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"Halt!"

Tang Jingzhi had only taken two steps forward when two figures suddenly appeared in front of him.

Who else could it be other than Yuwen He?

"All of you have never worked together like this before. Is that why you're so in sync with each other today?" Tang Jingzhi, on the other hand, was calm and composed.

Liangqiu Yayin rolled his eyes as she said, "Moon girl's breakthrough of the Wangyou Powder has already caused a high fever, if you rashly tell her again, if it wasn't difficult to stabilize the fetus, would you be able to take responsibility?"

"I swear on Tang Jingzhi's name to the heavens that if anything bad happens to the Empress, I will atone for it with my death." Without a word, he knelt on the ground, faced the east, and raised his hand in a vow.

Liangqiu Yayin never thought that he would have such a move, and was immediately stunned.

Yuwen He was also stunned for a moment, his eyebrows knitted together.

Earlier, he had lost control of himself because he was nervous about Xiao Ruyue, but now, seeing that Tang Jingzhi was not normal, after he calmed down, his rationality returned.

Tang Jingzhi was not an impulsive person to begin with. Other than losing control in front of the Miss Liangqiu, he was usually smarter than a fox. It was impossible to take advantage of him. Unless …

His mind quivered, and his black eyes suddenly looked towards Tang Jingzhi: "Did you do something to Elder Sister Xiao!?"

What flashed past his eyes was astonishment and unease.

"Your Majesty is indeed a wise man." Tang Jingzhi laughed sinisterly, his face full of scoundrel's Qi.

There was no sign of panic.

"Empress, what exactly are you looking for?" Can you tell this servant that this servant will be able to find it with you? "

After Xiao Ruyue washed herself and washed away the remaining smell of the medicinal wine, she began to rummage through the entire Phoenix Palace, both inside and outside, and was not willing to reveal anything to Yin Lin, Lu Yi, and the others.

It was only because Tang Jingzhi had told her that he had hidden something extremely important to her from the Phoenix Invitation Palace.

She turned a deaf ear to the words of Lu Yi as she continued to rummage through the wardrobe. Lu Yi turned her head to ask for help, only to see Yin Lin shaking his head, indicating that she was unable to help.

But on the other hand, when she thought about it, wasn't it as well? If the Empress wanted to do something, how could others stop her?

Seeing that there was a bunch of tail following them from behind, Xiao Ruyue simply sent them retreating so that she could be at ease and rummage through all the boxes.

Xiao Ruyue rummaged through the wardrobe but couldn't find what she wanted. After she sunk in for a while, she suddenly thought of something.

She did not care that the embroidered clothes on her body were made by the empress from the palace. She lifted the hem of her skirt and slipped under the bed.

In a moment she was under the bed, covered in dust. A ebony box appeared in his hand.

Xiao Ruyue blew hard, and the dust flew into the air, causing her to choke so much that she wanted to cry.

But without the dust, the carved black sandalwood box revealed itself.

There was a delicate little lock on top of the sandalwood box. The style of the lock looked very new and extraordinary.

The more Xiao Ruyue looked at it, the more she felt that the style of the lock was familiar. Previously, when she had taken out the piece of jewelry to give to Lu Yi and the rest, it had seemed to be like that …

Thinking about it, a light flashed past Xiao Ruyue's mind, her expression changed as she ran to the dressing table, taking out all of the expensive and exquisite jewelry, going through them one by one.

After a long time, she finally got a golden hairpin.

Staring at the golden hairpin, she couldn't recover her senses for a long time.

"So, what are you afraid of me knowing?"

Just as Liangqiu Yayin was about to force Tang Jingzhi to return, Xiao Ruyue's voice came out of the door.

Yuwen He's entire body trembled, he suddenly turned his head to look, only to see that Xiao Ruyue, who should have been resting, had already arrived at the door.

Yuwen He's mind buzzed, and he quickly walked up, "What did you hear? What nonsense did Tang Jingzhi talk to you about, don't listen to him. "

"You didn't even hear what he said, how could you tell he was talking nonsense? This isn't like you, your Majesty." Xiao Ruyue smiled lightly and held Yuwen He's hand, walking in, and as usual, they made love.

However, Yuwen He could tell that something was wrong with a single glance, and normally, she would never hide his smile from his face, it was just a smile, but it did not reach his eyes.

"What did Tang Jingzhi tell you?" He did not give up and continued to ask Xiao Ruyue.

However, Xiao Ruyue wasn't in a hurry, and said with a smile, "Then I'll have to ask you, what exactly did you hide from me."

Yuwen He paused, in the blink of an eye, he panicked and acted like nothing had happened, "You already know what you should know."

Xiao Ruyue: "Then there's something that I don't know about."

When she said that, Yuwen He could be considered to understand, she had already steeled her heart, she would definitely dig at him until the end.

He slowly turned around and looked at Tang Jingzhi, "It looks like I can't control your mouth anymore."

"I'm just doing what I think I should be doing. Have you forgotten?" Tang Jingzhi was full of smiles.

Liangqiu Yayin, who could not react for a long while, finally snapped out of her astonishment and pulled on Tang Jingzhi's sleeve, "What exactly did you do behind my back?"

Tang Jingzhi grinned, "I think I should do something."

After saying that, his gaze landed on Xiao Ruyue. "It looks like Empress has already thought through the whole situation."

"Yes." I still have to thank Mr. Tang for his consent. " Xiao Ruyue bowed to him as she spoke.

Tang Jingzhi waved his hand to indicate that he did not need to thank him, and then he did not have to thank him anymore, and gave an order to the outside: "Lu Yi, bring the thing in."

With that, Lu Yi walked in with a black sandalwood box in her hands.

Yuwen He's face immediately changed, but he covered it up well. He frowned to express his feelings.

Xiao Ruyue took the box from Lu Yi, and she left. From head to tail, Lu Yi kept her head down, as if she was afraid that she had seen something that she shouldn't have seen.

Xiao Ruyue placed the ebony box on the square table. The ebony box was carved with a beautiful pattern of flowers blooming in full bloom. It was clearly a glorious spring day, and it was beyond beautiful. Petals nimbly leapt onto it, and the blade was exquisite.

Her silk Big Sleeves brushed against the top of the box, sweeping away some of the dust.

Xiao Ruyue then pulled out an unremarkable water lily wrapped in twigs and golden hairpin from her forehead and weighed it in her hand. She looked at Yuwen He for a moment as if she didn't know what it meant, and then skillfully opened the lock.

She opened the exquisite carved ebony wood with her bare hand, but there was a wooden hairpin lying alone inside.

The wood hairpin was extremely rough, and even the plum blossom on its head was crookedly carved. It was unknown which beginner carpenter had trained to be half-finished.

In such an exquisite box carved with black sandalwood, there was only a single hairpin of ordinary appearance. It was truly inconceivable.

When the wooden hairpin saw light, Xiao Ruyue's clear eyes flashed with tears. She carefully held up the hairpin, but Yuwen He, Liangqiu Yayin and the others all had different expressions.

"I found this carved ebony box under the bed. When the Jin Bu Huang was married to you and I, you prepared to mix it with many other accessories," Xiao Ruyue's tears flashed as two clear lines of tears fell.

Yuwen He's heart ached even more, and he couldn't help but wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes. His voice sounded panicked, completely unlike the tone he had when he was in charge.

Xiao Ruyue clenched her sleeves tightly, and nearly tore a hole in the silk sleeve. With trembling hands, she raised the hairpin in front of Yuwen He, "This hairpin is almost exactly the same as the one Yuwen Chenglian gave me back then. Tell me, what exactly happened?"

Yuwen He's expression, from his initial surprise to his initial sadness, had now turned complicated. This had never happened to him before.

He laughed bitterly to himself: "The hairpin Yuwen Chenglian gave you was carved by me in the first place. This was a failed semi-finished product. At that time, he was young and frivolous. He thought that his carving skills were comparable to a master, so he decided to make a hairpin and give it to you. Thus, he secretly sent it over to the crowd without telling them. Unexpectedly, that day, coincidentally, he also went to Xiao Mansion …

"You mistook him for someone who gave you a hairpin." He could not say this out loud.

That day, she had met Yuwen Chenglian at the palace banquet before. She was young and ignorant, and felt that Prince Wei was an outstanding and handsome man. On that day when he went to Xiao Mansion, he and his father talked about some official national affairs. However, she mistook him for giving her a hairpin.

That was why she had thought that Yuwen Chenglian, as a prince, would be willing to make a hairpin for her. It was because his heart was tied to her. Therefore, after their marriage, she had never seen Yuwen Chenglian doing any more carpentry in the Duke Palaces.

Thus, in the past, everything between her and Yuwen Chenglian was just her imagination. From beginning to end, it was all because of her love for the wrong person?

would believe anything he said, Yao Ziyan said that her water attribute Yang Hua was compatible with others, then he would believe it, if Yao Ziyan said that the child in her womb was not the flesh and blood of King Wei, then he would believe it too.

It was all because of the roots she had planted in her early years.

Everyone else knew, except for her. She lived in a beautiful dream she made herself.

Xiao Ruyue's chest felt as though it was pierced by a sharp knife, and as though thousands of fine needles were piercing her heart, the pain made it hard for him to breathe.

Xiao Ruyue, you are really going to suffer all those hardships, you can't even see clearly!

She was about to fall down weakly, Yuwen He immediately hugged her.

Her tears stung his heart. He could endure all the hardships in the world, but he could not see her tears.

"Don't cry! Don't cry! Elder Sister Xiao …"

Tears fell on the back of his hand like pearls, but they burned his heart like fire, "It's my fault. If I didn't think I was carving a wooden hairpin, I wouldn't have hurt you like this."

"You bastard!" Xiao Ruyue suddenly shouted in rage, her face filled with tears, but her eyes were still filled with anger.