"Kang Yu." Leng Hong's voice suddenly became higher, filled with anger and hatred.
Kang Yu had been waiting outside. When he heard the emperor's voice, he hurried in.
"Bring Bai Lan here." Leng Hong glared at the imperial concubine, his voice filled with brutality that was about to explode.
When the imperial concubine saw someone coming in, she wrapped her coat tighter, but she still knelt, not daring to look up, let alone stand up.
Leng Hong glanced with disgust at the entrance between the inner hall and the bedroom. On the small table there stood an exquisite small incense burner with a hollow twined flower pattern.
Through the hollow patterns on the lid of the incense burner, you can see some spices inside, which have not yet burned out and are flashing a faint, strange red light, flickering.
Kang Yu understood and took the small incense burner with him when he left.
After a while, Kang Yu came back.
"Your Majesty, Bai Lan is missing. I sent people to search the palace. We searched the entire palace but couldn't find her."
Leng Hong lowered his eyes, his expression gloomy, and his eyes became more fierce, "Very good."
What? Bai Lan is missing?
A trace of confusion flashed in the imperial concubine's red and swollen eyes. Bai Lan was her personal maid and would never leave her!
Didn't Bai Lan say she was guarding outside the Qinzheng Palace? Now that the Emperor had arrived, she should have quietly followed him to the Weiyang Palace and waited outside...
At this moment, she suddenly felt something was wrong.
Suddenly, a few white lights flashed in my mind, as if connecting everything.
Bai Lan...it was that little bitch Bai Lan who schemed against her! She had brought this upon her!
The imperial concubine, who had figured it out, froze all over, as if her blood had stopped flowing and remained motionless.
She screamed and fell at Leng Hong's feet, crying loudly.
"Your Majesty, I was harmed by Bai Lan. I was wronged! I just wanted to gain the emperor's favor, so I was taken advantage of in my impatience."
Several figures flashed quickly before her eyes.
Even though she was so panicked, she still knew that Bai Lan was just a tool and was definitely being manipulated by someone.
Is it the Empress? Is it Concubine Wan? Or is it Concubine Rong?
The imperial concubine tugged at Leng Hong's clothes, crying miserably, "Your Majesty, please investigate. Someone has murdered me! Is it the Empress, or Concubine Wan, or Concubine Rong?"
Leng Hong did not dodge, he just stood there steadily, like an iceberg.
He scoffed:
"Did someone force the drug into your hands, or did someone hold you to a knife and force you to give me the drug? Without your consent, Bai Lan would not have dared to make the decision on her own, no matter how brave she was. Even now, you still don't repent. You are truly hopeless."
The imperial concubine was stunned, her face was covered with tears and her hair was messy and stuck to her wet face.
Even without looking in the mirror, she knew that she must be completely disfigured and ugly at this moment.
She looked around the bright and glorious bedroom in a daze. The brocade was worth a thousand gold coins, and the utensils were worth no less than ten thousand taels.
Concubine Wan's beautiful and delicate face appeared before her eyes again...
Even when she was dressed up, she couldn't compare to Concubine Wan, and now she is even more so...
Thinking of this, she fell to the ground in despair.
Now that she thinks about it, she lost her mind because she saw Concubine Wan was favored and showing off to her.
But if Bai Lan hadn't been constantly provoking her, how could she have taken such a risk?
She was too impulsive at that time, but now that she has cooled down, she realizes that many things are wrong.
Bai Lan worked for her and helped her harm many people, so she had a bad reputation in the palace. How did she know that Concubine Wan used the love fragrance?
Moreover, she was just a palace maid with an obscure family background and little knowledge. How could she have the means to get the Hehuan incense?
She was the one who passed on all the information about Weiyang Palace, but why did she always include every detail, as if she had seen it herself?
Why did she have to remind herself that she should send Concubine Wan away and be alone with the Emperor?
Also, how could she, a palace maid, have the ability to bribe the people in Weiyang Palace to let herself in secretly?
She never thought that Bai Lan would harm her master, so she ignored the doubts in the whole incident.
It’s not that she trusts Bai Lan, but she thinks Bai Lan is just a slave of humble origin. Aren’t slaves supposed to be loyal to their masters?
Even though she usually took her anger out on the servants, beating and humiliating them at will, she never considered that some of them would harbor hatred and actually harm her...
Thinking of this, the imperial concubine cried and laughed, and until now she was still in a daze, with a sense of unreality that she was in a dream.
"Go back to the palace and wait. I will issue an edict today." Leng Hong's voice sounded.
The imperial concubine finally came back to her senses. She stared blankly at the gloomy and arrogant man with confused eyes and hoarse voice, like a devil from hell waiting for the judge's judgment.
"Issue an order, what order?"
Leng Hong didn't say anything, just glanced at her, and a hint of disappointment and regret flashed across his brief eyes.
Then, he lifted his legs and walked away.
Leng Hong's figure had disappeared. The imperial concubine looked at the direction Leng Hong had left, and thought of what he had just said. She felt a chill on her scalp and back.
She suddenly thought of Concubine Fang, the one who died before she was named a noble concubine.
In an instant, she lost all her strength and collapsed to the ground.
The emperor wants me to die?
At this time, Kang Yu came over, bringing with him a few young eunuchs, who were all servants of the emperor. They covered her with something, carried her, and sent her back to her own palace.
Along the way, the imperial concubine didn't make a fuss or say anything. She couldn't understand why she had followed the same path as Concubine Fang.
In the past, when she punished the palace maids, the emperor didn't care. When she talked back to the empress, the emperor didn't care either.
How come the emperor couldn't tolerate her just because she used the love fragrance?
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After Leng Hong left the Weiyang Palace, he headed towards the Qinzheng Hall.
Unexpectedly, on his way back to Qinzheng Hall, he unexpectedly met Ai Ye.
He often went in and out of the Weiyang Palace. Seeing Ai Ye's familiar face, he recognized her as the palace maid who served Su Wanti in the Weiyang Palace.
Ai Ye's face was pale and she was staggering as she was supported by several palace maids. Another palace maid covered the back of her head with a silk cloth.
These palace servants are usually responsible for the flowers, plants and trees near the Imperial Lake.
When they saw the Holy Emperor, they hurriedly pulled Ai Ye down to kneel.
When Ai Ye was going to the Qinzheng Palace to deliver a letter for her master, she was suddenly knocked unconscious. She was thrown into the bushes by the Imperial Lake and fortunately was found by these palace servants.
She was dizzy and unconscious, and was dragged by several palace servants to see a female doctor.
When she saw the emperor, her eyes lit up and her confused mind instantly became much clearer.
"Your Majesty, I am Ai Ye from the Weiyang Palace. The Empress sent me a letter to you, saying that she is copying scriptures in the Buddhist Incense Pavilion today and may not be able to return to the palace during the day. She told Your Majesty not to go to the Weiyang Palace and not to wait in vain..."
She took a breath and continued:
"But I was knocked unconscious by the Imperial Lake. I'm worried my master is in danger. I beg Your Majesty to go to the Buddhist Incense Pavilion to check on her..."
Hearing this, a ripple flashed across Leng Hong's tense face, "Let's go! To the Buddha Fragrance Pavilion!"
He strode away with his hands behind his back, the back of his hands covered with dense rashes, glaringly red.
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