As soon as she opened her eyes, she was forcibly carried back to the East Palace by the paranoid pri

Xiao Ye Zi picked out the best jade beads that were most suitable for making collar pins from His Majesty's private storehouse, filling three large brocade boxes.

Just as he was about to go to the warm room to report, he ran into his master Xiao Guanzi.

Behind Xiao Guanzi followed a strange-looking eunuch. Xiao Ye had never seen him before and thought that he must be the eunuch from the suburban courtyard of the imperial palace.

"Master?" Xiao Ye hurried over, his doubtful eyes drifting towards the wooden box in the young eunuch's hand.

It doesn’t look expensive, what is this?

Xiao Guanzi had a worried look on his face. He pulled him to his side and pointed his whisk in the direction outside the palace. "The news from this morning is that Li Xiaoshu has gone."

Unable to react for a moment, Xiao Ye's face was full of confusion, and he asked in a daze, "Who is Li Xiaoshu?"

"Pa!" Xiao Guanzi patted his arm and scolded him lightly, "Mrs. Bai."

Xiao Ye's facial features wrinkled up in pain, but he still held the brocade box firmly in his hands, "My Master! Madam Bai can go if she wants to. She is not a big shot, and His Majesty and His Majesty don't like her!"

Why is the master so anxious?

"If you continue to be so stupid, you and Xiaobi will be kicked out of the palace." Xiao Guanzi twisted his ear with his hand in frustration, "Their Majesty and the Queen do not like her, but don't you think about how many mistakes she has made? If it were someone else, they would have died thousands of times. Why is she still alive?"

"Go!" Xiao Guanzi took the wooden box from the eunuch behind him and put it in Xiao Ye's hand, waving his hand, "You pass this news to His Majesty and the Queen."

Xiao Guanzi successfully got rid of the hot potato and his voice softened. Xiao Ye's face was almost wrinkled like a bitter gourd. After being scolded, he still had to take on this thankless job from his master.

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In the warm room, the chess book in Ning Rushong's hand has changed its owner, and a chessboard has been placed on the table.

His posture was casual, his eyebrows were bent, his pupils were bright and shining, and he held a black chess piece in his thin and slender hand.

He Yue held the white chess pieces and placed them one by one according to the method taught in the book. She looked extremely serious now. She was no longer lying lazily, but sitting upright with her eyebrows furrowed. Her pretty and quiet face showed a serious look.

The battle situation was very tense, and the white chess piece's path was almost completely blocked. It wasn't that Ning Rushong didn't let her win, but he let her win for a few games, and then He Yue asked him to show all his true skills.

This time, He Yue couldn't even last a few incense sticks of time. Hui Qing fanned He Yue with a fan, trying to give her some encouragement.

"Clap."

The black chess piece was placed, it was a really brutal move, the white chess piece was completely dead.

"Alas." He Yue sighed, propped up her elbows on the table, supported her face, and the jade pendant on her ear swayed slightly, "You are not following the chess manual."

She was blaming someone else, but Ning Rusong accepted it well. "The chess records can only be used for reference. Yueyue will become familiar with it after playing a few games."

He Yue waved her hand, "Take down the chessboard."

The palace servant who was attending immediately and quickly removed the chessboard.

Xiao Yezi came in holding a brocade box and a wooden box, kneeling down to salute, "Your Majesty, I have already done what you asked me to do. They are all the finest jade beads."

After handing the brocade box to Hui Qing, Xiao Ye Zi still did not stand up, but held the wooden box in her hand forward and said, "There is news from outside the palace that Madam Bai has passed away, and she has asked someone to send this wooden box to the palace and give it to the Queen."

"I don't know what to do, so I come here to report!" Little Ye lowered his head tightly, his tone respectful and flawless.

He Yue's originally relaxed expression froze in an instant. She paused, and wanted to say something, but her throat felt extremely difficult and bitter.

Died? Did Li Xiaoshu also pass away?

After a long while, he finally uttered a word, "When did you go?"

It was hard to tell what the Queen's emotion was from her tone, so Xiao Ye said what Xiao Guanzi had told her, "He passed away yesterday at noon. The news was only passed into the palace today. He died of illness."

"Your Majesty and His Majesty have both instructed that Madam Bai's expenses must not be shortchanged. When Madam Bai fell ill, the people who were taking care of her sought a doctor, but they only managed to delay her care for a month."

He Yue drooped her eyelashes and whispered to herself, "Bury her well, bury her well."

He Yue was in a bad mood the whole day today. Others didn't understand, but Ning Rushong understood her mood.

She no longer had any feelings for Li Xiaoshu, but Li Xiaoshu was already inextricably linked to the past in her heart.

In other words, no matter how much He Yue hated her, she would never want her to die. It would be fine if she was just displayed like an old antique.

From another perspective, this kind of long-lasting love is actually a different kind of ruthlessness.

The wooden box was left on the desk for a long time. He Yue finally took it back to the bedroom and opened it.

It was a cloth bag and a letter.

"Why do you like to write letters to those who are left behind? Why don't you tell them while they are still alive?"

After saying this, He Yue froze subconsciously, her smooth white fingers curled up, and her beautiful and sad face looked dazed and confused.

He Yue vaguely remembered that someone had written her a letter, but she had no idea who wrote it or what was written in it.

Where did she put the letter? She seemed to have burned it, or she seemed to have given it to someone she trusted for safekeeping.