkerchief and pressed it against her eyes.
She choked up and said, "I can't leave anything behind."
Baoqin was confused: "What do you want to leave behind?"
Xiao Xixi put down her handkerchief, reached out to hug Baoqin, and tears kept falling down.
Baoqin patted her back gently and comforted her softly, "It's okay, it's okay. Even if we don't have those vegetables and poultry, I can still make delicious food for you. No matter what you want to eat in the future, you can tell me and I will make it for you."
Xiao Xixi cried, "Why are you so nice?"
Baoqin: "Because you are very good too."
Xiao Xixi took a lot of effort to gradually stop crying.
She wiped away her tears with a handkerchief and sniffed: "Come with me."
Baoqin followed her into the bedroom.
Xiao Xixi took out a contract of sale from the drawer.
"This is your indenture. I'm returning it to you. From now on, you'll be a free person. Even if I'm gone someday, you can decide where to go without being dictated to by others."
Originally, Baoqin was a servant in the General Zhongwu's Mansion. Later, she followed Xiao Xixi into the palace, and Xue gave Baoqin's indenture contract to Xiao Xixi.
Baoqin looked at the indenture in front of her, feeling a little overwhelmed.
"Why are you saying this all of a sudden?"
Xiao Xixi took her hand, put the indenture contract in her hand, and said with a smile: "I just suddenly remembered this."
In the past, Xiao Xixi had thought about taking Baoqin back to Xuanmen.
Later I thought about it and decided to give up.
She only has so little time left, why let Baoqin go through another separation of life and death?
Let's just part ways amicably.
Baoqin held the indenture contract, but her eyes were always on Xiao Xixi.
"My lady, what happened to you today?"
Xiao Xixi wiped her eyes and said with a smile: "I may have drunk too much, and my mind is not very clear. You go out first, I want to sleep for a while."
"oh."
Baoqin took a few steps and looked back at her.
"Are you really okay?"
Xiao Xixi waved her hands as if to shoo away a fly: "I'm fine, let's go."
Baoqin had no choice but to leave the bedroom.
Xiao Xixi lay on the bed, hugged the quilt and sighed.
She had no worries in her previous life, so she didn't feel much pain even if she died. At most, she just felt reluctant.
But this life is different.
She had concerns and ties.
So she felt reluctant to leave.
Xiao Xixi hit the quilt in her arms and said angrily, "It's all your fault. Why are you so nice to me? It makes me feel so uncomfortable."
She hugged the quilt and muttered to herself for a while.
The mood improved slightly.
Just as she was about to cover herself with the quilt and go to sleep, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Baoqin's voice came in, sounding very anxious.
"My queen, something happened in the palace!"
Xiao Xixi immediately sat up: "What's wrong?"
Baoqin pushed the door open and walked in: "Just now General Xiao secretly sent someone to deliver the news that the imperial guards found lucky charms from the residences of Eunuch Chang and Zhao Xian!"
Xiao Xixi's expression changed.
She thought that everything would be fine as long as she found the lucky charms in the East Palace, but she forgot about Eunuch Chang and Zhao Xian.
Eunuch Chang and Zhao Xian are both close confidants of the prince.
Once they accuse the prince of using witchcraft to murder the emperor, the prince will definitely not be able to escape!
Unfortunately, Eunuch Chang and Zhao Xian were not in the palace now. They followed the prince to Xiling County and did not even have a chance to explain themselves.
Baoqin asked anxiously, "What should I do now?"
Xiao Xixi jumped off the bed: "Pen and ink are waiting for you!"
Baoqin hurriedly brought writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone.
Xiao Xixi bent over the desk and wrote quickly, scribbling down a line of words.
There has been a change in the palace, don't return to Beijing!
When Baoqin saw this line of words, she couldn't help but ask.
"Something happened in the palace, the prince should be allowed to return to the palace as soon as possible. Why don't you let him return to the palace?"
Xiao Xixi explained quickly.
"Looking at this situation, it's obvious that someone is deliberately trying to harm the prince.
If the emperor believed the slander and insisted on convicting the prince, then the prince would have no choice but to die when he returned!
Rather than coming back to die, he might as well stay in Xiling County and wait and see what happens.
If things really reach a point of no return, he can directly raise an army in Xiling County."
The prince now commands 110,000 soldiers and holds a military token in his hand.
As long as he raised an army, whether he wanted to declare himself king or overthrow the emperor and ascend the throne himself, the possibility of success was very high.
(End of this chapter)
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