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"Empress Dowager Xie." Qin Luofei stood up steadily, her figure showing no signs of disorder. A tranquil smile hung on her face from start to finish.
The empress dowager didn't speak, but stared fixedly at Qin Luofei. Since the empress dowager didn't speak, Qin Luofei only thought of herself as a mute.
"What do you do?"
The empress dowager ate a fresh grape peeled by a palace maid, and her face relaxed slightly as she asked in a neither hurried nor slow manner.
"Reporting to the empress dowager, I usually follow mother and sister to make some women's blush." Qin Luofei replied respectfully.
The empress dowager nodded in satisfaction. "Women should be like that."
"Her Majesty was right." Qin Luofei said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.
Thinking about it, when an ordinary girl saw the empress dowager, it wasn't because she was trembling with fear, but because Fourth Miss of the Qin Clan had the courage to do so.
Not only did the palace maids beside the empress dowager size his up, even the Prince Xi beside the empress dowager looked at his with interest.
"Second Princess's health hasn't been good recently." Saying this, the empress dowager raised her eyes to Qin Luofei.
Qin Luofei smiled decently as she said, "It is a great fortune for Second Princess to be doted on by the empress dowager. Even my little daughter was able to see the empress dowager's heavenly beauty. It is truly my little girl's fortune."
A serious person like the empress dowager had a smile on her face as she said to Prince Xi, "I didn't expect General Qin to give birth to such a good daughter. He said, "Then I am relieved."
Qin Luofei stealthily lifted her eyes to look at Prince Xi, just in time to see a pair of watery eyes of Prince Xi looking at her as well.
Prince Xi's appearance was indeed astonishing, and looking at his from a close distance, he was even more of a disaster.
Her long and narrow eyes were filled with a myriad of flirtatious looks, causing this pavilion to become a bit more beautiful. It was fortunate that such a man was born in the imperial family. If he was born in a normal family, it would be a disaster.
Qin Luofei lowered her head, but felt Prince Xi's eyes looking at her, it was intriguing.
The young eunuch said respectfully, "Fourth Miss, please follow this servant!"
"My daughter will take her leave." Qin Luofei gracefully greeted the Empress Dowager.
The empress dowager waved her hands in a pleasant manner. Qin Luofei followed the eunuch, but just as she was about to leave, she saw a beautiful woman with a few palace maids walking up from the fake mountain.
Qin Luofei and the young eunuch respectfully dodged to the side. She recognised the person who came, it was Imperial Concubine Mo.
In her previous life, she was on good terms with Imperial Concubine Mo when she was the empress. Even when she met with those troubles later on, Imperial Concubine Mo had always treated her with respect.
However, things were different now. It was obvious from Imperial Concubine Mo's appearance.
A luxurious jade-green cloud pattern pearl was placed on the peacock brocade gown, covering it with an ancient jade-green pattern, and on the lower body, a thousand colors plum blossom dress. The dress train s were embedded with broken vermillion jade. Wealth.
After the Leng Family fell, the Mo family and the empress dowager's parents slowly got up. Most likely, this Consort Mo would also gradually have the thought of becoming the Ascendant empress.
There was a beautiful young girl by Imperial Concubine Mo's side. Her appearance was not any less than Imperial Concubine Mo's. Her eyes were watery, making people feel pleased just by looking at her.
The woman was also dressed in luxurious clothing, she should be one of everyone's women.
Qin Luofei's eyes swept from the girl to Prince Xi, and understood what was going on in her heart. So it was Consort Mo who had this idea.
Qin Luofei snickered in her heart.
Qin Luofei no longer needed to stay. She followed the little eunuch down the fake mountain and saw that the Yun mama was still waiting there with the palace maids.
This time, Yun mama was a little cold towards Qin Luofei, but Qin Luofei did not care. If this Yun mama suddenly grew passionate towards her, she would have to consider this Yun mama's methods in the palace.
The palace was not a peaceful place. There were spies everywhere, and a single mistake would spell certain doom.
Sure enough, taking advantage of the two maid s who were further away, the Yun mama said in a low voice, "Fourth Miss, you have to be careful when you see the wangfei's words."
Qin Luofei nodded slightly. She knew that this wouldn't be a simple visit to see her elder sister.
The palace that the Second Prince had imprisoned in was on the west side, it was where the young princes had always lived when they were young.
Right now, the emperor only has a single prince. Raising himself by the side of the matriarch, coupled with the fact that the emperor has imprisoned the Second Prince here, this place, which was originally not lively, is becoming more and more desolate.
Qin Luofei's heart was slightly moved. If it wasn't for her Leng Family obstructing him, the current Emperor would be the Second Prince.
The Yun mama followed Qin Luofei all the way inside. Qin Luofei knew that the empress dowager was afraid that Qin Luofei had said something she shouldn't have, which was why she acted like this. She wasn't the wangfei's sister in the first place, so she didn't have anything to say to that.
But before Qin Luofei and the Yun mama even approached the palace, they heard the sound of a woman and a man panting heavily inside.
Although Qin Luofei was already married in her previous life, her face still couldn't help but to turn completely red as she looked at Yun mama with doubt in her eyes.
Yun mama was also stunned, he never thought that this Second Prince would be so outrageous. He had been like this with the palace maids all day, and today, the empress dowager had even informed Second Prince of his visit to see the imperial concubine.
Yun mama coughed with all his might, and indicated to the little eunuch by his side. The little eunuch reported loudly: "Fourth Young Miss of the Qin Clan has come to see Second Princess.
Qin Luofei took the opportunity to size up the courtyard around the Second Prince's prison. The courtyard wasn't big, and the pavilion that was built earlier was covered in a layer of fine dust because no one was cleaning it. Looking further ahead, there were a few withered flowers and plants in the yard. It was unknown when they had grown old, but there was only a cypress pine and a few shades of green.
Looking at the situation in the courtyard, Qin Luofei knew that Second Prince's life in the palace was extremely difficult. It was no wonder why her body and bones couldn't endure it.
The door to the palace was forcefully pushed open, and a man walked out, his clothes disheveled.
Qin Luofei couldn't help but secretly frown. In her previous life, she had seen this Second Prince before. Even though she could not compare to the current emperor, she was still a rare handsome man.
But now …. His face was sallow and dejected. His clothes had been stained with something dark yellow. There was no trace of the noble prince.
Second Prince's dark eyes swept over Qin Luofei, and a trace of a flirtatious smile appeared on her lips, "Yun mama, did Imperial Mother know that I'm tired of palace maids in this courtyard? Did you specifically change a fresh one for me?"
When he saw that her expression was normal, he finally relaxed and shifted his gaze to the Second Prince. Speaking of which, this Second Prince was raised by the Yun mama himself, and now that the Second Prince had fallen to such a state, the Yun mama couldn't bear it, but there was nothing he could do.
After Yun mama finished paying his respects, he smiled and said, "This is the Fourth Miss of the Qin family. He has come to visit Second Princess on the orders of the empress dowager."
When Second Prince heard Second Princess, he impatiently waved his hands, turned around, and waddled his shoes back into the palace. There were no sounds of the girls laughing or the Second Prince panting, "You little demon, let's see where you can run to."
Yun mama's face turned a little awkward. Ever since the Second Prince was imprisoned here by the Emperor, they all gave up on themselves and didn't even listen to the empress dowager's orders.
"Miss Qin, Second Princess is in the side hall." The Yun mama was leading them as they pushed open the doors of the hall.
There was a rotten smell in the room, it was extremely unpleasant, Yun mama could not help but cover his mouth with the kernels, and felt that was not right, he quickly put it down.
In this room, there was not even a palace maid who served him. It seemed that Second Princess's situation was even worse than his in the Qin family.
"Yun mama, Luo Fei would like to stay with Big Sister alone for a while, please allow this mama some convenience." The corner of Qin Luofei's mouth overflowed with a smile.
Yun mama was silent for a moment after hearing Qin Luofei's words, then nodded and said, "Don't waste too much time."
Qin Luofei nodded. "Don't worry Yun mama, Luo Fei knows his limits."
Yun mama led the people and closed the doors to the palace outside.
Seeing that the Yun mama had led the way out, Qin Luofei slowly walked towards the Eastern Warm Pavilion.
How did this room look like a human's residence? The tables and chairs were covered in thick dust, and even the curtains of the Warm Pavilion were hung with cobwebs.
Qin Luofei could faintly hear coughing and the sound of a woman in pain.
Qin Luofei lifted the curtains that were half-closed and saw that in the gloomy room, there was only a pale-colored bed, and on it lay a dying woman. The woman's clothes and blanket were already dirty and messy.
The woman tossed and turned, apparently quite ill. She couldn't help but mutter, "Water, give me water."
Although Second Princess was not Qin Luofei's biological sister, he still instinctively felt sour and quickly went to find water. It was just that the room only had yesterday's leftovers, they were filled with bugs, the teapot was empty, and they were covered with water rust.
Qin Luofei couldn't help but remember that in her previous life, she was also this thirsty, but no one replied her.
Qin Luofei opened the door and saw Yun mama and a few palace maids standing at the entrance of the palace. She gently said, "Yun mama, wangfei is extremely thirsty, I wonder if it's possible …" Qin Luofei looked at the Yun mama with his eyes.
The Yun mama was an old man in the palace, how could he not understand? He instructed the palace maid by his side, "Go bring a cup of water for my wangfei."
Qin Luofei carefully supported Second Princess and fed the water into her mouth. He was thirsty because he hadn't had any water for a long time. He grabbed the bowl with both hands and drank it all down. He still couldn't get rid of his thirst. He kept mumbling, "Water, water."
Qin Luofei stared fixedly at the Second Princess in front of her, and couldn't help but pull back her fingers. With her older sister in such a state, it was hard to say if it wasn't helping the evildoer in her previous life.
Otherwise, the queen of today would be the Second Princess.
Second Princess opened his eyes after drinking water and became clear-headed. The person in front of him gradually became clear: the little sister he had missed day and night.
Second Princess stretched out his hand with difficulty and tightly held onto Qin Luofei's finger. Before he opened his mouth to speak, tears were already flowing from his eyes, "Little sister, little sister."
The hand that Second Princess held hurt, Qin Luofei held back of Second Princess's hand, gently patting her shoulder, and said gently: "Elder sister, it's me, it's me."
Second Princess had not seen his sister for two years. Seeing his sister become more and more charming, with skin as white as snow and a mind as snow, Second Princess gradually relaxed. Even if he went now, he felt at ease.
Qin Luofei swore silently in her heart that she would definitely protect this elder sister. Qin Luofei took out a bag of things from her sleeve and stuffed it into Second Princess's hands.