The First Empress - Chapter 65

Chapter 65
The dungeon was indeed dirty, and it was already unimaginably dirty.

The rats in the sewer jumped up and down beside the broken bowl greasily, and let out a “squeak” sound; Cockroaches crawled back and forth from the straw mat in groups and disappeared into the straw cushion in groups. The spider above his head seemed to be spinning a web as if no one else was around. Even though the web was spinning on his head, that person still did not notice it.

Ji Zhuhua stood outside the cell door and looked at the woman who was wrapped in dirt. Her face was unkempt and her entire body was so dirty that she couldn’t see any color. Her clothes were still the same as the kesi cloud-patterned palace dress. She didn’t know whether she was alive or dead, and her voice was completely silent.

She was noble and gorgeous, separated by a wooden door as if she was separated by a primordial wilderness.

The Empress looked at Concubine Heshu inside the cell. Concubine Heshu was completely unaware. Ji Zhuhua suddenly felt as if she was dead. He asked, “Is she dead?” The jailer beside him replied, “If I return to the Empress, I’m still alive. Everything is according to your wishes …”

Ji Zhuhua waved his hand and the jailer immediately stopped talking.

The woman leaning against the wall suddenly stood up and rushed over. Seeing Ji Zhuhua outside, she coldly spat, “Even if you die, I won’t die. Bitch, you set me up!”

The jailer’s whip landed on He Shufei’s shoulder, and He Shufei fell to the ground.

Because of the fall, the ink on the inkstone was covered in ink. It was as miserable as a ghost. A cold smile appeared on its ferocious face. “Empress, Empress! You are too much, Empress! I want to see the Emperor. Prime Minister Qi colluded with Xi Rong and Rou Ran. Prime Minister Qi, Ji Lin Qi, has no intention of rebelling, Your Majesty!”

She began to cry again, but Ji Zhuhua did not say a word.

Seeing that Concubine Heshu was crying and laughing, Ji Zhuhua felt an inexplicable pleasure. He gently stroked his sleeve as if dust had fallen on it.

“If you copy the Buddhist scriptures and the Female Analects of Confucius properly, I will naturally plead for mercy in front of the Emperor and ask the Emperor to lend you a hand. If you continue to be so stubborn and bloody, I probably won’t be able to save you. In this prison, starving a person to death is like an ant dying.” Ji Zhuhua nodded calmly, and his words were also so calm.

Imperial concubine He Shu hurriedly laid down the inkstone and paper beside her hand, her hair disheveled as she muttered, “I copy the Buddhist scriptures, I copy the Buddhist scriptures.”

Ji Zhu Hua watched He Shu Fei hurriedly tidy up the paper and then said coldly, “It’s good that you were earlier, but it’s not too late. This palace will not forget to send someone to give you sour rice to eat. Please copy it slowly. This palace will leave now.”

Just as Ji Zhuhua walked away, He Shufei spat at Ji Zhuhua’s feet like an iron nail. A cold smile appeared on the corner of her lips and her hand trembled as she wrote, “Daddy Taijian, I hope that Daddy will leave Imperial Capital as soon as possible …” After she finished writing, she continued to laugh coldly and loudly in the void.

The jailer thought Concubine Heshu was crazy, so he walked over and whipped Concubine Heshu. “Are you crazy? Don’t disturb anyone else. You’re still laughing here when you’re about to die! I’ll make you laugh! I’ll make you laugh!” The whip fell like rain, hurried and dense.

Evidently, these people had been instructed by someone, otherwise, they wouldn’t dare to openly beat up a concubine like this. Many imperial concubines had only been out for three to five days, but it seemed that this one would never leave. The death row of the Ministry of Justice would probably never let her leave vertically again.

Imperial concubine He Shu howled, but she tightly gripped the paper in her hand.

The Empress walked back into the palace and just as she sat down outside, she greeted Linglong. Ji Zhuhua waved his hand. Pei Lan had just pulled back his steps and was about to go outside when Ji Zhuhua nodded. “Let her in. There must be something going on.” Pei Lan nodded.

After a while, Linglong walked to the inner hall. Seeing that Ji Zhuhua’s expression wasn’t very good, she didn’t dare to say anything rashly.

After greeting him, Ji Zhuhua asked, “You have time to come over today.”

“This concubine has time,” Linglong nodded. “This concubine came here today because of a reluctant request. The Empress previously said that she would allow this concubine to visit Concubine Heshu. This concubine wants to see her.”

“You are kind-hearted!” Ji Zhuhua’s expression changed slightly, and the muscles at the corner of his mouth seemed to be twitching. After a while, he sneered and said, “You care about Concubine Heshu.”

“This concubine is bold. This concubine has no intention of doing so. This concubine has no …”

“It’s good that you didn’t. Get up, you’re so scared.” The Empress looked at Linglong who was kneeling.

Linglong hurriedly stood up, but she still said, “This concubine wanted to see He Shufei because she offended her last time. Logically speaking, she forgot about her personal grudges, but this concubine couldn’t forget it.” “First, I’m not a person who wants to take revenge. However, I just want to see how many unjust acts will result in my own death. Second, I want to tell everyone after I see them, so that the imperial concubines can learn from them.” Ji Zhuhua smiled when he heard this. “You can think of this as good. It’s just one thing. Imperial Concubine He Shu has already lost her mind. “Nonsense. Don’t listen to her nonsense. Protect yourself. Once you go crazy, you can do anything.”

Linglong nodded and remembered them all.

Ji Zhuhua repeated what he had said last time, “The cell is dirty, so don’t dirty you.”

This sentence was a pun, how could Linglong not hear it?

After asking for a letter, Linglong went to the cell. She had already thought about the dirt here, but she had never thought that it would be so shabby. She simply treated the prisoner as if he were someone else. She did not know why there was a slight shiver in her heart, but also a slight sympathy. She had just walked to the corridor of Concubine Heshu’s cell when a jailer came face to face. The jailer looked panicked and accidentally bumped into Linglong.

Linglong smiled disapprovingly before the jailer raised his head, “Ah! This servant offended Concubine Jieyu, this servant deserves to die, this servant deserves to die …”

Linglong looked at the jailer. For some reason, she seemed to have sensed a feeling that he was different from others. The aura seemed to be inexplicable. Linglong said, “So it’s nothing. This palace will not blame you.”

The jailer slowly reached out and prepared to pick up a triangular letter that had fallen to the ground. Qin’er had already picked it up with quick eyes, and the jailer’s head was suddenly covered in sweat. Qin’er handed the envelope to Linglong. Linglong did not answer it. She only saw the words “Lord Father’s Platform Mirror” on it. Her face sank, but she still quietly gave the folded letter to the jailer.

“Look at how panicked you are. You don’t even know that you’ve lost something.”

The jailer was shocked. After surviving the disaster, he laughed bitterly. “This servant is panicking. He was probably reincarnated by a monkey in his previous life.”

Linglong was also amused. “Monkey wears gloves and is careless. Learn it well. There are some things that you still need to learn well. Do you understand what Ben Gong said?”

The jailer knew that Linglong was intentionally letting him off and warned him to be careful when doing things. Only then did he nod his head and said, “This servant knows.”

“Go.” Linglong waved her hand and the jailer continued to panic.

Qin’er asked, “Master, why didn’t you let someone arrest this jailer?”

Linglong lifted her lips and said, “The situation is unclear now. I can’t decide on something so quickly. Let’s talk about it later when we meet Imperial Concubine He Shu. You didn’t see anything just now, do you understand?”

“What did this servant see? This servant didn’t even see a ghost shadow along the way just now-” At this point, Qin’er’s mouth was wide open and her voice was silent.

Because they saw Concubine Heshu in the cell. Was this the arrogant and arrogant Concubine Heshu from before? The woman in the cell was now covered in black hair, spider webs and straw. Her fingers were trembling, and the two rats in the broken bowl in front of her were still scrambling for rice particles.

Qin’er couldn’t help but cover her lips and nose, “Concubine … It’s better not to go, it stinks!”

Linglong forcefully suppressed the nauseating stench and coldly walked to the outside of the cell. She wanted to see this woman. The once arrogant and arrogant woman was actually inferior to a dog today.

Because of the sound of exquisite footsteps, the two rats fled in all directions. They actually drilled into He Shufei’s clothes. He Shufei was not surprised either. It was as if the rats were falling asleep. After a while, He Shufei jumped up.

While jumping on the ground, he exclaimed, “No, no! No, no!”

The mouse was finally shaken out of its clothes and went down the wall into the cracks in the ground.

He Shufei stood in the darkness. A tiny bit of light fell on the skin that could be broken by blowing. Linglong looked at He Shufei and asked, “Are you alright?”

Concubine Heshu was so frightened that he retreated repeatedly. He stepped on the broken bowl and fell. However, he quickly retreated to the corner of the wall and used the broken bowl as a weapon to wave in the air. “Don’t come over, Bu Linglong, don’t come over!” This palace knows that you want to kill this palace. You can’t. No matter what, this palace is still Concubine Shu. This palace is one of the Fourth Concubine. You can’t kill this palace! You can’t! ”

With tears streaming down her face, Linglong asked, “Are you alright?”

This was the second time she had asked this seemingly self-evident and meaningless question. He Shu Fei settled down and still held the broken bowl in her hand. “Every day, she copied endless Buddhist scriptures, ate leftovers every day, and didn’t even have a single mouthful of water. I’m sure you’ve seen that, Your Highness, the days in this palace are really great.”

“It’s really … great!” His voice was like a paper kite that was swaying upwards. Suddenly, the line was cut off. “This palace never thought that this day would actually come. This palace has never thought of all of this. I never thought that this palace …”

Qin’er simply couldn’t believe that Linglong could actually calmly talk to Concubine Heshu. She had already vomited twice, and Linglong, who was well-nourished, could actually forcefully suppress that nauseating stench.

“Qin’er–” Linglong called out to Qin’er. “Go ask the jailer for a pot of water. If you want it clean, then I’m thirsty.”

“What? Your Highness, would you like some water?” Qin’er was a little puzzled.

Linglong waved her hand and said, “If you want to go, you can go. Why are you asking so many questions?”

“Oh,” Qin’er nodded, “would you like a pot of water and a cup?”

“One pot of water, two cups.” After Linglong finished her instructions, she grabbed the bar on the prison door with her hand and looked at He Shufei who was curled up inside. She moved her lips and said, “You have suffered. It can be seen that you are not as good as ordinary people.”

When He Shufei heard the word “water”, she couldn’t help but lick her dry lips. Linglong continued, “I know you’re thirsty …”

“I’m not thirsty. My life is very good. I’ve never been so comfortable since I was young. I don’t even know how heavy I was.” Imperial Concubine He Shu simply didn’t know how heavy she was when she died. Linglong saw Qin’er running over, took the kettle and cup, put it on the ground, and then Qin’er poured water for both cups.

‘”Drink it yourself. I’ve also drunk it. There’s no poison here. You don’t have to be afraid. I want you to die a lot. You won’t shut up like this. Do you dare to drink it?” Linglong said.

Imperial Concubine He Shu crawled out of the corner and saw the water jar pouncing over. After drinking the “Gulu Gulu”, she said, “Why did you help me? Why didn’t you kill me?” As he spoke, tears streamed down his cheeks.

Linglong didn’t know what to say, so she could only nod calmly. “I didn’t kill you because I wasn’t Li Chongyuan. Also, I didn’t kill you because I didn’t have the right. You left it to someone else. You know this better than me. As long as someone doesn’t say that you’re going to die, you have to live like this!”

“Others?” Imperial concubine He Shu’s disheartened madness came up again, “Others, no–no!”