Jiaochu

There seemed to be no windows in the room, and there were lights all around. It looked the same as at night. The people inside were completely blocked by layers of gauze, making the high priest look quite mysterious.

"The official has been waiting for the princess for a long time."

The voice came from behind the gauze curtain. Ye Ling said sharply, "I heard that your Excellency has great magical powers and has saved my eldest sister before." She walked over as she spoke, and the person behind the gauze curtain replied, "Princess, you are rewarded. Yes. The master of the lower official rescued the Queen." Her heart moved and she asked, "Is your master still in the palace now?" The other party replied, "He is no longer here."

She opened the last layer of gauze, only to find that no one was inside. Only the two large incense burners on the left and right were blowing out cigarettes. Sensing a trick, she reached into her sleeves, and a figure rushed towards her from behind. She slashed with her backhand, and Put the dagger to the opponent's neck.

Emperor Zhou's face turned green with fright, and he begged for mercy with a shy face. He glanced behind her with a proud look on his face. Ye Lingxi immediately realized that there was another person hiding in the dark. Soon after he said it, he took action before the other party could do it. Before, she kicked over the incense burner, and the gauze tent was immediately ignited into a raging fire.

Emperor Zhou and the people hiding in the dark were startled. Before the two of them recovered, she immediately escaped and ran downstairs shouting that there was a fire. Aunt Qiu and the palace maid who were waiting downstairs heard that there was a fire. They were all startled. When the two guards heard that there was a fire, they immediately ran in. Ye Lingxi covered her mouth and coughed while pointing to the upstairs, and the two immediately rushed up.

Aunt Qiu and the palace maid quickly helped Ye Lingxi out. After a while, two guards rescued the high priest from the room and immediately went to call someone to put out the fire.

Seeing that Emperor Zhou didn't come out, Ye Lingxi guessed that there must be a secret passage in this building to get out. Emperor Zhou must have used this secret passage to come in unnoticed and do evil. She observed the high priest, and She guessed about it, he was in his thirties, his face looked kind, but there was a hint of cunning and flattery in his bones.

She had heard before that the high priest of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty summoned heavenly fire to burn the demon concubine, and felt that the person who could serve as the high priest must be a just and kind person. Now it seems that there is also a problem with this high priest. The other party came over and pretended to be concerned, and asked if she was injured. Ye Lingxi said she was fine, and coughed twice while covering her handkerchief. Aunt Qiu said she was afraid of being smoked and needed to see the doctor, so she supported her first. Ye Lingxi went back. The other party whispered a few words to the palace maid, and the palace maid nodded, quickened her pace, followed, and helped Ye Lingxi leave.

After returning, the palace maid reported the fire to Ye Sirou, and soon the imperial doctor was called over. After the imperial doctor looked at Ye Lingxi, he said that it was nothing serious, but that he was frightened and that he needed to rest for two days.

After Ye Sirou sent the imperial doctor away, she spoke to Ye Lingxi alone and asked her about the cause of the fire. She told her to tell the truth and there was no need to be afraid. Ye Lingxi shook her head and said that her eyes were burned by the smoke and she could not see clearly. . Ye Sirou looked at those eyes and said with pity, "With your appearance, it is inevitable that people will covet you. But don't worry, as long as I am the big sister, I will definitely protect you."

Looking at those gentle and loving eyes, Ye Lingxi felt that she should no longer have any doubts. The true feelings revealed in these eyes would not be false, but Qiu Yu would not let Long Yingwei send him back for no reason. There must be something fishy about sealing the letter. She had something to ask. When the words came to her lips, Ye Sirou told her to have a good rest, got up and left.

Before dinner, Emperor Zhou came over again, pretending that nothing happened, and greeted her with fake concern. It seemed that he was still determined to be evil, so Ye Lingxi used his trick and said that her eyes seemed to be serious again. If she could ask the high priest to come over and show her, Emperor Zhou thought she had given in. He happily agreed and immediately sent someone to send the high priest over.

After the high priest came over, he looked at Ye Lingxi's eyes and said that the disease was brought from his mother's womb, which made her want to kill Ye Lingxi with one palm. The former also said that there was a spiritual spring in the palace that could cure all diseases. Emperor Zhou happily said that this spiritual spring must be soaked in to be effective. He wanted to take Ye Lingxi there. She said she had a headache and would wait until after dinner. Emperor Zhou said that if she went to soak in it now, she would not have a headache. Bells really couldn’t see it. Emperor Zhou went down and said with a squinting look on his face, "The queen is still waiting for the princess to have dinner with her."

The high priest also said that the princess could not be allowed to go to Lingquan when she was hungry. Emperor Zhou then said that he would send someone to pick up Ye Lingxi after dinner, and left happily with the high priest.

During dinner, Ye Lingxi talked about going to Lingquan. Ye Sirou said that Lingquan was far away from Zuiying Pavilion and asked someone to take her there. Ye Lingxi said that Emperor Zhou would send someone to pick her up. Ye Sirou brought her some food and asked her to come back early. Before the dinner was finished, Emperor Zhou sent his Eunuch Ma to pick them up. When Ye Lingxi was about to leave, he was suddenly pulled by Ye Sirou, as if he didn't want her to go, but his expression suddenly changed, and his eyes changed. He instantly became indifferent, turned around and said, "Go ahead."

On the way, Ye Lingxi thought about the change in her eldest sister's attitude. From those eyes, she could feel that the other party didn't want her to go, but why did she suddenly become indifferent? Was she already deeply disappointed with Emperor Zhou?

She asked Eunuch Ma how long he had been working in the palace. Eunuch Ma replied that it had been more than ten years. When the late emperor was here, he was still working in the imperial kitchen. He also mentioned that Emperor Zhou, who was still the prince before, went to Dahui to propose marriage, and sighed. He said that time flies so fast, and regretted that the Queen still has no children.

She took the opportunity to ask how many princes and princesses there were in the palace. Eunuch Ma shook his head and sighed, saying that there was only one princess in the palace, who was born by Wu Meiren six years ago. Unfortunately, Wu Meiren was not lucky and died not long after. However, the little princess was also frail and sickly. The high priest made a divination and said that the little princess should not be kept in the palace. It would be better to keep her in a temple or Taoist temple with a lot of incense. The queen would go out of the palace to visit her every year.

At the end of the sentence, Eunuch Ma sighed: "The Empress is really kind-hearted, just like she was more than ten years ago. When I look at so many people in the palace, the Emperor feels most sorry for the Empress."

"How did I hear that the emperor's favorite is the Purple Concubine, and there is also a Li beauty." Ye Lingxi said.

Ma Gonggong said: "To be fair to the princess, Li Meiren had a big fight with the emperor last night. She lost her temper and threw things. The emperor was so angry that she ended up in the cold palace."

In the past two days, Emperor Zhou had been preoccupied with Ye Lingxi, which made Li Mei dissatisfied. She thought that she was different in Emperor Zhou's heart, but in the end she still abandoned him like worn out shoes.

Eunuch Ma said he was just there, but he didn't say anything about Concubine Zi.