All the members are villains, and she just wants to show off when she is dressed as cannon fodder.

Qu Baiyu stopped Nanny Shen who wanted to pass the news. Seeing that the lights in the dormitory had been turned off, he asked Nanny Shen, "Have you gone to bed?"

Grandma Shen nodded, her expression slightly complicated, as if she had something to say hesitantly.

Qu Baiyu said: "If you have something to say, grandma, just say it directly."

Aunt Shen thought for a moment, but seemed speechless. After a long while, he finally made up his mind and said softly: "The piano player... is still there..."

Qu Baiyu was stunned, "Inside?"

Before Nanny Shen could answer, there was a sudden sound of tools breaking to the ground in the hall.

Nanny Shen was instantly frightened and pulled Qu Baiyu to rescue him.

The words Yuan Tong'er said before suddenly appeared in Qu Baiyu's mind, and like a bolt from the blue, he kicked the door of the dormitory open without even thinking.

He rushed into the dormitory right behind Nanny Shen, and was stunned when he saw the scene in front of him.

Queen Mother Qu was on the couch with a dazed look on her face. When she saw Qu Baiyu come in, her expression turned into anger and shame.

Qu Baiyu immediately turned his face to the piano master who was kneeling in front of the couch.

"...Don't give up the flowers?"

Qu Baiyu said in shock.

What shocked him was not only Hua Buqi, the violinist, but what was even more shocking was Hua Buqi's clothes at this time.

Hua Buqi was seen kneeling quietly not far from the couch, wearing only a robe as thin as a gauze. I don't know if it's because of his thin figure or some other reason, but the robe is loose and loose, and the beauty on his chest is half-naked, which makes people daydream about him.

Qu Baiyu was angry and immediately took out the crossbow he had prepared long ago from his sleeve to kill Hua Buqi.

"Po, put it down!"

Queen Mother Qu suddenly shouted.

Qu Baiyu's palms had veins popping out, and he looked in disbelief at Queen Mother Qu who stopped him.

Queen Mother Qu was even more annoyed by him, but in the blink of an eye she looked at Hua Buqi who was pointed at by the crossbow arrow, and there was a trace of reluctance in her eyes.

This was her only solace for the rest of her lonely court life.

But facing her own nephew, she really couldn't say anything, so she stopped talking and said nothing.

Qu Baiyu calmed down and put down the crossbow.

"Auntie knows that if His Majesty finds out about this matter, he will inevitably die, and Auntie is afraid that she will be separated from Your Majesty."

Queen Mother Qu's eyebrows trembled, how could she not know?

However, because of Cen Huan's death recently, her son had already separated from her even if he didn't say anything.

She lived in this magnificent but empty Chonghua Palace. After thinking about it for a long time, she suddenly figured out something.

She walked down from the bed in a daze, looked at the cold and quiet palace, and asked Qu Baiyu.

"Abao, Ruo'er is still close to you now?"

Qu Baiyu hesitated slightly. He actually knew that the "you" Queen Mother Qu asked about were their Qu family.

He didn't speak, and he probably guessed what Queen Mother Qu wanted to say.

Queen Mother Qu said: "He didn't, right? He didn't get close to the Qu family, and even sent me to Chonghua Palace, which was further away from his palace...

He didn't want me to disturb him.

Like his father, he is also afraid of our Qu clan. Because Qu's blood was flowing on his body, he was hung not far or near.

But I am his queen mother! He's guarding me like this too! "

Her voice echoed and roared in the huge Chonghua Palace, shrill and broken.

"But I only have one child...

This huge Chonghua Palace is cold and quiet, just like the Cold Palace... and the same as the Xuanming Palace given to me by the late emperor. "

After she finished speaking, she looked at Qu Baiyu again, with only fragile pleading in her eyes.

"Abao, my aunt just wants you to pretend that you don't know what happened today, okay?"

Qu Baiyu remained silent, staring at Queen Mother Qu without knowing what she was thinking.

Queen Mother Qu lowered her eyes, and the sadness on her face instantly magnified. She pulled out a hairpin from her hair and placed it against her neck.

Everyone present panicked instantly. Queen Mother Qu said: "A Bao, you insist on executing him today because you want my life. You will make me feel that I am wrong..."

"You are the Queen Mother!"

Qu Baiyu finally couldn't bear it anymore and said.

"Your son is a monarch sitting on the throne of the emperor, and you are the most noble person in the world. In his position and in his political affairs, you also have things on your shoulders that you should bear!"

Queen Mother Qu paused, and the hairpin in her hand fell to the ground instantly.

Qu Baiyu picked up the hairpin and returned it to her hand, the anger on his face long gone.

He said indifferently: "I have never been here today. I have never seen him. Auntie, take care of yourself!"

……

The night was as dark as inkstone, and the towering Chonghua Palace was looming in the dim shadows. The dull and heavy colors make people feel a little breathless.

Qu Baiyu's mind was filled with Queen Mother Qu's last words. He was aware of Yuan Ruo's lack of intimacy with them, but he never cared about Queen Mother Qu.

Looking at the dead trees outside Chonghua Palace, his indifferent eyes were filled with coldness.

"...Master, you seem to have been deceived..."

Cui Xiaoyi realized later.

He could clearly hear what Yuan Tong'er said in the restaurant while standing outside the door. It was clearly a hint to Qu Baiyu that the violinist he gave to the Queen Mother was an assassin and would be assassinated tonight.

Although she didn't explain it, anyone who heard it would understand it.

But in the current situation, if his father hadn't been too arrogant and didn't make the matter a big deal, I'm afraid now... Let's not talk about the piano player, it's just a death. Even if such a scandal happened to the Queen Mother, and the late emperor passed away not long ago, I'm afraid... It’s hard to have the dignity to live.

The man who let this matter come to light probably won't get any good results either.

Cui Xiaoyi felt a chill in his heart, "...To be honest, His Highness Ruian went a little too far this time..."

Qu Baiyu sighed and said, "She is afraid that I will be harmful to Hua Buqi."

Cui Xiaoyi said in shock: "Isn't it right? If she was really worried about not giving up the flowers, she would not even use this trick. Why do I see that she wants to kill two birds with one stone... No, kill three birds with one stone!"

Qu Baiyu nodded, "This plan is indeed dangerous. But she must have expected that I would not easily make things worse, so she dared to do this."

As he spoke, he turned back to look at Chonghua Palace in the distance and murmured.

"After today, I'm afraid my aunt will never want to see me again."

Cui Xiaoyi was startled, and then he suddenly realized.

After this "incident" incident, no matter what the reason was for Queen Mother Qu - shame or resentment, in the final analysis, she was separated from Qu Baiyu, and she would never summon Qu Baiyu if nothing happened in the future.

The Chonghua Palace, which no one cares about, is indeed the safest for Hua Buqi.

Thinking of this, Cui Xiaoyi pursed his lips.

"I'm afraid your Highness Princess didn't grow up eating lotus roots, right? Are you so scheming?"

He used to wonder what God would do for a man as sinister and treacherous as his father, but he couldn't figure it out. Now it seems that God knows how to play!

Qu Baiyu chuckled lightly and said leisurely: "Ah, she is very clever... Go back. Keep your spirits up. Tomorrow, I want to see how much cleverness she still has."