It turns out that I too have been robbed.

The sudden appearance of Qi Yunyao startled the people in the small courtyard. Before the people who had been following him could catch up quickly, Princess Shuming who had been staying in the room suddenly came out.

The princess had been sitting by the window just now, and she saw what was happening outside.

"Wait a moment!" Princess Shuming sighed softly while walking down the steps, "Don't go there yet."

"Mother? What about Aunt Lu Ru..." If it wasn't for the snow leopard still in his hand, Pei Ruzhou would have wanted to follow, but before he could finish speaking, Princess Shuming suddenly shook his head at him. Shaking his head, he called softly, "Day'er."

Although Pei Ruzhou didn't know what happened yet, seeing his mother's complicated expression, he still swallowed what he didn't say.

The maids and eunuchs in the small courtyard looked at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little dignified.Even the snow leopard in Pei Ruzhou's hands became quiet.

At this time, behind the courtyard.

Qi Yunyao held onto Lu Ru's arm tightly, showing no sign of letting go.

But Lu Ru, who was standing in front of him, kept his head down and didn't say a word.

Qi Yunyao could feel that Lu Ru's arms were trembling slightly, and she was nervous.This trembling from the depths of the soul cannot be suppressed.

I don't know how long it took, but Lu Ru suddenly smiled, pretending not to understand anything, and said, "Your Highness the Seventh... what kind of joke are you making, you really scared the slaves to death."

Her voice has gone hoarse.

Qi Yunyao looked extremely willful, even a little lawless.But how could a young man who grew up in the deep palace not understand what he would face after he uttered those two words?

Qi Yunyao, who is good at disguising himself and hiding himself behind an innocent smiling face, has the few straightforwardness and impulsiveness here.

Hearing Lu Ru's words, Qi Yunyao pursed her lips tightly and said nothing.

The two were deadlocked like this.

I don't know how long it took before Qi Yunyao said again: "I know it's you, I'll admit to anyone... I won't admit to you."

Concubine Xian was once the only warmth in Qi Yunyao's life.Even after her "death", the emperor did not leave a single portrait because of "excessive worry".But as a close relative of flesh and blood, Qi Yunyao can still recognize her appearance.

"You..." Lu Ru trembled all over, and even stumbled his teeth.She was like a traveler walking on an extremely cold snow field, her whole body was cold and she couldn't breathe.

Lu Ru opened his mouth for a long time, but still couldn't say the next word.

At the moment when she was still in place, Qi Yunyao behind her was trying to adjust her breathing, and at the same time tried her best to say this sentence completely: "You...you don't even look at me again. Dare?"

What are you guilty of, do you also feel that you have done something wrong?

... Right now, only Qi Yunyao knows how hard he worked to say this.

Qi Yunyao is most afraid of loneliness, and also hates loneliness the most.

He used to think that all his loneliness was due to Pei's family.I should hate the Pei family, even... I should hate Pei Ruzhou.

But now, at the moment when he saw this maid named Lu Ru, Qi Yunyao suddenly felt that he was ridiculous.

... Concubine Xian is still alive, and Concubine Mother is still alive.

But she hasn't come to see me for nearly ten years.

The Seventh Prince who is the most favored in Dayi is all a joke!It's just a person that parents dislike and mother doesn't love.

Qi Yunyao was born in the royal family, but at this moment he felt pitiful.

Although the emperor raised Qi Yunyao by his side, what happened back then made him feel bad after all.

He can dote on Qi Yunyao, satisfy his unreasonable demands, and turn a blind eye to his bad deeds.But the only thing is that he will not discipline him like a real father, let alone chat with him or teach him to read.

Sometimes Qi Yunyao even felt that he was like a pet most of the time.

The emperor would take a look at him and tease him casually when he had time, but most of the time, Qi Yunyao did not exist in the emperor's world.

Qi Yunyao once naively thought that even if his father didn't really like him, at least he had a concubine mother...he once had a concubine mother.

However, what happened afterwards finally made Qi Yunyao understand that even in front of his mother and concubine, he is still a person who can be abandoned at any time.

Hearing what Qi Yunyao said, a tear finally fell from the corner of Lu Ru's eye.

At the moment when the tears fell to the ground and shattered, Lu Ru finally turned around slowly and stiffly.

Then, Lu Ru raised his head.

Worried about being recognized by others, Lu Ru deliberately ate more food back then to change his figure.

And no matter what happened to her, she would bask in the sun and blow the gravel-wrapped wind of Day Orchid Pass. The creamy skin that was originally raised in Huazhang Palace in Fengcheng had already become unbearably rough.

But if you look closely, you can still distinguish the original delicate facial features.

At this moment, Qi Yunyao himself had a lot to say.

Qi Yunyao wanted to ask Lu Ru why she abandoned herself, and wanted to ask Lu Ru if she knew that after she left, she was alone in the palace.

But thousands of words stopped on his lips, and at the end, Qi Yunyao just stared at Lu Ru and said, "I saw it."

He paused for a moment, then shook his head slowly and said, "I saw you...the sachet for Ah Zhou."

"Sachet..." Lu Ru was stunned for a moment, obviously she didn't expect that Qi Yunyao suddenly opened his mouth and said such words.

But Qi Yunyao's next question made Lu Ru even more sluggish.

He asked: "When you gave Ah Zhou the sachet, did you think of me?"

Do you still remember that there is someone like me in Fengcheng?

It took almost all of Qi Yunyao's strength to ask this question.

After finishing speaking, he finally let go of the hand that was tightly holding on to Lu Ru's arm.

Obviously at the last moment, Qi Yunyao still felt that he had countless things to say to Lu Ru, and there were many questions he didn't ask, but at this moment he only felt tired.

... What else do you ask?The answer has already been written in time.

He should have known.

I am a person who does not deserve to be loved.

"Yao'er?" Seeing Qi Yunyao let go, Lu Ru, who was shedding tears, was stunned.

Her gaze fell on Lu Ru's hand, and then slowly moved upwards, looking at Qi Yunyao helplessly.

At this moment, Qi Yunyao lowered his head, and when he raised his head again, the Qi Yunyao who lost his composure just now suddenly disappeared.

That familiar smile appeared on Qi Yunyao's face again.

He just looked at his mother like this, then smiled and said, "Forget it, I've finished what I should say."

At that moment just now, he suddenly realized one thing - he is a selfish person, and why didn't he get this selfishness from his parents?

The emperor was selfish and insisted on keeping a woman who didn't love him.

Lu Ru was selfish and abandoned himself without saying a word.

In this case, it is better to let each other go.

After all, I am also a selfish person.

"Don't say that..." Lu Ru trembled more and more, and burst into tears, and there was no trace of blood on that face.

All this happened too quickly and too unexpectedly. Before Lu Ru could react, something very important and very important left her.

Lu Ru heard Qi Yunyao say: "Knowing that you are still alive, that's good. After that, I will take my Yangguan Road, and Lu Ru will cross your single-plank bridge. I hope that no matter what happens, you will not bother me, let alone give I'm causing trouble... I am the Seventh Prince of Dayi, so I can't be ruined by a little maid in the future, can I?"

After finishing speaking, Qi Yunyao put his hand on Lu Ru's shoulder so lightly, and then said the last sentence lightly: "Okay. I just misidentified the person. My concubine mother is Concubine Dayi Xian , high-spirited, how could she be a rough-handed girl from Zhoulanguan?"

At this time, Lu Ru was already sobbing.

Her eyes slowly fell on Lu Ru's hand.

The last time I touched this hand...was when Qi Yunyao was young. At that time, his hand was soft, as if it had no bones.But now, the child of that year has become a teenager, and those soft little hands have also become slender and strong.

Everything has long since changed.

Qi Yunyao turned around and closed his eyes at this moment, squeezing the last tear from the corner of his eyes.

He didn't even pause for a moment, and went straight back to the front yard along the same path.

Although countless thoughts flashed through Qi Yunyao's mind, in fact, only half a cup of tea had passed.

As soon as he walked to the front yard, he saw that everyone was looking at him curiously, including Pei Ruzhou and Princess Shuming.

... You don't need to think about it, Princess Shuming must have known everything long ago.

Right now, Qi Yunyao's head is still numb, he doesn't have the energy and thought to think about what kind of role Princess Shuming plays in this, and how he will face her in the future.

There was only one thought in Qi Yunyao's mind.

You must not let Ah Zhou know the truth, you must... you must not let Ah Zhou know that Lu Ru is a concubine Xian, and that you once hated him so much...

If Pei Ruzhou knew, he would definitely understand that the poisoning this time was not that simple.

At that time, I will completely lose the last person who really treats me well.

No!

Qi Yunyao absolutely does not allow such a thing to happen.

Too many things happened in a short period of time, and it was too late for Qi Yunyao to panic and panic.He smiled at Pei Ruzhou almost instinctively, and then pretended nothing happened and said, "I made Ah Zhou laugh, I saw that aunt Lu Ru just now, and suddenly thought I saw my mother." Concubine, it was only then that I chased after... Now that I think about it, they are all from Zhoulanguan, so there should be some similarities."

Qi Yunyao knew that his behavior just now was too abnormal.If he told a lie casually, Pei Ruzhou would definitely not believe it.So he simply said the word "mother concubine" in an open and aboveboard manner.

Sure enough, Pei Ruzhou was taken aback when he heard Qi Yunyao's explanation.He was still holding the snow leopard, and his movements were a little slower.

Pei Ruzhou knew what a concubine Xian meant to Qi Yunyao.So when he heard Qi Yunyao revealing his scars, he hurriedly stopped asking, and even deliberately changed the subject to chat about the snow leopard with himself.

"That's it... By the way, Seventh Highness, do you want to touch it? This little guy is not bad-tempered, just be careful." Pei Ruzhou remembered that Qi Yunyao seemed to like this snow leopard very much.

The preoccupied Qi Yunyao gave a stiff smile, and scratched Snow Leopard's head perfunctorily.

I don't know what made it unhappy, but as soon as Qi Yunyao's hand left, the snow leopard suddenly bared its teeth at him.The surrounding guards were all frightened by its abnormal behavior.

"Don't make trouble," Pei Ruzhou hurriedly put the snow leopard back into the cage, and then asked with concern, "Your Highness, are you alright?"

"It's okay..." Qi Yunyao smiled.

He came back to his senses after being frightened by the snow leopard, and finally found that Pei Ruzhou looked at him a little more tenderly.

Is it because of what you just said?

Thinking of this, Qi Yunyao simply sniffed at Pei Ruzhou, pretending to be extremely sad and said: "...I really miss my concubine so much, that's why I was distracted."

Sure enough, Pei Ruzhou looked at him with more pity.

At this moment, Qi Yunyao despised himself, but couldn't help but enjoy this feeling.

He didn't see that the face of Princess Shuming who was standing aside gradually became serious.

……

What happened to Lu Ru was just an insignificant episode to everyone, but it was not the case to Qi Yunyao.

A person who has been dead in his heart for nearly ten years suddenly "resurrects" and appears in front of his eyes. No matter who he is, he will find it unbelievable and unacceptable.

After returning to the residence from Pei Ruzhou, Qi Yunyao was in a daze all day, not even drinking a sip of water.He just sat quietly on the edge of the couch, looking out the window without moving.

Seeing Qi Yunyao's abnormal appearance, the surrounding court ladies and eunuchs tried their best to reduce their sense of existence, for fear that he would find out and cause trouble.

But today's Qi Yunyao doesn't even bother to trouble others.

Until the night, Qi Yunyao was still upset.

At this moment, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside the house.

A eunuch stopped by the door, struggled for a long time, and finally announced softly: "Your Highness, the people around Princess Shuming are here to look for you."

The people around the princess...

At that moment, the word Lu Ru appeared in Qi Yunyao's mind.

Qi Yunyao instinctively didn't want to see her again, even after hearing what the eunuch said, he was a little upset.

But after a while, he still said, "OK, let her in."

Since Lu Ru chose this point to come to him behind everyone's back, shouldn't he come to reminisce with him?

After a while, the door of the room was gently pushed open, and Lu Ru changed into a gray-blue dress and appeared in front of Qi Yunyao.

The young man sitting by the couch didn't even lift his head. He poured tea for himself and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"I……"

At this moment, Qi Yunyao was sitting, while Lu Ru was standing at the door, the distance between the two was very far, and extremely alienated.

After feeling Qi Yunyao's attitude, Lu Ruyi couldn't say a word for a while.

After being silent for a while, she finally gritted her teeth and said, "I came to His Highness to tell His Highness what happened back then..."

"Back then?" Qi Yunyao suddenly sneered, and said casually, "Aunt Lu Ru wants to tell me that my mother and concubine are always concerned about the outside of the palace? Then you are late, Meng Shilang has already been with me I said it."

Qi Yunyao knew everything, Lu Ru was not surprised.

She knew what kind of person her elder brother was. He managed to get rich by relying on his status as a "virtuous concubine", and later he lost everything because of him. How could it be possible if he didn't hate himself?

Not only does my brother hate himself, but he will definitely tell Qi Yunyao what he has done so that he can hate himself together.

But what she came to talk to Qi Yunyao today was not about this matter.

Lu Ru lowered his head, and in the softest voice, he uttered the words he was most afraid of to Qi Yunyao.

Lu Ru said: "I can live until now, thanks to Master Ru Zhou and Pei's family..."

"What did you say!"

As soon as Qi Yunyao's words fell, Qi Yunyao, who was sitting here just now, suddenly stood up.

His eyes widened, and his breathing was unsteady.

Lu Ru seems to have thought that Qi Yunyao would react like this...

This time, she slowly closed her eyes, and told Qi Yunyao everything that happened that year——

That ex-fiancé was actually married after he entered the palace, and he kept in touch with him by letter, just wanting to take advantage of his status as a concubine Xian and still have some benefits from his old love.

But Meng Xing'er back then actually believed that man's nonsense.

It wasn't until she left the palace and fled to Zhoulan Pass that she realized that all of this was a lie.

When Meng Xinger was young, she only had love in her heart. After she found out that she was abandoned by her lover, she was very sad and at a loss, and even wanted to die.

That day, it was Pei Ruzhou who saved him.

The Meng family was originally a prominent family in Zhoulanguan, and Meng Xing'er knew the princess and the others from the beginning.

After all kinds of entanglements, the Pei family still took the risk of deceiving the emperor and kept themselves...

"...What did you say, Pei Ruzhou saved you?" When Lu Ru heard it, Qi Yunyao's voice suddenly rose, and his whole body was wrapped in panic.Qi Yunyao was scared, he was even more excited than the moment he saw himself in the morning.

The air in the room, which was so silent that it was about to freeze, was pierced and cut by Qi Yunyao's words.

"Yes, yes..." Lu Ru was so frightened by Qi Yunyao's current appearance that he couldn't even speak clearly.

Hearing this, Qi Yunyao suddenly laughed.

"It was Pei Ruzhou who saved you...it was Pei Ruzhou...do you know how much I hated Pei Ruzhou before?"

Lu Ru couldn't help but took a step back, then shook his head slowly.

Until then, Qi Yunyao finally stood up.

He smiled and said to Lu Ru: "I hate him to death. My uncle said that General Pei killed you. Now that General Pei is dead, the only person I can hate is him. So I wish he could lose everything ! But he was so kind to me, so good that I wanted to throw away those hatreds...but it was too late, it was too late..."

After saying this, Qi Yunyao immediately sat down as if exhausted.

Lu Ru's heart throbbed, she had never seen Qi Yunyao crying and laughing like this.

He was crazy, and lost the last bit of decency as a prince.

But at this moment, what Lu Ru blurted out was not concern for Qi Yunyao, she asked: "Your Highness... What did Your Highness do to Master Ru Zhou?"

Qi Yunyao let out a miserable laugh, raised his head and said the last sentence to Lu Ru tonight.

His voice was so small that even he couldn't hear it clearly.

Qi Yunyao said almost to himself: "...Do you really think that he must be the one to cure the snake venom in me?"

"Your Highness is saying?"

Lu Ru already had the answer in her heart, but she dared not say it.

Qi Yunyao is his own flesh and blood, Pei Ruzhou saved his life, and he even watched him grow up.

But now, Qi Yunyao told himself...

Everything that Pei Ruzhou is facing now is his fault.

Thinking of this, Lu Ru suddenly lost all her strength, she knew that it was too late.

Recently, too many things have happened.

The royal family stayed in Guijin Palace for another ten days, and finally returned to Fengcheng.

According to the time calculation, in a few days it will be time for Pei Ruzhou's snake venom to attack again.

This time, Princess Shuming did not return to the General's Mansion, but lived in Huazhang Palace with the royal family temporarily.

But this time, worried about meeting acquaintances, Lu Ru did not follow.

As soon as it got dark, Pei Yufeng got into Pei Ruzhou's bed.

"Why don't you go to find your mother? What are you doing here?" Pei Ruzhou had a headache when he saw Pei Yufeng. He has been clinging to himself since he was a child, and he likes to share the bed with him.

It was okay when I was young, but when I grew up, Pei Yufeng started kicking people while sleeping, so Pei Ruzhou didn't want to squeeze with Pei Yufeng anymore.

"How old am I, of course I can't keep pestering my mother all the time." Pei Yufeng looked confident.

"Okay, okay," Pei Ruzhou lay down helplessly, he yawned and said in a low voice, "Just don't kick me."

"Yeah!" Pei Yufeng heard that Pei Ruzhou wasn't chasing him away, so he approached him excitedly, chatting with Pei Ruzhou about what he saw and heard in Fengcheng a while ago.

But before he could say a few words, Pei Yufeng saw Pei Ruzhou's eyelids start to fight.

"Brother, why are you sleepy so early?" As he spoke, Pei Yufeng poked Pei Ruzhou's cheek with his finger.

It's still early, and I don't feel sleepy at all, so why does Pei Ruzhou want to sleep?

"Hmm..." Pei Ruzhou's eyelids suddenly became very heavy. He wanted to tell Pei Yufeng not to disturb him, but when the words came to his lips, he lost the energy to speak.

At the moment when he was about to fall asleep, Pei Ruzhou heard that Pei Yufeng got up suddenly, and called Cong Tao over in a terrified tone.

...Why is Yu Feng so loud, he is just a little sleepy.

As soon as he thought of this, Pei Ruzhou completely lost consciousness.

This night, Woyun Palace was brightly lit.

Hearing Pei Yufeng's voice, Cong Tao immediately walked into the house.She saw - Pei Ruzhou who was lying on the bed was not only frowning, but even the blood on his lips was gone.

"Eldest Young Master? Eldest Young Master!"

Cong Tao stepped forward and shook Pei Ruzhou vigorously, she bit her lip and said, "It shouldn't be..."

It's not yet time for the next poison attack, but judging by the young master's performance, why is it exactly the same as when the snake poison attacked?

After all, it wasn't time yet, and Cong Tao didn't dare to give Pei Ruzhou the antidote rashly.

After entering the door and taking a look, Cong Tao immediately walked out, and said to the maid guarding outside: "Hurry up and call the imperial doctor! By the way... tell the princess too."

"Yes!"

Hearing the word "Emperor Physician", the maid immediately realized that something was wrong.The two who were guarding the door immediately parted ways, and ran to find the imperial physician and Princess Shuming.

However, after half a stick of incense, the imperial physician hadn't arrived yet, but another important figure in the palace appeared outside Pei Ruzhou's residence.

—It’s the Queen Mother.

It was still early now, and when the maids said that Pei Ruzhou had passed out, even the queen mother who was about to rest had someone help her over.

As soon as she arrived at the door of the room, she saw Pei Yufeng nestled in the arms of the princess with red eyes, and the expression of the princess Shuming was also very strange.

"Shuming, Zhou'er, this is..."

"The Empress Dowager."

"Quickly stop saluting, what's wrong with Zhou'er?"

Hearing this, Princess Shuming sniffed and shook her head softly, "...I don't know, it seems to be poisoned, but the day is wrong."

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager also sighed heavily: "Chou'er is so young, why are you so..."

After finishing speaking, she also walked over slowly, stretched out her hand and caressed Pei Ruzhou's cheek.

At this time the imperial doctor finally came.

However, unlike ordinary imperial doctors who are in a hurry to see a doctor, he looks very nervous, even a little scared...

If Pei Yufeng or Meng Shilang were here, they would probably show similar expressions.

Because the imperial doctor who was brought to Woyun Palace in front of him was the one who disappeared for many days and they couldn't find it after searching for a long time!

After the imperial doctor entered, he quickly bowed to the queen mother and princess, and then walked forward to feel Pei Ruzhou's pulse.

His hands were still trembling slightly. Seeing this, the Queen Mother couldn't help frowning...

After a long while, the imperial doctor finally let go of his hand. He said: "It is indeed a poisonous hair. Mr. Pei is not in good health. He had a serious illness a while ago, so the interval between the poisonous hairs is a little shorter."

After confirming that it was really pure poisonous hair, the expressions of the people around were finally not as nervous as before.

The queen mother glanced at the maid standing beside her, and then fed the antidote she had prepared to Pei Ruzhou.

Seeing this scene, the imperial physician also breathed a sigh of relief.

Speaking of imperial physicians like them, although they are on duty in the palace, they don't meet important people every day.

Therefore, as long as there is a chance to meet the Queen Mother, everyone will try their best to create a sense of presence in front of her.But today, seeing Pei Ruzhou taking the antidote, the imperial physician immediately saluted and planned to leave here.

But before he took a few steps back, he saw the person sitting on the side of the couch gently turning his jade tail ring, and slowly said: "Master Dou Yongyan, why are you in such a hurry to leave today?"

The group of people in the Imperial Hospital will take turns to feel the pulse of the Empress Dowager.It's just that Dou Yongyan didn't know that the queen mother had already written down her name.

He, who already had ghosts in his heart, plopped to his knees on the ground.

"The Empress Dowager!"

The queen mother smiled, and motioned to Princess Shuming to help herself to one side of the chair and sit down.

She obviously didn't say anything, but the imperial doctor named Dou Yongyan was trembling with fright, and couldn't help kowtowing his head crazily.

After she was seated, the Queen Mother finally spoke again: "That day Aijia heard that it was Zhou'er and Yao'er that you and Meng Shilang met in the camp. They were in a hurry when they were in Guijin Palace. Ask carefully, it happens that you are here today, why not talk to Aijia now."

The queen mother seldom calls herself Aijia, especially when the imperial physician consults, she is very approachable, and she does not have the feeling of superiority at all.

But now, she is completely different from what Dou Yongyan remembered.

Immediately, Dou Yongyan kowtowed a few more times, and said to the Queen Mother: "This humble minister must know everything!"

"Ah."

Just now, Princess Shuming didn't understand what happened, but now she heard what the queen mother said, and saw the imperial doctor's reaction, she understood at once... The matter of Zhou'er being poisoned that day was not simple!

The queen mother took a sip of tea, then looked at Dou Yongyan and said slowly: "In this case, let's start with Yao'er being poisoned."

……

Summer is coming to an end, Fengcheng has come to the season when it loves rain the most.

Qi Yunyao heard the sound of thunder outside the hall, and then an eunuch trotted into the hall.

"Your Highness Seventh, there was news from Woyun Palace just now that Mr. Pei Ruzhou's poison has taken off early, and it seems a little dangerous now." The little eunuch said to Qi Yunyao while adjusting his breathing.

"what?"

Qi Yunyao's heart had been beating wildly just now, but now when he heard the eunuch's words, he immediately stood up.

"And then? Is the imperial physician here?" After speaking, Qi Yunyao also planned to leave for Woyun Palace.

"Here we are, Master Dou has already gone." The little eunuch quickly replied truthfully.

"Master Dou?"

"Returning to Your Highness, it is Lord Dou Yongyan."

Qi Yunyao: "..."

Qi Yunyao, who was already walking towards the door, stopped suddenly.

Dou Yongyan?Why is he here.

Didn't he flee to Fengcheng overnight and disappeared on the way?

Qi Yunyao always thought that Dou Yongyan consciously did something wrong and slipped away.

He never expected that Dou Yongyan would dare to return to Fengcheng.

When did he come back?Is he crazy when he comes back here...

Qi Yunyao froze in place, not daring to move.

At this time, it was already pouring rain outside the house, and Qi Yunyao saw a person holding an oil-paper umbrella walking quickly from not far away.

As soon as the man stood still under the eaves, he hurriedly said: "Your Highness Seventh, the Empress Dowager asked you to come over..."

It’s over.

It's all over.

Qi Yunyao finally realized belatedly, an invisible hand pushed himself out of the shadows.

From the imperial physician's sudden disappearance to today's reappearance in Huazhang Palace.

Everything was arranged by someone.

But who could this person be?

……

After Qi Yunyao arrived at Woyun Palace, he was taken directly to the main hall.

The night is getting darker, but this place is more lively than Qi Yunyao imagined.

On the golden arhat couch at the top, on one side was the queen mother, and on the other side was the emperor of Dayi.

All the eunuchs and maids have retreated, and in the empty hall, there is only an imperial physician kneeling.

As soon as Qi Yunyao entered the door, he was still in a daze when he heard the Empress Dowager say coldly: "Qi Yunyao, don't kneel down yet!"

The Queen Mother called him by his first name.

In the main hall of Woyun Palace, the little prince Qi Yunyao, who had always been proud of the world and despised everything, knelt down just like that.

The queen mother did not look at him again, but looked at the emperor, and asked softly: "Your Majesty said, what should be the punishment?"

penalty.

Hearing this word, Qi Yunyao understood that he didn't even need to explain this time.

The Empress Dowager of Dayi is not a woman who spends her whole life around the harem. She has contributed a lot in the world today.

Dou Yongyan was already terrified, but if it fell into the hands of the queen mother, he must answer whatever the other party asked.But in a moment, everything can be checked clearly.

It was precisely because he knew this too well that Qi Yunyao asked Meng Shilang to kill the imperial physician.

It's just... Qi Yunyao really can't figure it out, Dou Yongyan has already run away, why did he come back here again?

Who is responsible for all this?

Qi Yunyao's heart was in a mess.

The two people sitting on the golden couch knew the truth back then.So the Queen Mother didn't shy away from anything.

Seeing that the emperor remained silent, she said directly to Qi Yunyao coldly: "The person who left Huazhang Palace and discredited the royal family was your mother and concubine. What General Pei did was reasonable. But I really didn't expect that the Meng family not only Without self-examination, I even recorded this vendetta on the Pei family and on Zhou'er!"

The vicissitudes and deep voice echoed in the hall.

"The Ai family really didn't expect that Meng Shilang not only told Lao Qi about his family's ugliness, but also taught Lao Qi to harm Zhou'er together!"

While speaking, the queen mother was extremely heartbroken.

Qi Yunyao couldn't refute, couldn't refute.

He heard that the Empress Dowager sighed for the last time, and said softly: "My son, Lao Qi grew up beside you, and he has become what he is now, and you are also responsible. How to punish him, I ask His Majesty to make a sincere decision. "

The person sitting on the golden couch remained silent for a long time.

After a while, the emperor finally said: "Qi Yunyao, the seventh son of the emperor, misses his mother and concubine too much. I specially allow you to leave Huazhang Palace and go to the imperial mausoleum in the suburbs of Fengcheng to guard the mausoleum for one year."

Shouling.

For the prince, the loss of freedom of guarding the mausoleum is no different from going to jail.

What's more...he knew that Concubine Xian was not dead at all.

When Qi Yunyao heard these two words from his father's mouth, he was stunned for a moment, but he miraculously didn't feel sad at all.Even such a punishment made him breathe a sigh of relief.

The feeling of uneasy conscience suddenly disappeared a little.

As for the emperor... Qi Yunyao already knew that everyone in this world except Ah Zhou had given up on him.

So now he is not disappointed.

Qi Yunyao bowed to the person on the golden couch with a calm face, his forehead pressed against the cold tiles, and after a pause, Qi Yunyao said: "I obey the order."

Ah Zhou, now I only have you...

In the early morning of the next day, two events shocked the entire Huazhang Palace.

——The Seventh Prince, who was originally the most beloved, was suddenly fined to guard the mausoleum for one year.And an imperial physician named Dou Yongyan in the palace, returned to the mansion and suddenly hanged himself to death.

Although these two incidents had nothing to do with the court, after hearing about them, everyone was still extremely shocked.

Only Qi Baili from Fuxun Palace didn't seem surprised.

As usual, he got up early to copy books and complete the homework assigned by Pei Ruzhou.

After hearing what happened last night from the palace maid and eunuch outside the window, Qi Baili's copying hand didn't even pause.

After the thick pile of things has been copied and sorted out, the sky will be bright.

At this moment, Qi Baili finally walked towards Suihan Palace as usual.

However, before reaching the destination, he suddenly stopped in the bamboo forest.At this time, a court lady in a light red dress appeared behind Qi Baili.

Qi Baili didn't turn around, he walked forward and said casually: "Qi Yunyao has done so many good things, how could Ru Zhou have been kept in the dark by him? Don't you think so."

After saying these words, Qi Baili climbed onto the long steps of the Suihan Palace, and the maid who was walking behind him just now disappeared suddenly.

On this day, Pei Ruzhou fell into a drowsy sleep just like the day he was poisoned.

When the poison just broke out, bursts of severe pain hit him, and Pei Ruzhou's bones and organs seemed to be held in his hands and twisted together.This pain is hard to express in words.

But to his surprise, this feeling didn't last long.

At the moment when his consciousness was completely in chaos, Pei Ruzhou suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from his ear.

"Why are you here again?"

……again?

In an instant, the scene in front of Pei Ruzhou changed.

Before he had time to observe the environment in front of him, Pei Ruzhou saw an acquaintance.

Red clothes, ghost masks, runes.

Pei Ruzhou: "..."

It's over, am I dead?

If he hadn't died, how could he see the Lord of the Nether World here again!

...Speaking of which, did I make a mistake?Or because of accidentally spying on the secret?Otherwise, how could it be the old man himself who came to pick me up?

At the moment, Pei Ruzhou felt extremely hopeless.

He silently took a step back, trying to stay away from the person who was meditating.

And as soon as he moved, the Lord of the Netherworld said coldly again: "If you move again, you will fall into the River Styx."

Styx...

When Pei Ruzhou heard these two words, he immediately remembered the scene he saw not long ago.

He didn't dare to move at the moment.

While Pei Ruzhou was standing here straight, the Lord of the Nether World said again: "Sit down, wait until the time comes."