It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 54 The most ruthless emperor
Unexpectedly, Emperor Sima Zhong did not feel sad after learning about Concubine Li's drowning.

He was sitting in the Zhengyang Palace with sleepy eyes, his clothes were disheveled and very sloppy.

"I'm hungry." He glanced at Sima Lun and Sima Ying, "Isn't it just that someone died? You don't need to tell me, you can just figure it out."

"Your Majesty, Concubine Li's father will be coming to the palace soon." Sima Lun reminded.

"Oh, come on." Emperor Sima Zhong just touched the tea cup in front of him, "Do you want gold? How much do you want? Give it to him. Concubine Li likes gold and all kinds of jewelry. Her father must also like it. of."

"Your Majesty." Sima Lun frowned at the sight, "Concubine Li drowned, and his father must be seeking an explanation."

"What? You're already dead, what can you say?" Emperor Sima Zhong was already irritable, "I'm hungry! Do you want to starve to death?"

"Come on, come on!" Zhang Du was already busy carrying the food box and walked in, with many young eunuchs following behind him.

Seeing that these people were well-trained, they immediately filled the big table in front of Sima Zhong with steaming food.

The aroma wafted out, and Sima Zhong's expression relaxed a lot.

He did not move his chopsticks, but Zhang Du quickly served him a bowl of broth, and then placed a few pieces of sauced meat in front of his eyes.

Emperor Sima Zhong still didn't move and just opened his mouth.

Zhang Du bowed his body and put a piece of sauced meat into his mouth first.

Sima Zhong smacked the taste and nodded.

Zhang Du immediately picked up another piece and put it in his mouth.

After that, he scooped up another half spoonful of broth, blew it slightly to cool it, and put it into his mouth.

Sima Zhong drank it, but shook his head.

Zhang Du immediately brought over another bowl of hot porridge, replaced it with a spoon, cooled it slightly, and fed it into his mouth.

This time he must have felt very satisfied, as Sima Zhong actually drank a second spoonful.

After finishing the drink, he saw Sima Lun and Sima Ying still standing there and asked with a cold face: "Is there anything else going on with Uncle Huang and Brother Ying?"

"Li Fei's father..."

Before Sima Lun could finish his words, Emperor Sima Zhong slammed the table, "Okay, it's really unlucky to do it so early in the morning."

"Your Majesty!" Sima Lun also darkened his face.

"Your Majesty, the case of the female corpse next to Fengluan has been solved. It was the Queen's plan..." Sima Ying saw that the atmosphere was not right and immediately changed the subject.

"Oh." Emperor Sima Zhong glanced sideways at Sima Ying and pointed at a piece of dried tofu. Zhang Du immediately stretched out his chopsticks. "No, just don't eat this in the future."

"Yes, yes, I have written it down." Zhang Du took the dish directly with his other hand, and a young eunuch quickly took it and carried it out.

The cold wind came in, and Emperor Sima Zhong shouted: "Why is it so cold? Go, go, I want to light a charcoal fire!"

"Your Majesty..." Sima Ying also darkened her face.

"What's the matter?"

"Nothing, please leave." Sima Ying originally wanted to say something more, but in the end she said nothing.

"Let's go, let's go." Emperor Sima Zhong had already stood up, shook his muscular body, and said to Zhang Du, "I still haven't received a few copybooks from yesterday. Let's go now."

"Yes, yes." Zhang Du was naturally obedient to the emperor.

Sima Lun and Sima Ying turned sideways and respectfully sent the emperor back to his bedroom.When the two people looked at each other, Yang Xianrong hurried to Zhengyang Palace in a sedan chair.

"The Emperor is aware of this matter." Sima Lun's face was still dark, "The Queen, please go back to the palace to rest."

"Ah?" Yang Xianrong was very surprised and couldn't help but said: "What does the emperor have to say about this matter?"

"Probably just to lose some gold." Sima Lun sneered, "Dong Yuanhe should be arriving soon, I will go and take a look."

"...Then..." Yang Xianrong was a little at a loss, "This matter... still needs to be investigated, right?"

"Check." Sima Lun adjusted his robes, "At least we need to know why Concubine Li went to Yingliu Lake and why she drowned. This can be considered as an explanation to Dong Yuanhe."

"Yeah." Yang Xianrong agreed.

"This is a harem matter, so it would be more appropriate for the Queen to go out and investigate." Sima Ying continued.

Sima Lun nodded, "Queen, thank you for your hard work."

"Oh oh oh, it's not hard. The prince is the one who works the hardest." Yang Xianrong was very polite and sighed, "The two princes haven't had breakfast yet? I'll ask someone to prepare some."

"No need." Sima Lun had no intention of continuing, "The Queen, please go back to the palace to rest first, and we will talk about it later after the autopsy is done."

"Oh, okay." Looking at Sima Lun's appearance, Yang Xianrong said no more.

She even took a half step back to make way for Sima Lun.

Both princes hurriedly left Zhengyang Palace to deal with Concubine Li's affairs.

Yang Xianrong stood in front of the table of delicacies in Zhengyang Palace. He turned to Zhang Liang and asked, "Don't you, the emperor, like Concubine Li very much?"

Zhang Liangxue looked embarrassed and whispered: "It's just recently."

"How do you say that?"

"I used to go to Concubine Huan, Concubine Mu, and Concubine Rumei often." Zhang Liangxue's voice was much softer, "It's just that Concubine Li is more favored recently. In fact, it was not the case before, and she was often grounded after being deposed... "

"Why is she favored?" Yang Xianrong was also curious about these things.

"The emperor often has trouble falling asleep. Reifei learned a piece of shakuhachi music, and the emperor fell asleep as soon as he listened to it... So he has to ask Reifei to come over and play a piece of music every night."

Yang Xianrong thought of the days when he entered the palace, and there was always the faint sound of shakuhachi music, and he wanted to ask who was playing it.

I do know now, but unfortunately, the person is gone.

"Then why didn't you call Concubine Li to come over yesterday?"

"This is about it...hey..." Zhang Liangxue looked in the direction of the palace and then said: "Concubine Li's father Mr. Dong sent a copybook to the palace a few days ago, which was written in regular script by Wang Kuang of Linyi. .”

"Oh? The famous Wang Kuang?" Yang Xianrong knew this person. His calligraphy was very beautiful. Many people regarded his calligraphy as copybooks, especially the enlightenment copybooks of high-ranking officials and nobles, all of which were written by him.

"Yes." Zhang Liangzhao sighed again, "The emperor likes copybooks. If you get a good copybook, you can even forget to eat and sleep. The new regular script written by Wang Kuang naturally won the favor of the emperor, and he was specially given a hundred Two gold coins for Mr. Dong."

Yang Xianrong's heart moved, "So, Concubine Li has not served the emperor these days?"

"Yes, the emperor has been reading copybooks in the Zhengyang Palace these past few days, and Concubine Li has gone back to her place to practice the sound of shakuhachi."

"...She is really..." Yang Xianrong did not say the second half of the words, but the meaning was obvious. He really dug a death hole for himself.

(End of this chapter)