Chapter 61: Cinnabar Incident

When Si Linglong woke up from her nap, she heard Shu Hong say that Zhu Sha had been sent out of the palace.

He nodded and was about to ask Zhu Sha if she said anything when she left, when suddenly, a little palace maid hurried in, looking a little flustered.

"Sir, something has happened."

Si Linglong's eyelids twitched, but her face remained calm. "What's wrong?"

"The eunuch who escorted Sister Zhusha out of the palace came back and said... that Sister Zhusha was taken away by Concubine Li's people!"

Upon hearing this, Si Linglong was stunned for a moment.

"Why did Lipin's people take away the cinnabar?"

Such a big thing happened to Duke Dingshan, how dare Concubine Li show up?

Shu Hong also felt that something was wrong. Seeing that the young palace maid could not explain it clearly, she simply asked someone to call in the eunuch who was delivering the gift.

As soon as the young eunuch came in, with a sullen look on his face, he told the story.

"Everything was fine along the way, but when we were almost at the palace gate, Concubine Li's people accused Sister Zhusha of stealing Concubine Li's things, and took her and the servants back."

Si Linglong had no experience in palace fighting, but just by hearing these words she felt that Concubine Li had no good intentions.

Regardless of whether Zhu Sha really stole her things, even if he did, why did he take the eunuch away with him when he took her away? Wasn't it because he was afraid that someone would come back and inform the authorities?

We have just released the person now, I am afraid that something bad may happen to Zhusha.

Thinking of this, Si Linglong lost her composure. She stood up and ordered people to go to Concubine Li's palace.

Shu Hong stopped her and said, "Your Excellency, Concubine Li has come with bad intentions. You should ask the Emperor to go with you."

No matter how favored Si Linglong is, she is just a noble.

Although Lipin's mother's family was convicted, the emperor did not punish her in the end.

When the two of them face off, Si Linglong is likely to suffer a loss.

Although Si Linglong felt that Shu Hong's words made sense, she thought of Helian Yue's cold face when she left in the morning, and felt that it would be useless to look for him now.

"I'll go take a look first." Si Linglong said, "After all, Zhu Sha was allowed to leave the palace by the Emperor's order."

Si Linglong felt that no matter how bold and reckless Concubine Li was, she would not dare to really do anything to Zhu Sha.

But obviously, she still underestimated Lipin's hatred for her.

After Zhu Sha was brought back to Lipin's Liyuan Pavilion, he was tortured directly.

It was also the most severe punishment for palace maids.

Concubine Li simply ordered someone to take off the man's pants and then beat him with a stick in the yard. The palace maids and eunuchs passing by could see it clearly.

The wound that had almost healed was reopened, but what made her collapse even more was this humiliation.

The physical and mental humiliation made her cry uncontrollably. At that moment, the only person she could think of was Si Linglong.

After falling from the first board, she cried and shouted, "Please save me..."

However, Si Linglong did not show up until the twenty strokes of the board were completed. Lipin watched her screaming at the beginning and then almost running out of strength, still muttering "Your Excellency" in her mouth. She felt so relieved in her heart.

That day outside Linghua Palace, she saw clearly that it was this girl who was following Si Linglong at the time. The two of them clearly saw her, but they still walked away without looking back.

Lipin still remembers the hatred she felt at that time.

So she did this on purpose.

Stealing was just an excuse, she just wanted to humiliate Si Linglong.

Lipin thought happily, but she did not forget the instructions given by that man.

She walked up to Zhu Sha, who was lying on the bench, and said with a mocking tone, "You called her for so long, but she didn't show up? You are just a maid she kicked out of the palace. Do you really think she would care about you?"

When Zhusha heard Lipin's words, she cried even harder.

She shook her head, trying to explain.

No, the noble lady still cared about her, otherwise she would not have asked her to recuperate for several days before sending her out of the palace, and she also prepared so many things for her.

She wouldn't really be so cruel as to ignore herself.

She grew up with her since childhood.

But no matter how much he tried to defend himself, the fact was that Si Linglong did not show up.

If it weren't for her, he wouldn't have been treated like this by Concubine Li.

Lipin looked at the resentment that flashed across her eyes, and a sneer slowly rose at the corner of her mouth. She squatted down again and again, and whispered in Zhusha's ear in a voice that only the two of them could hear,

"You still don't know why you were sent out of the palace?"

"It's not because you have thoughts about the emperor that you shouldn't have, but because the emperor plans to take you into the harem after you recover from your injuries."

"She knew about it, so she suddenly wanted to send you out of the palace today."

Lipin's words, full of temptation and mockery, were like a thunderbolt, splitting a hole in Zhusha's already confused mind.

She looked at Lipin in disbelief, and the hidden resentment in her heart towards Si Linglong suddenly surged wildly at this moment.