Chapter 278 The Concubine Becomes Suspicious
Concubine Chen thought silently of her father and brother, in quiet despair.
She didn't break down, she didn't scream, she didn't even cry.
Now she has no more tears to shed.
She sat numbly on the bed, her mind blank.
The strong shock made her unable to recall what happened at the execution ground that day.
She also didn't remember that her father and brother's heads fell to the ground in front of her.
Liu Yue tried to persuade her for a long time, but she only felt a constant buzzing in her ears and could hear nothing except her own heartbeat.
Until the door was opened again, Kang Yubin bowed to Concubine Chen.
"Greetings to the Imperial Concubine. The Emperor knew what happened in the mansion and was very concerned about you. He immediately asked us to come back to accompany you. He also sent people back to Qinling to visit the old lady. As for the funeral of the master and the young master... the Emperor also allowed a grand burial."
Concubine Chen came back to her senses from her numbness, threw back the quilt and got off the bed.
"Where are the people? I want to go!"
She rushed out excitedly, Liu Yue hugged her tightly, sobbing and admonishing:
"Don't go, Madam! When you were unconscious... you were already buried..."
Concubine Chen stood at the door in a daze for a long time, and said with grief and anger:
"Where is Lieutenant General An? Go and call him over to me! I want to ask him why he and his guards were so slow to catch up at the execution ground that day? If they had caught up, Daddy and Brother might have..."
Kang Yubin scratched his head and said, "When I came here just now, I was passing by Tianyun Pavilion. I heard the noise upstairs, and when I looked up, I saw that it was Deputy General An who was drinking and chatting happily with Prince Rui..."
"He and Prince Rui?" Concubine Chen became alert for a moment and murmured, "Yes... Prince Rui used to work in Suzhou and Hangzhou. He must know Deputy General An..."
She paced back and forth on the spot, and suddenly thought of something, and urged Liu Yue:
"Go and get me the map of mountains and rivers, quickly!"
"What does your Majesty want that for? Your fever has not subsided yet, you should take a good rest..."
"If I tell you to go, just go!"
Seeing that Concubine Chen was angry, Liu Yue did not dare to provoke her anymore. She had to search the whole house before she found a painting of mountains and rivers with the paper already wrinkled and brittle.
Concubine Chen spread it flat on the table, took out a pen and ink, and kept sketching on it.
Starting from Suzhou and ending in Kyoto,
She marked all the post stations she passed along the way on the map of mountains and rivers, and finally connected them into a line.
But it turns out that the line is crooked and twisted, and only the 100-plus miles after leaving Suzhou City is a straight line.
The journey afterwards was as roundabout as possible, and we even wanted to circle around in the same place.
Concubine Chen also drew the straight-line distance between Suzhou and Kyoto.
She made a rough calculation and concluded that if she took a straight line, it would only take her two days at most to get back from Suzhou, traveling day and night without stopping.
"Why? Why did he take me on a detour for three days when it only takes two days?!"
Concubine Chen became more and more agitated. She smashed the things on the table to the ground like a madman, and almost roared:
"Why! Why did you take me on a detour? I was in time to save my father and brother! Why!!!"
There were tears in her eyes, but her look was so fierce that it was intimidating.
At this moment, the fog covering her heart was gradually lifted.
She recalled that Xiao Jingheng had told her that all the evidence of the Ning family's crimes had been collected by King Rui.
Then she remembered that Prince Rui always thought that she was the one who killed his mother, so he kept biting the Ning family.
Then there was the treasonous letter which obviously could not have been written by his father.
And Deputy General An, who deliberately took her on a detour, was drinking and chatting happily with King Rui today?
The more Concubine Chen thought about it, the angrier she became, and she felt like her internal organs were about to explode.
She clenched her fists tightly. The nails that had been broken during the long journey had just healed, but now they were broken again and bleeding.
“It’s him! It’s that bitch Xiao Jinglian!
【The heroine of this book is Sister Song, the second female lead is Imperial Concubine, and the third female lead is Sister Rong and Concubine Hui. These two days are the most brilliant plot of Imperial Concubine in the whole book, and it is also an important plot for her mentality change, so her role will be a little more. If you don't like her, you can automatically skip it, and the plot of this part will end soon. There is no need to give a bad review because of a second female lead. Be calm and peaceful, everything will go smoothly, good people will have a peaceful life, and congratulations on your prosperity! Happy New Year to you! Kowtow! 】
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