Chapter 393: The Concubine Who Was Buried with the Emperor VS The Ruthless and Romantic Emperor 41
The more Concubine Lu thought about it, the more nervous she became. She didn't care about getting angry at this moment, and said to Cuiwei beside her, "Go, find someone to keep an eye on Lu Xi for me, and report any movement immediately. This matter must not be traced back to me."

"Also, go and tell Xiao Qingzi secretly to be more alert, but don't let him reveal his true identity."

Cuiwei quickly responded, "Yes, Madam, I will arrange it right away."

Afterwards, he respectfully withdrew from his work.

The night is clear and the moon and stars are sparse.

After Xiao Qingzi came back from the cold palace, she quietly slipped back to the Xinghua Palace.

He came to the outside of Yu Yao's bedroom and said softly, "My lady, I have already done what you ordered."

Yu Yao was lying on the bed, not asleep. When she heard the voice coming from outside the door, she opened her eyes slightly and said, "Well done. You can go down and rest first. Be careful these few days."

"Yes, ma'am."

Xiao Qingzi quietly retreated.

Inside the house, the candlelight flickered.

Yu Yao turned her gaze to Liuli who was waiting beside her and ordered, "Liuli, send someone to look around Fengyi Palace. If there is any disturbance, report to me immediately."

"Your Highness, do you suspect that the Queen has also been involved?"

Liuli asked, eyes widening in shock.

"I just have this suspicion. It's always a good idea to ask people to be more careful."

She glanced at Liuli and frowned.

"Okay, I understand. I'll have someone watch secretly."

Liuli nodded slightly, respectfully accepted the order and left.

Yu Yao lay on the bed, closed her eyes and tried to sleep, but her mind was still racing.

The queen has no children and is only in her early twenties, very young. Under such circumstances, how could she tolerate another concubine giving birth to a eldest son first?
Although the eldest son is not as noble as the legitimate son, under certain circumstances, he is also qualified to compete for the throne.

For example, there is no legitimate son, or the legitimate son is not so outstanding.

Didn’t you see that in the early years of Kangxi, when his first empress, Hesheli, was still alive, few children in the harem survived.

The only surviving eldest prince Yinzhi was sent out of the palace by Concubine Hui to be raised when he was a child, and only returned to the palace when he was about to enter the study.

One can imagine how horrible the harem struggles were at that time.

She just didn't believe that the queen would be so generous as to tolerate another concubine giving birth to the eldest son.

"Tongtong, is there any shadow of the Queen behind this matter?"

She turned over and slept, asking the system in her heart.

The system did not hide it, "Your suspicion is correct. Although the queen did not take action personally, she also fanned the flames behind the scenes."

"Sure enough."

Yu Yao understood, and a cold light flashed in her eyes.

She didn't say anything else, asked someone to blow out the candle, closed her eyes, and soon fell asleep.

At the same time, Lu Xi was investigating the harem with a few young eunuchs.

They came to the cold palace, and a young eunuch noticed something strange near the dry well, "Eunuch, look over there."

Lu Xi walked over with a frown. The dry well was deep and it was difficult to see clearly at night.

He asked the eunuch beside him to go down and take a look.

After a while.

The young eunuch who went down to the dry well found the disguised corpse.

The body was quickly recovered.

Lu Xi came over to take a look, and seeing the wounds on the body and the items from Yingyue Palace, he understood, "Humph, it is indeed related to Yingyue Palace."

He had long guessed that this matter was related to Concubine Lu, so he kept investigating in this direction, but he didn't expect it to be true.

As the night deepened, the flickering candlelight inside Fengyi Palace illuminated the Queen's gloomy face.

Upon hearing that Yu Yao's dragon fetus was safe and sound and that she was promoted because of it, the queen placed the teacup in her hand heavily on the table, making a crisp sound and breaking the silence in the room.

"What a waste! This Concubine Lu is really incapable of doing anything good, and is always more likely to cause trouble."

The queen cursed in a low voice, her face extremely ugly, "I thought this matter would be handled perfectly, and I could use it to get rid of that bitch's belly, but I didn't expect it."

She turned around and instructed the maid standing beside her, "Madame Qin, go and handle this cleanly. Make sure the emperor doesn't notice that I'm behind this."

As for what will happen to Concubine Lu next, what does it have to do with her?

"Yes, my lady, I will do it right away."

Nanny Qin bowed and accepted the order, then quietly retreated.

Emperor Jing did not turn over the card tonight. After finishing his official business, he went to Xinghua Palace to see Yu Yao.

She wanted to go directly there, but thinking that her promotion today had already been very conspicuous, she changed into a nightgown and quietly went to the Xinghua Palace.

Xinghua Palace, the night is deep.

Yu Yao had already gone to bed, but she was not asleep and was drowsy. When Emperor Jing saw that the lights were off in the room, he knew that she had gone to bed.

Without disturbing anyone, he quietly entered the house, took off his coat, and lay down beside her quietly.

Looks gentle.

It carries the coolness of the night and the pleasant smell of ambergris.

When Yu Yao smelled the ambergris, she knew it was the Dog Emperor.

She didn't open her eyes, but just leaned into his arms, murmured, and continued to sleep with her eyes closed.

Emperor Jing chuckled, "He was sleeping very soundly."

He reached out and hugged her tighter, then stared at her sideways, his eyes gentle and full of affection.

At this moment, a few rays of moonlight shone in from outside the house, falling on her delicate and beautiful little face, gentle and peaceful.

Her long eyelashes trembled slightly like butterfly wings, and her skin was as delicate and white as mutton-fat jade, yet also a little pale.

Emperor Jing saw her slightly pale face and felt very distressed.

Even though we tried our best to protect her, she still got into danger and almost lost her child.

He couldn't imagine how sad she would be and how sad he would be if the child was gone.

He hugged her tighter, resting his head on top of hers, and whispered, "Yao'er, I'm sorry. I failed to protect you and let you suffer this kind of harm."

He regretted and blamed himself in his heart, wondering why he didn't arrange more people to protect her.

Yu Yao was not completely asleep. She could hear the Dog Emperor's low mumbling in her ears. The voice floated from above her head. Although the voice was small, every word was audible.

She was a little uncomfortable with the Dog Emperor suddenly becoming so sentimental.

You said you would just go for sex and not love, but suddenly you are playing with real heart. Is this a sign of a prodigal son returning to his true love?

Or should you love someone truly while continuing to have affairs?
She felt complicated inside, so she simply stopped listening to the Dog Emperor's muttering and soon fell asleep in a daze.

As the night grew deeper, Emperor Jing was also feeling a little sleepy. Seeing the woman in his arms sleeping soundly, he smiled slightly, gently kissed her on the lips, and left immediately.

Then he hugged her and fell asleep.

It was not until dawn that Emperor Jing opened his eyes slightly and glanced at the woman who was still sleeping in his arms.

He then left quietly, and no one noticed except the palace guards hiding in the dark.

After the morning court session, Emperor Jing returned to the imperial study to handle government affairs.

Lu Xi hurried over, holding a copy of the investigation results that he had found overnight, and knelt on the ground, saying respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have something important to report."

Emperor Jing did not raise his head, still reviewing the memorial in his hand, and said in a cold voice: "Speak."

Lu Xi did not dare to neglect and said hurriedly: "After a detailed investigation by me, there was something strange about the danger that Empress Qin Zhaorong encountered. Someone spilled oil on the road where the Empress passed by, and even the key parts of the sedan chair that the Empress was riding in were tampered with, which caused the Empress to fall from the sedan chair."

"You are so brave, can you find out who did this?"

Emperor Jing's face was gloomy. He slammed the memorial in his hand onto the imperial desk, stood up, looked at Lu Xi with a cold expression, and asked.

Seeing the emperor angry, Lu Xi naturally did not dare to hide anything and quickly said, "It was Concubine Lu who ordered the maid Cuiwei beside her to bribe a young eunuch in the Xinghua Palace, and asked the young eunuch to tamper with Qin Zhaorong's sedan chair and sprinkle oil on the road where Qin Zhaorong passed. When I found the two young eunuchs, I found that they had been killed and their bodies were thrown into the dry well in the cold palace. There were also items from the Yingyue Palace on their bodies."

Having said this, he lowered his head and trembled with fear, as if he predicted that a storm was about to come.

"Concubine Lu, what a Concubine Lu, it turned out to be her."

Emperor Jing laughed in anger, his voice as cold as ice, "Pass on my decree, Concubine Lu will be demoted to a commoner, banished to the cold palace, and beaten to death. Her maid Cuiwei will also be beaten to death to serve as a warning to others."

Lu Xi looked up in shock and astonishment. He had thought that Concubine Lu would be banished to the cold palace, and he had also thought that the emperor would order her death, but he had never thought that she would be beaten to death with sticks.

Generally speaking, no matter how big a mistake a concubine in the harem made, the emperor would give her some face, and the way she died would be either white silk, poisoned wine, or a dagger.

Being beaten to death with sticks is a very undignified way for a slave to die.

Lu Xi felt sad in his heart. Concubine Lu was once favored and very powerful, but he never expected that she would end up in such a miserable way.

The emperor is ruthless, and this statement is really true.

Lu Xi didn't dare to think any more and quickly took the order and retreated.

Just as he was about to leave the imperial study, he saw the queen come in, wearing a phoenix robe, looking dignified and elegant.

When the Queen came in, she noticed that the atmosphere in the Imperial Study was not right. The Emperor's face was also very ugly and gloomy.

She was nervous and wondered if she had come at the wrong time.

But now that I'm here, I can't back out.

"I, my concubine, see you, Your Majesty. May Your Majesty be blessed with peace and prosperity."

The Queen put her thoughts aside and bowed with great grace.

Emperor Jing looked at the Queen with a cold expression, "What is the matter with your visit, Queen?"

The queen felt the emperor's cold gaze and her heart tightened. She said respectfully, "Didn't the emperor ask me to handle the matter of Concubine Shu and Concubine Yu yesterday? I'm here to report the result."

Emperor Jing frowned. He was already in a bad mood, and when he found out that such a small matter had to be reported to him, he scolded him without any mercy.

"You have to report even this little thing to me. What do you do as a queen? You are so useless. If you can't do it well, I don't mind letting someone else do it."

The Queen was caught in a trap. Under normal circumstances, even if Emperor Jing was dissatisfied, he would not scold her like this.