Chapter 140: The Death of the Empress
In the blink of an eye, November is already halfway through, and it won't be long before the New Year is coming again.
For Liyi, the New Year is too bland, it is nothing more than Dongqi to give some rewards, and then there is a palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, and everyone gathers together and staggers.
On the surface, it seems to be calm, but in fact, all of them have their own ghosts, what is the point of such a banquet, but Li Ling is in the harem, and she is the imperial concubine, and all the large and small banquets in the palace have to go.
Fortunately, Pear Ling has three children, which is the only thing that makes Pear Ling feel comforted in this deep palace, making her feel that she is not alone, although the second prince is not biological, but he has always been respectful and filial, and treats Le'er and An'er well, and has the demeanor of an eldest brother, so although Pear Ling treats him as close as Le'er and An'er, he has always raised the second prince well, never lacks food and clothing, and has always taken care of his homework and learning.
As for those messy things, Li Ling has no clue, and she doesn't want to think about it, in winter, she is only willing to nest comfortably in the Moshang Palace, amuse with a few children, a few children are there, and occasionally there will be Jing Xiu Yuan to visit the door, Li Ling feels that although the days are a little bit of a chat, but it is quite worry-free.
Jing Xiuyuan has become more and more silent now, since the Wanshou Festival, Jing Xiuyuan's whole person looks a lot thinner, and Li Ling knows that it is because of Jin Xiu Rong Lin Xian.
Jin Xiurong has done a lot of evil before, and the deaths of Li Xiuyuan and Xu Jieyu can be said to be caused by Jin Xiurong, so Jing Xiuyuan hates Jin Xiurong deeply, and she has never had a good face towards Jin Xiurong.
But now, Jin Xiurong is dead, and it is to save Jing Xiuyuan's death, Jing Xiuyuan's attitude towards Jin Xiurong suddenly doesn't know what to do.
Let's say hate, the people who killed Jin Xiurong were Li Xiuyuan and Xu Jieyu, not her Zhou Jingyue, and Jin Xiurong is still her life-saving benefactor, in terms of Jin Xiurong, it is not Jing Xiuyuan's turn anyway, let's say not hate, the things that Jin Xiurong did at the beginning killed her best friend, and Jin Xiurong wasted her trust.
Jing Xiuyuan was in this kind of entanglement, and she was getting thinner and thinner.
She didn't have any friends in the palace, but occasionally she would go to Moshang Palace to sit and chat with Liling to pass the boring time.
It didn't take long for Zhihe's side to find out Concubine Xiao's whereabouts.
Li Ling didn't know why she wanted to check Concubine Xiao's whereabouts, and she also knew that if she went to check if Dong Qilin knew, she would probably not be treated with her, but she just couldn't help but want to check, and even put down the black hand behind her for the time being, and wanted to find out Concubine Xiao's whereabouts first.
As for what to do after finding out, Li Ling didn't think about it at all.
She just wanted to know, wanted to know where Concubine Xiao was, and wondered if Dong Qilin often went out of the palace to see her......
After getting Concubine Xiao's whereabouts, Zhihe asked Liling if she needed to do anything next, such as killing Concubine Xiao, after all, now Concubine Xiao is outside the palace, although Dong Qilin arranged people to protect Concubine Xiao, but after all, it is not as safe as in the palace, so Zhihe said that he could directly arrange someone to kill Concubine Xiao, which is not nonsense.
But the pear girl told Zhihe not to act rashly.
One is that now is not the best time to kill Concubine Xiao, just with what Concubine Xiao did, it is not enough to die a hundred times, since Dong Qilin sent Concubine Xiao outside the palace, then there is no intention to ask Concubine Xiao to die, she sent someone to kill Concubine Xiao at this time, it is not good to provoke Dong Qilin's life, she doesn't care, but if three children are affected in a row, it is really a big loss.
The second is that Concubine Xiao killed so many people and killed several princes, Dong Qilin must have some complaints about Concubine Xiao in his heart, if Concubine Xiao dies now, then Dong Qilin will forgive Concubine Xiao, but if Concubine Xiao is alive, with Concubine Xiao's character, one day Dong Qilin's guilt will be wiped out, and when the time comes, the new accounts and old accounts will be counted together, and Concubine Xiao's fate will not be very good.
For Concubine Xiao, maybe such an ending is better than killing her directly.
So, Rika decided to stay still and watch.
Pear Ling didn't expect that just because she didn't move, she would cause trouble.
Concubine Xiao died.
Li Ling was still surprised when she received the news of Zhihe, why did Concubine Xiao die suddenly?! Although Concubine Xiao was seriously ill before, she was only weak, how could she die suddenly?
Subsequently, Li Ling was confirmed by Zhihe's news that Concubine Xiao was stabbed to death in the middle of the night......
Li Ling immediately felt a sense of crisis.
Concubine Xiao died, not because she died of illness as she thought before, but because she was stabbed to death, and there were not many people who knew that Concubine Xiao was still alive, but it happened that she was included......
She has a knot with Concubine Xiao, I believe that although Dong Qilin is not clear, she should know a little bit of the details in her heart, Concubine Xiao is dead, and the first thing Dong Qilin suspects is that she has a knot with Concubine Xiao and has the ability to get rid of Concubine Xiao!
At present, Dong Qilin has resentment and guilt towards Concubine Xiao, if it is as she thought before, after waiting for a period of time, when Dong Qilin's guilt towards Concubine Xiao disappears, it doesn't matter whether Concubine Xiao dies or not, but now, at the moment when Dong Qilin is in a dilemma of love and hate for Concubine Xiao, Concubine Xiao died suddenly, it is conceivable that Dong Qilin's hatred for Concubine Xiao will turn into guilt.
When the time comes, how will she deal with herself?!
It's not that Pear Ling doesn't have self-confidence, if it's someone else, Pear Ling can still be confident, but who is the other party? It is Concubine Xiao Liwei, the childhood sweetheart Li Qingge of Dong Qilin, and the person who will never forget before Dong Qilin! So Pear Ling didn't dare to gamble.
So all Li Ling can do is to clean up the traces of Concubine Xiao that she sent someone to check on Concubine Xiao, and try her best to clear up her relationship with Concubine Xiao's death.
Unfortunately, most of the time, the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes.
Dong Qilin's face was very bad when he arrived at Mo Shang Palace, and as soon as Li Ling saw Dong Qilin, her heart couldn't stop sinking.
When he arrived at Moshang Palace, as soon as he saw Liling, Dong Qilin waved away all the palace people.
Li Ling smelled the strong smell of wine on Dong Qilin's body, she frowned, Dong Qilin went to drink? It seems that he drank a lot, is it because of Concubine Xiao's death?
"The concubine ordered someone to go to those sobering soups!" Liling's voice was tepid, and she couldn't hear any emotion.
"No, you don't! I have something to ask you! Dong Qilin was not too drunk, at least his consciousness was relatively sober, so he grabbed the pear ling.
Pear Ling thought to herself, here she is.
"If the emperor has something, just ask directly, and the concubines must know everything." There was a smile on her face, but there was no warmth in her eyes.
"Did you send someone to assassinate Qingge?" Dong Qilin asked the pear with drunken eyes.
Sure enough, he asked this, but he was direct, and Li Ling sneered in his heart.
"It's not." Li Ling looked at Dong Qilin's eyes, and said very firmly, after speaking, Li Ling put Dong Qilin aside and entered the back room alone.
Dong Qilin showed a faint smile behind the pear ling.