Chapter 243 Suspicious Huipin 3
Song Zhao's eyes quickly fell on Huipin's neck.
At first glance, one first caught a glimpse of a long and hideous red, like several centipedes overlapping and entwined around her neck, which made one feel a chill.
But upon closer inspection, I saw that it was actually a very obvious brown-red raised scar.
The scar was so extensive that it covered almost the entire front of her neck.
Like the roots of a dead tree, they cling densely to the neck and spread all the way to the chest.
The skin around it was all wrinkled together, which was shocking to look at.
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
Huipin covered her neck in panic, and stood there at a loss.
Tears instantly filled her eyes, reflecting a sparkling light in the sparse snow.
"Empress Huipin..."
Rong Yue looked very guilty. She patted Huipin's shoulder gently and handed her the Fengmao scarf.
But Huipin seemed to be startled.
He pushed Rong Yue and quickly covered his scarred neck, crying as he ran to the bedroom.
It's more like escaping than running.
The snow beneath her feet was slippery, and she ran so quickly that she slipped and fell heavily on the muddy snow.
When Song Zhao reacted and wanted to help her up,
But she gritted her teeth and held back her tears, climbed up in shame and anger, quickened her pace, went to the inner bedroom, and took the key from inside.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Chan'er, who was busy in the small kitchen, heard the noise in the yard and hurried out to check the situation.
After seeing the Fengmao scarf still held in Rong Yue's hand, she obviously widened her eyes and said in surprise and displeasure:
"What is Tong Changzai doing here? How could you..."
Chan Er stamped her feet anxiously, and had no time to argue with Rong Yue. She turned around and ran to the inner bedroom and knocked hard on the door.
"Master? Please open the door and let me in first!"
There was no response from inside the palace, only the faint sound of Huipin crying in grievance could be heard.
Women like color and appearance.
Huipin's "hidden illness" was revealed to the public without any warning, which must have been a big blow to her.
Li Changzai also said anxiously:
"Well...why not just break the door open first? Don't let anything unexpected happen."
Hearing this, Chan'er turned around suddenly and opened her arms to stop her.
"Li Changzai, please stop causing trouble here!"
Her hostility was obvious, and when she turned to talk to Song Zhao, her tone was not polite.
"Your Highness, please go back first. I'm afraid no one wants to see our master right now. Please, masters... give our master some dignity..."
How dare she, a personal maid of a concubine, speak to Song Zhao in such a tone?
If he is not crazy, then he is really eager to protect his master.
Song Zhao heard Huipin crying so hard, and he didn't argue with Chan'er. He just said:
"Then I will go back first, and you can take the trouble to persuade your queen."
On the way back to the palace, Song Zhao heard Yunshan and Xiao Fuzi arguing outside the sedan chair.
"Didn't you say that Huipin was fine before? Why does she have such a large scar on her neck? Didn't the Ministry of Internal Affairs notice it when they were selecting her?"
Xiao Fuzi scratched his scalp. "Maybe something unexpected happened after he entered the palace? I see the scar, it looks like a burn."
Yunshan said: "Such a serious matter, if it was an accident, how could it be kept secret without anyone in the six palaces knowing about it?"
Song Zhao sat quietly in the sedan chair without saying a word.
Recalling Huipin's tearful look of shame and anger just now, for a moment, Song Zhao even felt a little guilty about what she had done today.
I thought Huipin was hiding some big secret behind her.
But I didn't expect...
In fact, this is not difficult to understand. Even if Huipin is childish, every girl loves beauty. Who would be willing to show their imperfections in front of everyone?
Isn’t the same true for Concubine Xiao in the past?
Because she had shingles, she would bathe and wipe her body every day, trying her best to hide it, for fear that others would know her secret.
But Song Zhao felt something was strange.
On that day, Lady Xiao's shingles were a mild case, so she was able to conceal it.
But Huipin's scar is so obvious, and she has served in the emperor's bed, how could Xiao Jingheng not know about it?
As it happened, Xiao Jingheng came to her palace tonight for dinner.
Halfway through the meal, Song Zhao suddenly looked embarrassed and said to him:
"Your Majesty... Today, when I was playing snowballs with Huipin, something unexpected happened."
Hearing this, Xiao Jingheng immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks, stared at Song Zhao carefully, and asked with concern:
"Where are you hurt?"
Song Zhao shook her head and said with a guilty tone, "It's not my fault, it's just... the snowball hit Huipin's neck. Tong Changzai was afraid that the snow would get into her scarf and make Huipin catch a cold, so she took off the scarf for her. But she saw..."
Song Zhao only said half of his words.
He could tell from Xiao Jingheng's slight frown that he must have known about this for a long time.
They were silent for a moment, and then Xiao Jingheng sighed with great regret.
"This happened carelessly on my part. It was probably about two years ago, right? At that time, you hadn't entered the palace yet. One day, I got drunk and went to Zhaochun Palace by mistake.
Huipin asked the palace maid to prepare a hangover soup for me, but she was young and had never served me before, so she brought the boiling hot soup on a tray. I was also drunk and felt the soup bowl was too hot, so I threw it away. As a result... the whole bowl of boiling soup was poured down Huipin's collar, hurting her badly..."
Pour it down from the collar...
Just by listening to Xiao Jingheng's description, Song Zhao felt that the skin on his chest was wrinkled and felt very uncomfortable.
If you think about it this way, Huipin's burns were not just on her neck, but also on her body?
Considering that Huipin is already fifteen years old this year, her breasts still seem to have not developed much...
Maybe it is related to this accident.
If the scar on her chest was the same as the one on her neck, her breasts must have been ruined if she had suffered such a severe injury at the age of twelve or thirteen.
Knowing that Huipin had experienced such a nightmare-like tragedy in the past, Song Zhao felt even more guilty.
"That will really make Sister Huipin suffer..."
Xiao Jingheng said, "Although she is a child, she also loves beauty. This matter was originally my fault. In order to save her face, I had to keep it a secret after the incident and asked the imperial physician to carefully treat her. Now that you know about this matter, please ask Li Changzai and Tong Changzai to stop making trouble, so as to avoid letting Huipin be talked about by others again."
Song Zhao nodded in agreement, "I understand."
When she answered, her voice was weak, her eyes flickered, and she looked depressed.
Xiao Jingheng saw through her thoughts, took her hand, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Song Zhao sighed and said, "When I left Zhaochun Palace today, I heard Concubine Hui crying non-stop. I was at a loss for a moment and didn't know how to comfort her."
"Huipin has a very kind personality. No matter how big her worries are, as long as she sees something delicious, she will forget them all."
Xiao Jingheng pondered silently for a moment, and then he came up with a solution for Song Zhao.
"Well, your mother is from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang area like her. Tomorrow, you can ask the palace servants to make some food from your hometown for her, and then say a few words to comfort her. When I have time, I will go to see her and tell her not to take this matter to heart."
There was no better way than this at the moment, so Song Zhao had to agree softly.
But somehow, she always felt that there was something strange about this matter...
[Please take a leave and I will make up for it tomorrow. 】
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