Chapter 255: Unlucky
[There's a lot of news about Concubine Gao. Let me take a look. Concubine Gao first dreamed of a white shadow on... the 20th day of the first lunar month.]
If Concubine Gao was really cursed, it must have happened before the 20th day of the first lunar month.
Chu Liuzheng gathered a bunch of information together and started flipping through it from the 20th.
[Princess Gao is so cautious and prudent, rarely leaving Youlan Residence. The person who could have put the curse on her must be someone close to her.]
When thinking of people close to him, the first person that comes to Chu Liuzheng's mind is Zi Su.
But Zi Su was the maid that Concubine Gao brought into the palace from the Gao family. She had been serving the concubine since she was a child. It was impossible that she was... Chu Liuzheng paused in his search and widened his eyes in disbelief.
[Frog fun! It really was done by Perilla!]
Xiao Jingfan coughed lightly and looked up at her.
No matter how much you quarrel or eat melons, why did you stop?
Chu Liuzheng immediately resumed her actions and waited until the emperor stopped looking at her before continuing to read the gossip.
The more he looked, the more surprised he became, and he almost couldn't control the strength of his hands.
[Holy crap! Concubine Gao's father is actually a remnant of the Fifth Prince, and Zi Su only follows his orders.]
Xiao Jingfan's eyelids twitched and opened quickly.
Chu Liuzheng was startled and thought he had been too harsh. He was about to apologize, but saw Xiao Jingfan just glanced at her and closed his eyes again.
[Opening your eyes suddenly is scary.]
Chu Liuzheng muttered to himself, but he continued to massage and rub the body with his hands, and also kept looking at the gossip.
[Oh, why haven't I dug into the Gao family before? It's unfortunate that Concubine Gao has a father who only has eyes for the Fifth Prince, his benefactor. He's not really her biological father, he's clearly her enemy.]
Falling in love at first sight with the tyrant was a calculation, entering the imperial palace through the imperial selection was a calculation, becoming pregnant was a calculation, and even having a miscarriage was a calculation. Concubine Gao was simply a tool to be used against the Empress when necessary, to unleash chaos in the harem. She was a perfectly good person, yet she was turned into a living experiment by this scumbag father and the Fifth Prince's wife.
Xiao Jingfan:?
The more Chu Liuzheng looked, the more frightened he became.
[Hiss—the Fifth Prince's wife is quite ruthless. Is she trying to turn the entire palace into a breeding ground for Gu worms?]
Xiao Jingfan:!!!
He secretly clenched his fists and said, "Speak clearly!"
Chu Liuzheng himself still hadn't figured out how to eat the melon, but now that he had a thread, it would be much easier to sort out the ball of thread.
She flipped through the pages quickly, and because she was so engrossed, she unconsciously stopped massaging.
Xiao Jingfan raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at the hand on the right that was emitting the fragrance of jasmine.
Her fingers are slender and white, with soft and pink fingertips, just like peach blossoms in March.
It looks pretty good.
It turned out to be the right decision to heal this woman's hand.
[Hey, this was confusing for me, but I finally figured it out!]
Chu Liuzheng sorted the gossips into order.
[Let me see, this plot all started when Concubine Gao took action against Concubine Yun's fake child and was rejected by the tyrant.]
The Fifth Prince's wife felt that Concubine Gao was a worthless pawn and wanted to make use of her last bit of value. So she sent a message to her scumbag father, Gao Yan, asking him to send a sugar pill containing insect eggs to the palace for Concubine Gao to take.
Zi Su had always been Gao Yan's personal advisor, his spy to keep his daughter from getting out of control. Zi Su knew the sugar pills were no ordinary ones, but she didn't warn Gao Concubine. She always gave Gao Concubine one after she took the pregnancy-preserving medicine, and that's when Gao Concubine's nightmare began.
Chu Liuzheng shook his head secretly.
[No matter how cautious Concubine Gao was, she had never been on guard against her father and Zi Su. How could she not fall into this trap?]
The eggs hatched within Concubine Gao's body, and these parasites caused her miscarriage and eventual death from hemorrhage. With the death of the host, the parasites also die, and unless the body is carefully dissected, they remain undetected. This was precisely the death the Fifth Prince's wife had tailored for the Empress.
[Uh, no, the Queen's death was a bit more complicated. The Fifth Prince's wife's plan had the Queen bear an ominous reputation, responsible for representing the tyrant's excessive killings, even to the point where even Heaven couldn't stand it. This was used to spread rumors and help Prince Cheng rebel.]
Xiao Jingfan's temples were throbbing. He stroked the Bodhi beads on his wrist and tried to calm himself down.
Chu Liuzheng was completely unaware that a certain emperor was already filled with murderous intent and was immersed in the melon field, unable to extricate himself.
Prince Cheng, who has suffered from cerebral thrombosis for ten years, actually believes that the Fifth Prince's wife is helping him in order to avenge the Fifth Prince. If he knew that the Fifth Prince's wife was also involved in the Fifth Prince's death, he would be shocked.
Prince Cheng received a secret letter from the tyrant but lied about being ill and unable to travel to the capital. Wasn't he worried that it was a trap?
[Uh... Although this is indeed a trap, Prince Cheng is still in the dungeon, eagerly waiting for his father to rescue him. Tsk, tsk, this father-son relationship is even more pure than water.]
If the Fifth Prince's wife's plan were to proceed, the Empress would bleed to death, and the palace would be overrun with poisonous insects, rendering the inhabitants either incapacitated or transformed into zombies. Even if the tyrant survived, a single bite from each would still be enough to kill him.
Chu Liuzheng shook his head and threw away the horrific scene he had imagined.
She also figured out what those so-called white shadows were.
In fact, the truth had already been laid out before her.
The white shadow is not a ghost or monster, it is a human-shaped kite, which is what Princess Huirong calls the "cloud".
[When the kite flies, insect eggs are carried with it. If you accidentally ingest them or breathe them into your nose, they will quickly become a breeding ground for poisonous insects. Fortunately, we are still in the experimental stage and there are only a few insect eggs. Otherwise, the palace would have fallen long ago.]
[I'm so unlucky, I just happened to come across that kite with only insect eggs. Fortunately, I have Mitsuki, otherwise the insects in my body would increase more and more... Ugh, I don't even dare to think about it.]
Chu Liuzheng shuddered and suddenly remembered that she was still massaging the emperor. It seemed that she had stopped for a long time, right?
She lowered her head cautiously.
I didn’t see the emperor’s eyes that seemed to have a freezing effect.
The handsome emperor closed his eyes, breathing deeply, and seemed to be asleep.
【By the way, this seems to be the first time I've seen a tyrant sleeping.】
Chu Liuzheng blinked and stared at the sleeping beauty who was so close to him.
[Tsk tsk, no wonder there are always palace maids who want to climb into the emperor's bed. The tyrant should reflect on why he is so beautiful. Those rosy lips, just looking at them makes me want to kiss them.]
Xiao Jingfan pretending to be asleep:?!
Chu Liuzheng has always been accustomed to talking nonsense. Anyway, it's just his random thoughts and no one else knows.
She carefully moved her hand away and rubbed her wrist.
[She should be fast asleep. She's slipping away now. Tell Eunuch Zhou to come in and serve her.]
Xiao Jingfan opened his eyes and looked at her. His eyes were calm and peaceful, yet they made people feel cold in their hearts.
Chu Liuzheng, who didn’t take a single step:!
[Frog Fun! Tyrant is such a light sleeper? I didn't make any noise, so how did he wake up?]
Looking at the emperor's sharp eyes that seemed to have never slept, Chu Liuzheng very tactfully scooped out some more jasmine ointment, rubbed it on his fingertips, and then continued to massage the emperor.
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