Quick Wear: Host, are you playing here?

Although it was fake, Qin Xiu still ordered his men to prepare to return to the palace.

When Hua Xia heard the voice, she saw the familiar face of the eunuch. This man was the little eunuch who always came to announce the imperial decree to demote her.

"Oh, father-in-law, I didn't expect to see you here."

The young eunuch obviously didn't expect to see Hua Xia here. His pupils dilated and he looked at Hua Xia, then at His Majesty, his eyes gradually becoming filled with fear.

"Do you know him?" Qin Xiu frowned subconsciously.

The eunuch was a little panicked and asked subconsciously: "Chu, Chu Zhaoyi, aren't you under house arrest? Why......"

Hua Xia raised her eyebrows slightly: "Why, do you want to complain?"

The young eunuch reacted, lowered his head and dared not raise it, and said in a trembling voice: "No, I dare not."

"House arrest?" Qin Xiu remembered that Hua Xia had told him about house arrest. Thinking of this, he also remembered who sent her out, and felt a little uncomfortable.

The young eunuch thought that this question was directed at him, and quickly said, "Your Majesty, it is the Queen Mother's order. It is always the servants who go to Fenghua Palace to announce the order."

However, no one answered him. After a long time, when the little eunuch looked up again, Qin Xiu and Hua Xia had already boarded the carriage back to the palace.

The carriage drove out of the hunting grounds. Hua Xia ate the cakes in the carriage, holding a hot water bottle in her hand, and asked, "Why did you scare him?"

Qin Xiu did not answer, but lifted the curtain and looked at a hidden bush outside the carriage. There was a carriage parked there, and in front of the carriage sat a servant dressed in ordinary clothes. When he thought about who was sitting inside and who he was waiting for, he felt a headache and could not listen to Hua Xia's words.

Hua Xia looked up and remembered that Qin Yi was still waiting for news of her success or failure. He might have been waiting in the carriage for several days. She didn't know whether his mother was sick and had gone back first.

When the carriage turned, she opened the curtain behind her, stuck her head out and waved at the carriage where Qin Yi was waiting for her.

The servant saw it immediately and sat up slightly. Hua Xia opened her mouth and raised her hand to make an OK gesture, indicating that it was done, then retracted her head and met Qin Xiu's face, which couldn't be darker.

"what happened?"

"nothing!"

Hua Xia: “…”

The servant who received the signal was also very confused. The curtain behind him was lifted. Qin Yi looked at the carriage going away and asked, "What happened?"

"Chu Zhaoyi made this gesture to me." The servant looked puzzled. He stiffly circled his index finger and thumb together and raised the other three fingers. "It seems so."

Qin Yi frowned and asked directly: "Whose carriage did she take?"

"Your Majesty."

In this way, the matter was done, Qin Yi said: "Return to the palace."

Compared to Qin Yi's carriage, Emperor Qin Xiu was indeed more comfortable. This carriage was twice as big, and Hua Xia was more comfortable sitting in it.

The carriage entered the palace. Hua Xia looked at the road and found that the palace was so big that it would be easy for her to get lost. So she said as a matter of course: "Just take me to Fenghua Palace."

The horse driver said nonsense: "... Madam, the Fenghua Palace and the Queen Mother's bedroom are not on the same road. Your Majesty is now in a hurry to see the Queen Mother's illness."

Hua Xia put the last half of the cake into her mouth, then she pulled up Qin Xiu's clothes with both hands and shook them: "Your Majesty, please take me back first~"

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Qin Zheng was still angry and unmoved. Hua Xia continued: "Your Majesty~The Emperor~"

Hu said: "......" Can His Majesty really bear it? If he had, he would have vomited long ago.

Hua Xia suddenly came close to him. Qin Xiu's ears turned red. He stepped back. There was no place to retreat. Because of the shortened distance, he could smell a familiar fragrance. Qin Xiu forced himself to keep a straight face and thought, don't listen to her. This woman has a purpose! She's a spy! All her submission is for herself!

Afterwards, Qin Xiu tilted his head and said hoarsely to the outside, "Let's go to Fenghua Palace first."

Nonsense: "......" Your Majesty! Do you still have principles? ! You are really dizzy!

Of course he didn't dare to say it clearly, so he drove Hua Xia to the outer wall of Fenghua Palace...

"I sneaked out. Did you see the guard at the door? I can't go through the front door!" Hua Xia explained.

After Qin Xiu watched Hua Xia roll over and climb up the wall, he finally understood how she got into Mingqi Palace that night. He then said to Hu, "Tell the two eunuchs guarding the door to withdraw."

"Yes, Your Majesty..."

The carriage started from Fenghua Palace and went back for some distance before arriving at the Empress Dowager's bedroom which it had just passed by.

As soon as Qin Xiu entered, a group of imperial doctors knelt on the ground and saluted him. Qin Xiu waved his hand and walked to the bedside where the empress dowager was lying. Someone immediately brought him a stool.

"Get up, everyone." Qin Xiu said as he sat down.

Everyone stood up and lowered their heads. Qin Xiu saw what was going on and looked at the Queen Mother and asked, "Mother, are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere else?"

"I'm fine, it's just Lan..."

Before the Queen Mother finished her words, Qin Xiu suddenly interrupted her with a sharp voice and turned to look at the imperial doctors: "What medicine did you prescribe? Why does the Queen Mother still look so bad?!"

All the imperial doctors knelt down again, lowered their heads and hesitated for a long time, unable to give a specific symptom.

"How dare you prescribe medicine without even finding the cause of the disease? What kind of medicine smell is in this room?"

Of course, it was just a random brew of medicine. Everyone thought so, but they didn't dare to speak out. They could only lower their heads. They all knew what the Queen Mother was up to. How could she possibly deceive His Majesty by pretending to be sick? It was just a pity for them, the servants.

"Don't blame them." The Queen Mother waved her hands quickly, "I was frightened and felt weak all over. Now I am afraid just thinking about the assassin."

"Fortunately, Lan Er stood in front of me."

"Xiu'er, I think Lan'er is doing well with me, so don't send her out of the palace."

The illness was fake, and the Queen Mother revealed her real purpose: "Why did you send her out of the palace for no reason? She is your cousin."

"Mother, Lan'er can stay, but Chu Qianhuan must resume her title of Imperial Concubine."

"You, you, but what did she say to you?" The Queen Mother suddenly remembered what Lan'er had told her about the Princess Anbei breaking into the Mingqi Palace. At that time, she thought that Lan'er was jealous and talking nonsense, but now it seems that it might be true.

"Xiu'er, did she sneak into Mingqi Palace? I told you to see her but you refused, but now you are so protective of her. Was it because of her that you chased Ai's Lan'er away this time?"

Qin Xiu frowned and said, "Mother, you arranged this marriage, and you also surrendered the woman. If Nanyue knew about this, how would they look at us Beiqi? Would they say that we Beiqi are too narrow-minded to accommodate a woman?"

The Queen Mother shook her head subconsciously, and Qin Xiu said directly: "In that case, let's do it this way. Lu Lan'er can stay, but if she is restless, Queen Mother, don't blame me for not keeping her."

Qin Xiu spoke for a while, and finally said, "Have a good rest, mother."

After saying that, he stood up and walked out of the Queen Mother's bedroom. As he walked, he looked at his cuffs, which were covered with several clear and shiny fingerprints that Hua Xia had just grabbed and shaken.

Qin Xiu suddenly laughed out of anger. It turned out that begging him to send her back to Fenghua Palace was one purpose, and the other purpose was to use him to wipe her hands!

The confused empress dowager slowly reacted and realized that Qin Xiu was still protecting her. His talk of magnanimity was all just an excuse. If he really cared about these things, he would not have immediately issued an order to drive the people back to Nanyue when he knew about the marriage.

Lu Lan'er walked out from behind the screen with tears in her eyes.

The Queen Mother took her hand and asked tentatively: "Lan'er, Xiu'er must have fallen in love with Princess Anbei. Otherwise, I will find a good marriage for you."

"No, no, Auntie, I want to try again!"

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