Chapter 597: Tragic

Inside the Xuanzheng Hall.

Helian Yue was still discussing next year's tax collection with Bai Zai Fu. Before the two of them could reach a conclusion, Fu Tai hurried in from outside, walked up to Helian Yue, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Helian Yue's face sank. He didn't care about Bai Zai Fu and left with Fu Tai after leaving a word.

After leaving Xuanzheng Hall and entering the rear palace, they headed towards Lianrui Palace.

Outside the palace gate, the Queen Mother's carriage had already arrived, and the palace maids of Ciyun Palace were also waiting outside in large numbers. Before Helian Yue even entered the room, he could already hear Bai Qianqian's crying coming from inside.

Helian Yue suppressed the coldness on his body, raised his head and walked in quickly.

Fu Tai hurriedly announced loudly, "The Emperor has arrived!"

Helian Yue had been thinking about what might happen here all the way here.

After all, it has only been more than an hour since I left Yuxiu Palace.

He believed that Linglong would not come to Lianrui Palace to cause trouble for Bai Qianqian for no reason, especially when he left as everything was normal. So the only possibility was that Xiang Tian followed Bai Qianqian's orders to secretly poison him.

Helian Yue had anticipated the outcome of the conflict between the two sides, and had also imagined what the situation would be like afterwards.

But I never expected it to be such a "grand" scene.

Outside the palace, there was a yard full of palace maids and eunuchs kneeling.

These were almost all the palace maids in Yuxiu Palace and Lianrui Palace. They were the most respectable servants on weekdays, but now they all had some dirty looks on them.

As Helian walked forward, he even saw Shu Hong, who was usually the most stable and well-behaved. Her hair was messy and there were several marks on her body.

Helian Yue felt a vein on his forehead twitching.

When I walked into the hall, I saw the Queen Mother sitting on the main seat with a gloomy face. She didn't even put the Buddhist beads on her hand on and threw them aside. Gu Qingquan stood beside her with a visibly solemn expression on his face.

In the center of the hall, there were two people kneeling on the ground with their backs to him, one kneeling straight, and the other half lying prone, crying pitifully.

Hearing the voice of the relay, the two of them turned their heads to look at him almost at the same time.

Helian Yue's feet suddenly stopped.

The first person he saw was Si Linglong.

Her originally exquisite and gorgeous clothes were obviously in disarray, her hair was in a mess, and there was a red mark on her cheek, perhaps from being beaten, but other than that, there seemed to be no other problems.

Even so, Helian Yue couldn't help but frown when he saw the red mark on her cheek, and was about to settle the score with Bai Qianqian. However, after seeing Bai Qianqian's appearance clearly, Helian Yue's anger almost dissipated instantly, and there was only one question left in his mind -

Who is this?

Bai Qianqian was in front of him. Her clothes were in tatters and wrinkled like rags. Her hair was in a mess and even tangled with her hair. Her face was bruised in several places. She had been crying for who knows how long, and her makeup had melted away with her tears, making her look even more miserable...

Not to mention that there was no trace of her former beauty at this moment, if she hadn't been kneeling here in the attire of a concubine, Helian Yue wouldn't even have recognized that this was Bai Qianqian.

This……

It seems that there is no loss.

Not only did she not suffer any loss, but because of the comparison with Bai Qianqian, the red mark on Si Linglong's face seemed so insignificant.

At this time, Bai Qianqian saw Helian Yue coming in. Although she no longer had any expectations for him, she still couldn't help crying out to him, her voice full of sorrow.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please help me! Concubine Lang, Concubine Lang is really going too far... wuwuwu..."

Helian Yue suppressed the anger in his heart and didn't even have the mood to comfort her. His gaze turned back to Si Linglong, wanting to get an explanation from her first.

Otherwise, today in front of the Queen Mother, I am afraid that even if I want to protect her, I will inevitably make her suffer.

After all, she beat someone like that and still dared to bring palace maids here to join a fight. Even if it was for him, it was really inappropriate, so he planned to pretend to reprimand her in front of the Queen Mother.

However, the person who had remained silent even to the Queen Mother before he came over, the moment she met his gaze, tears suddenly rolled down her eyes, like pearls falling from a string, and fell directly into his heart.

She just looked at him like that, with a look of grievance in her eyes, but more of heartache and sadness. She didn't even make a sound, just silently watched him shed tears.

Helian Yue's heart was instantly confused.

The expression that had just hardened collapsed in an instant.