Chapter 141 The Emperor and Empress Join Forces
"want."
Xie Chen put down the red brush in his hand and held the person tightly in his arms.
"Tingyue is so good, how could I not want her?"
Pei Tingyue had tears in her eyes and she nestled tightly in his arms, fearing that she would be abandoned.
Xie Chen comforted her for a while.
After getting up and carrying her back to the bedroom, he wanted to put her on the couch to rest for a while, but unexpectedly the woman held him tightly and refused to let go.
Pei Tingyue raised her little face.
His eyes were filled with confusion, brokenness and anxiety.
She obviously hadn't recovered from what happened before.
Xie Chen lowered his eyes and looked at him.
My heart aches slightly.
He bent down and kissed her forehead.
"I am here, always accompanying Tingyue."
Xie Chen asked the palace maid to bring warm water, wipe her feet clean, and put on shoes and socks.
His features were particularly gentle against the candlelight: "Tingyue, stay by my side obediently, okay?"
Pei Tingyue looked at him intently and nodded obediently.
Then, a scene that had never been seen before appeared in the bedroom of Chengming Palace.
There was a long rosewood table in front of the dragon bed, and the memorials and red brushes in the study were placed on the table.
The emperor, dressed in a light green brocade robe, was writing in red ink behind his desk. A bright and beautiful woman was sitting close to the emperor, holding one of his arms.
The palace servants came in and out quietly, and when they saw this scene, they had a new understanding of how favored Pei Zhaoyi was.
You know, the harem is forbidden to interfere in politics!
Even if Pei Zhaoyi was not thinking about the memorial, it was a big taboo to sit next to the emperor, not to mention such presumptuous actions.
But all this was condoned by the emperor!
I really dote on you!
The palace maid sighed secretly and planned to be more respectful to Pei Zhaoyi in the future.
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Perhaps this incident had a huge impact on Pei Tingyue. She didn't talk much, didn't eat much, and couldn't live without someone.
To be precise, it is inseparable from the emperor.
Xie Chen could take her with him when he reviewed memorials, when he took a bath, and when he went to pay his respects to Queen Mother Qin, but there was one thing he couldn't take her with him, and that was the morning court.
After leaving court for the first time, Xie Chen returned to Chengming Palace. Seeing the mess in the palace and the woman huddled in the corner crying, he felt extremely distressed.
But he really had no good idea about the morning court session.
He only allowed Yun Shu and Yun Zheng, who were good at serving Pei Tingyue, to come. During his morning court, he let these two people talk to make Pei Tingyue happy.
This morning.
Yun Shu and Yun Zheng entered the bedroom of Chengming Palace again and personally fed Pei Tingyue the pregnancy-maintaining medicine.
After all the trouble, she had a miscarriage.
After taking her pulse, Judge Xia and Judge Ning prescribed her some medicine to maintain her pregnancy.
Seeing that she finished drinking it in one gulp, Yun Shu handed her a glass of water, "My Lady."
This pregnancy-maintaining medicine is quite bitter. Pei Tingyue doesn't want to eat sweet fruits recently, so she rinses her mouth with clean water.
She rinsed her mouth several times, and when the bitter taste in her mouth subsided a little, she handed the cup back.
After feeding the medicine, Yun Shu and Yun Zheng sent all the palace people out of the bedroom on the pretext that "the queen needs to have a good rest."
The master and his servants were talking in whispers in the hall.
A flash of worry crossed Yun Shu's face, and she lowered her voice, "Your Majesty, haven't you been acting a little too much these days? What if the Emperor gets bored?"
Pei Tingyue laughed.
Bored?
The emperor must be dying of pleasure.
These days, she was clingy and the emperor felt distressed but also very happy.
She accidentally saw several times that the emperor had a faint smile on his lips!
"That's what the Emperor likes."
Yun Shu looked confused and was about to ask more, but Yun Zheng stopped her, "Your Majesty knows the truth about matters of the heart, so there's no need for us to ask. Just tell her what you've learned."
Yun Shu suppressed her doubts and got down to business. "Your Majesty, this morning, Lin Qinglan confessed. He said it was Lin Zhaorong who ordered him to close the palace gate. Now that it's written in black and white, Lin Zhaorong can't refute it!"
Pei Tingyue's eyes flashed: "What about Lin Qinglan? Was he imprisoned or released from the palace?"
Yun Shu said, "The Empress is kind and virtuous. She dismissed him from his post, gave him fifty lashes of the cane, and then released him from the palace."
Pei Tingyue nodded.
Yun Zheng seemed to be thinking about something: "This servant feels that this matter is a little strange."
Yun Shu was puzzled: "What's so strange about it?"
Yun Zheng analyzed the situation carefully: "The Empress is usually kind and compassionate. She was so merciful to a guard, so why was she so heartless to Lin Zhaorong that day?"
Yun Shu also started to think.
Although she was angry that Lin Zhaorong did such a thing.
But the queen was indeed heartless that day, which made people suspicious.
Pei Tingyue said calmly, "On the surface, the Queen is heartless towards Lin Zhaorong, but in reality, she is trying to save her."
Yun Shu and Yun Zheng were surprised and looked over together.
"Save Lin Zhaorong?"
"Why do you say that, Madam?"
Pei Tingyue met their gazes and whispered, "Because the person who harmed me wasn't Lin Zhaorong at all."
The two were stunned and it took them a long time to recover.
Yun Shu stammered, "But I heard with my own ears that little palace maid conspiring with Lin Qinglan. Lin Qinglan is Lin Zhaorong's cousin, and she even betrayed her. This all seems to be Lin Zhaorong's doing. Why does Your Majesty say it wasn't Lin Zhaorong?"
A hint of deep meaning appeared in Pei Tingyue's eyes.
"Because at the banquet that day, my clothes were splashed with wine, and because the eldest prince was present, I looked aside."
"At that time, Lin Zhaorong only had gloating in her eyes, without any scheming or calculation."
"And I have confirmed that it is not Lin Zhaorong's. There are more details than just this one."
Yun Shu's eyes were filled with confusion: "Details?"
Yun Zheng also looked over and obviously understood.
Pei Tingyue cleared his throat and asked, "How was the emperor's mood after the Japanese princess fell into a coma?"
Yunshu fell into memories,
"When I entered the palace that day, I felt that the emperor had a gloomy face and a terrifying aura. I felt like I was suffocating just by looking at him."
"After this matter was over, I also heard that Qu Cairen was demoted to a concubine simply because she didn't perform the proper etiquette."
"It seems that the emperor must be very angry."
Pei Tingyue's eyes fell on the void, "Yes, this is what's unreasonable."
"The Emperor went to investigate this matter with thunderous rage. Despite having irrefutable evidence, he didn't punish Lin Zhaorong in anger, but only temporarily confined her to her quarters. This is one of the suspicious points."
"This isn't the only suspicious point. Besides, the Queen has always been gentle, but that day she spoke harshly and her attitude was unusual. This is the second suspicious point."
"Although Lin Qinglan wasn't the principal offender in the murder of the imperial concubine, he was an accomplice. He was only given fifty lashes and dismissed from office. This is too light a punishment. This is the third suspicious point."
"Taking all these factors into account, I have confirmed that it was not Lin Zhaorong who harmed me."
Yun Shu and Yun Zheng were silent.
Yun Shu was stunned: "What on earth is going on..."
Pei Tingyue said slowly:
"The Emperor and Empress obviously sensed that this was unusual and were suspicious, so they joined forces to create a major conspiracy."
"First, they pretended to place Lin Zhaorong under house arrest in the palace. Then, they detained and interrogated Qinglanwei, forcing him to reveal Lin Zhaorong, so that the real culprit behind the plot would mistakenly believe that their plan had succeeded."
"The most crucial step has come. The Emperor and Empress released Lin Qinglan from the palace, using him as bait to lure out the real culprit."
Pei Tingyue smiled slightly and asked the two, "Tell me, Lin Qinglan knows so many secrets and is still alive and well. Does this mean the real murderer will feel at ease?"
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