Chunman Palace

Chapter 110 Love and Erosion ([-])
The Empress Dowager was served by Yu Dai, took a sip of tea, and said: "Mr. Linggui, the Ai family has already taken care of the aftermath for you. I hope you will be considerate in your future actions, and don't leave yourself future troubles."

After hearing this, Lin Qingyu couldn't help being surprised again.The empress dowager's heart and methods are so tough, but what the empress dowager said is indeed reasonable. It is indeed her weakness that she is not decisive enough to look forward and backward.

It's just that listening to the empress dowager's earnest teaching now, she feels very scary.

Everyone in this palace has selfish desires, and the greater the power, the more difficult it is to satisfy their selfish desires. From the concubines to the empress dowager, it is impossible to say that they all do things without desires and desires, but the empress dowager Generally guided by her, the selfish desires in his heart don't know how much.

Lin Qingyu only said respectfully: "My concubine, I would like to thank the Queen Mother for her guidance."

The queen mother casually flipped through the book, and said, "There is another interesting thing recently, I wonder if you have heard of it."

Lin Qingyu was stunned: "I don't know what the Queen Mother is referring to..."

"It's about the court, you shouldn't know." The queen mother turned the page again, took out a letter-like thing from it, and read: "The governor Su Wu committed suicide in fear of crime. His family found that Su Wu's internal organs The six internal organs were all smashed, as if they were murdered by the enemy and pretended to be hanged."

Broken heart...?It sounds like the palm strength of a martial arts practitioner.When she was in Hexing, she heard from the master of the martial arts gym that a martial artist who practiced martial arts to a certain level, with profound skills, could kill a person without using a weapon.Even if it's a palm or a punch, it's as easy as cutting tofu with a knife.

Could it be that Zeyu listened to what she said that day and went to find Governor Su...

Lin Qingyu tried to calm down and asked, "Who did Governor Su offend before his death?"

The queen mother closed the letter paper with great interest, and continued to say vividly: "The most interesting thing is that the Su family compared the suicide note left by Su Wu with the poems and essays written by Su Wu before his death. There are traces of his appearance." She handed the letter to Lin Qingyu, and said, "Do you think Su Wu was imitated by someone close to him, or was it a suicide note left by someone who threatened him before his death?"

Trembling, Lin Qingyu pressed his elbows to his body, carefully took the letter and began to read it silently. Every word on it was the Su family's doubts about Su Wu's death, and the servants of the Su family even found a letter in the backyard. The style and material of women's sachets are all owned by the palace.

The sachet...could it really be Zezu?
Lin Qingyu felt that her eyes were all gray, wishing she could pass out now and wake up as a dream.

The queen mother's thunderous question sounded again: "Concubine, what did you think of? What do you think is wrong with Su Wu's suicide note?"

Lin Qingyu pinched the palms of her hands with her fingers, read the contents of the letter again, and found that the last sentence mentioned that the place where the slaves found the sachet seemed to be a little different from the previous handwriting, so she settled down and regained her composure.

The Queen Mother knew about this, so why didn't she hand over the omission directly to the Emperor?Apparently the emperor didn't know about this matter yet, the Su family wanted to ask the Queen Mother for help, so they sent a letter privately.

But if anyone insists on saying who has enmity with Su Wu, it can only be their Lin family.When Su Wu interrogated the Lin family, she wrongly killed her elder sister Lin Xuanyin. The queen mother should have been suspicious when she came to her today.

The purpose of adding the sachet was to disturb her mind and to find clues.

"Empress Dowager, according to my concubine, Governor Su must have been killed by someone close to me."

The Empress Dowager slowly took a sip of hot tea and said, "How can you see that?"

Lin Qingyu continued: "If Governor Su was coerced by force before his death, it would definitely alarm the Su family. It can be seen that people close to him bought murder to cover themselves up."

"There is some truth to what you said." The Queen Mother handed the letter to Yu Dai, and said: "I have heard what I said just now. How should I go back to Su's house? Do you have an answer in your heart?"

Yu Dai nodded: "I understand."

The queen mother coughed a few times, and said: "You have a clever mind, and the Ai family has something else to ask you."

Lin Gongshun said: "If the Empress Dowager wants to ask, the ministers and concubines will know everything."

"The eldest princess was married in a different race before, and now she is returning after losing her husband. Even though there is Ganquan Hall to live in, she still has a lot of youth... The Ai family really doesn't want her to enter the life of the Ai family too early." The queen mother covered her lips. He coughed a few times and said, "Do you have any suitable candidates?"

The queen mother's question stumped her.

In the previous dynasty and the harem, she had met very few good men, let alone she hadn't seen the world for a long time in the vanity state, and now she was asked to recommend a husband for the eldest princess, she was really at a loss.

Lin Qingyu had no choice but to tell the truth: "The concubine has been in the palace for a long time, and I really don't know what a good man can be worthy of the eldest princess."

Having said that, in fact, she had already been thinking in her heart that no one would be able to match such a vicious heart of the eldest princess, and only staying in the harem to fight and provoke is what she is best at.

The Empress Dowager didn't take it seriously, and just wrote lightly: "The emperor has so many people under his command, why is there no one who can be the eldest princess' son-in-law? Aijia looks at the emperor's side, it's not bad."

Lin Qingyu smiled without saying a word, if she used Zeyi's temperament and temper, the eldest princess might be ashamed.

At this time, there was a burst of laughter from outside the door: "What are you talking about, empress mother, your daughter has lived peacefully in Ganquan Palace recently, are you in such a hurry to send her out of the palace?"

The Queen Mother smiled kindly: "Are you back? That Zezuo is not bad, right?"

"Shang Ke, he's just like a piece of ice, and he has a very stubborn temper! My daughter took a lot of effort to make him obedient." The eldest princess was quite proud of herself, and she went straight to the queen mother and swept aside One glance: "Yo, Lin Qingyu, are you there?"

Lin Qingyu tucked the handkerchief into her palm silently, pinched the soreness into her heart, and forced a smile.

The queen mother was displeased: "Who taught you to call your concubine by her name? It's getting more and more inappropriate."

"Daughter forgot for a moment... I don't care about concubine concubine, right?" The eldest princess tilted her head and looked at Lin Qingyu, and laughed: "What's the matter, the concubine who has become the emperor's brother still has such a bitter face? Yes Alright, I have something to talk to my concubine alone, would you be willing to show me your face?"

Lin Qingyu smiled: "Naturally."

The queen mother coughed, frowned and said: "You have something to say, but don't talk nonsense without restraint."

"My daughter knows, so I won't say anything more." The eldest princess smiled, and walked out briskly, and Lin Qingyu followed closely after saluting the queen mother.

Lin Qingyu followed the eldest princess directly to the side hall. The eldest princess ordered someone to close the door, and called the servants inside to clean up. Then she was willing to look straight at Lin Qingyu, and took out the things hidden in her arms.

The eldest princess's voice came coldly: "This is yours?"

She saw a sachet wrapped around her finger, and the pattern embroidered on it was exactly the Phoenix flower.

Isn't this what she gave to Zezu?How could it appear in the hands of the eldest princess.

The Eldest Princess looked impatiently at the person who was lost in thought, and she raised her voice again: "I'm asking you something, is this sachet yours?"

"No."

"really not?"

The eldest princess opened the sachet again, and poured out all the dried flowers inside. Suddenly, she snapped her fingers, caught something, and threw it on the ground very quickly: "What? Give it away."

The strand of hair she hid inside was not found, which meant that it was not the sachet she gave Zeyu.

Hearing this, Lin Qingyu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The eldest princess threw the empty sachet to Lin Qingyu's face, "I have already asked, the embroidery skills on it are neither from the embroiderer in the palace, nor from any empress in the palace, so it can only be done." It's you, Lin Qingyu!"

Lin Qingyu raised her lips and said: "The eldest princess is just joking. Since this embroidery worker is not from the palace, he must be from outside the palace. Maybe it was sent off by a woman who admires Ze's bodyguard."

The eldest princess couldn't help laughing: "Isn't your embroidery work just like those weaver girls outside the palace with thick and shallow stitches? This is definitely what you embroidered, don't pretend, Lin Qingyu."

Lin Qingyu raised her eyes and said, "I don't know where the concubine offended the eldest princess, and she should be so suspected. Dare I ask, where did the eldest princess get this sachet?"

The eldest princess immediately sneered: "I know what to ask, so it's naturally on Zeyu's body! As for the sachet... just because I think the patterns on it are novel and beautiful, he tied it on my body with my own hands. I am also very satisfied, but I just looked left and right, but the embroidering method of this sachet looks like it was made by a woman, which really makes me unhappy."

Lin Qingyu was about to be overwhelmed, so she took a breath and said: "The eldest princess also said that the embroidering method of this sachet came from a woman, maybe it was a woman who embroidered it and sold it in the market. I found it novel and bought it back.”

The eldest princess raised her lips and said: "So that's the case, but why does he, a man, wear this sachet?"

Lin Qingyu continued: "There are often men and women who are in love with each other and give them bags to express their affection. Maybe the guards bought them for the woman they love? But the guards have always been alone. If they hadn't met Eldest princess, I'm afraid this sachet will be difficult to deliver."

"You know quite a lot." The eldest princess chuckled a few times, threw the sachet on the ground, and stomped hard a few times: "Even so, I still hate the man I like most when other people embroider it." sachet!"

Lin Qingyu gritted her teeth tightly, and said with a low body: "The concubine and the eldest princess think the same, this sachet is more thoughtful if it is embroidered by myself."

"Lin Qingyu, you answered very well." The eldest princess approached her, and the armor lightly brushed across her cheeks, and then she exerted a little force, and words like a knife were poured into her ears with pain: "But this palace just now But it didn't say that the sachet was found from Ze Zu, why did you answer it in such a hurry."

As if struck by lightning, Lin Qingyu met the Eldest Princess in panic, "The Eldest Princess is forgetful, you just told the Empress Dowager that you came back from the guards of Zeyu..."

Even though she found a reason, the eldest princess could see her panic-stricken appearance. The eldest princess was full of smiles, and her voice was as cold as ice: "Come on, now that things have happened, I thought it would be okay to just find a lame reason." Can you deceive me? If you want to talk about scheming, this palace is not much inferior to you concubines!"

The eldest princess sighed, with a smile on her lips, carefully wiped the blood on the armor, and said: "I originally wanted to report on you, but I begged me in every possible way, and I watched him wagging his tail and begging for mercy." Even his usual modesty and arrogance are gone, so Ben Gong agreed to help him keep the secret."

Lin Qingyu couldn't care less about the pain on her face, she was as silent as a stone statue, standing there dumbfounded.

But the eldest princess's bright and piercing voice hadn't stopped yet, only hearing the eldest princess "Ouch", she took out a man's belt from nowhere, pretending to be surprised: "It's so strange! Why is this belt still hidden on Bengong's body?" Now, but it would be wrong to ask my palace to send someone back, why don't you bother my concubine?"

Just as he was speaking, the belt fell into Lin Qingyu's hand.

Lin Qingyu couldn't calm down anymore, the blood in her body almost boiled to the top of her skull, burning away all her consciousness, she tightly held the belt that was still warm, she didn't know how she came out from the princess's side hall, and she couldn't help it. I don't know how I got back to Yanxi Palace.

Now she is like a lost soul, all the pain and pain have been exerted to the extreme, slowly expanding from the heart, corroding every inch of the body, so that she can't feel it except the numbness and pain of the body. any feeling.Now her body seems to have returned to the palace aimlessly by her own will.

Seeing the wound on Lin Qingyu's face, Mo'er thought it was the empress dowager's punishment, and hurriedly stepped forward to inquire, but Lin Qingyu gently pushed him away, and then, like a lost line shadow puppet, she lay on the bed with her head tilted, her eyes glazed over.

Mo'er was so anxious that she was on the verge of crying: "Madam, what's wrong with you? What's the matter, I will carry it with you, please don't hold it by yourself... Madam... I love you..."

She watched Lin Qingyu hold a belt tightly, trying to pull it out, but was held even tighter by Lin Qingyu, and Lin Qingyu couldn't help but burst into tears at this moment.

Mo'er quickly comforted: "This belt... Your Majesty, could it be that the Empress Dowager found something?"

Lin Qingyu cried silently, she got up and sat up, hugged Mo'er tightly and trembled all over, tears poured out like a bank bursting.

Mo'er repeatedly patted the man's back to comfort her, her voice was also trembling: "Mother, I know that you have suffered a lot of grievances in the Ganquan Hall this time, but you must make it through. Think about Master Lin and the guards."

When she mentioned the word "Zei", she felt Lin Qingyu's strength in hugging her a little more, she immediately understood what happened, and comforted her along the back: "Your Majesty, there are some things you can't ask for. After that, you forget about it too."

forget…?Just like those days in Vanity Fair, she was going to wake up from the mirror in her dream, and then forget everything?But what she experienced now was not a dream, but a real feeling. Forget it, it's not easy.

She even thought that the time with Zexi was a dream, and she would rather indulge in it forever than wake up to embrace this cruel and sad reality.

But, this is reality.

What she wanted in this life, she was afraid that she would never be able to fulfill her wish.

(End of this chapter)