The palace is quiet, and the empress of the cold palace is acting as a demon

Chapter 485
After Ning Xizhao sent Qin Wan back to Chonghua Pagoda, he returned to Xuanzheng Hall alone.

Qin Wan walked into the tower alone, and saw Ning Miao sitting at the table waiting for her to come back.

Ning Miao held the oak box Ning Xizhao gave to Qin Wan in her hand. The box was open, and she stared at the pair of earrings with a heavy expression.

"Miaomiao..." Seeing Ning Miao's expression, Qin Wan knew what she was thinking about and what she had misunderstood, but she didn't know how to explain it to her.

Hearing Qin Wan's voice, Ning Miao waved Li Yu and the others back, and then said, "I know he's making these earrings, and I didn't expect him to give them to me, but seeing them in your hands today I'm still envious. He's never made anything for me with his own hands."

Qin Wan frowned: "Miaomiao, I will return them."

Ning Miao shook her head: "He already wants to give you his heart, do I still care about a pair of earrings?"

Qin Wan: "Miaomiao..."

Ning Miao looked at Qin Wan with a bit of resentment in his eyes, and said sarcastically, "You accept his gift, and then you will accept his person, his heart?"

Hearing what Ning Miao said, Qin Wan also became angry: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Ning Miao: "Then how do you explain that you are traveling alone today?"

Qin Wan said seriously: "Today is the Cold Clothes Festival, Xizhao went to worship his mother Jin Yu..."

Ning Miao interrupted Qin Wan: "He finally thought of a high-sounding reason that you won't refuse, and you really didn't refuse, right?"

Faced with Ning Miao's anger and confrontation, Qin Wan knew that it was useless to say anything to her now.

"You not only betrayed me, but also your father!" Ning Miao, with tears in her eyes, walked past Qin Wan and strode out of Chonghua Tower.

Qin Wan froze in place. She felt that the relationship between the three of them was like a knot. She was the one who was entangled, and she was the one who was resented. It was really unreasonable and annoying.

The snow outside was still falling, and there was a thin layer of snow in the yard.

Qin Wan walked out the door, knelt down and made a small snowball, and threw it far away.

Carp came out with the cloak and put it on Qin Wan: "Madam, I have found that silver fox cloak...but I can't wear it anymore."

Qin Wan looked at his fingers that were icy red from the snowballs, and sighed, "It's been too long... let the Inner Court burn it."

Carp: "I'll ask Sifang to make you a new one."

Qin Wan hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No need..."

At this time, Lie Xian also came back from outside the palace and came to Qin Wan.

"Ma'am, Leizhou's spies are back."

Qin Wan nodded: "Go in and talk."

In the Chonghua Tower, Qin Wan listened to Lie Xian's report and probably understood the reason for Hou Lu's rebellion.

Because the imperial court suddenly replaced Danzhou Zhoumu, and the original Danzhou Zhoumu was a rebel general in Nanliang just like Hou Lu.Although Hou Lu and other Nanliang rebel generals returned to Rong Kingdom, they always worried that they would be purged by the court one day.However, Danzhou State Shepherd was replaced, and the northern army general accepted Danzhou Army, which made Hou Lu's already suspicious heart even more frightened.

In particular, he also knew very well that Empress Qin of Rong State was the noble concubine Xiang of Nanliang, and there had always been rumors in the south of the Yangtze River that Concubine Xiang had a deep relationship with Emperor Liang Si, and Emperor Ning forcibly snatched her from Beirong.When the Northern Rong attacked Yuheng, these rebel generals not only did not swear to the death to send troops to escort them, but instead defected to the army one by one.But now that Emperor Ning passed away for many years, Qin Wan returned to the court, and the first thing he did was to replace Danzhou Zhoumu.

In Hou Lu's eyes, this was enough to prove that traitors like them were thorns in Queen Qin's eyes.When Emperor Ning was there, Qin Wan couldn't do anything, but now she should settle the score with them for what happened back then.

"So, Hou Lu thinks that if he doesn't rebel, you will kill him. He has been worried and panicked. All these years, he has been silently accumulating strength and taking precautions. So when he saw the Danzhou army being taken over, Hou Lu panicked out of fear. If you rebel, you send troops." Lie Xian reported to Qin Wanhui.

"Hou Lu really thinks too much." Qin Wan smiled wryly, and then asked, "Is there someone in the Beirong court encouraging him?"

Lie Xie replied: "Hou Lu has always had her own eyeliner in the court, and has been friends with the Cui family and the Liu family for many years. She also gave gifts to many officials in the court every year."

Qin Wan frowned: "Check! Find out all the tricks, and then hand them all over to Miaomiao."

Delicacy takes command.

"How is the battle in Leizhou?" Qin Wan asked the question he was most concerned about.

Lie Xian looked serious: "Very anxious."

"Has Tian Chen arrived at the front line?"

Lie Xie nodded: "The Yuheng Army has already participated in the battle, but Hou Lu has prepared for many years, and the military and financial resources are abundant, so even if General Tian Chen's Yuheng Army goes out, it will not have the upper hand."

Qin Wan bit her lip, and then asked, "... Is Xun Che on the front line?"

"Yes, Second Young Master Xun is serving as a Marquis in Xuwen Camp at this time." Lie Xiu said.

Qin Wan frowned: "Okay, I see."

After Lie Xie left, Qin Wan sat on the bed, leaning against the head of the bed, listening to the sound of wind and snow outside, frowning.

Carp found that Qin Wan was still awake, and asked with concern, "Ma'am, can't you sleep?"

"Li Yu, I shouldn't have come back. I feel that when I was away, the world was peaceful. When I came back, I saw the world was in chaos and the court was in turmoil. No wonder Miaomiao wanted to send me out of the country. She had expected this a long time ago." Qin Wan Laughing at himself, "Carp, I think I can go to Xuanzun to watch and wait, and carry the Dao on my back for three thousand years, stay away from the mundane world, and enter the Tao?"

Hearing what Qin Wan said, Li Yu hung up the curtains, and took a candle to light the lamp in the bedroom.

The originally dark room was brightened by those lights.

"Your Majesty, don't you often say that you are both Buddhist and Taoist, why don't you become a monk after becoming a Taoist?" Carp asked with a smile.

Without even thinking about it, Qin Wan said, "I don't want to part with my hair. Although I'm not very beautiful, my hair is black and long, but it's my pride."

Li Yu smiled: "Yes, I remember that the late Emperor also liked your hair very much."

Qin Wan: "Oh? He didn't say that."

Li Yu said affirmatively: "At that time, I remember that when I combed your hair, the late emperor would definitely sneak a peek as long as he sat on the side and waited for you."

Qin Wan was a little surprised: "Really, I don't even know!"

Carp: "The late emperor asked us why your hair always smells like flowers."

Qin Wan blushed slightly, and looked at the carp in surprise.

Carp said again: "I still remember that when the first emperor brought his little majesty back, because the female doctor Baili said that the scent of flowers in the Chonghua Palace was too strong, which was not good for his breathing. The first emperor had to order the Inner Court Secretary Transplanted all the flowers and plants to the Baohua Hall, and then changed all the angular furniture in the Chonghua Hall according to the suggestion of the female doctor Baili, and even replaced the curtains with a softer color of the little majesty. Before changing the layout of the Chonghua Hall, His Majesty sat alone in the hall for a whole night, and the next day, with red eyes, the Inner Court Division began to dismantle it."

Qin Wan was stunned: "I thought... it was because I changed all of that Concubine De."

Li Yu hurriedly waved his hands after hearing this: "No, no, Concubine De only has a title, and her only role in entering the palace is to take over from Liuying Shang Palace and take care of His Majesty. After you came back, you lost your temper and left. Concubine De is gone, and Liuying Shanggong will continue to take care of your Majesty."

Qin Wan covered his mouth, and there was steam in his eyes: "So it turned out to be like this..."

Carp: "Your Majesty, you can't let go of anything with this heart. How can you really hold onto the blue lantern and escape from this mortal world. So, you should stay in the palace safely and let Liyu take good care of you. Think about it any more."

Qin Wan nodded and lay down on the pillow obediently.

Carp helped her cover the quilt, and lightly blew on the lamp.

"Carp, leave some lights for me, I'm a little afraid of the dark." Qin Wan said, looking sideways at Carp.

"Yes, empress." Carp left behind a palace lantern.

Qin Wan looked at the gleam in the lamp, thinking a lot in her mind, and did not fall asleep until dawn.

(End of this chapter)