Rebirth of the High Family's Beloved

Qiu Fuqiu pondered for a moment, then held Yan Ci's hand tightly, "Okay, I believe Ah Ci."

The two smiled at each other, and the barriers in their hearts suddenly disappeared.

Since we are friends, we should be honest with each other. There should be no barriers between true friends.

If one day, when facing a friend, you can no longer express your true feelings to him, then the friendship between the two of you has come to an end.

For Yan Ci, she didn't have many friends in her life, so she cherished every one of them. She didn't want the two of them to drift apart because of doubts hidden in her heart.

The two talked for a while, and seeing that it was getting late, Qiu Fuqiu stood up and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, she did not forget to say, "Ah Ci, it doesn't matter if you don't like the flower crown. When you recover from your injury, I will buy some flowers and personally weave one for you that you like."

Yan Ci smiled happily, "Okay."

So many things happened that day that Xie Chengyin didn't even have time to tell Yan Ci about Ding Si's identity. He thought he would tell him later, but then shocking news came out of the palace.

The Crown Princess had a miscarriage.

Xie Chengyin looked at the simple words on the note and had a bad feeling in his heart.

Yan Ci once went to the Eastern Palace specifically to meet the Crown Princess Jiang Yun. He remembered that Yan Ci had told him when he came back that in order to prevent others from attacking the Crown Prince, the Eastern Palace was ready to take the initiative and strike first to create the illusion that it was a victim. This would not only protect itself, but also deal a blow to the other party.

The Eastern Palace’s strategy was for the Crown Princess to fake a pregnancy.

At that time, the fake pregnancy did prevent a lot of disasters, but it was also a hidden danger. She had to find an opportunity to have an "abortion". If she was caught by others, she would be charged with deceiving the emperor.

Just looking at the word "miscarriage" written on the note, Xie Chengyin always felt that this miscarriage came a little suddenly, and it had been a long time since the false pregnancy began.

Xie Chengyin picked up the note and handed it to the oil lamp, preparing to burn it. Just as the note was about to touch the flame, he suddenly withdrew his hand.

He folded the note again and held it in his hand, and instructed Qi Cun: "Tell the people in the palace to find an opportunity to go to the East Palace to investigate the situation."

Whether it's true or not, it's always better to be careful.

The next day, at dawn, Qicun hurried to Xie Chengyin's room in the morning mist.

Xie Chengyin was a light sleeper. As soon as his seven-inch hand touched the door, it was opened from the inside and Xie Chengyin was standing by the door.

His white pajamas fluttered slightly in the morning breeze, looking a little thin. He looked a little tired, probably because he did not sleep well last night.

"Is there any news from the East Palace?"

Qicun took out an envelope from his arms and said, "It's not from the East Palace, it's from the palace."

Xie Chengyin took the envelope, glanced at it briefly, then turned back to the room and quickly changed his clothes. "I need to go to the palace. Go to the small pavilion and tell Yan Shisan later."

He paused for a moment and took out the note he received last night from his clothes. "Give this to her as well."

Qi Cun held the note and asked, "Aren't you afraid that Miss Yan will go to the East Palace?"

"I can't stop her from doing what she wants to do. I didn't intend to hide it from her. I wanted to find out some clues and then tell her. Now it seems that it's too late. The choice is left to her. You protect her until I come back."

Qicun nodded and followed Xie Chengyin to the gate of the mansion. After watching Xie Chengyin leave on horseback, he turned around and went back to the mansion.

It was still early at this time, so he would go to the pavilion later to tell Miss Yan.

Xie Chengyin hurried all the way to the palace gate, but the guards at the gate refused to let him in, saying that they had been ordered from above that no one was allowed to enter or leave the palace.

Xie Chengyin was extremely anxious, but he couldn't just break into the palace. Just as he was circling the palace gate, Zhou Chu strode out from inside.

"Xie Xiaohoushou, you dare to stop me? Why don't you let me go immediately?"

Several imperial guards looked at each other, hesitated for a moment and said, "Commander, can the deputy commander..."

Zhou Chu's face darkened. "I am the commander, Cao Rui is the deputy commander. Is my word inferior to his?"

Several imperial guards lowered their heads one after another, "We dare not."

Xie Chengyin finally entered the palace under the leadership of Zhou Chu, and the two of them went straight to Mingyi Palace side by side.

The palace road was long and winding. As the two walked, Xie Chengyin couldn't help but tease Zhou Chu, "What's going on? You, the great commander Zhou, can't even control your own people."

Zhou Chu's expression became uglier. "These people are Cao Rui's men. Last night, while I was on duty at Mingyi Palace, he replaced several important entrances and exits with his own men. But it doesn't matter. I will find a chance to deal with them after the storm is over."

When Zhou Chu mentioned what happened in Mingyi Palace last night, Xie Chengyin's expression was filled with worry.

"What happened last night?"

Others were outside the palace, and based on just a letter, they definitely didn't know as much as Zhou Chu, who was inside the palace.

There were imperial guards on duty on both sides of the silent palace road. When they saw Zhou Chu and Xie Chengyin approaching, they couldn't help but pay a little more attention to them.

Zhou Chu walked without looking away, and deliberately lowered his voice and said, "The Crown Princess suddenly miscarried yesterday. The Eastern Palace found out that someone had tampered with her. His Majesty fainted in anger when he heard the news. We blocked the news in time, but it was just a drop in the bucket."

What this meant was that the news of Emperor Tianqing's fainting had spread in the palace, which was why Cao Rui replaced the palace guards.

Xie Chengyin thought about it and felt that this situation might not be optimistic.

Emperor Tianqing had fainted once before, and just a few months later, he fainted again.

Looking back on his previous life, Emperor Tianqing died in the 35th year of Tianqing, and now it is only the 23rd year of Tianqing. Emperor Tianqing’s health should not have had problems so early.

"Who is in charge now?"

"It's the Queen. She rushed over as soon as she heard the news. I'm sure Prince Xiang will come to the palace soon."

"The letter?"

"The letter was sent to you by Eunuch Yang through Concubine Qiu."

After Zhou Chu finished speaking, he looked at the Mingyi Palace in front of him and stopped, "I will take you here. It is not our place to go any further. Thank you, young marquis, and I wish you good luck."

After saying that, he turned around and left in a cool manner.

The relationships within the palace are complicated and intricate, and one move can affect the entire body. The Crown Princess's miscarriage means that the already weak Crown Prince has another reason to be deposed.

Prince Xiang, who held great power and was widely supported by court officials, had more opportunities.

Xie Chengyin suppressed his uneasiness and walked towards Mingyi Palace.

In the mansion of Marquis Yongding, after Yan Ci got up, she found that Liu Xi seemed to be hesitant to speak. They had been together for some time and had some understanding of Liu Xi's temper. Looking at Liu Xi's appearance, she guessed that he had something to say.

"You can speak your mind freely if you have anything to say."

Liu Xi bent his legs and knelt down, "Miss Yan, please spare Sixian."

"Sixian? Wasn't she punished by your master to reflect on her mistakes behind closed doors?"

"Yes, but the young master also gave her an additional caning. I would like to ask Miss Yan to plead with the young master to spare Sixian. She had no intention of offending the young lady."

Yan Ci looked at his right hand which was wrapped tightly. If he moved it a few more times, he would feel piercing pain.

Caowu Powder was added when the stitches were done, and the pain was almost imperceptible. But later the effect of the medicine wore off, and the daily pain made her unable to eat or sleep well, and she even felt like vomiting.