"What?" Xianyue exclaimed and ran out immediately. As soon as she stepped out of the threshold, she saw Zhou Quan lying on his back on the ground with a wide wound on his forehead. Blood was trickling down from there and pooling on the ground.
A pool of blood.
"How...how could this happen..." Xianyue murmured, suddenly her voice became sharp, she pointed at Qiao Yan'er and the others and said, "Who is it? Who killed Zhou Quan?!"
Qiao Yan'er and others hurriedly knelt down and said that it had nothing to do with them. Madam Hu wiped the tears from her eyes and said softly: "Mother, no one killed Zhou Quan. He was the one who hit the pillar himself."
"Impossible!" Xianyue said excitedly: "Why would he want to..."
Xianyue suddenly stopped talking, and the next moment, tears slowly poured out of her eyes, leaving twists and turns and crystal traces on her face; she understood that Zhou Quan did not want her to argue with Hongli to save his life, so
He died when he touched the pillar. After he died, all disagreements and disputes were naturally over.
She knelt down and looked at Zhou Quan's slightly raised lips. It was hard to imagine how much perseverance and determination a person needed to kill himself; and how many joyful things it would take to make a person happy.
When facing death, he still smiles.
She remembered that that year, she met Zhou Quan for the first time in the cold palace. The latter was mean and harsh to her, and he would not even give them a dry bedding, but after all... Zhou Quan had a good nature.
, so after she was raped by crazy woman Chen
When Zhichun was entangled with the family, Zhou Quan told Zhichun about Chen's origins, so that she could think of ways to appease Chen. Later, when Zhichun was seriously ill and in danger, Zhou Quan notified Qi Kuan on her behalf, so that Qi Kuan could invite Song Zihua to save Zhichun.
life.
She said that she would never forget this kindness; in fact, she did not forget it. When she was reset, she transferred Zhou Quan to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then step by step, she went from steward to deputy general manager to general manager.
She thought it was good for Zhou Quan to be promised a high position and glory, but now it seems that she was the one who pushed Zhou Quan to a dead end step by step, and now... Zhou Quan died to protect her!
Just as she said to Zhou Quan before, if Zhou Quan had not been transferred out of the cold palace, there would not have been the disaster today; but... it is too late to say anything now, everything cannot be turned back or changed...
"Since Zhou Quan is dead, let this matter end here." It was Hongli who spoke. His eyes passed over the thin back under the splendid clothes, and a trace of reluctance passed through his heart. He said: "Although Zhou Quan is a heinous criminal, Gu Nian
Since he has been in the palace for more than 20 years and has always been quite diligent, he is allowed to be buried after his death." After that, he said to Si Xi: "I ordered someone to take Zhou Quan out of the palace and bury him."
"I obey the order." Si Xi understood that Hongli did this out of consideration for Xianyue's favor and made an exception. In the past, if someone died in the palace, it would not be said that he had made a mistake, even if he died suddenly due to an accidental illness, let alone a mistake.
, they are just dragged to mass graves, and they are not qualified to be laid to rest.
Just as Si Xi summoned people to carry Zhou Quan's body down, wailing sounds suddenly came from the left and right, and then two figures ran over, half running and half crawling. Who else could it be if it wasn't Zheng Jiu and Xiao Chengzi? They
The bodies of both of them were covered with scars from whipping. The palace servant who hurriedly chased them still had a whip in his hand. Seeing that Hongli and Xiayue were there, he didn't dare to be presumptuous, so he put away the whip and stepped aside.
"Manager!" The two of them stumbled to Zhou Quan's body. They had followed Zhou Quan for several years, and now they suddenly saw Zhou Quan dead, how could they not be sad.
Zheng Jiu sobbed: "Why, why did the manager die? Obviously...I didn't say anything, obviously no one should know..." At this point, he suddenly looked at Xiao Chengzi with an angry look and said sternly: "It's you
, it was you who betrayed the general manager
Isn't that right?" Without waiting for Xiao Chengzi to say anything, he said bitterly: "I told the manager a long time ago that you can't be trusted, but the manager believed in you and said that you would not betray him. It turns out that you are indeed a treacherous villain.
How can you live up to the manager by doing this?"
"I didn't!" Xiao Chengzi burst into tears and said something that shocked everyone, "I haven't done anything to offend the manager, and I haven't even said a word. Otherwise, I will be struck by lightning and die!
"As if he felt that this oath was not strong enough, he said cruelly: "If I betray the manager, even if I am reincarnated, I will be a slave for the rest of my life and never have a chance to succeed!"
Xianyue was shaken, walked up to Xiao Chengzi, and said with cold eyes: "What did you say, say it again!"
Xiao Chengzi thought that she didn't believe him, so he cried: "Even if I say it ten times, it will still be the same. I have not betrayed the general manager. If he makes false claims, he will live forever..."
"That's enough!" Xianyue suddenly interrupted him. After looking at it, she walked up to Hongli and said with a trembling voice: "The emperor said that Xiao Chengzi's confession was a lie, right?"
Hongli sighed slightly, nodded and said: "That's right, Xiao Chengzi didn't say anything. I found out that his confession didn't match up with Zheng Jiu's, so I was suspicious and deliberately said that he had confessed to test the truth. As a result...
…Zhou Quan is indeed the one who instigated all this.”
Xianyue's voice was sharp and authentic: "The emperor is the most powerful person in the world. You have no words to say. How can you do this?"
Her question made Hongli a little angry. After trying hard to suppress it, he said coldly: "If not, how can I force Na Zhou Quan to tell the truth? I have no choice."
"What a last resort!" Xianyue sneered repeatedly. The next moment, a cold light shot out from her eyes, and she said in a forced voice: "When Chang Le died, why didn't the emperor have no choice? When the late empress was found to have done evil, how could she not see the emperor had no choice?
?”
Over the years, she has always been considerate, gentle and virtuous in front of Hongli, but Nala Xianyue has never been a submissive person who repays evil with kindness; it is her nature to repay kindness and revenge;
It was only because he loved Hongli so much that he tried his best to suppress his true nature. Because of this, after Fucha Mingyu's death, Hongli wanted to take care of his posthumous affairs, but he only silently agreed without a word of objection.
"You!" Hongli glared at her, his nostrils slightly flared, anger burning in his eyes. After a long time, he suppressed it again and said to Qi Kuan in a cold voice: "The queen is tired, help her back to Kunning Palace to rest immediately."
Qi Kuan took a step forward and whispered in Xianyue's ear: "Master, the reason why Zhou Quan committed suicide is because he didn't want to see his master arguing with the emperor for him and causing trouble. Please bear with your grief for a while. What's the matter?
Let’s talk about it later!”
"Forbearance?" Xianyue sneered, "Haven't I endured enough over the years? Watching the people around me die one by one, I can only endure it!" She staggered back a few steps.
Stepping forward, he murmured and shook his head: "That's enough, that's really enough."