The First Empress - Chapter 117

Chapter 117 Sou Gong
Not long after, Han Xiuyi arrived at Cloud Phoenix Hall.

“Han Shanggong, there are a few things I don’t know that you can answer?” Linglong asked straightforwardly. Han Shanggong had always been neutral, but he had known Linglong for a long time and was willing to lose. Secondly, she knew that Linglong was an obedient person who was willing to help Linglong.

“Your Highness, if you have any instructions, I will tell you what I know.” Maid Han raised his head slightly and looked at Linglong.

Linglong stretched out her hand to sweep her hair like a cloud and said, “I wonder if any imperial concubine or palace maid from the palace had bought cotton thread from the palace a few days ago. It’s red.”

Maid Han’s face was a little pale. “Why does the Empress ask this?”

When Linglong noticed Han Shanggong’s hesitation, a beautiful smile immediately bloomed on Yan Ruwo’s face. “This palace is merely asking a question. Left and right will not drag down Your Highness. Your Highness can rest assured to answer.”

Maid Han glanced at Linglong. She was willing to believe in Linglong’s starting point. Then she said, “What’s the use of the Empress asking this?”

Linglong roughly said a few words about her current situation. Han Shangdong had also sensed the danger. After hearing this, she was shocked. “Isn’t Empress Zhao Yuan going too far?”

Han Shanggong also knew how to judge appearances. At this time, he took out an account book from his sleeve and handed it to Linglong. “This account book contains all the expenditures and backfilling for this month. It’s already clear at a glance. The Empress will understand after reading it. This servant also spoke lightly. I’m afraid that when the time comes, she won’t be able to help the Empress. Instead, she will be coaxed into a crime. So … “Han Shanggong hesitantly paused and looked at Linglong with a pleading look in her eyes. Linglong naturally understood what Han Shanggong meant. Lan Shuyu was currently pampered like this. Who had just fought against her?

If the tiger wasn’t a reverse-type dog, Han Shanggong would naturally be a thorn in his side.

Han Shanggong didn’t feel the same way about Linglong’s danger. Similarly, Han Shanggong couldn’t understand Linglong’s current predicament for a while.

“Imperial concubine Shang Gong, don’t worry. When the time comes, this palace will only say that it is a book transferred from the Imperial Constabulary. It has nothing to do with Imperial concubine Shang Gong.” Linglong raised her eyes slightly to look at the expenditure. There was also the signature of the palace maid Shaling on it. Seeing this, her brows finally relaxed a little.

Han Xiuyi was also a smart person. Hearing Linglong’s words, she was naturally overjoyed and overjoyed.

Linglong Chen Han Shanggong’s feelings. When Han Shanggong left, Linglong expressed her gratitude and wrapped up the onion strips. Han Shanggong did not push her to leave with Xie Chen.

Linglong was secretly shocked. Relying on this wasn’t enough to relieve the tit-for-tat situation. After Han Shanggong left, Linglong asked Qin’er to find the Imperial Heavenly Chancellor. The Imperial Heavenly Chancellor’s eunuch, Zhang He, entered the Cloud Phoenix Palace.

“Is it forbidden for me to suppress victory in the palace?” Linglong asked.

Qin Tian Jian raised his eyebrows and looked at Ling Long with an unusually strange gaze. He hesitated and said, “What did Your Highness say?”

Linglong’s long story was short. She only said a few insignificant words and brought the topic to this point. Eunuch Zhang’s eyebrows were almost stirred up. “Niang Niang, I’ve only heard of the method of suppressing victory before. If Niang Niang wants to suppress victory, I’m afraid she needs someone who knows how to do it.”

Linglong smiled faintly. Zhang He had misunderstood him. “Eunuch, don’t worry. It’s not that I want to win, but I want to know how to punish someone if they lose.”

Zhang He’s expression turned slightly pale as he said, “Dali Zhaolai thinks that Ya Sheng is a sinister act that provokes evil deeds. At the very least, he is deprived of his consort’s position. At the very most, he is punished by a cat.”

Linglong had never heard of cat torture, so she continued to ask, “What is cat torture? This palace has only heard of car cracking, horse ripping and sandalwood torture, not cat torture.”

Zhang He seemed to be afraid. He wiped away the sweat flowing down his eyebrows with embarrassment and said, “Naturally, as the name implies, this is to peel a person into a sack, then put a dozen or so wild cats into the sack, and then whip the sack with a whip. It’s like this in three!” The cat would naturally wave its claws when it was frightened … “Speaking of which, Linglong’s expression changed. The abnormal way of killing in the palace was unprecedented. No matter how strong her nerves were, she would never think of such an evil method of execution.

Linglong hurriedly stopped Zhang He’s endless description and explanation, “Forget it, you go, I know.”

Before Zhang He left, he asked, “It has been a long time since I heard of Ya Sheng. Can Your Highness tell me which one of you is Ya Sheng?”

Linglong was suspicious. Of course, she kept half of her words to her lips. She nodded and said, “There is not enough evidence, not enough credibility. This palace has not investigated it clearly yet. However, at present, she wants to retaliate. This palace has no choice but to guard against it.” Hearing this, Zhang He understood. He no longer dared to ask questions. Linglong asked Qin’er to deliver Xie Chen to Zhang He as well.

Zhang He waved his horseshoe sleeves and knelt down before leaving.

With such a ruckus, she didn’t expect that it was already dinner time. Linglong bitterly ate some millet porridge.

When Qin’er saw Ling Long’s frown, she asked, “Is Master Empress still thinking about those things?”

Linglong nodded slightly and Zizhi’s eyebrows moved slightly. “I must be on guard. After last night, I didn’t express my attitude. I probably won’t let her off easily tonight.” After he finished speaking, he used his fingernails to pick up the candles. The room was too bright, and the silhouettes of several people were dancing on the wall like falling tree shadows.

Qin’er frowned slightly, “Isn’t she going too far?”

Linglong sneered and said, “Right now, she is weak. She always drags the two allied armies over. Naturally, no one can fight alone. That’s why she has such a messy idea.”

Qin’er nodded. The reasoning was self-evident. “Then why didn’t Your Highness push the boat along with the water and destroy Guo along the fake path? In any case, she had tricked me a lot in the harem. Why did Your Highness have to have a single muscle?”

Of course, Qin’er’s words weren’t nonsense, so there was naturally a reason.

Linglong had already thought about this, but on the one hand, Linglong did not like to plant the Party for personal gain, and on the other hand, she did not want to be used by others, so she could only do this. In fact, her neutral attitude was not good, and she understood now. It was always like this in the harem. Either the east wind overwhelmed the west wind, or the west wind overwhelmed the east wind in two days. Naturally, she was as nervous as a pulsing rabbit in her heart.

Naturally, only she knew of Linglong’s difficulties. Qin’er could only sigh and help the maids and servants pack up the leftovers before washing her hands to serve Linglong.

“Send a message. Just say that if Lan Sou Yu comes over tonight to search the palace, I’ll let Lan Sou Yu do as she pleases.” Linglong instructed.

Qin’er was shocked and waved her hand repeatedly, “What does Your Highness mean? Isn’t it embarrassing to look like this?”

Linglong held Qin’er’s hand slightly and looked into her eyes. “However, if you resist, it means that you don’t want to confess. I naturally have my intentions. Just do as you say.”

Qin ‘Er had always understood Ling Long’s nature as an orchid. Ling Long would not do things like this without thinking for too long. Only then did she relax and go to the second door to deliver a message. The little inspector nodded and Qin’ Er came back to reply.

“Have you heard which palace the Emperor is in tonight?” Linglong lowered her head slightly and Qin’er smiled. “Sheng has already asked, it’s in the Empress’ Palace.”

Linglong nodded her head and sat in the inner hall, waiting for her. “If you get into a ruckus in the Kunde Palace, please ask the Empress to come over.”

The relationship between the Empress and Lan Sou Yu was at stake. Ling Long thought of their tit-for-tat prelude and knew about the mainstream. There was a sneer at the corner of her mouth and her lips were tightly pursed.

Feng Qingyue was full, the letter was a good time. However, this kind of good season was very disappointing. Everyone was unable to raise their spirits. If they did not have the wind and rain that would arrive soon, they might be able to chant the wind and the moon. They would also be burning the smoked musk deer and chanting along with the cold insects in their hearts.

When the moon reached the heavens, Linglong actually didn’t wait for Lan Sou Yu. Could it be that she had made a mistake? She asked Qin’er to inquire about it. She said that Lan Sou Yu had actually searched from He Palace. Ling Long sneered. This Lan Sou Yu really didn’t know that she was dead. She was so arrogant when the Empress and the Emperor were together.

For the sake of a red-line Guanyin, she didn’t avoid it at all. Now, she wasn’t afraid of riding a tiger anymore.

Linglong waited in a tight formation, and after a while, she heard the palace servants smashing the door rudely.

Linglong slightly pressed down on her brain, feeling that the voice just now was too rude, as if she wished to smash her palace door into pieces in an instant.

Qin’er had the palace people open the palace door. Lan Sou Yu’s eyebrows moved with awe, causing her head to shake slightly. After she understood the reason for coming, Qin’er smiled faintly. “Your Highness is wronged. We, Concubine, have already rested because of our sickness.” “Your Highness, you can do whatever you want. Our Highness said that regardless of whether your Highness is going to flip through the chicken nest in the kitchen or dig out the lotus roots in the pool, servant will greet you with a smile. This is the way of women.”

Lan Sou Yu didn’t seem to hear Qin Er’s mockery as she brought a group of servants to Yunluan Palace. “You must be careful, don’t go through Sister Jieyu’s chicken nest, much less dig up her lotus root. Do you understand?”

A bunch of evil slaves and servants rushed into the Cloud Phoenix Hall. Linglong lit up the candles in the inner hall, listening to the noise outside as if it was another world.

Lan Sou Yu originally wanted to plant the stolen goods. The evil slave behind her had even placed the statue of Guan Yin in Ling Long’s back room. However, Lan Sou Yu’s mind turned lightning and she shook her head in the end. Ling Long was even harder to deal with than she had imagined.

Lan Sou Yu remembered all those things in the past. If Concubine Heshu’s death hadn’t been helped by Ling Long, it wouldn’t have been so fast. Not to mention far away, a few days ago, the Empress had originally wanted to make things difficult for Linglong at the Autumn Feast. She did not expect that Linglong’s ingenuity did not make things difficult for the Empress. Instead, she even benefited from her misfortune to receive the Southern Pearl rewarded by Hui Qi.

Her wrist was too nimble, and Lan Sou Yu was also a coward.

After a while, Linglong stood up in her clothes and coughed slightly. She accompanied Qin’er and Sheng to the back.

When Ling Long saw Lan Sou Yu, she asked, “Has the Empress finished searching? If not, please continue. If not, please return the freedom to me and the people of the palace. After all, if Empress Zhong Ye were to act like this in the middle of the night, she would probably frighten the ignorant servant in our palace.”

Lan Sou Yu’s face was filled with embarrassment. She looked at Ling Long and swallowed her saliva. “Your Highness must have misunderstood. This palace is just randomly investigating. Your Highness also knows. That thing is more effective. This palace …” Lan Sou Yu said with a saliva swallow as she looked at Ling Long, who did not know what to say.