imperial psychologist

Chapter 265 Dilemma
When Emperor Jianxi walked out of the side hall of Chuxiu Palace, the moon was still high in the sky.

What happened tonight ended faster than he imagined, but it didn't seem to be the ending he hoped for.

In the courtyard, Huang Chongde and Yuan Zhen, who had arranged their respective errands, were already waiting in front of the palace gate of Chuxiu Palace.

Jin Zhi and Lin Jieyu had already been escorted away, and Baoyuan, who had just been summoned, was standing in the corner with her messy hair, sobbing softly.

On the other side of the gate, Berlin's secret guard Wei Shishi stood there.

Emperor Jianxi narrowed his eyes slightly.

Lin Jieyu's accusation against Bo Ling is actually very easy to verify, because what Bo Ling said and did during this period, there is no need for interrogation at all - just ask Wei Shishi, he is Bo Ling's secret guard , following this girl day and night, what would he not know?

Wei Shishi noticed that Emperor Jianxi's eyes lingered on him for a long time, and he frowned slightly, with an ominous premonition in his heart, "Your Majesty?"

"Go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation." Emperor Jianxi said softly.

Qiu Shi hurriedly walked out of Chuxiu Palace, and shouted loudly, "Putting out the Palace of Mental Cultivation—"

The moment he passed by, Emperor Jianxi glanced at Wei Shishi, "You also come with me."

Wei Shishi's heart suddenly rose.

Before he could answer, Emperor Jianxi had strode across the threshold.

Yuan Zhen and Huang Chongde followed closely behind, and behind them was Bo Ling who was escorted by two eunuchs—same as they escorted Lin Jieyu before, they were still somewhat polite to Bo Ling, and did not twist her hands, Just follow her closely and drive her where she should go.

Wei Shishi looked at Bo Ling, who lightly shrugged and gave him a helpless smile.

"Bo Siyao, let's go." The eunuch behind urged him up, "The emperor is gone."

"Okay." Burling replied.

At this moment, the meow of a cat sounded again in the flowers. The sound sounded shrill and sharp, which startled the few people here, and then followed the sound.

At this moment, Wei Shishi felt that Bai Ling stuffed something into his palm.

He didn't look at it carefully, but quickly pushed it into his sleeve - judging from the feel, it was probably a small piece of paper.

Bo Ling patted Fourteen's arm, and said softly, "Let's go together?"

"Let's go."

It wasn't too far to walk from Chuxiu Palace to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but tonight the road seemed extremely long. Bai Ling and Wei Shishi were silent all the way, but they all remembered the conversation not long ago.

——If tomorrow you were sent to someone else, and that person asked you to kill me, what would you do?

The two of them recalled all the things that happened during this period of time, and secretly evaluated which of these things might annoy the emperor-and how should these things be resolved when Emperor Jianxi asked about them?

After stepping out of the last stone gate in the harem corridor, the field of vision suddenly widened, and the cornices on both sides of the Hall of Mental Cultivation appeared in Bai Ling's eyes.

After stepping into the long corridor of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the two eunuchs who had been following Bo Ling and Wei Shishi consciously stopped outside the door.

Bai Ling and Wei Shishi walked forward slowly, and she heard the low voice of Huang Chongde and Emperor Jianxi talking at the end of the road.

"Fourteen." Bo Ling said softly.

"Ok?"

"Please give the note to Bai Yi. Tell him not to worry."

"Ah."

"Also," Bo Ling looked up at him, "No matter what the emperor asks you later, you will answer truthfully."

"……Um."

Burling paused, and then said, "I will answer truthfully, this is the best way."

Wei Shishi didn't understand this - if he showed the slightest sign of deceiving the Holy Majesty for Bai Ling, Emperor Jianxi would no longer live in this world, and Bai Ling would also be in an extremely dangerous situation.

It's just... It seems that without knowing it, Bai Ling has been too deeply involved in the court struggle of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

From the imperial concubine to the eldest son, from the party of the Song Dynasty to the prince who opposed the Song Dynasty, and the unidentified Duke Ming... All parties overlap with her in countless ways.

Wei Shishi gave Bai Ling a worried look.

——If I really told the truth, what would happen to Bo Ling?
Can Emperor Jianxi tolerate a person like her?
At this moment, a eunuch walked quickly from the front and said loudly to the two of them, "There is a decree!"

……

Yuantian gradually showed his pale belly, and Qu's family stayed up all night in Chengqian Palace. After going back to Xianfu Palace and changing clothes, Concubine Ning hurried to Chengqian Palace to visit.

Just after entering the door, Concubine Ning saw Zheng Shu sitting in the middle of the hall, applying a little medicine to Bao Yuan's hand, and Qu Shi was also sitting beside her.

Seeing Concubine Ning, both Zheng Shu and Bao Yuan stood up to salute, Concubine Ning waved her hand casually to signal them to get up.

Concubine Ning glanced at Baoyuan's hand inadvertently, and saw that the bases of her ten fingers were covered with bloodstains. She couldn't help being a little surprised, "What's wrong?"

"...It's okay, you don't have to worry, Ma'am."

"Is this all right?"

Zheng Shu's eyes were red, obviously she had cried, but she sniffed her nose and said, "Although it looks scary, it's all flesh and blood wounds. Fortunately, Baoyuan just entered the Punishment Department and was brought up again by the emperor not long after. If you stay inside for one night and hurt your bones, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep your hands."

Zhang Fuhai moved a chair for Concubine Ning from the side, and Concubine Ning sat down beside Qu Shi.

Qu Shi looked very tired, and Concubine Ning gently brushed the messy hair on her forehead, "If you're tired, why don't you go and rest for a while?"

Qu Shi didn't answer, just shook his head.

After a while, Qinglian walked in quickly from the outside, Qu's tired face immediately swept away, and asked with concern, "How is it? Is there any news from the Hall of Mental Cultivation?"

Qinglian shook her head, "My servant saw Eunuch Qiu, and he said that the Holy Majesty planned to question him overnight, but there was a sudden emergency military order from the northern border, so the Holy Majesty first summoned several imperial envoys who had returned to Beijing overnight gone."

"What about Boling?" Qu asked quickly.

"Bo Siyao and that Master Wei of the Jinyiwei are currently being imprisoned in two places in the Hall of Mental Cultivation," Qinglian replied with an uneasy face, "It should be interrogated after the emperor finishes dealing with the matter at hand. "

"Actually, the first trial is quite good." Ning Concubine said softly, "In this way, we don't need to shake off the things that Mrs. Lin has done secretly. The emperor will naturally know from Bo Ling—"

"...I don't care about that Lin!" Qu's voice was a little louder, "I don't believe that Bo Ling would secretly communicate with the guards of the Zuowei camp, she is definitely not that kind of person."

"Yueying, don't place any more hopes. Stretching your hand into the left guard camp of the Holy Majesty is a death. It would be nice if she didn't implicate you. If you want to get her at this time, have you ever thought about giving her back to you?" What are the consequences? Her biggest role now is to cling to Lin's matter before she is executed. We can promise her and arrange her family—"

"Go back and rest." Qu's voice was somewhat indifferent, "A Tuo still needs your care, don't stay here with me."

Concubine Ning stood there in a daze. After so many years, it was the first time she saw Qu showing such an impatient expression towards her.

"You... are you going to drive me away?" Concubine Ning looked at Qu Shi in disbelief, "Just for... for a servant who has only been in the palace for more than a month?"

　Thank you Xuezhizi for the monthly ticket~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)