Chapter 23: The Death of Concubine Rou

Ling Heng slept very unsteadily this night, and as soon as he turned over, the pillow made of chrysanthemum leaves under his head rattled, as if it was the sound of a strong wind blowing through the sycamores, and in this quiet night, it was like thunder. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info nothing else, the little eunuch who was on duty outside at night woke up, although he was very sleepy, he didn't dare to slack off, for fear that Ling Heng would want tea for a while, so he opened his eyes and lay on the bed, listening carefully to the movements in the room.

He was afraid that he would fall asleep, so he was thinking about his thoughts for a while, and suddenly remembered one thing, before the old emperor's accident, that night happened to be his shift, and Ling Heng didn't seem to have slept well all night. Because Ling Heng had never had symptoms of insomnia, he remembered it, but he didn't tell anyone else: he thought that if the prince would still be bad next night, he went back to the people in the hospital and asked them to prescribe some calming medicine. Later, when there were many things and he was busy, he forgot most of them, and he didn't think about this stubble until today.

The little eunuch thought about the cause and effect, and felt that his heart was pinched hard, as if cold water had been poured from the heavenly spirit cover, and the whole person was not good.

The inexplicable things that Zhou Shi didn't see were known to a few of their personal eunuchs, and the others who knew about it had already died. If it is said that the emperor did not sleep well tonight because he was worried about Zhou Yanan, then what did it mean that Ling Heng had not slept all night before the old emperor's accident? Could it be that he already knew that the old emperor would die the next day?

He also knew that the eunuchs and palace maids in the Forbidden City had already been purged. The people who are now serving by the emperor's side are the people from the original East Palace. Otherwise, how could it be his turn to be by the emperor's side. There are many seniorized old people in the palace!

Ling Heng didn't like too many people to serve by his side, he only needed someone he trusted to be around.

There must be a problem.

The little eunuch felt that it was happier to be a confused person. And those who are really smart, when they encounter these things that he is struggling with today, they must be able to easily handle them. Perhaps, his face is still unfazed. It will never be like him, there are some little cleverness, but there is no great wisdom, usually serving Ling Heng is okay, and he can even ask for a trick and receive some small rewards. For example, Ling Heng's unfinished breakfast (food that even Zhou Yanan was looking forward to), or eating the small snacks made by the ladies of the palace for Ling Heng. Ling Heng has always been very vigilant, and he will never eat food made by other women.

Of course, it may be that he is very wary, or it may be because of ...... He is only willing to eat the food made by Zhou Yin. But all this, unrelated people will never know.

If the little eunuch told someone else what he had seen and guessed on the eve of the old emperor's death, even if he didn't mean to. I'm afraid he didn't know where he was dragged and buried.

Ling Heng suddenly turned over and sat up. Looking at him, it seems that he thinks that he can't sleep tonight, and plans to get up to read a book so that he can relax. He was upset and irritable, so he called for tea.

After calling for the second time and no one came, Ling Heng shuddered in his heart, thinking that something was wrong, he quietly bent down and hid under the bed.

After making sure he was in a safe state, he tried to call the shadow guards in.

It turned out to be a false alarm.

Naturally, everyone wished that nothing had happened! The eunuch of the night vigil fell asleep, and it was better than the people outside being killed inexplicably.

The little eunuch was asleep in a drowsy state, and suddenly he was slapped on the head severely. A shadow guard struggled to contain his anger and said to him, "Get up and pour tea." ”

This kind of thing is still secondary. Anyway, they wouldn't have trouble getting along with a eunuch, and in fact, they didn't bother to reason with a eunuch. It is still important for the emperor to drink hot tea quickly.

"Huh?" the little eunuch's mind was not particularly clear, and he had a dreamlike look on his face. It made him look less like a waiter and more like a drunken poet.

He was answered with another slap on the head. The little eunuch reacted at this time, jumped out of bed reflexively, didn't care about putting on shoes, and ran directly to get tea and teapots, and all the conspiracies and speculations were thrown into the country of Jawa for a while. Every time he wanted to do something important, or when he was going to see Ling Heng, his mind was instantly empty, and he only acted on his instincts. If Ling Heng said something at this time, he would definitely not have any reaction.

Fortunately, he always believed that he could not enter the eyes of the emperor. Even if the emperor says something, he will never say it to himself.

When he brought the tea tray in this time, Ling Heng sat up and closed his eyes to recuperate.

The little eunuch didn't dare to look at Ling Heng directly, he didn't dare to disturb Ling Heng's contemplation, and he didn't dare to spy on the expression on his face, so he directly put the tea tray on the small table next to him, bent down and retreated.

The shadow guard had been carefully looking at Ling Heng's face, and if anything was wrong, his legs were ready, ready to catch the unlucky eunuch at any time.

But Ling Heng didn't say anything.

He just let out a long sigh and reached for the bowl of tea, but his hand kept shaking, and he poured some hot tea on himself for a while.

The shadow guard was shocked to see it, but he didn't dare to say anything about Ling Heng's thoughts, so he had to watch Ling Heng put the bowl of tea back and shake his clothes casually.

That's boiling water, not ordinary water. It's as thick as pigskin, and those pigs will hum a few times when they are scalding!

The shadow guards had no intention of mocking Ling Heng's thick skin. He just felt that Ling Heng was very wrong.

"How is the Xie clan now?" The shadow guard didn't expect Ling Heng to ask about Concubine Xie Rou when he opened his mouth.

What does this mean? Does the emperor regret it? Or is it just a casual question? How on earth should he answer? Such a mindless question......

"Ah, she's recruited everything, and she wrote a lot of people's names!"

"Well, I'm confused. Ling Heng rubbed his forehead, his expression a little melancholy. The Shadow Guard didn't figure out what he was thinking until he said the next sentence.

What did she know? Even if she wrote it down, it wouldn't be true. Ling Heng's expression was very numb, and he spoke very lightly, more like talking to himself. Xie Qin herself is just a chess piece, of course she won't know some confidential things. She entered the palace just for money and power. It's not a pity to die.

"So, just like that?" the shadow guard made a head-cutting motion. But she thought to herself: I'm afraid we don't need to do it, and she will scare herself to death.

In fact, they didn't torture Concubine Xie Rou, they only showed her around their torture equipment, and they successfully scared her into tears. Then, you can say whatever you ask.

Ling Heng nodded with some disgust. (To be continued.) )