The Legend of the Loved One

Chapter 93

When Zhou Yu, the chief inspector of the inner court, rushed to Yufu Palace, the guards had already stood in several rows.

Needless to say, these are naturally Chu Xue's people.

A moment ago, Chief Manager Zhou was still teasing his thrush in his residence, but suddenly he heard someone knocking on the door urgently.After a busy day, I finally took a break. Just as the chief manager was about to get impatient, he heard the little eunuch outside the door anxiously saying: "Director Zhou is not doing well, something serious has happened! Concubine Li led people to forcibly break into Yufu Palace. Concubine Yi has been force-fed with poison, go and have a look!"

The melon seeds used to tease the birds in his hand spilled all over the floor, Chief Manager Zhou immediately put on his robe again, and hurried to Yufu Palace.

Seeing that it was him, the gate guard opened his way, and he was able to enter Yufu Palace smoothly.But he had only walked a few steps towards the main hall, and the scene in front of him already made him break out in cold sweat.

The strong smell of blood in the hall has spread to the courtyard as the maids entered and exited. Looking at the scarlet hot water brought out by the pots, Zhou Yu's legs were limp. There was so much blood, the baby in Concubine Yi Gui's belly Will the prince still be able to keep it?

He really didn't know before, but on the way here just now, the little eunuch who reported to him had already told him about Concubine Yigui's two-month pregnancy, and before leaving the palace, the Empress Dowager had specifically asked him to take good care of Yufu Palace. An old man in the palace can naturally figure it out.

He knew that the last night before the emperor left the palace was spent in Yufu Palace. Although he also felt that there was something strange about Concubine Yi's coldness before, but the master didn't say clearly that he shouldn't ask. As the head of the inner court supervisor, he knows better than anyone else.

So after knowing that Concubine Yi Gui was pregnant, his legs became weaker at this moment.

Concubine Li had the guts to poison Concubine Yi after eating the bear's heart!Not to mention a concubine, even the queen would not dare to do this easily!
At this moment, he is very devoutly praying to the gods to bless Concubine Yi's mother and child, otherwise he really doesn't know how long his errand and even his life will be saved.But as he got closer and closer, the heavy blood almost told him the truth.

Chu Xue's painful groans reached his ears, and Zhou Yu, who was waiting outside the hall, became even more anxious. Nearly half an hour later, the imperial doctor Cheng Zisong came out from the hall through the curtain. With a painful face, he took the initiative to tell: "Director Zhou, please forgive me for my incompetence, the prince in Concubine Yi's belly is gone."

Zhou Yu's voice trembled when he spoke, and he asked, "Cheng Yucheng's medical skills are superb, if you look carefully, is there still room for change?"

Cheng Zisong shook his head, "Boss Zhou is really too high-minded. If the empress is only mildly ill, I can try my best, but the imperial concubine was given an extremely powerful abortion pill just now. I worked hard for a long time to save the empress. Life, but the dragonborn is only two months old, it is too fragile, and I am powerless to recover!"

Both of them sighed bitterly.After a while of silence, he heard another woman shouting, and Zhou Yu remembered that Li Concubine was still "guarded" by the people of Yufu Palace!
Rather than talking about guarding, it's better to say it's a gate. Since Concubine Li broke in, the palace people of Yufu Palace have surrounded the palace gate tightly, and Concubine Li's master and servants can't escape even if they want to.

The woman's cries became more piercing, Zhou Yu sighed, and said to Cheng Zisong: "I beg the imperial doctor to take good care of Concubine Yi, let's go and have a look first."

Cheng Zisong nodded and watched Zhou Yu go to the side hall where Concubine Li was locked.

As early as Concubine Li had just entered the palace, Yanling dropped the medicine, so Chu Xue's body was not as exaggerated as what Cheng Zisong told Zhou Yu. Although the medicine he prescribed was mild, the child was no longer safe. How much will always hurt the mother's body, of course he still has to take care of it carefully to minimize the damage to Chu Xue's body, so that she can recover as soon as possible so that she can conceive a child again.

The door of the side hall opened from the outside with a creak, Concubine Li paused, and then saw Zhou Yu stepping in.

What happened tonight was beyond her expectation. Seeing Zhou Yu at this moment, it was as if she was grabbing a life-saving straw. Concubine Li hurriedly said: "Boss Zhou, save Ben Gong quickly! Ben Gong was framed! That woman, that A woman conceived an evil child through fornication, this palace is here to save the emperor from trouble, you should rescue this palace!"

Zhou Yu shook his head and sighed: "My lady, please don't talk nonsense anymore, you have caused enough trouble, and the prince in Concubine Yi's womb has already been killed by you!"

Concubine Li became even more anxious, and said, "Even you don't believe in Ben Gong? She deserves her child's death! Why should I blame Ben Gong? The medicine that Ben Gong brought was already taken away by her people. Did nothing at all!"

Zhou Yu always felt that the other party was unreasonable, so he asked back: "Your Majesty, think about it for yourself, will anyone believe this? You brought people into the Yufu Palace with medicine in front of everyone, and now the prince in Concubine Yi's womb is gone. , You said you didn’t do anything, do you believe it yourself? If you didn’t do it, could it be that Concubine Yi killed the child herself?”

"She must have dropped it herself!" Concubine Li cried anxiously, "This woman is so cunning, she can't do anything!"

Concubine Li finally understood that she had fallen into Chu Xue's game tonight, and Chu Xue actually used her children to frame her, and she was so pitiful that she was completely kept in the dark!
Chu Xue is too ruthless!but the queen...

Before she could think about it any further, she heard Zhou Yu say: "My lady, why did Concubine Yi Gui get rid of the child herself? The harem mother is expensive by her son, doesn't Concubine Yi Gui want to have a prince? She has a bright future, so she deserves to follow her." Can't you make it by yourself?"

"You, you, are you with them? You belong to that woman too, right? You guys want to frame Ben Gong! Ben Gong will never be framed by you! The emperor will not believe you! "

Seeing that Zhou Yu still refused to believe in herself, Concubine Li gradually despaired and began to cry hysterically.

Zhou Yu shook his head, and was about to persuade him, but he heard the report from the young eunuch behind him, saying that Concubine Yi Gui had just stabilized and wanted to announce him an audience.Zhou Yu sighed, casually told the eunuchs beside him to look after Concubine Li, and went to the main hall.

After working for nearly an hour, the hall still smelled of blood, Zhou Yu was allowed to enter the bedroom, and waited for Chu Xue's order through the gauze curtain in front of the collapse.

Chu Xue was weak but angrily said: "Concubine Li is so bold that she dares to frame my innocence and harm me and the emperor's heir in her womb. The crime is unforgivable! But I don't believe that a concubine who has only entered the palace for less than a year dare To do such a thing, there must be someone instigated later.”

How could Zhou Yu not understand who the "someone" in Chu Xue's words refers to?But he is a chief executive, and he is still a member of the emperor. Naturally, he should be neutral and not take sides. He coughed, bowed and said: "This servant understands your empress's feelings. But this matter is of great importance, this servant may..."

"I understand your difficulties." Chu Xue interrupted him: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, I know you can't be the master, so I sent someone out of the palace just now to ask for the Queen Mother's will. It is two reasons to ask you to come now." One thing, before the Empress Dowager's edict arrives, this Palace will not let people go. Gong is afraid that she will not admit to the crime, and some people may deliberately cover it up, so now you have to send someone to Lingyue Palace to search, and you must find the evidence, and when the Queen Mother asks, you can do business."

"I think these two things are not difficult, what do you think?"

In all fairness, these two things are indeed not embarrassing Zhou Yu, and it is not difficult for a dignified chief executive to do it.But at this time, seeing the loss of a prince, his responsibility is not small. He urgently needs to make up for his mistakes in front of Chu Xue, so that when the emperor blames him in the future, he can intercede for him.So at this time Zhou Yu immediately said: "Yes, I will do it now, my servant, and please take care of yourself, Your Majesty."

Chu Xue raised her hand wearily, and Zhou Yu quickly stepped back to act.

Fengyi Palace.

Xu Jinhe has been waiting for news from Concubine Li.

However, it has been so long, but no one from Lingyue Palace has come to report.

Ordinarily, with Concubine Li's temperament and her hatred for Chu Xue, she would not miss tonight, but at this time she was really upset by waiting, Xu Jinhe told Qiu Gui, "Go to Yufu Palace to see, what happened?"

"Yes."

Qiu Gui was about to lift her foot, but saw the maid who had gone out to inquire before hurried in.

Xu Jinhe's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "How?"

The maid said: "Go back to your mother, the gate of Yufu Palace is closed, just now the servant saw that the imperial doctor and Mr. Zhou went in, but he didn't come out, and he didn't see Concubine Li coming out. However, the servant seemed to vaguely hear someone in Yufu Palace. The shouting seems to be the voice of Concubine Li."

Qiu Gui hurriedly analyzed it for the master, "Madam, please rest assured, since the imperial doctor and Chief Manager Zhou have both gone, something must have happened, and Concubine Li must have done it, the medicine is so strong that Concubine Yi Gui will not be able to survive it. Otherwise, the imperial doctor wouldn't have never come out."

What Qiugui said made sense, Xu Jinhe nodded, and then asked again: "But Concubine Li hasn't come out yet... Can you hear what she shouted?"

The palace maid replied: "My lord, the distance is too far, the slaves don't really hear what they hear, it seems, it seems that they are crying for grievances."

Qiu Gui frowned, looked at the master inquiringly, but heard the master sneer, and said: "Whether she is wronged or not has nothing to do with this palace. Before she comes back, go to Lingyue Palace to check, but don't leave anything behind." evidence."

Qiugui nodded in response, and went out to handle errands in person.

I don't know if the people in Lingyue Palace have disposed of the medicine dregs, but she, Qiugui, went to find Zhang Tiantian in person, if someone finds out, it will inevitably be troublesome, so it's better to go and dispose of it herself.

After a while, Qiugui came outside Lingyue Palace.

Tonight most of the palace people followed Concubine Li to Yufu Palace, and in addition to the deep night, Qiu Gui sneaked in very easily without attracting anyone's attention.

Of course, except for Qiu Yan who had been waiting for her in the dark.

Qiu Gui quietly patrolled around the small kitchen of Lingyue Palace, and she found the undiscarded medicine dregs. She secretly sighed that she had come, packed up the medicine dregs in a hurry, put them in her arms, and sneaked out again. I plan to throw it anywhere later.

But her wishful thinking was in vain, as soon as she left the gate of Lingyue Palace, she heard someone shout, "Who?" Then suddenly several people appeared out of thin air and surrounded her.

Qiu Gui was startled, and saw someone walking out slowly with a lantern in hand. She took a closer look and found that it was Qiu Yan, the head of the Sili Supervisor's Mansion.

Qiugui naturally knew that this person was close to Yufu Palace, and she had a bad secret, so she was about to find an excuse to evade it, but she heard Qiu Yan say: "It turned out to be Aunt Qiugui, our family just passed by, and saw someone slipped in quietly. Lingyue Palace, I thought it was a thief from somewhere, but I didn't expect it to be you!"

Qiugui snorted coldly and said: "Since you know it's me, why bother to do this, get out of the way quickly, I have to go back to Fengyi Palace to do business." Then she wanted to go straight forward.

But Qiu Yan stopped her with a smile, and said: "Auntie, don't worry, we haven't finished our conversation, and the former supervisor of ceremonies lost a treasure, and we are anxiously looking for it. If Auntie doesn't mind, can you let Xiao Are you searching and frisking? You said that you wandered around here quietly in the middle of the night, it is really unreasonable, isn't it?"

Qiugui was shocked, and angrily reprimanded: "You didn't take care of your errands and lost something, and you dare to suspect me? Go away, dare to touch me, try?"

However, Qiu Yan put away his smiling face, ignored her at all, and ordered his subordinates in a cold voice, "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up? If there is nothing on Aunt Qiugui, we can look elsewhere!"

"Yes."

The little eunuchs rushed forward, ignoring Qiugui's resistance, laying hands on her hands, body-searching her body, and found a cloth bag from her in a short while.

Qiu Yan weighed it in his hand, felt the residual warmth of the medicine residue, and was immediately relieved.

Seeing that he searched out the things, Qiu Gui immediately realized that she was in an ambush. Although she was extremely regretful, she also knew that she would lose her words if she said too much at this time, so she didn't say anything else, and just stared at Qiu Yan coldly.

Qiu Yan sneered, but before he could say anything else, another voice came from behind him.

"What is this doing?"

Several people looked back, and it was Zhou Yu, the chief executive, who came.

(End of this chapter)