After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

Two palace maids wiped the medicine off the emperor's body.

The emperor opened his eyes again, and his sunken and cloudy eyes scared the two of them. Those were definitely the most terrifying eyes they had ever seen in their lives. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were the eyes of the drought demon.

They were not sure whether the emperor was awake at this time, because this situation often happened, either in the early morning, at night, or during meals. The emperor's eyes were fixed on a certain place, with no expression on his face, but his eyes were full of hatred. The crooked right eye and corner of his mouth made his expression very strange.

"Your Majesty?" The palace maid who was changing his clothes called out cautiously.

The emperor's eyes slowly turned and focused on the palace maid who was speaking.

The maid was so frightened that her back stiffened and her handkerchief fell off.

"Prince...are you back..." The emperor's voice was hoarse, like the creaking sound of an old, rotten wooden door being pushed open.

"what--"

The two maids screamed and rolled to the side of the bed. They quickly knelt down and bowed their heads to the ground. Their childish voices trembled as they said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me! Your Majesty, please spare my life!"

There was no movement from the person on the dragon bed for a long time. They waited for a long time, and when they finally mustered up the courage to look again, the emperor had already closed his eyes, looking calm as if nothing had happened.

Zhongcui Palace.

The queen paced back and forth in the palace, her heart in turmoil. Behind her, several palace maids were packing packages, wrapping up all the gold, silver and valuables. They were so busy that they didn't even have time to raise their heads.

When Zhou Fuhai saw the queen like this, he couldn't tell what he felt, and he could only say a few simple words of comfort.

"Queen, don't worry. Prince Ren's affairs should not implicate you. Even if...even if Prince Ren has close contacts with Zhongcui Palace, the Emperor will not embarrass you for the sake of Prince Qing."

The queen ignored him because Zhou Fuhai didn't hit the point at all.

She was worried. First, she was worried about Qin Zehai's safety. Second, she had come to this point. Once Qin Junyu came back to take control of the power, the first person he would deal with when the emperor woke up would be her.

Furthermore, Zhou Fuhai didn't know about her affair with Qin Zehai, and he didn't know that Qin Fengtian was not the emperor's biological son! So he didn't understand what she was afraid of.

"Zhou Fuhai, go and bring Tian'er to Gongcui Palace, quickly!" The queen suddenly stopped and said this inexplicably.

Zhou Fuhai didn't react at all, and the queen urged him anxiously: "What are you standing there for! Go quickly!"

Zhou Fuhai responded, lowered his head and quickly walked out of Zhongcui Palace.

The queen listened to the noises made by the palace servants behind her and impatiently drove them out.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhou Fuhai returned with Qin Fengtian, followed by two palace maids, who lowered their eyebrows and eyes, and were quite respectful. Qin Fengtian couldn't live without someone to serve him now, and considering that these two people had followed him from Xiangru Palace and were already familiar with Qin Fengtian's temperament, the queen didn't say much.

She pulled Qin Fengtian to sit down and coaxed him with a smile: "Tian'er, you should stay in the mother's palace for the next few days and don't go anywhere, okay?"

Qin Fengtian stared at her blankly, "Why? Then... can't we go to the garden?"

"No, there are big bugs outside eating people, and they only eat children. You can only be safe if you stay with your mother. Will you be obedient?"

Qin Fengtian covered his mouth in horror and nodded.

Zhou Fuhai took Qin Fengtian to his own bedroom to familiarize him with the environment, while the two palace maids from Xiangru Palace were kept by the Queen.

The queen looked at the two people carefully. She recognized one of them. Her name was Qiuyao. She was doing cleaning work in Xiangru Palace before Qin Fengtian moved in. Later, when she saw that she was very skillful, she was transferred to serve him along with three other palace maids.

The other one looked unfamiliar, and had a big scar and a red birthmark on his face, making him look scary. No one knew how such a person was chosen to serve in the palace, and was not afraid of offending the master.

"When did you enter Xiangru Palace? I know everyone around Tian'er very well, but you, I seem to have never seen you before?" The queen stared at her warily.

Qiuyao wanted to help her companion explain, but the Queen gave her a sharp look and said domineeringly: "Let her speak for herself."

Qiuyao had no choice but to swallow her words.

The maid nodded and lowered her eyebrows, her voice as soft as a mosquito's buzzing: "Reporting to the Queen, my name is Qiao Yue, and I was transferred to Xiangru Palace just a month ago. Your Majesty has not been to Xiangru Palace often recently, so she doesn't recognize me."

"I am loyal to the Queen and the Prince, and will serve the Prince wholeheartedly."

After listening to this, the queen seemed to be thinking about something.

Qiuyao added: "The scar on Madam Qiao Yue's face was caused by saving the prince."

The queen took a closer look at the wound on Qiao Yue's face. It was indeed a new wound and the flesh had not yet fully grown back.

She had heard a while ago that Qin Fengtian almost burned down Xiangru Palace by playing with fire, but it did not cause serious consequences and Qin Fengtian was not injured, so she did not take it seriously. She never thought that a palace maid actually got her face burned.

"That's enough." The queen sighed, "Since you two have come with us, you should take good care of the prince in the future. No matter what he wants, give it to him."

"I have only one request: Don't let him step out of the Zhongcui Palace."

"Yes." The two answered in unison.

-

As night fell, a team stopped at the post station, and the large scale of the event attracted a lot of attention.

Nian Susu leaned against a tree outside the door and stuffed a few mouthfuls of dry food to make do with the situation. Not far away, Axuan and Qingyu were tying up horses and feeding them grass with a team of secret guards.

Qin Junyu walked behind her at some point and handed her a bowl of hot soup. "You'll feel better if you drink something hot."

"Where is the marching team?" Nian Susu drank two sips and then lost his appetite. He stuffed the soup back to him. "At this speed, we should be seven days ahead of them."

The marching troops can only walk on foot and have to rest after walking for a day, otherwise their bodies will not be able to bear it, so it takes longer.

Several deputy generals including Liu Luyan, Chen Qijin, Chen Yong and Chen Hu volunteered to accompany the soldiers on foot back to the headquarters, and Qin Junyu agreed.

Now, the ones escorting them back to Beijing are all the secret guards of Tianxuan Villa.

Qin Junyu calculated and said nothing: "Yes, it will take them another ten days to arrive. We will probably see the tall buildings of the Imperial City in two days."

Nian Susu wiped his mouth and entered the post station.

She did not sleep well that night. Although she had been traveling for more than ten days and finally got to sleep in a bed without having to endure the bumpy ride, she tossed and turned and could not fall asleep.

Nian Susu got up, put on her clothes and lit a candle. It was late October and the night was even colder than the snow in winter. She drank some hot water to warm herself and sat at the table for a while, not feeling sleepy at all.

"Knock knock knock--" In the quiet night, the knocking on the door was particularly abrupt.