Before I finished speaking, I was hugged into a warm embrace.

"Qingying! Qingying! I finally found you!"

At this time, it was meaningless to say "Why are you here" or "What are you doing". I felt his strong arms holding me in his arms, as if he wanted to blend me into his flesh and blood. I almost

I was so suffocated that I couldn't recover for a moment, and I forgot to push him away. After a while, I hesitated: "Little——His Royal Highness, King Qi?"

"It's me!"

As he spoke, he slowly let go of me, but his strong hands held my arms tightly and did not let go for a moment. He looked me up and down for a while and then said: "Qingying,

I-I've been looking for you for a long time!"

With just this sentence, I seemed to see the young man who was standing at the door of Leng Palace that day, and was about to rush in. He was still as passionate and straightforward as before, and all his thoughts were written on that handsome face, and

There is nothing concealed in his clear eyes, so there is no trace of haze in his life.

Seeing those tiger eyes turning red and staring at me with almost tears, my eyes also filled with mist. Looking at him, I barely held back my tears and smiled: "Slave, I miss you too, Your Highness.

”

As soon as he finished speaking, he hugged her tightly into his arms.

……

Fortunately, I still have a shred of reason left. Although I am just a palace maid in Chonghua Palace now, if I am seen cuddling with His Highness Prince Qi in the palace, it will be a serious matter, so I will wait for him to recover.

When he was willing to let me go, I took his sleeve and walked to a pavilion in a remote corner.

I didn't let go until I pulled him to sit down, but as soon as I let go, he stretched out his hand again and grabbed my wrist.

Seeing him like this, looking at me with red eyes, refusing to look away for a moment, I couldn't say anything, I just smiled softly: "Your Highness."

"Qingying, where have you been?"

When Pei Yuanfeng said this, he tightened his grip on my wrist and said eagerly: "Your name is on the amnesty list, but the guards said you didn't go out. I asked everywhere in the palace.

The maids of Shangyang Palace have been assigned to many places, but no one knows where you have gone!"

I smiled sourly, lowered my head and said, "I was imprisoned in the cold palace by the emperor, and was only transferred out by the imperial concubine two days ago."

"He really put you in the cold palace, why!" An angry look appeared on his face: "In the beginning, you obviously helped him so much——"

Hearing him talk about that time, I paused in my heart and looked up at him carefully: "Your Highness, don't you blame the slave?"

He was also stunned for a moment, and immediately realized what I said, and shook his head hastily: "Of course not. Qingying, I know that was not your intention!"

The stone in my heart has finally been let go. I may not care what others think of me, but I still care how this young man with clear eyes and a kind heart sees me, because I believe that only the me in his eyes is the real me.

.

"But, brother, why did he put you in the cold palace!"

"It's hard to say it all."

Looking at my bitter expression, Pei Yuanfeng also frowned. He lowered his voice and said, "Is it because you helped him too much and knew too much when he seized the throne?"

"..." I looked at him with wide eyes.

Pei Yuanfeng said: "All this happened too fast. The doctor who treated me with detoxification suddenly stopped coming. I lay in Prince Yun's Mansion for more than two months. When I went out again, the sky had changed above my head, and the imperial city had left.

Everyone hid such a big thing from me and didn't let me know. I don't know why the prince's brother left, why his father was seriously ill, how his fourth brother died, and even you, Qingying,

You have been following him, but he has locked you up in the cold palace and prevented you from seeing anyone."

I witnessed everything he said, but I couldn't say a word.

The things Pei Yuanhao did may not be right or wrong. For the imperial power, there is no absolute right or wrong, only victory or defeat. Telling Pei Yuanfeng something now will only make him more sad.
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I was about to comfort him, but Pei Yuanfeng said himself: "Forget it, all this has passed. There will always be time to find out in the future, but Qingying!" He looked at me and said with concern: "He locked you up.

, did they torture you? Did they beat you?"

"..."

In his mind, torturing people means beating them. What he doesn’t know is that beating people is just physical harm. But that man knows me too well. He knows what kind of real torture besides physical torture.

Destroy me.

I made a smile and said: "No, don't worry."

Even though I said that, I didn't feel reassured by the look in his eyes. On the contrary, the hand holding my wrist began to tremble slightly. I even felt the sweat on my palm. When I looked up at him, I saw

He gritted his teeth, as if he had finally made up his mind: "Qingying, I, I want to——"

"By the way, Your Highness," I interrupted him and said, "Why did you come to the palace so early in the morning?"

"Uh, ah?" He was suddenly interrupted by me. He was still a little at a loss. After thinking for a while, he said: "Oh, I came to the palace to discuss something with the emperor, but it seems that something happened to Xu Caieren, so

Brother Huang has gone back again. I had nothing to do, so I was just strolling around here, and unexpectedly I met you."

"Xu Cairen?"

I vaguely remember that this person is the daughter of Xu Xiaocun, Shaoqing of Siwei. Her father’s official position is not high, and he is docile and docile, so he is not eye-catching among the concubines in the palace. Bixiu told me these two days

There were so many things about the harem, but few words were mentioned about her. But why did Pei Yuanfeng say that the emperor was with her?

Could it be that Pei Yuanhao was also at that Xu Cairen’s place last night?

I asked in confusion: "Why did the emperor go to Xu Cairen's place?"

Pei Yuanfeng said leisurely: "It seems that Xu Caieren is pregnant."

"What?" I was shocked and looked at him with wide eyes: "What did you say? Xu Cairen——"

"She is pregnant. It seems that she only found out last night. The emperor was very happy. He stayed at her place all night and his eyes were red. This morning, he was originally discussing with me the recruitment of soldiers for the imperial camp. Then that

While passing the message, Xu Cairen seemed to be feeling unwell again, so he hurried over again."

Are you pregnant? He has another child of his own...

I was sitting in the pavilion, and a gust of wind blew from my back. Through my thin clothes, I suddenly felt a chill. Only then did I realize that I was breaking out in a cold sweat, which made me shiver.

It turns out that Xu Cairen has a child. He didn't come to Chonghua Hall last night because of the child.

However, it is time for him to have his own children. He has been on the throne for more than half a year and has quite a few concubines. It is also time to spread the branches and inherit the royal bloodline. Only then can someone inherit his wealth, glory, and eternal hegemony.

I smiled.

Pei Yuanfeng looked at my smile, frowned slightly, and said, "Qingying, what's wrong with you?"

"Ah? I, I didn't." I made another smile, facing the sunlight shining through the dense shade of trees. It was light and without the slightest displeasure. Pei Yuanfeng seemed to feel something, but he just frowned.

I couldn't express my eyebrows, but I thought of something and asked him: "The imperial concubine and the others didn't know even after checking all night. How could you know that Xu Cairen is pregnant?"

"I have people in those places," Pei Yuanfeng said in a low voice. Seeing my startled look, he hurriedly said: "I, I also want to look for you everywhere, so I put people everywhere.

I just didn’t expect that you would be in the cold palace."

"..."

This time, I was completely speechless.

I thought it would be very difficult for him to look for me everywhere, even to come to the cold palace, but what I didn't expect was that he would go to such great lengths to find me, even placing his people everywhere in the palace.

, How could Pei Yuanhao not know the truth, how could he feel relieved?

Looking at his somewhat embarrassed expression, I felt my heart aching. I stretched out my other hand and gently covered his hand holding my wrist.

"Your Highness..."

"Qingying..." He suddenly stretched out his other hand and held both of my hands hard. His dark face was crimson, as if he was nervous, and even his lips were trembling.

Said: "Qingying, I - I -"

"Miss Qingying!"

Before he finished speaking, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind. I was startled by the voice. Then I looked down at me and him, and hurriedly took out my hand. When I looked back, it was Chonghua Palace.

An aunt hurried over and was about to say something. She saw Pei Yuanfeng next to me and hurriedly knelt down: "I pay my respects to His Highness King Qi."

Pei Yuanfeng was still sitting there in a daze, as if he hadn't come back to his senses for a long time. Only then did he look down at her, then at me, and said in a muffled voice: "Get up. What's the matter?"

"This slave is here to find Miss Qingying on the order of the empress." As she said that, my aunt turned to me and said, "You are really running away, and you haven't come back for so long."

Only then did I realize that Pei Yuanfeng and I had been sitting here for a long time, so I hurriedly stood up and said to him: "Then, Your Highness, King Qi, I will leave first."

"You -" He stood up suddenly and wanted to say something, but when he looked at the aunt beside me, she seemed to be hesitant to speak. Finally, he pouted and said, "Then, you go back first. Wait.

——Let’s talk about it when we have a chance.”

"Yes."

We glanced at him and turned around to leave. After walking a long way, when I looked back, Pei Yuanfeng was still standing in the corner, staring blankly at this side, like a stone statue.

The aunt next to me, on the other hand, pulled me and hurriedly walked towards Chonghua Hall. However, I roughly guessed that although Xu Cairen's pregnancy was not reported last night, it was such a thing that I couldn't hide it today.

I'm afraid it would have spread throughout the world, and Shen Rou would ask me to go back.

While thinking this way, her steps slowed down a little. My aunt turned back displeased and said, "Hurry up, the emperor is coming."

"What?"
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