After being reborn, being alone as a queen

"Concubine Hui, my servant advises you to tell the truth, so as not to suffer some physical pain, this delicate and expensive body is broken, what should I do?"

The huge sundial in the palace has pointed to noon, and the sun is shining brightly

In the dark and humid space, the eunuch's shrill voice seemed to come from far away, and slowly echoed in the empty and quiet underground dungeon, even though he was only in front of him.

The cell where Qu Huashang was staying was the cleanest and tidy place around. The floor was covered with clean straw. She was nestled in a corner in prison clothes, and she still couldn't hide her extraordinary appearance. However, in a few days, her whole body quickly became thinner and only skin and bones remained. .

His eyes were dull, looking at this group of strangers and the things on the trays in their hands

White silk, poisoned wine, dagger...

She slowly got up from the ground, the arrogance in her eyes remained undiminished, and a domineering arc appeared on her chin: "I won't say anything, father-in-law, don't waste your time, and please tell your majesty, my concubine." Knowing that I have committed a capital crime, if there is an afterlife, I will definitely make amends to His Majesty, but now I am a concubine...but I want to die."

The purple-clothed father-in-law had no expression on his face, and said: "Your Majesty, have you thought about it?"

There was a small iron window in the prison that let in a ray of light, Qu Huashang said firmly, "I will never regret it."

The corners of the purple-clothed father-in-law's lips curled up slightly, and he raised his hand slightly: "In that case, let's send the empress on her way."

The two young eunuchs picked the white silk from the tray and walked towards Qu Huashang

Qu Huashang tightly clenched the hand hanging by his side, and slowly closed his eyes

The two young eunuchs looked at each other, wrapped the white silk around her slender neck, and murmured: "I offended you, empress."

In the blink of an eye, Qu Huashang's mind suddenly flashed the clearly protruding throat bone between the fair neck of the father-in-law in purple.

Throat bone? !

However, the two little eunuchs, who knew nothing about it, had already pulled one of their heads and began to use their strength.

Qu Huashang felt suffocated for a while, she couldn't help pulling the white silk around her neck with her hands, and opened her eyes with difficulty: "You... are not from the palace... who are you!"

The father-in-law in purple didn't panic at all when he heard the words, with an unspeakably quiet smile on his lips: "I really didn't expect that you would see it."

The two young eunuchs were shocked when they heard the words, and their subordinates immediately lost their strength.

Qu Huashang lost all his strength and fell to the ground, his face was flushed from suffocation, the veins on his forehead were protruding, and his beautiful eyes were full of caution: "You are that mysterious person?! Where is Su Jinglan! What did you do to her?" ?”

Hearing this, the father-in-law in purple took two steps forward, and the oblique light from the skylight hit him

Under the light, Qu Huashang finally saw his face clearly.

It was a seemingly ordinary face, the kind that could never be found in the crowd, but the skin was smooth and delicate.

But if you take a closer look, the facial features are all the best in the world when you take them apart one by one

The slender eyelashes cast deep shadows on the eye sockets, the pupils were extremely light-colored, the lips were extremely thin, and the smile at the corner of the mouth revealed a hint of meanness.

The father-in-law in purple had been standing in the shadows before, his face was hidden in the darkness, making it difficult to see clearly.

"Your Majesty has ruined all the missions, what do you think?"

Qu Huashang's eyes turned red instantly, and he said bitterly: "If you dare to touch a single hair of her, I will never let you go!"

"Your Majesty is so innocent and cute. You can't beat me when you are a human, but can you beat me when you are a ghost? What's more, I am doing it for your own good. Instead of waiting for the one in Chonghua Palace to pronounce life and death, I would rather use death to declare my will." , General Jingyuan's only daughter-in-law died in the palace dungeon, how could he remain indifferent?"

Qu Huashang touched his burning neck, and immediately understood the meaning of his words: "You want to kill me and blame His Majesty? Let my father rebel?!"

The eunuch in purple stretched out a hand, shaking his fingers slightly: "No, this is helping your father, my mother."

Qu Huashang was almost vomited by his attitude, and said angrily, "What do you mean!"

The father-in-law in purple was not ready to answer her question directly, he admired her embarrassed appearance enough, and the cold light flashed away in his eyes

Just as the hand under the sleeve robe was about to move, he caught a glimpse of something from the corner of his eye, and the smile on his lips disappeared instantly: "There are still a few mice hidden."

Qu Huashang is confused

"Today, I won't play with you anymore, the future will last forever."

After finishing speaking, I saw the man in purple flicking his sleeves slightly, and a burst of white mist that could blind the eyes exploded in front of several people.

"Don't let him run away!"

Suddenly a familiar male voice sounded from next door

Qu Huashang, who was extremely shocked in his heart, and several young palace servants were choked by the white mist and coughed frantically, and several young eunuchs fell limply on the ground, losing their ability to move.

However, a group of imperial guards rushed out roaring, swallowed a mouthful of white powder, and instantly collapsed to the ground.

Xie Jin slowly came out of the cell next door, covered his nose and mouth with a folding fan in his hand, looked at the imperial forest soldiers lying all the way in the corridor, shook his head and stepped over them and said: "Your IQ is really beyond my confidence. I am so impressed, I have to worry about the future of Southern Chu Kingdom."

A group of imperial guards rolled their eyes and lay lumbering on the ground, so angry that they wanted to die on the spot.

Koizumi followed behind his buttocks, covering his mouth and nose, with a look of admiration in his eyes: "Little Lord, how do you know that the people behind the scenes will come here to kill people and silence them?"

Xie Jin looked sideways at him: "That's a good question."

Koizumi: "Huh?"

Xie Jin said again: "I don't know either."

Koizumi let out an 'ah': "Then why did you suddenly propose to go to prison?"

Xie Jin smiled and said, "Prison."

"..."

After a while, Xie Jin appeared at the door, leaning on the wall and looking at Qu Huashang who was on the ground: "Is Concubine Hui still unwilling to tell the truth?"

Qu Huashang turned his head: "Where's Su Jinglan? How is she doing?...It's Ben Gong who got her into trouble."

Xie Jin put away the folding fan and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, Concubine Lan is fine."

"Why should I trust you?"

Xie Jin smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter whether the lady believes it or not, as long as you still believe her."

Qu Huashang looked at him suspiciously, only to see that the folding fan in his hand pointed outwards.

Su Jinglan stood at the door dressed in plain white, looking at her, with tears in her eyes glowing in the firelight, as if they were about to slip in the next second.

Xie Jinbin said politely: "Then, the time will be left to Empress Lan Fei."

Su Jinglan gave a slight bow to Xie Jin: "Thank you, Young Master, for pleading in front of the emperor today, I can't repay you..."

Xie Jin raised his hand to stop her, and said with a smile: "Then what, you don't need to make a promise with your body."

Koizumi was ashamed, and even promised him with his body, what did you make up your own mind, little lord?Are you thinking too much?

Qu Huashang rolled his eyes almost to the back of his head

"..." Su Jinglan smiled helplessly: "Young Master misunderstood, the second half of my sentence was not meant to say a promise, but just wanted to say something that I can use in the future, please Just open your mouth."

Xie Jin was not embarrassed, anyway, he just wanted to adjust the atmosphere, knocked on his palm with the folding fan and said: "That's all right, the two ladies chat slowly, I will leave first."

Su Jinglan lowered her eyes: "Young Lord, go slowly."

Xie Jin nodded, stepped out of the cell with her, and swaggered out.

After he left, Su Jinglan trotted over and helped Qu Huashang. The moment her eyes touched the red mark on her neck, she trembled violently. The tears that were forced to retreat by Xie Jin's gag burst out instantly, and she choked up and said, "Sister!" ...Are you OK?"

Qu Huashang turned his head and said in a fierce tone: "It's just a small injury! Why are you crying! Why are you here? Is this the prison where you came from!"

Su Jinglan's fingertips slowly touched the skin on her neck, tears shed freely, and said, "Does it hurt?"

Qu Huashang frowned and held her hand: "I asked you something, answer me!"

Su Jinglan's hand was slightly stiff in hers, and it took a long time before she said: "Before, I was thinking about why you would do such a thing for my sister, and now I finally understand...you did it for me Are you being threatened?"

Qu Huashang shook off her hand, and said awkwardly: "What nonsense are you talking about! I'm jealous and you don't know, is it abnormal for me to want to kill Xie Jin? Although he is a man, the person who dominates His Majesty is Unforgivable."

Su Jinglan's eyes were full of sadness, she held her hand again, and said, "Don't lie to me again, sister, just now... I was next door, and I heard it very clearly."

Qu Huashang finally gave up struggling, as if his strength had been drained, he said, "Since you know everything, why are you still asking me?"

"Sister, tell the truth. The emperor only cares about who is the person behind the scenes who wants to kill Lord Xiaohou. He promises that as long as you tell the truth, he will not make things difficult for you!"

.....

"Little Marquis, after much deliberation, this servant always thinks that you've made up your mind early in the morning, and there will be uninvited guests visiting."

After Xie Jin came out, he found the shade of a big tree with luxuriant foliage, leaned his back on the big tree, put his palm above his eyebrows, and narrowed his eyes slightly

The sun in the early spring made people warm all over, Xie Jin stretched lazily, like a big cat basking in the sun in the afternoon.

Hearing this, Xie Jin raised his lips and said half-truth, "You're flattering me."

He only counted that in all likelihood someone would come to kill and silence them, but he didn't count that the one who came was actually the mastermind behind the scenes, thanks to the fact that that person didn't have the intention to kill, otherwise with the few crooked melons he brought along, Already died for the country.

However... the powder that the man casually sprinkled was non-lethal, but it could instantly make a person lose all mobility.

He recalled the scent of medicine that seemed to be absent in his nose just now, and roughly judged in his heart that the man must be a master of medicine.

At this time, the maid's scream came from not far ahead.

"Ah, ah, dead!"

Xie Jin and Koizumi looked at each other, and they both saw clearly in each other's eyes.

Sure enough, the guard commander of Tianlao sent a few people to check. The body was found in a rockery. The person was already stiff, and he had been dead for a while.

Xie Jin beckoned, and the guards carried the body over under the command of the commander

Xie Jin looked at Koizumi with a smile: "Follow me and take a look?"

Koizumi's face turned blue, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and quickly shook his head: "Young Master, please spare this servant, this servant is timid."

Xie Jin shook his fan: "You really don't want to go?"

Koizumi was so frightened that he hugged the tree, shook his head like a rattle, and said nothing to go forward to look.

Xie Jin had no choice but to go forward by himself, and used a folding fan to part the white cloth, exposing the body to the sunlight, and checked it repeatedly.

"There is no scar on the whole body, but the color of the lips is purple, which is obviously poisoned."

If there is no accident, this unlucky guy is the great eunuch who was replaced by the mysterious person.

"Little, little duke! You still know how to do autopsies?"

Koizumi came to Xie Jin's side at some point, tugged at his sleeve, covered his face with only half of his eyes exposed, and glanced at the corpse on the ground, almost pouted on the spot in fright.

"Just take a look."

"Aren't you afraid?"

Koizumi was a little confused, this young Master Xie also looked young, not as weak as a crown, how could he be so fearless.

Xie Jin smiled slightly: "It's just a dead person, there's nothing to be afraid of."

After all... he was considered to have died once.

Koizumi's eyes filled with admiration: "As expected of the young master!"