After being a widow, the empress dowager was favored by the powerful ministers

Chapter 74
With his wrist empty, Pei Ci was obviously taken aback, his eyes fell on the ground, and the madness and struggle in his eyes disappeared at this moment.

Beads were scattered all over the place, except for a pulled red mark on his wrist to prove the existence of a bracelet.

He didn't seem to expect that the bracelet would break at this moment.

Sheng Baoling's fingertips suddenly clenched into fists. She knew very well in her heart that the origin of the bracelet and its importance to Pei Ci were torn apart, and the beads rolled to the ground...

She opened her lips, wanting to say something, but when the words came to her lips, she couldn't say anything.

But she really didn't mean it, she would never break Pei Ci's bracelet if she broke anything.

Sensing the low emotion on Pei Ci in front of him, Sheng Baoling said in a low voice, "Sorry..."

At this moment, Pei Ci raised his head and looked straight at Sheng Baoling, as if he had figured it out, but he didn't seem to have figured it out. Alright, goodbye."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked away without looking back.

Sheng Baoling subconsciously stretched out her hand to grab him, but the moment she stretched out her hand, she stopped again. She pursed her lips and looked at Pei Ci's leaving figure with such determination. She asked herself in her heart: Isn't this exactly what she wanted? Do you want it?

Now, the ruling and opposition parties are all under the control of the little emperor, even himself, who is still unable to protect himself.

Sheng Baoling believes that as long as Pei Ci is discouraged and no longer cares about his own affairs, he can still be his good minister, even if he leaves, it doesn't matter.

But if he is always involved with him, the little emperor will definitely not let him go...

As if all the strength in his body was exhausted, Sheng Baoling fell to the ground, his eyes were sore, tears slipped from the corners of his eyes, ran down his cheeks, and fell to the ground.

"Sorry……"

"Sorry, I have nothing else to do..."

Perhaps everything, starting from listening to the late emperor and supporting the little emperor, was wrong.

Or maybe, when she sneaked to her brother's courtyard to watch the snow in Sheng's mansion, she was already wrong when she met Pei Ci for the first time.

With trembling hands, Sheng Baoling picked up the beads on the ground one by one and held them tightly in his palm.

Jian Jia came in with tea, and seeing Sheng Baoling sitting on the ground crying, she exclaimed, and hurriedly put down her hands and knelt on the ground, "Ma'am, what's wrong with you?"

She looked around, and Master Pei was no longer there. Her eyes touched the scattered beads on the ground, and she was startled. Isn't this Mr. Pei's bracelet?
Empress, is this a dispute with Mr. Pei?

Jian Jia sighed slightly in her heart, her daughter and Master Pei were too miserable, they met when they were young, and one entered the palace, and now they cherish each other, but they can't stay together.

The empress is doing this to protect Mr. Pei, but Mr. Pei doesn't know anything, I'm afraid that at this moment she may mistakenly think that the empress does not trust him.

Jian Jia helped pick up the beads everywhere and put them in Sheng Baoling's palm.

The tears on Sheng Baoling's face dried up, leaving two tear stains on his face, and his voice was hoarse and deep, "Jianjia...I tore off his bracelet..."

Jian Jia didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only kneel beside her. She only knew that this bracelet was very important to Mr. Pei, but she didn't know the origin.

Sheng Baoling clenched her hands until her palms turned white. This was a relic of Pei Ci's grandmother, and an eminent monk in the temple once said that this bracelet is a life-saving item.

Pei Ci has been weak since he was a child, and this bracelet is like his amulet, but now he has torn it off.

Sheng Baoling couldn't help blaming himself, with strong anxiety in his heart, he looked at Jian Jia, "I asked you to send the things out of the palace, but did you send them out?"

Jian Jia replied, "I have sent it out, and it has already been handed over to the former Taifu Lord Wen."

Sheng Baoling muttered to himself, "That's good, that's good..."

But Jian Jia couldn't help worrying, that thing was a blank imperial decree left by the late emperor, which could save the empress's life when necessary, but now, the empress has handed over this imperial edict to Master Wen to save her life The opportunity is left to Mr. Pei.

Others always say that Mr. Pei is very affectionate, but no one knows, and the same is true for the empress. For Mr. Pei, she can throw away her life.

The true love between the two, she, a bystander, felt anxious and uncomfortable watching it.

Why can't we have both in this world.

At night, Sheng Baoling held the lamp, stringed the beads one by one, restored the bracelet to its original state, and called Jian Jia, wanting Jian Jia to send the bracelet out of the palace and return it to Pei Ci.

But what she was waiting for was not Jian Jia, but an imperial decree from the little emperor.

That night, Sheng Baoling was imprisoned in the Hall of Compassion.

The next day, the Empress Dowager was not seen to go to court, and the courtiers were talking about it. The little emperor's resolute actions were so ruthless that no one dared to ask.

Since Pei Ci had an argument with Sheng Baoling in the palace that day, after returning to Pei's mansion, he locked himself in the room all the time, claiming to be sick and recuperating, and never seeing outsiders.

The door of Pei's mansion is closed tightly, and foreigners are not allowed to come to the door.

A month passed in a blink of an eye, and the change in the court was so fast that people couldn't react. Several followers of King Jing were killed one after another, and several good officials who moved out of the empress dowager's persuasion were also given to death. No one dared to say a word no.

At this time, everyone realized that the little emperor in front of him only looked like the first emperor, and his actions were more ruthless than that of the Queen Mother Fan back then.

But at this time, the queen mother was imprisoned, King Jing was exiled, and no one could check and balance the little emperor.

In the middle of the night, a little palace maid with bruises all over her body knocked on the back door of Pei's mansion and took out Pei Ci's token. The guard guarding the gate didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly took the little palace lady to see Pei Ci.

When the little maid saw Pei Ci, she immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed, crying bitterly, "I beg Mr. Pei to save my empress dowager!"

Pei Ci held the token that was handed over to Sheng Baoling by himself, and looked at the little maid, his eyes darkened, "What's wrong with the Empress Dowager?"

In the past month, Pei's mansion has been isolated from the outside world, and no news has ever reached the mansion.

The little court lady wept loudly, and told the whole story, including the fact that Sheng Baoling had left the life-saving edict to the Pei family. At this time, she had been imprisoned in the palace by the little emperor, tortured with instruments of torture day and night, verbally humiliated, and now she was ill. On the couch, if it continues like this, I fear that my life will not be long...

Pei Ci's heart ached, and he stared at the little maid, and asked coldly, "Did she ask you to come?"

If Sheng Baoling left the chance of saving her life to the Pei family, she was definitely ready to die, and she would never let a little maid come to ask for help with a token.

The little maid was stunned for a moment, then shook her head again and again, "No, the slaves escaped..."

At this moment, she didn't even realize that under the control of the little emperor, the palace is so heavily guarded. It is a big deal for her, a helpless little girl, to escape from the palace and ask for help. Impossible...

(End of this chapter)