The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

One of Concubine Yue's earrings dangled on her cheek. She pointed at Fei Wan's forehead and said with a mixture of heartache and reproach:

"I admire your courage and luck!"

"What do you mean?" Fei Wan was still confused.

Concubine Yue said angrily, "After the Empress Dowager abandoned you in the mountains, you shouldn't have run back by yourself. Why didn't you go back and hide near Qingluo Temple? The palace would have sent someone to pick you up. But you actually walked alone in the mountains in the middle of the night and returned to the capital alone. Not to mention the chaos outside, even in peaceful times, you have to be careful of bad people, not to mention the soldiers and bandits now!"

"Good lady, take a breath before you speak."

Fei Wan pulled Concubine Yue's sleeve and pleaded in a soft tone.

I felt relieved.

It turned out that Concubine Yue didn't know that she had entered the enemy camp, but was worried that it would be unsafe for her to return to the city alone.

My heart feels warm.

She saved Concubine Yue in the torture chamber, but it was just a trick. Unexpectedly, this one incident made Concubine Yue put aside all her previous guard and prejudices and treat her sincerely.

Although she was scheming everywhere in the palace, if someone really gave her their true heart, she would certainly be willing to accept it.

After all, who wants to make enemies everywhere?

"Xiangyi, bring some sugarcane juice to the imperial concubine to moisten her throat." Fei Wan ordered softly.

While holding onto Concubine Yue's sleeve, he winked at her softly.

"Your Majesty, please don't blame me. I know I was wrong, okay? I won't dare to do that next time..."

"Do you still want a next time?!"

"No, no...I will listen to you, Your Majesty. I will take care of myself from now on." Fei Wan looked at him eagerly. "I was terrified at the time. My mind was not clear. I just wanted to escape from the Queen Mother and return to the palace as soon as possible. So I crawled all the way down the mountain. All I could think about was... all..."

"What are they?"

"It's all the warm candlelight in Her Majesty's palace, the steaming, fragrant meals, and Her Majesty's smile to me. I don't even want to go back to Chunxi Palace. I just want to rush straight into Her Majesty's room and rest on your extraordinarily soft big bed like before."

Fei Wan's eyes were red. "It was with this thought in my heart that I managed to get through this and grit my teeth to return to the palace..."

After hearing this, Concubine Yue couldn't help but sweat in her eyes.

He stretched out his finger and poked Fei Wan's forehead fiercely, "You...little thing!"

When he touched Fei Wan's skin, he reduced his strength, fearing that he would hurt her.

She sniffed, forcing back the tears, and stared at him, "Will you learn this lesson from now on? Look at your injuries! How could you run around in a war? You're lucky you're still alive! If anything happens to you, who will get all my jewelry and silks as rewards?"

"Well, I'll remember this. I really won't dare to do it again. Please don't scold me, okay? I want silk and satin right now. Winter is coming, and I haven't bought any winter clothes yet."

Concubine Yue snorted, "Call me sister, and I'll give you good material and leather, so you can make a hundred different winter coats."

"Sister." Fei Wan's voice was soft and sweet. "Sister Yue, I only need ten pieces, and the other ninety pieces are for you. You are better looking than me, and have better skin, so of course you have to dress more beautifully."

Concubine Yue spat at her: "Slippery little thing!"

But the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

Another sigh followed.

"No matter how beautifully I dress, who am I showing it to?"

Xiangyi brought in some sugarcane juice and left. Concubine Yue took a sip from the cup, praising it as "really sweet." Seeing that no one else was in the room, she whispered, "After this incident, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. I've given up on Your Majesty. The harem was in such chaos, and he hid somewhere, leaving us, a group of weak women, to face the old woman and the Tartars. If it weren't for Concubine Qing gathering everyone together and frightening the Tartars with a broken stone, I wouldn't even be here to talk to you today!"

Tears welled up in her beautiful almond-shaped eyes, a mixture of grievance, hatred, and fear.

"There's a saying among the common people out there: 'Marry a man and you'll have clothes on your back and food on your table.' You must have heard that. I come from a prominent family, and my dowry is quite generous. Of course, I don't need to marry just to have clothes on my back. What am I seeking? Just a husband who understands me. Although entering the palace as a concubine doesn't mean the king is any different from an ordinary husband, I've been treating him with affection and loyalty over the years, haven't I? And what about him? When danger struck, he hid on his own, and I'm afraid he never even thought of taking me with him! It chilled my heart! That day in the torture chamber, if he had been tortured with me, would he have thrown himself on me like my sister did? No, he was lucky enough not to force me to block the board for him!"

Concubine Yue spoke a lot in a hurry, and her breathing was uneven.

Her cheeks flushed slightly with excitement.

"Sister..." Fei Wan held her hand, but she didn't expect Concubine Yue to say such heartfelt words, "Sister, don't be upset. His Majesty may have had his own difficulties at that time..."

Concubine Yue sneered, "What difficulties did he have? Not only did he not take me with him, he didn't take any of the concubines in the palace with him. Later, I found out that he only had the two princesses hurriedly taken away, and he didn't even take the princess's mother! The child was crying loudly, and he was afraid that the child would reveal his whereabouts, so he ordered someone to cover the child's mouth and nose, and almost suffocated the child to death. It was only Cao Bin who reminded him to feed him some sleeping medicine, which narrowly avoided the child from suffocation. Is he still a human being? The princess would rather not have a father like him! You make excuses for him and find difficulties for him. In my opinion, he is selfish and heartless, and only thinks about himself!"

That's true.

Fei Wan said secretly.

If someone else had said something like that, Fei Wan would have to wonder if it was a trap. But since Concubine Yue was like that, Fei Wan could tell she was genuinely angry.

Concubine Yue is sometimes smooth-talking, sometimes calculating, sometimes decisive, and sometimes impulsive and arrogant. These are just superficial. She will show different personalities in different times and places.

But deep down, Fei Wan could see that Concubine Yue was very proud.

A daughter of a noble family, a daughter of heaven, half royal blood, and a life of luxury since childhood, she naturally did not look up to anyone and had a very high opinion of herself. Whether it was the former queen or the queen mother, she never really took them seriously.

Now it was the emperor's turn.

She treated the emperor as her monarch and husband, and served him to please him for several years, but was abandoned in the critical moment.

Sincerity is exchanged for shit.

From then on, the emperor was an unforgivable person in her heart.

"Sis, since you are so open with me and tell me everything, I will also tell you a few words from the heart."

Fei Wan stared at the other person intently and whispered softly.

"In my heart, my sister has long been more important than His Majesty, so all the way back to the palace this time, my mind was full of my sister. But sister, I want to give you a piece of advice."

"What?"

The blush on Concubine Yue's face had not yet faded, but her excitement miraculously subsided quickly under Fei Wan's earnest gaze.