It was already late when we returned to the palace. After washing, Bai Yan sat on the sofa in a daze, but Qi Huan suddenly came quietly.

Qi Huan carefully slipped in and sat across from her with a smile, "I didn't tell them that I was here, your Majesty must keep it a secret."

Bai Yan smiled and poured him a cup of tea. Why did he still look like a child after becoming the emperor?

"Your Majesty, do you have anything to say?"

"It's nothing. Those old stubborn people don't allow me to come to your Majesty's place all the time. They say it will harm my reputation if word spreads." Qi Huan took a sip of tea and put down the cup, "But your Majesty is only one year older than me. She is my father's...

..."

As he spoke, his voice became softer, and Bai Yan also knew what he was talking about.

It was the Dog Emperor's fault, but she didn't want to dwell on it now.

"What did you ask for today?"

"Just keep it safe."

"Really?" Qi Huan raised his eyes and stared at her, "Whose safety is your Majesty asking for?"

His tone didn't sound clear, and Bai Yan didn't think much about it, "My parents, my brother and my sister-in-law, you, me, Sister Xi, Xiaocui, everyone I know."

"That's it."

Qi Huan nodded without saying anything, sat for a while and then left.

The days of waiting are unbearable, and as spring turns to summer, the hot weather makes people even more nervous.

Bai Yan didn't know why she would wake up sometimes at night, and her face would be filled with tears after waking up.

She was even more panicked and would shed tears from time to time just sitting there.

During the day, Sister Xi and Xiao Cui were by her side. Sister Xi’s two little princesses were also cute and clever, making her happy.

The days went on like this.

After dinner, she opened the window and felt the hot summer wind.

She allowed herself to think of him, his palace, his desk, chair, paper, pen and inkstone.

Thinking of this, she felt that she hadn't seen Wang Lai for a long time.

"What is Wang Lai busy with recently? He took over the East Factory, is he very busy?"

Xiaocui hummed, "I heard that he is quite busy. He even went to suppress bandits on behalf of Your Majesty a few days ago."

"Hey, I haven't heard of it, why have you heard of it?"

Bai Yan turned around with a smile, and looked at the little girl in front of her with a mischievous smile, her whole face red,

I was afraid she would cry if I teased her any more, so she took her hand and sat down, "It's a good thing, really."

She, the adults, Xiao Cui and Wang Lai actually ended up in this situation.

Thinking of what she said before, she couldn't help but want to laugh.

"Didn't you say that you would serve me for the rest of your life? Didn't you say that it's impossible to be a human being?"

"Mother! I, I didn't. It's just that sometimes he just said a few words to me. I can't tell you, and you didn't even ask."

Xiaocui blushed and lowered her head. She didn't know how the two of them had such an inexplicable relationship.

It seems that things have started to look different since I came back from Chaolu Temple.

She wanted to thank him for saving her life, so she gave him a hand-embroidered purse.

He actually accepted it and wore it every day.

Seeing that he liked it, she would embroider something for him every now and then.

Seeing her like this, some maids in the palace also made embroideries and wanted to give them to him.

But he confiscated it.

After she saw him rejecting others with her own eyes, she felt uncertain.

It's a girl's strange little thought. She embroidered another one to say goodbye to him that day, but he still accepted it.

She felt that he treated her and her differently.

"Maybe, maybe it's because of the relationship between the queen and the adults, or maybe I'm overthinking it."

"Silly girl, how does my relationship with you affect you?" Bai Yan couldn't help but laugh. "When the master comes back, I will ask him to give Wang Lai to you. How about that?"

"Your Majesty, please stop making fun of me."

Xiao Cui blushed, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but raise.

In this case, the empress 'forced' her, and it was not of her own free will.

Looking at Xiao Cui's look, Bai Yan actually laughed out loud, and for the first time in these days, the gloom was gone.

She looks like her original self.

However, Pei Lin gave a very clear signal, she just needs to take that step.

I still don’t know what Wang Lai is thinking, but she is afraid that Xiaocui will be sad, so she plans to ask first tomorrow to avoid causing any trouble.

But after Xiaocui learned that she wanted to find Wang Lai, she insisted on going with her.

It seemed that she hadn't seen him for a long time, so I went to see him in her name.

It's not impossible, Bai Yan shook her head helplessly.

In terms of relationships, she is a smart person, and Pei Lin is a huge idiot, a big idiot, and a stupid person. This combination is still possible, but these two idiots are a bit troublesome.

Wang Lai has now taken over some of Pei Lin's original tasks. He didn't pay attention to it before, so he just looked at leisure.

Now Wang Lai had to pay attention. He was so busy that he disappeared for almost half a month.

The two of them were wandering along the long palace corridor. Although it was a bit hot outside, it was still bearable. Bai Yan casually chatted with Xiao Cui about everyday things.

When she arrived at the door of his room, Xiaocui's heart was in a hurry and she had no time to pay attention to what she said.

Bai Yan stood behind her and smiled helplessly, watching her run to the door in small steps and knocking gently on the door.

"Master Wang, Master Wang."

She knocked several times, but there was no response from the door. Xiaocui knocked harder in confusion, but there was still no answer.

"Are you not here?"

Bai Yan was also a little strange. When she saw a man dressed as a young eunuch walking by with his head lowered, she raised her hand to stop him.

"Where are you, Mr. Wang? Are you doing business outside? Then tell him when he comes back and let him come to see me."

The young eunuch didn't seem to recognize her. He looked her up and down, and when he was sure she was a noble person, he leaned down and respectfully replied, "Are you looking for Mr. Wang? But Mr. Wang died four days ago."

The sun was still blazing outside, but Bai Yan seemed to have returned to the cold winter for a moment.

The people around me exclaimed and covered their mouths, shaking and almost unable to stand.

"What did you say?!"

She didn't believe it. Wang Lai was dead? Impossible. What else could cause him to lose his life now?

Moreover, he was the person who had followed Pei Lin for the longest time. Not to mention being influenced by what he heard and saw, how could he die so easily?

"I dare not lie to you. Mr. Wang was seriously injured when he went to suppress the bandits, and he died there."

Xiaocui's cry made Bai Yan's eyes wet. Seeing that they didn't believe it, the little eunuch stepped forward and opened the door, "Look, no one has moved in for a long time."

There was not much dust accumulated on the table, but you could tell at a glance that no one had come in recently.

Bai Yan's hands couldn't stop shaking. The facts were before her eyes, and she had to believe them even if she couldn't believe them.

Suppressing bandits? What kind of bandit can hurt him seriously?

"I don't know, I don't know. If you want to know, I will call Hu Zi for you. He will be with Mr. Wang that day."

"Go now!"

The little eunuch ran away quickly, leaving them alone in the room.

Bai Yan turned her head and glanced at Xiao Cui. She covered her mouth and shed tears in disbelief. Her shoulders were shaking up and down, and even her crying was silent.

Shutting up now is the best comfort for her. She knows that no one can share this feeling.

It's a pity that we couldn't be together in the end, or that we have never been together.

"Mother, tell me, is it true?"

There was a desperate plea in Xiaocui's eyes that were red from crying, as if begging her to tell her that it was not true and it was all a joke.

But Bai Yan didn't know either, secretly she hoped that all this was false.

Back to the very beginning.

The man named Huzi ran in and quickly knelt down to salute her.

"Get up and tell me everything that happened that day."

Bai Yan frowned, feeling that things were not that simple.
To be continued...