Chapter Eighty-Six: The Hanging Corpse
As soon as the hour passed, the distant sky showed a pale white.
The emperor was changing his clothes, and Hu Yue, the commander of the guards, came in a panic and knelt outside the dormitory to ask to see him. The emperor's eyes sank, and when he turned his eyes, Xiao Ping ordered the palace people to continue to serve.
Hu Yue's face was pale, his forehead was soaked with sweat, and when he saw Xiao Ping coming out, he hurriedly said: "Father-in-law, Weichen has an urgent matter to face the saint." ”
Xiao Ping frowned slightly, and reminded: "This early in the morning, what is the urgency of Commander Hu, do you have to disturb this?" ”
"Grandpa Xiao, something is wrong!"
The emperor got up and got off the sedan chair, only to find that he had arrived in front of the noon gate. The loess underfoot is messy, mixed with dark red spots. He raised his eyes to look at the tower, and the five corpses were swaying in the wind, which was terrifying to look at in the blue and white days.
Xiao Ping shrank his shoulders in fright and turned his eyes to look at the emperor.
The guards on patrol knelt down and saluted, and Hu Yue stepped forward and bowed: "Your Majesty, I don't know who is so bold that he killed five palace people and hung them above the city gate. ”
The emperor stared at the five corpses, narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked coldly, "Where are the five of them on an errand?" ”
Xiao Ping trembled and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said in a low voice: "Back to the emperor, the slave only recognizes the father-in-law in the middle, he is Lu Hai, the father-in-law of Lu, who is on an errand in the Zhaoren Palace. ”
"Zhaorenden?" When he said this, he sensed something. He fell silent and glanced at Hu Yue without being salty.
Hu Yue was so frightened that he knelt on the ground: "The emperor forgives the sin, such a thing in the palace is a dereliction of duty by his subordinates, and his subordinates are willing to accept the punishment." ”
The emperor was full of suspicions, and he didn't know what he was guilty about, so he paused and ordered: "Put down their corpses first, block the news about this matter, and don't make the harem panic." ”
Hu Yue's face became even more ugly when he heard this, he pursed his dry lips, as if he was squeezing out a little voice from his throat: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother already knows about this matter!" These five palace people are all from the Zhaoren Palace. ”
The emperor's eyebrows were cold, he quickly raised his head and looked at it again, and before he had time to think about it, he immediately ordered Xiao Ping to rush to Xiahui Palace.
Luo Qingyun raised her head, Song Zixun was lowering her eyes to look down, her eyes were pitch black, and there was no smile.
He looked at her quietly and frowned slightly: "Don't be impulsive in this matter, if the death of the little radish head is related to the Queen Mother, then you have to think about it in the long run, you must not mess up the proportions and startle the snake." ”
She didn't sleep all night, thinking about it in a trance, and said sneeringly: "The queen mother refused to let go of even a child, and she dug out the eyes of the palace people in a dignified manner, and even put powder on her face if she hurt people, so that the emperor thought that she loved the little prince very much!" ”
"It's because she refuses to let go of a child, you have to be more careful, you seem to be spoiled and steal the limelight from Concubine Ying now, she will definitely make a move, so your situation is even more dangerous!" Song Zixun said coldly.
Although Luo Qingyun's eyes were full of anger, he was not reckless: "With you, I'm not afraid of her, but the death of the little prince, how to show the snow?" ”
"This matter, the ghost queen and I will think about it in the long run, and we won't act rashly before we are sure." His face froze, and he sighed: "After all, the Queen Mother is still very powerful in the court, and your going there now is nothing more than hitting a stone with an egg!" ”
"The emperor has arrived!"
Summoned outside the door, Luo Qingyun followed the prestige, and hurriedly said to Song Zixun: "You avoid it first, the light on the emperor's body will hurt you!" ”
Song Zixun tugged at the corners of his mouth and sneered: "So early, ignore the dynasty for the sake of beauty!" ”
"Hurry up!" Luo Qingyun folded his hands and bowed to him.
His front feet disappeared, and he saw the emperor wearing court clothes with straight eyebrows, full of anxiety, and came close in the blink of an eye.
"Are you alright?" He just reached out and probed her all over, and his eyes had been staring at her since he came, his dark eyes shining.
She replied to her god and saluted: "The emperor is blessed!" ”
He waved his hand: "Follow me back to the Qianqing Palace!" ”
The emperor's footsteps didn't stop, and he couldn't care about Xiao Ping's strange eyes behind him, Luo Qingyun was pulled by the corner of his clothes, and he stopped his steps in surprise. Seeing that she was stagnant and unwilling to continue walking. The emperor didn't want to explain more, so he brought her to the palace without saying a word, and said, "Go up!" ”
"Your Majesty, what's going on? Can you tell your concubines? ”
The emperor was speechless, and he told Luo Qingyun that the evil spirit had disappeared, so that she could rest assured. But now that he's back, how is he going to open his mouth?
Luo Qingyun looked at him in confusion, he was stunned, and was silent: "I want to keep you by my side!" ”
She breathed sluggishly, and responded cautiously: "The concubine doesn't understand, didn't the emperor allow the concubine to live in this Xiahui Palace?" Are you worried that the concubine doesn't remember the dragon scales? ”
The emperor suddenly felt gaffe and cleared his throat: "That's right, I see that you live comfortably here, I'm afraid that the matter of dragon scales has long been forgotten, and I can rest assured if you are by your side!" ”
Luo Qingyun had never seen the emperor look so anxious, although she didn't know what was going on, but his eyes were heavy, I was afraid that he was really anxious, she curled her lips: "The emperor doesn't need to worry, the concubine has never forgotten this." ”
The emperor didn't know how to answer, raised his hand and ordered the palace people on his side to retreat, waiting for only the two of them, he reprimanded angrily: "Why don't you want to go to the Qianqing Palace?" ”
Luo Qingyun didn't dare to raise his eyes to look at him, and said with a mixed smile: "Back to the emperor, the concubines don't dare to be unwilling, but the concubines live in the Xiahui Palace to be more in line with the etiquette, after all, the Qianqing Palace has not allowed concubines to live in since ancient times." ”
He was silent for a moment, and then looked at Luo Qingyun with puzzled eyes: "You are cowardly but you can see ghosts, and now you live alone in Xiahui Palace, isn't it for Song Zixun!" ”
His words were sharp, and Luo Qingyun was stunned and looked at him in disbelief. The emperor's face turned a little colder: "I have checked, the Luo family and the Song family secretly married at the end of last year, and Luo Haoxuan was really not held accountable, it was for you!" I ask you one thing now, and you answer truthfully, has Song Zixun's ghost always been by your side? ”
Luo Qingyun bit her lower lip, wanting to deny it but couldn't say a word.
"Can he protect you?"
Luo Qingyun's temples jumped suddenly, and her silence made him affirm his answer. She replied very seriously, "Yes." ”
The emperor smiled and sighed, but his eyes were full of disappointment. At the beginning, Luo Qingyun insisted on leaving the Qianqing Palace, but he never stopped her, knowing what secrets she was hiding, but he still didn't come to disturb her life. Ruan Yuheng found out about this, he didn't want to confirm it, he had tried her, but she flatly denied it.
If it weren't for the fact that the soul had come back today to seek revenge, she would be in danger at any time, so why would he come and take her away in person. But she didn't know what to do, a woman who didn't regret her death, but he couldn't be ruthless enough to ignore her in danger. The eunuch in the Queen Mother's palace is because she beat Luo Qingyun, who was bent over by the soul, and now her body is hanging above the noon gate overnight, and the Queen Mother will definitely track it down, and it is indispensable to embarrass her.
The emperor closed his eyes slightly, and his tone calmed down a little: "I ask you again, do you want to go to the Qianqing Palace!" ”
Luo Qingyun's heart was slightly tugging, the corners of her eyes flashed, and she saw Song Zixun not far away and glanced at them curiously, unwilling to go far. She timidly avoided her eyes, not daring to look at him: "Thank the emperor for his good intentions, the concubine is very good in the Xiahui Palace!" ”
Her voice was like a mosquito, but the emperor could hear it clearly. He curled his lips and smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes: "Good! ”
Looking at his distant back, Luo Qingyun was also dumbfounded. Why is the emperor's behavior so inexplicable today, she stood up straight, her eyebrows frowning slightly. She had a vague sense that something was wrong, but she couldn't guess. It seems that this search for dragon scales should be done as soon as possible, and the emperor is afraid that he will be impatient.