After a while, there was a voice in his ear, accompanied by the sound of gongs and drums.
"Si Wei, you said before reaching the Ling Wang Fu, will Miss wake up?"
"Who cares? Its already miserable enough that she followed her husband over here, Ive long given up on anything!"
"Whats more, although Miss is a concubine-born, she will be the consort of Prince Fei in the future..."
"Hmph... what a concubine, I dont know if well have any good days after being married off as attendants..." The fourth miss usually looked weak and easy to bully, but after being bestowed upon the Prince of Fei, she suddenly got a brain fever and wanted to run away. After getting caught, she still thought about struggling - what a muddled person! What good outcome can come from following someone like her? Even as a servant girl, they all looked down on her, yet she had an innocent face."
“……”
Qin Zhaoxi had already stopped paying attention to what was being said outside, she slowly lifted the red gauze in front of her eyes, and what entered her sight was a slender white wrist. She examined it carefully, remembering that her own wrist was slightly thicker than this one, with a teardrop-shaped birthmark on the back of her wrist, which was now gone.
She also remembered that she was already dead.
Before she could think it through, the wedding sedan had slowly come to a stop. She seemed as if she hadnt realized what was happening, allowing herself to be led by the red ribbon into the main hall, where they completed the marriage ceremony and were sent into the bridal chamber.
After everyone had dispersed, Qin Zhaoxiu, who was sitting on the bed, finally moved. She wanted to lift her veil, but was stopped by a maid beside her, "Miss, this veil is for Prince Feng to lift. If you need anything, tell me and Ill help you."
On the other side, Si Wei curled her lips and said in a gloomy tone, "Si Yu, what are you doing? Now that Miss Shu is already the Crown Princess, we cant call her Miss anymore. What the Crown Princess wants to do, is it something we can stop?"
Qin Zhaoxi didnt care about the two of them, and once again lifted the lid, her eyes wandering around the room for a few moments before walking towards the dressing table. The person reflected in the copper mirror wore a phoenix crown and a crimson cloak with a red dress, but because she was a secondary wife, the color of her clothes was more reddish than purely red.
The person reflected in the mirror has eyes like sparkling water, as if tears are about to fall at any moment. Their eyebrows are as delicate as a distant mountain in an ink painting, and their lips are lightly pursed, making them a pitiful beauty who evokes sympathy.
Qin Zhaoxi looked at it for over a dozen times before gently stroking the outline of the person in the copper mirror, and asked, "What year is it now?"
No one answered for a long time, and she asked again, "How long has the former empress been gone?"
It wasnt until a while later that he heard the voice of the maid named Si Yu, somewhat uncertain, "Is the imperial concubine asking about the deposed empress dowager?"
Qin Zhao responded with a barely audible "uh-huh", and Si Yu deliberated for a moment before answering, "The deposed empress passed away in the Cold Palace more than half a year ago."
Qin Zhao stopped her hands, and her empty eyes seemed to have been injected with life. Her eyes were filled with intense resentment, she laughed softly a few times, her laughter growing louder and more frantic.
Xī yù yīn! Xū róng! You didnt expect that I, Qin Zhao Xi, would have a second life, did you? Those who humiliated me and framed my family, you will all not die well. I want to make you pay the price for your actions a hundred times over!
Si Yu looked at the person in front of the dressing table, who was clearly weak but somehow made her feel a little intimidated. She pulled on Si Weis sleeve and asked, "Consort... whats going on?"
Si Wei thought of pulling back her sleeves, but failed to do so. She calmed herself and spoke in a voice that still trembled slightly, "Who knows what kind of stimulation she received, probably got a case of lovesickness..."
"Ah," Si Yu panicked, "Whats to be done!"