"Princess... Your Majesty is also sick?" Hearing this, Jun Aoyan was a little worried.
"..."
Having said this, the Queen Mother indeed has nothing worth concealing anymore. She trusted them—from the very beginning, except for the national advisor, she even trusted them more than her civil and military officials. After all, she has seen too much with her sick body. Of course they would not betray her trust, but they just wanted her to reveal all her details when she had just woken up and knew almost nothing about the current situation, which required some psychological foreshadowing and preparation.
"Leader of the Xiangyin Sect, you must be the one who entrusted me." The Queen Mother suddenly mentioned this matter.
"yes……"
"It seems like you didn't bring him back."
"Yes, but we have news about him." Liu Shenghan grasped the words, "If you wish, we can tell you slowly. Bai Shaoxia was the last person to have contact with him. You can wait for him to come back. Before that, If you have anything else to say about His Majesty, we will listen to it; if you want to entrust us with anything, we will also do it."
Jun Aoyan looked at Shenghan. When she said this, she was so sincere that it was hard to imagine that the culprit who caused the fire in the Queen Mother's palace was actually right in front of the Queen Mother - this gentle woman.
But how could she be a villain...
"Then I'll ask you personally when Bai Shaoxia has time. It seems like there's no good news."
They all knew that after so many years, in her heart, the Prince Consort was finally dead.
"Then, I have something to ask the Queen Mother." After Liu Shenghan said this, the Queen Mother nodded, and then she asked, "Do you know what the magic circle under your bed... actually does?"
"Know."
"...If that's the case, then I also know your attitude."
Shenghan's expression was a little regretful, but Aoyan guessed that the Queen Mother couldn't tell because her expressions were always so subtle and difficult to fathom. Only when you spend a lot of time together can others notice something.
"That's the life-extending magic circle."
"What——" As soon as the Queen Mother finished speaking, Jun Aoyan was startled.
"Your trust in the Imperial Master has always been very deep, even now." Liu Shenghan showed a tired smile, "But it is not so much about renewing one's life as it is about exchanging one's life."
The Queen Mother didn't say anything and didn't seem to care about the name of this formation.
"Exchange lives? What are you...what are you talking about?"
Jun Aoyan was a little nervous, and she clenched her hands. Mo Dao was placed outside the door and was guarded by guards. She seemed a little insecure now. Those strange-sounding words seem to mean something unusual and bad.
Liu Shenghan sighed softly.
"Your Majesty is dead."
It's certainly not Bai Ya's style to chase him out of the palace aimlessly. Although he didn't like asking for directions, he was always willing to speak a few words when it was time to open his mouth. He asked some people, but got no news from His Majesty. The gatekeepers even said that His Majesty never left the palace from beginning to end - they didn't see him anyway.
The architecture of the imperial city in Gechen Kingdom was far inferior to the imperial city in his hometown that Bai Ya knew, but stepping on these golden bricks and blue tiles with Qinggong would naturally be very rude and offensive. But it doesn't matter, as long as you are not seen, you are no one, and as long as you are not caught, you are not guilty. So what if you don't let him jump around? He is the Queen Mother's savior.
Just like Liu Shenghan said.
When I think of her always calm and calm expression at that time,
Bai Ya couldn't help but frown. He doesn't hate Liu Shenghan, he never has. Rather, he has always been more attracted to capable women. He just didn't like her style.
Bai Ya returned to the Queen Mother's palace again. There are only a few ordinary guards standing here to guard the scene, nothing special. He wanted to say hello and enter the smoke-dark, dangerous building that looked like it might collapse at any moment. But he thought about it and found it troublesome, so he gave up. He chose to climb in from the tree on the side of the palace.
Although the dust has dispersed, there is still a bitter and sweet smell in the air, which is the unique smell after burning earth and wood. Bai Ya turned around and walked over and found a figure curled up under the corner. It was a child, leaning against the wall, slumped there, seemingly without any strength.
Why are there children of unknown origin in the palace? If Bai Ya hadn't noticed the feather crest on her head, he would not have realized at the first moment that it turned out to be His Majesty Qiu Weiyu. The clothes she wore were of ordinary colors and seemed to be worn underneath. However, the material was also very expensive. Bai Ya's hand felt delicate and soft just by scratching it lightly. He immediately shook His Majesty's shoulders, but she didn't respond. The crest slipped from her head and fell to the ground, the metal wires inside making a clanking sound.
"who!"
The guard over there heard the noise and ran over quickly. Bai Ya had no time to react, so he grabbed the feather crown on the ground, carried the little queen on his back, and then nimbly climbed up to the tall tree next to the wall.
The two guards walked around here and saw no one. One laughs at the other's nervousness, and then they go back. The winter canopy wasn't exactly dense, but it was enough to hide the two men. Bai Ya carefully placed Her Majesty on the branch to prevent her from falling. This little girl is very heavy, which does not mean that she is very heavy, but that she cannot exert any strength - under normal circumstances, a weak person can use some strength, but she does not. Bai Ya carried her on his back entirely by himself. She was completely unconscious and looked like a corpse.
Corpse... Bai Ya didn't want to think about those two words. But Weiyu's face and hands were too cold, and he didn't look like a living person at all. He patted His Majesty's face, which might have been a bit rough, but she really didn't react at all. Bai Ya reached out to touch her hand again, squeezed her arm, and found that her body was too stiff.
No temperature, no breathing, no pulse.
What else could this be but a dead person?
Bai Ya suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. This was so sudden, without any warning, His Majesty just... died in a corner of the imperial city? absurd! Not only would no one believe him if he told her, but he wouldn't be sure what charges he would be charged with. The body of the current emperor was found so close to the Queen Mother's palace where the fire broke out. Let alone suspicion, even rescuing the Queen Mother could be immediately slandered as a conspiracy, and it was hard for him to defend himself.
But reputation was not his first concern.
Is this really Your Majesty? She really...
That feather crown is genuine and cannot be fake, but is His Majesty the real Majesty? Bai Ya was not familiar with this little girl, so he couldn't recognize her at a glance like a relative or friend. He sees Weiyu as being much more serious now than he has ever been before, so of course he can't make a judgment all at once. However, besides the princes and nobles, who else would have such delicate skin and smooth hair? She looked like the queen.
The Queen is dead.
This is impossible.
But...it could also be fake death. There are many secret medicines in the world that are fake and fake. Your Majesty may have taken some of these. Did she do it voluntarily, or was it done by someone else? Bai Ya has no clue
, after all, he didn’t know if the little girl really died. Regardless of whether it is true or false, what is the intention of the person who did this? It is impossible for a little girl to seek death on her own.
You have to tell them quickly.
But they stayed with the Queen Mother.
Bai Ya closed his eyes tightly and pinched his face with his hands. He tried to calm down, tried to think about what to do next. The Imperial Master is coming back soon, will this matter have something to do with her? It was impossible for His Majesty to die on the street in broad daylight for no reason. There must be factors that he didn't know about. But if something went wrong on Liu Shenghan's side that led to this incident, they would not be unreasonable at all when confronting the Imperial Preceptor.
What to do... He felt dizzy. Her Majesty's body was not stable and she almost fell from the tree crown. Bai Ya pulled her back, causing a few leaves to fall.
He looked at her carefully again. Her facial features are indeed somewhat similar to those of the consort, and you can tell she is her daughter at a glance. However, her current appearance is much more respectable than her father's, at least she is complete and has no wounds.
No wounds? Not rotten either? Bai Ya thought to himself. It had only been an hour since he met the queen. Would the body have grown cold so quickly? Although it is winter, the climate in Jiutian Kingdom is not cold. No matter what is dead, it will take a long, long time before rigor mortis appears. Could it be that there really is someone...
Bai Ya looked under the tree, in the direction where he was originally leaning against His Majesty.
He had ruined the first scene...but there was nothing he could do. Besides, it’s hard to say whether that’s where the incident happened.
Bai Ya had to carry the queen's heavy body and pass over the buildings in the imperial city one by one. He planned to approach the Queen Mother's current location first, see if there was anyone else around, and then try to meet up with his friends.
When he arrived at the place, he first leaned the little girl against the wall, then jumped up on the wall and looked inside. There are scattered palace maids and medicine boys, and the imperial doctors don't know where they are. There was no one else in the courtyard, and he wondered if he should hide the little girl first. If it were discovered directly outside the wall, it would be hard to tell.
Suddenly, a small stone hit him on the back of the head.
He touched his head, turned around quickly, and was ready to fight. To his surprise, two familiar friends appeared outside the wall at some point.
"When did you come out?"
"Just now. Let's go quickly. The Queen Mother said that the southwest gate is the weakest in defense."
"Wha... why are you leaving? I'm looking for you." As he said that, he jumped off the wall and pointed at the Queen who was lying on the ground. "I found this child near the Queen Mother's palace. She -"
"She's dead."
"you know?!"
"Now that you have brought her here, someone will tell her mother, but the Queen Mother knows this. She advised us to leave now. When the Imperial Master comes back and finds out that we know too much, no one can leave alive."
Liu Shenghan spoke so fast that Bai Ya almost couldn't keep up. He frowned and asked:
"What do you know? I don't know anything yet."
"Let's go first, we don't have time." Jun Aoyan, who got the Mo Dao, also advised him, "We will tell you."
All this is really too baffling. The pace of the whole day was so fast that he didn't even realize that it was already sunset. The sky darkened for some reason, and the surrounding scenery was bathed in warm light. The setting sun fell on the little queen's little face, looking very well-behaved and as vivid as a living person. She had never been so quiet.
"……All right."
Bai Ya glanced at her one last time and quickly left with his friends.
