"Your Majesty, the Empress has been abducted by Ye, the second prince of the Southern Neighboring Country!" Donghua said.
After saying that, she knelt on the ground. With a deeply pained expression on her face, she continued to speak to the man in front of her, "The Empress did this to save me!"
Her eyes were bloodshot.
Hearing this, Helian Qi frowned so tightly that his eyebrows seemed to be knotted. He never expected it to be that man.
How dare he break into the palace personally? He must be tired of living!
Thinking of this, Helian Qi's eyes were filled with killing intent. His hatred for that man reached its peak in an instant.
Then he strode out of the Qianqing Palace and rushed towards the palace gate.
Donghua watched the back of the man in front of her gradually disappearing. Thinking of how Dongfang Yi had risked her life to save her, tears welled up in her eyes and dropped one by one onto the ground.
She hated herself for being unable to do anything at this moment. The feeling of helplessness almost drove her crazy.
...
Meanwhile, it was not peaceful in the harem either. Somehow, the news of the Empress's disappearance had spread everywhere.
The entire palace was in a panic. People were speculating wildly about who dared to do such a rebellious thing.
In the Lanfang Garden.
Yaoji could clearly feel that there were many strange faces in the palace. It was obvious that they were sent by Helian Qi to monitor her.
After seeing this, she sat back angrily. She was still wearing the clothes with hidden weapons. Her eyebrows were tightly knitted as she was thinking about what had happened that night.
She knew nothing about the Empress's disappearance. She only knew that her task that night was to assassinate Helian Qi. But such an unexpected event had occurred, which made her a little unhappy.
Looking at the situation in the palace, she was afraid that she had no chance to communicate with people outside the palace.
After thinking about it, her hands began to clench tightly, and her hatred kept rising.
On the other side, in Concubine Chu's palace.
She also heard the news of Dongfang Yi's disappearance. Her first thought was that she had run away by herself. But after thinking for a while, she thought that even if she wanted to run away, she would wait until her wounds were completely healed.
She had heard that in the Cining Palace, Dongfang Yi's back had been beaten to a pulp.
So she became more suspicious of who had done this.
After thinking for a long time, she still couldn't figure out who it was. So she decided not to guess anymore. Anyway, the disappearance of that woman was a good thing for her.
She didn't have to be afraid of her anymore!
After thinking about it, a triumphant smile appeared on her lips. She thought that if she knew who had done this, she would reward that person handsomely.
The news spread like wildfire in the palace. The originally quiet night became noisy. Even the Empress Dowager in the Cining Palace heard the news.
"That woman has caused trouble again!" There was obvious annoyance in her tone.
She had never liked that woman. Now she kept causing all kinds of troubles, and yet the Emperor seemed to treat her very specially.
All these things made her couldn't help but feel disgusted. So she said to Nanny Li beside her,
"Where is the Emperor now?!"
"I heard... the Emperor has left the palace!" Nanny Li replied hesitantly.
"What?!"
The Empress Dowager exclaimed in surprise. She never expected that the Emperor would leave the palace without permission.
"She is a witch!" she roared.
She had never seen that the Emperor would personally go out of the palace to look for a concubine when she disappeared.
He had abandoned the entire palace and ran out of the palace without any hesitation.
Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager's disgust for Dongfang Yi increased a little more.
"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Nanny Li immediately knelt on the ground and said.
After all, the Empress Dowager was old and couldn't get too angry.
"Go! Send someone out of the palace to bring the Emperor back!" she roared loudly.
Nanny Li quickly ran out and sent the highly skilled guards in the Cining Palace out of the palace to carry out the order.
On the other side, outside the palace.
When Dongfang Yi woke up, she found herself in a pitch - black room with no light coming in from anywhere.
She didn't know how long she had been unconscious, but the pain on her back had lessened a lot, and there was a slight cool feeling, which meant that her wounds had been treated again.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but widen her eyes warily, as if she wanted to see something in the darkness.
Just when she was about to relax her vigilance, she suddenly heard a male voice not far away.
"Are you awake?"
It was Ye's voice. He was sitting not far from Dongfang Yi at this moment.
Dongfang Yi was so startled that she jumped up immediately. Then she picked up something from the side and threw it at him.
"Why don't you light a lamp!" she roared out of control.
She knew that this kind of dark environment would make people's nerves fragile. Any slight movement could scare her, not to mention a human voice.
Then she heard the man chuckle a few times.
He didn't expect that this woman could still get angry and throw things even after being so badly injured. Looking at the object he had caught.
It was a pillow. Did she think this could hurt him?
Then a little light appeared. It was a fire starter being opened to light a candle.
Then the whole room finally lit up.
Dongfang Yi finally had a chance to observe her surroundings.
This was a very ordinary room. The only window was tightly sealed. The place where she was lying was the only couch in the room.
And Ye was sitting on a chair beside the table not far away.
According to Dongfang Yi's estimation, they should still be in the capital city, and it was still night, because it was too quiet outside. It was not as lively as it should be during the day.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. As long as not much time had passed and she was still in the capital city, she was not afraid that Helian Qi couldn't find her.
After thinking about it, her eyes shifted to the man in front of her.
He was really suspicious. The whole room was sealed, but he didn't light a lamp just now. And who had treated her wounds?
"Who treated my wounds!" she asked.
Hearing this, Ye slightly raised his eyebrows and looked at the calm woman in front of him. If it were someone else, they would probably not dare to make a sound at this moment, but she was still boldly questioning him.
Dongfang Yi thought that if he really wanted to kill her, he would have done it just now. Why would he wait until now?
So she was so calm at this moment because she knew that blind panic would not do her any good.
"It was me." Ye said with raised eyebrows.
He picked up a cup of tea as if he was deliberately provoking the woman in front of him or wanted to see her make a fool of herself.
Hearing this, Dongfang Yi's expression froze for a moment, but then she comforted herself in her heart: It doesn't matter. What should I care about now! The most important thing now is not to provoke the man in front of me. Saving my life is the top priority!