Concubine Rou’s words were like a thunder, which made Chu Nianhe’s face change.
Seeing her like this, Concubine Rou, whose face was already bloodless, turned pale a little. She grabbed Chu Nianhe’s hand and her voice trembled a little.
“What they said is true?”
Her hands were so thin that this grasp made Chu Nianhe’s wrists ached faintly.
Chu Nianhe felt sad and regret surged up endlessly, almost suffocating her. She suddenly began to doubt her decision and didn’t understand why she was disturbing the kind-hearted concubine Rou. If she really couldn’t bear it, she made a mistake…
“Empress, listen to me…”
Chu Nianhe forced herself to calm down and held Concubine Rou’s hand: “Empress, the Fourth Prince has nothing to do. I want to come and see the Empress, that’s all…”
“Nianhe!”
Concubine Rou suddenly interrupted Chu Nianhe, and her voice became a little cold and harsh: “If you don’t want to tell the truth to me, do I have anyone to rely on in this palace?!”
She looked at Chu Nianhe deeply, with indescribable pain in her eyes.
Chu Nianhe suddenly felt soft-hearted. She didn’t understand why she was coming today, nor did she understand what she could know from Concubine Rou. But when things got to this point, she didn’t know how to stop. Maybe it was her fault.
“Empress, what do you know now?”
Chu Nianhe looked at Concubine Rou with a hint of sincerity in her eyes.
Concubine Rou’s eyes were even more nervous, and she grabbed Chu Nianhe’s hand and said, “I heard from the guards outside that Qing’er has fallen into the hands of the enemy country now, and her life is at stake… Is this true?”
The enemy country?
These words surprised Chu Nianhe.
She frowned and looked at Concubine Rou with some strangeness and said, “Why do Empress say it is an enemy country? Mi
Juguo is not our enemy country…”
“Mi Juguo?”
Concubine Rou was also stunned.
Chu Nianhe looked at Concubine Rou in front of her and suddenly understood in her heart.
She and Concubine Rou are probably the people in the palace who care about Yan Liqing the most, so the emperor and the princess both agreed to send guards to the door for their sake, fearing that they would know something they shouldn’t know.
What’s strange is that they even learned from the guards that Yan Liqing’s disappearance. The guards in the palace were all concubines from various high-ranking families. Although they were not as good as brothers from high-ranking officials, they had to read books and had some principles. And in the palace, they talked about the master’s sins. They were sent by the emperor and the princess and were so presumptuous, just afraid of the things behind this., not simple either.
Chu Nianhe thought about it carefully, and her face had become much more serious.
So, if someone is making trouble, what is his purpose?
Chu Nianhe thought for a while, then realized that Concubine Rou, who was beside her, had not said anything for a long time. She looked up and saw that Concubine Rou was also staring at her, with the words “suspicion” written in her eyes.
“You also heard the guards in front of the door tell me this?”
Concubine Rou spoke without hesitation.
Looking at Chu Nianhe nodding, Concubine Rou looked at the direction in front of the gate thoughtfully and whispered a few instructions to Chu Nianhe. After hearing this, Chu Nianhe just nodded quietly and stopped talking.
That night, Concubine Rou asked someone to pick up the lights in the yard early in the morning, and said she wanted to enjoy the cool air in the yard, and asked someone to arrange food and seats in the yard.
The palace maids were very happy to see that Concubine Rou was in a good mood and had the heart to eat. They immediately arranged a table full of food and pastries and tea, and helped Concubine Rou to sit down at the table.
Concubine Rou looked very good. Seeing that there were many people standing in the yard, she said happily: “Today, the Japanese palace has a good appetite, and I also want to eat more people and have a better appetite. So you bring two more tables and call the people in front of you to have fun together!”