Chapter 52: Punishment of the Heart
"The Empress Dowager, the slaves and maids don't know about this either. This was completely an accident, maybe General Dou offended people. It is also possible that someone deliberately poisoned them in retaliation, but yesterday they ate at the same table. Everyone has eaten all the dishes, and no one has been poisoned except for the general.
The slave maid asked, and General Dou's guards kept guarding the doors and windows. No one will come in or out, and although there is water in that room, it is not poisonous for the slut to taste it. The slave really doesn't know! Grand empress dowager. Aunt Ying's legs weakened with fright, and she fell to her knees at once. Although the old lady sitting cross-legged above is blind, she is definitely murderous without blinking.
"Coincidentally, really coincidentally. killed the people of the Yun family in the morning, and died at night. You say it's a coincidence or not, huh! The old body remembered that Yun Xiao had said a sentence that he had a life to sleep but not to get up. How does the old body feel, this matter has a smell of clouds!
Get up! You are an old man next to the old body, and the old body is also a little anxious. You go and check it well, follow the Yun family's vein. ā
"Nuo" Aunt Ying trembled like a plague chicken and retreated, and as soon as she went out, she collapsed next to the door of the Immortal Palace.
"Ling'er, call Qiandu to the old body. Be careful not to let anyone know. Hearing Aunt Ying go out, the Empress Dowager softly called over the maid Ling'er who was with her.
"No" Ling'er retreated like a civet cat, silently.
"Hey! The tiger is still close, but the old man is not close. People's hearts are unpredictable, and people's hearts are unpredictable. The biggest mystery in this world is actually the human ......"
In the empty immortal hall, the whispering of the Empress Dowager echoed.
Qiandu saw Ling'er as if he had seen a ghost. All people think that in the middle of the two houses. The Qiandu in the Chengming Hall and the Ying Gu in the Immortal Hall are the most terrifying. Actually, no, the palace was as dark as the fog in the middle of the night. There are many man-eating beasts hidden in this mist, and Ling'er is one of them.
The Empress Dowager is like a cunning old cat, and her sharpest claws are actually shrunk in the meat pad. Light yƬ refused to show people, until others found out that the pair of soft meat pads contained murderous intentions. It's often too late.
"Lord Qiandu, the Empress Dowager is invited." Ling'er's steps were still as light as a tanuki, and she walked silently. In addition, her loose hair is shaped like Sadako, and if it weren't for daylight, it would definitely scare people to death.
"Miss Ling'er, what is the matter with the Empress Dowager looking for the little one." Qiandu asked humbly. In this palace, you can make Qiandu call herself small. There are really not many such people. Ling'er is one of these many people.
"You'll know when you go. Be alert to the Empress Dowager's orders. Don't alarm anyone else, Master Qiandu and the little woman let's go. Ling'er stared at Qiandu with a pair of dead-like eyes, if she asked Qiandu what the ghost was like at this time, Qiandu would definitely say that it was like that.
"Uh...... The small one is not to reply to His Majesty. After a while, if you summon the little ......"
"No need. His Majesty went to Wei Meiren. It is estimated that it will not be back before noon. Follow the slave and maid. Don't want to delay, Lord Qiandu doesn't want to be a slave! ā
"Don't dare, don't dare. Girl, please. Qiandu bowed. Following Ling'er, he dragged to the door of the Immortal Hall of Changle Palace.
"Lord Qiandu, please come in, the Empress Dowager is waiting for you inside." Ling'er made a gesture of please, but she didn't follow Qiandu into the Immortal Palace. Just guarding the door, hands in their sleeves. With his head bowed, he looked like an ordinary palace man on duty. But a breeze blew, revealing a cold light from the corners of the robe that was lifted.
Qiandu lowered his head and walked into the Immortal Palace, he knew why the Empress Dowager summoned him. It seemed that Dou Rong's death had angered the old woman, and it was clear that she had begun to distrust Aunt Ying. Because, he didn't see the shadow of Ying Gu in the Immortal Palace.
"Slave maid Qiandu to meet the Empress Dowager!" Qiandu fully understood, see the Empress Dowager.
"Get up! If you make those false courtesies, the old body can't see it. Actually! This respect is no longer respectful, but in your heart you say yes? ā
The Empress Dowager was half-leaning on the wide recliner, her expression was unpredictable.
"The lesson of the Empress Dowager is that the slaves and maids should respect the Empress Dowager in their hearts. You are the ancestor of our Han Dynasty, and the slaves and maids in the two palaces of the Han Dynasty do not respect who you respect! ā
"Hahaha, you've grown. This horse is quite tasteful, but the old body is not a horse. The old body is naturally not listening, and the old body doesn't know what this person wants to write in his heart. The human heart is unpredictable, and that's what I'm talking about.
Well, the old body won't go around the bend with you. You tell the old body the truth, did Dou Rong's death nod too much. ā
"Slave ......"
"Don't rush to answer, think clearly. This is related to whether you can get out of this fairy hall and slowly think about the time for the old body to give you a cup of tea. The Empress Dowager said leisurely. At the gate of the Immortal Palace, four palace people suddenly appeared like ghosts.
Qiandu's spine was wet almost immediately, and the clothes soaked in cold sweat were wet and sticking to his back, which was indescribably uncomfortable. Qiandu swallowed hard, trying to moisten his dry throat. But then he realized that his mouth was drier than his throat.
"Come on, give a cup of tea to Father-in-law Qiandu. Moisten your throat and save yourself from being speechless for a while. The Empress Dowager's voice sounded again.
Qiandu shivered all over his body, and he didn't dare to drink the tea in the Immortal Palace. Who knows if he will bleed like Dou Rong after taking a sip. Even if the Empress Dowager killed him in the Immortal Palace, Liu Che wouldn't even let out a fart.
"Empress Dowager, kill the slave! The slave and maid are ...... dead" Qiandu was so frightened that his legs weakened and he knelt on the ground. The body trembled like sifting chaff, and the Empress Dowager's methods were no better than Liu Che. The young Liu Che only knows how to use the strong, and this old lady is punishing the heart.
"Hey! In this way, His Majesty also nodded his head in this matter. Did the Yun family do it? As soon as the Empress Dowager stretched out her hand, the tea she had given to Qiandu was handed to the dry palm.
"It was Canghu who ordered people to do it, and I don't know how to do it. The Yun family has a lot of capable people, and I heard that there are not a few killers. The cold sweat on Qiandu's forehead flowed down his cheeks and dripped down his chin on the floor of the Immortal Temple. The sound of "ticking" was exceptionally clear in the silent fairy hall.
"The old body asks you again, Aunt Ying knows in advance." The Empress Dowager took a sip of tea, and the maid next to her turned out to be a teacup. The Empress Dowager's body leaned forward slightly, and her already blind eyes stared at the trembling Qiandu as if she could see.
"This ...... This villain really doesn't know, but Canghu and Aunt Ying have always been friends. If there is no arrangement from Aunt Ying, I am afraid that it will ...... I'm afraid ......"
"Okay, the old body knows. You haven't been to the Immortal Temple today, and you haven't seen the old body. Naturally, the old body didn't ask you anything. Is that so? The Empress Dowager leaned back on the chair and looked at the top of the hall with a confused look. His expression seemed a little lonely, but he quickly regained his fortitude.
"Yes, yes, the slave didn't come today. I haven't seen the queen mother, so the slave and maid will retire. Qiandu kowtowed, and exited the Immortal Hall as if he had escaped. Before he could reach the door of the store, his legs fell to the ground as soon as he became weak.
"The Empress Dowager ......"
"Hmmm......"
"The three chamberlains who saw Ling'er talking to Qiandu and the two palace people have already been buried. No one in the two palaces knows that Qiandu has come. ā
"I know, I don't have to go back to such a trivial matter in the future. If you miss one, you can use your head to offset it. ā
Qiandu almost crawled out of the gate of the Immortal Palace, and Ling'er stood at the door like a statue. In the garden in the distance, several chamberlains are filling in the soil underneath a peony.
"Lord Qiandu, the slave will send you out." Ling'er's ghostly voice came.
Qiandu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't dare to bother the girl, little one...... The little ones can walk by themselves. The girl stays ...... Stay ......" Qiandu ran without looking back after speaking, and the speed of his body was like lightning.
Ling'er glanced at Qiandu's back and entered the Immortal Hall with an expressionless face.
The Empress Dowager was lying on a large chaise longue, breathing a little short, and her face flushed slightly.
"Gone?"
"He's gone!" (To be continued......)