Chapter 703 Vomiting Blood
Lu Jieyu ignored Yan Cairen's hint and asked with a forced smile.
"Your Majesty has been in the palace for some time. I believe you must have heard about Concubine Xiao, right?"
Xiao Xixi nodded slightly and gave an affirmative answer.
"Um."
Concubine Lu took a step forward and stared into her eyes.
"Does the Imperial Concubine know that the Emperor once vomited blood because of Concubine Xiao?"
Xiao Xixi's heart sank suddenly.
She immediately forgot that there were crabs waiting for her and asked coldly.
"When has the emperor ever vomited blood? How come I don't know?"
There was an urgency in her voice that she herself was not aware of.
Just as Concubine Lu was about to answer, she heard a voice coming from the door.
"Lu Jieyu!"
The four people in the room looked in the direction of the sound and saw a lady standing at the door.
The female historian first bowed to the imperial concubine, and then said to Concubine Lu.
"The Empress Dowager wants to see you. Please follow me."
When Concubine Lu heard the words "Grand Empress Dowager", she regained some of her rationality.
She knew she was impulsive.
If she makes the imperial concubine angry now, she will have to take responsibility when the emperor holds her accountable.
The last time the matter between Xin Liu and Lu Ya was settled with the help of the Grand Empress Dowager. The Grand Empress Dowager was already very dissatisfied with this, and she couldn't afford to make her unhappy again.
There is still a long way to go, so there is no need to rush.
Concubine Lu suppressed her resentment, bowed to the imperial concubine, and prepared to leave.
As a result, as soon as he took a step forward, the imperial concubine grabbed his arm.
Xiao Xixi asked with a cold face.
"Tell me clearly, how did the emperor vomit blood?"
Concubine Lu: "You can ask the emperor about this matter. I should leave now."
Xiao Xixi knew very well that Luo Qinghan would not tell her about such things.
If she asked him directly, he might find a way to suppress the matter completely, leaving her with no place to ask even if she wanted to know.
Xiao Xixi stared into Concubine Lu's eyes and asked word by word.
"I'm asking you a question now, answer it now!"
Concubine Lu was frightened by her appearance and subconsciously took half a step back.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the female historian hurried in and tried to persuade them with kind words.
"Don't worry, Imperial Concubine. It's no secret that the Emperor vomited blood. If you want to know, you can go and listen yourself. There's no need to ask Concubine Lu to tell you."
Xiao Xixi didn't even look at the female historian, and continued to stare at Concubine Lu.
Seeing that Concubine Lu refused to say anything, Xiao Xixi increased the strength of her hands. Concubine Lu suddenly felt that the bones in her hand were almost broken, and she cried out in pain.
"Ah! It hurts! Let go, let me go!"
Xiao Xixi said in a deep voice: "Answer my question!"
Concubine Lu was in so much pain that she could only shout out everything she knew.
"Isn't that enough?!"
"At the end of last year, the emperor got news about Concubine Xiao from somewhere and went out of the palace to look for her. But what he got was the news that Concubine Xiao was dead."
"The emperor was so angry that he vomited blood, and was later carried back to the palace."
Xiao Xixi's face turned pale little by little.
She asked in a trembling voice: "And then?"
Concubine Lu: "Then the emperor was saved by the imperial physician. The imperial physician said that the emperor was hit too hard and his body couldn't bear it, so he vomited blood. Since then, the emperor's health has not been good. He has taken a lot of medicine but there is no improvement. Everyone said that he was lovesick and there is no medicine to cure him!"
Xiao Xixi suddenly let go of her hand.
Concubine Lu quickly withdrew her hand, hurriedly stepped back, and distanced herself from the imperial concubine.
She covered her aching arm and looked at the imperial concubine, only to find that her face was as pale as paper, as if she had suffered a great blow.
Lu Jieyu suddenly felt a sense of relief in her heart.
Even if she was a concubine, so what? In the end, she was just a substitute.
Now that she heard how infatuated the emperor was with Concubine Xiao, she must be heartbroken, right? She deserved it!
Xiao Xixi did feel a sharp pain in her heart.
She originally thought that with those letters, she could make Luo Qinghan think that she was traveling outside.
So after she came back, she didn't say a word about her experiences over the past year.
She didn't want him to know that she had been to the gates of hell.
She didn't want him to worry and be sad.
She didn't want him to bear too much pressure.
But I didn't expect that he actually knew it a long time ago.
He knew that she left in order to die alone.
I also know that the letters she left behind were all lies.
Xiao Xixi felt a sharp pain in her heart.
She raised her hand to her chest, her eyes turned red and tears rolled down.
No wonder Luo Qinghan has lost so much weight.
No wonder there are always so many emotions in his eyes.
No wonder he always has nightmares.
No wonder he never asked her why she left?
Just because he was afraid.
I’m afraid of getting something, but I’m even more afraid of losing it after getting it.
He was such a proud man, but he was filled with fear because of her.
It made her feel like a sinner.
A fishy and sweet taste rushed up my throat.
She opened her mouth and spat out a large mouthful of blood.
Then she closed her eyes and fell to the side softly.
Everyone was shocked.
Yan Cairen was so frightened that she screamed.
“Ah! Someone’s dead!!”
Baoqin, who was closest to the concubine, quickly supported the imperial concubine.
Baoqin looked at the pale face of the imperial concubine and the blood on her mouth. Her heart was shaken, her legs and feet went weak, and she almost fell to the ground.
Fortunately, she grasped the last bit of sanity and shouted with a trembling voice.
"Go and inform the Emperor!"
Yan Cairen was so frightened that his hands and feet became limp and he couldn't move.
Concubine Lu froze in place, her mind going blank.
Neither of them could be relied upon, so in the end it was the lady who ran downstairs holding up her skirt.
She was so confused that she ran to the Empress Dowager in one breath and blurted out the words without thinking.
"Oh no! The Imperial Concubine is vomiting blood!"
Luo Qinghan, who was concentrating on peeling a crab, was startled when his finger was cut by the small scissors and bright red blood oozed out.
He didn't even look at his wound, but stood up and ran upstairs.
The Empress Dowager also stood up and walked upstairs with the help of others.
As she walked, she asked the historian what exactly was going on.
The lady told the whole story truthfully.
The Empress Dowager frowned as she listened and was speechless about Concubine Lu's stupidity.
The two big guys suddenly left their table and went upstairs, and judging from their expressions, something big must have happened.
This immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked towards the stairs. Some even stood up and wanted to go upstairs to see what was going on, but were stopped by the eunuchs guarding the door.
The eunuch said, "The Empress Dowager has ordered that no one outside the palace should go upstairs. Please wait downstairs."
In the lounge on the second floor, Baoqin saw the emperor coming and cried out.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine is vomiting blood. Please save her, please save her!"
At this time, Xiao Xixi was lying in Baoqin's arms with her eyes closed and bright red blood on her lips, which contrasted with the red dress she was wearing, making her skin look even paler than snow, as if she had lost all breath.
Luo Qinghan's heart almost stopped when he saw this scene.
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You may not believe it, but I didn’t break it here on purpose, it was really just a coincidence!
Lu Jieyu: This woman is a fraud! ! =皿=
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(End of this chapter)
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