The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 1290: Concubine Li's Dark Trick (37)
Xiao Qi gritted his teeth. Although the hatred in his heart did not diminish, he also knew that Yun Lan and Shun Xi's words were not unreasonable. His hand holding the sword fell down weakly, and he gritted his teeth unwillingly and said: "Even if the father If we can't find out the truth, I will definitely avenge my mother, let's wait and see."

He dragged the sword in his hand and left angrily. Shunxi hurried over to apologize to Yunlan and said, "Auntie, Your Highness was young and accidentally injured Auntie, so please forgive me. His Highness is sad to see Xiao Jieyu leave. If you are rational, you will inevitably act impulsively, so please ask your aunt to give some advice to His Highness, Your Majesty."

Looking at Xiao Qi's back, Yun Lan sighed heavily, nodded and said, "Don't worry, I won't confide a word to your empress about today's matter, just pretend that His Highness has never been here."

"Then I would like to thank you, aunt. This servant will go and watch His Highness right now, so that he will not do anything stupid again. For my aunt's great kindness, if this servant has the opportunity, I will definitely repay it." Shunxi finished crying. With these words, Xiang Yunlan gave a deep salute, then turned around and hurried to chase after Qi'er.

Yun Lan shook her head lightly, thinking that regardless of whether the matter had anything to do with the queen, from now on, Qier would hate the queen even more. Whether he really found out the truth or not is another matter.

Clutching her injured arm and going back, Yun Lan avoided the crowd, went back to her room to bandage the wound, changed into clean clothes, and returned to serve the Queen calmly.

Seeing that the sky was already dark, and meals had already started to be served outside, but the empress seemed to have no appetite at all, and was still silently waiting for the news from Antai Hall.

Lin Guiyi was filled with guilt, she knew that Concubine Li had done her best to protect her, but the queen was always smart, if someone found the scar on Xiao Jieyu's head, then the theory of throwing herself into the lake would be doubted.

Moreover, Xiao Jieyu's maidservant insisted that before this, she had gone to the House of Internal Affairs to look for herself. Even if no one saw that the two of them had had a conflict, once she found out that Xiao Jieyu was murdered, then she would be She was really not sure whether the biggest suspect could escape this disaster.Therefore, although she tried her best to pretend to be calm, she was always restless in her heart.

Qingchen has been silently observing Lin Guiyi's expression carefully, seeing her pale face, sitting there in a daze, holding the veiled hand, trembling uncontrollably, occasionally throwing a terrified glance, A preoccupied look.

The queen picked up the tea beside her, took a few sips, then lowered her voice and whispered something to Yun Lan, Yun Lan nodded, turned around and backed out silently, not likely to come back and whispered something to the queen, and then Then the queen asked calmly: "Lin Guiyi, I will ask you again, Xiao Jieyu said before that she was looking for you at the House of Internal Affairs, have you really never met her?"

Lin Guiyi's body shook slightly, and the muscles on her face were visibly stiff for a moment. She hurriedly said, "Empress, my concubine has never met Xiao Jieyu. If I see her, I know that she has been treated unfairly. I will go to the House of Internal Affairs to ask for clarification. The concubine has personally inspected all the things assigned to the palaces, and if something goes wrong, how can the concubine just ignore it?"

Qingchen nodded slightly, what she said was not unreasonable, seeing the Queen's expression, Lin Guiyi thought she believed her words, and was secretly relieved, and heard the Queen ask:

"The one who followed you to the House of Internal Affairs today was the girl Nianxia, ​​right? Just now I asked Yun Lan to ask her, and she said that she had lost your handkerchief on the way out of the House of Internal Affairs, so she went back to look for it, but she After returning to the palace, I found that you had not returned, so I went out to look for you again, and found you on the way, where did you go during this time?"

Lin Guiyi grabbed her sleeves tightly, took a deep breath, stabilized her emotions, and replied with dodge eyes: "Empress, concubine...the concubine is a little tired after working for a long time. The flowers are blooming very well, I walked around the garden for a while, I wanted to wait for that girl Nian Xia, but who knows that she didn't see the concubine and went back first."

Qingchen always felt that if Xiao Jieyu had never met Lin Guiyi, why would Lin Guiyi be so nervous about her death?It's not her fault that they haven't met each other, she doesn't have to feel guilty at all, and the emperor didn't blame her, so what is she afraid of?
Always felt that something was suspicious, Qingchen thought for a while and asked again: "You are admiring the flowers in the imperial garden, did someone see you?"

Lin Guiyi shook her head, "This concubine didn't pay attention. At that time, she only wanted to pick some beautiful flowers to take back and put them in vases. But it looked so good, and she couldn't bear it, so forget it. As for anyone who has seen it before?" Concubine, concubine does not know."

Seeing the queen frowned slightly, Lin Guiyi asked again:
"Isn't the empress suspecting that Xiao Jieyu's death had something to do with the concubine? That's right. At that time, there was no one with the concubine. Bi Shu insisted that Xiao Jieyu went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find the concubine, and there was no one with the concubine." Witness, it’s a little unclear. But when you think about it, the place where Xiao Jieyu’s accident happened is not on the way to the House of Internal Affairs, so how could she meet a concubine?”

"I'm not suspicious of you. Don't be overwhelmed. It's just that you should ask. I still have to ask clearly. It's good for you, isn't it?" Qingchen still had some doubts in his heart. Since Xiao Jieyu It was to find Lin Guiyi to make a theory, so instead of going to the House of Internal Affairs, what did she do by running to the lake in the opposite direction from the House of Internal Affairs?

With too many doubts in his heart, Qingchen turned his head to look at the emperor, and saw that he had a cold expression, closing his eyes and resting his mind.

Qinxue came in and reminded softly: "Your Majesty, the dinner is ready, are you going to serve the Emperor and Your Majesty for dinner?"

Qingchen nodded, gently pressed one hand on the emperor's shoulder, and said softly: "Your majesty, no matter how important the incident is, you must take care of the dragon's body. Shall I serve your meal first? Xiao Jieyu's The matter has not been clarified yet, there are still many things for the emperor to worry about tonight, how can we do without dinner?"

The emperor didn't open his eyes, but leaned against the back of the chair, held her hand and said, "I don't have much appetite, go and eat something with the children."

Qingchen didn't make a sound, and accidentally caught a glimpse of Lin Guiyi sitting there awkwardly, and ordered: "Lin Guiyi also go back to eat first, if there is anything, I will send someone to call you."

Lin Guiyi got up as if she had received an amnesty and said, "Yes, the concubine will leave first, and she will wait for the Queen's summons at any time."

She walked out with a solemn expression. Qingchen knew that he could not persuade the emperor, so he motioned for Qinxue to call Jinghan in. Qinxue smiled knowingly, and after a while, Jinghan came in and hugged the emperor's hand and said, "Father, emperor!" , my daughter is very hungry, can you eat with us?"

(End of this chapter)