royal princess

Chapter 220 The Incident
In fact, Xiao Qi has long been used to seeing death in this harem. From childhood to adulthood, I don't know how many people lost their lives in various ways in this palace.He even saw some with his own eyes, so apart from Dou Fangyi's death making him feel a little angry, he didn't actually have much emotion.

The women in the harem came here with a purpose since their family sent them to the palace. Since they entered the palace, they must have this kind of preparation. Maybe your life will stop the next moment.

Xiao Qi thought, he has been such a cold and heartless person since he was a child, seeing a woman who belonged to him lose her life like this, he can be so indifferent that not even a single heartbeat has changed much.

Compared with this, Si Jin's grief around him showed his ruthlessness even more.

His heart has never been very warm, and all the warmth exists because of Si Jin.So seeing Si Jin sad now made him more unhappy than hearing about Dou Fangyi's death.

Look, he is such a man.

Xiao Qi directly handed over the matter to the queen to find out, and then left with Si Jin.

In the Ningcui Pavilion, everyone watched the emperor leave with the sad Concubine Xi in his arms, leaving only a blurred view of their backs.

All the way back to the Heyi Hall, Si Jin still couldn't get out of that sad sadness.Seeing her like this, Xiao Qi sighed heavily, and said with a rare temper: "This kind of thing will never be rare in the harem, you have to learn to get used to it and ignore it."

When Si Jin heard such words, she felt some very sensitive disgust in her heart. Looking at Xiao Qi, she asked, "It's a life after all, so you can't see it in your eyes?"

Hearing the anger in Si Jin's tone, Xiao Qi stared at her for a long time, and then said: "If I feel sad every time someone dies, then I'd be blind from crying."

"But this is different."

"What's the difference? It's all the same to me." It's not only these women who are trapped in this palace, but also him.All the emotions, all the joys and sorrows, you have to adapt in your own way.

He is a man and doesn't need to be as sentimental as a woman.

That's why he tried his best to keep Si Jin out of the harem, just not wanting her to become one of those women.

But obviously, Si Jin thinks he is a... cruel man.

The two had been together for so many years, and it was the first time that Si Jin had a huge difference from Xiao Qi in terms of three views.She didn't know who was right and who was wrong, but she suddenly had an illusion that if she hadn't come here at the beginning, the death of the original owner would have been nothing more than the current reaction to Xiao Qi, an irrelevant person.

It has to be said that Si Jin's guess was right. In her previous life, after Xiao Qi knew about this matter, she only indifferently expressed that she knew about it.What does it have to do with a woman he is not familiar with, someone whom he has almost no impression of?

Men are different from women, women tend to be emotional, while men tend to be rational.

Si Jin just felt panicked in her heart, Xiao Qi looked at her and couldn't understand it, it was just that someone who had a little relationship with her died, and as for such an unrelated person, having such a dispute with him and hurting each other feelings?
"Speak lightly."

Si Jin looked at him and knew that she was in a bad mood, so she said to him, "I don't want to argue with you about this." The difference in views between the two was thousands of years away, "I think it's okay to be quiet?"

So, is this driving him away?

Xiao Qi pursed his lips tightly. For the first time, because of outsiders, she wanted to drive him away!

"Okay." Xiao Qi left this word, then turned and left.

For Dou Fangyi's death, as long as the queen finds out the real culprit and gives her justice, then she will naturally make up for her family.Since he ascended the throne, the death rate of concubines in the harem has been the lowest in recent dynasties. Xiao Qi thinks that he is still kind, and has never easily angered anyone to death.

However, it is obvious that in Qingyan's eyes, he is still a ruthless person.

Xiao Qi, who returned to Chongming Hall, threw everything on the table to the ground in a rage.Guan Chang'an, who was separated by a door, turned pale with fright. It's been a long time since the emperor was so angry.

My heart trembled, and I didn't dare to go in to clean up easily, I just hoped that the emperor would never think of him at this moment.

Hey, probably the Emperor Xifei Nyonya is upset again.

And after Xiao Qi left, Si Jin sat there for a long time without recovering. She couldn't suppress her temper, but she just couldn't.Ever since she found out about Qin Yuchuan's disappearance last time, the remaining consciousness of the original owner came out to make trouble, and her temper seemed to be becoming more and more uncontrollable.

Si Jin knew that what Xiao Qi said was reasonable, it was a kind of wisdom and habit of the ancient court life.But she, she really couldn't just accept it like this.When she was injured in Changle Palace, Dou Fangyi concealed some clues at that time, but after knowing about it later, Si Jin also knew that she had such a timid temper, so she didn't blame her.

Later, I got to know more and walked more slowly, and actually I still have some affection.

A person she was so familiar with died like this, Si Jin was not so much dissatisfied with Xiao Qi's attitude, in fact, she was more frightened by the cruelty in the palace.Today is Dou Fangyi, will it be her turn one day?

What's more, when she came, the original owner had already died once.

Death may be watching you not far away, as long as you think about it, maybe Xiao Qi will also have the same attitude after death...

Si Jin felt cold all over her body.

Dou Fangyi died just a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, which undoubtedly cast a shadow over both the Mid-Autumn Festival and the eldest prince's first birthday.All the people in the Ningcui Pavilion were questioned by the empress, and even Qi Ronghua recounted the events of that day at least three times. When the matter was making no progress, a palace official suddenly couldn't stand it. The pressure spoke up.

And what the palace man said was shocking enough.

She said that she had seen the palace maid next to Concubine Xi come to see Dou Fangyi in private, and after the detailed description of that palace maid, that person was indeed the maid next to Concubine Xi.

When Si Jin was taken to Fenghuan Palace, she was stunned when she heard the news.As for the maid who was identified, she was not familiar with her at all, she was just an inconspicuous court lady in Heyi Palace.

It was this maid who insisted that it was Concubine Xi who ordered her to kill Dou Fangyi.

The motive behind the murder was that Dou Fangyi had inadvertently grasped the secret of Concubine Xi. Before entering the palace, Concubine Xi had a childhood sweetheart who was engaged to be engaged!

Never again would he have imagined that when the matter of Qin Yuchuan was revealed, he would actually step on Dou Fangyi's corpse.

The death of Dou Fangyi undoubtedly aggravated everyone's suspicion about this matter, because apart from this reason, no one would have thought why Concubine Xi would kill Fangyi who had no grudges.

In Fenghuan Palace, the empress and Xiao Qi who are sitting in the top position, the noble concubine, concubine Xian, concubine Mei, concubine Qu and others are all present.Si Jin stood in this Nuoda palace, and for the first time realized that the calm storm was much more deadly than she had imagined.

"Concubine Xi, what do you have to explain?" The empress did not expect that things would take such a turn for the worse. The imperial concubine brought so many people to Fenghuan Palace today, and she even had someone notify the emperor. In fact, she was waiting for this a moment.

No wonder, the imperial concubine was not in a hurry after being silent for so long.

Si Jin raised her head and met Xiao Qi's eyes, those bland eyes, too bland pupils, made Si Jin swallow all her words.

Lowering her head, Si Jin smiled lightly, it was really ridiculous, two days ago she was thinking, if she died, would Xiao Qi be as calm as he was with Dou Fangyi's death.I didn't expect to encounter something more terrifying than death today.

The pit was dug really deep.

Without any warning, to frame her with Dou Fangyi's death, the people behind it really took great pains.

Dou Fangyi was chosen very well, because she had contact with herself, and the frequency of contact was a little bit more than others, and Qi Ronghua was the testimony.Therefore, Dou Fangyi is indeed a person who can discover her secret.

Now, taking Ningcui Pavilion and the palace servants around her as a breakthrough point, and pouring such a pot of filth on her body, it is really difficult to distinguish.

However, these are not things that Si Jin is afraid of. In difficult situations, she can prove her innocence.But Xiao Qi's eyes made her feel a little unspeakably sad.

With such calm eyes, it seems that she is an irrelevant person.

"Returning to the empress, the concubine has something to say. First, if the concubine wants to kill someone, why would she order a rough envoy around me? I can't trust her at all. If I really want to kill someone, I want Yunshang, gold weaving and jade embroidered Any one is more trustworthy. Second, I want to thoroughly investigate the court lady in Ningcui Pavilion and the rough envoy maid next to me. I think these two people I am not familiar with suddenly testify that I am suspected of murder, so at least The authenticity of this matter is enough to be doubted. Third, as for the marriage contract, the engagement between me and Qin Yuchuan has been canceled for many years, and the marriage of men and women has nothing to do with each other. I don't understand the serious cancellation of engagement. There is nothing invisible, why would I kill someone to silence my words." After Si Jin said this, she did not look at Xiao Qi again, but she knew that once the matter of the engagement was found out, there would be ties between her and Xiao Qi. crack.

He hated being cheated the most, and she never mentioned it from the beginning to the end.In particular, Xiao Qi had mentioned Qin Yuchuan's name several times in front of her. Sure enough, her happy life was going so smoothly, so God can't stand it anymore?
"All girls participating in the draft are required to have a clean family background. Concubine Xi had a marriage contract before, which obviously does not meet this requirement. I don't know how she participated in the election?" The concubine frowned slightly, as if she was extremely puzzled look. "Now, it's really doubtful how the officials in Quzhou handled things back then. Sending a woman who was once engaged to the palace into the palace is simply an insult to the majesty of the emperor."

The noble concubine is too aware of the emperor's pride, and he absolutely cannot bear such a thing, especially this Qin Yuchuan is still a courtier who is trusted and used by the emperor.

One is the emperor's favorite woman.

One is the emperor's most important courtier.

These two people happened to be childhood sweethearts, and they had a marriage contract.

Any man who encounters such a thing will never pretend that it never happened.

"No wonder, when I heard that Master Qin helped Commander Su a lot during this bandit suppression, so there is a reason for this." Li Zhaoyi half covered her lips and said in surprise.

"There is nothing good in this world without a reason, as expected, there is a reason." The imperial concubine sighed lightly.

"I'm just pitiful for Dou Fangyi, who even risked her life. It's really surprising that Concubine Xi is so cruel and merciless." Li Zhaoyi said again.

Si Jin ignored the imperial concubine and Li Zhaoyi, but couldn't help but look at Xiao Qi, but he ignored her eyes.

With a bitter smile in her heart, Si Jin suddenly felt that maybe all the good luck she had since time travel had been used up at this moment.But she can't fall down easily. Behind her is the Su family and her son. She can't implicate her family because of her own affairs.

Looking at the imperial concubine who was hiding her complacent eyes, Si Jin averted her eyes flatly, and only said to the queen: "Please investigate thoroughly, my concubine, and return my concubine's innocence."

The queen glanced at the emperor hesitantly, and when she was about to speak, a voice suddenly came from outside, "Empress Dowager, come here!"

The queen's face darkened in an instant, she frowned and looked in the direction of the noble concubine, pursing her lips in displeasure.

As for the imperial concubine, she just smiled and met the queen's eyes without any fear.

(End of this chapter)