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

When Xiao Chengxu saw the remaining tear marks on Xie Yaoqing's face, his heart couldn't help but tremble violently, and a strong feeling of pity surged in his heart.

He slowly stretched out his fingers and gently wiped the crystal clear tears with his fingertips. At the same time, he comforted her in a gentle and low voice: "Don't cry, it's my fault. I misunderstood the queen and made you suffer. The queen can punish me however she wants."

If Xie Yaoqing chose to confront Xiao Chengxu with a tough attitude and accused him of wronging her, then although Xiao Chengxu felt guilty, he might still feel that the queen did not care about his face at all and was holding on to his faults. This might lead to another fierce dispute and end in a bad mood.

However, Xie Yaoqing did not act in this way. She first calmly stated the facts and explained the reason to prove her innocence; then she showed her weak side and let the grievances flow out naturally. How could Xiao Chengxu not be moved by this way of reasoning and moving people's emotions? The guilt in his heart became deeper and deeper.

Ultimately, it was because Xiao Chengxu jumped to conclusion without further investigation, concluding that Xie Yaoqing was still the arrogant and willful queen, that a series of disputes and injuries occurred afterwards.

Xie Yaoqing leaned obediently in Xiao Chengxu's broad and strong arms, sobbed softly for a few times, and said softly: "Then I will punish the emperor to have dinner with me every day from now on. The emperor is busy with state affairs all day long, and I dare not ask for too much. I just hope to have some time to spend with the emperor. These days, I miss the emperor very much."

After saying this, she slightly lowered her thick, butterfly-wing-like eyelashes, skillfully concealing the slightest hint of coldness revealed in the depths of her eyes.

In the past few days, Xiao Chengxu has not set foot into Kunning Palace. Perhaps the concubines in the harem are hiding in the dark, secretly delighted, waiting to laugh at her!

However, how could she do what they wanted? She would never give these people any chance to laugh at her! She must let them see that the emperor's holy face, which was unattainable to them and rarely seen for ten days or half a month, was nothing special to her.

And there is another benefit, it is logical to keep Xiao Chengxu in Kunning Palace overnight. In this way, it can encourage Xiao Chengxu to do more for her to have a child, so that she can achieve her long-hidden wish as soon as possible. Before she has a child, she can't push Xiao Chengxu away.

Hearing what the beautiful woman in his arms said, Xiao Chengxu's tenderness in his heart became stronger. He gently stroked Xie Yaoqing's silky black hair, and more guilt appeared on his face.

Xiao Chengxu secretly pondered what had happened recently, wondering if he had been too cold to the queen. It was obviously him who had injured the queen, but he still acted superior, waiting for the queen to admit her fault and show weakness before he was willing to lower himself to visit her in Kunning Palace. Not only that, when Kunning Palace did not send anyone to invite him to come, he actually felt very depressed and wanted to get angry with the queen.

However, didn't the queen feel wronged in her heart? How could someone who suffered injustice for no reason not feel sad and unwilling? The queen has never been a person who can bear injustice. He also said that he would protect the queen for the rest of her life and never let her suffer any injustice. The injustice in the past might have been caused by others, but this time it was he who made the queen suffer.

If he had known this earlier, he should have visited the queen as soon as she woke up and cleared up the misunderstanding between them in time. In this way, no one would feel aggrieved, and no one would suffer injustice. He and the queen would have already cleared up their past grudges and reconciled. Why would they have to simmer in anger for a few more days?

In the final analysis, it was Concubine Qi's fault. If she hadn't been spreading rumors, how could I have misunderstood the Queen to this extent.

Xiao Chengxu felt that confining Concubine Qi for only one month was too light a punishment. It would be better to just confine her for three months. Since he was unable to properly manage the people in the palace, he could use this time to learn how to rule them, so as to avoid other troubles in the future.

She can't even discipline the few palace maids in the small Qionghua Palace. How dare a mere palace maid talk about the Queen? She dares to deceive her superiors and subordinates when she has a little power. This is nothing but a failure of Concubine Qi's rule.

Since ancient times, no emperor has ever felt that he was wrong. Even if he was wrong, others would be more at fault, so Xiao Chengxu naturally blamed Concubine Qi.

Of course, Concubine Qi was not completely innocent this time. After all, she had ulterior motives to begin with, and she thought she had caught a handle and couldn't help but jump up and down to spread rumors.

When Xie Yaoqing heard Xiao Chengxu say that he planned to impose more severe punishment on Concubine Qi, she didn't even blink.

You see, this is the so-called emperor. Whenever he is in a bad mood, he will always find ways to make others feel even more uncomfortable, and always look for someone to bear his rage.

And this unlucky person could be Concubine Qi, other concubines in the palace, or herself.

However, Xie Yaoqing did not nod in agreement. Although the relationship between her and Concubine Qi had always been tense and incompatible, and both of them found the other an eyesore, why should she bear this unjust accusation for Xiao Chengxu for no reason?

Today, Xiao Chengxu came to Kunning Palace, and tomorrow Concubine Qi will face a three-month house arrest. Concubine Qi will only think that she is fanning the flames, and her hostility towards her will increase. In the end, it will all be her fault, so how can she blame Xiao Chengxu?

"Noble Concubine Qi is still young and inexperienced, so it is understandable that she made mistakes occasionally. Moreover, Su Jin was originally a servant of the Queen Mother. How could Noble Concubine Qi have expected that there would be such a vicious servant around the Queen Mother?"

Xie Yaoqing calmly shifted the topic to the Empress Dowager.

When mentioning the empress dowager, Xiao Chengxu frowned slightly.

Xie Yaoqing saw this and suddenly recalled a rumor he had heard by chance when he was young.

Combined with the mother-son relationship between Xiao Chengxu and the empress dowager, which was neither close nor distant, yet somewhat weird, a doubt involuntarily came to mind: Is Xiao Chengxu really the empress dowager's biological son?

However, when she looked at Xiao Chengxu's face carefully, she found that they looked somewhat similar, and she felt even more strange.

"My mother is old now, so it's inevitable that she will make mistakes when judging people."

Listening to Xiao Chengxu's lukewarm tone, Xie Yaoqing couldn't tell for a moment whether he was explaining and making amends for the empress dowager or was being sarcastic.

Now that the misunderstanding had been resolved, Xie Yaoqing expressed her feelings a little and Xiao Chengxu stayed overnight in Kunning Palace.

The night was filled with red waves, mandarin ducks embraced each other, and the spring atmosphere was warm and pleasant.

The next day, Xiao Chengxu left Kunning Palace refreshed. Just looking at his relaxed face and relaxed brows, it was not difficult to tell that he was in a very happy mood, a far cry from the previous few days.

When the master is in a good mood, life will be much easier for the people under him, and the palace maids serving in the Qianqing Palace will be less nervous.

The atmosphere inside the Qionghua Palace was exactly the opposite. Since yesterday, it had been shrouded in a dense layer of dark clouds, and the atmosphere was so heavy and depressing that it made people almost unable to breathe.

Concubine Qi felt that she had lost face when paying her respects, but it was not convenient for her to lose her temper at that time. She endured it all the way back to the Qionghua Palace, and then she flew into a rage. She threw all kinds of jade, antiques, porcelain, and paintings, cursing as she did so. Sometimes she scolded Xie Yaoqing for being a mean person who was making a fuss out of nothing, and sometimes she scolded Su Jin for causing trouble for her. She even took her anger out on Concubine Yi and scolded her over and over again.

Yun Qi, the personal maid, knew that she could not persuade Concubine Qi, so she did not do so. Instead, she let Concubine Qi finish her anger and when she was less emotional, she stepped forward to comfort her.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. It was that slave girl Su Jin who made the mistake and implicated Your Majesty. Anger hurts your liver. Your Majesty, there is really no need to get so angry just for a slave girl."

Concubine Qi snorted. Thinking of Su Jin's death, she suddenly felt a chill in her heart. She grabbed Yun Qi's hand and said with a little uneasiness, "That slut won't come to see me, will she?"

After all, she was a girl who grew up pampered in the Qi family. Although she knew before entering the palace that her hands would be in trouble sooner or later, she couldn't help but feel frightened when a person died, and someone around her was beaten to death.

Yun Qi comforted her, "No, Madam, have you forgotten what Madam said? In this palace, the dead are the most peaceful. If Su Jin were alive, she might even try to blame Madam and bring more trouble to you."

Concubine Qi thought again and felt that Su Jin was beaten to death with a stick because of her own fault. She deserved it. She promoted Su Jin for the sake of her aunt, but she did not let Su Jin abuse her power for personal gain and abuse Lu Ping for her own selfish desires. If she had done it cleanly, it would have been fine, but someone caught her. It was no wonder that she treated her like a worn-out shoe. She was just a palace maid, so she died if she died.