In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

"The Crown Princess...anyone in the world will do! But the Crown Prince's woman must not be a divorced woman!"

"So, Hongying, you know what to do, right?"

Hongying fell to her knees with a thud, her knees hitting the bluestone slabs with a dull sound.

The hem of her emerald green palace dress spread out like a lotus leaf wilted by a violent storm.

"This servant...this servant is so stupid that I really don't understand the Majesty's deep meaning!"

Fine beads of cold sweat oozed from his forehead, flowed down his temples, and soaked the hair behind his ears.

She stole a glance at the queen's half-smile on her lips, and her heart sank to the bottom.

She was too familiar with this smile. Every time the queen plotted against others, there would always be such a strange light in her eyes.

The Queen smiled strangely: "I know that you and Pei Huizhou have always had a secret way of communicating!"

"I suddenly have a very good idea..."

Hongying's face changed drastically. She didn't expect that the Queen had always known...she had always known.

Whatever she said to me before... the Queen must know!!!

At that time, the queen was criticizing herself!

But I couldn’t believe it at that time!

So now... the queen suddenly had a very good idea, what will happen to her?

Is she going to die here?

In the Imperial Garden...such a big place, she is going to let herself die here?

No, no, so many people are looking at the Queen.

But the mad queen only had more than three months to live. Now she was being tortured by time and the emperor. She might become extreme and perverted and kill herself in the imperial garden!

So what? She was just a palace maid, a lowly person, and Pei Huizhou couldn't protect herself.

Just when Hongying was in despair, the Queen smiled slowly and said, "Let Bailu marry Pei Huizhou within ten days of the execution in autumn. That way, she will still be a widow!"

"And if there's no divorce, then according to etiquette... she can't remarry!"

"Even if she could remarry, the prince would not marry her despite the pressure from the world!"

"Hahaha, then her life will be ruined."

"How about this, you go and tell Pei Huizhou this news! He must know that doing this will disgust Bai Lu to death!"

Wasn't he just going to let himself die? Was he just going to pass this news to Pei Huizhou?

Hongying immediately became excited and nodded to the Queen: "Yes, yes, Your Majesty... I understand. I will go right away!"

Having said that, Hongying quickly turned around and left.

The queen stood there motionless until the emerald figure disappeared. She smiled slowly: "Hongying is so innocent and lovely..."

As long as Hongying passes this news to Pei Huizhou, Pei Huizhou's secret service will kill her, and Hongying will not be alive in this world.

"..."

In the evening, Hongying returned and bowed her head to the Queen: "Your Majesty, something has happened! Something terrible has happened!"

The Queen paused, holding the Yuqian Longjing teacup, and put it back. Then she heard Hongying hurriedly say, "Your Majesty, Pei Huizhou has met His Majesty!"

"We don't know what was said."

"Anyway, after he met with His Majesty, His Majesty went crazy and went straight back to the Imperial Study. He smashed everything in the Imperial Study and told everyone not to go to the prison to see Pei Huizhou."

"If I go to the prison to see Pei Huizhou, His Majesty will definitely kill me."

Hearing this, the Queen frowned: "If that's the case, then you won't go. Won't you pass on the news?!"

"You pig-brained guy, can't you think of a solution?"

What could a slave like me do? Hongying trembled, thinking of Pei Huizhou's previous information network... She didn't know if it would work.

But the queen forced herself with her cold eyes, and the long armor poked her forehead like a poisoned needle.

Hongying trembled and went out again immediately.

The next time I heard the news was at dawn.

Hongying knelt before the Queen and said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, something terrible has really happened!"

"He entrusted Zhang Zongguan to inform His Majesty that he wished to see His Majesty one last time before his death... His Majesty left the court, reviewed the memorials, and passed away in the afternoon."

"When he met His Majesty, Pei Huizhou immediately said that he wanted to marry Bai Lu before he died."

"How could His Majesty agree to this? He immediately lashed him out, severely beating him, and said, 'You whimsical man, do you think I don't know what you're thinking? You just want to take advantage of Bailu! I tell you, it's impossible! No one in the world can even think of harming Bailu!' After saying this, His Majesty turned and walked away, looking very angry."

"But Pei Huizhou was no pushover either. He actually got angry too, and he stopped His Majesty and said, 'If Your Majesty doesn't agree, don't cancel our engagement! Let Bai Lu be a half-widow for me! Even a widow of a wealthy family is fine! I'm not completely alone, with no relatives!'"

"..."

Hearing this, the queen paused.

She looked at Hongying intently and laughed, "Did Pei Huizhou really say that?"

Hongying nodded quickly and swore to the Queen, "Your Majesty, General Pei is truly a man of character. He actually came up with such a plan!"

"Otherwise, Your Majesty, you would have wanted this servant to pass on the message. I didn't expect that Your Majesty and Pei Huizhou's ideas actually coincided."

The queen suddenly burst into laughter, tears streaming down her face. "That's great!"

"However, I didn't expect the emperor to be angry about this!"

Hongying said to the Queen, "I heard that Your Majesty was so angry when he returned to his study that the imperial physician was called in that evening. He said that if he gets angry any more, he might develop liver disease. He asked Your Majesty not to worry too much..."

The queen smiled with satisfaction: "If he works harder and vomits blood, that would be good. Then he can die early, and I can enjoy a peaceful life with him, and the prince can succeed to the throne..."

But she stopped halfway through her words, because the queen always hoped that the emperor would die early, but now it was the queen who was destined to die early.

The Queen frowned and said to Hongying, "This is actually a good thing. It can satisfy his love for Pei Huizhou without actually hurting Bai Lu. Why is the Emperor still not happy?!"

Pei Huizhou initially said that he wanted Bai Lu to marry him, and they would get married and let Bai Lu remain a widow... Pei Huizhou knew that this was absolutely impossible.

He just said it on purpose to deceive the emperor, and what he said later was the truth.

If you want others to agree to a reasonable but a little difficult to agree to request of yours, you must first make an extremely unreasonable request, and then say the one that is a little difficult to agree to, it will become much easier.

The Queen understood very well.

The emperor is very angry and may not be able to come to his senses for a while.

Then Hongying replied, "Your Majesty feels that he owes Bailu a great deal, so he is unwilling to compromise."

"At this time, we can use our strength."

The Queen nodded: "Yes, we must work harder at this time."

What Pei Huizhou couldn't do in there, the Queen could do.

"but."

She glanced at Hongying and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that you would be so supportive of me."

Hongying smiled awkwardly. She originally belonged to Pei Huizhou's side, but now she was following the Queen and obeying her orders.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand. Pei Huizhou is about to die. If she follows Pei Huizhou, there will naturally be no good ending. Of course, she will follow the queen.

Although the queen is about to die.

But now, if she doesn't follow the queen and obey her orders, she will probably be crushed to death by the queen immediately.

In the remaining three months of the Queen’s life, let her relax and do whatever she wants!!!

......

If Prime Minister Wang had not previously told the emperor in the imperial study how loyal Bai Lu was to the emperor and patriotic, and how indifferent she was to fame and fortune, perhaps the emperor would have hesitated.

Anyway, Bai Lu has been a widow once, so what’s the harm in being a widow again?

But Prime Minister Wang said it anyway.

The emperor's guilt towards Bai Lu felt like an endless tide, hitting his fragile heart from time to time.

He really couldn't imagine that Pei Huizhou, whom he had loved since childhood, would do such a thing.

But Bai Lu, the little girl who was allowed to grow wildly outside like a weed, was so tenacious and resilient, and had such a big heart of love.

He had already let Bai Lu down, so how could he let her down again now?

So when Pei Huizhou made those demands, he smashed everything in the imperial study, and was so angry that he wanted to draw his sword and kill Pei Huizhou immediately.

"This Pei Huizhou wants to trick Bai Lu even until his death!"

"Hmph, do you really think I don't know you? You're a useless piece of shit! All your thoughts are used to plot against others!"

"You are of no use to the people and the world!"

"Compared to you, Bai Lu is much stronger!"

"Although she's a woman, where have you ever seen a woman who loves her country and her people as much as she does? She'll be a role model for women from now on!"

The emperor picked up his pen, thinking of a reward, "They all...are trying to trick the great hero of the world!"

The emperor became more and more angry as he thought about it, and finally he picked up his pen and awarded Huai County in Liangzhou to Bai Lu as a fiefdom.

This is fundamentally different from awarding her a princess fiefdom.

Because Bai Lu holds a male title, she is a female marquis and possesses the local rights of men, which is equivalent to the local emperor of Huai County.

But she is a marquis, so the fiefdom she is given cannot be too much.

As for conferring the title of Duke on Bai Lu...the emperor actually felt that it was unnecessary.

It's useless, Bai Lu doesn't like it.

Her favorite place is her hometown, and she will live in her hometown Liangzhou in the future, so she might as well be given a fiefdom so that she can live more comfortably and become a local emperor.

What's more, Bai Lu is a girl, so the emperor doesn't need to worry about issues such as fighting for power, friction with the prince, etc.

The more the emperor thought about it, the more appropriate it seemed, so he simply put pen to paper.

As for this great battle, other people were also commended. For example, General Murong and General Li were both recognized as great heroes outside and were awarded the title of general. The news of their commendation spread back to their hometown.

Afterwards, the emperor looked towards the horizon and saw that it was already bright and the wind outside was howling in.

Although it is summer at this time, it is no longer hot and it is really chilly at night.

Moreover, during the transition between summer and autumn, the emperor would suffer from a cough.

He coughed twice more, but this time he didn't cough up blood.

"I hope Bai Lu finds this fief useful..."

The emperor muttered to himself.

At this moment, a voice came from outside. It was the Queen, "Your Majesty, why are you standing in front of the window in a daze?"

The emperor opened the window and saw the queen's figure outside. She was vague and emaciated. She looked like she had been tortured beyond recognition and was in much worse spirits than before.

The emperor felt so distressed that he asked her to come in and said to her, "I'll get some leg-stretching and eye-glaring pills from Bai Lu later and give them to you to try."

"I heard that her leg-stretching and eye-glaring pills are very effective. Chu Yao was very weak before, but now he is almost fully recovered."

"No, no medicine will be of any use to my body."

The Queen smiled and shook her head.

Liver depression and qi stagnation...The qi and blood in her body are gradually depleted. The daily supplements she takes are of no use to her because the supplements will eventually be consumed. Moreover, every day of life is very painful and she lives in the pain of depression every day.

In fact, it's just like depression nowadays. Her heart knot is not resolved, and no matter how much tonic medicine she is given, it is of no use.

Why keep this body in the world?

Life and death are up to her.

Hearing this, the emperor felt uncomfortable and tears were about to burst out.

He looked at the queen and said to her, "I'm sorry... I made you suffer before."

"Did it hurt you? I didn't mean it."

He wanted to touch the queen's face, but she dodged him. She approached the emperor as if nothing had happened and said with a smile, "I have brought you some nourishing soup. Your Majesty, would you like to try some?"

"Okay, I'll drink."

The emperor immediately drank the tonic soup.

The Queen accompanied the Emperor in conversation, and soon the Emperor felt his head buzzing...

He fell directly onto the dragon throne and fell asleep, looking peaceful.

The Queen smiled and turned around, glancing at Zhang Zongguan who was not far away. She said to Zhang Zongguan, "Your Majesty is tired. You haven't slept all night."

"I have added some tranquilizing medicine to the soup. Please help His Majesty to sleep."

"Yes."

Manager Zhang had no suspicion and immediately helped the emperor down to the nearby bedroom to sleep.

The emperor slept in his bedroom, while the queen looked towards the empty imperial study and smiled strangely...

She wrote an imperial edict overnight and sent it directly through all the connections she had bought in the palace with a lot of money.

"..."

During the morning court session, the emperor sat on the dragon throne and noticed that the ministers were looking at him with strange eyes.

Prime Minister Wang's beard curled up! Duke Liang simply claimed illness and did not attend court.

"What's going on here?"

The emperor said, "Prime Minister Wang, I haven't offended you, have I?"

Prime Minister Wang said with a smile: "It's nothing, I just feel that Your Majesty has such deep affection for General Pei! He is willing to marry your niece Bai Lu to General Pei."