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Xiao Ruyue paused for a bit, then laughed: "Since you want to know, then I won't hide it from you."

Her smile became even more brilliant, "She colluded with Crown Prince Hu Le of Tatar to make a move when I was alone, and finally died at my hands."

Xiao Ruyue explained every word in a casual manner. From the indifference in her eyes, Qingqing could not see even the tiniest bit of the thrilling feeling she felt at that time. However, her heart felt as if it was tightly clenched by an invisible hand.

"Empress!"

Hot tears welled up in his eyes as they dripped down one by one.

Qing Qing sobbed silently.

Xiao Ruyue responded indifferently, she did not say a word, her expression was calm, as calm as water.

She then took Qing Qing's pulse and reminded her, "Your injuries no longer pose a threat to your life. Next up, we'll just have to rest. Qiu Ci will take care of you."

With that said, he gestured for Lu Yi to come over, and held onto Lu Yi's hand to support her to stand up.

After sitting for a long time, he stood up, and his vision turned black. He lost his balance and fell into Lu Yi's embrace.

"Empress!"

"Ah!" Lu Yi cried out in fear, Yin Lin, who went to boil some medicine, quickly ran into the room and took the medicine jar from Lu Yi's arms, "Empress, what happened to you?"

"Empress!" Qingqing was so anxious that she let out a loud shout.

Xiao Ruyue fainted for a while and finally recovered. She opened her eyes with difficulty to look at Yin Lin and Lu Yi: "Don't be anxious, I'm fine."

"Empress, how are you?" Do you want to call Miss Liangqiu over? " Yin Lin asked worriedly as they helped her to sit down.

Xiao Ruyue shook her head lightly. Qing Qing, who was lying on the bed, wanted to get up quickly, but just as she moved, she pulled on the wound and fell back with a groan.

"Don't move, just lie still." Xiao Ruyue turned around and looked at her, then said helplessly, "Your little life was saved by Big Sister Ya Yin and Autumn Ci with great difficulty. You should cherish it well."

Tears streaked Qing Qing's face. Anxious and angry, she simply slapped herself. "It's all because Qing Qing is useless. If Qing Qing was only a little bit more useful, this wouldn't have happened!"

"Stop messing around." Even Lu Yi couldn't help but sigh. "You recuperate well so that the Empress won't have to worry about you anymore. You should just lie there."

Qing Qing didn't even dare to cry.

Xiao Ruyue and Yin Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Who exactly did this girl learn her temper from?

Could it be that after being with Chong Yue for so long, he had gotten infected by it?

"Bring the medicine in." Xiao Ruyue rested for a while, before quickly recovering, and said to Yin Lin: "The medicine has been fried, right?"

Yin Lin nodded, and went outside to bring the medicine for her.

Xiao Ruyue was normally the person who feared suffering the most, but this time, she only let out a slight chill and swallowed the entire bowl of black medicine without batting an eyelid.

He got pregnant and used his blood to nurture the Gu, his body really couldn't take it.

He could only eat this medicine raw.

If not, the next time he would not be as simple as fainting in front of his eyes.

Xiao Ruyue sat for a while longer, and Qiu Yin, who went to help Qing Qing boil the medicine, came back with the medicine, and Xiao Ruyue led Yin Lin and Lu Yi away.

After returning to Liangqiu Yayin's place, Miss Liangqiu finally returned. Looking at her dust worn appearance, she must have gone to the camp and had just returned.

Before Xiao Ruyue could stop her, Lu Yi, who had nothing to hide, had said everything that shouldn't be said. With the Empress supporting her forehead, the Miss Liangqiu's face turned green as she said seriously, "In the future, you won't be able to raise any more Gu, you should at least wait until the child in your stomach is born!"

Xiao Ruyue nodded honestly.

Liangqiu Yayin stared at her for a long time, her face filled with disbelief as she pretended to ruthlessly warn her: "You're not allowed to try any tricks in front of me, you won't be able to do it even if you promise!"

"Alright."

"Swear!"

Xiao Ruyue's face immediately became unsightly, "Is there a need to swear to such a severe extent?"

Sister Ya Yin said in all seriousness, "How would I know if you would turn around and do nothing right now?"

It was obvious that he didn't trust her.

Xiao Ruyue did not know whether to laugh or cry, but she did not swear, and fell asleep not long after laying on the bed.

The remaining three people in the room looked at each other with faces full of worry.

But he didn't know where to start.

In these two or three days, other than taking a walk in the garden to see Qing Qing, she had also been busy with the Wenshansu. Even Wenshansu did not dare to advise her against the matter between her and Yuwen He, let alone the others.

On this point, Liangqiu Yayin was also powerless.

She was only worried that this Moon girl would stop tormenting her.

In the past few days, because he had to prepare the things that Weng Dai said to expel the parasite, the Great General called Vice General Yang over, and asked him to cooperate with Chong Yue in preparing those things.

The first of these preparations was to find a large number of poisonous bugs, and the second was the altar.

There was someone in charge of the altar, Yang Junda was in charge of overseers. However, he was still curious about the situation that the Vice Commander of the Feathered Forest Guard was in, so he slipped out to watch the show.

However, this was the first time he did such a thing. Even Vice General Yang, who was used to watching battles on the battlefield, found it hard to endure.

On the other hand, Chong Yue seemed to be extremely familiar with it.

Vice General Yang could not help but give a few pointers, and Chong Yue said with a face full of pride: "I have helped my esteemed wangfei to dig bugs before, don't worry Vice General Yang, just poach more and it will be alright, I will slowly get used to it."

Vice General Yang: "…"

How could he get used to this kind of thing?

Looking at Vice General Yang who looked like he was about to faint from anger, Chong Yue suddenly remembered the first time he was ordered by His Majesty to gather some poisonous bugs for the Empress.

Vice General Yang surrendered not long after, and obediently went back to supervise and command the soldiers to build the altar.

When Fang Weiyong came to the study room, Yuwen He was in the middle of a discussion with the Great General and the others. There were two main points of discussion today: one was to prepare for the release of the parasite, and the other was to guard against attacks from others.

The matters of strengthening the city's defenses were also on the agenda.

They also said that if the Gu worms were successfully exorcised, the citizens of Yanzhou would be able to return to their homes.

Yuwen He, who was originally expressionlessly listening to the discussion of the Great General and the others, slightly frowned when he saw Fang Weiyong. Fang Weiyong went forward and whispered a few words into his ear, and Yuwen He's expression became even more unsightly.

The high-ranking general, who was initially impassioned with his speech, thought that he had said something wrong and paused for a moment. However, a closer look revealed that his elder brother, this stranger, was not someone he could arouse.

Could it be because of the empress?

"Your Majesty?" Yuwen Xiao called out.

Yuwen He paused for a moment, and when his gaze finally landed on Yun Che's face, he slowly spat out two words: "Continue!"

It was a chill that would freeze a person to death.

He was like an iceberg that would not melt even after a hundred years.

Yuwen Xiao did not dare to provoke him, so he cleared his throat and continued with the previous topic, "According to the Southern Wilderness' Gu Master's blueprint, the altar is already more than half complete, and it will definitely be completed on time the next day."

Yuwen He acknowledged, then turned to look at Wang Qiyue, "How are the preparations for the winter for the cotton clothes and other things coming along?"

Wang Qiyue is currently serving in the Yanzhou's Thorny Prefecture, so he was immediately roused up by the name of his master. "The Yanzhou's Thorny Prefecture has already accounted for all of the stocks of the cotton-padded clothing worn by the troops, they are far from what is needed for the army to survive the winter. Although we are already speeding up the process, I am afraid that the people of the city are gradually leaving, so I am afraid that it will not be that fast. "

As he spoke, he carefully observed the expression on the monarch's face.

However, Yuwen He was not as angry as he thought, and instead said: "Then they should hurry up and prepare, but, maybe they won't be able to use it."

This sentence had two meanings. Wang Qi was stunned for a moment and subconsciously looked at the general.

Yuwen Xiao spread out his hands, indicating that it was possible.

In short, the meeting went more smoothly than he had expected.

Fang Weiyong came and quickly left, but Yuwen He's expression did not ease just because of the smooth or unfavorable outcome of the meeting.

The solemnity in his eyes grew more and more intense.

His whole heart was preoccupied with someone in the backyard, fidgeting.

Xiao Ruyue had slept for about two hours now, and when she woke up, the sun had already set.

It was already late October, and winter was approaching in the blink of an eye.

The weather was getting colder.

When Xiao Ruyue crawled out from bed, her chaotic head was immediately cleared up by a gust of cold wind.

Seeing that the wind had risen, Lu Yi immediately went to close the window. Then, she turned back to the screen to take off her clothes for Xiao Ruyue to put on.

As he helped her put on her clothes, he could not help but mutter, "Empress, the weather in Yanzhou is getting colder and colder. Will your body be able to take it?"

"How can I be so reserved?" Xiao Ruyue glared at her angrily as he began to tie his own complicated leash.

After all, women's clothing was much more troublesome than men's clothing. It was three layers on the inside and three layers on the outside. Just the straps alone would take a long time to tie. But the next day was cold, and she couldn't stand the cold, so she had to wear more.

Fortunately the sunlight was slanting westward and was only around the time of the competition. Xiao Ruyue touched her hair and wanted to go out for a walk, so she got Lu Yi to comb her hair.

Lu Yi pursed her lips and combed her hair, before going out of the door, she took out a moon-white cape from the cupboard and draped it over Xiao Ruyue's shoulders. Her shoulders were much heavier, and Xiao Ruyue turned around to see that her neither thick nor thin cape was draped over her shoulders.

"It's not that cold."

"Then so be it. The Empress' body is thin, and the wind she blows will cause the sky to darken in less than an hour.

Xiao Ruyue originally wanted to argue with her, but this time, even Yin Lin stood by her side.

Her opinion was completely ignored.

In the end, the empress could only obediently obey the orders of the little girl and walk out the door in her cloak.

Because Liangqiu Yayin was not around, and Qiu Yin was taking care of Qing Qing, with only Yin Lin and Lu Yi by his side, he did not dare to go out of the pavilion, and only walked around the garden.

The wind became stronger, and the skin on his face became drier. Xiao Ruyue raised his hand and rubbed his face that had not been painted with makeup, just in time to see the sunlight shining on the glazed roof tiles, sparkling and rippling.

She smiled knowingly, her heart warm for some reason.

"Little girl, what is there to see on the roof?"

Just as Xiao Ruyue was deep in thought, she suddenly heard a voice filled with energy.