Chapter 48 But the truth must not be revealed

No matter what he thinks, Ling Xiao thinks that the murderer is Luo Zhang, but it's just his own guess. There is no evidence at all, and there is nothing he can do with her. And if you say it rashly, you may be accused of false accusation.

But if she gives up like this, Ling Xiao is of course unwilling. She almost becomes a poisoner. If this charge is settled, she will not be punished and beaten into the cold palace. How can she easily let go of the person who framed her?

Even if she narrowly avoided it this time, what about next time? What about next time? But not every time someone comes out to help her. But then again, why did Lan Xuanshi help her?

These questions have not been figured out yet, and the imperial edict has come.

Once again, the emperor sent someone to pass the word of mouth to Xuanling's concubine to sleep tonight.

The palace people are overjoyed.

Only Erlan said "watering cold water" to Ling Xiao in private, "Lord, you are going to make an enemy now."

"To make an enemy, oh, didn't you have it before?" Ling Xiao was silent for a moment and said such a sentence.

Put everything aside for the time being, dress up carefully, and wait for the arrival of Fengluan Chun's car.

For four days, for four consecutive days, the emperor turned over the sign of Concubine Ling. The surface of the harem was calm, but in fact, it was already dark and turbulent. Some people were afraid they couldn't sit still.

On the fifth day, Fengluan Chun'en car finally did not appear at the door of Yilan Palace. The emperor came to Qiluan Hall in person.

"Ling Xiao, no one poisoned Mrs. Yan, but the palace people were negligent and did not know the toxicity of calamus. She put too much in her bedroom. The poison unconsciously penetrated into Mrs. Yan's body. After drinking lotus seed soup at the night banquet, she was immediately stimulated." The emperor half lay at the head of the bed with Ling Xiao in his arms, and suddenly told her about it with inexplicable solemnness.

Ling Xiao was shocked. How could he not hear the emperor's meaning? It seemed that he had found something, but for some reason he could not say it. He must have known that she was also exploring secretly, so he hinted to her that no matter how it was found out, the truth could only be as he said.

In fact, after these few days, she has roughly learned about some things. Luoshang's suspicion can basically be cancelled, but another person has emerged - Yao Concubine.

That night, someone saw with their own eyes that the little maid of honor in Mu Junyao's palace had been to the imperial dining room. It was just a palace sweeper in Feiyan Pavilion, and many people did not pay attention to it. Although no one pointed out that she had approached Yan Niangzi's soup, it still had to be suspicious.

Originally, with this clue, as long as she continued to investigate, Ling Xiao believed that she would be able to find out the behind-the-scenes, but now... However, while the emperor's words stopped her, they also gave her a clearer guess. That person was either Mu Junyao or Xie Guifei.

Concubine Xie is the daughter of the prime minister, not to mention. And Mu Junyao is the empress dowager's family. Although she is so far away that she can't fight, the empress dowager's mother's family has withered. There is only such a distant niece in the palace, why do she have to "take care of" her? Even if the Empress Dowager does not intervene, the emperor will not be unhappy because of this little thing.

It is said that the Empress Dowager saluted the Buddha at ease and did not participate in all the affairs of the court. She didn't even attend such a grand festival as the summer solstice. I'm afraid she can only wait for the Spring Festival to see her. Ling Xiao felt that the empress dowager was old, which was understandable, but the concubine, whom she had never seen since she entered the palace, accompanied the empress dowager to recite Buddhist scriptures and serve the empress dowager all year round, which was really puzzling for a young concubine.

Of course, this is not what Ling Xiao is more concerned about now. After listening to the emperor's words, she only felt cold in her heart. Obviously, the truth was in front of her, but she had to cover it up for some reason. Although I knew early in the morning that the battle in the harem was cruel and fierce, I could understand the emperor's painstaking efforts to do so, it was not so easy to let go.

"Yes, no one wants to harm Mrs. Yan, let alone frame the minister and concubine. The sisters in the harem are harmonious. How can there be such a vicious person?" Ling Xiao lowered his eyes and nodded and said yes.

"Are you unhappy?" The emperor raised her chin and looked at her.

Ling Xiao was stunned and blurted out, "Is my concubine so obvious?" After saying that, he blushed.

The emperor shook his head with a smile and said helplessly, "I know that you are smart, I can't hide it from you, but even if you know it in your heart, I won't say more. I will definitely understand me, won't I?

"Ling Xiao", the emperor now calls her every name and surname, but it is not strange, but it gives Ling Xiao a feeling of happiness. Only he will call himself like this. Because of his sound "Ling Xiao", she begins to like her name.

"Yes, I understand." Ling Xiao nodded, but sighed faintly, "It's just a poor Yan lady." Not only is he poisoned, but he can't let the murderer get the punishment he deserves, but he even has to bear this sin by himself. Don't be careful, oh, what a ridiculous reason.

As for himself, Ling Xiao thought about it carefully, but he didn't hate the murderer so much. After all, he was too careless. The murderer just took advantage of it. If she doesn't go out alone at the banquet, how can she be slandered? It's not so easy to hold her in the future.

"I will make Yan Niangzi Yan Xiaoyuan, and her family will also get some rewards."

Ling Xiao knew that this was already the best ending, but he heard from the imperial doctor that Mrs. Yan was poisoned too much, and I'm afraid it would be difficult to get better in the future.

After that, the emperor "compensated" Yan Xurui as he said. In fact, many people are not stupid and don't believe the so-called truth announced, but everyone cleverly chooses to be silent, and no one will offend the emperor for a little lady. Even if she is Xiaoyuan now, what's the use? A crazy Xiaoyuan is not as valuable as an ordinary maid.

What's more, for the current harem, what can be more important than Ling's sudden favor?

As the saying goes, if the tree is big, it is bound to attract wind.

"Concubine Ling, it's not tiring to serve the emperor every day. It's not too late to invite the queen." The noble concubine said to Ling Xiao with a smile.

Ling Xiao was a little annoyed when she heard this. Thinking of the night, she blushed a little. Before she said anything, the medicine concubine had interrupted and only heard her say, "No matter how favored Ling is, she is not as much as the noble concubine. Naturally, she is not as tired as you." This alludes to the fact that the noble concubine is late for three days.

The noble concubine glanced at the concubine and said, "Sister concubine, it's not your sister. I said you. The emperor hasn't been to your place for how many days. Why..." In the middle of the words, the owner deliberately didn't go on, but sighed and shook his head slightly.

Sure enough, as soon as she heard this, the medicine concubine's face didn't look good, and her eyes looked complicatedly at Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao knew that this was the noble concubine sowing discord. Although she did not intend to turn to the medicine concubine, she did not want to offend her easily. After thinking about it, she smiled and said to the medicine concubine, "The medicine concubine followed the emperor when the emperor was still alive. That's from the prince's mansion. How can the relationship with the emperor be comparable to that of my concubine?"

After saying that, the medicine concubine laughed with satisfaction.

The queen is still polite, smiling and still dignified and generous. Ling Xiao seems to have never seen her angry. Luo Shang, Mu Junyao and other people who said at the night banquet that Ling Xiao was the murderer at most, and now they can't wait to go around when they see her.

And the slaves of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who are more concerned about the wind direction than anyone else. The day after Ling Xiao was awarded the title of Ling's concubine, the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs personally came to plead guilty for the previous "too busy to take care of it".

There is no need to use the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the past two days, but today, General Manager Wang sent another little eunuch, saying that he wanted to ask the little master what he needed.

"Yo, this father-in-law, have you been very idle recently?" Qingwu raised his eyebrows. When he saw that the little eunuch was stunned, he said, "A while ago, I went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get the monthly money. My father-in-law was so busy that I even ordered the wrong number. What's wrong with this recently? I actually took the initiative to ask for trouble."

The little eunuch's face turned pale for a while. Ling Xiao sneered in his heart and still opened his mouth to stop him.

"Qing Wu, how to talk to your father-in-law!" The tone was quite stern, "The father-in-law must have been really busy a while ago. Didn't they have to prepare for the summer solstice? Even the queen was busy, let alone the people doing things underneath. We should forgive ourselves. How can we be blamed?"

The little eunuch wiped the sweat on his head, and his face got better. He said goodbye to Xie En: "Thank you for your understanding."

Qingwu was a little unconvinced, but he didn't say anything more. Later, he listened to Ling Xiao's words and gave the little eunuch an ingot of silver.

After the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs left, Ling Xiao said to Qingwu, "Don't feel wronged. Those words just now are exactly what I wanted to say, so I asked you to finish, but I can't make people feel that we have gained power now, so we are crazy."

Erlan also said, "So the reprimand of the little master is to show that the little master has an attitude. That is for outsiders. The girl in Qingwu doesn't have to worry about it."

Qing Wu looked like he was being taught and said, "I understand."

A few days later, the emperor did not come to Qiluan Hall. Except for still sitting with a few old people, he was lucky to have many new palace concubines, which temporarily blocked the limelight for Ling Xiao.

Although the emperor has no explanation for this, naturally, he doesn't need to explain anything, but Ling Xiao still understands that he wants to prevent himself from falling into danger and to protect her, as long as he thinks that his beloved is in another woman's room, he will still be sad.

In the evening of this day, Ling Xiao was walking in the royal garden, but he saw a woman in blue holding a child like a pink jade porcelain doll in front of her, making her laugh. The woman's face was filled with her mother's love and happiness. Who is it if it's not a blue servant?

Ling Xiao stepped forward and greeted her with a smile. Unexpectedly, Lan Xuanshi still saluted her respectfully, "See Ling Concubine, the little master, the little master is auspicious."

"Di Ji is so cute. Can you let me hug you?" Ling Xiao looked at her expectantly.

"The little master loves Mu Han, which is her blessing." As she spoke, she carefully put the child in Ling Xiao's arms.

After teasing the child for a while, Ling Xiao finally couldn't help saying, "Sister Lan, why did you help me that day?"