In the dungeon of Prince Chen's Mansion, Bai Fengyao hugged her knees, unable to understand why she, who had planned everything perfectly, ended up being a prisoner.
The candlelight flickered, and she looked up suddenly, falling into the man's cold eyes.
She shuddered fiercely, "Help me!"
"Bai Fengyao, what use are you to me, a waste like me?"
"If I really had no use to you, you wouldn't bother showing up here!"
"Hahaha!" The man sneered twice. "Indeed, if you were truly of no use to me, I wouldn't be here!"
Bai Fengyao swallowed, her eyes flashing with a hint of light: "Then you will save me, right?"
The man threw a red pill to her and said, "Take it and you will live!"
Thinking of the poison that made her suffer last time, Bai Fengyao's eyes were filled with fear.
"What? You don't even have the courage to gamble?" the man said jokingly.
Bai Fengyao's eyes widened.
She wants to survive, even though the future is unknown!
"Take the medicine at three o'clock tonight, and someone will arrange everything for you!"
"I didn't get what you wanted."
"You're just a piece of trash. I overestimated you and didn't expect too much!"
After saying that, the man left quickly again.
If she hadn't had an extra pill in her hand, she would have thought that everything was just an illusion.
Waiting is always anxious. At three quarters past midnight, Bai Fengyao hesitated for a moment and put the medicine into her mouth without hesitation.
The next morning, the Queen Mother woke up and saw Qu Li in the morning light with gentle eyes.
Just then, Nanny Han came in and was about to wake Qu Li up, but was stopped by the Empress Dowager.
Qu Li was indeed tired during this period. When he woke up, he found that the Empress Dowager was also awake, so he immediately went forward to take her pulse.
"Empress Dowager..."
"What did I say? Could it be that you don't like me, the Imperial Grandmother?"
"How could that be?" She was slightly startled, and a bright smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
How the Empress Dowager sees her now and how much she likes her.
"How's the construction of the academy going? Do you want me to send someone to keep an eye on it?"
The fact that Qu Li was forced to hide his incompetence and to write a letter of severance with his father along with his younger brother shows that the Yongshun Marquis's Mansion is far from being as kind as it appears.
"Don't worry, Grandmother, I can handle these things!"
"Okay!" The Queen Mother took her hand and said, "If there's anything you need help with, just ask me."
Qu Li nodded.
Xiao Xian had just left the court when he received the news that Bai Fengyao had committed suicide in the dungeon out of fear of punishment.
Although he felt a little regretful that he failed to follow the clues and find the person behind her, he believed that as long as this person had his eyes on the tiger talisman and the city defense map, he would show up sooner or later.
"Carry it to the Bai family! Also, bring my letter of divorce!"
"After all, Miss Bai is good friends with the princess. If this is the case, will it be..." Guangping hesitated to speak.
"The Bai family is the Bai family, and Bai Fengyao is Bai Fengyao! When you carry the person away, spread the news that Bai Fengyao lied!"
"I know what to do."
Xiao Xian went to the Cining Palace and saw Qu Li playing the nine-hole flute for the empress dowager. Her profile was beautiful, her eyelashes curled, and his eyes were glued to her face, never wanting to look away.
The Queen Mother listened with fascination.
Xiao Xian called over a little palace maid and whispered a few words to her. Soon the little palace maid came over with a zither.
He sat down, his slender fingers falling on the strings, and the melodious and pleasant sound of the piano chased the sound of the flute.
Qu Li's eyebrows twitched, and she glanced at him sideways, but did not stop.
The Queen Mother also opened her eyes, glanced at the two men's faces, and a relieved smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
She always felt that Xiao Xian had a hard life. He seemed to be favored by the emperor and was the first prince to be crowned king, but there was no woman around him who truly loved him.
These two, a talented man and a beautiful woman, are a perfect match. Maybe she will be able to hold her great-grandson soon!
When the song ended, the Empress Dowager clapped her hands and praised: "The person is beautiful, the song is beautiful! I feel very happy!"
Qu Li smiled faintly and didn't respond.
"Whenever you have time in the future, Li'er, please come to the palace often to accompany this lonely old widower like me!"
Xiao Xian said with a smile, "How can the Empress Dowager be a lonely old woman? She has Changle, Li'er and me."
Nanny Gong smiled and said, "Yes, Prince Chen and Princess are in perfect harmony. Who knows, they might even have a great-grandson soon!"
Qu Li frowned, but remained silent.
Xiao Xian glanced at Qu Li out of the corner of his eye, feeling heavy in his heart.
The Empress Dowager knew that they had experienced too much unpleasantness before and needed time to resolve misunderstandings and cultivate their relationship. She said, "The flowers in the Imperial Garden should be in bloom, right?"
Nanny Gong has served the Empress Dowager for so many years that she can guess what she is thinking just by looking at her.
"Yes, the flowers in this imperial garden are in full bloom! It's just that the Empress Dowager needs to rest and can't go out."
Nanny Han, who came in with honey water, said, "The ladies in each palace have arranged for the maids to pick flowers."
Xiao Xian: "If the Empress Dowager wants to enjoy the flowers, I will go pick them!"
Qu Li just glanced at these people indifferently, with an ambiguous smile on the corner of his mouth.
Sure enough, I heard Nanny Gong’s extremely exaggerated voice.
"Although Prince Chen is invincible, he's still a man. How would he know what flowers the Queen Mother likes? Also, the Queen Mother is still recuperating from surgery. You don't even know which flowers are harmful to her health!"
Xiao Xian frowned, "This..."
"Why not let the princess take care of it?" Nanny Han suggested.
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