Ji Xingyao waited quietly for Li Zhao's next move.

She and Wen Yuan had discussed that if Li Zhao wanted to bribe her, she would pretend to surrender and do what he wanted.

As for whether the information they passed on was true or false, only the two of them knew.

"How do porcini mushrooms taste?" Li Zhao asked.

"It tastes extremely delicious. Actually, I haven't tried it, but I've heard from guests that the soup made with porcini mushrooms is incredibly delicious."

Li Zhao seemed to be thinking about something, and then called Eunuch Zhou.

"Tomorrow, have the Imperial Kitchen prepare porcini mushroom and pork bone soup and send it to Yonghe Palace. I want to dine with the Imperial Concubine."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Ji Xingyao thought to himself, you have a conscience. You still think of Wen Yuan when you have something delicious to eat.

After Eunuch Zhou left, Li Zhao waved to Ji Xingyao and said, "You may withdraw and serve the imperial concubine well."

Hmm! Huh?

Ji Xingyao didn't expect Li Zhao to play by his own rules.

Before she could figure out the deeper meaning of it, she was led out by the eunuch.

On the way back to Yonghe Palace, Ji Xingyao was puzzled.

What on earth was Li Zhao thinking?

Given his personality, it's impossible for him to tolerate Ling'er's existence. Was he scheming otherwise by not accepting her as his own?

What is the picture?

Ji Xingyao lowered his head and thought as he walked.

As I passed the corner of the palace wall, a gust of wind happened to blow. Above my head, a white apricot tree protruded from the top of the wall, and its branches were full of apricot blossoms. The wind shook the branches, and the petals flew all over the sky.

At this moment, a man came from the corner. He was wearing a smoky blue riding suit with narrow sleeves, and a belt of the same color tied around his waist, outlining his strong waist in the moonlight.

He was very tall, with broad shoulders, and had a murderous aura about him.

Ji Xingyao was so absorbed in his thoughts that he almost bumped into him.

There were no palace lanterns here, and the man was walking with his back to the light. Ji Xingyao couldn't see his face clearly, but he felt that he was of noble status, so he took a step back and knelt down to salute.

After waiting for a while, the man didn't leave.

Ji Xingyao is now a palace maid of low status. A higher-ranking official can crush someone with a higher rank, not to mention that this person seems to have a very high official position.

I had knelt in the imperial study for over an hour, and my knees were already swollen and sore. Now even a simple curtsy was uncomfortable after a long time.

The person in front of her seemed to be deliberately torturing her and would not let her get up.

Ji Xingyao gritted his teeth and held on.

"Keep your head up."

This... Ji Xingyao's heart skipped a beat.

It’s Li Heng’s voice!

.......

How did you meet him?

Ji Xingyao's breathing became rapid, and her body swayed slightly as a result. The apricot blossoms on her hairpin fell quietly with her movement, and landed on the toe of Li Heng's shoes. The collision of black and white was very eye-catching.

They haven't seen each other for a long time.

From the second year after Ji Xingyao was poisoned, she hid in Yaohua Garden and refused to go out, and also did not allow Li Heng to enter.

At first, Li Heng would try every possible way to find excuses, then he started to get angry, and then he gradually gave up the idea of ​​coming here.

All in all, they haven't seen each other for two years.

Later, she became ill and became emaciated. It is thought that her appearance after death must have been extremely ugly.

The last impression she left on Li Heng was this appearance.

Wen Yuan mentioned to her that he had avenged her. The truth about Su Jinyun's poisoning was revealed. The Su family was executed and Su Jinyun was imprisoned. He probably died.

Wen Yuan had already been restrained by Li Zhao, and after the secret guards were dealt with by Li Zhao, she became blind with her eyes open. She had no way of finding out what happened to Su Jinyun in the end.

Judging from Li Heng's desperate look at the time, it was probably impossible for him to save Su Jinyun's life.

Now, the two of them bumped into each other. Ji Xingyao's heart was filled with bitterness, as if hundreds of lemons were squeezed into his body at the same time, and the sour juice embedded in his bones and blood. After a long time, the two merged together, and he felt pain all the time.

The pain reminded Ji Xingyao how deeply she had been hurt by the person in front of her.

The other party spoke, and he couldn't escape after all, so Ji Xingyao raised his eyes.

Their eyes met, separated by life and death and the passage of two time and space.

Li Heng's eyes were darker than the night in the dark alley.

He didn't know what he was expecting. The unfamiliar face in front of him made him smile bitterly.

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