Chapter 255 Six Palace Eyeliner

Countless candles were burning in the main hall of Chaoyang Palace, making the interior as bright as day.

Xiao Jingheng sat upright on the dragon throne, flipping through memorials with one hand and writing his comments with the other.

He looked very haggard, and his figure was not as straight as before.

Song Zhao walked forward leisurely, put the evening meal and bouquet aside, and bowed to Xiao Jingheng:

"Your Majesty, I have seen you. May your Majesty be blessed with good health."

"Get up." Xiao Jingheng's voice was a little hoarse. After Song Zhao stood up, he stopped writing and raised his eyebrows to look at her.

"Why are you here at this hour?"

Song Zhao said: "I know that the emperor is in a bad mood, and I don't know what I can do to help him relieve his emotions. I thought of making some supper and accompanying him, so that he can feel more at ease."

"Zhao'er is thoughtful."

Xiao Jingheng glanced at the food box on the side table, but his eyes were attracted by the bunch of brightly colored lilies next to it.

The lily was not the usual pale white one, but a bright red one with curled petals, which was very eye-catching.

"Is that a tiger lily?"

"Yes." Song Zhao nodded in response, and then bowed a little wider, "I took the initiative to bring such colorful flowers to Chaoyang Palace during the little prince's mourning period. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

The young prince had just passed away, and everyone in the palace was avoiding him.

The palace maids in front of the emperor didn't even dare to wear flowers in their hair, and they avoided bright colors appearing in front of Xiao Jingheng.

Song Zhao's move seemed to be courting death, but Xiao Jingheng did not blame her.

"It's difficult to grow tiger lilies in Kyoto's soil and water. Even the Flower and Bird Bureau doesn't grow them. It's obvious that you've put a lot of thought into this flower. And the fragrance of this lily is pleasant, which is the best for calming the mind. You sent it to me at this time, on the one hand, you want me to calm my mind and have a good sleep. On the other hand, you also want me to look at some beautiful colors and feel more relaxed. With such a thoughtful attitude, how can you blame me?"

Song Zhao lowered his eyes and said with a red face: "These are all small. If they can make the emperor feel a little better, it will be a blessing for this flower."

Xiao Jingheng stood up and walked to her side, took her hand, and said softly:

"So many things have happened in the palace, and everyone is asking me to mourn, but you are the only one who can truly comfort me."

As he spoke, he led Song Zhao to a side table, picked up a curlew lily and sniffed it, then lowered his eyes and nodded, saying:

"The fragrance of flowers is pleasant. So are the fragrance of people."

"If Your Majesty likes it, I will have someone replace it with fresh ones every day."

"Of course I like your intention."

Later that day, Xiao Jingheng kept Song Zhao in Chaoyang Palace as expected.

After they had their midnight meal, Song Zhao advised Xiao Jingheng to go to bed early, recharge his energy, and put the dragon's body first.

Of course Xiao Jingheng listened to her advice.

He was extremely tired and did not make love with her that night. He fell asleep almost as soon as his head touched the pillow.

Song Zhao was lying on his side with his back to him.

In the dim moonlight, she stared intently at the bunch of blooming Fritillaria lilies that had been brought into the inner bedroom and placed on the small table on the warm seat.

In the following days, Changle Palace would send fresh Fritillaria lilies to Chaoyang Palace every day and place them in Xiao Jingheng's inner chamber.

However, the old flowers that were replaced were not disposed of in time.

Xiao Fuzi would secretly bring the lilies back to Changle Palace, first smoke the petals with incense, and then soak them in clean water.

On the first day, everything was normal.

But on the second day, the lily petals soaked in clear water gradually faded from orange-red to light yellow.

Little Fuzi was startled and hurriedly ran to the inner chamber with a basin of water to report the matter to Song Zhao.

"My lady, there really is a reaction!"

At that time, Song Zhao was sitting alone in a warm seat, playing chess with himself to relieve his boredom.

Hearing what Xiao Fuzi said, she subconsciously raised her eyebrows and glanced at the petals floating on the wooden basin.

After seeing the faded petals, Song Zhao clenched the white piece between his fingertips, and his face became obviously gloomy.

"really......"

Xiao Fuzi said: "Tong Chang only added anthocyanin powder to the ointment given to Concubine Hui that day. Anthocyanin powder evaporates very slowly, the smell is faint and difficult to detect, and it can stay on the skin for a long time. If the smell of anthocyanin powder and the smell of Yuelinxiang are contaminated on the lily petals at the same time, the petals will fade after being washed.

In the whole palace, only the emperor's palace uses Yuelin incense. The lilies have been placed on the warm seat in the emperor's inner chamber for the past two days. Huipin must have sat on the warm seat in the inner chamber for quite a while, so the smell of the indigo powder on her body would also be stained on the lily petals..."

Xiao Fuzi's analysis is very thorough.

The faded lily petals are clearly telling everyone,

Huipin could enter and leave Xiao Jingheng's inner chamber freely and could stay there for a long time.

Yunshan was also surprised. "But the emperor has been staying with Concubine Chen for the past two days and has not turned over anyone's name card. The concubines usually meet the emperor in the main hall. Besides, Concubine Hui is not a favorite concubine, so why can she enter and leave the emperor's inner chamber at will?"

After a while, Song Zhao sneered and said lightly:

"The concubines all know how to place spies around the people they fear. Do you think the emperor doesn't know this? It's just that the emperor's method of placing spies is much more sophisticated than those women in the harem."

Yunshan was so shocked that he almost gaped in astonishment:

"Your Majesty, do you suspect that Huipin has been secretly keeping an eye on the affairs of the harem for the Emperor?"

In fact, Song Zhao had this suspicion long ago.

It was just that this time Huipin 'inadvertently' mentioned the witchcraft that she had been practicing, which completely confirmed Song Zhao's suspicion of her. It was also the first time that she showed her true colors.

That seemingly unintentional remark was too coincidental. If Huipin hadn't said this, Xiao Jingheng wouldn't have been able to get 50,000 troops from Mongolia so smoothly.

In addition, there were many times when the women in the harem stirred up troubles that were originally kept secret from Xiao Jingheng, but Xiao Jingheng always found out about them quickly.

And last time, Xiao Jingheng's explanation for the scar on Huipin's neck was obviously unreasonable...

All these things were enough for Song Zhao to connect all the events together and point the finger directly at Huipin.

You should know that many times, when the concubines were talking about other people's faults in private, they thought Huipin was a child who only knew how to eat, and thought she was stupid, so they did not avoid her.

Also, Xiao Jingheng had promised Huipin to move in and live with the pregnant Song Zhao.

If nothing unexpected happens, it was Xiao Jingheng's attempt to test Song Zhao...

At this moment, Yunshan also thought of the time when he lived with Huipin, and couldn't help but take a breath.

"Fortunately, when Huipin lived with us in the past, the Queen had already begun to be wary of her. Otherwise, if we didn't avoid her when we talked in private, she would have overheard us and she would have turned around and told the Emperor how to frame the Queen... It was a close call!"

Song Zhao had seen Xiao Jingheng's sensitivity and suspicion many times.

She thought that no matter what Xiao Jingheng did, she would not be surprised.

But after learning the truth of the matter, she was still shocked for a long time.

After recovering from his shock, Song Zhao quickly regained his normal expression and said with a sneer:

"It's good for us to know this. She works for the emperor, so the emperor will definitely trust her more. We can use her. After all, she is a chess piece. The emperor can use her, and I can use her too."

As he spoke, Song Zhao lightly dropped the white piece he was holding on his fingertips onto the chessboard.

One piece falls,

The black pieces, which had just been evenly matched with the white pieces on the chessboard, were immediately surrounded and trapped, unable to advance any further.

"Like, using her... to overthrow the Queen!"

[I will not review this point about Huipin. There have been countless clues from the beginning to now. The most recent one is when Empress Dowager Meiyuan almost threw Chengyu. The Imperial Concubine clearly said not to tell Xiao Jingheng, but when the Empress Dowager told Xiao Jingheng, he already knew it in advance.]

[There are many things like this, but these threads are buried too finely, and the little cuties who have been following along should be able to notice them after thinking back, so I won't point them out. In addition, you may ask questions like how she could be so cunning when she entered the palace at the age of ten. Don't worry, there will be her threads later, and these will be reversed and explained.]

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