Chapter 60: The Storm Rises Again
"You're... Bilin? "The moment she looked up, I still recognized her. I could see that her face was no longer flawless, and there were several visible scars from the left side of her face to the right of her jaw, and I couldn't tell how charming she was.
Bi Lin was stunned for a moment, her gaze slowly moved to my face, and in an instant, the crystal tears couldn't stop falling. She hugged me and threw herself on my shoulder and cried.
"What's wrong? What's going on? When I saw her like this, I chuckled in my heart, reached out and patted her on the back, and became more and more worried about Sisi's safety.
Bi Lin didn't speak, she just cried vigorously. There were already other palace ladies around looking here, and when I saw this, I immediately took her to the Huayue Palace, and only continued to comfort her after making sure that no one was coming.
Finally, when her beautiful eyes cried into peaches, the crying gradually stopped. She choked up and told me everything.
It turned out that not long after Concubine Xian's death, the emperor suddenly ordered all the palace maids and eunuchs in Huayue Hall to accompany the burial, and on that day, the Praetorian Guards surrounded Huayue Palace, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.
Everyone panicked, and some timid eunuchs and palace ladies couldn't bear such bad news, so they planned to escape, but they didn't escape for long, and they were beaten to death with sticks. The Praetorian Guards also hung the corpses of these people on the doors of the Huayue Hall to warn those who wanted to escape.
Three days later, these remaining eunuchs were given poisoned wine, and Bi Lin and Sisi were no exception. Although Sisi was simple-minded, she was also very bold, and she took advantage of the Praetorian Guards' inattention, and ran out of Huayue Hall with Bi Lin.
Naturally, the Praetorian Guards would not let them go and chased them all the way. Probably because Sisi was blessed, on the way to be hunted down, they actually met Concubine Wan, who had been favored for a long time, and after Concubine Wan knew their situation, she immediately took the two of them to the palace, and arranged for the two to stay, until the turmoil passed, she went to ask the emperor to leave the two of them in Yuyuxuan.
Listening to her account, there are two points that are very doubtful. First, the emperor has been in the palace for the past few days, and it stands to reason that he has no intention of caring about the funeral of the virtuous concubine, so how could he issue such a cruel holy decree?
Second, although Concubine Wan is very favored by the emperor, Sisi and Bi Lin are people within the scope of the funeral after all, how can the emperor easily modify his holy decree for her, isn't this a slap in the face?
"And what's the deal with the wound on your face?" I asked, the two long scars were clearly freshly made.
"It's Sisi!" Suddenly there was hatred in her eyes, and her nails unconsciously dug into my flesh. I endured the pain and didn't take her hand away, but my heart was suddenly shocked.
"If it weren't for Sisi, I wouldn't be like this!" Bilin's eyes turned red, like a hungry wolf, and the hostility was evident in her eyes.
"Concubine Xian's death is not an accident at all, it's Sisi! It was she who poisoned Niangniang's food, and it was she who caused Niangniang's body to decline day by day, and Concubine Xian Niangniang shouldn't have saved her at all! If it weren't for her, Niangniang wouldn't have died! As she spoke, she began to cry again, and the cold tears were colder than the snow in the cold moon, and my heart was chilled for a while.
I was silent, I didn't believe that Sisi would be that kind of person, I thought Sisi must have her troubles, otherwise how could she hurt the virtuous concubine who was so good to herself?
"How do you know? Have you seen it with your own eyes? I asked.
Bi Lin suddenly raised her head, she stared at me fiercely, pointed to the scar on her face, and said indignantly: "See? This is the consequence of knowing the truth! I forgot, you are Sisi's brother, are you here to kill me? Probably because she was stimulated so much, her sanity had reached the limit, and she frantically grabbed my neck with her hands, and kept shouting: "I'm going to strangle you!" I'm going to strangle you! ”
I was choked by her, and the suffocating fear had gradually welled up in my heart. I was afraid that I would die in the cold Huayue Hall like this, so I instinctively slapped her. In the blink of an eye, she was in the opposite corner, her eyes fixed on me.
I hurried over and crouched down to apologize to her, but she wouldn't give me a chance to speak. She suddenly burst out laughing, pointed at me with all her might, and said, "You won't end well, and you won't end well!" Hahahaha~"
I looked at her in silence, not knowing how to comfort her for a while, so I could only stretch out my hand to help her up, but she actually grabbed my hand and bit her hard.
A piercing pain spread from my wrist to my arm, and I tried to shake her off, but her strength was immense. Maybe because of my hatred, no matter how hard I struggled, she wouldn't let go. Blood trickled down the corners of her mouth, and in a moment the ground in front of her was dyed red.
Just when I was in a hurry, the palace gate of Huayue Hall was suddenly knocked open from the outside, and I saw a large number of Praetorian Guards rushing in from the outside, and the Praetorian Guards who rushed in front unceremoniously raised their feet and kicked her lower abdomen.
I looked at her, who had passed out, turned around and yelled at him, "Who told you to kick her!" ”
The man glanced at me, and stepped aside. Just behind him, I saw that Concubine Wan had already walked over, and she was followed by Sisi with a worried face.
I stood up with a cold face, and didn't say hello to Concubine Wan, but asked Sisi directly, "Why are you here?" ”
Sisi didn't answer me either, she rolled up my sleeves, looked at the wound that was still bleeding with distress, and said, "Why did she shed so much blood, she is really ruthless!" "Then you will bandage me with a handkerchief.
I dodged with my backhand and asked in a cold voice, "Answer me, how do you know that I am with Bilin?" ”
Since the first day Sisi came to the Chu family, she had never seen me get angry, and now when she saw me like this, her face was already a little afraid, she bit her lip and whispered: "Because someone happened to see you being kidnapped by Bi Lin to Huayue Palace, so... So—" She didn't say anything more, but I knew it very well.
"That's really a coincidence~" I sarcastically, glanced at Concubine Wan, who had been staring at me, turned her gaze to Sisi's face, and asked, "What are you going to do with Bilin?" ”
"I..." she was about to continue, but was interrupted by Concubine Wan: "Ah Yuan, you are injured, let's bandage the wound first." ”
I looked at Concubine Wan, who was also looking at me, the smile on her face was as warm as the sun in the sky, and her kind face was very harmless. I didn't speak again, I glanced back at Bi Lin, who was already buried in the Praetorian Guards, and followed them towards Yu Yuxuan with a sigh.