Bai Yueguang, the stand-in for Prince Sick Jiao

Chapter 153 Checkmate
In the evening, the capital ushered in the first snow of winter.

Accompanied by the cold wind, the pure white snowflakes fell down on the streets and alleys, gradually forming a thin layer of silver.

After nightfall, the weather became colder, the howling north wind beat against the glazed windows, the Xiefang Hall was not lit, it was dim, and the air was filled with the choking smell of smoke.

The palace maid covered her mouth and nose with her sleeve in disgust, put the frozen meal beside the bed, and said impatiently: "Get up and eat!"

Hearing these words, the person nestled in the quilt finally made a movement.

She slowly wriggled her dilapidated body, stretched out a thin and withered hand from under the smelly quilt, grabbed the bowl tremblingly, and then pulled the bowl in front of her.

The maid could not help but roll her eyes when she smelled the rotten smell on her body, "It's really disgusting!"

Ling Ling was pawing the food, when she heard this, she only paused for a moment, and then continued to chew the cold and sour food.

If it was in the past, she would definitely jump up and slap the maid severely, but now...she can't do anything.

Seeing her embarrassed appearance, the palace lady remembered that she was squeezed out by her companions and forced to come to Xiefang Palace to serve Ling Ling, she felt even more unhappy, and immediately slapped the bowl away from her hand.

"What to eat! Anyway, you won't live for a few days, you might as well starve to death now!"

Lingling glared at her angrily, with hatred in her chest, and said in a hoarse voice: "Presumptuous! I am His Majesty's concubine, how dare you?!"

The maid seemed to have heard some joke, and said contemptuously: "Ms. Ling? It seems that you still haven't figured it out. If His Majesty cares about you, how can he ignore you?"

The fact was ruthlessly exposed, and Lingling felt humiliated.

Does she not know that she has long been rejected by His Majesty?
Maybe from the very beginning, Fu Xiuyun hated her.
The palace maid gave her a hard mouthful, and said in a strange way: "It's snowing outside today, and it will only get colder and colder. You, even if you don't starve to death, you will freeze to death!"

After flaunting her strength, she flung her sleeves and left, kicking Ling Ling's bowl away before leaving.

The door of the hall was closed with a "bang", blocking thousands of wind and snow, and the hall returned to a dead silence.

Lingling was lying on the bed, with the thick bedding on her body, which was rotting from the inside out, emitting layers of stench.

Since meeting Ling Youyao last time, her body has become worse and worse, and her knees are getting more and more painful. The pain seems to be gnawed on her knees by ten thousand insects, and then goes up along her veins Crawl until it spreads all over the limbs, and finally sinks into the internal organs.

At first, she also went to see the imperial doctor, but the people in the imperial hospital avoided her, and whenever they saw her, they always found various reasons to refuse.

I wanted to ask Fu Xiuyun, but she didn't even have the qualifications to step into Chengming Hall.

Later, she remembered Ling Youyao's words, summoned up her courage, and took the jade pendant to Yanfu Palace.

But that day in Yanfu Palace, she not only saw the queen mother, but also Fu Xiuyun who had closed the door to her many times. By the way, there was another middle-aged man in luxurious clothes beside her.

Lingling didn't know him, so she just showed the jade pendant to the Queen Mother.

When the three of them saw the jade pendant, they had different expressions on their faces——

The Empress Dowager's face was gloomy, her lips were tightly pursed, almost on the verge of rage.

Fu Xiuyun was shocked, his expression was very embarrassing, as disgusting as if he had eaten mosquitoes and flies.

But the expression of the last one still makes Lingling unable to figure it out. He looked at him with both shock and surprise, like the joy of regaining a loss, and also like the pain of being uncovered.

Ling Ling didn't know why he looked at her with such eyes.

Just when the atmosphere fell into a stalemate, the queen mother said: "Is this jade pendant yours?"

Ling Ling nodded. The jade pendant was handed to her by her mother, of course it was hers.

Hearing her affirmative answer, the Empress Dowager's eyes flashed with skepticism, and she turned to look at Fu Xiuyun: "Your Majesty, this is the end of the matter, please make an order."

Lingling was stunned, what order?What is the purpose?

Fu Xiuyun remained silent, glanced at Su Yuming beside him, obviously hesitating.

Seeing that he hadn't moved, the queen mother snorted coldly: "Yan Hongjin killed Nianrou back then, and Xi'er lost her mother when she was young. After all these years, don't you still understand?!"

This was said to Su Yuming.

Su Yuming knew he was wrong, and recalling the past was just a pity. He did love Yan Hongjin, and thought of welcoming her in, but between power and love, he finally chose power.

Even now knowing that he and Yan Hongjin's child is still alive, he is only excited for a moment. After thinking about it, he only feels that Ling Ling is a trouble.

Su Yuming gave up on Ling Ling, and the Queen Mother didn't need to think about anything else, and immediately ordered Ling Ling to be given medicine.

Fu Xiuyun already hated Ling Ling, and after learning that she was the daughter of the Su family, he wished she would disappear as soon as possible.

Immediately after the order was given, two mammy nurses held Ling Ling down, and Nanny Gui pinched Ling Ling's chin, and the black medicine was poured into Ling Ling's throat.

Lingling's eyes widened and she struggled, but the Queen Mother just looked at her coldly, as if looking at a lifeless dead object.

She seems to have seen such a look before...

The door was opened at some unknown time, and the piercing cold wind blew in, messing Lingling's hair. She shrank her body, squinted her eyes and looked at the silver-white world outside, as if she had passed away.

Having not seen the light for a long time, Lingling was not used to it, and subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but someone closed the door for her first.

She looked at the person, and a trace of surprise flashed across her face: "How could it be you?"

Sun Fuzhi didn't answer, just put down the medicine box, and said blankly, "You are poisoned."

Lingling sneered, she had seen Sun Fuzhi in the Imperial Hospital, but at that time Sun Fuzhi, like everyone else, ignored her.

"Physician Sun, isn't it too late for you to tell me this?"

Sun Fuzhi's indifferent gaze fell on Ling Ling, and said, "I just want to tell you that you are dying soon."

"Heh..." Ling Ling showed sarcasm, "So, did you also come to see my joke?"

Although she has a status, she can't even compare to the lowest court lady!
Sun Fuzhi looked at her quietly and said, "I only have one question to ask you, if you answer me truthfully, I will save you."

Hearing this, Lingling felt that he was joking, "The poison has entered the lungs, so how can I survive?"

"You just need to answer my question. As for whether I can save you or not, that's my business."

Lingling was silent, she was evaluating the credibility of Sun Fuzhi's words.

After a while, she was still shaken: "What do you want to ask?"

Sun Fuzhi's eyes moved slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "What's your relationship with Ah Jing?"

(End of this chapter)