Lin Luoling and Princess July followed Du Zhong to the main hall of Jingshou Palace. They learned from Aunt Shi Mi that Emperor Deshun had confined Concubine Xian and Princess Qinglan to the palace because of the Liu Yu incident.

The elder brother of Concubine Xian, General Zhenyuan, was repeatedly demoted because Your Majesty had him confined to the palace and insulted Emperor Deshun many times. General Zhenyuan did not repent, but insulted even more. Several ministers reported this to Emperor Deshun during the morning court yesterday.

In a rage, Emperor Deshun exiled General Zhenyuan and his entire clan to Fencheng Prefecture.

Shi Mi said, "It's strange. The virtuous concubine was confined to the palace. How could she know that General Zhenyuan was exiled?"

The Queen Mother said coldly, "It must be the maids and eunuchs in her palace who can't keep idle and are talking nonsense. Du Zhong, you personally take your capable people with you and beat to death all the maids and eunuchs in the palace of Concubine Xian who can't control their mouths."

"Yes!" Du Zhong took the order and left.

Princess July blinked her lively little deer eyes and asked, "Didn't the Emperor's uncle punish the virtuous concubine? Why did she hang herself in the bedroom?"

"Oh..." Shi Mi sighed, "The Concubine Xian and the guards at the palace gate have repeatedly said that they want to see Your Majesty. Your Majesty must have expected that the Concubine Xian would plead for General Zhenyuan. Your Majesty is angry, so how can he see her?

She was also a person who could not get over it. She would wait until His Majesty had calmed down and released her from house arrest. She would then find a suitable opportunity to plead with His Majesty. His Majesty might even forgive the crime of exile of her people for the sake of General Zhenyuan's past contributions.

But she was so depressed that she hanged herself in the palace. This was clearly embarrassing for His Majesty. She just died without thinking about Princess Qinglan. Wasn't she afraid that His Majesty would vent his anger on Princess Qinglan?"

The Queen Mother sighed, pinched her brows, and looked distressed.

Lin Luoling's eyebrows moved slightly. Although she had met and interacted with the Empress Xianfei two or three times, she felt that the Empress Xianfei would not do such an extreme thing.

When Nan Qiuzhi and Concubine Chen were around, they must have made things difficult for Concubine Xian a lot. Concubine Xian was able to stay within the palace and avoid being involved in scandals. Even if Emperor Deshun had sentenced General Zhenyuan and his entire family to Fencheng Prefecture, Concubine Xian would not have been hanged in the palace.

Suddenly she remembered that Prince An mentioned to her last night that Prince Jin went to the northern border to fight against the Huns and won seven consecutive battles. The Huns had sent envoys to negotiate matters with Prince Jin, one of which was that their Huns king wanted to marry the princess of Tianqi.

Today, there are only two princesses in Qi State. One is Princess Yongle, who is ten years old and is raised by Concubine Jin. The other is Princess Qinglan, the daughter of Concubine Xian, who is seven years old.

Lin Luoling glanced at Princess July and thought to herself that even if Princess July had not discussed marriage with Jiang Chi, given the Queen Mother's love for Princess July, it would be impossible for her to agree to let Princess July marry the King of the Xiongnu.

Since Princess Yongle was given to Concubine Jin to raise, Emperor Deshun now needed the support of the Grand Marshal. If Princess Yongle were to marry the King of the Xiongnu, wouldn't Concubine Jin be left without children again?

Therefore, Emperor Deshun should have intended to let Princess Qinglan marry the Xiongnu king. After all, General Zhenyuan had been demoted repeatedly and had become a useless pawn.

Concubine Xian would certainly not agree that her only daughter, who was only seven years old, was going to marry the Xiongnu. This led to Emperor Deshun insinuating to officials to imprison General Zhenyuan in the mansion during the morning court session, insulting Emperor Deshun, and exiling the three clans to Fencheng Prefecture.

The empress dowager cut the Gordian knot and secretly ordered people to deal with Concubine Xian, leaving only Princess Qinglan. Whether she married or not was all up to the word of Emperor Deshun.

Lin Luoling's guess was about 80% close to the truth. Thinking of this, although Lin Luoling felt that Princess Qinglan's future fate was foreseeably sad, he knew that Emperor Deshun should have discussed with the Empress Dowager to marry Princess Qinglan to the King of the Xiongnu in order to quell the chaos in the northern border.

Lin Luoling walked forward with a cup of tea, pretending to be unaware of what was going on, and comforted the Queen Mother, saying, "It's been hot these past few days, Queen Mother, please don't get anxious about this matter. Drink a cup of tea first to moisten your throat."

The Queen Mother took the teacup and deliberately asked Lin Luoling, "I am old, and I really don't think things through in the harem. I have only been idle for a few days, and such a big mess has occurred.

Regarding the matter of Concubine Xian, how do you think the best way to deal with it is? "

The Queen Mother was such a shrewd person that she should have thought about how to deal with the matter before killing Concubine Xian. Her words were clearly meant to test Lin Luoling.

Lin Luoling replied respectfully, "Just now, General Manager Yunxi came to Jingtai Pavilion and said that His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin had no imperial edict to return to the capital, so Your Majesty asked His Royal Highness the Prince of An to go to the Zhengde Hall to discuss matters.

Princess July will be discussing marriage with Young Master Jiang of the Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion in five days. If we handle the funeral of Concubine Xian at this time, it will be disadvantageous to Your Majesty and Princess July.

The King of Rui is plotting rebellion, and the Nanxiang Kingdom has been lurking for many years. I am not talented, and all I hope for is peace and prosperity. "

The Queen Mother heard this and looked at Lin Luoling with a darker look in her eyes. She smiled and said, "I have not taught you in vain these days. It is also because you are a thoughtful person who learns quickly and thinks thoroughly."

After that, the Queen Mother followed Lin Luoling's words and ordered Shi Mi to place the body of Concubine Xian face up in a coffin and send it to the cold palace for a few days. After the previous dynasty stabilized, she would choose a day to bury Concubine Xian in the concubine's tomb.

He also warned Shi Mi that the news of Concubine Xian's hanging must not be spread, locked the gate of Concubine Xian's palace, and temporarily placed Princess Qinglan in Luohua Pavilion, a very remote part of Jingshou Palace. The guards guarding the gate of Concubine Xian's palace could not be withdrawn.

Lin Luoling guessed that the matter of Concubine Xian hanging herself would be announced to the world in the future as Concubine Xian died of a serious illness.

In the harem, the Empress Dowager issued an imperial decree ordering the eunuchs in charge of the internal affairs, the eunuchs in the harem, and the palace maids not to discuss the affairs of the palace at will. If anyone was found to have made irresponsible comments, he would be immediately taken to the prison for training and punished by having his tongue pulled out.

Prince An did not return to Jingtai Pavilion that night. He did not return to Jingtai Pavilion until it was getting dark the next day. After listening to what her father said in the dark room, Lin Luoling planned to find an appropriate opportunity to explain the matter of Liu Yu to Prince An when she was having dinner with him.

Unexpectedly, Prince An told her another thing first, that is, they would move out of the palace early tomorrow morning. Prince An claimed that Prince Jin would soon lead his troops back to the capital, and he had no time to deal with the matter of moving out of the palace, so he left it all to Lin Luoling to handle.

Tell her to try to move out of the palace within one day. If she cannot handle it alone, she can ask Lin Luoling's mother He Jinchun and her two aunts to come to the palace to help her move.

After finishing dinner, Prince An and Lin Luoling began to pack up the things in Jingtai Pavilion. Hualian, Xiangjin, Biyou, Bizhi and the palace maids called by Prince An were busy until late at night before they packed all the things in Jingtai Pavilion into boxes.

The rest were the things they carried with them. Extremely tired, Prince An and Lin Luoling fell asleep in each other's arms.

The next morning, when Lin Luoling woke up, Prince An was gone. Just after she finished washing up, a eunuch from Jingshou Palace came to report that Lin Luoling's mother and two aunts had been rewarded by the Empress Dowager and had come to the palace to help Lin Luoling move.

After packing everything up, Lin Luoling whispered a few words to her mother and took Biyou to the main hall of Jingshou Palace.

Before anyone stepped into the hall, they heard an extremely sharp sound of shattering.

Then, the Queen Mother angrily said, "What? Do you want to learn from her mother and threaten me with suicide? Go and tell her that it is a serious crime for a concubine to commit suicide, and it will implicate the clan members. The same applies to the princess."

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