Siyan stood up and walked towards the entrance of the hall. The Palace Maid s saw that she was dressed in her usual attire and headed into the cold wind, so they hurriedly brought Feng Yixue along with them. They inquired about the Empress's destination all the way, and unconsciously followed her to the Palace Maid's residence.
Most of the people were waiting outside, the yard was quiet, the Queen of Xiaowan's house had come by once, she knew the way.
Siyan ordered the Palace Maid to stop and rush in. At that time, Ling Chaofeng had already left, and when the Xiaowan was packing up, he was stunned to see the Queen standing in front of the door.
"Empress …"
Siyan walked closer to Xiaowan and looked at her red and swollen eyes. The traces of her crying had yet to fade.
"Did you cry? Why are you crying? " Siyan asked.
"I didn't cry, Empress. I had my eyes blown by the wind." Xiaowan immediately denied it.
"You're crying." Siyan said, "If you cry, I will feel uncomfortable, and if you cry, I will too."
Xiaowan was confused by her words. "Empress, I don't understand what you're talking about."
Siyan said: "I don't know either, ever since Manager Ling passed away, I've often shed tears for no apparent reason. I was not sad or sad, as if I was sad with someone who was. Xiaowan, it's you, right? "
Xiaowan took a step back. She became even more confused and strongly denied it. "Empress, I wasn't crying just now."
Siyan saw that the Xiaowan was packing her things. She knew that the Emperor had sent people to search the Xiaowan's house, so she asked: "Did you find that someone had touched your house before?"
Xiaowan lowered her head and did not speak.
Siyan said, "The Palace Maid saw something strange with you, the Emperor … In Xiaowan, the Emperor has no ill intentions. "
"Empress, I'm not a demon …" When Xiaowan opened her mouth, she could not hold back her tears. She had been tied up on a fire before, and those crazy villagers wanted to burn her to death. Even now, she still remembered the pain of a fire burning her flesh to death.
That year, she had survived like a zombie. Everyone thought that under her strong exterior, her body and heart had long since been hollowed out.
She had no future, and could not live without her husband. However, she did not obstruct anyone. She only wanted to be together with her husband, was that not okay?
"I just want to be a Palace Maid. Really, Empress, don't chase me away, okay?" Xiaowan kneeled down and begged Siyan, "I won't cause trouble, I won't hurt anyone, I just want to be the Palace Maid. Empress, can you let me stay in the palace?"
"Xiaowan, get up …" Siyan's heart was about to break. Not only did she care about Xiaowan, he also felt her pain and helplessness. "I promise you, I definitely won't chase you away."
The Xiaowan bowed her head and kowtowed in thanks, "Thank you esteemed mistress, thank you esteemed mistress."
Siyan was very helpless. Why did the two of them have to become like this? However, she no longer needed to doubt that it was definitely the Xiaowan.
After leaving the Xiaowan's residence, Siyan's expression was solemn, the people of the palace slowly followed behind. No one knew what the empress said to Mu Xiaowan, but even so, someone still brought the scene here to the Qingming Pavilion.
In the evening, Xiang Run came to the Culture Hall. The Little Princess was crying.
He held his daughter in his arms. When the child saw that it was his father, he was momentarily at peace. He weakly sobbed for a moment before falling asleep.
"Where's the Empress?" Xiang Run asked, "Not in Culture Hall?"
"The Empress said that she wanted to be alone for a while, that she was in her sleeping quarters." The Palace Maid s replied.
The emperor used a blanket to hold his daughter's head and carried her to the empress's sleeping quarters. Siyan was sitting under the window in a daze as he said, "Your child is crying so loudly, why aren't you going to take a look?"
When Siyan regained her senses, the Emperor sent his daughter into her embrace, "Quickly coax her."
"He's already asleep." Siyan laughed, "Your majesty still has a way."
"Are you thinking?" the Emperor asked.
"That's right. As I think about it, I feel that I'm being a bit unreasonable. However, my heart is clogged up, and I can't let it go." Siyan kissed his daughter and looked at his child, smiling in the end.
The Emperor sat down by the side and the two kept quiet for a while before asking: For the Xiaowan?
Siyan was already used to the emperor knowing everything, so she didn't feel that there was any need to hide anything from him. She thought for a moment, then asked the emperor seriously, "Can the emperor promise me one thing?"
Xiang Run nodded: "Go ahead."
Siyan said, "No matter what happens, do not chase away the Xiaowan. If there comes a day when something big happens, I believe that the Xiaowan will definitely sacrifice herself to protect the Emperor and me. Since that's the case, Your Majesty, since you said that you regretted killing Ling Chaofeng, there's no point in changing what you just said, so let's grant it to the Xiaowan. Don't worry about anything strange anymore, just let her talk to herself, let her look at the sky in a daze, let her peacefully live a life as a Palace Maid. "
Siyan knew that to the Emperor, the Xiaowan was like a grudge to him. As an Emperor, he would not fear a weak girl, but fear the guilt and regret in her heart for what she had done wrong.
"I promise you." Xiang Run said, "We will no longer send people to watch over Xiaowan, and no longer pay attention to her every move. She can be a servant anywhere she wants, is that alright?"
"Really?"
"A golden mouth and a jade mouth. Don't tell me that I want to lie to you."
"The Emperor said he wouldn't send anyone to keep an eye on her?"
"Did you not hear what I said?"
Siyan was extremely happy, she gently placed her daughter on the bed and pounced in front of Xiang Run, heavily kissing him, then suddenly flew out, scaring the Palace Maid nanny outside into a mess.
At this moment, Ling Chaofeng was eating with Xiaowan, so he naturally did not need to eat. He only watched her eat and chatted with her.
The Queen suddenly barged in. Ling Chaofeng didn't even have time to leave before he saw the Xiaowan being scared stiff by the Queen.
The empress, on the other hand, was overjoyed. "The emperor has promised me that no matter what happens, he will not chase you away, that he will never send anyone to keep an eye on you. From now on, you can go anywhere you want in this palace. Xiaowan, can you be happier like this? "
Xiaowan opened her eyes wide and was stunned.
Siyan said happily: "You can stay here at ease in the palace. With me there, don't be afraid."
"Empress …" Xiaowan finally understood and looked at her gratefully, "Is that true?"
Siyan nodded: "Finally, I can do something for you. Don't worry, there won't be anyone who will chase you away."
Xiaowan cried again. The Queen also cried. Ling Chaofeng smiled in gratitude and left the room with the wind.
When he left, he seemed to have felt something, but it was not very clear. He thought back to his brother, saying that the people above did not know anything about the Xiaowan's previous life.
Ling Chaofeng made calculations with his fingers, but he could not calculate the future of Xiaowan, and sure enough, he could not calculate the past of Xiaowan either.
However, the Emperor's decision became extraordinary when it was spread to the heavens.
The group of Overgods who were in charge of Heaven's Note, were afraid of offending the Dragon Clan, and did not forcefully interfere in this matter. However, Ling Chaofeng's constant appearance together with the Xiaowan was something that Heaven Realm could not tolerate, and it was difficult for them as well.
They knew that the emperor had ill feelings towards them and had his guard up against Mu Xiaowan. They wanted to wait for the emperor to kick out the Xiaowan one day, so they didn't have to worry about it anymore.
In the end, the Emperor decided to allow Mu Xiaowan to stay in the palace forever. The golden words could not be changed, wouldn't she be able to stay with the Chaofeng everyday?
If Ling Chaofeng could not control himself, and something bad happened with the Xiaowan, would they, as Heaven's will, have to be villains to take Ling Chaofeng's immortal bones and devour him into the mortal world?
If they angered the Dragon Clan and instigated a sky-high war, the consequences would be unimaginable, and their ten thousand year cultivation experience would also be damaged.
In this way, in the days after that, an endless stream of immortals came to lobby Dragon Queen, Captive Cow and so on, hoping that they would warn Chaofeng not to offend the laws of heaven. It would be forbidden for him to appear in private with mortals.
But Dragon Queen turned a deaf ear and only coldly stared at him. "If he made a mistake, then he'll just add another thousand years. It's good as long as you think it's suitable."
There was no way out on this side, so some deities descended to warn the Chaofeng in front of him.
Ling Chaofeng stayed in the stone statue and ignored it.
Several groups of people had arrived, but none of them were of any use. Gradually, they lost their patience.
"We still have to get the emperor to chase Mu Xiaowan away." One of the deities suggested, "Why not, let him have a dream."
The Overgod said: "Then we can only ask Duke Zhou to come and create a dream for the Emperor to expel Mu Xiaowan."