Chapter 393 Burial of the Concubine VS Ruthless and Romantic Emperor 41
Concubine Lu became more and more nervous as she thought about it. She did not want to get angry at this moment, and said to Cui Wei beside her: "Go, find someone for me, keep an eye on Lu Xi If there is any news over there, report it immediately. This matter must not be traced to me.”
“Also, you can tell Xiao Qingzi secretly and tell him to be more alert, but don’t let it slip. "
Cui Wei responded quickly: "Yes, my lady, I will make arrangements right away."
Then she respectfully stepped down to do the work.
The night is clear and the moon and stars are sparse.
After Xiao Qingzi came back from Leng Palace, he quietly slipped back to Xinghua Palace.
He came outside Yu Yao's bedroom and said softly: "Mother, my servant has done what you asked."
Yu Yao was lying on the bed, not asleep, and heard The voice coming from outside the door opened her eyes slightly, "Well done, go down and rest first, and be careful these days."
"Yes, my queen."
Xiao Qingzi quietly retreated.
Inside the house, the candles flickered and flickered.
Yu Yao turned her eyes to Liuli who was waiting on the side and ordered: "Liuli, send someone to go around Fengyi Palace. If there is any trouble, come and report to me quickly."
"Empress , do you suspect that the Queen has also intervened?"
Liu Li asked with her eyes widened in shock.
"I'm just so suspicious, it's right to attract attention."
She glanced at Liuli and said with a frown.
"Okay, I understand, this slave will let you keep an eye on me secretly."
Liu Li nodded slightly, followed the order respectfully and left.
Yu Yao was lying on the bed, sleeping with her eyes closed, but her mind kept spinning.
The queen has no children, but she is only in her early twenties and is very young. Under such circumstances, how could she tolerate other concubines giving birth to their eldest son first?
Although the eldest son is not as noble as the legitimate son, under certain circumstances, he is still qualified to compete for the throne.
For example, there is no legitimate son, or the legitimate son is not so outstanding.
In the early years of Kangxi, when the first Queen Hesheli was still alive, few children in the harem survived successfully.
Yinti, the only eldest brother who survived, was sent to be raised outside the palace by Concubine Hui when he was a child. He did not return to the palace until he was about to go to the study.
One can imagine how terrifying the harem fights were at that time.
She didn't believe that the queen would be so generous and tolerate other concubines giving birth to their eldest son.
"Anyway, is there the Queen's shadow behind this matter?"
She turned over to sleep and asked the system in her heart.
The system did not hide anything, "You are right to suspect that although the Queen did not take action personally, she was also behind it."
"As expected."
Yu Yao understood in her heart, and a cold light flashed in her eyes.
She didn't say anything more, let someone blow out the candles, closed her eyes, and fell asleep quickly.
At the same time, Lu Xi was leading a few young eunuchs to explore around the harem.
They came to the vicinity of Leng Palace, and a young eunuch saw something strange beside the dry well, "Father-in-law, look over there."
Lu Xi frowned and walked over. The dry well was deep and difficult to see clearly at night.
He asked the little eunuch next to him to go down and have a look.
After a while.
The little eunuch who went down to the dry well found the disguised corpse.
The body was quickly recovered.
Lu Xi went over to take a look, and saw the wounds on the corpse and the objects in Yingyue Palace, and he knew clearly, "Humph, it is indeed related to Yingyue Palace."
He had already guessed that this matter had something to do with Concubine Lu. I kept looking in this direction to find out the relationship, but I didn’t expect it to be so.
The night is getting darker, inside Fengyi Palace, the candlelight is swaying, reflecting the queen's uncertain face.
Hearing that Yu Yao was not only unharmed, but was promoted to the Jin Dynasty because of it, the teacup in the queen's hand was placed heavily on the table, making a crisp sound, breaking the tranquility in the room.
“What a waste, this Concubine Lu, she really fails in success but fails in failure.”
The queen cursed in a low voice, her face extremely ugly, "I thought this would be done perfectly, and I could get rid of that bitch's belly, but I didn't expect it."
She turned her head and looked at the aunt standing beside her. Grandma ordered, "Mother Qin, go and deal with it. You must not let the emperor notice that I am behind this matter."
As for what will happen to Concubine Lu next, what does it have to do with her?
“Yes, my dear, I will do it right now.”
Nanny Qin bowed to accept the order, and then quietly withdrew.
Emperor Jing did not turn over his cards tonight. After finishing his official duties, he went to Xinghua Palace to see Yu Yao.
I wanted to go directly, but thinking that her status as Jinfeng was already very conspicuous today, I changed into a set of night clothes and quietly went to Xinghua Palace.
Xinghua Palace, the night is deep.
Yu Yao had already fallen asleep at this time, but she was not asleep and was in a daze. When Emperor Jing saw that the lights in the room were turned off, he knew that she had fallen asleep.
Without alerting anyone, he quietly entered the room, took off his coat, and lay down next to her softly.
Looking gentle.
I carry the coolness of the night and the pleasant smell of ambergris.
Yu Yao smelled the ambergris and knew it was the Dog Emperor.
She didn't open her eyes, she just arched into his arms, grunted, and continued to sleep with her eyes closed.
Emperor Jing chuckled lightly, "She slept quite deeply."
He stretched out his arms to hold her tighter, staring at her sideways, his eyes gentle and full of affection.
At this time, a few rays of moonlight shone in from outside the house, falling on her delicate and beautiful face, gentle and tranquil.
The long eyelashes quivered slightly like butterfly wings, and the skin was as delicate and white as mutton-fat white jade, but also a bit pale.
When Emperor Jing saw her slightly pale face, he felt sorry for her.
Even though he tried his best to protect her, she was still in danger and almost lost her child.
He couldn't imagine how sad she would be if the child was gone, and how sad he would be.
He hugged her a little tighter, resting his head on her head, and whispered in a low voice: "Yao'er, I'm sorry, it was me who failed to protect you and made you suffer this kind of harm."
He regretted and blamed himself for not arranging more people to protect her.
Yu Yao did not fall asleep completely. She listened to the dog emperor's low voice, floating from the top of her head. Although the voice was small, her words hit her ears.
The Dog Emperor suddenly became so sensational, and she was really uncomfortable with it.
We agreed to give up our kidneys but not our hearts, and suddenly we started to show our sincerity. Is this preparing the prodigal son to return to his heart?
Or are you still in true love while continuing your romance?
Her heart was complicated, and she simply didn’t listen to the dog emperor talking, and fell asleep quickly in a daze.
The night was getting deeper and deeper, and Emperor Jing was also a little sleepy. When he saw the woman in his arms sleeping soundly, he smiled slightly and placed a gentle kiss on her lips, leaving her at the first touch.
Then, he hugged her and fell asleep.
Until dawn, Emperor Jing opened his eyes slightly and glanced at the woman who was still sleeping soundly in his arms.
Then he left quietly, and no one noticed except the Ouchi guards who were hiding in the dark.
After Emperor Jing came to the morning court, he returned to the imperial study to handle government affairs.
Lu Xi hurriedly approached, holding in his hand a copy of the investigation results found overnight, he knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have something important to report."
Emperor Jing did not raise his head, but was still reviewing the memorial in his hand, and said coldly: "Speak."
Lu Xi did not dare to neglect, and said hurriedly: "After careful investigation by the servant, there is something fishy about the empress Qin Zhaorong when she is in danger. Someone spilled oil on the section of road where the empress passed by, and even the key parts of the sedan that the empress was riding on were Someone also tampered with her, which caused the empress to fall from the sedan chair."
"Bold, can you find out who did it?"
Emperor Jing looked gloomy and held his hand. The memorial was thrown hard on the imperial desk, stood up, looked at Lu Xi with a cold expression, and asked.
Seeing that the emperor was angry, Lu Xi naturally did not dare to hide it, and said quickly: "It was Cui Wei, the maid next to Concubine Lu, who bribed a young eunuch from Xinghua Palace and asked the young eunuch to drive him out in Qin Zhaorong's sedan chair. tampering , and asked people to sprinkle oil on the road where Qin Zhaorong passed by. When the slaves found the two young eunuchs, they found that they had been silenced and their bodies were dumped in the dry well of Leng Palace. They also had items from Yingyue Palace. "
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After saying that, he lowered his head, trembling with fear, as if he predicted that the storm was coming.
"Concubine Lu, what a concubine Lu, it turns out she is the one."
Emperor Jing laughed angrily, his voice as cold as ice, "Conveying my will, Concubine Lu is demoted to a commoner. , was thrown into the cold palace and beaten to death with sticks. Cui Wei, the palace maid beside her, was also beaten to death with sticks as a warning to others. "
Lu Xi looked up in shock. He had thought that Concubine Lu would be thrown into the cold palace. , I also thought that the emperor would kill Concubine Lu, but I never thought that she would be beaten to death with sticks.
Generally, no matter how big of a mistake a concubine makes, the emperor will save some face for her, and the way of death is nothing more than white silk, poisoned wine, or a dagger.
Beating him to death with a stick is extremely undignified.
Lu Xi huffed in his heart, Concubine Lu was once favored and very popular, but she never expected that she would end up in such a miserable end.
The emperor is ruthless, this sentence is really true.
Lu Xi did not dare to think any more and quickly accepted the order and retreated.
Just as he was about to leave the imperial study, he saw the queen coming in, dressed in a phoenix robe, dignified and generous.
When the queen came in, she noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere in the royal study, and the emperor's face was ugly and gloomy.
She was pounding in her heart, wondering if she had come at the wrong time.
But even though you have come, it is impossible to quit.
"I, my concubine, have come to see you, Your Majesty. May Your Majesty be blessed with peace and prosperity."
The queen put her thoughts aside and saluted with a sophisticated manner.
Emperor Jing looked at the Queen with a cold expression, "What do you mean the Queen is here?"
When the Queen came into contact with Emperor Jing's cold eyes, her heart tightened and she said respectfully: "Yesterday, Your Majesty did not let me deal with Shu Jieyu and Shu Jieyu. "Is it about Concubine Jade? I'm here to report the results."
Emperor Jing frowned and was in a bad mood. Seeing that he wanted to report such a trivial matter, he scolded her unceremoniously. The kind that shows mercy.
"You have to report this to me. What do you do as a queen? It's so useless. If you can't do it well, I don't mind letting others do it."
The queen was completely on the receiving end of the gun. If it were normal times, even if Emperor Jing was dissatisfied, he would not scold her like this.