The water in the bathtub was extremely cold, and the bone-chilling chill seeped into Mingxi's bones bit by bit. She had been soaking in it for three hours. She finally began to feel dizzy and weak, and her whole body was trembling. The effect was finally achieved, and it was daybreak.
Already.
There was a knock on the door outside. Mingxi got up from the bathtub as a reflex, quickly drained the water in the bathtub, and then walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a bathrobe to avoid being discovered that she had just taken a cold bath. She turned on the water heater.
She left the water faucet open for a long time. It wasn't until the heat filled the bathroom that she turned off the water and walked out.
Unexpectedly, it was a maid who entered the room, not the king.
Ming Xi thought it was him coming back just now, so she made so many false appearances, fearing that he would find something. Now that she saw it was a maid, she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, and felt that her efforts were in vain.
"Queen, the king is about to leave for Flame Castle. Here is your breakfast." The maid's voice was very soft and a little cautious.
"Where's Lu'er?" Mingxi glanced through the open door, but there was no figure of Lu'er outside.
"she……"
"Queen, help..." Before the maid could finish her words, a brief cry for help came from the courtyard downstairs, and Mingxi immediately rushed down.
Arriving at the front yard, Mingxi saw Lu'er at a glance, who was about to be dragged away by the male attendant in black. She was dying and motionless, being dragged out by her long hair like a dead body.
"Stop." Ming Xi shouted coldly, and the male attendant in black immediately stopped, turned around and saluted Ming Xi, "Queen, good morning."
Ming Xi looked back at the king standing at the door of the palace. He spread his arms. The maid was dressing him in a black robe. His eyes were looking straight ahead, not at Ming Xi. There was a cold light from above in his dark eyes, which was strange and cold.
The half-mask exudes a mysterious light in the morning light.
"Let her go." Ming Xi stared at the king. She didn't need to ask any more questions to know that Lu'er said something she shouldn't have said to her yesterday, so she was punished like this.
"You have no right to interfere with these matters." The king gave her a cold look, raised his hand slightly, and the black-clothed male attendant dragged Lu'er out. Lu'er had been punched in the head by the black-clothed attendant just now, and now
Unable to struggle or move at all, she could only let out a shrill cry. The sound was so shocking that Ming Xi could not bear it.
"No..." Ming Xi stood in front of the black-clothed waiter, but her eyes were fixed on the king, "Why are you so cruel? She just said a few more words and you punished her like this. Who else will dare in the future?
talk to me?"
The king stared at Ming Xi coldly, with a complex cold light flashing in his dark eyes, and his simple lips were always pursed into an arc, without saying a word.
After a long while, the king finally spoke and said coldly: "Tell the queen what crime you have committed."
"Well..." Lu'er said in tears, "Lu'er... Lu'er shouldn't confuse right and wrong... and alienate the relationship between the king and the queen. Lu'er deserves to die, Lu'er deserves to die."
"Even if this is the case, she will not die..."
"Please step down, queen." The king suddenly shouted coldly. The two maids immediately stepped forward to pull Ming Xi away. The waiter in black dragged Lu'er out. Lu'er finally raised her eyes and glanced at Ming Xi, her eyes like a ghost.
It's cold and chilling.
Lu'er's figure quickly disappeared in front of Ming Xi's eyes. Not long after, a desperate and shrill scream came over. It was the last sound on the eve of death. Ming Xi shuddered and was shocked in place.
Perhaps it was because the aisle was stained with Lu'er's blood just now. The waiter brought a long red carpet and spread it on the floor. The king strode forward without looking at Ming Xi again. He even brushed past her, his eyes
He didn't even raise his eyes again.
When the king's figure was about to disappear from sight, Ming Xi felt her eyes go dark, her eyes suddenly turned dizzy, her body lost balance and fell to the ground...
"Queen, Queen..." the maid called anxiously. Upon hearing this voice, the king stopped and turned to look at Ming Xi. However, he only paused for a few seconds before leaving.
The moment Ming Xi closed her eyes for the last time, a tear fell from the corner of her eye, which chilled her heart.
…
An hour later, Ming Xi opened her eyes and found herself lying on the bed, with an intravenous drip on her hand and a hot towel on her forehead. A clean and masculine face appeared in her sight, with a slight smile on her lips.
"Queen, are you awake?" Liu Ya asked with concern. The maid raised Ming Xi's pillow so that she could lean up, and then brought her a bowl of porridge to feed her.
Ming Xi finished the porridge meekly and said calmly: "Where is he?"
"The king is in Flame Castle." The maid replied softly.
"Ha!" Ming Xi smiled coldly. When she saw me fainting, she didn't even come to help me. Your heart... is so cold.
"There is an important meeting at the headquarters today. The king cannot be absent. Please forgive the queen." Liu Ya persuaded softly.
"You all get out." Mingxi ordered.
"Yes." The maids all walked out, but when Liu Ya turned to leave, Ming Xi suddenly frowned and said in pain, "My head hurts..."
"Queen, shall I check it again for you?" Liu Ya asked with concern.
"Yes." Ming Xi nodded. At this time, the maids had already withdrawn and closed the door. Only the last one who left the room raised her eyes and glanced at Ming Xi and Liu Ya silently.
When Ming Xi saw that everyone else had retreated, she grabbed Liu Ya's hand and wrote on his palm: "Please help me get out of here."
After yesterday's lesson, Ming Xi already knows what it means to have ears across doors. She and Lu'er can be heard even if they talk so softly. This is her and the King's bedroom. It is impossible to install a bug. The only possibility is the King's faction.
She has a highly trained maid who monitors her actions at all times, so now she no longer dares to talk randomly here and can only communicate with Liu Ya in this way.
"It's difficult to leave." Liu Ya wrote these words on Ming Xi's palm with his backhand, and said, "Queen, you are not seriously ill. It's just the cold and excitement that cause you to faint."
"Really? What should I do? I don't want to take an injection." Ming Xi said as she continued to write on Liu Ya's palm, "Please."
"The guards are tight in the dark night, and you can't leave without permission. The only possibility is that the king himself agrees to let you go." Liu Ya wrote this sentence on Ming Xi's palm again, and said, "I will stop taking these IVs after I have given them.
I’ll prescribe you some medicine.”
"He won't agree," Mingxi wrote.
"You have to find a way on your own, and I will help you. I will let you know when I think of a way." Liu Ya wrote this sentence, and there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Ming Xi said.
"Queen, the king sent someone to ask you if you have anything to say to him." A maid came in and asked softly with her head lowered.
"What do you mean? Do you mean do I have anything to say to him? What can I say to him? Do you want him to come back and see me?" Ming Xi blushed with anger.
"Yes, I understand." The waitress withdrew.
"Queen, I'll take my leave now. I'll come here every day to check on you regularly." Liu Ya lowered her head, but looked deeply at Ming Xi.
"Okay." Ming Xi nodded, hoping you could quickly think of a way to leave for me.
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