A hint of sadness appeared on her face, and a faint glimmer of tears flickered in her eyes, matching the slightly melancholic tone of her voice. Chu Lian's actions made Xi Rong feel a pang of heartache.

  "If you were the one who was pregnant, how good that would be." Xū Róng stood up and held Chǔ Lián Ruò in his arms, sighing softly.

  Chu Lian leaned quietly against Xun Rong's chest, but in her heart, she was filled with intense disgust. Pregnant? She would absolutely never have another child for the man in front of her again. Thinking about the child from her previous life who had died before reaching a month old, Chu Lian's heart felt a sharp pang of pain.

  "Your Majesty... this is not what you said would happen." Although she thought that in her heart, on the surface Chu Lian still had a completely embarrassed expression, making Xū Róng laugh loudly.

  "Ruo'er, tonight, I'll be resting here. You wait for me to finish reviewing the memorials and come back." Xū Róng whispered softly in Chu Lianruo's ear.

  Chu Lianruo nodded slightly, a blush spreading across her face, but in her heart she was extremely distressed. Xū Róng was going to sleep here, and Liú Shāng would inevitably take her place again tonight. Thinking of this, Chu Lianruo's eyes flashed with an unbearable expression.

  After Xiurong left, Liushuang came to the bedroom and painted makeup on her in the same way as Chulianruo. Even the clothes she wore were consistent in color. The two stood shoulder to shoulder, and if they weren't too familiar, it would be hard to tell which one was the real Chulianruo.

  Looking at those eyes that were just like her own, Chu Lian let out a sigh: "Liu Shuang, if you're not willing, I absolutely won't force you."

  Liuxu's face revealed a determined expression as she smiled: "Please be at ease, young master. Since I chose this path from the beginning, I have never thought of regretting it. Even if Liuxu were to die, she would still complete her mission."

  After listening to Liu's words, Chu Lian slightly closed her eyes. What was originally her own problem had now become a situation where more and more people were being dragged into the muddy waters, indeed, no one around her was spared.

  Chu Lianruo sat calmly on the upper seat, watching as she followed Qing out of Yihuan Palace. (Beautiful)

  "The moon is full today, it's almost the 15th, and soon it will be Chinese New Year." Chu Lianruo said softly as she gazed at the round moon in the sky.

  You nodded, accompanying Chu Lianruo in the side hall of Yuhuan Palace, and said in a low voice: "The young master is right, the New Year is coming soon, but this palace is still so cold."

  Chu Lian just smiled and didn't say a word. In such a deep palace, the more New Year's Eve approaches, the more unexpected things will happen.

  Soft moonlight shines on the snow, faintly reflecting a silver glow, adding a few more degrees of chill to this quiet night.

  At this time, the lights in the main hall of Yihuan Palace quietly went out. Chulian knew that Liushuang had endured another long dark night for her.

  The red plum blossoms that proudly stood out in the frost and snow were now even more luxuriant, and lightly picking a few of them to place under my nose, the faint fragrance gently entered my heart, casting aside that thread of annoyance.

  "Little master, it's getting windy at night, let's go back first." Qingqing said in a low voice, seeing that Chulianruo's face was somewhat pale.

  Chu Lian waved her hand and said, "I feel very stuffy in my heart and don't want to go back."

  You opened your mouth, but after thinking for a while, you only left a long sigh.

  She knew that Chu Lian was secretly blaming herself, but as Wang Yi had said at the time, those who achieve great things cannot even bear this small sacrifice, how can they succeed? She vaguely remembered the determined look on Xuyang's face at the time, and it seemed that everything was developing in the direction they had hoped for, just as Wang Yi had expected.

  The warm and refreshing morning sunlight, Xun Rong walked out of the Yihuan Palace with a satisfied smile, Liushuang naturally returned to the hall in the side courtyard again, looking at her slender figure, Chulian's heart always had a hint of unbearable entanglement.

  Just as he sat down, a little eunuch led in a small serving boy.

  "Xiao Lianzi, what's going on?" Chu Lianruo asked, seeing Xiao Lianzi's face full of anger.

  Xiao Lianzi threw the little eunuch to the ground with force and said respectfully: "Reporting to Young Master, this little eunuch has been observing outside our Yihuan Palace for several days. I saw him sneaking around and didn't seem to be up to any good, so I caught him and brought him in."

  Chu Lian was slightly startled, so it was like this, I'm afraid he couldn't wait any longer to take action. A hint of a cold smile appeared on her lips, just like the chilly winter, without a trace of warmth.

  Looking at the small eunuch kneeling on the ground, Chu Lian did not rush to ask questions, but thought in her heart who would be so impatient and want to get rid of herself before the year was over.

  If it were Shi Yuyin, she wouldn't be so brainless. Probably the one who wants to get rid of herself the most right now is Yuan Mengdie, who's pregnant.

  At this point, Chu Lian smiled slightly: "Xiao Lianzi, let him raise his head, I'd like to see which palace's person dares to be wild in my Yihuan Palace."

  Xiao Lianzi nodded, one hand pinched on the neck of the little eunuch, and forcibly lifted his head up. Looking at this unfamiliar face, Chu Lianruo knew that the person who wanted to harm her had already thought of a perfect countermeasure. With a cold smile, she asked the little eunuch: "Who told you to come here?"

  That little eunuch looked at Chu Lianruo, although he was trembling repeatedly, but his teeth were clenched tightly and didn't make a sound.

  Chu Lian knew that the person would not answer her own question, so she beckoned to Si Wei and walked in front of him. Her voice was not loud, but it could be heard clearly by people around her: "I've heard that this palace often uses a method to punish people, which is to burn red hot charcoal directly on their body. I don't know if you've heard of it, Si Wei."

  Si Wei's eyes moved slightly, and she already understood Chu Lianruo's meaning. Smiling, she said: "Young Master, these methods have been told by those aunties long ago, but I've never seen them before."

  "Since you've never seen it, I'll let you open your eyes today, Xiao Lianzi. Bring over that charcoal fire from the other side. Since he won't speak, we don't need to waste our breath either. I also want to see what this scene of roasting human flesh is like."

  Chu Lian's smile was as usual, but her heart was secretly worried. She had just heard that the man had been lurking outside the palace for several days, and he must have wanted to make a move on her long ago, but hadn't had the chance yet. It seemed that she wouldn't be able to spend this New Year's peacefully after all. In that case, why bother thinking about it? She might as well just get rid of these annoying people one by one.

  Xiao Lianzi walked over with the red-hot charcoal, clamped it with iron tongs and placed it on the small eunuch's chest. He sneered and asked Chu Lianruo: "Young Master, do you want to see it scorch through his clothes or strip off this dog's clothes and scorch him directly?"

  "It's almost New Year, I don't want to see that bloody thing, just iron it on like this. I heard that if you iron it on like this, the clothes will stick to the skin, and when you try to tear off the clothes, a big piece of skin will come off with it." Chulian smiled at the little eunuch, knowing that he had already been completely intimidated by her.

  "Master, master spare my life, I'll say it all, I'll say everything." The little eunuch looked at the bright red charcoal in Xiao Lianzi's hand and hastily said, afraid that if he wasn't careful, he would have an intimate encounter with it.

  Chu Lian nodded slightly and didn't speak, indicating that Xiao Lianzi should put down the charcoal fire first.

  The little eunuch wiped away the cold sweat that had already formed a line and flowed down, and trembled as he said: "Originally, I was just a small eunuch in the miscellaneous role of the small kitchen of the Butterfly Lotus Palace. That day, Concubine Butterfly called me to go forward and said it was an opportunity for me to rise."

  It turned out that five days ago, on the day when Yu Mengdie spread the news of her pregnancy, Die Gui Fei called this small bottle in front of her to serve. She thought it was just a simple matter of serving tea and water, but she didn't expect that Die Gui Fei would give him a very beautiful jade cup. He was still in shock, when Die Gui Fei's cold voice came over, he only then realized that this jade cup had originally been used by someone who had contracted the plague, and the reason it was given to him was that she wanted him to secretly send it into Yi Huan Palace, and after succeeding, she would promote him to be the head eunuch of Die Lian Palace.

  It was because of this benefit that he took the risk to stay in Yihuan Palace for several days, but he never found an opportunity to make a move until he was caught by Xiao Lianzi today.

  After hearing Xiao Pingzi's words, Chu Lian also felt a shock in her heart. She had not expected that Yuan Mengdie would think of such a vicious way to deal with herself. If she succeeded and used the jade bowl, then she would surely be tormented to death by this plague.

  "In that case, you first hand over that jade basin." Chu Lian said thoughtfully, looking at the small bottle.

  The little bottle did not dare to disobey at this time, and handed over the jade bowl wrapped in several layers of cloth from her arms to Xiao Lianzi.

  "Young Master, isn't this a great opportunity?"

  Chu Lian looked at Qingqing thoughtfully. After a moment of silence, she seemed to have made up her mind and closed her eyes, saying to Qingqing: "Just do as you think."

  She knew what Qīng was thinking, and she also knew that only by doing so could Yuàn Mèngdié be quickly pulled down from the position of Guì Fēi, and she herself would have the opportunity to rise.

  You nodded, took the jade cup from Xiaolian's hand, opened the layered packaging, and poured some warm tea water. "Since you're here to deliver this jade cup, then let you try it first to see how severe this plague is."

  As soon as she finished speaking, Qing didn't wait for the small bottle to react, and with one hand, she pried open its mouth, pouring a stream of scalding hot tea into the small bottle's mouth.

  Chu Lian waved her hand, indicating that Xiao Lianzi should take the person away for custody.

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