Chapter 196 Blood Letter

After the palace banquet, Diwu Qingqing returned to the harem and asked the palace maids to take off the phoenix crown and phoenix clothes.

Then I took a bath, changed my clothes, sat in the porch to enjoy the cool air, and let the night breeze dry my wet hair.

My eyelids closed unconsciously.

In a trance, I felt a slight tightening sensation at the roots of my hair.

She suddenly woke up.

"let go."

She said without turning her head.

The emperor released the hair from his hands.

"I just wanted to help you check if your hair is dry. It's not good to sleep with wet hair."

He said as if nothing had happened.

The fifth frowned slightly: "It's so late, what are you doing here?"

The emperor's face darkened.

"You are my queen now."

Diwu Qingqing: "You want me to serve you just because you gave me the title of Queen? Aren't you afraid that I'll stab you to death when I get too excited?"

The emperor was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "You dare to speak like that, you are simply relying on my favor."

The fifth scoffed softly.

"Relying on your favor? After not seeing you for so many years, your face has really grown bigger and bigger."

The emperor sighed deeply.

"We've been apart for years, and finally reunited. Why are we so angry? Didn't you say back then, 'I wish to find someone who loves me and we'll be together until we're old'?"

Fifth Qingqing: "That's because I didn't know I was talking to an evil spirit."

"What do I need you to do to forgive me?"

The fifth one said calmly, "If the dead could be resurrected."

emperor:"……"

He clenched his fists.

"You're still thinking about him, aren't you?"

Diwu looked at him gently and steadily: "Zhao Qi, it's not me who is thinking about him, it's you."

"Over the past twenty-five years, you've had countless opportunities to overcome your cowardice, but every time, you chose to give up."

"Even though he himself was infected with smallpox, he still cared about the people. And you, to this day, still don't dare to promote vaccination."

"You have the ambition to be a wise ruler, but you lack the courage to be one."

"No matter how you disguise yourself, thousands of years from now, your actions will be revealed to the world. Whether you will be utterly condemned or receive mixed praise and criticism depends entirely on your single thought today."

The emperor remained silent for a long time.

Diwu gently touched his hair and found it was completely dry, so he got up and went back to the bedroom to rest.

After standing alone in the corridor for a while, the emperor ordered the palace servants: "Clean up the side hall."

He stayed in a side hall of Fengyi Palace that night.

The concubines in the harem were unaware of the true situation and tossed and turned at night, trying to figure it out.

She got up early again, dressed up, and thought about how to greet the new queen.

Just as everything was ready, a palace maid entered the hall and reported, "The Empress has issued an oral order. From now on, all the ladies are exempt from the daily greetings. If you have any questions, please go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and do not disturb her in Fengyi Palace."

Concubines: "..."

What’s the point of holding the queen’s golden seal if you don’t take care of the harem!

If you think being a queen is too troublesome, why don't you let them be the queen? It's such a waste of talent!

Wu Zhaoyi dressed up carefully, waiting to outshine the new queen, but who knew...

"She must be afraid that we will outshine her!"

She sneered.

"You didn't even bother to greet me."

When he heard that Diwu Qingqing herself did not go to the Cining Palace to pay her respects, he could not help but sneer.

"She relies on His Majesty's favor and even ignores the Empress Dowager. I'll see how long her arrogance lasts!"

Feng Qingsui heard about his master's move through Ji Changqing's intelligence and couldn't help asking him, "How many people does the Second Master have in the palace?"

Ji Changqing glanced at her sideways.

"What do you want to do?"

"I don't know how long my master can remain as queen. She has no foundation in the palace. I'm worried that if the emperor dislikes her, someone will take advantage of her."

"Don't worry, I have enough people to help you protect your master."

Feng Qingsui said gratefully, "Thank you, Second Master."

"If I want to rescue my master from the palace, is there any way? I have a fake death drug here."

Ji Changqing: “…”

"Unless your master is deposed."

He replied.

"Otherwise, if she dies, her body will have to be kept for 49 days. Your fake death drug could allow someone to live without food or drink for 49 days?"

Feng Qingsui: “…”

It seems that faking death is not an option.

Can I only wait for the emperor to get tired of my master and throw her into the cold palace, and then wait for an opportunity to arrange for my master to leave the palace?

A bit slim.

Who knows if the emperor will suddenly die and ask the master to be buried with him.

With something on his mind, he couldn't enjoy the food cooked by Ji Changqing.

Ji Changqing saw this and sighed inwardly.

The little fox's fate is too rough.

Before my sister’s revenge was complete, my master was imprisoned again.

You can't relax for a moment.

If you keep worrying like this, the little bit of weight you’ve gained with great difficulty will disappear.

He cut the peeled shrimp into two, put half in front of his mother and the other half in front of someone else.

"Eat more."

He warned.

Feng Qingsui nodded blankly: "Okay."

He immediately picked up a shrimp and put it in his mouth.

The sweetness blooms on the tip of your tongue, and your mind unconsciously returns.

Forget it, now that things have come to this, let’s eat well first.

Chef Ji is worthy of being Chef Ji. Even his boiled shrimps taste better than those made by ordinary chefs.

After dinner, she chatted with Qi for a while and then went back to the courtyard to rest.

I was asleep until the middle of the night when the doorman suddenly sent someone to announce: "Miss Qiao from Fanlou is here to visit the Madam."

Her sleepiness disappeared immediately.

He came to my house in the middle of the night. Could something big have happened?

He immediately ordered someone to bring Qiao Zhenzhen to the hospital.

"I'm sorry to disturb your rest, ma'am."

Qiao Zhenzhen looked tense. As soon as she saw her, she took out a folded piece of hard yellow paper from her arms.

"I was also entrusted by someone to deliver a letter."

Feng Qingsui took the hard yellow paper she handed him, spread it out, and the smell of blood hit him in the face.

"Commoners Chen Qingshan, Zhang Maisheng, Wang Li'er, and Li Sui'niang...risk their lives to file a complaint: Hezhou Prefect Gan Shirong colluded with Ministry of Works Doctor Lü Jinming to embezzle funds from river workers, causing the collapse of the river embezzlement and countless casualties. They subsequently forcibly conscripted civilians to repair the embankment, disregarding human life and driving the people to rebellion..."

Her face suddenly darkened.

Qiao Zhenzhen explained, "I was woken up by a rainstorm in the early morning. I remembered I forgot to put the lid on the fish tank. I was afraid that Jin Shanshan would jump out and slip away with the water, so I got up, opened an umbrella, and went to the backyard."

"I never expected to see a seriously injured man lying on the ground next to the fish tank."

"The man had been stabbed several times and was bleeding profusely. When he saw me, he pulled out an oil-paper bag and begged me to pass it to Lord Ji."

"He fainted just as he finished speaking."

"I was shocked, woke up my mother, dragged him to the wing room, and found a doctor to treat his injuries."

"He has a high fever and hasn't woken up yet. I don't know if the contents of this blood letter are true or not. I'm afraid something bad might happen if I wait any longer, so I've come to the Ji Mansion first."

"Since it's not convenient for me to ask to see Lord Ji directly, I came to you and asked you to pass it on to him."

Feng Qingsui nodded: "I will leave it to the Second Master and let him decide."

If what was written in the blood letter is true, it is indeed a big deal.

She left Qiao Zhenzhen in the yard and went to find Ji Changqing with the blood letter.

Ji Changqing was awakened by Baifu and learned that it was Feng Qingsui who came to visit him in the middle of the night. He didn't even have time to put on his shoes and socks. He just put on his coat and went to the study.

"What happened?"

"Second Master, please look at this."

Feng Qingsui handed him the blood letter.

"Qiao Zhenzhen sent it to you. She said a seriously injured man broke into the backyard of Fanlou and asked her to pass it on to you."