Drive her away? Zi'an's sneer deepened. "The palace is so big, can't it accommodate someone like me, Xia Zi'an? If Concubine Yi wants to drive me away, she has to ask the emperor for his consent."
"The emperor no longer needs you to treat him. I will tell him that you have a serious illness and you can no longer treat him." Concubine Yi said coldly.
"I remember when Concubine Yi came in just now, she said she came to comfort me, and the way to comfort me was to chase me away?" Zi'an was curious. Where did she get the confidence to think she could chase her away
"Xia Zian, I let you go for your own good. If you stay in the palace, it will do you no good. If you go back to the palace, you can still be your princess and enjoy your wealth and glory. But if you want to live a peaceful life in this palace, it is impossible."
"Thank you, Concubine Yi. However, I am a lowly person and cannot afford wealth and glory, so I have to live this uneasy life. What can I do? There are people around me who refuse to settle down." Zi'an said coldly.
Concubine Yi sneered, "So you've decided to get involved in this mess?"
"Do I have the right to choose?" Zi'an sneered in response.
Concubine Yi suddenly smiled. She looked at Zi'an steadily and said, "I know you won't leave. To be honest, I'm really afraid that you will run away. It's rare to meet an opponent of equal strength in life. How exciting and satisfying it would be to fight him."
Zi'an thought her smile was very strange. Her aggressiveness did not make people feel reckless. On the contrary, she was crushing everything with domineering threats. This kind of strength was her weapon, and she used it just right.
However, what she said today, coupled with the commotion in the cold palace before, made Zi'an certain of one thing.
Zi'an remained calm, "Come on, send Concubine Yi away!"
Concubine Yi did not stand up, but said leisurely: "Why are you in such a hurry? I am not in a hurry to leave. Can't I stay in your Changsheng Palace for a while? We are sisters-in-law, so we should move around more."
Zi'an said, "Empress Yi, if you want to stay, then stay. I'm not available to accompany you."
After that, she asked Xiaosun to get the medicine box, "Let's go to Xiwei Palace."
"It might not be a good idea to leave the guests here," Concubine Yi smiled sinisterly.
"What guests? They are all family members, and family members should act as they please." Zi'an walked away without looking back.
No matter what Concubine Yi came for, she didn't have time to accompany her.
On the way to Xiwei Palace, Xiaosun asked, "This Concubine Yi is really weird. She came and said a lot of irrelevant things. At first I thought she wanted to drive the princess away, but the princess refused to leave, and she didn't pester her, let alone make trouble. She was sarcastic and pointed at others."
"So what do you think she wants to do?" Zi'an asked.
"I don't know, I just think she is weird." Xiao Sun said honestly.
Zi'an smiled, "She's not weird, she just wants to irritate me. From the incident in the cold palace to today, she has been constantly provoking me and irritating me."
"What's the point of irritating you?" Xiaosun asked in confusion.
"She's interfering with my thoughts and my judgment."
"I still don't understand."
Zi'an looked up at the sky. It was gloomy, as if a heavy snowstorm was brewing.
"She's going to take action." Zi'an said in a deep voice.
"Ah?" Xiaosun was startled. "What is she going to do?"
"I don't know, but the prince had just left and she came to make trouble for me. Given her personality, it's impossible that she just came to make things difficult for me."
"She is in Changsheng Palace now. Are you afraid that she..." Xiaosun lowered her voice, "will she try to frame me or something like that?"
"No, her methods are not so low-end." Zi'an is sure of this.
"That servant really can't figure it out."
Zi'an said, "Don't think about it. As the old saying goes, if an enemy comes, we will fight him with our troops; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth."
The emperor was a little excited today, naturally because Murong Jie led his troops to war. There was no doubt that the emperor loved this country the most, and he had devoted almost everything he had to this country.
He kept sighing and saying how nice it would be if he wasn't sick.
When Zi'an heard these sighs, he felt deeply moved. Life is unpredictable. A young man with furious hair could be dead on the battlefield in the next moment, and a beautiful woman could also die in the next moment.
"Isn't it boring for you to hear me talking about this?" The emperor retracted his leisurely gaze and looked at Zi'an.
"No, that's not the case." Zi'an also regained his composure and said with a smile, "The situation in the Great Zhou is not the worst right now, Your Majesty doesn't need to worry."
"It would be a lie to say that I am not worried. I only hope that God will bless me and not let my people become homeless."
It is better to rely on yourself than to hope for help from God.
But Zi'an was moved by his concern for the country and the people.
An emperor who thinks of the people instead of himself when he is in danger is a wise ruler.
If the emperor was not ill, why would there be so many things? At least, Prince Nan Huai would not be so impatient.
Just as Zi'an expected, Concubine Yi was not here just to cause trouble.
Coming out of Xiwei Palace, I saw flames rising from Changsheng Palace.
Yan Jin, the acting commander of the Imperial Guards, was directing people to put out the fire. When he saw Zi'an coming back, he hurriedly said, "Princess, I'm afraid Changsheng Palace can no longer be lived in."
"How did the fire start?" Zi'an asked calmly.
“It’s still under investigation.”
"Is anyone in there?"
"Fortunately, there wasn't any, and everyone ran out," Yan Jin said.
It’s good that there are no casualties. However, the regent had just gone out to war and the palace where she, the princess, lived caught fire. What does this mean
Zi'an didn't know what this meant, but there were speculations among the people that the fire on the palace where the Regent lived might be a sign from God.
The cause of the fire could not be found out. Zian knew that it could not be found out and it could not be blamed on anyone.
Who would investigate Concubine Yi? How could Concubine Yi set the fire? Why did she set the fire? There was absolutely no reason to do so.
However, everything in the Changsheng Palace was destroyed, including some of Zi'an's belongings and Zhuangzhuang's things.
The Changsheng Palace cannot be lived in, so we have to find another palace.
There are many abandoned palaces in the palace, but the only ones suitable for living seem to be Qingning Palace, where the Queen lived before, and Huiqing Palace, which is located next to Yilan Palace of Concubine Yi and is slightly farther away from Changsheng Palace.
Zi'an and Zhuangzhuang both decided to move into Huiqing Palace.
Huiqing Palace used to be the residence of a concubine who committed suicide. No one had lived there for a long time, but there were always people cleaning it. In addition, Huiqing Palace was renovated before the concubine committed suicide, so it was very clean and new.
The courtyard of Huiqing Palace is very large, with many chrysanthemums planted, and the palace walls are also covered with evening primroses. It is really strange that the evening primroses are blooming in the middle of winter.
However, it is not surprising to know this, because Huiqing Palace is the place closest to the mountain in the entire imperial palace. The hot spring water nourishes this area. When you enter Huiqing Palace, you will feel the warmth, and the cold air outside seems to have nothing to do with this place.
This is truly a treasure trove.
However, it is also a strange place, because there have been rumors in the palace before that Huiqing Palace is haunted.
A palace maid said that when she passed by here at night, she saw a figure inside. When she got closer, she saw a woman dressed in red singing inside.
These were all strange things. The Queen had forbidden any rumors to spread, so no one in the palace dared to talk about them anymore.
(End of this chapter)