The Queen did not answer Princess Yongle's question, but stared at Princess Yongle's bright and beautiful face with her deep eyes, with love in her eyes.

Seeing that the Queen remained silent, Princess Yongle trembled with fear, "Mother, please speak, please don't scare me. Did Father do something to you?"

The Queen stared at Princess Yongle's pupils, which suddenly shrank due to fear, and the kindness in her eyes turned into a desperate determination.

She forced a smile and patted Princess Yongle's hand with her wrinkled hand soaked by the rain. She said with a smile, "Little girl, don't worry so much. Your mother went to Taiji Hall just to bring soup to your father. What could go wrong?"

"Really?" Princess Yongle's face was full of nervousness, and she obviously didn't quite believe what the Queen said.

The Queen smiled and said, "Of course it's true. When has Mother ever lied to you?"

As the Queen spoke, she stood up with the help of Princess Yongle and the head palace maid.

"Now you don't need to marry, and your mother doesn't have to kneel down to beg your father, nor does she anger him. Everything is going according to his wishes. He is not unhappy, so he won't do anything to me."

"As for my current state, it's because I went to Taiji Palace and found your father was not there. On my way back, a sudden rainstorm struck."

"I haven't even seen your father today, so don't worry."

The queen spoke in a gentle voice, without a trace of flaw on her face.

Princess Yongle was relieved after hearing this.

"It's all my fault. I didn't send the rain gear in time, causing Your Majesty to get wet in the rain. Please punish me, Your Majesty." The palace maid in charge was about to kneel down and apologize.

The Queen grabbed her hand fiercely, preventing her from kneeling down. "The rainstorm came suddenly, it's none of your business, why are you apologizing?"

Then he looked at Princess Yongle and said softly, "You should go back to the side hall first. Mother needs to bathe and change clothes. Otherwise, she might catch a cold if she stays here for too long."

The Queen's voice was so gentle that Princess Yongle almost didn't come back to her senses.

In Princess Yongle's memory, the queen was always strict with her and rarely so gentle.

Princess Yongle felt inexplicably uneasy at the sudden tenderness.

But even though she was uneasy, Princess Yongle still obediently walked towards the side hall according to her previous habit.

The Queen was watching Princess Yongle's back from behind. Just as she was about to disappear from the Queen's sight, Princess Yongle suddenly stopped in her tracks, turned around and called out, "Mother?"

The Queen smiled subconsciously. She saw the uneasiness in Princess Yongle's eyes and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Princess Yongle pursed her lips, suppressing her inner uneasiness and said, "Then I will wait for you to bathe and change your clothes, and then have dinner with you."

The Queen smiled and nodded, "Okay."

Princess Yongle then raised a smile, looked deeply at the queen who was rarely so kind to her, engraved this picture in her mind, and then left with a smile.

Many years later, Princess Yongle felt heartbroken every time she recalled this scene.

I suddenly realized that all the things that make people regret for a lifetime have signs.

The side door slowly closed, and the Queen's body swayed. Princess Yongle's departure seemed to have taken away all of the Queen's strength.

The maid in charge supported the empress and helped her sit on the phoenix chair. She said, "Your Majesty, I will have someone prepare some water and wait for you to bathe and change your clothes."

As he said this, he was about to turn around, but the queen grabbed his arm tightly.

"No hurry, please ask everyone else in the hall to leave first. I have something to tell you."

The maid in charge was slightly stunned, then quickly reacted, "Yes, Your Majesty."

The head maid ordered all the maids and eunuchs in the hall to retreat, and then returned to the queen's side.

Leaning forward slightly, she asked, "What does your Majesty want to say to this servant?"

The Queen looked at the head maid and said, "Arnold, how have I treated you over the years?"

The maid in charge was momentarily flustered by the name she hadn't heard in a long time, and then she quickly said, "The Queen's kindness to Arnold is like a rebirth. Arnold's life belongs to the Queen."

If the Queen had not saved her life, she would have been beaten to death and gone to the underworld to meet the King of Hell. She also missed the good days of being the head maid of Fengyi Palace for the past ten years.

In her heart, the Queen is more important than anything else.

The Queen's eyes suddenly filled with tears when she heard this. She suppressed the urge to cry and said, "Okay, in that case, I have something I need you to do."

"This matter needs to be done quietly. I don't trust anyone except you. If we are discovered, we will most likely lose our lives. Are you willing?"

There are spies everywhere in Fengyi Palace. Apart from Arnold, she doesn't trust anyone.

Moreover, Arnold has been by her side for so many years. Even if she didn't say it, Arnold might have guessed something from her previous behavior, but he never revealed it and always kept to himself.

Arnold immediately said: "Arnold is willing, and I will never regret it even if I die."

The Queen choked up a little and said, "Okay, then come closer and I'll tell you what to do."

Upon hearing this, Arnold immediately moved closer.

The Queen whispered a few words in Arnold's ear, and Arnold's pupils shrank instantly...

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