C84

Chapter 84 - Lunatics

"You lunatic. Scram! I knew you were going to curse me to death! Scram! I don't want to see you! I'll get this woman out of here!" concubine Ning suddenly roared loudly like a madman.

Qin Luofei stood up, and looked back at the concubine Ning one last time. Seeing that the concubine Ning's eyes were also looking at her, Qin Luofei slightly nodded, and followed Xiao Qingzi out.

"You crazy woman, your death is near at hand, yet you're scaring your benefactor to such an extent. In a while, I'll let you have as much pain as possible." After Xiao Qingzi said this, he left the prison cell with Qin Luofei.

concubine Ning looked eagerly at Qin Luofei's back figure. He opened his finger and saw a piece of paper inside. The handwriting was beautiful, it was clearly the handwriting of the Empress Du Qingcheng. There was also a pill, an extremely small one. It had been pinched between Qin Luofei's fingers the entire time and was thus not found by the eunuch.

concubine Ning finally understood Qin Luofei's intentions. Even though he had taken advantage of him for free, it was still worth it before he died.

She had never seen her being such a vicious and merciless person before. Perhaps, only such a person could live in this palace that eats people, while she herself had acted as someone else's scapegoat for death.

had the empress dowager's protection, so nothing bad would happen to him, but he would definitely part ways with her and the alliance of the Consort Mo.

What he was afraid of was not the alliance between the palace, but the imperial court. If the Du Family and the Mo Family were to form an alliance, it would be fatal for the families of the other concubine.

It was hard to say, but the empress dowager had not ordered them to do it this time. They wanted to get rid of the child in Imperial Consort Leng's womb, so they sacrificed themselves.

In reality, with the First Prince in her hands, it was the most suitable choice to poison the son of the Imperial Consort Leng. No matter what, she would probably be the scapegoat for death.

concubine Ning hid the pill well and then placed the slip of paper into his own sleeve.

When Qin Luofei came out from the dungeon, she saw that the Eunuch Qin was even more relaxed and proud. She was envious of this eunuch. When she was a queen in the palace, he was already a consul eunuch, and now that he was the leader of the Imperial Consort Leng, he was still a consul eunuch.

"Thank you, Eunuch Qin. This foster son of yours, Xiao Qingzi, really suits my wishes, but unfortunately, my temple cannot accommodate him, otherwise let him become my chief eunuch." Qin Luofei walked outside as she said this, with Xiao Qingzi following closely behind, sending them out of the courtyard gate.

"Thank you, Concubine Qin, for your praise. Xiao Qingzi will be waiting for you." Xiao Qingzi looked left and right, and spoke with a suppressed voice.

Qin Luofei stopped walking, smiled and said: "I can't compare to your master's wealth, and I can't compare to your master's safety."

"Wealth comes only from danger." said respectfully, from today onwards, he felt that this Concubine Qin was not simple. Although she was only a small concubine now, what could possibly happen in the future?

The palace is full of variables.

Qin Luofei nodded slightly, saying, "I'll remember your words, you can go back now!"

After Xiao Qingzi saw that Qin Luo Fei and Xi Hua had left far away, he returned to Eunuch Qin's side and secretly stuffed the silver in his sleeves into Eunuch Qin's hands.

The Eunuch Qin didn't need to look to know that the Concubine Qin was a generous person. He was just a mere little general's daughter, where did the money come from? Then, he thought about how Concubine Qin's mother's clan had returned. He heard that it was a family as wealthy as a nation.

It was no wonder that Concubine Qin was so generous with her strong support.

Only by having a pillar in the palace would it be possible to accomplish such a thing.

Not long after Qin Luofei returned to the palace, a message came in, saying that concubine Ning had changed his mind and insisted that it was Consort Mo who had instructed her to do it. The Emperor was furious, he gave up on the Consort Mo's feet, and wanted to investigate even more strictly.

Soon after, he received news that concubine Ning had committed suicide by consuming a poison. It was said that his entire body had turned black, the poison dissolved in his mouth, and he had died instantly, but there was no pain at all, and his face was even better than normal.

Qin Luofei was no longer a kind person in this life. She had avenged herself by ruthlessly slapping those people who framed her with her final death.

The people who framed them were only those on the Empress's side, and the Imperial Consort Leng herself. Regardless of which side they were on, they would not hesitate to step on other people's blood in order to strengthen their position in the palace.

Even though Du Qingcheng had a good relationship with her, this kind of relationship was after all, not like her and Luo Ziyan, who were telepathic.

The slip of paper on concubine Ning's body had disappeared without a trace. Qin Luofei had long known that this was the result, and that the note must have been taken by the empress. This was evidence against the empress, and also showed that the empress dowager's people were present in the Internal Torture Division.

Perhaps the empress dowager wasn't the only one. Naturally, there were other people from the palace as well. She wasn't curious, so she washed herself clean as well.

But looking at the strength of the Consort Mo and Du Qingcheng, they were probably not as intimate as they were in the past.

Qin Luofei placed all the petals she had collected on the way back into a small porcelain bowl. She crushed them with a small stick made out of incense wood, making the juice so that the chrysanthemum could be dried on the windowsill and used to mix the rouge.

Miss Duskgold looked indifferent, but she felt that something was amiss.

"Miss, if you're depressed, then go and chat with Miss Luo. Don't hold yourself back and let her get sick."

Qin Luofei shook her head, she was only worried about Ling Tai, and did not know whether the Consort Mo would love him or not.

In the evening, Dusk Blossom went to the imperial kitchens to bring back the news that the Emperor had flipped through Luo Ziyan's signboard today. Qin Luofei was happy for her. She knew that she missed the Emperor Ming and hoped that she would become pregnant with a dragon. She also had someone to rely on in this harem.

This shocking incident that happened in the harem silently ended with concubine Ning's death. Queen Du was still grounded, but she was not affected because of concubine Ning's random biting.

After a few more days, the emperor no longer looked at any of the concubine's tablets. Other than visiting the Imperial Consort Leng, he had always been accompanied by Luo Ziyan. With Luo Ziyan's gentle personality, it was just enough to ease the grief Emperor Ming felt from the loss of his prince.

Luo Ziyan had also become a concubine and her position had risen by one level, becoming a true fifth rank Ming Hua.

Once the palace was at ease, Qin Luofei practiced calligraphy and painting without a problem and lived a comfortable life.

Princess Jing Yun had come here twice and had been humiliated by Third Young Master. Jing Yun clearly had a fiery temper and didn't even give face to the emperor, but he was held back by the third young master. Princess Jing Yun didn't even dare to act like she was angry in front of the third young master.

Qin Luofei was also speechless, and she couldn't help Jing Yun either. There were several times when he ran into Third Young Master on patrol in the palace, but Third Young Master didn't even raise his eyebrows. He was as cold as ice and panicked just by looking at her.

"Miss, Queen Du invites Miss to go to Cool Hall." Daffodil Daydream opened the curtain and walked in, panting. In her hand, she was holding a bowl of bird's nest soup that had just been stewed.

"Queen Du." Could it be that Queen Du had already been fully explained?

"I heard that yesterday, the Emperor and the Prince Jing got drunk and went to Cool Hall. I don't know what happened, but they favoured the Queen Du, and today, they pardoned the Queen Du."

"So that's how it is. Daffodil Dayflower, go prepare some strange things, I'll bring them to the empress." The emperor had always hated the empress, so how could he suddenly favor the empress? If the Imperial Consort Leng knew about this, it would probably cause more strife.

Qin Luofei had changed into a more gorgeous set of clothes, and wrapped a light muslin around her waist. The bright and beautiful yellow dress train looked especially gorgeous while it was in the verdant color.

Sunflower and Zi Yuan carried the things they selected and followed Qin Luofei to the empress's Cool Hall.

Entering the courtyard of the Cool Hall, Qin Luofei saw a few maid s tidying up the flowers in the courtyard, but did not see any other concubine. He couldn't help but feel puzzled.

maid, who was beside Du Qingcheng, walked out. When he saw Qin Luofei, he immediately smiled and came up to his: "Greetings to Concubine Qin. The Empress was just nagging at him, and she fell down."

"Jinmei, why haven't we seen the other concubine? Could it be that I came early?" Qin Luofei tilted her head and smiled coquettishly.

Jinmei had met Qin Luofei a few times before entering the palace and was very familiar with her. She knew that she was close to her mistress, so she said, "My Empress only invited one of concubine. Esteemed Empress was really impatient. "

Du Qingcheng, actually only invited him. Qin Luofei tidied up her clothes and let Flower and Zi Yuan wait for her outside.

Daihua passed the things in her hands to the maid s who were chatting idly, and and herself went to the palace maid's room to wait.

The Plum Blossom opened the curtain and invited Qin Luofei in to make tea.

Qin Luofei walked into the palace. was wearing only a wrapping dress, and a bright yellow jacket was draped over the outside. He looked at the woman, and shook his head as he looked.

"Greetings to the empress." Qin Luofei took a step forward and bowed slightly.

Du Qingcheng put down the woman in his hands, straightened his body, and got off the bed. He helped Qin Luofei up, and laughed: "Little sister, why do you have to bother with others?

Qin Luofei smiled but didn't speak. After a while, she said, "The empress has great fortune, how could it be? "The emperor still dotes on the empress, so he won't let her do anything."

Du Qingcheng's face was a little more gorgeous than usual. He grabbed onto Qin Luofei's hand and scolded: "Little sister, you still don't know the emperor's heart, and you're still laughing at big sister. Big sister truly dotes on you for nothing."

Qin Luo Fei let Du Qingcheng drag her to the imperial concubine bed s and sit down.

"I heard that elder sister and the emperor have made peace. I'm really happy for elder sister, so I specially prepared some thin gifts for elder sister. I hope she doesn't mind."

"What are you talking about, sister." Du Qingcheng took the gift that Qin Luofei had given him and carefully played with it. It was all very fine and delicate things, which suited her very well.

"Just now, the imperial physician reported that Consort Mo is pregnant." Du Qingcheng took another sip of the tea, and said slowly:

Qin Luofei's brows moved slightly, her subordinates didn't stop at that. Lightly taking a sip of tea, she smiled and said, "It's really hard to get pregnant for her. Your majesty will definitely be very happy for her sake."

"Naturally." Du Qingcheng placed the cup in his hand on the table.

Qin Luofei thought of her previous life, when she was a noble empress and had a mother's etiquette, but no one knew that she was the empress's sore point. Seeing her beloved being favored by other concubine, yet having to pretend to be magnanimous and vindictive was really hard work because of palace rules. It was the same for Du Qingcheng, who clearly hated her to death, yet still sent her royal physician to see Consort Mo.