Lady Changning

Chapter 163 Love To The End But Death (2)

"Concubine Zhao?" Why is she here?

The third prince glanced at Yan Xiufeng, and Yan Xiufeng understood and immediately stepped forward to explain.

"Ms. Zhao Guifei said she had something important to see you, so I brought her here."

"Let's not do any Tai Chi here, I'm naturally here for something important."

Concubine Zhao thought that she was still higher than the third prince in terms of status, so she, who was always conceited and perverse, didn't know the word restraint.

"Concubine Zhao, please tell me." The third prince still had a warm smile on his face, but his heart was not as warm as his face.

"I know what you are looking for, maybe I can help you. But what I said requires conditions."

Concubine Zhao glanced at Yan Xiufeng inadvertently, what she said before seemed to be very easy, but now she said it, especially when she said it in front of such a smiling tiger, she seemed a little bit confused.

This glance happened to be seen by the third prince. He kept his face and was ready to wait to see what they were going to do.

"Concubine Zhao, I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Aren't you looking into the matter of the emperor's illness? I have something you want to hear here in this palace. Is this clear enough?"

Concubine Zhao's confident appearance aroused the interest of the third prince.

"What do you want?" Negotiating conditions requires capital, and obviously Concubine Zhao does not have such capital.

But it doesn't hinder his interest in her words now.

"I just want to spend my old age in this harem, and it doesn't hinder the way of the third prince."

She has no children and her only adopted son is not well-off. Now that the queen mother has Xi Changning and Xi Lingyan by her side, she doesn't pay much attention to her. The emperor's illness has recurred. She has to think about the rest of her life.

The third prince felt that she was just making plans for his own future, which was also reasonable, but Concubine Zhao was a member of the Queen Mother of the Zhao family, so it seemed unreasonable to seek refuge with him, obviously someone was lobbying her.

"Concubine Hui is crazy."

The simple five words further confirm the news that the third prince heard from the fourth prince. It seems that Concubine Hui is really crazy. As for why she treats the emperor like this now, it can be simply summarized as revenge.

After all, the biggest owner of this palace is the emperor, and the source of her greatest sorrow is also the emperor.

"Zhao Guifei, I will consider your proposal, but I am not interested in what you say next. You'd better leave quickly, lest the Queen Mother know that you are meeting me in private."

"Don't you want to use this to get rid of Huangfu Zimian's mother and son? They are the biggest enemies of your throne."

Concubine Zhao was flustered by the words of the third prince, as if it was different from what she thought.Even Yan Xiufeng on the side was stunned. Could something be wrong?
"Xiufeng sees off the guests."

Helpless, Yan Xiufeng stepped forward and winked, sent Zhao Guifei away, and returned to the third prince.

Seeing the third prince drinking tea leisurely, it seemed that the news just now was not attractive at all, so he stood silently beside the third prince.

"Xiufeng, we grew up together. You seem to be hiding something from me recently?"

Although I don't want to doubt my confidant, there are signs that his way of doing things is different from usual, and it seems that someone is deliberately teaching him how to do it.

"My subordinates dare not!"

Yan Xiufeng yelled in his heart that it was not good, and immediately knelt down to show his loyalty.

"Then explain why Concubine Zhao is involved? Don't lie, you have known each other for so long, you know me, and of course I know you too."

The third prince's tone was dangerous, which made Yan Xiufeng dare not speak.

Maybe Xi Hanxue also missed one point, but he didn't count that the third prince is much more shrewd than he looks on the surface.

"The subordinates don't understand what the third prince means."

"It's good that you understand now."

The third prince didn't intend to go into details, but his trust in Yan Xiufeng was not as strong as before.

"This subordinate will always be loyal to the Third Prince."

After a few days of heavy snowfall, melting snow is the coldest time.The East Palace is very deserted, without Mingyu's nagging, without Helianbao's chirping, and even Zimu is gone.

Xi Changning curled up on the bed, watching the stove turn off little by little, and then the whole bedroom was extremely cold.It was only when the palace maid came in to call her that she became conscious.

"Princess Concubine, are you all right? Those eunuchs are lazy, and they didn't light up the stove for you when it went out, so don't freeze it."

It was Mo Lian who spoke, a member of the Third Prince.The third prince placed him by her side, nominally saying that he was afraid that no one would be around her, but in fact it was just monitoring.

"Mo Lian, the stove is up and you prepare some breakfast for Bengong."

After being troubled by the fourth prince's words all night, I was hungry.

"It has been prepared for you a long time ago, and there are also snacks sent by the third prince."

Hearing Mo Lian speak, Xi Changning felt annoyed for a while, saying that she was the third prince, for fear that she might not know that she belonged to the third prince.

"I don't like sweets, so you can share them."

Mo Lian's work obviously stopped, but then she smiled.

"Your Majesty is really considerate of our court lady." It seemed to round things up.

As if being imprisoned, Xi Changning followed Mo Lian wherever she went, and her every move was always restrained, so that she couldn't even check some news.

But Mo Lian belonged to the third prince, if she didn't accept it, she wouldn't cooperate, so Helian Bao's "death" wouldn't be worth it.

But fortunately, there was one thing that Mo Lian couldn't control, and that was to watch the night for the emperor. She deliberately went to watch with the empress, so that they were the only ones left in the palace.

If the queen is too tired, Xi Changning will persuade her to take a rest, which will also give her the opportunity to approach the emperor to check something.Although her clues are not very convincing.

However, it is a fact that Concubine Hui is not in good spirits. Sometimes she and the queen would watch the night, and Concubine Hui would come back to see the emperor, and Xi Changning could see something was wrong with her occasional words.

It would be great if she could meet Huangfu Zimian now, but it's a pity that Mo Lian stared too closely.

In the end, Xi Changning had no choice but to pin his hopes on the stupid pigeon. Fortunately, he brought it into the palace at the beginning. Although it became Mingyu's pet, it was delicious and delicious. I hope she won't let it. disappointment.

If Xi Changning couldn't get out, Huangfu Zimian had to find her.

That stupid pigeon flew away for a long time and didn't come back, Xi Changning laughed at himself that he was really messing around.It's cold and it's getting late quickly, Xi Changning doesn't like to listen to Mo Lian's words, even though this girl doesn't have much fault in herself, and she is also smart and capable, whoever made her belong to the Third Prince.

She sat by the fire, fantasizing about Mingyu and Helianbao beside her. They used to like to sit together when it was cold, eating snacks and talking about the east and west. Now she is left alone in the huge palace.

I don't know what happened to Helian Bao and Zimu.Looking back, it took a lot of effort for them to leave, and it took almost overnight for people to leave the building.The next day, some guests went to Hucheng to eat and drink as usual, but when they arrived, they saw an empty city, and they were so frightened that they thought it was haunted.

Regardless of whether it was haunted or not, Xi Changning felt relieved when they left.

"What do you think?"

Hearing the man's voice, Xi Changning almost cried out, but luckily someone covered his mouth from behind.The freezing temperature calmed her down.

"It's me." Huangfu Zimian said.

"It's not ambiguous to think of doing something sneaky." Xi Changning, who was let go, joked.

"You..." Huangfu Zimian was at a loss for words, didn't she let her come here?
"Your maid is so powerful, she secretly watched you outside for a long time before leaving in such a cold." This gave him an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Xi Changning knew that Huangfu Zimian was talking about Mo Lian, but she didn't expect Mo Lian to be so dedicated.

Xi Changning pulled the thinly dressed Huangfu Zimian to sit by the fire, although he knew that martial arts practitioners were not afraid of the cold, but he was still worried about him from the bottom of his heart.

"Did you find me for something?"

"If you still believe me, tell me the truth if I ask you."

Huangfu Zimian is a very simple person, if he is honest, anyone in the palace is better than him, but it is impossible for him to say something against his will in order to protect the lord and concubine Hui.

"Is the concubine Hui's madness cured?"

Xi Changning was also at fault for this matter, when he stopped Hui Guifei's medicine hastily, he didn't think carefully about whether it would bring any bad side effects to Hui Guifei.

"I don't want to hide it from you, it's very serious. It's terminally ill."

Xi Changning was taken aback by the word terminally ill. How could she be terminally ill when she saw Hui Guifei was no different from ordinary people on weekdays?

"She doesn't blame others. The medicine given to her by the queen mother has serious side effects and dependence. Maybe even the queen mother doesn't know it. Once the medicine is stopped, it will recover in a short time, and then the side effects will continue and the condition will worsen."

Huangfu Zimian's words obviously excused the queen, but made the matter less serious.

"You are not very skilled in medicine, you will have a solution, right?"

"It's useless. I can heal the sick, but I can't heal the heart. As a son, I can't help anything. All I can do is procrastinate."

It is also a painful thing to constantly delay the life of a person who wants to die.

Putting together what Huangfu Zimian said, Xi Changning felt that Concubine Hui seemed to be hiding something from Huangfu Zimian, maybe she didn't drink the medicine he gave at all, otherwise how could the fourth prince see her go crazy.

"I'm going to make a hypothesis. Maybe Concubine Hui is crazy, but sometimes it's good and sometimes it's bad?"

Xi Changning carefully stated the hypothesis, for fear that Huangfu Zimian would overthink it.

"It's possible, because she doesn't only have me in her heart now, the most important thing is revenge and father." Huangfu Zimian smiled wryly.

Mother and son who have been separated for more than ten years should cherish the time together more when they meet. There is a situation like Concubine Hui, but her demons control her.

"I'm sorry, if I hadn't acted rashly at the beginning, maybe Concubine Hui would not be like this."

Huangfu Zimian will not be involved, he will not stay in the palace, Hui Guifei will be carefree even if she is crazy, she does not have to face the choice of hatred and family affection.

It's rare for Huangfu Zimian to see the real Xi Changning, and she doesn't pretend to be forceful, showing her true feelings.He moved closer to her, his eyes fixed on her for a moment.

(End of this chapter)