Ye Qingxue agreed.
By the time she sat down next to the Empress Dowager, lunch had already been served.
The Empress Dowager said, "The pills you sent were very effective. After taking them, I felt much more refreshed and my appetite improved significantly."
She patted Ye Qingxue's hand and said, "Girl, you're so thoughtful."
"This is what I should do. It is a blessing for the Great Zhou Dynasty and for us that the Empress Dowager's health has improved."
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager chuckled and said, "You're not only capable, but you also have a sweet tongue. It's a blessing for Yun Zhuo to marry you."
"Qingxue dares not take credit, but it is the Empress Dowager's willingness to use this pill that is truly a blessing. However... if we are to speak of good fortune, Prince Jing always says that I am careless, but fortunately the Empress Dowager is kind and forgiving of even my clumsiness. He will definitely come to kowtow to you in person another day—thank you for finding such a treasure for him!"
These words were both witty and sincere, and the Empress Dowager was so pleased with them that she couldn't stop smiling: "Then I will wait until the two of you enter the palace to serve tea after your wedding, and then you will kowtow to me."
Ye Qingxue spent the entire day with the Empress Dowager at Shou Kang Palace.
After dinner, the Empress Dowager allowed her to leave.
As soon as she stepped out of the palace gate, Ye Qingxue rubbed her face vigorously. She had been laughing all day, and her face was stiff from laughing.
Looking around, Ye Qingxue couldn't see Qiu Shen anywhere. After asking, she learned that Qiu Shen had gone to the outhouse a quarter of an hour ago and hadn't come out yet.
"This servant will go and ask Miss Qiu Shen if she is ready yet," the palace maid said.
Ye Qingxue was waiting in the front yard when she suddenly noticed a pair of eyes staring at her from outside the yard, filled with endless coldness. Ye Qingxue looked over.
I saw a pair of eyes peeking out from behind a big tree; they seemed to reflect light in the night, which was quite frightening.
Ye Qingxue completely changed her expression and walked over.
But that person vanished in an instant.
With a soft, crisp sound, Ye Qingxue realized she had stepped on something. She moved her foot and saw a withered yellow leaf beneath her feet, crushed by her foot.
Ye Qingxue stared at the leaf, her brows furrowing deeper and deeper—the withered yellow leaf represented late autumn.
Could something have happened to Qiu Shen?
Ye Qingxue immediately chased after the person in the direction they had left.
The other person seemed to have been waiting for her, making sure she caught up before continuing to run forward.
The road ahead became increasingly remote, the candlelight grew dimmer, and even in the height of summer, the wind carried a sense of desolation.
When Ye Qingxue stopped, she realized that she had chased him all the way to the entrance of the Cold Palace.
There seemed to be sounds coming from inside the door.
The candlelight was far away, and when it shone here, the dimly lit Cold Palace seemed even more eerie.
Ye Qingxue gently pushed open the door and went inside.
His pupils immediately contracted sharply.
Autumn was tied to a large tree. The tree's canopy was untended and blocked out the sun, seemingly sending chills through the summer night.
A buzzing sound came from the tree canopy, making people's scalps tingle. Qiu Shen was awake and was trying to break free from the ropes binding her hands. Her wrists were covered in bloodstains, but she couldn't break free.
She was drugged after using the outhouse, and when she woke up she was tied up here. A buzzing sound above her head woke her up.
The moment she saw Ye Qingxue enter, she froze for a moment, then quickly shouted, "Miss, please go out quickly, don't worry about me!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Qingxue rushed towards her, only to hear the sound of a door closing and locking behind her.
Qiu Shen's ropes were thick, but Ye Qingxue had no weapons. She looked around and finally found a sharp stone, which she used to saw the ropes with great force.
"Miss, run! Otherwise we'll all die here!"
"Shut up! Save your energy for escaping later!" Ye Qingxue's face was cold, but sweat was dripping from her forehead and her back was also covered in sweat.
Outside the walls of the Cold Palace, a ladder stood upright, and a short figure stood at the top of the ladder, leaning against the wall, looking gleefully at Ye Qingxue and Qiu Shen under the big tree.
He was guarded on both sides and below the ladder.
After the Ninth Prince took the antidote and the licorice and mung bean soup, the redness and swelling on his skin disappeared, leaving only a rash.
Although it's still itchy, it's within a tolerable range.
At this moment, his innocent eyes were filled with excitement.
That was the look of excitement on his face as he prepared to torture and kill Ye Qingxue and Qiu Shen.
As Ye Qingxue struggled to cut the rope, Qiu Shen also struggled with all her might, and blood kept oozing from the places where the rope was binding her.
Her cheeks were flushed, she was sweating profusely, and her lips were bleeding from being bitten.
Buzzing!
The poisonous bees surged forth from the tree canopy in an instant, threatening to engulf them like a flood, instantly swallowing up the already dim light.
"Miss, please don't worry about me!" Qiu Shen cried out.
A person is unlikely to die from a single bee sting, but ten or more stings can be fatal.
But right now there are hundreds or even thousands of poisonous bees. If they are surrounded and attacked, they will not escape death!
"It's better for one person to die than for two to die!" Qiu Shen said.
Ye Qingxue suddenly took a big step back.
Qiu Shen looked at her, her eyelashes brimming with tears, but she smiled as she bid Ye Qingxue her final farewell.
Unexpectedly, Ye Qingxue, holding a stone, rushed over again and smashed it with all her might against the rope tied to the tree!
Bang!!!
The rope was deeply embedded in the tree, causing the tree to sway violently, and the buzzing sound stopped for a moment.
Ye Qingxue's palm was shattered and bled, but she ignored it. Instead, she pulled out the stone and hurled it at the wall, yelling, "Die!"
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