Forced to die for his loyalty, he was reborn in the arms of the cold and cruel regent!

"Grandmother, you can listen to it anytime you want." Shen Mengyao said with a smile: "Today the snow has melted and the sun is shining brightly."

"I want to listen but I am powerless. I feel weak and feeble after this serious illness." The Queen Mother sighed.

Shen Mengyao watched him grow weaker day by day, but the feeling of powerlessness of watching her exhaustion and being unable to do anything deeply troubled her.

"You will be fine."

Is it possible that what happened in the previous life is going to happen again?

"You work so hard. If you are still not in good health, I would be letting you down." The Queen Mother joked with a smile.

Shen Mengyao was also amused.

The two ancestors were enjoying this rare quiet moment.

After a while, people from Xingqing Palace came to urge them.

"Your Majesty, it's time for you to go back and take your medicine."

"Well, it's true that you've been out for quite some time." The Queen Mother nodded, and with the support of Shen Mengyao, she walked back with a staggering step.

After drinking the medicine, the empress dowager felt a little exhausted and wanted to go to sleep.

Shen Mengyao just took the opportunity and wanted to check again, but Queyue suddenly stopped her.

"Just now, another eunuch came over. I guess he was sent by the prince again. He left a note."

Shen Mengyao nodded and took it back to take a look. It was an appointment for her to meet behind the laundry after dusk. It was said that the public had a clue and sent someone to tell her.

She felt something strange in her heart, and before she had time to think about it, Queyue asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Shen Mengyao sighed slightly and frowned: "The prince said that he had some clues to tell me, but how could he know the clues in the palace when he is outside the palace?"

When Queyue heard it, she didn't take it to heart.

"Although the prince is not very well-informed about the affairs in the palace, he does have some informants. Who knows, he may have a direction for investigation. It is not convenient to mention it in the letter, so the princess should go there."

Shen Mengyao nodded slightly.

Well, nothing unexpected will happen in the palace anyway, so let’s go.

After dusk, when night fell and it was just getting dark, there were already a few people walking on the palace roads. Behind the laundry department was a wasteland with a large well and a century-old tree.

Because it is winter, the branches are bare.

The draft is freezing cold, and the cold winter nights are really hard to endure.

She looked around, but no one came. Quarter of an hour had passed since the agreed time. Could it be that he was tied up with something and couldn't come?

Shen Mengyao thought for a moment and decided that since no one had come for such a long time, she should leave first, in case she met someone she couldn't explain to anyone.

Just as I took a step, I suddenly heard a burst of hurried footsteps.

She looked back, but before she could see clearly, she felt someone push her back hard. In an instant, she fell out.

She didn't stop until she was lying on the well platform. Looking back, she saw a dress in the color commonly used by palace maids passing by.

Then, before he could react, he suddenly felt his whole body floating in the air. In an instant, he was pushed into the well. He was left with only a pair of hands, clinging tightly to the well platform, unwilling to give up.

"Who are you and what do you want to do?"

She originally wanted to negotiate with the other party, but it was obvious that the other party was coming for her, and without saying a word, he directly pried her fingers apart.

She only felt a sharp pain in her index finger, and before she could react, she fell heavily to the bottom of the well.

The well was not particularly high, but she fell into it without any warning, and there was water and pebbles below, so she almost cried out in pain.

In the blur, she only saw a figure leaning over to look at her, and then quickly disappeared.

She struggled to get up. Fortunately, the well here had dried up in winter. She managed to get up, and only a little water wet her back.

The howling cold wind was still a little uncomfortable. After a while, she felt very cold all over and was shivering all over.

She smiled bitterly. It seemed that she would probably have to stay here all night, and she didn't know if she could hold on.

"Is there anyone here?" She tried to call someone over, but she knew in her heart that it was useless. This place was very remote, and the other party probably chose to stay here for this reason.

She leaned against the wall of the well and curled herself up into a ball, trying to prevent the loss of heat. Fortunately, the wind here was still bearable.

After an unknown amount of time, someone suddenly called her from outside.

"Princess, are you here?"

At first I thought it was an auditory hallucination, but when I listened carefully, the voice was very clear and familiar, it was not an illusion!

She shuddered and immediately responded loudly: "I'm here."

Hearing the noise, Queyue immediately ran over and looked over the well: "Princess, wait a moment, I'll come to rescue you."

As soon as he finished speaking, a rope dropped down.

She originally wanted to climb up by her own ability, but because the soles of her shoes were soaked with water, the wall of the well was extremely slippery and she couldn't exert any strength at all. Moreover, because of the cold, her hands were red and it hurt a lot when she exerted a little force.

Seeing that she couldn't get up, Queyue jumped down on her own initiative.

"My Lord, I will carry you on my back."

"Is it okay? Can you go up?" Shen Mengyao's teeth were chattering.

Queyue nodded, tied her to himself with a belt, then pulled the rope and used the force to climb up.

Shen Mengyao felt her consciousness was being pulled away and her whole body was getting colder and colder, as if she could not even feel the existence of her own body. She could only talk to divert her attention.

"You are amazing. You can go up there even with someone on your back."

"I have been selling my body since I was young. If I don't learn martial arts, I will die. Fortunately, I met the prince." Queyue replied: "How can a decent woman learn this?"

"Aren't you a decent woman?" Shen Mengyao laughed: "My father is a general. Sometimes I think that if I can learn good martial arts from my father since childhood, I won't be afraid of being bullied."

"The princess's hands are used to pluck the strings of a zither." Queyue said solemnly, "Unlike me, I can only hold a sword."

"What's the difference between high and low?" Shen Mengyao said with trembling teeth: "Don't belittle yourself."

Queyue lowered her eyes, a strange color flashed in her eyes, but she said nothing in the end.

After much effort, she finally got her out of the bottom of the well and untied the belts that bound them both. She wanted to go back quickly to avoid being discovered, but unexpectedly, Shen Mengyao's body fell limply to one side.

"Princess, Princess."

Shen Mengyao is still conscious.

"fine."

"Isn't it time to ask an imperial physician to take a look, Princess? Your body is very cold." Queyue said worriedly.

"Calling the imperial physician will alarm others, so forget it. I'll just go back and warm myself by the fire." Shen Mengyao waved her hand and coughed heavily twice.