I'm already dressed like a fool, what's wrong with taking the regent into the bridal chamb

Qing Huai smiled sweetly and raised her hand to lift the hair at her temples. "If you say so, young lady, I really don't know what to say."

"The slaves retire."

Qing Huai saluted sideways, glanced at the two of them reluctantly, and turned to leave.

The moment Qing Huai turned around, Wen Qingzhi felt an indescribable emotion rising from the bottom of her heart.

This glance seems to be a lifetime, and we will never see each other again.

Outside, in the courtyard covered in silver, Qinghuai left step by step.

When she reached the door, she stopped and looked back at the path she had walked and the footprints imprinted in the snow.

She stood in the snow with lifeless eyes, letting the snowflakes fall on her and bury her.

"Girl, do you want to close the door?"

Lan Er came in and put cloaks on Wen and Chang. "It's snowing again, and the wind is strong outside. The two girls should not get too cold and catch a cold."

Wen Qingzhi's facial wound had just healed, and Lan'er had been taking care of her recently. She knew how uncomfortable it was.

Therefore, she really didn't want Wen Qingzhi to be sick again because of others.

Wen Qingzhi did not respond, but quietly looked at Qinghuai in the university outside.

Qing Huai's slender figure was shaky, looking like a fragile porcelain doll. The wind and snow blurred her face, and Wen Qingzhi couldn't see her expression at the moment. She could only clench the note Qing Huai had given her in her hand.

"call--"

The wind blew snowflakes into the room, lifted Wen Qingzhi's cloak, and made her frown.

Seeing this, Lan'er hurried over to close the door, "It's so cold, girl, don't stand at the door!"

The moment the door closed, she seemed to see Qing Huai's red eyes and eyebrows clearly. Her mouth was smiling, opening and closing.

Wen Qingzhi couldn't hear what she said because they were too far away. But judging from her lip movements, Qing Huai said: "Miss, you are well."

"..."

She didn't understand what Qing Huai meant.

For a killer who once had no heart at all, everything Qing Huai did was trouble.

'bang'

The door closed, Lan'er stepped aside and poured them some hot tea.

"It's cold, come and warm your hands, ladies!"

She couldn't help but glance outside. "Ms. Qing Huai is now a favorite of the Emperor, so she won't suffer. But the two young ladies, since you're leaving tomorrow, don't cause any trouble for yourselves!"

Listening to Lan'er's words and looking at Qing Huai's expression just now, Chang Yan felt very uncomfortable.

"Lan'er, go prepare some food."

Wen Qingzhi suddenly spoke, and Lan'er was very happy and immediately responded and went out.

After Lan'er went out, Wen Qingzhi asked the others to go out and guard the door, pulled Chang Yan into the room, and opened the note Qing Huai gave her.

In beautiful handwriting, it read: "The prince is trapped, but he is not unwilling to come to rescue the girl." In the northwest and southwest, the snowstorms in various places are extremely severe, causing countless casualties.

"This is--"

Chang Yanjin raised her eyes and looked at Wen Qingzhi, "So, that's why the Regent couldn't make it?"

"do not know."

They were in the palace and could not hear any movement.

If it is true as Qing Huai said, it means that Feng Junsu had already released Feng Junxiao a long time ago, so he sent him away this time, leaving the little Xiang Fei isolated and helpless in the palace.

It seems that neither of these two brothers is easy to deal with.

"Then let's..."

Chang Yan suddenly didn't know what to do.

That's right. Feng Yunxiao didn't intentionally break the contract, so their alliance still existed. If they left, they would be breaking the contract. What would happen in the future? It was hard to say.

Now, I am really in a dilemma.

Wen Qingzhi said in a deep voice, lit a red candle, and burned the note to ashes.

"Azhi,"

Chang Yan took her hand and said, "Little Xiang Fei didn't like us in the first place, and the emperor has given her a way out now. Why don't we take advantage of their tricks and go!"

"If the Regent smells it, we can tell. After all, it was the Little Fragrant Concubine who troubled us first."

She thought that since the Regent had been sent away to provide disaster relief, they had no one they could trust in the capital.

The emperor is the emperor, and what he says is the law!

Wen Qingzhi naturally understood what she said, but her thoughts were complicated and she didn't know what to think.

Wen Qingzhi didn't say a word until Lan'er came back with food.

"These are the girls' favorites, eat them quickly while they're hot!"

Blue's face turned pale and he served them some food.

"What's wrong? Are you cold? Your face is pale."

Chang Yan handed her the hot water bottle in her hand and said, "Warm it up."

Lan'er shook her head and didn't answer, hesitating.

"What happened?"

Lan'er opened her mouth and looked at them, not knowing how to start.

After hesitating for a long time, she said, "Miss Qinghuai, it's gone."

"what?"

Chang Yan's hand holding the chopsticks trembled, and the chopsticks fell on the table. She looked up in disbelief, "What do you mean it's gone?"

"Just now, wasn't he still here?"

The look of surprise in her eyes lingered, and finally her gaze fell on Wen Qingzhi's cold face.

Seeing that Wen Qingzhi didn't react, Lan'er continued, "I don't know how I offended the emperor, but he ordered Miss Qinghuai to be beaten to death."

"Being beaten to death?"

"Yes, he was beaten to death in Miss Qinghuai's courtyard."

Qing Huai still lives with the palace maids, but in a separate room.

If Feng Yunsu wanted her to sleep with him, he would ask her to come and serve him. Afterwards, she would return to her residence to rest, so many people laughed at her and called her a plaything.

But who in the deep palace doesn’t want to do this?

"What's the crime?"

"No charges."

"No charges?"

Chang Yan was even more shocked. "Just dealt with it directly?"

"I heard that something went wrong while he was serving the Emperor. The Emperor was furious and ordered Qing Huai to be beaten to death."

"..."

When the emperor is angry, millions of people will be killed and blood will flow for thousands of miles. Feng Yunsu has an unpredictable temper and he is willing to kill people to get what he wants.

However, Qing Huai’s death is definitely not as simple as it seems.

"Besides caning Qing Huai to death, does the Emperor have any other instructions?"

Wen Qingzhi, who had not spoken for a long time, finally opened her mouth and asked a question.

Lan Er shook her head, then nodded. "There wasn't much instruction, but... the Emperor sent people to search Miss Qing Huai's residence. I don't know what they were looking for, but it seems they were unsuccessful."

Lan Er observed the expressions of the two men as she spoke. Her narrow, dangerous gaze swept over their faces before she put on her harmless demeanor again.

She didn't know that Wen Qingzhi saw everything she did out of the corner of her eye.

Wen Qingzhi lowered her eyes and laughed helplessly in her heart.

This palace really is full of... all kinds of ghosts and gods.

"Ugh!"

Wen Qingzhi sighed, "Poor Qing Huai, he died at such a young age."

"Yeah," Chang Yan thought of the time when Qing Huai took care of them, and felt reluctant to let her go. "I really don't know if she would still act the same way if she knew this would be the outcome for her."

"Everyone has their own destiny," Wen Qingzhi sighed, "I really don't know what she did to displease the emperor and end up like this."

"Yeah... What kind of thing did I do to anger the Emperor so much that he would beat the person next to me to death..."

"So what if it's the person next to me?"

Lan Er suddenly spoke up, "In this palace, the emperor has countless concubines. Those who survive are called concubines. Those who don't survive are called nameless ghosts."

Chang Yan said "Hmm?" and looked at her in surprise, "Lan'er, what are you talking about..."

The moment she looked up, she saw the sarcasm on Lan'er's face and paused slightly.

Lan Er realized that she had said the wrong thing, and immediately lowered her head, frowned and smiled bitterly, "This servant... This servant also told the truth about the palace."

Hearing this, Chang Yan didn't think much about it. Lan'er was right.

In the deep palace, all women are Feng Yunsu's playthings.

As he was speaking, there was a knock on the door.

Yun'er's voice rang out, "Miss Wen, Miss Chang, my queen is ill. I'd like to ask you two to come and see her!"

She spoke anxiously, knocking on the door, "Two young ladies, please come in for a consultation!"

The door panel was shaking violently as Yun'er slammed it hard, as if it would be broken at any time.

"Lan'er, go open the door."

"But--"

"go with!"

Wen Qingzhi glanced at her and asked, "Could it be that you ask her to break the door down and lure the Emperor in?"

"Even if the emperor comes, I have to go if my life is at stake."

Feng Yunxiao just wanted to abort the baby in Xiao Xiangfei's belly to prevent future troubles, and he didn't want to harm Xiao Xiangfei's life.