I lowered my head and wiped my face, hung the towel, and walked over and lay down on the windowsill and listened for a while.

The night wind blew the fires constantly shining.

I turned to Miaoyan and said, "Okay, it's too late. If you don't go to bed, you will have a headache tomorrow. We will have a long way tomorrow."

"oh."

She lay down obediently on the bed and covered herself with a quilt, but her eyes were wide open and she looked at me like a beacon: "Mom, what do they just sang, Emperor comes out of Sanjiang - what does it mean?"

"If you don't sleep, you'll be angry."

"I sleep, I sleep."

Seeing that my face seemed to be a little bad, she didn't dare to be willful anymore and hurriedly closed her eyes.

I knew she was not asleep, and her eyelids were moving, but after she calmed down, she finally gave me some quiet space to consider.

But my heart is very confused.

The songs sent by the night wind just now were very light, but they were like huge rocks, falling heavily on my heart. Even at this time, even if there was no external force, I was so depressed that I could hardly breathe.

I blew out the candle and sat on the head of the bed. Miaoyan was already asleep at this time. Her even and long breathing echoed in the room. I looked at her with a frown on my eyebrows, and then looked back at the window. The fire outside had gone out, and everything was quiet. Only the footsteps of the guards patrolling far and near sounded slowly in the night, urging people to fall asleep.

I sat in the dark for a long time, but finally slowly closed my eyes.

However, this silence did not last long.

After a while, I heard footsteps coming from outside.

A man walked over from the other side of the corridor and stopped at our door. I thought the knocking sound was going to sound immediately, but after a while of silence, he did not knock on the door, so the man walked to the other side again.

After walking a few steps, I stopped again and walked back.

It was wandering at my door.

I frowned slightly when I heard this. When the people outside were wandering for the third time, I finally couldn't help but get up and put on a piece of clothes, and walked over with a candlestick.

The people outside seemed to hear my footsteps and immediately stopped at the door.

When I opened the door, I saw Chang Qing.

I wasn't surprised. She was the only one who wandered around my door in the middle of the night, but looking at her solemn expression, I immediately said, "Empress, is there anything wrong?"

She walked a few steps at my door, and naturally there was something wrong, but she didn't want to tell me immediately. When she saw me asking her, she hesitated again: "You haven't sleep yet?"

I said, "I can't sleep."

“…”

"Come in and talk."

As I said, she took a two-step back, and then she walked in from the side of the bed. After walking in, she looked at the bed first, and was sure that Miaoyan had fallen asleep and would not hear our voices. Then she walked to the table and sat down. I poured her a cup of tea, and then sat opposite her: "It must be something very important to come to me so late, right?"

She looked at me through the candlelight and said, "What is the purpose of Liu Qinghan coming here this time?"

“…”

Although it was not the first time that the two of us talked about Qinghan, it was the first time that she asked him directly.

It seems that she is already quite uneasy, otherwise she would not have come to me to ask this question.

I was silent for a while and said, "He came to save me."

Chang Qing frowned slightly.

I said, "A year ago, he was poisoned by Pei Yuanxiu and almost died. It took a lot of effort to get his life back. After he woke up, he knew that I was kidnapped by Pei Yuanxiu, so he immediately took people to the capital and rescued me."

“…”

"He came for me."

“…”

"As for what he wants to do next, it's their man's business."

Hearing me say this, Chang Qing felt the alert in my words. She sighed and said, "Qingying, you know, I have no hostility towards you and him."

"I see."

"But these two days, I—"

She didn't finish her words, but I had already taken her words and said, "The Queen is also uneasy, right?"

“…”

"Is it because I heard the folk songs sung by those people?"

She was slightly shocked and looked up at me: "You heard it too?"

I smiled faintly: "It seems that it has been a few days since it has been so popular among the people. Can I not hear it?"

The emperor left the Three Rivers and established a country in difficulty.

A literati sets a sword, and the emperor's career will prosper forever.

When I first started listening to this folk song, I didn't take it to my heart. After all, the people are frightened in such a chaotic world. Listening to the wind and rain, some people compiled some songs to attract attention. As everyone listened to it, they just made up some fun.

However, after listening day by day and carefully pondering the words in the song, I realized that something was wrong.

This song is sung by Qinghan!

Chang Qing's face sank slightly when she heard me say "folk song". She was obviously very uneasy: "Since you know, you should also understand what I mean to come to you tonight."

"……I see."

"I want to know what is Liu Qinghan's purpose with the emperor? How many of those songs are true?"

I thought about it and said, "Empress, how many such songs have been there in all dynasties, and which one has really fulfilled it. On the surface, what seems to be fulfilled is just arranged by the people in power afterwards."

“…”

"Qinghan, he doesn't have this heart."

“…”

"He doesn't have this public opinion either."

“…”

"If you have to doubt him because of a small ballad, it will be a bit unfair to him."

Chang Qing didn't speak immediately, looked at me for a while, and then said, "I don't know what kind of people he is in Xichuan, but this folk song was passed down from Shanxi. The fact that he took Jingxing Pass alone seemed to be promoted by the people, and it also exaggerated it. Now the people spread it like a god."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! I frowned slightly: "We have never mentioned this matter to anyone."

She said, "Then have he mentioned it to anyone?"

"He has been with me all the time."

“…”

Chang Qing fell silent.

This answer is obviously not enough to comfort her heart.

Even I understand that he doesn't need to go to promote this matter in person. If he really wants to spread it, anyone who goes to the people to spread it may spread it a big thing. Some of his subordinates are people, and even the students who come out of Jixian Hall respect him as their senior brother. Now those people are scattered all over the place. If they want to say anything, a spark can start a prairie fire.

Chang Qing was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "Qingying, I still said the same thing. I am not hostile to you and him."

“…”

"But now, it's really hard to say."

“…”

"The emperor also heard the song. After hearing it, he was not furious or as a joke. He just said nothing, not even making any statement."

“…”

"You have followed the emperor. You know that he is a person who is going to do small things and delay big things."

“…”

"I think this song has been touched by the emperor's heart."

“…”

"If Liu Qinghan really has any problems-"

No wonder when I first walked in from outside, I felt that Pei Yuanhao was not in a good mood. Although he was not exposed, he could feel his attitude when the official told him.

No wonder Chang Qing came to me personally and talked about this.

She was indeed not hostile to me and Qinghan, but she was the queen and Pei Yuanhao's legitimate wife. If Pei Yuanhao really had such a dangerous existence around her, and if there was a police officer who said that "the harem cannot interfere in politics", she would not be able to sit idly by.

But, after all, she is still Chang Qing.

So, she came to me.

I was silent for a long time, and then said, "Empress, I understand what you mean, but my intentions have not changed. Qinghan would not really have that kind of heart. What he does now has his reasons. Although I don't know what his purpose is, I believe that his purpose will definitely not be to harm His Majesty the Emperor."

Chang Qing looked at me, and the candlelight shone, making her eyes flash continuously.

After a long time, she finally sighed and said, "Okay, you believe in him, I believe in you."
To be continued...