Stranger and Chen in the Palace

Chapter word count: 2718

On the third day after Ling Muxue and Ye Pei were executed, a young eunuch came to Xihe Palace and knelt down in fear.

"Your Majesty, Ji Yao, the Empress Dowager, begs to see you."

Ling Yichen said coldly: "I don't want to see her."

The little eunuch's forehead was dripping with cold sweat, but he still had the guts to say: "The abolished Empress Ji Yao said that if Your Majesty doesn't want to see her, I'll ask the servant to tell you that she wants to tell you something about Concubine Yun and Prince Concubine."

Ling Yichen got up suddenly when he heard the words, "Lead the way!"

The little eunuch nodded quickly, and led Ling Yichen to the cold palace.

When he came to the real Lenggong, Ling Yichen realized that in comparison, Yingyuan was not actually a Lenggong, at least the buildings there were magnificent, and at least the scenery was picturesque.

But here, everything is too chilling, looking around, it is full of dilapidated scenery.

That's right, the emperor father once told him that it was the concubine mother who drove everyone out of the cherry garden.In other words, Yingyuan is actually the place where the concubine's self-imprisonment...

The little eunuch stopped in front of a very dilapidated house, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this is it."

"Get back!" Ling Yichen finished speaking and pushed the door open.

The little eunuch hurriedly finished the ceremony and ran away. He had just entered the palace not long ago, and he was really afraid of this His Majesty who showed no signs of emotion.

"Are you here?" Ji Yao looked at Ling Yichen with a smile.

Ling Yichen looked at her quietly. This queen who used to be so beautiful was no longer extravagant and haggard, but her elegant demeanor remained unchanged.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Ji Yao took the initiative to say: "You killed so many people, why did you leave me alone?"

"You saved my life." Ling Yichen said calmly.

Ji Yao laughed happily when she heard the words: "Aren't you curious, why did I save you in the first place?"

Ling Yichen looked at her, waiting for her answer. He really wanted to know about this.

Ji Yao didn't make him wait too long: "Because your concubine mother asked me to keep you safe forever before she died."

"Really?" Ling Yichen couldn't help but took a step forward.

It's not that he hasn't made such a guess, but the indifference of his concubine made him dare not think so.She begged the queen to protect herself, so the concubine mother actually loved him too?

Ji Yao was not interested in arguing the truth with him, and asked directly: "Do you know why your mother and concubine lived alone in the cherry garden for more than ten years?"

Ling Yichen nodded: "Father has already told me."

"Your father can only tell you what he knows." Ji Yao said.

Ling Yichen frowned: "What do you mean?"

"It's very simple. The story about the love between your concubine mother and her cousin was just a story that I bought her handmaiden to make up for His Majesty." Ji Yao showed a cruel smile, "That is, it was just a story. It's a rumor. And your mother and concubine's family of 130 and seven were all killed by your father because of this rumor!"

Ling Yichen looked at her in shock: "You are the culprit?"

"Yes, your concubine mother used this secret to exchange your life's safety with this palace. She didn't tell you because she wanted you to live a good life." Ji Yao laughed.

Ling Yichen staggered and took a step back. The person he was grateful for was actually his greatest enemy in this life? !

It was this woman who killed the whole family of the mother and concubine!

It was this woman who made the mother concubine self-imprisoned for more than ten years!

It was this woman who caused him to lose the love of his mother, concubine and father at the same time!

The concubine mother was killed by her!

Seeing his pained face, Ji Yao taunted: "Is this unbearable? There are still many things I haven't told you! Do you know why Xue Zimo married Xue'er?"

Ling Yichen suddenly looked at her.

Ji Yao said to herself: "That's what I exchanged with Ji Heng for the tiger talisman that dispatched Ji Heng's 30 troops."

"What did you say--"

Ling Yichen grabbed her arm with such force that Ji Yao was in cold sweat from the pain, but she was very happy on her face, and continued with satisfaction: "At that time, you had just returned to the imperial court, and I summoned him and asked him to Marry Xueer, do you know what he said?"

Ling Yichen stared straight at her.

Ji Yao gave him a playful look: "He said that he already has a sweetheart, and he would never marry Xue'er no matter what. His sweetheart is you, Your Majesty!"

Ling Yichen's heart suddenly contracted. It turned out that he had wrongly blamed him all along!

"I knew that he would refuse, so I told him that unless you become emperor, you will die!"

"Do you know? When Ben Gong said you would die, his face turned pale instantly. He was so afraid that you would die." He said with a sneer, "Ben Gong just took advantage of his love for you. Force him to marry Xueer!"

Ling Yichen's face was pale and his body was crumbling, but Ji Yao didn't intend to let him go, and continued: "He told Bengong that even if he married Xue'er, he would not love her. On the wedding night in the bridal chamber, he knew clearly Show Xueer that he will never fall in love with anyone else in this life!"

Ling Yichen fell down on the wall in one step, and Ji Yao smiled even more happily: "Do you know how that child got here? It was not long after you came to the throne, Xue Zimo's finger was injured, and Xue'er was drugged in the wound medicine. That's how he got his kids."

It was that time when he hurt his finger while playing the piano in the imperial garden!

In other words, that time when he saw Ling Muxue drugging him, was it actually drugged?

After he left, did Ling Muxue faint him?

Seeing that Ling Yichen was stupefied, Ji Yao continued to magnify the pain in his heart: "He has been sacrificing himself to help you get the throne and help you consolidate the imperial power, but you use what you can to keep hurting him and killing his children , wife, father, that’s how you love him! Why do you think you were able to put down Ji Yue’s rebellion so smoothly, and why you got the marching route map so easily? You help you, in the end, what is the exchange, what is the exchange?!"

After Ji Yao finished speaking, she laughed out loud, insolently, cruelly!

Amidst the mocking laughter, Ling Yichen walked out of the cold palace step by step with a stiff body, and walked to the cherry garden...

He looked up in a daze, looking at the place where they met for the first time, there were no cherry blossoms falling, the branches were bare, only the cold snow was left...

Ling Yichen's world was just like this ice and snow land - a blank space.

He never betrayed himself, but he hurt him deeply...

At that time, the old man said that he should cherish the predestined person, but in the end, he wronged him with his deep affection...

Ling Yichen stood under the cherry tree all night.

The next day, the morning light first appeared, and the soft light filled this handsome man.

"Mo", a very soft call choked in his throat, blood spurted out violently, and the surroundings quickly fell into darkness.

After Ling Yichen left, Ji Yao committed suicide by taking poison, with a smile on her face before she died.She felt that revenge for Xue'er in this way was the most heartwarming.

——Let Ling Yichen live in self-blame and regret forever, life would be worse than death!

In Xihe Palace, Shunde looked anxiously at Doctor Zhang who was taking Ling Yichen's pulse, only to see Doctor Zhang's brows getting tighter and tighter.

Shunde couldn't help asking: "How is your majesty?"

If the two palace servants in the cherry garden hadn't discovered Ling Yichen who was unconscious in the snow in time, he might have been frozen to death.

Doctor Zhang shook his head again and again: "Your Majesty's illness is very difficult. He has been stagnant in his chest for a long time, and now he suddenly rushed into the heart, causing damage to the heart. The cold air penetrated deeply into the lungs through the wound on his shoulder, causing lung damage. The collaterals are injured. The heart and lungs are damaged. Even if the injury heals, it will leave chronic diseases..."

"So serious!" Shunde exclaimed in surprise.

Doctor Zhang sighed: "You have to supervise His Majesty to take medicine well, his body can only be recuperated slowly."

Hearing this, Shunde looked at Ling Yichen who was on the bed, feeling very sad.