Quick Wear: Oh no, the lady is running away with the ball again

As he left for the Jingshan Palace, Qi Huan couldn't help but think that over the years, it seemed as if everyone had left him. He used to not care about their departure, but now he couldn't help but wonder if he was really an unlucky star, so Yun Qian had to leave him too.

She is a heartless woman who is willing to leave even if it means she is “dead”.

Thinking of her again, Qi Huan couldn't help but start coughing violently in his chest. He couldn't help but hope sadly that she would come back. As long as she came back, he would accept anything.

As I walked into Queen Mother Jiang's bedroom, I was greeted by a deadly aura.

A sense of impending danger loomed. Qi Huan thought, this was the end of the mother-son relationship. In those days when he was walking alone, his mother had been one of the reasons for his efforts.

Perhaps she once treated him as her own son.

"Huan, Huan'er, you're here."

The woman lying on the bed looked sick, haggard, and much older. There was no trace of the graceful and beautiful woman she once was. Qi Huan heard the woman's voice, but did not react. He looked coldly at the mother who had once wanted him dead, and his heart was devoid of any pain. It seemed that he had truly severed this fate.

"Huan'er, come closer and let your mother take a good look at you, okay?" The woman who once ignored him seemed to have disappeared. Qi Huan didn't know why, but he felt that Queen Mother Jiang might still want to ask him for something.

Sure enough, when Qi Huan walked to her bedside, Queen Mother Jiang finally spoke.

"Huan'er, Your Majesty, your mother begs you to move your brother into the imperial mausoleum." The woman with disheveled hair had tears on her face, and she desperately hoped to grab a sleeve of his robe.

Qi Huan sneered, shook her hand away, and then wanted to turn around and leave.

Unexpectedly, the woman refused to let him go even at death. She dragged her sick body to the ground, grabbing Qi Huan's robe, and begged him bitterly. Qi Huan closed his eyes in silence, and just as he was about to leave, Queen Mother Jiang suddenly shouted frantically: "Huan'er, mother said it all, said it all."

Qi Huan gave her his last bit of patience. "Your brother is not the late king's child."

The woman's eyes were filled with pain and a hint of twisted pleasure. Qi Huan looked at her, raised an eyebrow slightly, and was slightly surprised. His younger brother was clearly born after his mother regained her favor.

"His biological father was just a guard in the cold palace." When she said this, the woman smiled foolishly.

"Huan'er, do you remember? When you were three years old and had a persistent fever, your mother, the Queen Mother, broke palace rules and fled the cold palace with you. I held you in my arms, kneeling in the snow-covered Qin Palace. I kowtowed over and over in front of the Purple Palace, the blood from my forehead staining the snow on the long steps... Mother only begged that cold-blooded man to save you, to save his own flesh and blood."

"But you know, that man, he told me to get out, go back to my cold palace, and said that it was a special mercy for me not to order the killing of this evil star." Queen Mother Jiang laughed almost crazily, with tears in her eyes. The laughter and tears mixed together, and she did not hide the hatred in her eyes, as if she only wished that she could kill him as soon as possible.

"Later, it was him who secretly brought me medicine to reduce my fever. Huan'er, do you still remember him? Can you understand? We were able to survive in the cold palace because of his repeated support. He gave me the reason to live..."

There was no need to explain further, Qi Huan understood everything. Everything was just a mess of cause and effect. If you love someone, then naturally, you will also hate him. If you love someone, you want him to live; if you hate someone, you want him to die.

Only by allowing his younger brother to ascend to the supreme position in the Qin State can he truly achieve this revenge.

And his life seemed insignificant, a hindrance, and redundant in his mother's revenge.

Qi Huan did not look at the woman who gave birth to him again. He turned and left. Queen Mother Jiang was still calling his name from behind.

He didn't look back, but the corners of his eyes were still red.

It turns out that it was not because of anything else, not because of any bad luck, but simply because the son has to pay for his father's debt and the hatred for the whole family extends to the whole family.

Qi Huan put his hands on his hips, and the black gold robe on him showed the majesty of an emperor. The servants beside him waited respectfully by his side, and finally, the emperor's edict came.

"Bury the commoner Qi Ji in the imperial mausoleum."

"Then move the late king's body out of the Taimiao and give him the posthumous title of You."

The man paused and issued the last order.

"Posthumously confer the title of Duke upon the deceased Cold Palace Guard Gong Yangjian."

When this oral order reached the ears of Queen Mother Jiang, the honorable Queen Mother knelt on the ground, crying and laughing, and shouted over and over again, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace," with tears in her eyes.

In the dim and gloomy palace, only a few scattered rays of light shone down, illuminating the dirt and dust on the ground.

Queen Mother Jiang died, committing suicide.

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When the news reached the Qin Palace, Eunuch Sheng lowered his head and dared not look at the man above him. After a long time, he heard the emperor say

"Well. Let's bury him." Without any emotion or likes or dislikes, Eunuch Sheng cautiously followed the order and withdrew.

The man stroked the jade ring on his finger, his brows lowered, his expression unclear. In the vast palace, everyone had left. Only a gentle breeze blew across the desk piled high with documents, sending a few sheets of plain paper flying. Only a painting of a vibrant peach blossom forest sat peacefully in the middle of the desk, resting peacefully before the man's gaze.

I only regret that time passes too quickly. The flowers in the forest have lost their spring color, and red rain is falling all over the sky, leaving a mess on the ground.

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Yun Qian knew that Qi Huan was collecting a lot of things from the people, but she didn't know about the paintings.

In addition to her previous speculation, she also wondered if Qi Huan had fallen ill again, so he wanted to select the paintings one step at a time and then didn't want anyone the next... Yunzhou was a long way away, and Qi Huan sent special people to various provincial capitals to be responsible for the selection, while Li Xi was not in charge of the selection, so the painting had never been passed to Li Xi.

Ever since he understood Yun Qian's intentions at the banquet during the day, Li Xi has been extra careful not to make her alert or uncomfortable.

But he still came to the Ming Mansion to visit Mingxun and Yuntang. Yun Qian, seeing that he hadn't shown any interest in marrying or making friends, felt a little downcast. She thought she had made her point very clearly...

Until the day before yesterday, the young lady from the Dongfang family next door came to see her. She called her timidly with her big watery eyes and was very polite in her behavior.

At first, Yun Qian had no idea why she had come. After all, their two families didn't usually interact with each other. It wasn't until she asked the young lady to sit down that the smiling face suddenly turned sad. She eagerly tugged at her hand, hesitating for a few times before finally mustering up the courage to say that she had long admired Master Li and hoped that she could introduce him to someone... Yun Qian's first move was to pull her hand away.

Then he put on a perfect and friendly smile and advised her not to worry.

To be honest, it was impossible not to feel troubled. Given her personality, her first reaction was not to get involved in any trouble.

Secondly, what right did she have to introduce Li Xi to another woman? Furthermore, how one chooses to live their lives is ultimately their own business. She had no romantic feelings for Li Xi, nor did she intend to develop any other ties with anyone in this world. She was afraid of delaying Li Xi, but that didn't give her the right to force someone on him just to make herself feel comfortable. This was disrespectful to his character.

But then she thought, maybe they were destined to be together, but the time had not come yet.

It shouldn't be illegal to introduce them to each other as a roundabout way to save the country.