Chapter 331 Born to Play Chess
Later that night, Zhaochun Palace.
Concubine Hui woke up from a long nightmare, sweating all over.
The moment she opened her eyes, she subconsciously reached for her abdomen.
When Chan Er saw that she had woken up, she hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is finally awake! You have been in a coma for three days, and you must have frightened me..."
Concubine Hui asked weakly, "Where is my child?"
Chan'er's eyes turned red instantly, and she knelt down in front of Concubine Hui's bed and kowtowed.
"My Queen, please accept my condolences!"
Concubine Hui was stunned with a look of disbelief.
"How could this happen? Why did this happen? My child...he is fine, who wants to hurt him!?"
——"The Emperor has arrived!"
The eunuch's report outside the door came from far away. The moment Concubine Hui looked out, she saw Xiao Jingheng had already lifted the gauze curtain and stepped into the inner bedroom.
She was so grief-stricken that she waited for Xiao Jingheng to get close to her, then she grabbed his sleeve and cried,
"Your Majesty! Our child is not...ah!"
But I didn't expect that the words had just come out of my mouth.
Xiao Jingheng unexpectedly shook her hand away for no reason, and then slapped her hard in the face, making her see stars.
This slap was crisp and decisive, frightening the servants in the hall to the ground, trembling and saying:
"Your Majesty, calm down!"
Xiao Jingheng was still furious and shouted, "Get out of here!"
After the palace maids filed out, Concubine Hui, who had been slapped suddenly, finally came to her senses.
She didn't know how she had offended Xiao Jingheng, so she quickly knelt down in front of him.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I don't know why I have angered you. Please explain clearly to me."
Xiao Jingheng stared at her for a while, then suddenly got angry.
He clasped Concubine Hui's neck tightly with his broad palm, and pushed her to the corner of the wall, his eyes were red with anger as he said:
"What did you say to Concubine Yi!?"
Concubine Hui was petite, and when Xiao Jingheng held her by the neck and lifted her up, half of her feet were hanging in the air.
Her face, which had been pale after her miscarriage, now turned red and purple.
He could only desperately pry open Xiao Jingheng's palm with both hands, and after a moment of gasping for breath, he uttered a few words from his throat.
"I...don't have..."
"You didn't? You are the only one among the women in the harem who knows about the Crown Prince's affairs. If it wasn't you, who else could it be? Was it Prince An, who has nothing to do with Concubine Yi, or was it the remnant of the previous dynasty from the Imperial Observatory who was skinned alive by me!?"
Xiao Jingheng said all this as if to vent his anger, and then he let go of Concubine Hui to let her catch her breath.
Concubine Hui lay on the ground, coughing violently and breathing heavily.
At this time, I was thinking about what Xiao Jingheng had just said:
The remnants of the previous dynasty mentioned by Xiao Jingheng probably refer to Tan Yuezhi. Xiao Jingheng skinned him alive, indicating that the matter had been exposed, but Xiao Jingheng did not punish her, which should be because Tan Yuezhi did not involve the motherland.
Concubine Hui quickly calmed down.
At this time, she must not let Xiao Jingheng suspect that she had any connection with Tan Yuezhi.
Therefore, she didn't even ask about Tan Yuezhi, but just crawled to Xiao Jingheng's feet with difficulty, crying and saying:
"Your Majesty, when Song was banished to the cold palace, I did go to see her. And I did tell her about the Crown Prince being buried alive."
"Bitch!" Xiao Jingheng was furious and kicked Concubine Hui aside. "Why did you do this?"
Unexpectedly, Concubine Hui not only did not know she was wrong, but also said with resentment:
"I want her to be so angry and grief-stricken that she would commit suicide! She plotted to murder the emperor and arranged for an assassin in Lin'an. What she wanted was the country of Qi Dynasty and the life of the emperor! My life was saved by the emperor in the past. How can I allow anyone who wants to hurt the emperor to live in this world!?"
As she said this, she clutched her chest tightly and cried in extreme sorrow.
Xiao Jingheng was also moved when he heard this.
There is solid evidence that Song Zhao arranged the assassination that day, so it makes sense for Concubine Hui to do so.
But he did not soften his harsh attitude towards Concubine Hui at all.
"The assassination of Lin'an has been investigated. It was not Zhao'er who did it. She has been by my side and has never sought anything from me. Instead, I am sorry for her and Chengyu."
Concubine Hui saw his sad and depressed expression, and heard his affectionate words.
She knew in her heart that the Concubine Yi, whom she had finally overthrown, would make a comeback soon...
She crawled to Xiao Jingheng's feet again, stroked his knees, and said with tears in her eyes:
"I have been with Your Majesty since I was rescued by Your Majesty at the age of fourteen in Mangshan. I was born an orphan, and over the past ten years, I have regarded Your Majesty as my only relative. Everything I do is for Your Majesty's consideration. Please don't hit or scold me, but don't hurt Your Majesty's body because of my resentment. That would be my fault."
"snort."
Xiao Jingheng sneered, grabbed Concubine Hui's hand, and pulled her in front of him.
They stared at each other, breathing heavily, and heard him say in a voice that was cold to the bone:
"Remember this clearly. You are just a chess piece of mine, a tool I use to balance the court and the harem. A chess piece should not and cannot have its own ideas, let alone guess my intentions. Do you understand?"
Concubine Hui nodded sadly, "This has been my way all these years."
Xiao Jingheng suddenly let go of her wrist, "If you dare to do something against my will in the future, I promise to make you suffer worse than death."
Having said this, he turned away.
Concubine Hui, who was sitting on the ground, had a look of misery and pity on her face.
Only after she looked far away and could no longer see Xiao Jingheng's back, did her eyes gradually become sinister.
There was a surge of heat coming from the lips, and blood flowed from the broken corners of the lips.
Concubine Hui used her little finger to wipe away the blood stain at the corner of her lips, then placed it between her lips and teeth, licked it lightly, and murmured:
"Song Zhao, I underestimated you..."
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