C98

Chapter 98 - scapegoats

Qin Luofei did not go out these few days, and only wore her usual clothes around the house. It was so unsuitable for her to see Du Qingcheng.

Qin Luofei had changed into a simple dress train, with tiny flower petals and wide sleeves wrapped in ribbons. She made these clothes herself, and originally wanted to use them to attend the empress dowager's banquet. However, looking at the chaotic situation in the palace, she didn't know if the empress dowager's banquet could still be held as scheduled.

Just as Qin Luofei finished changing her clothes, Du Qingcheng arrived with Ling Tai.

Daihua lifted the curtain, and everyone hurriedly paid their respects. Qin Luofei also fell to the ground. "Chenqie pays her respects to the Empress."

"No, sister." Du Qingcheng supported Qin Luofei as he held her hand and carried her as she made her way to the imperial concubine bed.

"Greetings to concubine." Ling Tai's face became colder and colder, and he looked more and more like his royal father.

Qin Luo Fei looked at Ling Tai, and seeing that he had not seen him for a few days, she really wanted to grow taller. Her cheeks were much better than when she was in Consort Mo, and her clothes were even more delicate.

"I really envy sister. With a son like Ling Tai, I look more and more like the emperor when I look at him. No wonder the empress dowager loves him." Qin Luo Fei personally served Du Qingcheng a cup of tea and placed it in her hands.

Du Qingcheng nodded, she wanted Ling Tai to do it for his own love. Who would have thought that this child Ling Tai was actually very sensible. Lonely in the palace, with him by his side, it had become much less lonely and much warmer.

"Ling Tai is very hardworking, I can't leave him for a while now." Du Qingcheng looked at Ling Tai with an extra trace of love.

"That's why I'm envious of you, sister." Qin Luofei also brought a cup of tea, took two sips, put it down, and repeatedly gave Ling Tai some good food to eat. It was all for fun.

Ling Tai, on the other hand, was only interested in the calligraphies and paintings Qin Luofei had piled on the desk. Since he had nothing else to do in the palace, Qin Luofei had spent most of her time painting and writing.

Ling Tai was painting somewhere, and looking at it, he actually drew him and his matriarch on another. The Concubine Qin drew his matriarch extremely beautifully, and his eyes became focused, as if he was looking at himself gently.

Ling Tai was slightly hurt, but with Du Qingcheng by his side, he did not dare show it. He wanted to bring the painting back, but he was afraid of inconvenience, hence the Concubine Qin guessed his thoughts.

There were also a few pictures of him that were painted by the people who used their heart's effort to paint him as an adorable snowy person, as if he was still by matriarch's side, carefree and carefree.

"Ling'er, what are you looking at? That's how you use your soul. " Du Qingcheng, who was at the side, saw Ling Tai's infatuation, and wanted to stand up but was stopped by Qin Luo Fei, "Big sister, Ling Tai likes calligraphy and paintings. He might really be enchanted by the words' little sister '. Where do I have ink? Ling Tai, if you want to draw, you can do so. "

Du Qingcheng was only curious about what Ling Tai was looking at. Seeing Qin Luofei stall her, what else could he say?

"This Dowager is truly worried about the empress dowager's health." After Du Qingcheng entered the palace, he became much thinner, and even his eyes became gloomy.

This palace was to wear down a woman's youth.

Qin Luofei nodded. The empress dowager only had Jin Yun as her daughter, so it was no wonder that the empress dowager was worried about this matter.

"Elder sister, you have to take care of yourself too. The empress dowager will eventually let it go."

Du Qingcheng put down the teacup in his hand. Seeing that the scar on Qin Luofei's face was still as sinister as before, he didn't seem to be able to recover from it.

"Sister's face, is she still using medicine? Why is she not recovered?"

Qin Luofei touched her own cheek, and said faintly: "Little Sister, you're not a devastatingly beautiful woman in the first place, so even if you destroyed your appearance, it wouldn't matter much. But it's elder sister who should hurry up and give birth to a dragon for the emperor, that's the proper thing to do. "

In the past few days, the palace had been rumoured to have overturned the Consort Shu's name. With the beautiful appearance of the Consort Shu, it was no wonder that the Emperor Ming liked him.

Du Qingcheng's face showed some awkwardness. She had also been in the palace for a few months, but Emperor Ming had only doted on her once; no matter how much he cherished Long'er, as the noble empress, she naturally could not do those actions of hers.

"Elder sister wants to as well, but … This is not something that big sister can decide. "

Qin Luofei nodded slightly, saying, "I heard that there's a temple south of the capital city that prays for the son to be special. Elder sister might as well go pay respects to Buddha, so that I can pray for the empress dowager and the emperor."

Du Qingcheng was ecstatic, and said: "This one also has the same intention, why don't you come with me, sister!"

If not, she would not have invited Du Qingcheng to her own palace. Firstly, it was for Ling Tai, whom she had not seen for a long time, and she was extremely worried for Ling Tai's safety. The second was that she wanted to go out to the palace to hear news of her brother.

As a concubine, she naturally could not leave the palace easily, but the empress was different. He could pray and leave the palace.

"Thank you elder sister, I was bored staying in the palace and was just about to go out for a walk."

Du Qingcheng nodded, he once again raised his cup of tea and slowly tasted it, then said: "Little sister, do you know Huan Beauty?"

Qin Luofei was startled, why did Du Qingcheng suddenly ask about the Huan Beauty. Qin Luofei nodded and said, "I've seen her a few times, her looks are also quite unique."

Qin Luofei's tone was neither cold nor indifferent, causing Du Qingcheng to be unable to make out anything. Since the women in the cold palace were not favored by the Emperor, no one paid them any attention.

"That day, I met her. I never would have thought that she would be so beautiful. However, I saw that she had a large waist, so I felt that it was very inappropriate." Du Qingcheng said coldly.

Qin Luofei felt that this matter would eventually let people know, because there wasn't much to hide in the Huan Beauty, even if she wanted to, she wouldn't be able to. Although she didn't have to pay respects to the empress every 15 years, there were many banquets in the palace. As long as the empress didn't pardon her, she still had to take the seats, so it was hard to avoid others noticing.

"Inappropriate? "Elder sister means …" Qin Luofei looked at Du Qingcheng with doubt in his eyes.

Du Qingcheng lowered his voice and said: "This one suspects that she is pregnant, so I want you to go visit her and investigate."

Qin Luofei almost vomited a mouthful of blood. She was using Du Qingcheng to leave the palace, and Du Qingcheng had also assigned her a good job.

If Huan Beauty got pregnant, the child would definitely be the emperor's. Judging from the attitude of the Emperor Ming towards him, he was clearly protecting her on purpose and preventing her from getting involved with the palace. If there was anything wrong with the child in Huan Beauty's stomach, he would be the scapegoat.

"The Empress really likes to joke around. The Huan Beauty is currently living in the Cold Palace, how could there be a situation like this? Didn't our emperor not spoil her ever since he entered the palace?" How could she be pregnant? " Qin Luofei gave all kinds of excuses, she did not want to get involved in this mess.

Du Qingcheng liking her was her problem. She was not pregnant yet? He wanted to exterminate all the pregnant concubine s in the palace, using ruthless means.

Du Qingcheng sneered, and said: "This one is not afraid of the emperor's child that she bears, but is afraid that she will ruin the child of someone else. This kind of ugly thing cannot happen in the palace, you have to prevent it before it happens."

Qin Luofei sucked in a breath of cold air, Du Qingcheng's words blocked Huan Beauty's way. Even if she was pregnant with someone else's child, she could still say it out loud. How could someone casually go to the Cold Palace?

Qin Luofei didn't say anything, only sipping the tea.

The green soup of the tea leaves reflected Qin Luofei's wrinkled face.

This deal was too uneconomical.

"Little sister, are you not willing to help big sister?" Du Qingcheng's face turned cold, even Ling Tai who was at the side felt that something was amiss.

When she saw that there was only Du Qingcheng and her in the room, she lowered her voice and said, "Elder sister, there is no need to be like this. If the child in her womb is the emperor's, and right now the sons of the palace are withering, then perhaps the emperor is deliberately protecting the Huan Beauty. At that time, how will Big Sister be able to control himself? "

Since Du Qingcheng pretended to be confused by her words, she could only speak to her honestly. He didn't want to become the scapegoat in the end.

"How could that be? Didn't my sister say that she hasn't been pampered for a long time? " Du Qingcheng's face turned even colder.

Qin Luofei smiled faintly and said, "Elder sister, did you forget that even though the emperor is the son of heaven and is also a man, all men like to cheat, so the elder sister can guarantee that the emperor doesn't have this kind of hobby?"

With that, Du Qingcheng was blocked.

Seeing Du Qingcheng's stiff face, Qin Luofei knew that she still couldn't get rid of this matter, so she said: "Elder sister, don't worry, I still need to bear some of your burden. How about we travel the entire garden together that day, where little sister's eyes will always be murky, with so many older sister's eyes better than little sister's."

As she said till here, Qin Luofei had already given in. Du Qingcheng didn't want to push too far, so he nodded.

After seeing that she had finished speaking, and that there was no longer any need to stay, Du Qingcheng got up and said his goodbyes. Qin Luofei also felt tired, and didn't want to pester her any longer.

"Ling Tai." Qin Luofei walked to Ling Tai's side and caressed Ling Tai's hair, then held onto Ling Tai's fingers and gently said: "Ling Tai, you have to be filial to the empress, the empress has put in great effort for your studies."

Ling Tai nodded his head, Du Qingcheng was watching by the side, not saying a word.

After Du Qingcheng and Ling Tai left, Qin Luofei returned to the room dejectedly.

Qin Luofei secretly called Zi Yuan to her room, whispered a few words into her ear, and said: "You must be careful, and take action when the opportunity presents itself."

Zi Yuan nodded her head, and said: "I have already completed the task at this time."

Qin Luofei nodded, although Zi Yuan was hshe personal servant, she was someone the Mo family had sent to her side. She could tell from Zi Yuan's actions and demeanor, not to mention her martial arts, he could be considered as her personal servant in the palace.

She felt that although Du Qingcheng was intelligent, he had also misled others. As a noble empress, she only needed to wholeheartedly beg for her son. With regards to the other concubine s, she shouldn't use such methods and it shouldn't be beneficial to her.

During the night, when Zi Yuan went out to do some work, Qin Luofei was very worried, she did not sleep well, and waited for a few incense's worth of time before Zi Yuan returned.

Zi Yuan changed her clothes, then went back to Qin Luofei's room, and said in a low voice: "Indeed as concubine guessed, there are imperial bodyguards by the side of Huan Beauty's palace, and this servant almost didn't come back. Their martial arts are not bad, but fortunately they didn't see my face clearly."