The shrill screams came from Fenghua Palace.

After a while, it became completely quiet.

When Liu Nunan woke up, he was lying on the bed.

It was late at night and there was no one in the bedroom.

Liu Nunan weakly held the head of the bed and slowly sat up. The sharp pain in her back caused cold sweat to break out on her forehead.

She tremblingly reached out her hand to her back and touched it. When she brought her hand to the front, her palm was full of blood.

She looked down at the sheets again, which were also covered in blood.

She didn't eat anything for a day, and she had no strength.

She just leaned against the bed so weakly, her pupils dull.

She didn't know how long it took before she turned her eyes and looked at the bedside table.

The maids were probably afraid that she would starve to death and there would be no reward for torturing her. There were a few relatively clean white-flour steamed buns placed there.

I don’t know how long it’s been there, but it doesn’t look warm at all.

Liu Nunan thought for a while, weakly reached out and grabbed one and held it in her hand. It was hard. She looked at it with tears in her eyes, and then started to chew it.

After eating a few steamed buns, my body finally regained some strength.

Liu Nunan slowly got out of bed, dragged his heavy body and walked towards the inner room bit by bit.

The back room was always her usual place for cleaning. There was nothing in it, only a large cabinet.

The cabinet was locked, Liu Nunan stretched his finger to the fingerprint area, and heard a "click" sound, and the cabinet opened.

However, the items displayed in the cabinet are all densely handmade women's shoes.

These shoes are neatly arranged according to size, with the smallest size on the far left, which may only be worn by babies, and the adult shoe size on the far right.

The shoes were arranged densely, and there seemed to be about a hundred pairs.

As soon as Liu Nunan saw these shoes, his eyes that had lost their color suddenly softened.

But gradually, his eyes began to turn red again.

There are shoe-making tools in the cabinet, as well as a pair of shoes that are only half-made.

Liu Nunan took out the unfinished shoes with trembling fingers, then walked to the sofa and sat down, crying and continuing to make the shoes with his own hands.

My daughter, her mother is incompetent, the royal family is sinister, her mother cannot give birth to an heir, and she cannot keep you by her side.

My mother worked hard to survive in the royal family, but now that Yi'er is dead, I have no support in the royal family, and I can't even control my own destiny.

In this life... I still lose in the end.

I originally thought that mother and daughter would eventually see each other again, but now it seems that that day will never come.

Mother wants you to live a long life without a mother, so she makes a hundred pairs of shoes for you.

Now only the last two pairs are missing.

Even if mother has long since lost the courage to live, she must finish making these two pairs of shoes for you before leaving.

Mother knows that you may never see these things, but... this is my blessing to you.

My daughter, my mother is sorry for you. You have not fulfilled your mother's responsibility for a day since you were born. But the royal family is a cage. You flew out of the cage early. I hope you can fly freely throughout your life.

Mother will always...always love you...

Big tears rolled down his cheeks, all falling on his shoes.

Liu Nunan was embroidering the uppers of the shoes, her eyes blurred with tears, and the needles pricked her hands one after another.

But she still embroidered very quickly, as if she was worried that she might not be able to catch up.

Before I finished embroidering an embroidery flower, there was a sudden noise outside.

Liu Nunan's expression changed, and he hurriedly put the things in his hands into the cabinet, and then hurriedly closed the cabinet.

As soon as the door was closed, two maids came in from outside.

"Empress, what are you doing here?"

The two maids looked around, but didn't see anything strange.

What are you doing here in the middle of the night?

Liu Nunan ignored them and didn't want to talk to them at all. He walked slowly to the sofa and sat down.

When a maid saw this, her eyes turned cold. She walked over and grabbed Liu Nunan's hair and looked at her fiercely: "Mother, what are we asking you?"

"Eat everything inside and out."

Liu Nunan said coldly.

As soon as she finished speaking, the maid slapped her hard on the face.

Liu Nunan's body was already weak, but with this slap, she fell directly onto the sofa.

"My Lady, do you really think that you are still a noble queen? You have no children, and you are nothing in this harem. Don't think that we are just maids, you are not even as good as us. Although we are maids, we will have children.

My child, it’s not like you. You are a queen but you can’t have children. How can you live with dignity?”

"Haha... that is, if we are favored by His Highness one day, we can have as many children as His Highness wants. How different is the Queen who can't lay eggs now. His Highness once doted on her just because of Prince Yi.

Eldest son, now that Prince Yi is gone, how can His Highness continue to dote on her."

"His Highness is currently in the south due to official business. Madam, we know that you must be looking forward to His Highness's return, but don't worry about it. You can't wait for Your Highness to come back. We are leaving you to breathe now because we just want to ask for more rewards.

, but both noble concubines have given instructions not to leave you until His Highness comes back."

"So if you want to survive longer, just hope that His Highness will come back later..."

Liu Nunan listened to what the two said, clenching his fingers tightly and trembling all over.

Su Qi has been studying medicines in the laboratory these days, and does work during her breaks.

She just came out of the research room today and turned on her phone to find several messages from Zong Xun, whom she had been ignoring.

"Sister Qi, I heard from the maids earlier that Queen Nan bullied you. Do you still hate Queen Nan?"

"I'll tell you secretly that Queen Nan's illness is getting more and more serious and she is now mentally disturbed..."

"There are often yelling sounds coming from Fenghua Palace. My mother said that Queen Nan was crazy and wouldn't let me get close there."

"Sister Qi, this is a secret of the royal family. You must not tell others."

After reading Zong Xun's message, Su Qi felt as if a huge boulder was tied to her feet, and she could no longer take a step forward.

Liu Nunan... is he crazy?

How could she be crazy?

The last time I saw her, except for her physical weakness and despair, everything seemed to be normal mentally.

Why do you yell and lose your mind every day in the palace?

Could it be...that something happened again in the imperial city?

Has it been a while since Zong Chun came to City C because of the epidemic?

Liu Nunan's illness was caused by someone poisoning her. Could it be that those people took advantage of Zong Chun's absence to treat her more unscrupulously?

Su Qi's heart suddenly started beating wildly.
Chapter completed!