Qiao Yu looked up in confusion, her face still half asleep. Good heavens, within a day she had already received declarations of love from the two most distinguished men in the world:
"What happened to Huaiwu?"
However, with her excellent acting skills, she quickly revealed a happy and innocent smile. Feeling the man's fear, Qiao Yu even patted his back considerately:
"Lan'er also loves Huaiwu."
The one who loves you is Hua Yunlan, not Qiao Yu. We have a deal.
"What happened to Huaiwu?"
Yan Fu held her in his arms all the time, preventing her from sleeping properly. Qiao Yu wasn't sleepy at first, but she was really tired.
"It's okay, I just want to hug you, just go to sleep and don't worry about me."
Perhaps he felt guilty about the mistake he made last night, and he was afraid that the person in his arms would abandon him after finding out one day.
Qiao Yu yawned heartlessly, lazily found a comfortable position in his arms, and soon fell asleep.
Although Yan Fu really wanted to stay still for the rest of his life like he is now and just hold Qiao Yu in his arms, but when he returned to the reality, he was still the emperor and he could not ignore the affairs of the world. Sometimes he thought that if that person was Qiao Yu, it would not be bad to be a tyrant.
When Qiao Yu woke up, Yan Fu was no longer there.
Seeing this, Zhu Er fetched some water to help Qiao Yu wash up.
"Noble Lady Xue is here. Miss, would you like to see her?"
Xue Chengrong came to see him simply to seek more protection. Since she was so alert and obedient, she was not the kind of stingy person:
"You all should go down first. Ren Bengong has disappeared. Tell her to come to Lanchao Palace more often next time..."
The palace maids in the room were a little surprised. Didn't their master always dislike that country girl? Why did he change his mind today?
Zhu'er knew the reason and didn't say much. She waved her hand and asked everyone in the room to leave with her.
"Oh yes, there is a very good warm jade and gold wood hairpin in the storeroom. I will give it to Concubine Xue as an apology for her wasting her trip today."
Now they were even more surprised, but as servants they should just be obedient and not interfere in their master's affairs.
After everyone left, a black shadow jumped down from the beam and saluted:
"The Emperor has imprisoned Concubine Qiu, apparently intending to have her die in an 'accident' in a month."
Qiao Yu was bored and fiddling with the gentian in the house. Empress Dowager Xue thought that everything that happened last night was just a oriole catching a cicada, while Qiu Ziqiang thought there was a mantis behind it, but in fact there was a vicious tiger behind the mantis.
"You did a great job. I want her to get pregnant before Qiu Ziqian dies. Do you understand? Yingjin, go down."
Ying Jin looked at the incredibly beautiful imperial concubine in front of him, took the vermilion medicine bottle she handed over, replied with a "yes" and disappeared.
Ying Jin was the secret guard that Qiao Yu asked for from the young master to facilitate her future actions.
Xue Chengrong: "Thank you, Madam, for your kindness."
After accepting the reward, she was not annoyed that Qiao Yu did not come out to see her. Her cousin had always been so eccentric, but as long as the person could protect her, how could she care about these trivial matters.
Yesterday was the Emperor's birthday. Empress Dowager Xue had been preparing for it for a long time. She had someone give the Emperor medicine and took tonic medicine for more than a month herself, hoping that she would conceive an heir to the throne.
The mother is poor and the son is rich, and they can rise to the top overnight. Which woman in the harem would not want this? But Xue Chengrong did not dare to take the risk because she wanted to live too much.
After she met Qiu Ziheng's palace maid that day, she had a new plan in her mind, so she took the initiative to tell Qiao Yu everything that Queen Mother Xue wanted her to do and surrendered.
So yesterday, after Yan Fu was brought to his room by Empress Dowager Xue's people, as expected, Yan Fu pushed her away. Even with such a strong drug, the person he was calling was still her extremely noble cousin.
"My Queen, something bad has happened! Something bad has happened!"
Qiao Yu was sitting on a chair lost in thought when a maid rushed in in a panic, startling her. However, she remained patient and said:
"What happened? It's so unruly to be so flustered."
The maid fell to her knees on the ground with a thud, knowing that she had been reckless, but she still stammered,
"Aunt Sufang...Aunt Sufang fell into a dry well. When the eunuchs and others rescued her, she was already dead...!!"
"What?! Take me there quickly."
The palace maid did not dare to delay for a moment and hurried forward to support her master, fearing that she would faint from the excitement.
Qiao Yu looked at the white cloth on the stretcher, and with trembling hands she wanted to go forward and uncover it, but Zhu Er stopped her in the end, worried:
"My lady, please take care of yourself!"
Qiao Yu wasn't really that sad, of course. Although she knew Su Fang had always been Yan Fu's woman, so she was somewhat wary, but when a corpse was placed before her, she still...
Sufang is someone close to Yan Fu and has some martial arts skills. How could she have fallen into the well so accidentally?
At this moment, Qiao Yu recalled what Yan Qu said before he left.
"Give Sufang a proper burial. Sufang's parents outside the palace should be given a thousand taels of gold to comfort her on my behalf."
Zhu'er was a little puzzled. Even she noticed that Aunt Sufang's death was strange, so how could the young lady not know?
But when she stepped forward to hold Qiao Yu's palm and felt the sweat on his face, she knew that this matter was not as simple as she thought:
"I will take care of it, your majesty, please rest assured."
The news of the death of the aunt in charge of Lan Chao Palace soon spread to all the palaces, big and small, but since the deceased was a slave, no one really cared.
Yan Fu was handling official business and felt strange after hearing Yu Yuanting's report. Although Su Fang's skills were not very high, it was impossible for her to be so stupid as to fall and die.
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