Linglong heated up the food on the stove and saw that Zhao Yunzhu finally remembered to eat.
She sighed helplessly and brought the food over. Not wanting to worry about the neighbors, but worried about her young lady's health, she couldn't help but complain, "Young lady should also take care of her own health."
"Never mind, never mind. I'll remember it next time."
Zhao Yunzhu had no choice but to compromise, knowing that Linglong was doing it for her own good.
I picked up the chopsticks on the table and took two bites when I heard a loud bang from next door.
Zhao Yunzhu's eyes paused.
He dropped the chopsticks in his hand and rushed to the wall in a hurry, only to hear Aunt Qing's painful groans coming from next door.
Zhao Yunzhu's heart sank and her eyelids twitched. She saw Aunt Qing covering her abdomen with both hands, her body curled up into a ball. Her forehead was covered with sweat and her face was full of pain.
Dark red blood was flowing from the corners of Aunt Qing's mouth.
"Aunt Qing..."
Zhao Yunzhu's voice was filled with anxiety.
When Aunt Qing saw Zhao Yunzhu's face full of worry for her, she felt a little relieved in her heart, but she knew that she might not survive today. She was already very satisfied to be able to see the emperor before she died. Her life was complete.
"Aunt Qing, how are you..."
Seeing that Aunt Qing just kept smiling, Zhao Yunzhu became more and more anxious, "The food is poisonous!"
Zhao Yunzhu's heart sank. She turned to look at Linglong and said, "Go and tell the emperor quietly."
Linglong nodded, turned around and rushed straight to the Yangxin Palace.
Aunt Qing's face was pale and she had no strength left in her body.
She looked at Zhao Yunzhu weakly and smiled sadly.
"Yunzhu, in fact, Prince An is not the emperor's flesh and blood—"
Aunt Qing opened her mouth wide, and before she could finish her words, her body went limp, and her slightly raised head fell back to the ground.
His eyes slowly closed, only the dark red blood stains at the corners of his lips were still flowing slowly.
"Aunt Qing, Aunt Qing!"
Zhao Yunzhu could only weakly slap the wall, trying to wake Aunt Qing up again.
She didn't know if Aunt Qing was still breathing.
My eyes were sore and two lines of cold tears fell from the corners of my eyes.
"Miss--"
Linglong came back with a rather ugly look on her face.
Zhao Yunzhu was startled and turned to look at her, "Why so fast?"
"Miss, there's a guard at the door. The guard said—"
Linglong raised her eyes and quietly studied the young lady's expression before stammering, "The guards said that the Queen Mother has ordered that no one from Hanlu Pavilion can come in or out as they please these days. I asked them to invite the Emperor, but the guards said that the Queen Mother has taken the Emperor out of the palace to the Royal Villa and will not be back for three days..."
Linglong said cautiously.
Zhao Yunzhu's body stiffened, she looked at the wall, pulled the corners of her lips together, and smiled helplessly. She knew that she could not save Aunt Qing.
It must be that Empress Dowager Liu had already discovered the emperor's intentions, which is why she was unwilling to spare Aunt Qing's life.
"Aunt Qing, I'm sorry..."
She looked at the wall silently, saying sorry over and over again in her heart.
After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Yunzhu looked at Aunt Qing lying on the ground without any reaction.
She could only watch time pass by little by little.
Linglong pulled her aside and forced her not to look at the tragic scene opposite.
The quiet night was accompanied by the terrifying cries of crows perched on the eaves.
There was another noise coming from the cold palace next door.
Zhao Yunzhu suddenly looked up and felt nervous, thinking it was Aunt Qing from next door, but when she rushed over and moved the painting off the wall.
In the next room there was only an oil lamp lit on the table.
Two old women bent over and carried Aunt Shangqing's body.
Zhao Yunzhu was shocked.
"Dead as hell, huh?"
"Dead as hell! Can't you see the body is so stiff?"
"I never thought I'd see him. He's been acting crazy and stupid for over a decade, and now he's finally about to turn things around. What a pity..."
"If you keep talking nonsense, be careful that next time it will be me and others who will collect your body!"
"Hehe, I know, I know, but you said that young lady of our family used to be so gentle and considerate in the mansion, how did she change now)——"
The old woman who was speaking couldn't help shuddering. "Ah, I just hope that we two old sisters can leave the palace sooner. Otherwise, if we stay in the palace, we won't know how we died in the end."
"Why……"
The two maids sighed at the same time and then dragged Aunt Qing's body away.
Zhao Yunzhu witnessed all this, and a bone-chilling cold wind blew in her face from the hole in the wall.
She seemed to smell the faint scent of jasmine on Aunt Qing.
Aunt Qing died.
All of this was the intention of Empress Dowager Liu. Judging from their conversation, the two maids who had just carried away Aunt Qing's body were the ones Empress Dowager Liu had brought into the palace from the Liu family.
And they knew a lot about Empress Dowager Liu.
That night, Zhao Yunzhu fell asleep at some point.
Linglong and Xia Yue stayed by her side tonight.
The candles in the room burned until dawn, and the sunlight from outside the window shone into the room, but Zhao Yunzhu was still sleeping.
Linglong stood up and added some charcoal to the charcoal brazier.
Xia Yue got dressed and went outside to get breakfast.
She brought the food box into the house, and seeing that Zhao Yunzhu was still asleep, she turned around and put the food box on the stove in the small kitchen.
Zhao Yunzhu did not sleep well. In her dream, there was a vast white fog. She could vaguely see the outline of Aunt Qing, who smiled and waved goodbye to her.
"Yunzhu, don't blame yourself or feel guilty."
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