Hearing the maids' conversation, Yun Xi was not surprised. However, what she cared about was another matter, and she was not willing to go back like this.
Seeing that the maid was about to leave, Yun Xi quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her into a corner.
"P, Princess, what are you doing?"
The maid originally wanted to leave, afraid of being implicated if she had any connection with the Prince Xian's Mansion at this moment. However, when she saw the silver notes suddenly stuffed into her arms, just the denomination of one note shocked her so much that she stammered when speaking.
Yun Xi couldn't care less. She grabbed the maid's shoulders and said,
"Please tell me, is there something wrong in the Kunning Palace?"
Otherwise, why did Qi Rong suddenly kill the Li family members in the court?
Although he was violent, he was never an impulsive person! There must be some reason behind this!
The maid's eyes widened as she stared blankly at the silver notes in her arms. Grabbed by Yun Xi, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her arms.
Meeting Yun Xi's anxious gaze, the maid subconsciously shook her head:
"Actually, there's nothing wrong. Except that a crazy woman died in the Kunning Palace. But that crazy woman was already terminally ill and didn't have much time left. It was already a blessing from heaven that she could live until now."
Most of the maid's attention was on the silver notes, and she didn't notice Yun Xi's suddenly pale face. She continued,
"When people found her, she had already drowned in the vat..."
Yun Xi didn't hear the rest of the words. She tightly covered her chest with her palm, and her body went limp as she slumped to the ground.
"Miss!"
Yu Zhu panicked and quickly supported Yun Xi.
"Princess, are you okay?"
The maid was startled when she saw this and wanted to help support Yun Xi, but was blocked by Yu Zhu, who said coldly,
"You can go. Our miss is not feeling well."
Although Yu Zhu didn't know why Yun Xi was so shocked, she knew that her miss looked so devastated after hearing what this maid said!
The maid was embarrassed by Yu Zhu's attitude. She only took out one silver note and stuffed it into her bosom.
"Although I've heard that the princess is very wealthy, I dare not accept so many silver notes."
Although the maid was reluctant, she still handed the remaining silver notes to Yu Zhu.
Then, the maid left happily.
With that silver note in her arms, even if she left the palace in the future, she could live a care - free life without doing anything!
"Miss, why don't we go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion first?"
After the maid left, seeing that Yun Xi still looked bloodless, Yu Zhu said worriedly.
Now that the prince had killed someone in the palace, they didn't know what consequences he would face next. The prince's mansion was no longer safe, and she didn't want her miss to take risks.
"Yu Zhu, go back to the prince's mansion!"
Yun Xi stood up tremblingly. Her tone was firm, yet there was a faint sob in it:
"I'll wait for him to come back."
The despair in her heart now must be a thousand times, no, ten thousand times less than Qi Rong's!
That maid just said that it was a blessing from heaven that the former empress could live until now. What nonsense!
For that person, wasn't every day a living hell? Yet she still managed to hold on with a last breath, lingering on until now just to tell Qi Rong the whereabouts of the tiger talisman!
That's why she was so excited when she saw her before, and even hated her and hurt her.
It turned out that she had known her identity a long time ago!
Presumably, that person's escape from the Kunning Palace and running to the Zhaohua Palace where Yu Xueming lived was not an accident. Because Yu Xueming's mother used to be close friends with the former empress. Maybe the former empress heard the news of Yu Xueming entering the palace and wanted her to help. Unexpectedly, she was almost killed by Yu Xueming!
That's how she accidentally bumped into herself. Later, seeing that she meant no harm, she decided to take a desperate chance.
Because she knew that her time was running out, and she had to do everything possible to buy the last life - saving chip for her son!
Yun Xi couldn't remember how she got back to the mansion or how long she had cried. When she waited for him in Qi Rong's courtyard, it was already evening.
When she saw that the once tall and straight figure was now hunched over, staggering into the courtyard, the tears she thought had already dried up welled up again.
Seeing him open his arms to her, she rushed into his arms desperately, stumbling.
She hugged him tightly, using all her strength.
"Now you're the only one left for me, Yun Xi."
The man buried his head on her shoulder and cried like a child for the first time. His arms tightened around her so tightly as if he wanted to merge her into his own flesh and blood.
How ridiculous! He thought he was now powerful enough to avenge his enemies and had the ability to protect the people he cherished, so that he wouldn't have to experience the pain of watching his loved ones die in front of him helplessly!
But what was the result?
His mother had suffered inhumane torture for ten years right under his nose, but he only thought that his mother had been poisoned to death by the poisoned wine forced by Qi Hong, just like his father in that palace coup, and had never verified it carefully!
He was unworthy of being a person and unworthy of being a son!
"It's all my fault. I should have told you the truth directly yesterday instead of thinking that I might have a way to solve it. It's my fault that your mother died!"
Yun Xi said sadly, deeply blaming herself. But Qi Rong lifted her tear - filled face and kissed her swollen and red eye sockets.
"It's not your fault. It's those people's fault! I'll make them all pay for their crimes with blood!"
Qi Rong looked pained, and his black eyes were sinister and blood - thirsty.
"I'll accompany you!"
Yun Xi made up her mind to be Qi Rong's strength!
However, Qi Rong tightly grasped her shoulders. His blood - red eyes stared directly at her, and his tone was firm:
"No! I can't lose you again!"
If he lost Yun Xi, even if he avenged his enemies, what was the meaning?
He would go crazy!
He originally wanted to get rid of the Li family later, but after learning about his mother, he immediately advanced his plan. In the Fengtian Hall, he personally beheaded the two pillars of the Li family, and the reason he gave made the emperor unable to punish him.
Now Qi Hong didn't kill him just because he wanted to squeeze out his last bit of remaining value. When the army of the Li country retreated, it would be the day when Qi Hong settled accounts with him!
So before that, he must settle Yun Xi down and make sure that nothing happened to her!
All night, Qi Rong held her tightly in his arms, so tightly that Yun Xi could hardly breathe. But Yun Xi didn't push him away. She stroked his head like treating a child and quietly accompanied him.
Until midnight, when Yun Xi thought he was asleep, Qi Rong pressed his head against her shoulder and choked out,
"Promise me, never leave me!"
In the darkness, Yun Xi felt that her shoulder was hot, so hot that it burned into her heart. Looking at the bright moon outside the window, she tightened her arms around him and whispered,
"Okay."
She didn't know if this promise would make him feel better or if her guilt would be less.