Chapter 434: Clear Purpose
These three characters were written by the emperor himself. Now, looking at the familiar characters and the familiar palace gate, the emperor felt that the past was just a dream.
He still remembered the greasy and bloated Li Shi he had seen some time ago. He shook his head. Although he still remembered the past feelings in his heart, he didn't want to see Li Shi's face now.
The emperor turned around and wanted to leave, but the square hole on the palace gate was originally for the imperial kitchen to deliver food, and now a bloated face suddenly appeared.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Li Shi appeared there and slapped the palace gate hard.
The emperor looked at this sudden scene and couldn't help frowning.
"Your Majesty, please show mercy and let me go. Please consider the relationship between husband and wife for many years!" Li Shi begged in a sad voice.
The emperor shook his head. Li Shi seemed to be fatter than before. His eyes were narrowed into a slit. He felt that it hurt his eyes if he looked at her a few more times.
Li Shi didn't expect the emperor to turn around and leave.
She had thought about losing weight during this period, but Chunying never let her go, and the people in the imperial kitchen also pretended to obey. The emperor had clearly ordered her to enjoy the offerings of Zhaoyi, but the food sent by the emperor was still very greasy, even worse than before.
Even if Li Shi didn't want to eat, Chunying would force it into her mouth, and she had no way to deal with it.
The most uncomfortable thing for Li Shi was that she was locked up in this dark place and didn't know what was happening outside.
This unknown fear made her wonder if she still had hope of turning the tables.
Now the only thing she could be sure of was that the emperor hadn't killed her yet, and she shouldn't have reached the worst situation.
However, she was locked up like this now, completely cut off from the outside world, and it was not much different from a slow death.
"The Queen Mother is so cruel! Her method is to torture me to death!" Li Shi said viciously.
She only hoped that the Imperial Master could turn the tide, but she was afraid that without her reminder, some things might get out of control.
"Well, you bitch, you actually sneaked here again to communicate with people outside!" Chunying ran over and grabbed Li's ear.
Li was very angry. Chunying had no respect for superiors and subordinates at all. She dared to let her suffer such a great humiliation, but Li decided to endure the humiliation.
"Chunying, I have hidden a sum of silver outside Guanju Palace. As long as you promise to help me do something, I can give you the money." Li took the initiative to make a deal.
But what responded to her was a slap from Chunying.
"Well! You actually hid the money secretly! If you don't give it to me, I will beat you to death now!" Chunying said viciously.
Li:...
Li secretly hated that her brain was broken. She actually thought that she could cooperate with Chunying. She didn't expect that the lies she made up casually would bring her great torture in the next few days.
In Shoukang Palace, Li Xuan had already left, and the Queen Mother held Niu Niu in her arms.
"My dear, never seek the skin of a tiger. You know that the enemy has ill intentions, but you still hope to gain benefits from the enemy. Who knows if it will bring you more trouble." The Queen Mother taught Niu Niu her philosophy of life.
The Queen Mother naturally knew that Li had many secrets. If the emperor had not disagreed, she would have directly interrogated Li.
Nanny Sun also proposed to let Chunying go undercover in front of Li to find out the news, but was rejected by the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother felt that instead of trying hard to judge whether the news from Li was true or false, it would be better to just go for her original purpose from the beginning.
The news could be inquired by other methods in the future. She just wanted Li to live a life worse than death. Sending Chunying there was only the purpose of torturing people from beginning to end.
No matter how beautiful the cake painted by Li was, it was useless to Chunying.
Niu Niu looked at the Queen Mother with a confused look and said, "Don't worry, Queen Mother, I have good eyesight. I can tell who is a good person and who is a bad person. I am not afraid of them bullying me!"
The Queen Mother reached out and tapped Niu Niu's forehead: "You are so powerful, why didn't you find out that Concubine Lin was a bad person earlier?"
Niu Niu's face was blank for a moment, and the little girl quickly changed her words with her hand covering her forehead: "I... I was bragging, Queen Mother, don't remember what I just said!"
The Queen Mother laughed when she heard these childish words: "Okay, okay, I won't remember Niu Niu's bragging. Ah, next time he must not encounter such a thing again, Grandma is scared by you."
Niu Niu fainted after leaving the enclosure. Because the coma was short, the emperor and the Queen Mother thought she was frightened and didn't know that she was because of her wish.
Gu Mingda and Zhang Yunniang said nothing afterwards. After all, although Niuniu saved the emperor with the help of the big tiger, the situation was critical. Saving the emperor was saving Niuniu herself. The couple was only glad that Niuniu still had this hidden talent, otherwise they would not be able to bear the pain of losing their daughter.
Li Xuan returned to the prince's residence. The room of Li Shuo, who lived next to him, was empty. Li Shuo was the grandson of the King of Qi. Even though his legs and feet were not fully healed, he was not left behind in this exile to Lingnan.
Li Xuan placed the magnolia tree carving ornament in his arms on the bedside and couldn't help looking at it again and again.
"Master, you really like magnolia. Only magnolia and Niuniu can make you put down your book." The eunuch who served Li Xuan said with a smile.
Li Xuan took another look at the magnolia tree ornament, but finally put it down and said, "Thank you for your reminder. Diligence makes perfect and play makes waste. I have to seize the time to study and not waste time anymore."
He returned to the desk and picked up the book to read. His mother, the Crown Prince's Consort, informed him that the Queen Mother intended to match him up.
Li Xuan also knew that Concubine Shun in the palace was pregnant, and the crown prince would most likely be Concubine Shun's child. Although he lost the opportunity to compete for the throne, he was not discouraged.
Gu Mingda was the top scholar. Li Xuan felt that if his talent was too poor, Gu Mingda would not agree to this marriage.
Besides, he could not participate in the competition for the crown prince. Although he was born in the royal palace, he could not inherit the throne. He could only rely on studying to make a way out and give his wife and son a title in the future.
"The queen in the palace can never be contacted. The news can go in but not out."
Li Ziqin frowned when he heard his subordinates' reply.
He turned to look at the Imperial Master and asked, "The Queen has fallen out of favor now, why do you have to tell her?"
The Imperial Master said, "Your Queen planted evil causes in the past, and now it has borne evil fruits. If you don't find her, how can you resolve these grudges?"
Li Ziqin sent people to assassinate the emperor, ready to support the Qi Wangfu in the fight for the throne, but he didn't expect that the assassination he thought was foolproof would fail for an inexplicable reason.
"I told you a long time ago that ordinary means are useless, but you didn't believe it. I asked the people I sent to Baiyun Town to be more careful, but you sent a few trash there!" The Imperial Master complained.