Liu Qinghe pulled Empress Shen into his arms!
She pulled him into her arms!
Ye Qingxue and Yun Zhuo both widened their eyes simultaneously: "!!!"
Liu Qinghe was deeply in love with Empress Shen. He held her tightly in his arms and then became intoxicated by her soft fragrance.
She murmured, "Who could believe that Empress Chen of the Great Zhou Dynasty is actually not thirty-six years old, but..."
Before Liu Qinghe could finish speaking, the Empress raised two fingers and gently pressed them against his mouth.
Liu Qinghe snapped back to reality and explained, "I was just too lost in the moment and couldn't help but marvel at your youthful vigor."
He added, "Besides, the outside is full of guards you brought, and the security is tight. No one will know that the two of us are talking here."
Although Empress Shen remained silent, Ye Qingxue and Yun Zhuo could still tell that even though the place was heavily guarded, Empress Shen still did not want Liu Qinghe to say anything that should not be said.
Ye Qingxue and Yun Zhuo couldn't help but look up and exchange a glance.
They both noticed the astonishment and confusion in each other's eyes.
Shocked by the relationship between Empress Shen and Liu Qinghe, and puzzled as to why Empress Shen forbids Liu Qinghe from mentioning her age.
Empress Shen's age is no secret. Everyone knows she gave birth to Prince Ding, Yunchi, at the age of seventeen, and is thirty-six this year.
However, Liu Qinghe was right. Empress Shen did not look thirty-six years old, and she did not even look thirty. She was too young.
Furthermore, Liu Qinghe said, "Jiefeng will handle this matter for us..."
The phrase "will be for us" is quite intriguing.
Liu Qinghe was just a royal physician. If Shen Jiefeng was doing something, he should be doing it for Empress Shen. Why was he doing it for both Empress Shen and Liu Qinghe?
Even if there was an affair between them, Liu Qinghe would not have said "to do things for us" when it came to the matter of deposing the crown prince or fighting for the throne.
Liu Qinghe continued to embrace and kiss Empress Shen, but she was not very cooperative, so he stopped and said:
"Your Majesty need not be too nervous. Think about the true cause of the late Empress's death many years ago. Nearly twenty years have passed. Who knows the truth?"
Ye Qingxue was shocked again. Was there another story behind the late Empress's death?
Moreover, according to Liu Qinghe, the death of the late empress was completely inextricably linked to them!
Did they kill the late empress?
How was he killed? How has it gone on for so many years without arousing any suspicion?
Ye Qingxue immediately looked at Yun Zhuo's expression.
The candlelight from under the eaves in the courtyard was already very faint when it reached this spot, but Ye Qingxue could still see that Yun Zhuo's face was gloomy.
Fearing that he might lose control and reveal his whereabouts, Ye Qingxue immediately covered the back of his hand with her palm, signaling him to calm down.
Yun Zhuo suddenly looked up at her.
Ye Qingxue immediately gave him a reassuring look, and Yun Zhuo's fierce aura gradually subsided.
What a pitiful deposed crown prince! He had called for his mother for so many years, but she framed him, caused him to be deposed and forced to flee to the ends of the earth, and she might even be the murderer who killed his own mother.
Just as she was thinking this, Ye Qingxue froze in the next instant.
She heard Liu Qinghe continue, "Nine years ago, when the enemy launched a surprise attack, our people disguised themselves as their men, mingled in their ranks, pretended to harm Prince Ding, and ended up stabbing Marquis Zhongyong. Many years have passed, and no one has noticed, has anyone? What is Your Majesty so nervous about?"
If Ye Qingxue's blood was flowing backwards before, now she felt as if all the blood in her body was about to freeze.
Everyone assumed that the enemy was the one who launched the surprise attack and wanted to capture Prince Ding Yunchi, and that her father, Ye Xiaobai, was injured and nearly died while saving Prince Ding Yunchi.
But now, Liu Qinghe's words were telling her that it was Empress Shen's men who had infiltrated the enemy army and taken advantage of the chaos to harm her father!
Therefore, Empress Shen's original target was actually her father; Prince Ding Yunchi was just a decoy!
Only when Prince Yunchi is harmed, and his father risks his life to save him, will his weakest point inevitably be exposed to them.
Why!
Why did Empress Shen do this?
What deep-seated hatred existed between her and her father?
My father was a great general who protected our country!
What did it bother them about?
Ye Qingxue's eyes were bloodshot and her whole body was on edge. At that moment, a cool hand covered the back of her hand, and a pair of gentle eyes were looking at her.
Just like she had done to Yun Zhuo.
Yun Zhuo was also reassuring her with his eyes, signaling her to calm down.
They were surrounded by guards. If they made any noise and were discovered by Empress Shen, the guards would tear them to pieces.
Ye Qingxue stared at him intently. Under the cover of night, their two pairs of scarlet eyes met, their eyes surging with boundless rage.
Knowing that she didn't have much time left, Ye Qingxue only wanted to rush down, kill Empress Shen, and kill the real murderer who killed her father, so that she could die in peace.
However, Yun Zhuo held her hand completely, making it impossible for her to break free.
Yun Zhuo shook his head at her again, the movement small but firm.
—If you just rush down like that, you won't kill her. You'll only expose yourself, get yourself into trouble, and be bitten back, causing everyone behind you to be killed.
Everyone, including Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Ye Cunsi, Granny Xing, and the others.
Meeting Yun Zhuo's gaze, Ye Qingxue finally suppressed the bloodlust in her eyes after a long, long time.
But it still hurt, so much so that it felt like even breathing carried the smell of blood.
A cold laugh came from below: "If everyone were like you, constantly bringing up past victories, those things would have been suspected long ago."
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