At the same time, Tong Yueyi and Ding Yucheng officially got engaged.
After exchanging the engagement tokens, Minister Tong called Ding Yucheng to the study, and the two, who were about to become father-in-law and son-in-law, sat in the study waiting for news.
But when it got dark, there was still no news, not even bad news.
The unknown is always the most terrifying. There was no movement at all, and Minister Tong did not dare to act rashly. If he passed the message to the palace and the emperor was waiting for him to take action, then everything would be over.
But what is certain is that if there is no good news, then things have failed.
At this moment in the palace, Li Yuanqi was looking at the bowl of bird's nest porridge on the table with a gloomy face.
The anti-poison bead he had been wearing on his chest was getting hot. It wasn't very hot, but it was hard to ignore.
After a while, a man in black knelt down in front of him and said, "Your Majesty, we found it. It was Concubine Zhu who gave us the drug."
"Concubine Zhu? Why did she drug Qingyu?"
"This is Concubine Zhu's confession. She said she was jealous of Concubine Zhaoyi's beauty and her high favor from His Majesty, so she planned to poison Concubine Zhaoyi."
"That's not right." Li Yuanqi read the confession once and threw it away. "Go check it again."
"yes."
After much investigation, they finally traced the cause to a young eunuch who was sweeping the floor. However, when the secret guards found the eunuch, he had already died.
The clue finally ended with Chu Chongrong.
Lu Bao was puzzled. "But why would Chu Chongrong want to harm Empress Zhaoyi?"
"Go and investigate." Li Yuanqi was not satisfied with the result. "Investigate all the concubines and palace maids in Chu Chongrong's palace, as well as anyone who has had contact with her since Qingyu entered the palace."
"yes."
After giving the order, he went to Tu Qingyu's palace. Seeing Tu Qingyu sitting well in front of the window, he felt relieved.
"Are you feeling better today?" He walked over and asked in a gentle voice.
Tu Qingyu put down the book in his hand, looked up at him, and chuckled, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I'm almost recovered."
He lowered his eyes and saw her clear watery eyes, with a hint of sadness beneath the smile in her eyes.
What are you worried about?
After thinking about it, he still didn't tell Tu Qingyu about the poisonous bird's nest porridge.
He just stretched out his hand and handed over a piece of letter. Tu Qingyu took the letter in confusion. When he opened it, he found that it was the news that Ding Yucheng and Tong Yueyi were engaged.
She read it calmly, then raised her head and asked, "What does Your Majesty want to say?"
Li Yuanqi's eyes were always on her. This seemingly calm behavior was obviously not right. He lowered his eyelids and saw that her hanging hands were clenched tightly, and the joints were white.
He frowned slightly, reached out to hold her hand, and then pried her hands apart one by one.
"I don't mean anything else. I just want to tell you that you are now a concubine in the harem, and he will marry someone else. Don't dwell on the past. Let it go as soon as possible and don't be sad."
"Your Majesty, you're joking. I've let it go long ago. I'm just a heartless man. When have I ever been sad?"
After saying that, she turned her head away, stubbornly not letting him see the redness at the corners of her eyes.
The next moment, Li Yuanqi pinched her chin and forced her to turn her head.
Looking at her misty eyes, he felt both distressed and angry, "Why are you crying if you're not sad?"
Without waiting for Tu Qingyu to refute, he lowered his head and kissed her.
The kiss was urgent and overbearing, invasive and conquering, and it pried open her teeth in an instant.
Such a kiss was really too far beyond the line for their current awkward relationship.
Tu Qingyu reached out to push him, but just as he pushed a little bit, the back of his head was grabbed.
She was furious and found an opportunity to bite his lips. He frowned in pain, but still did not let go, and his movements even became more ferocious.
Soon, the two of them rolled onto the bed.
"No, it's too bright." The candlelight was too bright.
"Liang?" Li Yuanqi snorted and quickly stripped the two men naked. "Today I want you to recognize me."
He restrained her hands above her head, and asked her fiercely over and over again, "Who am I? Hmm? Qingyu, tell me, who am I?"
"Your Majesty..." She spoke incoherently, barely forming a complete sentence, "You, you are... Your Majesty... Don't, too, too..."
"What's my name?"
"His Majesty……"
"No, what's my name?"
"Li, Li Yuanqi... your name is Li Yuanqi... um..."
"Yes, remember, my name is Li Yuanqi, and I am your husband now!"
"ah!"
…
Even though Tu Qingyu started practicing for the entire night, she still felt a little exhausted, so she slept until noon the next day.
It was also at noon that the secret guards in the palace finally locked their sights on Lady Tong through clues.
Li Yuanqi guessed what they were going to do without even having to investigate further.
"Okay, that's really good." He raised his hand and with a crisp "bang", the fingernail in his hand hit the teacup, and a crack appeared in the teacup.
Lu Bao immediately stepped forward and took away the teacup that was about to break. "Your Majesty, please calm down. These are just some scoundrels. Your Majesty is blessed with great fortune. No matter what conspiracy they use, they will not be able to harm you."
This sentence of "great blessings" finally comforted him a little.
He calmed down. After all, Tong Mingfeng was a minister, a third-rank official in the court. It would take some planning to send him away without giving people a reason to criticize him.
Just wait a little longer, and after a month or two, he will get rid of all these annoying flies and bedbugs.
but……
If he can’t punish Minister Tong now, can he punish a little beauty in the palace?
He immediately issued an edict to make Concubine Tong a concubine, and even promoted the concubines of the previous emperor. The only one he missed was Concubine Dowager Tong.
If everyone else is promoted, it is equivalent to standing still. If everyone else is promoted but she is not, it is equivalent to being demoted.
The two concubines in the palace had an accident and all the nails in the Tong family had been pulled out. Minister Tong knew that the matter had been exposed and the emperor was very angry.
He knew that he had made a wrong move.
"How could this happen?" Why would His Majesty care so much about a woman?
Or does Your Majesty not really care about Tu, but just wants to use this to warn him?
Minister Tong sat in the study all night and couldn't figure out why His Majesty's actions were so swift and ruthless.
Even until dawn broke and golden sunlight poured down, it could not drive away the anxiety in his heart at all.
Li Yuanqi quickly moved into Changsheng Palace and lived with Tu Qingyu.
"Your Majesty?" Tu Qingyu looked puzzled as he watched the eunuchs and palace maids bring in the things he was used to.
He coughed twice and said, "The Purple Palace is under renovation. I will stay at your place for a few days."
He was wearing anti-poison beads and moved in to protect Tu Qingyu.
Yes, that's it.
He told himself over and over in his heart that he had come here to protect the goddess.
Tu Qingyu raised his eyebrows, "Really? The Purple Palace also needs to be renovated?"
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