Chapter 211: Vicious Female Supporting Character vs. Childless Emperor 55
Defei looked at the emperor's back without any reluctance and felt a pang of sadness in her heart.
She thought she was different. Among so many women in the palace, she was the only one who could come to His Majesty's Yonghe Palace and discuss palace affairs with His Majesty.
She waited for His Majesty for three days, but His Majesty did not let her in.
The gate of Yonghe Palace closed slowly, and Concubine De's figure swayed and she fell to the ground in a mess.
The head maid Jinxiu stepped forward to help Concubine De up and whispered to comfort her: "Your Highness should be relieved now, right? I told you that His Majesty would not vent his anger on you. You insisted on kneeling for three days, and you are hurting yourself."
"Hurry up and bring the sedan chair over. It's dark and the dew is heavy. Put two more layers of cushions on it. Is the stove still hot? Bring it over to warm the queen's hands."
Jinxiu was very thoughtful, but Defei pushed her hand away, looking sad, "Since you are here to ask for forgiveness, how can you take a sedan chair back? I'd better walk back."
The palace was lonely and desolate, but His Majesty never showed her any sympathy.
She did not love the emperor, but she had to be favored by him, even if only for one night.
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Inside the Lama Temple.
Long Lin lay on the bed, not feeling sleepy at all.
Whenever he closed his eyes, he would see Ji Yunhuan lying in a pool of blood. He could neither speak nor move, and could only watch Ji Yunhuan struggle, wither, and turn into a handful of earth.
Eunuch Wei came in quietly with the tranquilizing soup and whispered, "After your majesty returned to the palace, the traitor was executed, and the court and harem were both safe and sound, but your majesty did not seem happy. I don't know what your majesty is worried about, but I think it must be something outside the palace."
Long Lin drank a few sips of calming soup and felt a severe headache, but he still didn't want to sleep.
"I am a dumb person and I can't speak. Your Majesty, it's not good to be so depressed all the time. Why don't you go out of the palace and take a look? Your Majesty, have a good rest. I will take my leave."
The last oil lamp went out, and Long Lin lay in the darkness with his eyes open all night. When the day broke, he moved his stiff body and finally made up his mind to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to take a look.
The Prime Minister's Mansion was not far from the Imperial Palace. Long Lin brought a few Imperial Guards and sneaked into the Prime Minister's Mansion quietly.
A white banner was hung in the mansion, and all that could be seen was a vast expanse of paleness. The servants who came and went also wore white flowers, and they looked neat and solemn.
Long Lin went to Linlang Garden alone. The swing in the yard was still there, the grape vines were blooming vigorously, and there was a wooden man practicing whip techniques standing under the tree.
Everything was exactly the same as when he left, as if Ji Yunhuan would rush out of the house the next moment, chase him around the yard, and kiss him hard when he caught him.
Long Lin waited for a long time, until the sun rose and hung on the lush treetops, but he still didn't see the person he wanted to see.
The entire Linlang Garden was empty. There was no sound of maids playing and no servants walking back and forth. Long Lin finally realized that Ji Yunhuan was really gone!
The tears came unexpectedly.
What else can he do for Ji Yunhuan?
Perhaps he should fulfill his promise. Even if Ji Yunhuan didn't hear it, Ji Yunhuan should still be his most honorable princess who protects the country!
"Who's there? Someone, catch the thief!"
Prime Minister Ji let out a roar, and soon the guards rushed to Linlang Garden.
Long Lin withdrew his foot that was about to enter the house. He wiped his tears, calmed down, turned around and looked at Prime Minister Ji who was facing a great enemy, "It's me, I came... to see the Prime Minister."
Prime Minister Ji did not dare to delay and immediately took the emperor to the front yard to sit down.
He was a little confused. Why did the emperor come to see him in secret? And he even broke into the boudoir of the girl in the backyard.
Upon hearing that the emperor was coming, Ji Yunping had no choice but to come out to accompany him. Both father and son looked sick, with Ji Yunping's condition being more serious. In addition to the whip wounds on his body, his fingers were also wrapped in gauze and were still bleeding.
Long Lin felt more guilty. "I'll order someone to send some more herbs. Prime Minister Ji, take good care of your injuries and take good care of the funeral affairs in the mansion. Don't grieve too much or you'll hurt your body."
Prime Minister Ji was not sad at all. What little feelings he had for Madam Ji had long been worn away.
On the day when the Prime Minister's Mansion was in trouble, Old Madam Ji wished that everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion would die. She even dragged those traitors with her, saying that she wanted to sacrifice her own relatives for the sake of justice and expose the crimes of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Later, the imperial guards arrived and the men in the mansion broke down the door and rushed out of the house. Seeing that the situation was not good, the rebels ran away.
When Madam Ji died, he was relieved instead. He quickly separated from his younger brother in his hometown. Naturally, he sent someone to send Madam Ji's body to his hometown for burial. As for how to arrange the funeral, he didn't care.
The white banners were hung in the palace just for show, to avoid being criticized. After the emperor's consolation, he could only cover his face and pretend to be sad, and sighed: "Thank you for your sympathy, Your Majesty. I am grateful."
The two exchanged some polite words, and Long Lin took a deep breath and spoke with difficulty:
"I wonder where the young lady in the mansion is buried? I want to go and pay my respects to her."
Prime Minister Ji's face looked a little strange. "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? My daughter is alive and well, why would Your Majesty curse her?"
Long Lin wondered if he had heard it wrong, or if Prime Minister Ji was just like him, deceiving himself and unable to accept the fact that Ji Yunhuan was dead.
He pulled off the white banners wrapped around the beams, his hands shaking so much that they didn't even seem like his own. "Not dead? Is she really still alive? Then what are these white banners about?"
Prime Minister Ji snorted coldly and was too angry to speak.
If the person in front of him was not the emperor, and if he dared to curse his precious daughter, he would have ordered his men to beat him out with a stick!
Ji Yunping didn't understand why the emperor was hysterical. His sister was alive and well, but the emperor came up and said he wanted to offer sacrifices to his sister. How unlucky!
"It was Madam Ji who died, so we hung the white banner. However, the body has been sent back to her hometown, so I dare not trouble Your Majesty to pay homage to her."
A surge of ecstasy surged in Long Lin's heart!
He paced back and forth in the hall in excitement, the white banner in his hand was torn to pieces. He tried his best to control his expression, but the corners of his mouth couldn't stop rising.
"Okay, okay! I'm not saying that it's good that the old lady died. I'm saying that it's great that Miss Ji is still alive!"
“I also heard that the traitor forced Miss Ji to drink poison, and I saw the white banner in the mansion, so I misunderstood. Ji Yunhuanfu is blessed with a long life, hahahaha… I knew she wouldn’t die so easily. I really worried for nothing for the past three days. I should have come out earlier. I am so happy, hahaha…”
Long Lin didn't know what he was saying in this incoherent way, as if only by talking like this could he calm the surging emotions in his chest.
Ji Yunping had no chance to get a word in. Many people saw Huan drinking the poisoned wine that day, so it was not surprising that the emperor heard about it.
But why did the emperor care so much about his sister? This ecstatic attitude made it seem as if the two of them had known each other for a long time.
The emperor took a big sip of tea and said excitedly, "Tell me quickly, how did she survive?"
Ji Yunping suppressed his doubts and replied, "Thank you for asking, Your Majesty. I happened to have the Hundred Poisons Solution from Meiling Villa, so I am safe. But my mother was frightened and fell ill."
Long Lin rushed to Ji Yunping with shining eyes and asked anxiously: "Where is she? I want to see her now!"
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