The Queen sealed her heart and locked up her love, and the Emperor was trapped in the crematorium

The main reason was that the timing of the Queen Mother's illness was too coincidental. It happened that when the Emperor did not follow common sense and made one absurd thing after another, the Queen Mother fell ill. Moreover, the Queen Mother did not allow the concubines in the harem to serve by her side. No matter how you look at it, there is a sense that something is not right.

Yunqi felt that if the Queen Mother knew that the Emperor actually had such an absurd idea of ​​disbanding the harem, she would definitely not sit idly by. However, the Cining Palace had been unusually quiet in the past few days, which could only mean that the Queen Mother was still kept in the dark and had no idea of ​​what was happening in the outside world.

After thinking about it, Concubine Qi decided to go to the Cining Palace. After all, at present, she had no other way out except to seek the support of the Queen Mother.

As expected, when she arrived outside the Cining Palace, she was stopped and could not enter at all.

Concubine Qi frowned and angrily scolded, "How dare you! Do you know who I am? How dare you block my way? I am the niece of the Queen Mother. You servants, why don't you go and report to the Queen Mother!"

The leading eunuch said with a fake smile: "Lady Qi, the Queen Mother has ordered that you need to rest and recuperate now, and not see anyone, even if the Queen herself comes."

When Concubine Qi heard this, she was furious. She never thought that she would be treated like this, and the Queen herself was the same. Who was Xie Yaoqing? How could she be compared with herself? She was just a queen in name only. The Queen Mother had never liked her. And her position in the Queen Mother's heart was unmatched in the harem.

These guys are used to flattering the powerful and looking down on the weak. Now they dare to treat me so perfunctorily. It's simply because they see that I have fallen on hard times and am no longer a royal concubine, so they start to look down on me.

Thinking of this, Concubine Qi became even more furious. She decided to see the Queen Mother no matter what, so she asked the palace maids and eunuchs around her to shout at the top of their voices, showing an attitude that they would not give up until they achieved their goal.

It was unknown whether the Queen Mother heard the noise outside, but Concubine Zhuang, who was wandering around, heard the noise first. She walked over slowly with a gloating smile on her face, obviously coming to watch the fun.

"Is Concubine Qi wronged by the Emperor and came to complain to the Empress Dowager? Why doesn't the Empress Dowager see Concubine Qi? Did she dislike her? Shouting and yelling in the palace is really unbecoming. Concubine Qi is really as uneducated as the Emperor said. There is no other person like her in the entire palace."

Concubine Zhuang's lips curled up slightly, her eyes and eyebrows were full of smiles, but the words she said were full of sarcasm and disdain.

Noble Lady Qi glared at Concubine Zhuang fiercely and retorted, "Don't be too happy too soon. What's the point of trying to please the Queen? In the end, you will be kicked out of the palace anyway. All your efforts will be in vain."

Concubine Zhuang responded indifferently, "Leave the palace if you want to. As the saying goes, 'The sky is high and the birds fly freely, the sea is wide and the fish leap freely.' When the time comes, the world will be vast and you will be much freer than staying in this palace with so many restrictions. Concubine Qi is extremely reluctant to leave the palace, but I am very eager to do so. However, the emperor has already issued an order, so Concubine Qi should face the reality as soon as possible and stop having unrealistic fantasies."

Some people don't want to leave the palace, and some people want to leave the palace. Concubine Zhuang is the latter. She has no attachment to the wealth and splendor in the palace, and even less love for the emperor himself, so naturally she doesn't want to stay in the palace for the rest of her life. She originally thought that there would be no turning back after entering the palace, but now there has been a turn for the better. It can be said that there is a sudden turn of events, and Concubine Zhuang is so happy that she can't wait.

Ultimately, Concubine Qi failed to meet the Queen Mother. Instead, she was ridiculed by Concubine Zhuang and returned to Qionghua Palace in a depressed mood.

As night fell, Concubine Qi tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep, with only one thought lingering in her mind.

She must not be sent out of the palace!

She is not like Concubine Zhuang who has no ambitions. She entered the palace with the mission of bringing glory to the Qi family. If she returns in disgrace, how will her family members view her?

Moreover, after she had seen the most extraordinary and outstanding man in the world, other men were simply not worth her attention. Even if the emperor had no feelings for her now, he might not always be ruthless to her over time. Xie Yaoqing might be able to monopolize the emperor's favor for a while, but could she really monopolize the emperor for the rest of his life? When Xie Yaoqing was the only one left in the palace in the future, as long as she could overthrow Xie Yaoqing, then both the position of queen and the emperor's favor and favor would become hers alone.

She had to find a way to stay in the palace and never let herself be like the other concubines who were dismissed from the palace in disgrace.

……

As soon as Xie Yaoqing finished speaking, the room fell into a dead silence. The depressing and dull atmosphere seemed to have frozen time.

The palace maids serving on the side lowered their heads in fear, wishing they could curl themselves up into an invisible ball, for fear of attracting the attention of the superior and becoming the unlucky ones to vent their anger.

It was truly shocking that the Empress requested to leave the palace herself. This was probably the first time in history that this had happened.

Even Nanny Fang, who had always been calm and composed, was in an uproar at this moment. She widened her eyes, her face full of astonishment, and she couldn't believe what she had just heard. Could it be that her own queen hated the emperor to such an extent? She didn't even want to stay in the palace for a moment longer.

Originally, Xiao Chengxu was secretly delighted that Xie Yaoqing had taken the initiative to talk to him, thinking that no matter what she asked, he would agree to it without hesitation. Even if it was something as unattainable as picking stars and embracing the moon, he would try his best to give it a try.

However, he never dreamed that what Xie Yaoqing was talking about was leaving him.

"No."

Xiao Chengxu blurted it out almost subconsciously, and refused without even thinking about it.

"Why?" Xie Yaoqing frowned, her dark eyebrows as dark as distant mountains trembling slightly, revealing deep confusion and dissatisfaction.

She really couldn't understand why all the other concubines in the harem could leave the palace, but she was the only one who couldn't? Could it be that she owed Xiao Chengxu something in her previous life - no, even in her previous life's previous life? Otherwise, why would she be trapped in this deep palace regardless of her past and present lives?

Xiao Chengxu secretly suppressed his emotions, trying to maintain a gentle smile on his face, and said softly: "We are married and have no doubts about our love. In life, we will be together, and in death, we will miss each other forever. My dear, since you and I have become husband and wife, we should sleep in the same bed in life and be buried in the same grave in death. Apart from life and death, no one and nothing in the world can separate you and me."

Even if they are separated by Yin and Yang, don't even think about separating them.

Xie Yaoqing couldn't help but feel a little dazed, and the scene seven years ago vaguely appeared in front of her eyes. On the wedding day, before drinking the wedding wine, Xiao Chengxu said these words with a solemn face. At that time, she was full of joy, thinking that she had found her life's destination. Loving couples should sleep together in life and death together. Unexpectedly, time has passed, and now she only feels ironic when she hears it.

In her previous life, she was a deposed empress. How could a deposed empress be buried in the same mausoleum with the emperor? Not to mention being buried in the imperial mausoleum, I'm afraid she didn't even have a grave.