Hu Yue 'er raised her tear-stained face. "Your Majesty, I just feel sorry for you …"
Mo Rongzhan wanted to kill Hu Yue 'er in front of him, but he knew that Ye Zhen had left a message for him not to kill her.
"I won't kill you," Mo Rongzhan said lightly. "Yao Yao certainly doesn't want my hands to be stained with your blood. Do you think that just because I conferred you the title of Empress Shu and let you stay in the palace, you are qualified to stand beside me and criticize the Empress?"
Hu Yue 'er shook her head gently. "I know that I am just a chess piece, used by the Emperor to protect the Empress."
Mo Rongzhan gave her a disgusted look. "It's not that the Empress needs my protection, it's that I need the Empress by my side. Your self-righteousness has caused me to lose the Empress …"
"Your Majesty …" Hu Yue 'er heard the sadness in Mo Rongzhan's tone and looked at him in fear.
"Pass on my edict: Hu Yue 'er is exiled to the wilderness, and Hu Yue' er's tongue will be pulled out and imprisoned in Yeting!" Mo Rongzhan's voice was neither high nor low, and there was no anger in it, but it made Hu Yue 'er feel as if his voice came from hell, making her tremble all over.
Hu Yue 'er screamed, "Your Majesty, everything is my fault! It has nothing to do with the Hu Family! Please let the Hu Family go …"
Mo Rongzhan said coldly, "Take her away, don't dirty the Empress's place!"
Eunuch Fu immediately signaled the two eunuchs outside to drag Hu Yue 'er away, thinking that if it weren't for the Empress's mercy, how could the Emperor let Hu Yue' er go?
"Your Majesty, please let the Hu Family go …" Hu Yue 'er's cries echoed in the Yong Shou Palace, but soon her voice disappeared, probably because her mouth was covered.
Mo Rongzhan walked into the bedroom, which was still the same as before Ye Zhen went to Chengde Villa.
On the desk, there were some words that she had written. The beautiful handwriting was somewhat similar to her, and every stroke was filled with a lingering feeling. She said that she had just learned the handwriting recently and was just writing it for fun. On the other side of the desk was a script that she had read halfway. Every time she read it, she would complain that the person who wrote the script treated all women in the world like fools. Which woman would be willing to take the initiative to take a concubine for her husband? What kind of wife and concubine get along? This was all the man's own imagination.
Mo Rongzhan could still hear Ye Zhen's complaints in his ears. He chuckled as he held the script. How he wished he could hold her in his arms at this time. But now, apart from her scent, he could not touch her at all … not even a shadow.
"Your Majesty, this is from the villa. It's said that it's Her Ladyship's favorite book," Eunuch Fu reported from outside.
"Come in!" Mo Rongzhan said in a low voice.
Eunuch Fu carried a large pile of books and walked in. "Your Majesty, these were sent from Chengde Villa!"
Mo Rongzhan glanced at it. He remembered that he had visited Ye Zhen several times. There were indeed these books in her room. At that time, he did not care about it. It seemed that she liked them very much.
"Bring them here!" He asked Eunuch Fu to put the books on the table and picked one up to read.
It turned out to be a travelogue …
Eunuch Fu knew that there was no need to invite the Emperor to bed tonight. Alas, he really hoped that the Empress would miraculously return. He lit all the lights in the room and saw the Emperor sitting on the soft couch that the Empress usually liked reading a book. He quietly left the bedroom.
"Eunuch Fu!" Dai Mei, who was outside, saw him and immediately came up. "Do you know when the Empress will come back?"
"Shh!" Eunuch Fu glanced inside and pulled Dai Mei out. "Keep your voice down. Don't mention the Empress in front of the Emperor in the future!"
Dai Mei was so anxious that her eyes turned red. "When will the Empress come back? How did I hear … hear …"
Eunuch Fu whispered, "I heard that you can't listen to anything. I believe that the Empress will come back!"
How can a dead person come back? Dai Mei thought to herself. Everyone knew the news of the Empress's difficult labor. Why did the Emperor say that the Empress would come back?
"What about Hong Ling and the others?" Dai Mei asked in a low voice.
Eunuch Fu whispered, "They are with the Empress!"
Dai Mei wanted to ask again, but Eunuch Fu glared at her. "Stay in Yongshou Palace. Don't talk anymore!"
"I seemed to hear Honored Consort Shu's voice just now!" Dai Mei asked. "What's going on?"
"Nothing. She was just banished to the Cold Palace!" Eunuch Fu said, waving his hand to let Dai Mei hurry back to the room. "In the future, nothing in Yongshou Palace can be changed. The Emperor must come from time to time!"
Dai Mei glanced at the bedroom. "I know!"
…
…
In the study of the Lu Family.
Tang Zhen sat on the armchair and looked at Lu Shiming above. He really didn't know how to say the words in his mouth …
"Marquis Jingning, tell me. Has the decree been issued …" Lu Shiming closed his eyes and asked hoarsely after a while, "Is the funeral going to be held?"
"No!" Tang Zhen hurriedly shook his head. "The Emperor said that no one is allowed to mention the Empress again. He said that the Empress just went to sea with Lord Ye … and will come back later!"
Lu Shiming frowned. "Marquis Jingning, what do you mean? Yaoyao has clearly …"
Tang Zhen interrupted him. "Lord Lu, the Empress is a person with great medical skills, and Lord Ye is also unusual. If the Empress is really … Lord Ye will not take her away like this. We still believe that the Empress will come back later!"
With a belief that Yaoyao is still alive, so she can come back?
Lu Shiming smiled bitterly. "If Yaoyao can't come back, then there won't even be a memorial tablet. She can only be a lonely ghost!"
"Father, I believe that Yaoyao will come back!" Lu Xiangzhi whispered, as if to give himself confidence. He said again, "She won't die like this. She will come back!"
"Your mother saw her hold her breath with her own eyes!" Lu Shiming said hoarsely. When he rushed to Chengde Villa that day, he saw Pei Shi who had fainted. If it wasn't for Yaoyao, Pei Shi wouldn't have cried like that!
Tang Zhen said, "Then believe that Lord Ye will take Yaoyao overseas and find a miracle to save her!"
"Marquis Jingning, do you also believe that Yaoyao will come back?" Lu Shiming shook his head and asked. He knew that the Emperor was deeply in love with Yaoyao, but he couldn't not even give Yaoyao a memorial tablet just because he couldn't accept it!
"I believe!" Tang Zhen said. "Lord Lu, it's better to keep a glimmer of hope than despair!"
Pei Shi suddenly pushed the door in from the outside. "Marquis Jingning is right. It's better to have hope than despair. Yaoyao was just breathless at that time. Lord Ye took her away so quickly. No one knows if Yaoyao will wake up again. I would rather believe … believe that Yaoyao is not dead!"
Lu Shiming stepped forward to support her. "Mother, aren't you resting in the room?"
"I dreamed of Yaoyao …" Pei Shi wiped away her tears. "I also dreamed that she gave birth to a pair of twins!"
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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