Chapter 522: Devilish
"I'm leaving first." After finishing her business, Consort Chun stood up, took two steps, then turned back and said, "The day after tomorrow is an auspicious day, suitable for traveling."
Chu Liuzheng nodded and said, "Let's set off the day after tomorrow. Got it!"
Seeing this, Chun Zhaoyi started walking out again. Chu Liuzheng stood up to see her off. When they reached the door, Chun Zhaoyi suddenly turned around, leaned close to Chu Liuzheng's ear, and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "He must be blind to choose you over me."
Chu Liuzheng: “…”
No, just curse the emperor, why bring her along?
After saying this, Concubine Chun's long-suppressed mood instantly brightened. Although pointing at the emperor's nose and scolding him would be more refreshing, due to various considerations, she could only settle for the next best thing.
She lifted her skirt, stepped over the threshold, and left with Qingyi.
There is a red sun in the sky, and the fiery morning glow reflects on the flying skirt, making it shine brightly.
*
In Lanju Pavilion, after hearing the latest news, Concubine Xie collapsed on the ground and murmured, "Even Yan Yunyin can't beat her. What should I do? What should I do?"
"Your Highness, please get up first." The palace maid Xiaoyue helped the woman sit down at the table and poured her a cup of cold tea. "Please calm down. The Queen Mother is here. She loves you and won't send you away."
"Yes, aunt, I still have aunt." Xiepin seemed to have found her backbone. She grabbed Xiaoyue's arm tightly, her nails almost digging into the flesh. "Has aunt's reply arrived? Does she know that the bitch Chu family deceived the emperor and made my cousin disband the harem and keep only her?"
Xiaoyue was pinched so hard that it hurt, but she didn't dare to hide. She stammered, "No, no reply."
"No? How could there be no?" Xie Bin opened her eyes wide in disbelief, her eyes bloodshot. She stood up and grabbed Xiaoyue's shoulders and shook them hard, her face ferocious as if she was crazy. "Are you lying to me, are you, are you, are you?"
"No, no, no!" Xiaoyue was so scared that she closed her eyes and pushed her away.
Xiepin was caught off guard and was immediately pushed to the ground by her. Xiaoyue was so frightened that she hurried to help her, "Your Majesty!"
"Did you fall anywhere?" Xiaoyue looked around anxiously and shouted outside, "Someone, come and tell—"
Before she could even utter the word "Imperial Physician," Concubine Xie tugged at her fiercely, "I'm fine, help me up."
Xiaoyue heaved a sigh of relief immediately. Seeing that her expression seemed to have returned to normal, she carefully helped her sit down, "Your Majesty, it's time for lunch. I will go and call someone to serve the food."
"I'm not hungry, come here." Xie Bin called her, her dark eyeballs fell into the red eye sockets, inexplicably eerie.
Xiaoyue's heart was pounding, but she didn't dare to disobey. She approached carefully and asked, "What do you want?"
"I want..." Xie Bin finished speaking almost close to her ear, which frightened Xiaoyue so much that her face turned pale. She opened her mouth to persuade her, but she didn't dare to meet Xie Bin's gloomy eyes, so she could only respond randomly twice.
"Go quickly!" Xie Pin pushed her.
The uneasy Xiaoyue was almost pushed down by her. She quickly responded and ran out.
Inside the room, Concubine Xie sat there, and suddenly she laughed as if she was thinking of something happy. "Ha!"
"Ha ha!"
"Ha ha ha ha!!"
She laughed so hard that she almost fell over the table, slapping it so hard that she accidentally spilled her tea.
The cold tea was poured on the newly copied Buddhist scriptures, and the ink became hazy and blurred, making the original appearance invisible.
*
"Xiaoyue?" Chu Liuzheng put down his pen by the window, raised his hand to rub his stiff neck, and asked doubtfully, "Which palace is she from?"
Chen Xing said, "Lan Ju Pavilion."
[Isn't Lanju Pavilion Xie Concubine's territory? What kind of evil is she trying to do?]
"Bring it in." Chu Liuzheng raised his hand and stretched, then took the tea handed to him by Siyue and took a sip.
A thin palace maid in blue followed Chen Xing into the Yangxin Palace. She knelt respectfully before Chu Liuzheng and said, "Your servant Xiaoyue greets the young lady. May the young lady be blessed."
"Get up." Chu Liuzheng raised his eyes and saw that the man had straight features and a handsome appearance, but there was a hint of panic between his brows.
She subconsciously lowered her tone and asked, "What important matter do you have to report?"
Xiaoyue glanced at the palace maids serving in the hall, clenched her hands tightly in front of her, and her knuckles turned white from the force. She suddenly felt a little regretful for running over like this.
Seeing this, Chu Liuzheng waved his hand to signal the palace servants to leave. Chen Xing guarded the door, while Si Yue stood beside Chu Liuzheng.
Chu Liuzheng said gently: "Maybe you can tell me now?"
Xiaoyue nodded subconsciously, looked up at her, then quickly lowered her head. She pinched her palm hard before saying, "Madam Xie seems to have gone crazy."
"As if?" Chu Liuzheng frowned. How could he talk about something as crazy as that?
She asked, "Have you summoned the imperial physician?"
"No." Xiaoyue shook her head, "The Queen won't allow it."
Upon hearing this, Chu Liuzheng wanted to call for the imperial physician to examine Concubine Xie, but Xiaoyue stopped him. Chu Liuzheng's gentle attitude eased some of her fear. She said, "Concubine Xie asked me to find her a knife and drench it in black dog blood. She...she..."
She muttered "she" for a long while, and when she didn't hear Chu Liuzheng stop her, she dared to continue, "She said she wanted to kill the monster."
When she mentioned the word "monster", she glanced at Chu Liuzheng quickly.
Chu Liuzheng's eyes twitched, "Is this demon me?"
Xiaoyue nodded, then quickly shook her head, then nodded again, which made Chu Liuzheng dizzy. He quickly stopped her and asked, "Is there anything else?"
Xiaoyue shook her head.
Chu Liuzheng held his chin and thought carefully in his mind.
"Isn't it said that copying Buddhist scriptures can calm the mind? Why does Concubine Xie become more and more unstable the more she copies? Could it be that the Empress Dowager is putting too much pressure on Concubine Xie, making her feel too depressed?"
[They even want to use black dog blood on me. Are they really crazy and think I'm a vixen? ]
[If I pretend, it's fine. But what if I really go crazy? ]
After thinking for a moment, she turned and instructed Siyue, "Go with her to Lanju Pavilion to check on Concubine Xie's condition. Then call two imperial physicians and tell them that it's His Majesty's order to check her pulse."
Mitsuki responded, "Yes."
Chu Liuzheng then said to Xiaoyue, "I appreciate your kindness in coming and telling me. After you've inquired about Concubine Xie's situation, you don't have to return to Lanju Pavilion to serve. Go to the Internal Affairs Department and find Chief Steward Wang and ask him to arrange a job for you."
Xiaoyue was overjoyed when she heard this and bowed hurriedly, "Thank you, young lady."
She kowtowed three times in a row before getting up. All her worries were gone and she felt completely relaxed.
Seeing that Chu Liuzheng had no other instructions, Siyue led her away.
As soon as the two left, Chu Liuzheng got down from the couch and called Chen Xing to go to Wenhua Palace.
Xiepin's identity is somewhat special. No matter what, she has to inform the emperor first to see how to deal with her.
"Crazy?" Xiao Jingfan was stunned and looked up. "Did you ask the imperial physician to see him?"
"She's probably watching right now." Chu Liuzheng walked around the imperial desk and sat down beside him, sighing, "She's trying to get rid of this demon like me with a knife soaked in black dog blood. Even if she's not crazy, she's probably not far from it."
Xiao Jingfan hadn't known about this and immediately felt that Concubine Xie was a bit off-kilter. He ordered Zhou Yuande to go to Lanju Pavilion and take a look. He then said to Chu Liuzheng, "We'll make a final decision after the imperial physician's reply."
Chu Liuzheng nodded.
[Regardless of whether Concubine Xie is crazy or not, the tyrant must deal with her. I definitely cannot get involved, or else the Queen Mother will eat me alive when she returns from summer vacation, right?]
[Eh~ It’s scary just thinking about it. 】
Xiao Jingfan: "..."
(End of this chapter)
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