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It was hard to tell if it was tears or rain, but they kept flowing down her fair and soft neck and into her clothes, forming a thin layer of ice. The tiny weight was like an iceberg, pressing down on her chest, almost suffocating her.

A step behind Dongfang Ziqing, Pearl looked at her frail master as she walked in the rain. Her heart ached endlessly. However, she understood that her master's heart ached even more, so she didn't disturb Dongfang Ziqing. Instead, she silently followed behind her.

"Mistress, we have arrived at the Yi Palace." Pearl whispered to Dongfang Ziqing, who was still walking forward aimlessly. Pearl was drenched by the rain, and her voice was trembling.

"Pearl, will you blame me for implicating you?" Lifting her head to look at the gold and cinnabar plaque, she allowed the rain to strike her eyes. Dongfang Ziqing opened her mouth and asked the pearl beside her, "Oh."

"The most fortunate thing is that Pearl can follow by Miss's side. Regardless of life or death, Pearl will never betray Miss, and will always be by Miss's side!" Pearl walked over to Dongfang Ziqing's side and looked at her with tears in her eyes. She stared at Dongfang Ziqing with unwavering eyes and said slowly, word by word, "Pearl, you are going to be young miss's girl in the next life. Young miss must not choose the wrong person."

"Silly girl." Rubbing Pearl's wet hair, Dongfang Ziqing held her in her arms and smiled bitterly: "In the next life, we'll be sisters. We won't be master and servant anymore, okay?"

"Miss!" Excited by Dongfang Ziqing's words, Pearl hugged Dongfang Ziqing back, crying out in a trembling voice.

"Empress!" While waiting anxiously, Lu Ping came to the entrance to visit. Who would have thought that Dongfang Ziqing and Pearl were crying as they stood at the entrance? She could not help but feel heartache for them. Niangniang, come in first! "Yu Liang, take care of your body!"

Lu Ping held onto an oil-paper umbrella as she stood by Dongfang Ziqing's side. She held onto Dongfang Ziqing's arm as she led her towards Yi Yuan Palace.

"Lu Ping, leave this place and come to the Yi Yuan Palace." As she spoke softly, Dongfang Ziqing pushed away Lu Ping's hand of good intentions and walked inwards. Behind her were pearls that were drooping with tears in their eyes.

"Empress, is everything really irrevocable?" Standing at the entrance of the palace in a daze, Lu Ping watched as Dongfang Ziqing's delicate back continued to walk through the rain. The oil-paper umbrella in her hands had unknowingly slipped.

Standing blankly at the door, in Lu Ping's line of sight, other than the rain that repeatedly washed over her, there was also Dongfang Ziqing who knelt in the middle of the hall to receive the edict.

Once the imperial edict was brought out, nothing could be saved.

"..." Empress Dong Ziqing left the palace without permission, I will not pursue this matter. However, the Dongfang family had betrayed their country and committed a grave crime. They should have executed the entire family. "I am aware that Dongfang Ziqing has been with the Jun side for the past three years, so she has temporarily stayed at the Yi Palace. After the facts have been investigated, we will proceed with her punishment." In one breath, he finished reciting the imperial edict. He then let out a sigh and bowed forward, handing the imperial edict to Dongfang Ziqing with both hands. He then consoled her, "Empress, since Your Majesty is concerned about the relationship between husband and wife, I believe there will be a turning point in this matter. Please treat yourself well!"

"Eunuch." After a long while, Dongfang Ziqing raised her head, but she didn't accept the imperial edict. Instead, she asked in a low voice: "If the final conclusion is that Dongfang Zihan is truly betraying the nation, will the Emperor really kill the entire Dongfang family?"

"Empress …" Sighing deeply, Bi Gong shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "That is the Holy Will. How could I possibly guess it? You, isn't this a difficult task for a servant! "

Nodding, Dongfang Ziqing took the imperial edict into her hands and didn't say anything else. She had indeed asked a question that she shouldn't have, and she was trying to make things difficult for the people who were wholeheartedly helping her.

"Empress, please take care of yourself. Things have not reached the point where there is no leeway. Please do not give up so easily! " He bent down and helped Dongfang Ziqing up. She had no offspring and was old enough to be Dongfang Ziqing's father. In the past three years, he had long since developed feelings for Dongfang Ziqing, who was naturally pure and kind, that surpassed master and servant. He truly treated this master as if he were his own kin. The heavens will help you, you will definitely be very negative. "

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been willing to take the risk and pass on the fact that the emperor was going to capture Dong Fang Zihan to Lu Ping.

However, looking at the sad expression on Dongfang Ziqing's face, Bing Gong did not know what to say to comfort her, so he could only bow and leave.

"Mistress, perhaps the words of Eunuch Ji are correct. Things can still be reversed!" "When the innocent pearl heard the comforting words, it actually thought that those words were very reasonable, and was immediately overjoyed." Empress, go beg the Emperor, he will do whatever you say. "This time, I will also …"

"There can be no turning back." Smiling and shaking his head, Dongfang Ziqing interrupted Pearl's daydream. As she lowered her head and looked at the bright yellow imperial edict in her hand, tears began to fall from Dongfang Ziqing's eyes. She understood that everything had already become a foregone conclusion. "Brother Emperor, are you really going to be so heartless and cruel to Qing Er?"

Clenching the imperial edict tightly, Dongfang Ziqing bit her lips to the point that she wanted to bleed, but she didn't feel any pain at all.

"All the oaths, all the love, all these things were carefully laid out by you just to eradicate my Dongfang family, right?" Tears welled in her eyes. Dongfang Ziqing held back her sobs and continued to mutter under her breath, "Shangguan Yushi is the person in your heart, how can you bear to send her to another man? As for me, since I am unable to enter your heart, how can you be so patient for more than ten years, and have such a fake love affair that lasted for three years!? "

Suddenly, the hand holding the imperial edict increased its strength, and even its joints were suffused with innocence. Dongfang Ziqing lowered her voice and said: "Since Your Majesty has the intention, why didn't you directly use the imperial power? Why did you force my Dongfang Family to bear the crime of colluding with the enemy?!"

The more she spoke, the more excited she became. At the end, Dongfang Ziqing's voice became like a sharp roar. However, just as she finished speaking, her body was like a maple leaf in autumn and she fell onto the ground, creating only a clanging sound.

"Miss!" Pearl let out a loud roar and hurried forward to help Dongfang Ziqing up, allowing her to rest in her arms. Someone! Someone come quickly! The Empress fainted. Please, an imperial physician! Quick, get an imperial physician! "

Amidst the pitter-patter of the rain, the earth-shattering sound of the pearls resounded throughout the imperial palace. It was so helpless and desolate …

Standing in front of the window, looking out at the unending rain falling on the green brick courtyard, quickly converging on the long winding stream. He could hear the thunderous roars of Sir Lei from time to time. The roars were deafening!

Placing his hands behind his back, Xuanyuan Chen Mo wore a thin dragon robe and beside him rose the fragrance of sandalwood, enveloping him in a cloud and giving him a unique dream-like feeling.

Dongfang Ziqing, who had just woken up, saw this scene. The goddess-like Son of Heaven was very close to her, but the distance between their souls was as far as the horizon.

"You … I'm pregnant. " Although he did not turn around, Xuanyuan Chen Mo seemed to be very sure that Dongfang Ziqing had woken up, and he faintly spoke to her about this fact.

"Pregnant?" Dongfang Ziqing's eyes widened in surprise when she heard Xuanyuan Chen Mo's words. She looked at her flat stomach in disbelief. However, the moment her ice-cold fingers touched it, Dongfang Ziqing suddenly woke up.