Yuwen He habitually carried Xiao Ruyue in her arms, and she also snuggled up to him, leaning on his chest.
His heart was beating hard, again, again.
Listening to his heartbeat, she couldn't help but breathe along with it.
She said slowly: "The other day, Lucky asked me if I was carrying a son or a daughter. I was thinking that my daughter was definitely still the best, that she was very considerate. Afterwards, when I thought about it, since the Grand Xia has endless internal and external troubles, and needs a prince, if I were to have a prince, the problem would be even greater. I thought, "This kid really came at the wrong time."
"And then the child was gone."
She looked at Yuwen He, "Tell me, is it because the heavens didn't see that I truly wanted this child to come to the mortal world, so I took him back?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Don't let your thoughts run wild. " Yuwen He gently poked her forehead, "The heavens are clear about right and wrong, whoever is right is clear in their eyes, this child is fated to be with us, maybe the time is not right yet. "When the time comes, you'll be in a group."
Yuwen He patted her head and smiled.
It's not time yet
Maybe.
Xiao Ruyue looked at Yuwen He's smiling face and relaxed.
His smile seemed to have the effect of calming her heart. Just looking at him like this made her feel extremely at ease.
His heart felt a lot more at ease.
In fact, she wasn't as fragile as everyone thought.
The past few days of being dispirited and unsmiling were all because she could not accept this kind of situation in an instant.
The second time she lost a child, the pain in her heart wasn't something that others could understand. She had to slowly accept it and then put it in her heart so that the pain of losing a child wouldn't affect her next steps.
Because there were things she had to do.
Yuwen He was right, my child, we must not sacrifice ourselves in vain. She wouldn't have suffered for nothing from the Blood Transformation Gu.
In her previous life, Yuwen Chenglian and Yao Ziyan had done all sorts of heartless things to her under Ye Haitang's instigation; and now, Ye Haitang had personally gone to try and kill her.
It was time to settle the scores between them in his previous life and in this life.
Ye Haitang, I, Xiao Ruyue, will not rest until you are dead!
Blood will definitely be repaid in blood!
Xiao Ruyue's eyes were frosted over as she was filled with killing intent.
He had heard that the empress had caught a cold and had been sick for a few days already, and that the Taiyuan Hospital's imperial physician had come several times already. Her Majesty had spent the past few days in bed accompanying him. These days, everyone in the Phoenix Palace seemed a bit dispirited.
Everyone in the palace was discussing the situation. "The empress is the empress. Not only are there a few imperial physicians who have seen the cold, but there are also a few servants looking after him. The emperor is also accompanying him. No one can compare to him in this kind of honor."
In the end, he was full of envy.
As for Ye Haitang, who was in the glazed pavilion, he drank her tea and waited for Ya Nuo to return to him to talk.
That night, Yuwen He did not hesitate to fall out with her and ask for the antidote on behalf of Situ Min, yet ended up falling into a 'Spring Festival Gala' and returning empty-handed from her home. She had thought that Situ Min would die that night.
However, after so many days had passed, apart from the news of the empress's illness from Phoenix Palace, there was nothing else. Thus, she became somewhat anxious.
Ya Nuo had been out for a long time, and the more she waited, the more impatient she became.
"Where have you been so long?" Ye Haitang said coldly, holding onto the tea in his hand, as though he could smash it onto her head again at any time.
The wound on Ya Nuo's head that she had smashed a few days ago had almost fully healed after applying medicine on it. But when Ye Haitang made a comparison with her hand, she thought about the situation from before and still subconsciously shrunk her neck.
Ye Haitang snorted, she then placed the tea cup on the table, "How is the situation inside the Phoenix Palace?"
"In reply to the Empress, the royal doctors s have been invited in and out frequently these few days. The dregs that our people secretly brought out from the Phoenix Palace are all for treating the cold as well. I heard that the Empress has been very ill these past few days and can't even get out of bed." Ya Nuo boldly told everything she knew.
Ye Haitang's face sank.
Why are you saying these words again?
"It's been so many days, Situ Min should have died a long time ago. Why haven't we heard anything from the Phoenix Palace even though we've invited them! " Ye Haitang slammed the table angrily.
"Servant, I don't know." Ya Nuo stuttered.
Ye Haitang's face was frosted over, the anger in her eyes almost ignited, "That bitch is really lucky!"
Or could it be that the expert who had been hiding in the palace helped Situ Min to detoxify the poison?
No, that's not possible. If that person really could remove the Blood Transformation Gu, why would Yuwen He look for her?
That day, if Yuwen He hadn't come knocking on her door, she wouldn't have known that Yuwen He had long since suspected her.
Yuwen He, you really are not some ordinary person.
But you actually gave up your plans for that bitch Situ Min. I'll let you know that what you're doing isn't worth it.
Other than being younger than me, Ye Haitang, what else could she be compared to me?
Even if she doesn't die today, I have plenty of ways to kill her tomorrow!
If you don't touch me now, you can.
Wait and see!
"Send down an order for our men to continue watching over the Palace of the Phoenix. If anything happens, report back immediately!" Ye Haitang ordered in a low voice.
Ya Nuo nodded her head and bowed as she retreated.
She couldn't wait to get out of the door, but she had to do her best to restrain her steps, not daring to take a step further. Otherwise, she didn't know if the person sitting on the chair would be so angry that he would smash the teacup in his hand.
After exiting the door, she walked to the corner of the wall and let out a sigh of relief.
Suddenly a hand fell on her shoulder, and she almost jumped.
"It's me." A familiar voice came from behind him.
Ya Nuo turned her head, and saw the man's appearance, and heaved a sigh of relief.
This person was the palace maid that had supported her that day when her head was bleeding.
Ya Nuo pulled the people and ran into the courtyard. After making sure that the distance was far enough, and the people inside couldn't hear what they were saying, she stopped.
"Sister Qiu, why are you here?" she asked in a low voice.
The two of them had become much closer since Autumn Words had helped her last time.
"I can see that you haven't even applied any medicine and you haven't been here all morning. I was worried so I came over to take a look." Qiu Ci said, her indifferent face did not show much emotion.
Hearing that, Ya Nuo's face darkened, "I followed the order early in the morning, I just returned."
Qiuyin didn't say anything. She took out some ointment from her sleeve, took out a handkerchief and wiped some ointment with it. "Keep your head down a little."
Ya Nuo squatted down, so she didn't have to stand on her tiptoes to wipe the floor three times.
After smearing the medicine, he gave the bottle to Ya Nuo, "Remember to rub the medicine on it, or else the wound won't heal. It's a pity that these ointments cannot go to Scar's place, you're just a little girl's family. What will you do if a scar appears on your head in the future? "
Ya Nuo kept the ointment and couldn't help but to laugh bitterly, "Actually, Imperial Concubine has a very good medicine there. She doesn't have a single scar after wiping it off. But she won't give it to me because I'm not good at it. "
"The harem's competition for favor is quite normal. Imperial Concubine hates that the empress is favoured, I understand that as well." Qiuyin sighed. "But the Imperial Concubine is so fixated on targeting the esteemed empress, I don't know why. Since you are serving beside Imperial Concubine, you should be more careful. Imperial Concubine has a lot of suspicions. If she knows that I have deep ties with you, she will definitely blame you. "
In the end, Autumn Ci was still an old man of the palace. To be able to live peacefully in the palace for so many years, she naturally had her own survival technique.
Ya Nuo nodded. Qiuyin looked around to make sure no one was looking at them before she left.
She walked quickly, trotting all the way, and soon she was far away.
"Big Sister Qiu, actually, I am no longer a little girl. In terms of age, you are definitely younger than me. With my face, no one would care even if I had a scar. "
Ya Nuo mumbled to herself. Thinking about how she had yet to figure out the situation with Phoenix Palace and how Ye Haitang was always staring at her with a cold face, her heart felt even worse.
Ye Haitang this woman, for her own sake, was willing to do anything.
She had taken a fancy to His Majesty, but His Majesty had taken a fancy to the empress. From the looks of it, the empress was in for it.
"Ya Nuo, come in!" Ye Haitang who was in the hall roared out for some reason.
The entire glazed pavilion heard it.
Ya Nuo did not dare hesitate, she withdrew her hesitations and thoughts, quickly armed herself, trotted over, and even raised her voice as she replied: "Empress, your servant is here."
The autumn words that should have gone far away, it was unknown when they appeared in a corner that no one else would notice.
She watched as Ya Nuo left, and her lips revealed a thoughtful smile.
Inside the Phoenix Palace.
"Your Majesty, how long do you think I'll need to recover?" Xiao Ruyue suddenly asked Yuwen He.
Yuwen He slightly paused, "How many days do you think it will take?"
His expression was calm, and from the looks of it, he seemed to have seen through something.
Xiao Ruyue laid on his chest, and said with sorrow: "I feel like I will never be able to open it."
"No worries. As long as you can't come out, I will accompany you for a day." If you can't make it out in a year, I'll accompany you for a year. If you are unable to relax in this lifetime, then I will be with you for the rest of my life. "
Yuwen He hugged her tightly, making her words sound really sweet.
"But if you want to do something else slowly, I don't mind singing along with you."
His words were immediately spoken into her heart.
Xiao Ruyue was startled, and hugged him back, "Why are you so good to me?"
She must have sensed something — she wanted to do something for the child who had died before she was born.
"In that case, I must ask you why was the person who you didn't know before was so good." Yuwen He smiled deeply, his eyes filled with gentleness.
Xiao Ruyue looked at him, into his black eyes, and fell into deep love.
She had never thought that her simple act of kindness would write such a rich line for her life.
The heavens would still treat good people well.
Xiao Ruyue believed that good and evil will always be rewarded. It was not that she did not report it, but that time had not come yet.
Her kindness from the past, in exchange for the blessing of the present, was something that could not be denied and could not be erased.
She leaned into Yuwen He's embrace, and drew circles on his chest with her finger, and only after a while did she speak —