Palace Scheming: the Queen In the Cold Palace I

Chapter 43: Rebirth to protect the emperor (2)

She had some worry in her eyes. Murong Chong's palm just now made him spurt out blood. I really don't know if his internal organs were injured!

"It's okay, his palm just helped me. Now, I'm much better." His breath was a little weak, and his speech seemed a little awkward. After answering Yun Qing's question, he stared at her face again and emphasized. Said: "Wipe yourself first."

 He didn’t want to see his blood staining her face. The blood on her face would remind him of his own dirtiness and evil. Just now, he almost sucked her shoulder, almost broke his patience for so many years, and sucked someone else's blood again.

 Fortunately, he held back at the last moment. Fortunately, she allowed him to get rid of that desire. Fortunately, he did not hurt her.

 Otherwise, he will never forgive himself, let alone live in pain in this world.

Yun Qing was stunned for a moment. Seeing the persistence in his eyes, he estimated that he must look terrible at this moment. He couldn't help but smile, and then turned around to wash the blood stains on his face.

"Help me take a look, is there anything else?" Yun Qing turned back and saw that Xuanyuan Yi had closed his eyes and seemed to be asleep.

His face is extremely pale and his eyes are closed, like a weak young man who has been ill in bed for a long time, which makes people feel pity for him.

 “Yunqing.”

“Hmm?” She suddenly heard him speak, looked into his quiet eyes with confusion, and did not respond to his direct name for a moment.

 “I’m sorry!” Xuanyuan Yi looked at her seriously and apologized seriously.

 She is a kind-hearted woman. He almost hurt her several times, but she didn't care about his madness and was willing to stay and take care of him.

 It is rare that there is such a person in this world who is willing to be kind to himself.

"There's no need to say sorry. I believe that that was definitely not your intention." Yun Qing gave him a comforting smile. Looking at him like this, she felt nothing but pity and sympathy.

She could see that he was a kind-hearted young man by nature, but he isolated himself from the world because of his own specialness.

She didn’t know how long he had been like this, but judging from the environment he lived in, it must have been a long time.

She couldn't imagine how a young prince could contract such a terrible disease.

I can’t imagine how often he gets sick. What kind of torture will he suffer each time?

"Aren't you afraid?" Under the calm smile on her face, Xuanyuan Yi's handsome eyes suddenly lit up, and the look he looked at Yun Qing became a little hopeful.

 How rare is it that she is not afraid of herself? Over the years, he could never forget the frightened looks of the maids and eunuchs in Ningxin Palace, nor could he forget the tragic sight of two young eunuchs who were talking about themselves privately and had their tongues cut out by the Queen Mother.

He was so hateful, why did he get the **** blood poison? Why does the Queen Mother have to bear the karma herself?

Xiao Xuanzi took care of himself loyally, but in the end, he died so miserably...

"The way you looked just now was indeed scary!" After Yun Qing finished speaking, he looked at him with a slightly sad look in his eyes and couldn't help but smile, "If I didn't know you, I might have been scared to death by you. But I know you and know your nature. If you are kind, you will not hurt me on purpose.”

Yun Qing said sincerely, not wanting his clear eyes to cast a dark look. She hopes that one day, he can smile naturally to everyone around him.

“So what if it’s not intentional? The consequences can never be made up for.” Xuanyuan Yi sighed deeply, his expression gloomy.

His world may be forever dark, with no friends who understand him, no relatives who care about him, no laughter, no warmth...

He didn’t know when the long suffering would end. He only knew that he was living like a zombie, and there was no longer any happiness to speak of.

If one day he can't hold on any longer, he really doesn't want to hold on anymore...

"Can I ask, what kind of disease do you have?" Seeing that he seemed a little absent-minded, Yun Qing couldn't help but change the subject, hoping that he could tell himself how he contracted this strange disease. Although she has read many medical books, she has never heard of this phenomenon. What is it!

 “You don’t understand!” Xuanyuan Yi responded lightly, not wanting to mention his strange disease. Because he didn't want to see the sympathetic light in her eyes.

 He doesn't need her sympathy, he knows she is very kind, but being so sympathized by a woman still makes him feel very annoyed.

"Oh, does the Queen Mother know?" Seeing that he deliberately avoided it, Yun Qing found it inconvenient to ask again, but when she mentioned the Queen Mother, Xuanyuan Yi's expression suddenly changed, and his originally peaceful face suddenly darkened.

“Don’t mention her to me!” he growled in a low voice. Whenever he thought of that woman, he would think of Xiao Xuanzi.

How could that woman be so cruel that she used Xiao Xuanzi to test medicine for herself, and ended up killing him alive?

 She is not his queen mother! She is just a vicious woman!

She is willing to do anything for her status, even her own son, she is willing to let others harm her!

Yun Qing was startled. He didn't expect that the Queen Mother would be so excited when he heard it.

Looking at his hateful expression in confusion, she suddenly wanted to find out what happened between him and the Queen Mother?

"I wonder if you have misunderstood the Queen Mother in some way?" From Yunqing's point of view, the Queen Mother loved him very much. Even surpassing Xuanyuan Ze, who is also his biological son.

But Xuanyuan Yi was extremely repulsive to the Queen Mother, avoiding her care whenever he could, and sometimes even trying to avoid talking to her. What is the reason that makes their relationship so weird? Is his hatred for the Queen Mother related to his body?

 “Ha, misunderstanding!” Xuanyuan Yi couldn’t help but sneer!

 Could his own personal experience be a misunderstanding? Has she ever shared the suffering he has suffered over the years?

Yun Qing was shocked. Under his cold eyes, she could feel how much he hated the Queen Mother.

This also frightened her even more. They were obviously a biological mother and son. How could there be such a big gap and how could it evolve into such hatred?

"I don't know what happened between you and the Queen Mother. I just want to tell you that from a woman's intuition, the Queen Mother really wants to care about you and wants to be close to you. No matter what, she is also you. There is no mother in the world who doesn’t care for her children! Even if there is, she has no choice but to do so. I remember when I was very young, my nanny told me that although my mother had not been close to me since I was a child, she wanted me to remember that. My mother knew that she was not in good health, and she was afraid that I would be very sad if I relied too much on her, so she deliberately endured the pain in her heart and ignored me. In fact, she felt more pain in her heart than anyone else. The situation is different, but I think mothers all over the world should be the same. They will protect their children in their own way. Maybe the method is wrong, but their intentions are good." She sighed. , Yunqing believed that the Queen Mother he saw, even though she had shocking skills, even though she had once ruled the world, she was still a kind woman.

 Otherwise, she would not have taught the emperor that the people of the world should be the most important thing, she would not have secretly taken care of Yun Qing several times, and she would not have always shown a touch of sadness and helplessness in her eyes every time she looked at Xuanyuan Yi.

Xuanyuan Yi looked at Yun Qing silently, listening to her whispering about her mother. Although he felt deeply in his heart, he finally sighed in a low voice: "That's because you don't have a mother who is a queen! What a shame. In the emperor's family, I also wanted to think that I could just be an ordinary citizen's son and live an ordinary life..."

 Unfortunately, he is not.

 What he has to experience is destined to be much more complicated than ordinary people.

 He has been favored by thousands of people since he was a child, but he did not expect that fate has determined his sorrow. From the moment he was born, he was destined to become a victim of the struggle for power in the harem.

 Listening to his heavy sigh, Yun Qing also felt slightly sentimental.

It’s a shame that I was born into an imperial family and had a mother who was a queen... What about me? Once he entered the palace, there were constant turmoil, but what about the future?

She suddenly felt a little cold, and a temperature that was as cold as the air around her suddenly hit her heart.

When the Queen Mother hurriedly arrived with Hua Heng, the restlessness in Xuanyuan Yi's body had calmed down a lot. Under Hua Heng's focused diagnosis and treatment, Yun Qing still couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he looked at the Queen Mother who came in person in the middle of the night.

If she didn’t really love him, the Queen Mother only had to send the imperial doctor here to take a look, so why would she come here herself?

It is a pity that in Xuanyuan Yi's heart, it is difficult to let go of some things that have happened in the past, and the gap between him and the Queen Mother will only become deeper.

"Mr. Hua, how is Yi'er?" Seeing Hua Heng withdrawing his hand, the Queen Mother hurriedly asked, her face filled with nervousness.

"Back to the Queen Mother, the prince's old illness has relapsed, and he has recovered now. It's just that Murong's guard may have been a little harsh, and the prince suffered some internal injuries. Wei Chen will prescribe two doses of medicine for the prince to decoct and drink for two days, and then everything will be fine. "Hua Heng picked up the paper and pen prepared by the medical boy, skillfully wrote the prescription and handed it to the medical boy, asking him to quickly go to the imperial pharmacy to get the medicine.

“Oh!” Situ Xianyu’s palms tightened as she looked at the pale and colorless face, and all the self-blame came to her heart again.

However, she didn't even have the courage to step forward and caress him. She could only look at him silently, feeling distressed but speechless.

"Queen Mother, since Prince Yi is fine, let's go back to the palace first!" Fang Fei couldn't bear to see her sad look. As a personal palace maid who had followed her for decades, she also felt sorry for their mother and son.

The Queen Mother has suffered for so many years, paid a lot, and sacrificed a lot, but she can never let go of her son. Prince Yi doesn’t understand the Queen Mother’s suffering, but she does!

 But some things, sometimes, there is no choice at all.

“The emperor has arrived!” A high-pitched voice came from outside the palace, making Yun Qing slightly suspicious. He didn’t expect that what happened tonight would alarm the emperor.

"Slave, please see the Emperor!" All the people in the palace bowed and saluted Xuanyuan Ze who strode into the palace. Yun Qing also bowed slightly to him, and then listened to him coldly ordering everyone to refrain from saluting, and then fell silent. Say hello to the Queen Mother.

"Queen, what's going on?" Then, he asked about what happened tonight and Xuanyuan Yi's situation in general, then raised his handsome eyebrows, stared at Yun Qing's shoulder, and sounded unhappy.

Yun Qing originally had his head lowered, but now he felt a sharp gaze locked on him. When he raised his head, he saw Xuanyuan Ze looking at him with his handsome eyebrows raised high.

“Well, I was accidentally scratched by a branch.” Yun Qing saw that the Queen Mother also cast a concerned look, shook her head and made an excuse casually.

"Why are you so careless? Imperial Physician Hua happens to be here. Hua Heng, can you help the Queen to see if it's okay?" The Queen Mother ordered, and Hua Heng on the side stepped forward and asked Yun Qing to sit on the chair beside him. Check the injury carefully.

"For the information of the Queen Mother, the queen only had some scratches on her skin. It's no problem." Hua Heng looked at it, then got up and walked to the medicine box, opened the medicine box, took out a delicate blue vial from it, and handed it to the queen. He came up and ordered: "Wei Chen here has a bottle of myogenic and coagulant powder, which is specially used to treat trauma. The empress only needs to clean the wound and apply the powder on it to close it. This medicine has miraculous effects. Not only does the wound recover quickly, but also after use. It won’t leave any scars, so don’t worry, Madam.”

"In this way, the Ai family can rest assured! It's getting late. Hua Heng, please stay and take care of Yi'er! Yunqing, go back to the palace with the Ai family!" Situ Xianyu nodded and saw Xuanyuan Ze had an unhappy look on his face, knowing that he must have heard about Yun Qing's unauthorized visit to Ningxin Palace.

Looking at his expression, he was afraid that he would suffer the child Yun Qing again, so he spoke first and wanted to take Yun Qing away with him.

"good!"

"Queen, hurry up! Queen, I will take you back to the palace later. Xiao Lezi, send your mother off to me!" Yun Qing was about to step forward, but Xuanyuan Ze suddenly grabbed her arm, making her look up in surprise. Seeing that he was sending the Queen Mother back to the palace with an expressionless expression.

“Cha!” Chang Le flicked his sleeves, stepped forward quickly, raised the lantern, and said respectfully: “Queen Mother, please!”

“Yeah!” Situ Xianyu sighed softly. Seeing the emperor’s obvious attitude, she couldn’t offer any advice at the moment. With Fang Fei's support, she gave Yun Qing a gentle look and left.

"Let's go, I'll take you back to the palace!" As soon as the Queen Mother left, Xuanyuan Ze's grip on Yun Qing's hand loosened. Just when Yun Qing wanted to move a certain distance away from him, he suddenly reached out and hugged him. Murong Chong and Hua Heng were secretly surprised and quickly left the hall with Yun Qing.

"Your Majesty, you should go back to the palace to rest. Yun Qing can go back by himself!" Yun Qing was not used to having Xuanyuan Ze's arms tightly wrapped around his waist. As soon as he left the palace gate, he struggled to leave his restraints.

"Why is the queen always so restless?" Xuanyuan Ze's voice was slightly annoyed, and he glared down at her. He suddenly bent his waist and suddenly changed from hugging her to holding her horizontally. Yun Qing's head was dizzy, and then he heard The wind roared in her ears, making her scream in fright, and she could only hold the man's neck tightly with her hands, her heart pounding.

When the guards of the Golden Phoenix Palace saw someone jumping over the wall, their first reaction was that there was an assassin. But when they saw who it was, they were all dumbfounded. By the time they came to their senses and saluted the emperor, the emperor had already carried Yun Qing and walked directly to her bedroom.

"Your Majesty?" Bi Tao and Xiao Taohong stood up after hearing the sound and looked at the young lady who was carried back by the emperor. Their eyes almost fell out of shock. They even forgot about the proper etiquette and ran straight into the palace, shouting: "Miss, what's going on, miss?"

"Get out of here!" The emperor waved his hand angrily, causing Bitao and Xiao Taohong to be blocked out by the invisible force he exerted. Then he pointed at Bitao and shouted loudly: "You, hurry up and get a basin of warm water! "

 “Yes!” Frightened by the angry emperor, although Xiao Taohong and Bitao were worried, they did not dare to go in easily.

"Ah, what are you doing?" Yun Qing was led directly to the bed by Xuanyuan Ze. After the bumpy ride, she was already dizzy, but she suddenly felt a chill on her shoulders. Xuanyuan Ze pulled her shoulders vigorously and looked at her Injury.

“Don’t move!” Xuanyuan Ze’s handsome eyebrows were tightly knitted, and Xuanyuan Ze fixed her shoulders with one hand and stroked Yun Qing’s skin that was scratched by Xuanyuan Yi with the other.

At this time, the blood on it had solidified, and the five deep finger marks left horrific blood marks on her pink shoulders, which made his chest rise and fall. He had the urge to slap to death the one who dared to hurt her. Her people.

“Hiss!” His touch still caused a slight pain in Yun Qing’s shoulder, causing her to frown and make a slight gasping sound.

"Did he do it?" A low voice came from behind his ears with a hint of suppressed anger. Yun Qing was startled, and turned around to see him looking at him with a look of fire, with a look before the approaching storm. of sullenness.

"No, it was Yun Qing who was accidentally scratched by a branch." She quickly shook her head in denial, fearing that he would blame Xuanyuan Yi for this, but she found that his eyes were not only disbelieving, but even more terrifying.

"Twigs?" He sneered, but instead of smiling, his eyes were filled with anger. "Do you think I'm a fool? These are clearly fingerprints, why did you still lie to me?"

If this **** woman, if it wasn't for such a big move in the palace of the palace, he wouldn't know at all. She even ran to Ningxin Palace again and was almost injured by Yi Di.

"I...because I don't want the emperor to blame Prince Yi wrongly. He didn't mean it!" Yun Qing was speechless. She had already committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. If he wanted to blame him, she had nothing to say.

Seeing her admission, Xuanyuan Ze's anger dissipated slightly, but seeing her protecting Yi Di, he was still in a very depressed mood.

Yidi behaves strangely and has attacks once or twice a month. His mother told him that it was a strange disease caused by being frightened when he was young, so he never intervened. Unexpectedly, Yun Qing ran to that place more than once.

If it hadn’t been for me last time, I don’t know what would have happened! But this time she went again. If it hadn't been for Murong Chong, how would she have been hurt by him?

"Your Majesty, here comes the water!" Bi Tao came in with a basin. Xuanyuan Ze asked her to put it down, then asked her to step back again.

Then, under Yun Qing's puzzled gaze, he walked directly to the shelf, picked up a dry towel, soaked it in the basin, wrung it out, and walked back to Yun Qing.

 “Well, Your Majesty, it’s better for me to come!”

 “Sit tight and don’t move!”

Yun Qing's eyes widened and she watched him walk to the bed before knowing what he was going to do. Busy turned aside, but was caught by Xuanyuan Ze dissatisfied. He glared at her coldly, told her not to move, and then wiped the solidified blood stains on her shoulder with great care.

“Hiss!” When the warm and wet towel touched his shoulder, Yun Qing still frowned slightly in pain, causing Xuanyuan Ze to stop his hand and move slightly more gently than before.

"Does it hurt?" He carefully wiped the injured area for her, his handsome eyebrows tightened, but there was a soft light in his eyes that Yun Qing couldn't see, "No!" Yun Qing's face turned red, and he didn't know. She couldn't help but feel uncomfortable thinking that he wiped her wound himself, and that his warm breath was spraying on her shoulders when he spoke.

 In fact, even if she is inconvenient, she can ask Bitao to come in and help her. He is like this...

"Okay, give me the medicine!" After wiping it clean for her, Xuanyuan Ze's brows relaxed slightly. He stood up and threw the towel back into the basin. He called Bitao outside the hall to take the basin out, and then stretched his hand to Yun Qing's eyes.

"Ah?" Yun Qing was stunned at first, and then realized that he wanted the powder given by Imperial Physician Fang Caicai. He took it out of his sleeve with some embarrassment, blushed and waved his hands, "I'll ask Xiao Taohong and the others to come in and help me. , Your Majesty will attend court early tomorrow, and now..."

"Come here!" Before Yun Qing could finish his words, he heard him shouting for people to come in. Xiao Taohong, who had been waiting quietly outside, quickly opened the curtain and entered the palace and asked, "What are your orders from the emperor?"

"Xiao Lezi will come here in a while, ask him to deliver my clothes for the court here!" As soon as Xuanyuan Ze finished speaking, not only Yun Qing, but also Xiao Taohong was stunned.

"Emperor..." Yun Qing was speechless, and the trace of blood that had just surged on his face immediately faded completely. He wanted to find an excuse to send him away, but he had no way of speaking.

 “What are you doing standing around? Go quickly!” Seeing that Xiao Taohong was still dumbfounded, the emperor’s voice deepened, and Xiao Taohong quickly recovered her senses and hurriedly retreated.

"Bring it here!" Xuanyuan Ze turned around and saw Yun Qing's pale face. He knew what she was worried about, but he didn't explain. He took the medicine bottle directly from her hand and poured the medicine for her carefully and gently.

With his extremely gentle movements, Yun Qing felt a very cool and comfortable feeling where the powder had been sprinkled. Compared with the burning pain before, it was much more comfortable.

 (End of this chapter)