The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 73 Who Sent
Yinzhen looked up again and inadvertently met Qi Yuebin's gaze, and his heart trembled.

It was a look of determination, but why was it looking at him?
After the dance, Qi Yuebin got down from the drum.

"This dance of yours is to wish the Qing Dynasty peace and prosperity!"

Qi Yuebin knelt down and bowed to the emperor and empress again.

"Okay! Well said!"

The emperor clapped his hands and laughed, and seemed very satisfied with Qi Yuebin's talent.

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

Everyone stood up from their seats and shouted "Long live the emperor".

"Everyone, please stand up! I never thought that the daughters of the Qing Dynasty would have such ambitions! Although today is a festival for girls, it also allows me to see what it means that women are as good as men! The Qing Dynasty will surely prosper!"

Qi Yuebin also stood up with everyone else. She ignored the jealous or disdainful looks of the noble ladies at the table, and glanced at Yinzhen intentionally or unintentionally.

While Nian Shilan closed her eyes for a while, Wen Xianqing watched the kitchen boil some summer heat-relieving medicine.

Songzhi served Nian Shilan medicine and whispered to her.

"Master, I just took a quick look when no one was paying attention. The brick wall on the side of Yonghe Palace has indeed been tampered with. Some bricks can be moved."

Nian Shilan smiled, it seemed that those bricks had been there for a long time.

In her previous life, she was called the Queen Mother, who is now Concubine De. When the palace maids serving her passed on messages, they delivered the messages through those bricks.

"Please ask around to see if there is a maidservant named Zhile by Concubine De's side. She should be about your age now. If there is, try to give her some money. Her sick father's life may be saved."

Songzhi wondered how her master knew that there was such a little maid in Concubine De's palace. She didn't need to ask, because when she went to the kitchen to watch Imperial Doctor Wen decocting medicine, it was Zhile who was serving the fire.

"Master, how do you know? Zhile does look about the same age as me. She is just a maid, why are you giving her money?"

Nian Shilan waved her hand.

"Go ahead and do it if you ask me to. I don't need her for now, but I'll find her when I need her."

Songzhi took the bowl of medicine that Nian Shilan had finished drinking to the kitchen.

Su Peisheng was taking a nap in the corridor when he suddenly heard someone calling him.

When he woke up with a start, he saw a young eunuch whom he had not seen before, looking at him with a flattering expression.

"Eunuch Su, I am Xiao Changzi, a servant at Linxi Pavilion. Prince Yong just asked me to pass on a message, asking you to wait for Concubine to get up, and the prince will come to take Concubine back to the palace in a while."

Su Peisheng looked at the unfamiliar little eunuch and suddenly remembered that when his master was fighting a disaster in Henan, there was also an unfamiliar little eunuch who came to convey the emperor's order to summon his master back to the capital. However, he did not expect that his master and his entourage were attacked outside the capital and almost lost their lives.

But this happened in the palace, and the rumor only told him to help the concubine get up, so it shouldn't be the same thing.

Su Peisheng nodded and said.

"Please report to the master, sir. I will serve the concubine right away."

After hearing what was said, the young eunuch ran away happily.

Su Peisheng looked at the sky and asked the palace maids in Yonghe Palace, it was almost the evening hour.

I guess it's time for the banquet to end.

Su Peisheng stood outside the side hall door and said loudly, "My lady, the master just sent someone to ask me to help you get up and wait. The master will come to take you back to the palace in a while."

Nian Shilan's voice came from inside the hall.

"Got it, I'll get up right away."

After a while, the little Changzi who had run away came to Yonghe Palace again.

He looked a little anxious to run, his face flushed, and he said anxiously.

"Eunuch Su, I just went back to report to the prince, but he was drunk. He said it was quite a long way from Linxi Pavilion, and he was afraid that he would not be able to stand the alcohol. The prince asked you to wait for the concubine to go to the west gate, where the carriage of the palace is waiting. He and the concubine will go ahead and wait in the carriage."

Su Peisheng responded, "Okay, got it. I'm sorry to bother you with the trip. Please wait a moment."

But the moment Xiao Changzi turned around, he knocked him unconscious with a knife, then took out a towel from his bosom and tied Xiao Changzi's hands tightly.

Songzhi was supporting Nian Shilan as they were walking out of the hall, and they were both stunned when they saw this scene.

The palace servants of Yonghe Palace had already dragged little Changzi into the courtyard and let him lie on the bluestone slabs in the courtyard that had been exposed to the sun all day.

"Eunuch Su, what's going on? Who is this eunuch?"

Songzhi glanced at Nian Shilan's expression and asked.

Su Peisheng bowed to Nian Shilan and replied.

"Report to Concubine, this guy must be pretending to be a palace servant from Linxi Pavilion and came to deliver a false message. I believed him at first, but he was too impatient. When he came to deliver the message for the second time, I saw through him. In order to prevent Concubine from being plotted against, I can only knock him out first. I will deal with him after the master arrives."

Nian Shilan was surprised. Su Peisheng was indeed the chief eunuch. His reaction was really quick.

At one o'clock in the evening, Yinzhen strode in. As soon as he entered the gate of Yonghe Palace, he saw a eunuch lying on the ground.

Looking down the corridor again, Nian Shilan was standing there, with Su Peisheng and Song Zhi standing behind her.

Ulanara, who followed Yinzhen in, was also stunned. Nian seemed to be fine, but what was going on on the ground?

When Nian Shilan saw Yinzhen coming in, she came down the steps, stood in front of Yinzhen, and bowed.

"My concubine greets the master. Are you here to take me back to the mansion?"

Yinzhen frowned and looked at Nian Shilan for a long time.

"I just finished the banquet and rushed here with my wife. What's going on on the ground?"

Nian Shilan looked down and saw that Xiao Changzi had been awakened by the heat from the floor tiles that had been exposed to the sun all day, but his mouth was stuffed with cloth by the palace servants of Yonghe Palace, so he could only squeak and was unable to speak.

"I don't know what's going on either. Master, why don't you ask Eunuch Su?"

Su Peisheng hurried forward and whispered.

"Reporting to the master, this servant came to Yonghe Palace at about twilight hour and asked me to pass on a message, saying that you asked me to wait for the concubine to get up and wait for you to take her back to the palace. After that, he left in a hurry. But in less than a quarter of an hour, he came back and said that you were drunk and it was inconvenient for you to come to Yonghe Palace again. You and the concubine went to the west gate to wait first, and asked me to wait for the concubine to go to the west gate. The servant estimated the time from here to Linxi Pavilion, and felt that it was not right. In addition, the master's alcohol tolerance, the servant knows, he can't get drunk easily. So for the sake of caution, the servant can only knock him out first and then make plans."

What Su Peisheng did not say in front of everyone was that although his master was a loyal supporter of the prince on the surface, he might have made many enemies in secret.

Yinzhen instantly understood what Su Peisheng was thinking.

"Take away the cloth from this slave and ask this king who sent him."

　I'll update two chapters today. Thank you for your support. I'm going to lie down first. Love you guys.
　　
　
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