Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 173 The Last Side

Concubine Baogui couldn't help but tremble at the empress dowager's sneer.

She didn't expect that the Queen Mother hated her so deeply.

She didn't even know how she had ruined the Queen Mother's happiness, or what cruel things she had done to the Queen Mother that made her hate her for ten years. It turned out that everything was not accidental. Entering the palace ten years ago was a trap that the Queen Mother had woven for her. Her love, hatred, and vengeance were all in her hands, and she played with them at will.

"Empress Dowager, I don't know what I have done to make you hate me so much... If I am wrong, I admit it, can you forgive me..." Baogui Concubine wiped the tears from her face, and her eyes gradually became clear.

The Queen Mother shook her head and said, "No, Baoer...I will never forgive you, never..."

"Must I endure this torture as long as you live?"

Concubine Baogui suddenly stood up slowly and pulled out a golden hairpin that was inserted in her loose black hair.

The sharp tip of the golden hairpin emitted several cold rays of light.

When Concubine Baogui held the golden hairpin in her hand and pointed the tip of the hairpin at the empress dowager, the empress dowager was so frightened that she took two or three steps back before she finally stood firm.

"Baoer, do you want to kill me?"

"You forced me to do this, Queen Mother... You have driven me to despair. You said you hate me, but I hate you even more!"

There was a ruthlessness in Concubine Baogui's eyes that never belonged to her. She roared wildly and pounced on the Empress Dowager.

“Someone! Someone, please!”

The empress dowager was so frightened that she pushed the door open and fled, but the guards and maids outside the door had been sent away to a farther place and they were too late to catch up.

Concubine Baogui grabbed the empress dowager's clothes from behind and pushed her to the ground.

The golden double-phoenix crown on the empress dowager's head fell to the ground with a "pop" and broke into two pieces.

The Queen Mother's hair was disheveled. She looked at Bao'er who was holding her down in panic and struggled desperately.

"Someone come! There's a rebellion! There's a rebellion!"

Chaotic footsteps came from all directions, but Guibao Fei's calm gaze was in stark contrast to the chaotic situation.

She knew what she was doing and what price she was about to pay.

She raised the golden hairpin in her hand high and stabbed it into the empress dowager's throat!

"what!"

A heart-wrenching scream came from the Queen Mother's mouth, and she closed her eyes tightly in fear.

But the next moment, the weight of the precious concubine on her disappeared.

The Queen Mother hurriedly sat up from the ground and saw that the hairpin had broken into two pieces. Just now, the hairpin that was supposed to pierce her throat had somehow missed the target. The hairpin pierced the Queen Mother's neck and hit the ground, breaking into two pieces after a crisp sound.

In the chaos, Concubine Baogui had her hands tied by the guards who arrived in time.

The palace maids rushed up to help the Queen Mother up. Her heart had already jumped out of her chest and was vibrating in her throat.

At that moment just now, the Queen Mother truly felt the fear of having brushed shoulders with death.

But... she didn't understand why Baoer's gold hairpin was pierced off-center?

If Baoer really wanted to kill himself, there was no way he would miss at such a close distance.

The Queen Mother's confused brain made it impossible for her to think. She instinctively screamed at Concubine Baogui and sternly ordered the guards to take Concubine Baogui to jail.

Concubine Baogui didn't struggle at all, but just let out a crazy laugh.

Amidst this series of horrifying laughter, Concubine Baogui was dragged out by the guards.

The empress dowager, who had just recovered from the shock, subconsciously touched her neck, and the thrilling scene that had just happened kept repeating in her mind.

Baoer is really crazy...really crazy...

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With a clang, the iron door of the dungeon closed behind Concubine Baogui.

Concubine Baogui was thrown into the cell and fell to the ground.

The guards around the Queen Mother were not polite to her, and Concubine Baogui had several abrasions on her arms and calves.

After locking the prison door, the guards went to report to the Queen Mother.

After they left, the jailers in charge of guarding the dungeon dared to surround them.

"My lady, are you okay?"

They usually received a lot of care from Concubine Baogui, so they felt very sad to see Concubine Baogui in trouble.

"I'm fine, thank you."

Concubine Baogui shook her head and climbed up from the ground with strength.

"My queen, I heard that you tried to assassinate the queen mother? How is that possible? Is this a mistake?"

The jailers' nervous and concerned questions made Baoguifei couldn't help but smile. She turned around and shook her head and said, "No, there is no mistake. I should be imprisoned here. Brother jailer, can you do me a favor... I want to see the imperial master..."

Concubine Baogui held on to the iron bars tightly and begged.

In fact, she didn't want to kill the Queen Mother. She couldn't kill someone who still hated her.

If it was really me who caused the Queen Mother so much pain, how could I take her life?

The piercing of the golden hairpin was not a fluke of the Empress Dowager, but rather the fact that Concubine Baogui just wanted to find an excuse to get herself thrown into the dungeon.

She knew Yun Zhen was here, and she wanted to see Yun Zhen no matter what...

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The jailers were very enthusiastic and agreed immediately, saying, "Don't worry, Madam. We will bring the Imperial Master here right away. But it's inconvenient to lock you two together... How about taking the Imperial Master to the next cell?"

Concubine Baogui nodded, her tearful eyes filled with gratitude.

It is said that people in the deep palace are cold-hearted, but why do they feel a hint of warmth only in such a cold and gloomy place as the dungeon?

I always find it a bit ironic.

After a while, the sound of locks being opened and footsteps were heard in the cell next door.

"Boa! Boa!"

The sound of Yun Zhen hitting the wall came almost at the same time.

Yun Zhen's voice was very anxious because the jailer had already told him about Concubine Baogui's attempt to assassinate the Empress Dowager.

Baogui Fei leaned against the wall, feeling the slight vibration of the wall, and her heart suddenly became calm.

She knew that Yun Zhen was very close to her, so close that there was only a wall between them.

But this thin wall seemed very thick, preventing them from seeing or touching each other, and only hearing each other's voices.

Thinking back carefully, it seemed that she and Yun Zhen were always close yet far away.

It seems so close that I can touch and possess it with just a stretch of my hand, but there are always heavy obstacles between us...

"Bo'er, answer me...are you there? Bo'er...Bo'er?"

Yun Zhen called out over and over again, leaving bright red blood marks in Guibao Fei's heart.

Baogui Fei leaned her head against the wall, lowered her eyes and said, "Yun Zhen, calm down, I have a lot to say to you..."

"Bo'er, is it really you? Bo'er!"

After finally hearing the voice of Concubine Baogui, Yun Zhen seemed very excited.

"Baoer, how could you assassinate the Queen Mother? How could you..."

"That's enough, Yun Zhen." Interrupting Yun Zhen's words, Guibao Fei's breath gradually became weaker, "Can you listen to me carefully?"

"Boa..."

Yun Zhen leaned against the wall and knelt on the ground, leaning his forehead against the cold gray brick. It seemed that it was this cold touch that cooled his mind a little. He took a deep breath, stopped talking, and waited for Baoer to speak.

"Yun Zhen, you said you love me... is that true..."

"It's true, it's true, Baoer... Baoer?"

Yun Zhen said excitedly, but there was sudden silence on the other side of the wall, and he started patting the wall worriedly again.

"Baoer, what's wrong with you? Why aren't you talking?"

At this time, the gentle sobbing voice of Concubine Baogui came from the other side: "Yun Zhen, I cried... My throat was choked and I couldn't speak..."

"Bo'er, Bo'er..."

"Maybe I shouldn't have entered the palace in the first place. I should have run away with you... Do you hate me, Yun Zhen? Do you hate me for not leaving you in the first place?... In fact, I have loved you since I was a child. It would have been great if I had never entered the palace. It would have been great if I were your wife... After I became pregnant with the emperor's child, I often thought, how great it would have been if it was your child..."

Baogui Fei subconsciously touched her belly. She didn't know whether she loved this child or hated this child. She kept mumbling, "I have always been stupid and timid. I was too stupid to think about how to be with you. I was too timid to even admit that I loved you... I must have made you suffer, right, Yun Zhen? Do you hate me... hate me?"

"Baoer, that's enough. I have never hated you. Everything I did was voluntary. I don't hate anyone."

"But why do I hate myself so much? I often think that it would be better if I died..."

"No, Baoer, you can't die! I can't leave you..."

"Yun Zhen, do you still remember when we were little? Whenever I close my eyes, the days we spent outside the palace always come to mind... I still remember the Lantern Festival on Lantern Festival night, the hot springs in Jiuxiao Mountain, and even the stone lions outside the Shangshu Mansion. I remember them all clearly... I still remember the promise you made to me. You said you would marry me when the peach blossoms outside the city were in full bloom for ten miles..."

That day, Concubine Baogui talked a lot, until her voice became hoarse, but she was still unwilling to stop.

I don’t know how long it took, but the light gradually dimmed.

As night fell, in the silent and cold dungeon, only the hoarse voice of Baogui Fei could be heard intermittently.

There were several times when Yun Zhen couldn't stand it anymore and he wanted Baoer to stop.

But Baoer seemed to be oblivious to his attempt to stop her and continued talking non-stop.

Yun Zhen begged, "Bao'er, don't talk about it anymore. Take a rest and we can talk about it tomorrow, okay?"

Baoer's voice was as light as a thread, floating in the air.

"Tomorrow? Tomorrow... Yun Zhen, I don't have a tomorrow anymore. Yun Zhen, do you know? I have closed my eyes, and the blood in my body has begun to cool down... I know that when my voice stops, I will disappear forever..."

"No... Bao'er, Bao'er... Wake up and stop talking nonsense."

"This is not nonsense, Yun Zhen, let me tell you... just now a small snake came in from a small hole in the wall. Maybe someone knew I was here and let it in on purpose... Yun Zhen, I didn't tell you, and I didn't scream, because I was afraid I wouldn't die... In fact, it bit me a few times just now, and the blood flowing from the wound was black... I know I won't live long..."

"No! Baoer! Baoer! Why didn't you say it earlier? Why didn't you say it earlier!"

Yun Zhen wanted to shout at the jailer, but Bao Er interrupted him calmly, "It doesn't matter, Yun Zhen, I already wanted to die... I don't hate the person who wanted to kill me, on the contrary, I want to thank her for sending me to death..."

"No, Baoer, you can still be saved, you can still be saved..."

"It's too late, Yun Zhen. I've been bitten for more than half an hour... Yun Zhen, don't scream, don't alarm the jailer, I have one last thing to tell you..."

"No, Baoer, don't say anything!"

Yun Zhen was very afraid of Baoer's tone, which sounded as if he was leaving a will.

"Yun Zhen, when the Queen Mother said she hated me, I didn't understand at all. But now, I seem to have figured it out a little bit... Yun Zhen, remember, if one day you want to be an enemy of the Queen Mother, you must hold a trump card in your hand... This trump card is Princess Tianning... Unfortunately, I don't have time to investigate, and I dare not make random guesses, so I dare not tell you my absurd thoughts... But Yun Zhen, I always feel that there is something wrong with Princess Tianning's life experience... There must be something wrong..."

As if it were a flash of light, Baoer's voice suddenly became clear, and she said over and over again: "Tianning... Tianning... Go and investigate Tianning's life experience. Maybe there is a secret hidden in it... If you know this secret, maybe... Yunzhen, you can defeat the Queen Mother..."

"Bo'er? Bo'er?"

No matter how Yun Zhen shouted, there was no response from the other side.

As if he had sensed something, Yun Zhen's heart tightened.

“No…no…Bo’er, Bo’er…Ahhhh!”

A heart-wrenching scream echoed throughout the dungeon.

However, Yun Zhen's painful voice could no longer reach Concubine Baogui's ears.

She leaned quietly against the wall, motionless, her right hand hanging on the ground, and the two deep holes at her wrist were shocking.

The poisonous snake was hissing in the dark night, spitting out red letters, and there was still traces of Baogui Fei's blood on its mouth.

It has been ten years. Baoer, who has been in the palace for ten years, finally got real relief at this moment.

This was the ending she chose for herself. It was sad and bleak, but it brought her peace of mind.

At this moment, a cold wind suddenly blew in the imperial garden far away from the dungeon.

A blooming peony in the wind fell silently to the ground.

The petals shattered into pieces on the ground, withering away in a sad and beautiful way, which was shocking to the eye.