Ling Mulao felt sad in her heart and walked slowly among the flowers. Her long gauze skirt dragged on the flowers and made a slight rustling sound, like the wind blowing.

At this time, the unlit palace door suddenly opened with a creak, and a beautiful face peeked out from the gap in the door, with clear eyes looking around cautiously.

"Master, are you back?" Seeing that there was no one around, Qinghua walked out gently holding on to the door frame, murmuring in a low voice.

Ling Mulao looked back at Qinghua with tears in her eyes and nodded, mouthing silently: "I'm back~"

Qinghua wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, sniffed and said to herself, "How silly. If the master had come back, he would have come back a long time ago. He must have left with the late emperor."

Sighing slightly, Qinghua gently closed the palace door, then walked quickly across the courtyard and passed Ling Mulao, pushed open the door of Yirao Palace and walked out.

Just as he closed the door, he heard a slap in the face.

"You girl, if you want to be skinned by the Queen Mother, can you come to this place?" I heard a woman curse loudly, and then reached out and slapped Qinghua.

"Qinghua realizes her mistake. Don't report it to the Queen Mother. Qinghua is just grateful that her master treated Qinghua well, so she came to clean it!" Qinghua sobbed submissively.

"You bitch who can't turn your head around. This empress has been dead for so long. What's the use of cleaning up now? Instead, it will make the Queen Mother displeased. Sooner or later, you will drag us down."

"Don't worry, mama, after Qinghua... I will definitely not go there again."

Gradually the sound became farther and farther away, and soon the conversation between the two people could no longer be heard, only the sound of crickets and grasshoppers could be heard.

Ling Mulao pursed her lips, remembering that when she knew she was about to be poisoned and was about to die, he had originally rewarded Qinghua with a sum of money to let her leave the palace, but the girl was unwilling to leave.

Now that she is no longer the master here, Shangguan Zihan is also the most vindictive and has caused Qinghua so much trouble, but Qinghua still secretly comes to clean and wait for her to come back one day.

After leaving Yirao Palace, Ling Mulao followed the path to Zunyi Palace. Compared with the usual splendor and splendor, today's Zunyi Palace is much gloomier.

The eunuch at the entrance of the palace was taking a nap against the door frame, and he didn't even notice Ling Mulao pushing the door open.

"Who is here?" A slightly hoarse voice sounded.

As the words fell, an old nun came out and took a look. She saw the eunuch taking a nap and scolded him for a few words. She closed the door and went back to report: "To the Empress Dowager, the wind blew open the door."

"Well, the wind is stronger than usual tonight." The Empress Dowager said lightly and then said nothing.

Ling Mulao followed the old woman into the palace quietly. The Empress Dowager was leaning on the couch, holding a writing brush with her slender fingers and a scripture open beside her.

She still had the same stunning face, but it had changed a lot in the past year and a half. Ling Mulao still remembered that she was only in her mid-twenties when she just woke up, but now she looks like she is forty years old.

I think a lot of things must have happened during this period of time when she was not involved, so time is like a butcher's knife, turning a young woman into an old woman.

The Empress Dowager put down the brush in her hand, raised her eyebrows and looked at the moonlight outside, "The moonlight is quite bright...ahem...if Yi'er is here, the Ai family will definitely let her take a walk with the Ai family."
Chapter completed!