Xiao Ting also understood Chu Jiyao's sudden anger.
"I will naturally admit what I said. As for deceiving you, I never intended to deceive you. If I deceive you in this matter, then I have deceived myself."
"You know I've never been good at dealing with this kind of thing, Chu Jiyao, I told you very clearly once, I thought we could be good friends, or we would never see each other again!"
That's right, although Xiao Ting is heartless, she also knows what should be decisive and what should not be procrastinated. Regarding the relationship with Chu Jiyao, she has never been tempted by him, and she is very decisive.
But no matter what, Xiao Ting never thought of hurting anyone.
Not to mention Chu Jiyao, who once saved her life.
She can definitely not care about anyone's emotions, but she can't be indifferent to Chu Jiyao.
No matter when it was, Xiao Ting still remembered the assassination that happened outside the palace in broad daylight that day.
At that time, they couldn't be killed at all. They were not normal people, but the living dead who had been cast with spiritual spells.
Everyone thought they were going to the palace, but in the end their goal was Xiao Qing. If Chu Jiyao hadn't saved her by taking a risk, Xiao Ting wouldn't know which time and space she was in now.
And that time, after Xiao Ting left the hermit village with Er Gouzi, she was tied up because of her playfulness, and it was Chu Jiyao who released her and took her back to the imperial city.
besides…
and many more...
Sometimes I dare not think deeply, but Xiao Ting knows that she owes him.
But she is unwilling to accept these.
To prevent herself from owing him more and more, Xiao Ting didn't tell Chu Jiyao when she chose to leave.
"Never see you again. When Uncle Jiu Wang took you to Licheng, do you think we will meet again in this lifetime?"
"Have you ever thought about me, why didn't you say goodbye?"
After saying this, Chu Jiyao secretly laughed. To Xiao Ting, he never said anything serious.
It was obviously her fault, but in the end, he became more and more cautious, and he would never be able to get angry with her.
Xiao Ting didn't see it that way.
Sometimes it is ruthless to be passionate, and it is more distressing to be unfeeling.
"You are already married!"
There was no sound in the hall for a long time, Xiao Ting finally only said this fact.
"Ah… "
Xiao Ting didn't know how to comfort him, after all it had been so long, she had already said what she should say, there was absolutely no need to repeat it with him, sometimes heartlessness is really useful.
Without giving him any hope, there can be no despair.
"Now that the emperor's whereabouts are unknown, and the empire is being coveted by the other four countries and ten lands, the eldest prince should brace himself to deal with them!"
Chu Jiyao was not talking, just watching his most beloved woman gradually disappear from his sight, that figure from the back was very resolute and resolute.
"When did you start to care about national affairs..."
He muttered to himself, laughing at himself at the same time.
He has worked so hard and done so much, but it is still irreparable.
In the past, Xiao Ting would chat and laugh with him and treat him as a friend, but now she seems to have opened up, knowing the defense of men and women, and she doesn't even want to sit with him for a while longer.
She only has Uncle Jiu Wang in her heart.
In fact, looking at Chu Jiyao who was in despair, Xiao Ting's heart was moved.
But she didn't know how to appease him at all. He married a concubine and had his own family.
In any case, it's not her turn to an outsider to comfort him, let alone Xiao Ting has never been the one who comforts others.
After Xiao Ting left the Taiji Hall, she prepared to go back to Yaochi Palace, after all, she has been staying with her aunt for the past few days.
Before he could take two steps, he was stopped by a familiar internal officer.
The queen wants to see her
After Xiao Ting confirmed that she heard correctly, she checked again and got an affirmative answer, and then she followed him slowly.
The current empress is also the former Princess Yuyue of Prince Rui's Mansion.
Even if the empress dowager and empress dowager are present, the middle palace is still the head of the six palaces.
As long as Emperor Renxiao survived for a day, the queen would still be the queen.
"Meet the Empress!"
Xiao Ting used to be unclear about many things, but it did not hinder her imagination.
The new queen is full of malice towards the Ninth Prince's Mansion, especially the Ninth Prince's Lord.
So repeatedly framed.
"The Ninth Princess is here, sit down!"
But what Xiao Ting did was just polite, she found a seat for herself and sat down, she was not polite.
She hadn't seen the queen for a long time, and she became more and more dignified. Xiao Ting still remembered the first time she met the princess, she was upstairs with Zhaohua, and she was sitting in a sedan chair downstairs, smiling at those close to her, but in fact, that smile was full of wantonness and disdain, she was a woman who ignored the world.
Later, I heard that the empress dowager liked this woman very much, and she might be betrothed to a certain prince.
But I didn't expect that she would become the lord of the middle palace and the emperor's woman in the end.
Thinking about many things now, she designed them step by step.
"The Ninth Princess doesn't want to know, why did I call you here?"
Xiao Ting raised her eyebrows and spread her hands, "You always have to talk, don't you? Anyway, I have a lot of time."
"Such a transparent woman is indeed rare in this world. It's no wonder that Chu Li takes good care of you, and the prince never forgets you."
Xiao Ting accepted the queen's compliments one by one, but did not respond.
"Actually, you should know what I want to ask you."
Dressed in simple plain clothes, the queen came down the steps slowly, came to Xiao Ting, poured a cup of tea for her, and said with a smile.
Xiao Ting is not stupid, so she naturally knows what she means.
She touched the teacup next to her, but she didn't intend to pick it up.
"Aside from the whereabouts of the prince, I must know everything else."
The queen stared at her for a long time, then flicked her sleeves, turned and left, and said slowly.
"It seems that you don't want to leave the palace."
Xiao Ting narrowed her eyebrows slightly.
Hearing what the queen meant, she actually knew the way out of the palace.
"It's not because I don't want to. The Empress Dowager kept me in the palace for a few more days because she wanted to save my life. I'm too late to be grateful. Why would I go out and seek my own death at this time?"
"I thought the Ninth Concubine was a very transparent person, but now it seems that I have lost my mind, so let's go!"
If it were an ordinary person, he would naturally be curious about the meaning of the Queen's words, but he had misunderstood Xiao Ting, Miss Xiao Liu was naturally very happy to hear what she said, patted the dust that did not exist on her body, and then made a false salute, and strode away without looking back.
Regarding the thoughts of these nobles in the palace, Xiao Ting didn't want to care about them at all, and she didn't have the ability to analyze them. Anyway, she only wanted to do a good job and listen to her aunt.
Too many things happened today, Xiao Ting didn't know what to do for a while, she just wanted to go back to Yaochi Palace to discuss with her aunt, but she didn't expect that there would be wave after wave of people stopping her, the empress had just invited the empress dowager and then stopped her.
But it is impossible not to go.
Xiao Ting waved her hand, and did not make things difficult for the internal officer who came to deliver the message, and let him lead the way.
This time Xiao Ting was not polite, and she didn't intend to continue to be shabby with her. After coming up directly to meet the ceremony, she blinked her black and white eyes.
"Empress Dowager, do you want to ask me about the whereabouts of my lord?"
Xiao Ting spoke directly, which made the empress dowager a little stunned.
She naturally knew what happened at the banquet today, and she wanted to get closer to Xiao Ting again, or to say something else.
Maybe she would tell herself, after all, she was the one who brought up the Ninth Prince.
"Then are you willing to tell Bengong?"
Xiao Ting curled her lips inwardly, only ghosts are willing to tell you, but she still said it obediently.
"If I knew, I would definitely be willing to tell the empress dowager, but the lord and I have separated long ago. This time, I arrived in the imperial city after receiving the order from the empress dowager. I have never seen the lord..."
Speaking of this, Xiao Ting looked a little lonely and worried, "I still want to ask the queen mother, have you seen the prince recently? How is he? Is he injured?"
"So many people outside are looking for the prince. They want the imperial seal of our empire. The prince must have hidden the seal. Don't worry, even if I know the whereabouts of the prince, I will not tell the bad guys!"
It is no secret that the Ninth Prince got the Imperial Seal. Xiao Ting is now pretending to be deaf and dumb, which is a bit too much, she simply admits it directly.
But these words sounded harsh to the empress dowager's ears.
Especially the last sentence, what does it mean that she will not tell the bad guys even if she knows, is she also a bad guy in her eyes
"I also heard people say that I have seen Xiao Jiu, but there has been no whereabouts of him. I thought that if you knew, you should tell me quickly, so that I can send someone to protect him."
Facing the Empress Dowager's pretentious concern, Xiao Ting despises it very much.
Protect
Why does this word sound so ironic
Xiao Ting has always known that all the Nine Princes' concerns in the imperial city are only Emperor Ren Xiao, and only the emperor loves him sincerely.
There is quite a difference in age between the two, Emperor Renxiao has always cared for this ninth younger brother, otherwise he would not have let him stay in the imperial city.
Not to mention giving such an important secret map to the Ninth Prince for investigation and ordering him to bring it back to the Imperial Seal.
Afterwards, the two exchanged a few more words, but Xiao Ting couldn't get to the point, and the Empress Dowager also thought she was annoying, so she waved her hand at last, just saying that she was a little sleepy, and asked her to leave.
After finally sending Xiao Ting away, the Empress Dowager rubbed her forehead and said in her heart, fortunately this girl is married to the Ninth Prince's Mansion, and she is far away in Licheng, she is not a woman in the palace, otherwise she would have been bored to death.
Xiao Ting was sent out, and she walked forward slowly, a little aimlessly, thinking, there should be a third wave, right
So when she saw the familiar figure at the end of the path, her eyes widened.
"I'll go, I won't be so amazing, I can buy lottery tickets with my luck!"
That's right, the person who came was the person next to the Empress Dowager.
"Ninth Concubine, Taihuang..."
"The empress dowager misses me, doesn't she? Hurry up and leave!"
Xiao Ting held the idea of early death and early rebirth, and signaled the people in front to lead the way quickly.
It's just different from Xiao Ting's imagination, the Empress Dowager is indeed ill, and the illness is not serious, the spittle of the imperial doctors almost flooded the whole palace.
(end of this chapter)