Chen Palace

Chapter 41 Suspicion
Chen Lu sighed: "The emperor should know the reason why three people become tigers."

As soon as Yuan Qi heard it, he understood the meaning of her words, and he smiled angrily: "Could the world think it was my doing?"

"The queen's words... are really sinister."

Chen Lu looked at him and said quietly, she was standing by the window, her plain clothes were blown by the night wind, floating like a fairy.

When Yuan Qi heard the word "queen", his eyes were full of disgust. He remembered that just now, everyone was terrified to death, but dodged their suspicious expressions, and his heart became even colder and angry.

"You think I did it too?!"

"No, I think there is absolutely no such thing."

Chen Lu smiled slightly, her crystal clear face was under the candlelight, and when she smiled, she looked a little immature and a little sad.

"If the emperor did it, you will definitely do it seamlessly."

When Yuan Qi heard such no-holds-barred words, he wasn't really angry, nor was he laughing. He said helplessly, "You are really getting bolder!"

The girl's smile deepened: "The emperor wants to hear that the world praises you as a filial son, so it is impossible to do such a thing?"

Yuan Qi was about to answer, when suddenly someone came to report from outside, but it was His Royal Highness Jing who arrived, Chen Lu hurriedly avoided and hid behind the screen.

King Jing only wore a crimson brocade robe and rushed over with his bare feet and boots on. His long jet black hair was in a mess, and his handsome face appeared and disappeared from time to time, adding to his unruly charm.

"Emperor brother... the empress mother, her old man..."

He just uttered a few words before he choked up, his eyes were red and his whole body was trembling, several eunuchs quickly supported him.

"Second brother, calm down first!"

Yuan Qi shouted in a low voice.

Jing Wang was awakened by him, and his eyes regained clarity. He looked at Yuan Qi, as if he had never seen him before, and looked at him with a strange, almost terrified look——

"Emperor brother?!"

The next moment, King Jing made a dumbfounding action—his knees softened, and he fell to his knees.

"Brother Huang, I have never begged you for anything in my life. Now I just ask you to save the life of the queen mother..."

Yuan Qi was stunned, and after thinking about the meaning of the words for a while, his color had changed——

"Second brother! Do you know what you are talking about?"

In his calm and dark eyes, there was a ray of rage, and he approached King Jing in a few steps, and grabbed him up.

Qin Xi was so frightened that he didn't know what to do, he was afraid that Yuan Qi would get angry and do something that would shock the world.

He was courageous at first, and was about to step forward to dissuade him, but he heard a soft cough from behind the screen, and Shang Yi, who is dear to the emperor, has already walked out gracefully.

Although Qin Xi is not very old, he is still a fine person in the palace. Looking at the situation, there is something he doesn't understand. He looked at Chen Lu with a hint of pleading in his eyes. Eunuchs and palace people, Qiqi withdrew from the place of right and wrong.

The heavy palace door was closed, and the lights flickered in the center of the hall, leaving only two men with swords drawn, and a girl who was as serene and dignified as ice and snow.

"Did you listen to the queen's crazy words, or were you slandered by some villain?"

Yuan Qi asked coldly.

King Jing looked straight into his eyes and didn't give in: "Brother Huang, I just beg you to save my mother—as a child, is there anything wrong with that?"

"Why do you need to say this? Several imperial physicians are serving in shifts, and I will ask all the physicians to come for consultation soon!"

King Jing was silent, but turned his head away. Yuan Qi knew that he was deeply prejudiced, held back his anger, and was about to send him back when Chen Lu walked between the two of them and saluted: "Your Highness King Jing, don't worry, I'm sorry. There is a way!"

King Jing didn't turn his head back, and showed a slight sneer on the gorgeous face that the ladies in the capital dreamed of: "You are at the emperor's side, and you are really eloquent!"

Chen Lu smiled slightly, and did not fight back, but said slowly: "If Prince Jing is willing, why not serve the decoction in person, and always accompany the Empress Dowager before the bed, how about it?"

King Jing's face softened slightly: "This king has exactly the intention."

After he finished speaking, he bowed to Yuan Qi and said, "Brother Emperor, I just hope you don't forget——Heaven will rule the world with benevolence and filial piety."

Without looking back, he headed towards the Palace of Compassion and Ning, leaving behind Yuan Qi, who was full of anger and had nowhere to vent.

Before he returned to the imperial case, he picked up the pen to suppress his emotions, and with great force in his hand, a lake pen was already torn to pieces.

Yuan Qi shook off the broken bamboo joints and stood up irritably, but saw Chen Lu personally brought a cup of tea and presented it.

She is still calm and composed as usual, as if a mountain collapses in front of her, she will not change her color.Staring at Yuan Qi with eyes as crystal clear as a millennium's ice—for a moment, a refreshing and cold feeling appeared in his heart, driving away the maddening boredom.

Yuan Qi watched her put down the teacup, slender fingers were dexterously putting away the remaining pen, he couldn't help sighing, and said: "The saint said: People don't know but don't feel stunned. But how many people can really do it?"

"So, Wei Chen said just now that it should be kept secret - it's already too late now, the news from His Royal Highness King Jing is really fast..."

She smiled tactfully, and there was a mysterious meaning in her smile.

"If the emperor does not give up, I would like to investigate this matter in detail."

Yuan Qi listened, nodded and said: "You are always witty, thanks to you these times - how many people do you need this time?"

Chen Lu said: "I only hope that Commander Qu Yun will help me a little bit."

On the second day, the sad news spread throughout the palace, as if it had grown wings, and everyone knew it.

When people talked about this matter vividly and vividly, they often looked around and said in a tone of horror mixed with excitement: "Do you know? The queen yesterday..."

Chen Lu didn't ask the reason for these rumors at all—if Yuan Qi couldn't even get rid of this bit of deceiving rumors, what kind of ninety-five supreme could he be called?
However, Fangren's mouth is worse than Fangchuan's. The more he clarifies, the more he is afraid that the crime of killing his mother will be looming on his head. Once it is spread out of the palace, the people will be more interested in this secret history of the palace. The notoriety of Jie Zhijun may spread all over the world immediately.

Seeing Chen Lu being silent all the way, Qu Yun hesitated, and finally couldn't help asking: "Xiao Chen, you really didn't do this?"

The girl gave him a blank look: "If Lin Yuan dies like this, she will be buried with the honor of the empress dowager and passed on to future generations with a virtuous name. Do you think I would be so stupid?"

Qu Yun smiled awkwardly, touched his nose, and asked in doubt: "But who is it that has such unpredictable abilities?"

Chen Lu was silent, she was also thinking about this question.

This morning, she went to several concubines' palaces, and asked about the situation when they visited the Queen Mother yesterday afternoon——

Concubine Zhou wiped her long sword, and after a long time, she finally said: "Could it be that the queen mother has taken too much elixir for the sake of longevity?"

Thinking of this unprecedented answer, Chen Lu couldn't help but wanted to laugh, and managed to hide it, only thinking that this Concubine Zhou was really a wonderful person.

In Concubine Qi's Yunqing Palace, she was wearing a shimmering autumn-scented satin dress, and was applying pearl powder to her face.

"Oh, the Queen Mother is really unfortunate..."

Her tone was undisguised, full of schadenfreude, sitting on the bank of the river watching the water swell was relaxing.

As for Concubine Mei Gui——

"How could such a thing happen... But the empress is too disrespectful, to actually shout such words in public, what should the emperor do?!"

She was tentative, as if waiting for Yuan Qi to issue an imperial edict to make her happy.

Sure enough... these three people are very suspicious, they all hope that the queen mother will drive the crane to the fairy, and return to bliss soon.

However, with the queen's accusation, most people will still talk about it, the secret of mother and son's falling out!

Chen Lu pondered, and suddenly remembered that the one who really had the motive and means was herself!
She smiled self-deprecatingly: "Xiaoyun...the murderer can't be found at all, so we have to find the source of the poison!"

She was so sure, she kept on stepping, but she was heading in another direction.

"Where to find it?"

"Royal garden."

(End of this chapter)