Chapter 45 Concubine Rong is dead
Liu Zhiyuan nodded, indicating that he understood.
"Are you okay?" Xiao Yu asked.
Liu Zhiyuan looked confused and shook his head.
Xiao Yu's tense nerves relaxed.
No problem = no spellcasting = safe today
"Since everything is alright, my beloved concubine, please return to the palace and rest. Someone, send Concubine Liu back to Zining Palace."
Liu Zhiyuan was delighted. It would be great if someone could send her back. Otherwise, she wouldn't know which direction to go. If people found out that she was not the original one, she would be thrown into a pig cage.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Liu Zhiyuan rarely saluted, turned around and accidentally kicked over a pile of memorials, and immediately reversed for two seconds.
He bowed again, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xiao Yu thought that everything had been resolved and that today would go smoothly, but his eyes went dark again, "..."
The anger that had been suppressed with great difficulty suddenly rose again and was almost impossible to suppress.
"Someone, move all the memorials out of the way. Don't block Concubine Liu's path!"
Liu Zhiyuan, "..."
This man must have a hole in his brain.
Liu Dehai covered his mouth and laughed secretly. The emperor was so considerate and attentive to Concubine Liu. He even considered that the memorial would block Concubine Liu's way. He didn't even think that my family was so good at flattering him.
Xiao Yu had no idea that he had already fallen deeply in love with Liu Zhiyuan when he didn't know. If he knew, he would definitely dig out Liu Dehai's eyes to let him see clearly why he loved Liu Zhiyuan!
After Liu Zhiyuan left, Xiao Yu said to Liu Dehai in a deep voice, "Replace all the servants in Zining Palace with more skilled ones to serve her better. Don't let anyone disturb her, and don't let her get hurt."
Xiao Yu said the last four words with gritted teeth.
He had never seen a woman more delicate than Liu Zhiyuan. She would cast a spell to reverse time and space when she felt pain from the slightest bump or contact.
Such a profound magic was used by her like rotten cabbage on the street.
Liu Dehai chuckled, "Okay, Your Majesty, don't worry. I will definitely have someone take good care of Concubine Liu and won't let Your Majesty worry."
Xiao Yu frowned, thinking that this sounded strange.
But what Liu Dehai said hit the mark, so he didn't think much about it.
Seeing the mountain of memorials, I felt annoyed.
"Carry it away."
Carry it away and send it away quickly, he doesn’t want to deal with it for the third time!
Now I feel like vomiting when I see memorials.
Liu Zhiyuan returned to Zining Palace under the guidance of the palace servants, only to find that the imperial palace was indeed magnificent. The palace where a concubine lived was so luxurious.
In comparison, the cold palace is not as big as the place where the maids and eunuchs of Zining Palace live.
More than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs stood at the door, saluted her, and each of them looked at her with tears in their eyes.
"My Lady, you are finally back. I was so worried."
"My queen has suffered."
Liu Zhiyuan had no memories of the original owner and didn't recognize any of these people. She didn't dare to speak for fear of being exposed.
Just when she was at a loss, Liu Dehai came in with a pile of rewards and more than twenty palace maids and eunuchs.
With a smile on her face, she said, "Empress Liu, these are the new servants who have entered the palace. The Emperor personally selected some for you. I hope you will be happy with them."
Of course, Xiao Yu didn't choose them himself. How could a king of a country have the time to choose palace maids? Besides, he didn't know much about them. It was Liu Dehai who chose them.
But Eunuch Liu is a good assistant who can speak well of the emperor.
Liu Zhiyuan didn't think too much about it. It was just right to change people. Those who had served the original owner before must have known the original owner very well. If he let these people follow him around, he might be exposed one day.
"What about these people? What should they do?"
"Don't worry, Madam. They are all your followers. I will arrange a good job for them."
"Then I'll have to trouble you, sir."
"Your Majesty is too polite. The Emperor specifically instructed me to take good care of you."
These palace maids and eunuchs were indeed very nice and considerate, even more attentive than the servants she had at home before.
Liu Zhiyuan was new to everything around her. She wandered around Zining Palace for two days. It was a completely different experience from her previous castle villa, but equally luxurious.
Pavilions, flowing water, rockery and strange rocks, this quaint beauty is something you never get tired of seeing.
He enjoyed himself shopping and was happy to be served, so he was very content.
She was content, and Xiao Yu lived a comfortable life.
On the other hand, the Chen family was not so comfortable. The capital was in turmoil and undercurrents were surging, and a large number of officials were dismissed.
Concubine Chen hurried into the Empress Dowager's bedroom.
The exquisite makeup could not hide the anxiety on her face.
"Aunt, is it true that my second uncle was executed after his family's house was confiscated?"
The Queen Mother was sitting on the chaise longue drinking tea. Upon hearing this, she glanced at her with displeasure and said, "The harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs, Concubine. Have you even forgotten this?"
Concubine Chen was extremely anxious and worried, feeling that a storm was about to come.
"Aunt, how can I care about these things? He is my dear second uncle."
The Queen Mother put down her teacup and sighed, "I've heard about this from your father. On the day the Emperor was assassinated, someone arranged by your second uncle accidentally left evidence at the scene. Now that it's been discovered, no one can save him."
"How is this possible!" Concubine Chen screamed, "The Emperor was assassinated..."
The Empress Dowager glared at her, and Concubine Chen realized that she had spoken out of turn and her face changed.
She bit her lower lip in frustration and lowered her voice, "Second Uncle clearly had no involvement in the assassination, so how could he have been found at the scene?"
The Queen Mother sneered, "Whether he participated or not is not important. What matters is that the Emperor said he had evidence against him, so he did. Whoever the Emperor said participated in the assassination participated in the assassination."
Concubine Chen's face turned pale, and she was terrified. "What about father and elder brother? Will they be implicated?"
"Don't worry, your eldest brother commands an army of 400,000 men. The emperor is wary of him, so he doesn't dare to attack your father directly."
That's why they directed the spearhead at the Chen family's branches and staff.
One reason was to weaken the power of the Chen family, and the other was to give them a warning.
He is such a good son to her. If she had known that she would raise such an ungrateful boy, she should have strangled him to death when Xiao Yu was just born!
Concubine Chen was worried, her eyes slightly red. "Aunt, there is one more thing. Sister Rongfei...is dead."
The queen mother's expression changed slightly. "What did you say?"
Concubine Chen shed two lines of tears. "This morning, my sister Rong Fei was found dead in the cold palace. All the palace maids and eunuchs who followed her to the cold palace that day are dead. Aunt, could this be done by someone sent by the emperor?"
The empress dowager's face turned pale. Is there any need to ask? Apart from that ungrateful person, who else would dare to kill a concubine in the harem?
What she was most worried about was not the death of Concubine Rong, but since Xiao Yu wanted to kill Concubine Rong, why didn't he kill her in the cold palace that day, but instead sent her to the cold palace and killed her later.
Did something happen that she didn't know about?
This matter is likely to be a variable.
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