Chapter 554: Concealment
"Don't tell my father-in-law, Xu Qinghe is dead!" Fang Duan's words suddenly startled Ma Gonggong, and the lantern in his hand fell to the ground with a "click", and the wax oil in it dripped on the lantern paper, igniting the flames and immediately burning.
"Where is this, what do you say," Ma Gonggong said to the other party with some worry, "Is this matter hidden from Your Majesty first?" The general promised in front of His Majesty, if Your Majesty knew...... Oops, no, the minion has to find a way!"
"Grandpa Ma!" Fang Dui's heart was moved, at this moment, Grandpa Ma was thinking about protecting himself, he said, "Your Majesty once rewarded a gold medal for avoiding death, and you don't have to worry about your life." It's just that your father-in-law is not on duty tonight, can you really be sure that Concubine De has not left?"
In the palace lamps hanging under the porch, the candles are about to burn out, and only the faint light remains, waiting for the dawn. Ma Gonggong said, "General Fang doesn't know the difficulty of making a living in this palace, as a minion, even if he is not bad, he must watch and listen to all directions." Let's take tonight as an example, Concubine De's injury is not light, and His Majesty can't take care of it alone. If it is missing, say that you are missing something, and the minions must be prepared. Therefore, it is not a good sleep. ”
Ma Gonggong has been in the palace for many years, so he naturally has a set of his methods. The hinge on the door of the dormitory has been a little disobedient lately, and every time it opens and closes, it makes a slight "squeak" sound. Ma Gonggong's sense of hearing was very sensitive, especially in the dead of night, and this sound and the sound of each footstep with different speed and strength allowed him to easily distinguish who was entering and leaving His Majesty's bedchamber.
"After the third watch, the door of the dormitory was never opened again. General, you have been asking if Concubine De has ever been in and out of the palace, do you suspect that she did this?" Ma Gonggong came over mysteriously and said, "There have always been many things in the palace that cannot be explained clearly, and the slave feels that there were only two people in the palace, either this or that, and Concubine De's suspicion is not small!"
Sure enough, after being in the palace for a long time, they have all lived into human spirits, Fang Duan instructed, "This matter is very important, father-in-law must not tell anyone else, only I know." Gonggong Ma gave him a "you can rest assured" look, and then said to him, "General Fang, although the slave didn't hear the footsteps of Concubine De leaving. But if it is really as the Taoist chief said, it is not done by man, then the noble concubine ......"
He suddenly covered his mouth, looked at Fang Dui in horror, and suddenly said, "Not good, Your Majesty!" Ma Gonggong turned around and ran back, forgetting to take the lantern that Fang Dui handed him. Fang Du stood in the night, unable to recover for a long time.
There are many ways to pretend to be another person, illusions, blindfolding, and even the simplest but hardest to get a human skin mask. It's easy to pretend to be another person, but it's not so easy to learn all about that person's past.
Fang Du thought that if this Li Qingxue in the palace was fake, then it would definitely reveal flaws. Because only the real Li Qingxue knew what had happened in Zixiao Pavilion. Therefore, Fang Dui decided to see Xu Qinghe and the fact that he was dead was temporarily concealed, and the people in Gu Huaxuan naturally would not say it, Luo Xu, Fang Dui could also explain to him, that only Ma Gonggong needed to be settled, so this matter, Fang Dui handed it over to Cong Miao.
"No problem!" Ma Gonggong agreed, "The slave family originally told General Fang, don't tell Your Majesty about this matter first, how can you come to the prince in person?"
After dawn, Cong Miao asked his people to go back to the house and get this food box. Cong Miao said with a smile, "This king promised to invite the Gonggong Mansion to have a light meal, but the father-in-law wants to serve His Majesty, and he really doesn't have the effort." Therefore, this king has brought a few of the new cook's best dishes, and asked my father-in-law to try them!"
In the food box, there are two hot dishes, two cold dishes, two dim sum and a bottle of peach blossom drunk that can only be found in the palace of Zhenbei Wangfu. When Gonggong Ma saw it, he immediately smiled, "Let the prince bother, you see, it's still hot! Lord Wang, don't worry about what you explained!"
After a good night's sleep, Cong Yu woke up feeling refreshed. In last night's dream, Pan Niang pestered him again, but because of Li Qingxue's sudden appearance, Pan Niang was driven away, and he was able to sleep well. Although Cong Yu understood that this was just a dream, when he turned his head to look at Li Qingxue, he still felt a little more grateful in his heart.
Since ancient times, there are 3,000 beauties in the emperor's harem, and many people in the world have envied them. But Cong Yu is not a womanizer, before Li Qingxue entered the palace, the total number of concubines in his harem was less than twenty, and only the queen's palace frequented. It is because of this that the imperial concubine invited herself to live on the island.
It's just that when he saw Li Qingxue for the first time, his heart, which had been silent for many years, suddenly moved. She is beautiful, generous, knows what she thinks, gentle, kind, and does not fight. Although Cong Yu also heard that Concubine Degui was proud and didn't get along well with other concubines, he didn't take it to heart. As long as she doesn't do anything out of line, Cong Yu will spoil her for the rest of her life.
"Your Majesty!" Li Qingxue muttered softly, then opened a pair of beautiful eyes, and saw Cong Yu staring at him, his face suddenly turned red, and he turned around, "Why is Your Majesty looking at the concubine so much, the concubine is not familiar with it, isn't it ugly?"
"Who said that?" Cong Yu pulled her shoulder, kissed her lightly on the forehead, and whispered, "In my heart, you are the most beautiful!"
Hearing the sound of talking in the dormitory, someone from the palace immediately came in to serve and wash. Although Li Qingxue's face was pale, her spirit was much better than yesterday, she was powdered, and she was a radiant concubine. Cong Yu asked, "The concubine has been wronged, so naturally it is not mine." Whatever you want to do, just open Chrysostom, even if it is my compensation for you!"
"Your Majesty, what are these words, it was Xu Qinghe who beat the whip of the concubines!" Li Qingxue fell to her knees, "The concubines implore Your Majesty to expel them from the palace, they are still like this to the concubines, not to mention those palace people? If they are allowed to stay, I don't know how many people will suffer!"
Under Li Qingxue's collar, the terrifying whip marks could still be faintly seen, although Cong Yu was reluctant, he still made up his mind, "Okay, I promise you, when Xu Qinghe's injuries are all healed, let them out of the palace!"
"Is he injured?" Li Qingxue's face was full of doubts, "Yesterday, wasn't he okay?" His Majesty pondered for a moment, still thinking that he should not tell her about it.