The passage was gloomy and dark, but in Helianzhi's eyes, it was bright. He walked forward quickly without being affected by the surrounding environment at all. He would walk back and forth on this road every month, and it was already very
Familiar.
Arriving at the door of the stone chamber, Helianzhi pushed open the stone door and looked inside. Zhao Changde's work efficiency was indeed very high. A few steps away from the stone door, there was a woman in ragged clothes lying.
Concubine Yu imprisoned in a secret room.
The reason why Helianzhi didn't kill her was because he thought of this, so he kept her alive until today. After tonight, she will be useless!
Zhao Changde just put Concubine Yu on the ground. Helian refused to move her. He closed his eyes and sat on the edge of the stone bed to calm down, quietly waiting for that moment to come...
When the full moon hung at the highest point, He Lianzhi's eyes suddenly flashed with a blood-red gaze, and the originally rosy face instantly became bloodless. He stood up with pain on his face and walked step by step.
Concubine Yu lying on the ground in a coma.
The moonlight tonight is very beautiful, but it is a pity that he cannot take Cen Xue to watch it together. This is his biggest regret.
The snow-white neck was right next to his mouth. After putting away his last memories with Cen Xue, he opened his mouth and bit her neck with his fangs, sucking the blood from her body.
The taste of blood was far less sweet than Cen Xue's, which made him pause. But the poisonous insects in his body didn't think so. As soon as he stopped, his internal organs felt heart-wrenching pain, and those poisonous insects
It seemed to want to burst out of his abdominal cavity, which was really unbearable for him.
He bit her neck again, and a steady stream of blood entered his body. After the symptoms disappeared, Helianzhi immediately let go and wiped the blood from his mouth. He didn't like the taste of this woman.
Outside the door, Zhao Changde had been waiting for a long time. He estimated the time and realized that the king's enjoyment was over, so he tentatively asked outside the door: "Your Majesty, do you think the body of that bitch needs to be disposed of?"
"Come in, take it out and deal with it." He Lianzhi's cold voice came out.
"According to the decree——"
Zhao Changde asked the few young eunuchs behind him to extinguish the torches and followed him in. After working with the king for so many years, he could now find a sense of direction. He went in with several young eunuchs and found the place quickly.
Concubine Yu's body was carried out.
As usual, Zhao Changde would carry these people out, seal their throats with a sword, and then bury them. It seems that this is the fate of Concubine Yu today. Whoever made her unlucky enough to be involved in Bai Bingxuan's matter deserves to die!
Tonight, Helianzhi spent alone in the stone room. He thought of Cen Xue and hoped that she would have a good dream tonight...
Suzaku had been guarding her in the room. Suddenly, there was an urgent knock on the door. Seeing that it was almost dawn, what could be so urgent?
He picked up the sword on the table and walked forward to open the door. The person knocking on the door was Wen Qing, with a nervous and fearful look on his face. After seeing Zhuque, he said anxiously: "Suzaku guard, something happened in Yuchun Palace, Xiao Guifei is dead."
It’s—”
As soon as the words fell, Wen Qing's eyes turned red, and he continued to say in a broken voice: "Just now, the young eunuch from Yuchun Palace came to report that Concubine Xiao suddenly had a recurrence of her old illness. Before the imperial doctor and Dr. Keser rushed over,
, people have already given up and left. It’s a pity that such a kind-hearted person as Xiao Guifei can be like this..."
"Okay, don't be sad. You go to Eunuch Zhao immediately and ask him to inform the king." Suzaku did not dare to leave here at will, so he could only ask Zhao Changde to make a trip.
"Yes -" Wen Qing wiped his tears, turned around and left.
Zhuque returned to the room and looked at the imperial concubine whose sleeping acupuncture points were tapped. He struggled a bit in his heart and then stepped forward to untie her acupuncture points.
"My Lady, please wake up quickly. Concubine Xiao from Yuchun Palace has just passed away." Suzaku pushed Cen Xue and informed her of the news just reported by Wen Qing.
Cen Xue, who had just woken up from her sleep, seemed to have vaguely heard the words that Concubine Xiao had just passed away. She suddenly opened her eyes and sat up. The person accompanying her was not He Lianzhi, but Suzaku.
It surprised her.
He rubbed his temples and asked with a tired look: "Suzaku, what did you just say?"
"Just now the young eunuch from Yuchun Palace came to report that Concubine Xiao died of an old illness..." Suzaku repeated Wen Qing's words.
This... Cen Xue heard what Zhuque said clearly, how could this be possible? Hasn't it always been good?
For a moment, she couldn't accept this fact. After sitting on the bed and being stunned for a few seconds, she seemed to have returned to reality. She sat down on the bed and put on her shoes in a panic while asking: "Does the king know the news?
"
"Suzaku has asked Eunuch Zhao to report to the king. I believe he will know soon. However, it is not yet dawn, and the king cannot leave the underground palace for the time being." Zhuque helped her stand up and said.
"Well, you and I will go to Yuchun Palace first to see what's going on now. The noble concubine in the palace has died. This is a big deal." With that said, Cen Xue changed into clothes with Zhuque waiting on her and hurried to Yuchun Palace.
The erotic palace rushed over.
There was silence in Yuchun Palace. The maids and eunuchs in the palace knelt silently in front of Xiao Ling'er's bed. When Cen Xue came over and saw this scene, her eyes could not help but feel sour.
"See the Imperial Concubine!!!" So everyone kowtowed to her. Except for the imperial doctor, she was the first one to come over.
Cen Xue waved her hand and asked them all to get up instead of kneeling on the ground. She sat beside Xiao Ling'er's bed and looked at the beauty lying quietly on the bed. She didn't look like a deceased person. She was clearly asleep.
That's all.
Holding her hand, there was still warmth on her skin, but... But Ling'er couldn't come back...
"He Cai, have you invited Dr. Keser? Has Prime Minister Xiao notified you?" Looking at He Cai kneeling beside the bed, she was the one who cried the most sadly.
Hecai sniffed, retracted her cry, kowtowed to Cen Xue and said, "I have already gone to Yongle Palace to ask for Dr. Keser. Yongle Palace is relatively far away, and Dr. Keser hasn't arrived yet. Prime Minister Xiao is in the palace."
In addition, no slaves can leave the palace without a written order."
Cen Xue frowned, but she hadn't informed Xiao Boyi yet?
"I have conveyed the oral instructions of this palace and immediately send people out of the palace to announce the funeral of Prime Minister Xiao, so that Prime Minister Xiao can express his condolences. Then I order each palace to hang up white lanterns and remove all the red silk and red lanterns prepared earlier."
As a big brother, the top priority now is to prepare for Ling'er's death.
"Thank you, Imperial Concubine -" He Cai kowtowed heavily again. Without the master's order, slaves like them would not dare to pay condolences in the palace.
After hearing these words from the imperial concubine, He Cai immediately assigned people to do the work. At this time, Ke Se also arrived. Looking at the situation here, without saying anything, he stepped forward to check Xiao Ling'er's pulse and took it out of the medicine box.
She was given a life-saving pill, but she couldn't swallow it at all and couldn't even drink it with water.
Keser could only choose to use silver needles to stimulate her acupuncture points. The silver needles glowing with silver slowly penetrated into her body and several acupuncture points on her head, but there was still no reaction at all.
Helpless, Keser shook his head and sighed: "I am incompetent and can't be saved."
Xiao Ling'er's old heart disease has been with her since the day she was born. It has been twenty years. It is a miracle that she can survive to this day.
Cen Xue couldn't control her crying anymore. She sat on the edge of the bed and held Xiao Ling'er's hand tightly and cried: "Ling'er, wake up. Although we don't know each other well, you are such a kind and beautiful woman.
, how could you just leave like this? Ling'er..."
Shan Yuwu and Mu Yue, who had just arrived, saw the white lanterns hanging outside the palace gate before they entered. They heard the cries and quickened their pace and ran in.
The two came to the bedside and looked at Ling'er, who had a peaceful face, and pulled Cen Xue, who was in a state of emotion. Perhaps this result would actually relieve Xiao Ling'er.
From now on, she doesn’t have to take medicine every day, and she doesn’t have to worry about one day she will get sick...
"Cen Xue, people often go through this stage of birth, old age, illness and death. Ling'er just went through this process early. Think about it more than ten years later, maybe she will grow into a beautiful girl again." Shan Yuwu
He held her hand and persuaded her.
Yes, eighteen years later she will be a beautiful girl again. I believe she will be healthy and happy at that time.
An hour later, the red silk and red lanterns in the harem turned white. Xiao Boyi came all the way to Yuchun Palace. When he saw his poor sister, tears had already flowed into his stomach. He reached out and gently touched her beautiful girl.
He had cared for her for twenty years, but in the end he could not change her fate of getting sick.
Cen Xue ordered everyone to go out, leaving the last little time for the brother and sister to get together. As the imperial concubine, she also ordered the Ministry of Etiquette to prepare and arrange the funeral of Concubine Xiao overnight.
A few hours later, when the sky turned white and Helianzhi returned to the room, his little girl was no longer in the room. When he lowered his head and thought, she must have gone to Yuchun Palace.
"Come here - take a shower and change clothes!" Helianzhi ordered outside the door. Zhao Changde had already prepared it for the king.
After giving the order, he immediately went in and waited.
"How's it going at Yuchun Palace now?" He didn't rush there immediately. Instead, he went to take a bath and closed his eyes to learn about the situation from Zhao Changde.
"Your Majesty, the imperial concubine rushed over at midnight last night and asked the Ministry of Etiquette to arrange the funeral of Concubine Xiao. Now Prime Minister Xiao and the high priest are in Yuchun Palace." Zhao Changde skillfully served the king and rubbed his back.
Over the past few years, I have watched the king grow up and served him from a young boy to the stalwart man he is today.
"Okay, okay..." Unexpectedly, Cen Xue also shared the household chores with him, but that's right. She will be the queen soon, and it makes sense for her to take care of the affairs of the harem.
It's just that Ling'er passed away at this juncture, and the wedding ten days later will definitely be cancelled. He Lianzhi couldn't explain how he felt. Can he still blame Ling'er for getting sick at this time?
It's not that he is stingy, it's just that getting married to Cen Xue is his wish. Dr. Keser has repeatedly told that the matter cannot be delayed any longer. What should we do now?