Harem Pampered Beauty: Chen Xiangxue

Chapter 81

Yu Pingting said: "After Zhao Zhenniang was rescued, she kept crying. She wanted to see the princess for the last time. The concubine felt soft-hearted for a while, so she sent the princess to her residence. Zhao Zhenniang wanted to have a few words with her daughter alone, and the concubine did not doubt it. With him, who would have known that she had already embraced the heart of death, strangled the princess to death, and then slammed into the wall to die. It was already a step too late when Guan and the others entered. Zhao Zhenniang said before she died that she would never let the princess I recognize my enemy as my mother, and since I cannot meet my daughter, I will go to hell together."

"Where is the princess now?"

"Still in the Meditation Palace."

Yeluyan stepped out of Yide Palace and found that Murong Xue was also coming, so he stopped her and said, "Don't go out if you catch cold."

"I'm going to give their mother and daughter a ride." Murong Xue's voice was weak but firm, like tears of sorrow and pain in her eyes.

Thinking of Zhao Zhenniang not being able to see him even though she was forcing her to die, and thinking of the innocent death of the lovely and well-behaved Princess Wenchang, Murong Xue's heart was twisted like a knife, and her resentment towards Yeluyan also arose spontaneously.If he was willing to return Princess Wenchang to Zhao Zhenniang, how could there be such a tragedy where both mother and daughter were killed today.

Yeluyan had already seen the hatred in her eyes, but the matter had come to this point, and it was irreparable.He ordered Qin Shu to bring the chariot over, and brought Yu Pingting and Murong Xue straight to the Jingxin Palace.

Outside Zhao Zhenniang's residence stood the Guan family, Liu Xi, court lady Liuyun Wanyue and others, as well as the imperial physician Wang Quan.And Meng Changfa, the chief guard of Jingxin Palace.

When everyone saw the emperor, they knelt down to greet him and saluted him.

Yeluyan went straight up the steps.

Yu Pingting said: "Your Majesty, the room is bloody, it's better not to go in."

Yeluyan ignored it and pushed the door open.

Murong Xue walked heavily and stepped into the house with her feet up.

What I saw was a bloodstain on the wall, flowing along the wall to the ground. Zhao Zhenniang was lying on the ground and had already died.And the young little princess was lying on the couch not far away, Murong Xue had always been soft-hearted, seeing this scene, tears rolled down immediately, she couldn't bear to step forward to take a closer look.

"Princess, where is the princess?" Qiao Xueyi barged in.

Murong Xue had never seen Qiao Xueyi so disturbed, she was always dignified, elegant, and beautiful like a fairy, but at this moment her face was pale and devastated.She stepped into the room, as if she didn't see other people in the room, and even more ignored the existence of the empress, threw herself on the princess, and cried bitterly.

"My poor child, my niece." She hugged the princess's body tightly in her arms, and began to cry loudly, exchanging tears and lamentations.

Murong Xue always thought that Qiao Xueyi adopted the princess just to avoid the fate of going to Hong'en Temple. How could she truly love her enemy's daughter, but at this moment, Qiao Xueyi was crying so heartbreakingly, that kind of grief The expression was definitely not fake, even Yeluyan was moved by her crying.

He walked up to Qiao Xueyi and said, "My condolences to the concubine."

Qiao Xueyi turned a deaf ear to it and just cried bitterly while hugging the child.

Yeluyan looked at the child in her arms, his gaze fell on the bruise on his neck.Then, he turned his gaze to look at the blood stains on the wall.Look at Zhao Zhenniang's body again.Finally, his eyes fell on Yu Pingting.

Yu Pingting stood aside, also showing a sad expression on her face, but when she met Yeluyan's gaze, she was slightly startled, showing a trace of panic.

Yeluyan's sharp and cold gaze swept across her face.He walked to the door and said to the people outside: "Retire. Don't say a word about today's matter, or you will be killed immediately."

The Guan family, Liu Xi and others all left tremblingly, and even Qin Shu retreated several feet away with the eunuch maid.

Yeluyan closed the door, turned around, looked at Yu Pingting like a torch, "Queen, I want to hear the truth."

Yu Pingting was startled, and immediately said: "What does the emperor mean by this?"

Yeluyan pointed to the blood on the wall and said: "If Zhao Zhenniang wants to hit the wall and die, she must run over with her help. With her height, the blood should never be here, but should be shorter. Moreover, Zhao Zhenniang would never will kill himself."

Yu Pingting said: "Your Majesty, today she jumped down from the Star Picking Tower, everyone saw it with their own eyes, it was Concubine De who saved her personally."

"She was born in the south of the Yangtze River. She has been a lotus picking girl since she was a child. She is well versed in the nature of water. She jumped off the building today, just for show. If she really wanted to die, she would not climb up to the Star Picking Tower and sit on the railing near the water. If you jump directly at the blue brick ground on the bank, you will definitely die."

When Murong Xue heard these words, she stopped crying in surprise.And Yu Pingting couldn't help but widen her eyes.

Thinking about it carefully, it is indeed the case. The Zhaixing Building is built facing the water, facing the water in the east and the shore in the west.According to common sense, Zhao Zhenniang should lie on the railing to the west so that it is convenient to talk to the people downstairs.

Yeluyan said: "Her hair is in a loose bun at the back of her head. Someone must have grabbed her head and hit her to death. The bruise on the princess's neck is definitely beyond the strength of a weak woman. Zhao Zhenniang fished it out of the lake and suffered Cold and fever, how can there be so much strength?"

Yu Pingting's voice changed suddenly: "I don't know."

"Why don't you know, didn't you do it?"

Yu Pingting sternly said: "What grounds does the emperor have for wronging his concubines?"

Yeluyan said: "I won't wrong you, but I don't know why you did this?"

Qiao Xueyi put down the princess and walked towards Yu Pingting precariously.

Yu Pingting couldn't help taking a step back.

Qiao Xueyi's eyes were red, she looked at Yu Pingting in disbelief, and asked forcefully, "Is it really you?"

"No, I didn't."

Yeluyan said coldly: "If you are willing to confess at this time, there is still room for maneuver. If you don't, I will hand over Mrs. Guan, Liu Xi, and the palace servants around you to the Judiciary to wait for the punishment. If you don’t believe me, they won’t recruit. By then, everyone will know about this matter, so do you know what the consequences will be?”

Yu Pingting's face was pale, and the hesitation and fear revealed between her brows had already corroborated Yeluyan's guess.

He said angrily: "I didn't expect that you are so vicious-hearted that you can even kill a two-year-old child."

Yu Pingting knelt down on the ground and cried: "The concubine was confused for a while, please forgive me."

Qiao Xueyi grabbed her collar in disbelief, and asked tremblingly, "Why are you doing that?"

Yu Pingting cried, "Because of you."

Qiao Xueyi was surprised and puzzled: "Because of me?"

"If the princess is dead, you can leave the palace and stop pestering the emperor." Yu Pingting cried and said to Yeluyan: "Your majesty, the concubines are also for the sake of the emperor. If such scandalous things like this are spread, how will the emperor face it?" To the subjects of the world."

"Shut up." Yeluyan said angrily, "You actually have such dirty thoughts."

Qiao Xueyi laughed, laughing sadly and ridiculously. "I really didn't expect that you would think of me like this." Her eyes were scattered and painful, and she looked at Yu Pingting with hatred: "I was really blind to help you become this queen. You are an ungrateful villain who will repay your kindness with revenge." .”

"Why have you ever been such a good person?"

"That's right. After Xu Wei's death, I stopped being a good person, bewitching the emperor, and interfering in government affairs. But I never killed anyone." Qiao Xueyi's eyes filled with tears, and she said slowly: "You are such a stupid and vicious woman , Unfortunately, you are the daughter of the Yu family."

She turned her head and looked at Yeluyan: "Your Majesty, for the sake of my helping you, I beg you to leave some noodles for the Yu family and the Qiao family."

Yu Pingting didn't expect that Qiao Xueyi would speak for her at this moment, so she immediately began to cry: "Your Majesty, this concubine will not dare anymore, I beg your majesty to forgive me for being confused for a while."

Yeluyan stood silently between the two, his eyes darkened, as if he had accepted Qiao Xueyi's plea.

When Murong Xue saw this, she was extremely sad and disappointed. She said with tears: "Could it be that the face of the Qiao family, the face of the Yu family, is more valuable than a human life? What's wrong with the princess? What's wrong with Zhao Zhenniang? How could two lives be lost? As if nothing happened, let the criminal go free, just to protect the face of Qiao Yu's family. Where is the king's law? Where is the justice?"

Yeluyan looked back at her, hesitating to speak.

Yu Pingting said angrily: "Shut up, what qualifications do you bitch have to say about me."

Murong Xue said coldly: "Yes, my status is lower than yours, but my heart is a thousand times nobler than yours. You have grown a human body for nothing, but your heart is like a snake. I really disdain to be with such a vicious person like you." , to live in this dirty place together." After that, she opened the door and hurried away.

Yu Pingting was so angry that she almost fainted.

Yeluyan watched that pretty figure disappear into a corner of the palace wall, feeling extremely heavy in his heart.Everyone in the world can do whatever they want as a king, but in fact, there are barriers of restraint everywhere, and if you are a little careless, you will regret it for life.

Murong Xue hurried all the way back to Yide Palace, she was extremely disappointed with Yeluyan, her heart was full of pain and anger.The so-called justice and strictness are all subservient to the authority. No wonder the world is fighting for power and profit with their lives.

She stood under the window, watching the setting sun, and said in a low voice, "Ding Xiang, do you have any wine?" This Miyagi is so oppressive that people can't breathe, she really wants to get drunk.

Pei Lan waved his hand secretly to Ding Xiang, Ding Xiang nodded, and after a while, she walked over with a piece of silk with dark flowers in her hand.

"Miss, drinking will hurt your health, why not tear the cloth."

Murong Xue looked at the dark flower silk in Ding Xiang's hand, and smiled sadly. She used to like to tear cloth when she was in a bad mood, but later she changed this habit because she was afraid that he would blame her for extravagance.Now, she is no longer afraid of offending him.Now that he is rich in the world, he doesn't pay much attention to many things, even human life, let alone this little cloth.

Jiayin stood in the outer hall, listening to the hissing sound from inside, like the sound of cold wind, eroding people's hearts little by little in the dark night.

The next day was the [-]th day before the death of the late emperor, and the eminent monks from the Hong'en Temple came to the palace to perform the last ceremony. So far, the funeral of the late emperor was completely over, and his concubines followed the monks from the Hong'en Temple. After leaving the palace, he will spend the rest of his life in Hong'en Temple.

In the afternoon of that day, more than 80 concubines of the late emperor moved out from the Jingxin Palace, and left Miyagi in a carriage with simple baggage.There are Qin Mingyue, a fellow villager that Murong Xue knew, and other beautiful girls who went to Beijing with her at the beginning, sobbing one after another, and the water of the resentment river will be filled with the tears of countless newcomers.

In the past, Murong Xue would have begged Yeluyan to let these girls go home, but now, she would not beg him again.After experiencing the matter between Xu Ze and Zhao Zhenniang, she has seen it very clearly. His heart is as cold as iron stone.

Yeluyan buried Princess Wenchang solemnly, and only said that she died of illness.Several of the first emperor's children died in infancy, and the death of Princess Wenchang failed to arouse everyone's suspicion.Murong Xue was extremely disappointed in her heart, he really put down the matter and allowed Zhao Zhenniang and her daughter to die unjustly like this.

This harem is really scary.Everyone changed after coming in, including him.

Murong Xue recuperated and did not come out of Yide Palace, Yeluyan did not come to visit, but sent Qin Shu to send a piece of fine silk cloth the next day.

Ding Xiang secretly thought, it seems that although the emperor didn't come, he knew everything about the situation in Yide Palace.This was clearly sent for Murong Xue to tear.

Murong Xue will take care of her for a few days, her body is gradually getting better, this day the weather is fine and warm, so she left the bedroom and sat on the corridor of the beauties to get some air.Spring is getting stronger, a few bushes of roses are blooming under the corner of the palace wall in the apse, and there is finally a breath of spring in the wind.She looked at the roses, and couldn't help being distracted. There was also a wall of roses in the imperial garden, and she still remembered that she jumped out of the wall of flowers and hugged Yeluyan who was passing by, asking him to save her from the palace.At that time, she still remembers his anxious, angry and helpless expression.

It's a pity that Yeluyan is no longer the warm-hearted and kind Prince Zhaoyang, he is now ruthless and partial.

Why do you still think about him? Didn't you decide to uproot him from your heart?

She looked back at Jiayin and said, "Bring that silk cloth."

Jiayin immediately took out the silk cloth Qin Shuxin sent.

Whenever Murong Xue thought of him, she would vent her heartily, as if what she was tearing under her fingers was not the silk cloth, but the memories and feelings between her and him, she just wanted to tear the past between the two of them Broken into pieces, gone with the weather, no longer connected.

Jiayin finally got used to it, at first she thought it was a waste, but when she saw Ding Xiang send the rags to the sewing department to fix shoe soles, she felt that watching Murong Xue tearing the cloth was really a beautiful thing, not only her movements were beautiful, but the cloth torn The crackling sound is also extremely pleasant.

"Miss, miss," Ding Xiang ran over panicked.

Murong Xue squinted her eyes and looked at her: "What's all the fuss about?"

Ding Xiang said eagerly: "Miss, something serious happened in the palace."

Murong Xue didn't even lift her eyelids, she continued to tear off the handkerchief without slowing down, and asked calmly, "What's the big deal?"

"The queen was deposed and sent to Hong'en Temple."

Murong Xue paused, the silk cloth slipped down.She calmed down her shock and asked, "Aren't you talking nonsense in your sleep?"

"It's absolutely true, the news just came that the emperor has announced his decree in the morning court today."

"Why was it abolished?"

"Because of murdering the princess and Zhao Zhenniang."

Murong Xue was slightly taken aback, thinking he didn't intend to cover it up at the time?Why did you change your mind again?
In short, the emperor's thoughts are harder to understand than the clouds in the sky. She looked at the rags on the ground calmly, and said to Ding Xiang: "Take it all, and put the soles of your shoes."

Ding Xiang looked at her in surprise: "Miss, are you not surprised or excited at all?"

Murong Xue glanced at her, and couldn't help laughing: "Why should I be surprised and excited, this is the emperor's business, what has it to do with me?"

Ding Xiang stomped her feet anxiously: "Of course it's related to the young lady. Now that the harem is spreading rumors, the emperor wants to make the young lady the queen."

(End of this chapter)