Shi Liu invited Zi Wei over, saying that the Queen was busy and invited her to have tea in the side hall. Shen Jiang deliberately waited until the palace gates were about to close before meeting her, just to keep Zi Wei in Yikun Palace.

Ziwei had been left alone for most of the day and was already extremely nervous.

After finally hearing the Queen's summons, she hurried to meet the Queen.

Fortunately, she had learned the rules very well and had no mistakes in bowing and bowing.

Shen Jiang nodded secretly and thought: If it was Ziwei who entered the palace from the beginning, there wouldn't be so many misunderstandings.

However, Shen Jiang really needed Xiaoyanzi to pull the Fifth Prince down from the altar! That's why she had been letting the people in Shufangzhai do whatever they wanted.

"Don't be afraid. I just heard that you played chess with the emperor all night. I was very curious, so I asked you to come and see what kind of talented woman you are."

Ziwei felt something was wrong when she heard this. She knelt down again after she stood up and said, "Please forgive me, Queen. I did not take care of the emperor's health. It is my fault."

Shen Jiang asked Shi Liu to help her up, and said with a smile: "I am not blaming you. The emperor asked you to play chess, and you had no way to refuse. If you want to blame someone, blame the emperor for not cherishing his own health. I heard that you can not only play chess, but also play the piano and write beautiful calligraphy."

Ziwei said carefully: "Your Majesty, you are too kind. These are just trifles and are not worthy of being presented in a refined hall."

Shen Jiang smiled slightly and asked, "You are so talented. Did you learn from your mother or your father?"

Ziwei's body trembled, she lowered her head and said, "It's with my mother."

Shen Jiang nodded: "It seems that your mother is a talented woman."

Tears welled up in Ziwei's eyes, but she held them back.

Shen Jiang took out a collection of poems and said, "This is a collection of poems that I carefully selected from love poems since ancient times. It is scattered and I want to find someone to copy it. You know, it is not good for girls to tell others about this kind of poems, so I want to ask you for help. What do you think?"

Ziwei was flattered and said hurriedly, "I dare not disobey the Queen's order. But I am not very knowledgeable and I am afraid that I will disappoint the Queen's kindness."

Shen Jiang smiled and said, "It's okay. You can copy them first. If they suit my taste, I will use them. If they don't suit my taste, I won't force you to do anything. Come, take a look at these poems first."

Ziwei apologized and went forward to look through the poetry collection. Sure enough, it was full of poems praising faithful love from ancient times to the present.

"Does the Queen also like these poems?" Ziwei asked boldly.

Shen Jiang sighed softly: "Yes, because it doesn't exist in reality, I yearn for the world in these poems."

Ziwei was stunned for a moment, and stole a glance at the queen. She saw that although she was beautiful, she was no longer young, and there was a hint of sadness between her brows. Previously in Shufangzhai, she had heard that the queen was cruel, eccentric, and vicious... But the queen in front of her was gentle, kind, and lonely, and she was different from the queen in the rumors.

She even felt sympathy for the queen, because she was the empress but had never received the emperor's love.

Shen Jiang: The love of an emperor? Thank you, I'm not hungry.

"If the Queen doesn't mind, I'm willing to copy it for her," Ziwei said.

Shen Jiang was overjoyed and said with a smile, "That's good. However, you have been here for such a long time and have not eaten yet. You must be hungry, right? Shi Liu, go prepare a table for us."

Ziwei was terrified and said hurriedly: "Empress, how can I be so worthy..."

Shen Jiang waved his hands and said, "When you are hungry, you should eat. Don't worry about those empty formalities. I dare say that the food in our Yikun Palace is second to none."

Ziwei smiled reservedly. She didn't expect the queen to be so nice and even capable of joking.

She had her meal in the side hall and then prepared to start copying.

Shi Liu helped her put out the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone, and told her, "Don't worry, young lady. I have just sent someone to Shufangzhai to tell Princess Huanzhu that Miss Ziwei will help the Queen copy things today and will not be going back."

After hearing that someone had already gone to tell her, Ziwei felt relieved and said, "Thank you, sister."

Shi Liu smiled and shook her head, then put her things in place and went out.

They copied until about nine o'clock, and Shi Liu took her to rest, saying, "It won't be finished in a short time, and I can't let you sleep. Take a rest today and continue tomorrow! Tomorrow morning, I will go to Shufangzhai to borrow someone from Huanzhu Gege. I'm sure Huanzhu Gege will agree."

Ziwei became worried, wondering whether Xiaoyanzi would agree given her personality.

She was a palace maid in Shufangzhai, and although Xiaoyanzi didn't let her serve, Mingyue Caixia and the others did everything. But she couldn't really do nothing, and sometimes she still had to do some chores.

She hasn't sat down to read or write for a long time.

Ziwei was feeling very comfortable in Yiku Palace, but there was an uproar in Shufangzhai.

Xiaoyanzi was so anxious that she kept spinning around, saying anxiously, "No! I want to save Ziwei. She must have been locked up and tortured by the Queen! She is almost dying of torture! I want to save Ziwei, I want to save Ziwei!"

It's magical that even eunuchs are not allowed to stay overnight in the Forbidden City, but the Fifth Prince can walk around in the inner court, and the Fu brothers can stay in Shufangzhai as imperial guards.

Seeing Xiaoyanzi getting angry, the Fifth Prince quickly comforted her: "Don't get excited! Didn't the Queen's people tell you that Ziwei was left in Yikun Palace to copy books and she won't be coming back today?"

Xiaoyanzi yelled, "What are you copying books for? What books are you copying? There are so many people around the Queen who don't need her, why did she choose Ziwei? She must want to harm Ziwei!"

Falcon was also very anxious, but he still had his reason. He said, "Xiaoyanzi is right. There are so many people around the Queen, why would she look for Ziwei? The only possibility is that the Emperor was here all night and the Queen heard about playing chess with Ziwei. It would be very easy for the Queen to control Ziwei."

Xiaoyanzi became even more anxious: "Erkang said so too, so why are you still standing there? Go save Ziwei!"

The Fifth Prince said, "The palace gates are locked. We can't rush into Yikun Palace!"

Falcon said, "We can't go openly, but we can go secretly! So, we can disguise ourselves and quietly see if Ziwei is in Yikun Palace. If she is, we will go to ask the emperor to save Ziwei tomorrow morning!"

This idea was approved by everyone. Xiaoyanzi also wanted to go to Yiku Palace, but was stopped by the Fifth Prince.

So, Xiaoyanzi stayed in Shufangzhai, and the Fifth Prince had a night talk with Fuerkang and Fuertai in Yiku Palace.

At midnight, the Forbidden City fell into silence.

In Yikun Palace, Ziwei went to bed early. She had stayed up all night last night, so she was sleeping very soundly at this moment and had no idea what was happening outside.

Shen Jiang was wearing a black Xiangyunsha pajamas. She was not sleeping, but was sitting in meditation on the bed with her hair tied up.

When the sound of clothes blowing in the wind came from the eaves, Shen Jiang suddenly opened his eyes and sneered, "Here they come!"

What we are waiting for is the night talk between those three people in Yikun Palace!

She flew out like an arrow, directly onto the roof, and grabbed the arms of two of them.

Using his internal strength, Erkang Ertai, who was caught, suddenly felt a strong force bending his arms, and a sharp pain came over his arms. The two of them quickly pulled their hands away and stepped back a few steps.

"Where did this villain come from? How dare he run wild in my Yikun Palace!" Shen Jiang was not polite at all. He attacked frequently, each move was fierce, and each strike was aimed at the vital points of the three people.

The Fifth Prince and the other two were shocked. How could the Queen know martial arts?

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