mtl008 Chapter 121 Suicide note
Chapter 121 Suicide note
Zhou Lingge...why is she so difficult to deal with?
When she was in the Zhou family before, she was timid and cowardly... How could she become so smart and difficult in such a short time?
Every time she planned to deal with it, she could calmly and easily reverse the situation.
Zhou Shiya frowned, her eyes filled with a dark light.
She felt depressed, but she had to pull up the corners of her lips and reveal a smile that was uglier than crying. She slowly sat down.
"Roupin was indeed negligent in her duties. She made such a big fuss without even conducting a thorough investigation."
"My sister has also been wronged. It is only right for Mother to conduct a thorough re-investigation."
The Queen Mother looked at Zhou Shiya with increasing dissatisfaction. Ever since the Queen became pregnant, she had become increasingly lazy about the affairs of the harem.
If she hadn't taken Zhou Lingge into the palace, how could the harem be so chaotic now?
Now that this mess has been made, do we still have to rely on her, the queen mother, to clean up?
The more the Queen Mother thought about it, the more she disliked Zhou Shiya.
She snorted in annoyance and ignored the queen.
Zhou Shiya's face froze. She clenched her fists tightly, trying hard to suppress the frustration in her heart.
Is it going to be another case of trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice?
Not long after, the caning outside ended.
The palace servant who was carrying out the execution dragged the young eunuch covered in blood into the inner hall.
A strong smell of blood suddenly hit me in the face.
Zhou Lingge's eyes flickered as he asked calmly.
"Recruited?"
The palace servant immediately replied respectfully: "I confess..."
"He said he wanted to identify it himself."
Zhou Lingge chuckled. "I didn't expect someone to actually instigate this... I'm really curious, who was the person who ordered him to slander me?"
Her eyes were cold as she glanced at the few concubines present.
Concubine Liu and Concubine Yu acted as if they were indifferent to anything. They had no worries at all that anything would happen to them.
They had no involvement in this matter from the beginning to the end, and they were certain... that this disaster would not involve them.
However, the little eunuch's words were like a thunderclap, completely exploding in the hall.
His arm trembled as he pointed at Concubine Liu. "It was...it was Cuirong, the maidservant beside Concubine Liu...she bribed me with a packet of silver and made me give false testimony in order to slander the Imperial Concubine."
"Cui Rong said that Concubine Liu and the Imperial Concubine had an old grudge. If it weren't for the Imperial Concubine, Concubine Liu wouldn't have been demoted..."
Concubine Liu was completely stunned. Her head was buzzing and she stared at the young eunuch with dull eyes.
"You...what are you talking about?"
"I... when did I let Cuirong bribe you to give false testimony to frame the imperial concubine?"
The young eunuch's eyes were filled with resentment. "Can you shirk this responsibility just by talking nonsense, Lady Liu? Anyway, I'm going to die anyway. If that's the case, then I'll die as an apology and prove that what I said is true."
His face was full of determination. He immediately pushed away the palace servants who were holding him and slammed hard into the pillar behind him.
With a bang, the young eunuch's head exploded and he died on the spot.
Blood splattered everywhere, staining the snow-white pillars red.
The concubines in the palace were all frightened and screamed.
The Queen Mother's face turned pale, and she quickly ordered someone to drag the young eunuch's body away.
Concubine Liu's mind went blank. She fell to her knees and kowtowed to the Empress Dowager. "Your Majesty, please understand. I did not instruct this eunuch to slander the Imperial Concubine. I was wrongly accused..."
The Empress Dowager was extremely troubled, and now the pregnant Concubine Liu was involved.
Moreover, after the young eunuch finished his confession, he hit himself on a pillar and died in front of so many people.
His death completely put the blame on Concubine Liu. No matter how she defended herself, she could not clear herself of the injustice.
The Empress Dowager waved her hand and had Consort Liu restrained. "Consort Liu is incredibly audacious. You actually fabricated evidence to slander Consort Yu. This is truly unforgivable. You should be demoted to a commoner and banished to the cold palace. However, considering you are pregnant, I will be a little more lenient. I will demote you to a concubine and confine you to house arrest for six months as a warning to others."
Everything in front of Concubine Liu's eyes went dark. She never thought that she was just there to watch a show, but why was she accused of slandering Concubine Yu?
She didn't do anything.
It was obvious that someone was using her as a stepping stone and making her take the blame.
Liu Guiren was so angry that she couldn't catch her breath and fainted on the spot.
The Queen Mother was worried about the royal heir in her womb, so she quickly sent Concubine Liu back to rest and asked the imperial physician to take her pulse.
After all this hustle and bustle, the Queen Mother's face looked extremely tired.
"Is your Majesty satisfied with my decision?"
"Noble Lady Liu finally gave birth to the Emperor's heir..."
Zhou Lingge glanced at Concubine Rou who lowered her head indifferently. Concubine Rou's trick of shifting the blame to someone else was really powerful.
I'm afraid she had already prepared for failure before she took the lead in all this.
After this incident, she had a clearer understanding of Concubine Rou's scheming and tactics.
Zhou Lingge curled her lips and chuckled softly, "I have nothing to say about the Empress Dowager's decision. As a fellow pregnant concubine, I naturally cannot bear to be too harsh on Concubine Liu."
"For the Empress Dowager's sake, I will not argue with Concubine Liu."
The Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief, finally calming down this evil spirit.
She was just about to say that if that was the case, then let's just go our separate ways. After all this commotion, everything went against what she had thought, and she was really exhausted both physically and mentally.
She shouldn't have gotten involved in the fights among these concubines.
Who knew that the next moment, Eunuch Liu walked in from outside the hall, followed by Qiao'er with red eyes.
The Empress Dowager's mind buzzed. Why was Liu Quan here? Could it be that the Emperor also knew about this?
The maid following behind Liu Quansheng looked like the imperial concubine's personal maid Qiao'er.
The Queen Mother gasped, her heart aching with anger.
Concubine Yu had already sent her maid to inform the emperor?
Isn't this just treating her like a fool?
Liu Quan walked up to the Empress Dowager and bowed, "Your Majesty, I, your servant, have been ordered by Your Majesty to investigate the cause of death of that palace maid."
"Who knew I would meet Qiao'er, one of the Imperial Concubine's companions? She was incredibly clever and quickly found a suicide note hidden on Ling'er's body... His Majesty had already read it, and he specifically instructed me to bring it to the Empress Dowager and the Empress for their review."
The Queen Mother's eyes were filled with surprise.
A suicide note?
Could it be that Ling'er committed suicide, rather than being murdered?
Zhou Shiya's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly had a bad feeling.
Before she could react, she saw Liu Quanxian unfold the suicide note and respectfully present it to the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother took the suicide note and glanced at it quickly.
Then her face darkened, with anger in her eyes, and she looked up at Zhou Shiya.
"Queen... look at what you have done."
As she spoke, she threw the suicide note fiercely at Zhou Shiya.