Dongfang Yi knew that there were still too many idle people in the palace at the moment. If the things that had happened in her palace got out, it would do no good to either her or the emperor. So she stopped Donghua from continuing.
Helian Qi also understood her good intentions and realized that he had indeed been a bit impulsive. So he waved his hand, signaling everyone in the palace to retreat, and threatened that if anyone leaked a single bit of what had happened today, they would be thrown into the dungeon.
When only the three of them were left in the palace, Dongfang Yi said word by word, "Concubine Dong thought that I and the Dongfang family massacred the Dong family."
As soon as she said this, Concubine Dong, who had been completely motionless, struggled again. Her mouth opened wide as if she wanted to bite the person holding her down.
Seeing her like this, any discerning person could tell that something was wrong with her.
Helian Qi frowned and then asked, "You mean someone fed her false information and forced her to lose control, which is why she ended up like this?"
It was well - known that people who had been suppressing their emotions for a long time always wanted to explode, but their outbursts were often pathological. Concubine Dong was obviously such a person.
In everyone's eyes, she had always been docile and gentle. But after learning about what had happened to her family, she could no longer suppress herself. And when someone came to stimulate her, her pathological outburst began...
Dongfang Yi nodded in agreement. Then she looked at the woman on the ground not far away. Her makeup was all smeared, and her hair was in a mess. It was hard to associate her with the gentle and generous woman she used to be.
"Your Majesty, what should we do with her?" Donghua asked a crucial question.
Although she felt a bit sorry for Concubine Dong, after all, she had hurt her. And Concubine Dong was convinced that it was she and the Dongfang family who had killed the Dong family. So if she let her go this time, she would surely come back again. This would become a hidden danger.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh. Then she said, "Lock her up and send someone to watch over her. Don't let her out."
Hearing this, Helian Qi looked at her in disbelief, as if he couldn't believe that she would let that woman off so easily. In his impression, Dongfang Yi was a woman who never let anyone who offended her go easily. If someone hurt her even a little bit, she would repay them a thousand - fold.
Only Dongfang Yi herself knew the reason. Somehow, she always felt that Concubine Dong had her own difficulties in doing all this. Judging from her affection for her family, she was definitely not a cold - hearted person, and she would not hurt the innocent easily.
If she had done so, she must have been forced or coerced. And sparing her life now might prove useful in the future.
After thinking this, she gave the man in front of her a faint smile and then said, "Can't I be soft - hearted just once? Look at your expression. Do you think I'm a venomous woman on a daily basis?"
Helian Qi curled his lips upon hearing this. Then he reached out and tapped the tip of her nose, saying angrily, "You little heartless thing!"
"Hey! Who are you calling a little thing?" Dongfang Yi stood up and wanted to fight with the man in front of her. But unfortunately, one of her hands was injured, so she only had half of her fighting strength.
In a short while, she was completely subdued by the man in front of her and pushed onto the bed.
Dongfang Yi looked at the man's face so close in front of her. She couldn't help but blush, but still stubbornly said, "You're cheating. You're taking advantage of the fact that I only have one hand to fight with you!"
But Helian Qi didn't respond to her. Instead, he pressed his face closer and closer, and then kissed her without any surprise.
First on the forehead, and then he kissed her inch by inch downwards until he reached her lips. The two of them were in close embrace until they were out of breath. Then Helian Qi rolled over and lay on the other side of the bed.
Both of them were looking up at the bed canopy, and they were both tacitly silent. But Helian Qi silently grabbed the woman's hand beside him and gently stroked it.
Dongfang Yi turned her head and looked at him, asking, "Helian Qi, actually I've always wanted to ask you. Did you have any dreams during those days when you were in a coma?"
She still remembered what Bai Juechen had said. The poison he had been poisoned with was called "Seven - Day Dream of Silk and Satin". For the first six days, the person couldn't wake up and would be constantly dreaming. So that's why she wanted to ask.
Helian Qi laughed upon hearing this. Then he turned his head and stared at the woman in front of him, saying, "I was poisoned. How could I have any dreams?"
Dongfang Yi let out a long "oh" sound upon hearing this, as if she was a bit disappointed. After all, she had been hoping that he would dream of her in his dreams. But unexpectedly, what Bai Juechen had said was false, which made her a bit disappointed.
Helian Qi stared at the side profile of the woman in front of him. He could see that she was slightly disappointed, so the corners of his mouth curled up even more.
Actually, he was lying. During those six days of coma, he had dreamed every day. The dreams were so real that they didn't seem like dreams at all, and they were so wonderful that he didn't want to wake up.
Maybe this was the terrifying part of the "Seven - Day Dream of Silk and Satin" that Bai Juechen had mentioned. The people in the dreams didn't know they were dreaming at all, so how could they wake up? This was the real reason why those people couldn't wake up for a long time.
He was the same. In the dream, he entered a place like a paradise. He seemed to have been living there all the time. He picked herbs during the day and made medicine at night.
One day, he met a girl by the river and took her back home. And that girl was Dongfang Yi. From the moment he saw Dongfang Yi, he fell in love with her.
Later, the two of them treated each other's injuries together, picked herbs and made medicine together, living a life like a pair of immortals.
The state in the dream was so real that he couldn't see any flaws at all. He even slept in the dream, and he would have dreams within the dream.
He always dreamed that Dongfang Yi was crying sadly beside him, crying and begging him to go back.
Go back? Where should he go back to?
As days passed by, one day when he was picking herbs, he felt the world tremble. When he shook his head, a lot of memories emerged. Those were his memories when he was in a huge palace.
Presumably, that was when Bai Juechen was detoxifying him. The weaker the toxicity, the less he was bewitched by the dream.
Until he remembered everything, his dream shattered, and he woke up.
When he said goodbye to Dongfang Yi in the dream, the pain was extremely clear. For a moment, he even wanted to be indulged in the dream with her forever.