Golden branches and jade leaves

Chapter 44

Su Mi's expression changed.

Only then did Qi Hao notice Su Mi's expression, and his words froze immediately.

The two fell into silence. After a while, Su Mi asked, "This time, my rumors killed her. Don't you blame me?"

"She chose to die by herself," Qi Hao sighed, "If she chose to take the opportunity to leave the palace at that time, I can still help her."

Su Mi nodded. Since she already knew that Qi Hao was not the kind of prince who appeared to be peaceful and wealthy on the outside, she naturally understood that he must have power in his hands.

Once the Wang family arranges Concubine Miaoyi out of the palace, according to Qi Hao's power, they should be able to secretly rescue her and leave the palace from now on.However, if she really left the court, where could she go?She suddenly remembered what Miaoyi had said to her, "...I have only lived in this palace for more than ten years, but my whole life has been exhausted...".

Concubine Miaoyi really wanted to die, Su Mi felt sad for a while.

She thought of Miaoyi's desolate and desperate expression when she said this sentence, and her old and haggard appearance that didn't match her age at all... White hair and red face, living in the harem for a short ten years in this deep palace, But she spent her whole life and buried her life's happiness.Her family has also passed away, who else in this world will remember her and cherish her?Only the burned and pitch-black palace in front of them remained, which became the last condolences of the two.

In this empty palace, the two sat side by side on the railing that had been burned beyond recognition. Under the cold moonlight, a gust of wind blew by, and there was a faint sound of petals being broken by the wind.The night clouds were thick, and most of the stars in the sky were covered, but the bright moon was still slender and elegant. The spring was cold and the dew was clear, and there were vaguely lingering and melodious songs of Yaoqin coming from the other side of Bibo Pool.

Su Mi turned her head and looked at the person beside her. He was lowering his head, so he couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, only the silhouette immersed in the shadow had a kind of peaceful sadness.

Su Mi suddenly felt strange, the two had only had two conversations in total.

The last time they were tit-for-tat, planning and calculating each other's gains and losses, this time it became gentle and warm, remembering the same person in the same place.

"You will come here today, isn't the banquet going on over there?" Qi Hao asked after a moment of silence.

"I'm a little upset, I don't want to look at those faces anymore." Su Mi said casually, and unconsciously said what was in her heart.

"Are you in trouble?" Qi Hao chuckled, his voice had returned to his usual clear and bright voice, "If it wasn't for being robbed of the limelight, wouldn't the beloved Lian Jieyu back away?"

"It's just a little girl showing off, there's nothing wrong with it." Su Mi sneered.

"Don't be too careless," Qi Hao said with a sigh, "In this palace, you can never imagine how deep and dark it is."

Su Mi suddenly thought that the man in front of him has lived here for nearly 20 years. Although he is just an unfavored prince, as a bystander, he may see the darkness and struggles in this palace more deeply than others.

She didn't speak, she didn't want to think about these dirty and nasty things designed by competing for favor now, she just felt that even if she thought about it, she would let down the elegant moonlight in front of her eyes.She raised her head and looked at the bright moon above, which was crystal clear, cool and white.

"You must know the secret that the emperor's biological mother is not the empress dowager?" Qi Hao asked suddenly.

Su Mi was startled, nodded, and asked, "His biological mother is Shen Lvyi from the Liang Kingdom, right?"

"Yes, didn't Miaoyi tell you?"

"She was interrupted before she could finish her story, but I guessed it."

"Shen Lvyi doesn't know whether it should be considered lucky or pitiful." Qi Hao said slowly: "It is true that she did not die as the world knows, but she was only seriously injured, and was later treated by Da Qi's imperial physician. .”

"Of course she is pitiful. She is forced to serve her enemy who destroyed her family and country." Su Mi laughed mockingly.

"She lost her memory," Qi Hao interrupted her and said, "Her head was seriously injured. After being rescued, her mind was greatly damaged, and she couldn't remember the past at all, so the late emperor took her away. When she came back, she was placed in the Crossing Moon Palace, and she was lied to by saying that she was just an ordinary draftee who entered the palace, and that all members of her family were dead, and even the roster and family background were clearly compiled."

Su Mi didn't know what to say, she couldn't judge whether that woman was lucky or pitiful in such an encounter, maybe such words could not directly summarize her bizarre ups and downs at all.

"Actually, at that time, Shen Lvyi had already died, and there was only an ordinary concubine of Qi State, who was favored by Emperor Qi Wu." Su Mi said.

Qi Hao's thin lips raised a sarcastic arc: "It's just that no matter how beautiful such a foolish and weak woman is, she is destined not to last long in this palace, and the heat of the late emperor on her was only less than a year old." Kung fu, by the time she gave birth to a child, the late emperor would have already had another beautiful wife, a new favorite beauty."

"And then?" Su Mi asked with a bit of reluctance.

"Then, she died without a sound." Qi Hao told the bleak ending of this legendary woman in a cold tone.

"Did the Queen Mother do it?" Su Mi asked.

"I don't know," Qi Hao said, "No one knows anymore. No one will pay attention to a woman who has lost favor and has a blank background." He raised his head and looked at the moonlight. He still remembers his first love. When I saw that woman for the first time, I was amazed and admired at that moment.It was a kind of beauty that shouldn't exist in the world, and it made him never forget it. It was the first time that he, who was only five years old, understood the meaning of the word beautiful so accurately and directly.

It's just...that kind of beauty was tarnished by too many worldly things, and finally disappeared.So he especially loathes his father, whether it is Miaoyi, Shen Lvyi, or his own mother, he is not worthy of such a woman at all, but just because he is the emperor of Daqi, he can sit in a dignified manner. With three thousand beauties.

Shen Lvyi, who had such a brilliant and amazing name, ended up leaving the scene in such an ordinary and lonely way.

Hearing the final ending of this legendary woman, Su Mi didn't know how to feel.She turned her head slightly and looked at Qi Hao's side face. The features on that face were profound and clear, but the expression was as hazy and obscure as the moonlight.

This person is really contradictory, she suddenly thought.

Tranquil silence echoed between the two of them, and neither of them wanted to speak again, as if speaking would break such a beautiful moonlight, and break such a beautiful atmosphere.

At this moment, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty," came a hurried call.

Su Mi raised her head and looked towards the door. It was Mi Qing's voice.

Suddenly, the shouting stopped abruptly, and Mi Qing who just ran in looked at the two in front of her in amazement,
Su Mi's expression had returned to her usual indifferent expression, she stood up and asked, "What's the matter?"

"It's because the banquet at the Lingxi Pavilion is over, the emperor called the empress to attend the bed." Mi Qing replied.

A trace of disgust flashed in Su Mi's eyes, and suddenly she didn't dare to look back at Qi Hao's face, she replied lightly, "Understood, let's go back."

Mi Qing hurriedly stepped forward to hold Su Mi's hand, and the two walked outside through the night.

Qi Hao didn't say anything, just stood quietly behind and watched the two go away.

When approaching the door, Miqing suddenly couldn't help but looked back, the figure of that person had been blurred under the moonlight, and he couldn't see the expression clearly, but... Miqing thought, at first glance just now, she was sitting with the empress. One place is really indescribably harmonious and commensurate, the Biren mentioned in the book looks like this...

(End of this chapter)