Chapter 2: Entering the Palace

Arriving at Yukang Palace and looking at the vermilion gate, Yun Qin took a deep breath and used her lifelong acting skills. She knocked on the door vigorously and shouted anxiously, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I beg to see Your Majesty!"

The people inside were startled and the door quickly opened a crack.

Yun Qin didn't waste any time and squeezed in.

The palace maids and eunuchs at the door immediately came to stop her. Yun Qin struggled and shouted, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please go and see my queen. She is vomiting badly and hasn't eaten anything all day. I have already gone to see a doctor!"

She asked Xiao Dezi to invite a doctor because she was afraid that the emperor would say to her, "Go back and invite a doctor if you feel unwell."

The purpose of inviting a doctor was to increase credibility. Her mission was to get the emperor back, so she had to lie anyway, so she might as well make it serious.

Even if the emperor gets angry later and has a bad impression of her, it won't be good. Anyway, her superior is Concubine Hui, so she should deal with her first.

She screamed so miserably that soon the entire Yukang Palace was filled with her shouts, except that the lights in the main hall had not yet been lit.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Yun Qin wanted to shout.

A palace maid came over and said, "You are dead, why don't you take her out for me quickly!"

As he spoke, he glared at Yun Qin with a vicious look.

The palace maid who was pulling Yun Qin seemed to gain confidence all of a sudden, and she pinched Yun Qin's arm hard and pulled her out.

Yun Qin endured the pain and continued to shout: "Your Majesty, please go and see our queen..."

Before she could finish her shout, the palace maid who came over covered her mouth with her hands. She could only struggle with all her might.

"emperor……"

Just as Yun Qin was about to be dragged out, a tall and fat eunuch walked out from the side hall.

"What's going on?"

When they heard his voice, everyone present was shocked.

The person who came was the former eunuch, Xu An.

Seeing him, everyone else was a little scared, but Yun Qin's heart dropped.

What she was most worried about was that Xu An would not show up.

He is the emperor's close friend and understands his heart best. If he is unwilling to come forward, it means that the emperor has made up his mind not to meet Concubine Hui.

Meeting him, Yunqin's journey was half successful.

Yun Qin stopped crying instantly and just struggled silently.

“Why don’t you drag her out?” The palace maid became alert and immediately winked at the two palace maids who were pulling Yun Qin.

But it was too late. Xu An had already walked down the corridor. "Which palace are you from?"

Hearing his question, the palace maid who was holding Yun Qin hesitated for a moment. Yun Qin took advantage of this opportunity to break free and leaned over to salute Xu An.

"In reply to Eunuch Xu, I am from the Chunxi Palace. My Concubine Hui is not feeling well and has already asked for the imperial physician. We are all panicking in the palace and no one is helpful. We can only ask Your Majesty to come to the palace to calm down."

Looking at Yunqin, a pretty little girl, with her clothes and hair torn into a mess, crying pitifully, and looking extremely miserable, Xu An didn't know for a moment how much of what she said was true.

But everyone knows that Huipin is pregnant with a baby, so she is prepared for any eventuality...

"Such a big thing, but you didn't explain it clearly!" Pushing the responsibility aside first, Xu An said, "Wait, I'll go and report it to the family."

"Thank you, eunuch." Yun Qin burst into tears of gratitude.

When the others went in, Yun Qin only felt the gaze from behind her was extremely burning. If looks could kill, she would have been hacked to pieces by now.

Facing all these gazes, Yun Qin still squatted steadily.

She was a little scared before coming here, but what is there to be afraid of now? Chunxi Palace and Yukang Palace will have to confront each other sooner or later, so today's event can just be an appetizer.

After a while, the lights in the inner hall were turned on. After a while, Xu An came out and waved to Yun Qin, "The emperor wants you to go in and answer his questions."

"yes."

Yun Qin stood up steadily and quickly adjusted her clothes and hair. She did it, but only for Xu An to see.

Of course she had to keep this wolfish look for the emperor to see. Even if they were inappropriate in knocking on the door in the middle of the night in Chunxi Palace, she was not a good person in dragging people out of Yukang Palace without asking why.

Xu An looked at Yun Qin twice more. She was crying and shouting with a fierce look just a second ago, but now she was as well-behaved as a little rabbit. The speed at which her expression changed was really astonishing.

Yun Qin followed Xu An into the inner hall with light steps. She raised her eyes slightly and took in the situation in the inner hall.

The emperor was sitting on the couch wearing only a bright yellow undergarment. Concubine Liu seemed to have no bones. She was leaning against him with her hand on his chest, looking like a little bird.

Yun Qin took a quick look and did not see the expression on the emperor's face clearly. She only confirmed that he was not angry, and then quickly lowered her curtains.

"Your servant pays homage to His Majesty and the beauty."

"How is Huipin?"

There was a sense of nonchalance in his deep, magnetic voice, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.

Yun Qin's palms were already sweating, and she could only bite the bullet and say, "Your Majesty, the queen vomited a lot today and didn't eat much all day. She was afraid that the dragon fetus would be damaged, so she insisted on eating. She ate and vomited, vomited and ate, and was tormented until midnight. She cried a lot, and we are really worried... We can only take the initiative to ask Your Majesty, please persuade the queen to stop torturing herself."

He spoke more and more fluently, and even choked up at the end.

Of course she couldn't speak without thinking in front of the emperor. What she said was half true and half false. The vomiting was false, but the not wanting to eat was true. The fear of harming the dragon fetus was false, but the crying was true.

Even if the emperor went there and saw something, he wouldn't be too angry, let alone be angry with her.

"Your Majesty, since Sister Huifei is not feeling well, you should go and ask for a doctor. What's the point of asking Your Majesty to go? Your Majesty doesn't know how to treat illnesses."

Hearing this, Yun Qin was slightly surprised, but she forced herself not to go see Xu An. Didn't he mention that Chunxi Palace had already hired a doctor?

Yun Qin's mind raced. There was no reason for Xu An to hide it, so the only possibility was that the Emperor did not listen to his report and called her in.

This means... Yun Qin lowered her head even lower. This could only mean that the emperor was so anxious that he didn't want to hear Xu An's report.

So was he acting this nonchalant look for Miss Liu?

Yun Qin's eyes flickered, her head lowered even lower, and her heart completely dropped to her stomach.

What she has to do now is to cooperate with the emperor to perform this play well.