PDLP Chapter 116 Suicide?
Chapter 116 Suicide?
Zhou Shiya slowly clenched her fists.
She gritted her teeth and looked at Madam Zhou: "Ling'er could never have committed suicide... This must have been murder."
"Send someone to investigate. We must find out the cause of Ling'er's death."
Her well-planned plan was aborted just like that.
How could she not be angry and furious?
Who ruined her good thing?
Zhou Shiya immediately stood up and walked out hurriedly.
As soon as she stepped out of the palace gate, she stopped.
Zhao Ma ran over and supported her arm, "Your Majesty, let Concubine Shu and Concubine Rou investigate this matter."
"We must not let Ling'er's affairs involve us."
Zhou Shiya's face turned pale and she nodded quickly.
"Yes, this cannot be implicated in this matter."
"Go and warn all the palace servants in Fengluan Palace not to speak carelessly. Anyone who leaks anything that damages my reputation will be executed without mercy."
Nanny Zhou nodded quickly in response.
She quickly sent someone to inform Concubine Shu and Concubine Rou, asking them to investigate the cause of Ling'er's death.
Zhou Shiya sat in the hall, her eyes full of trance.
"Who on earth harmed Ling'er?"
"Given Ling'er's temperament, she would never commit suicide."
When Ling'er left, she made many promises. As long as she could successfully gain the emperor's favor, she would protect her until she successfully conceived an heir...
Ling'er is ambitious and wants to climb onto the emperor's bed.
How could she possibly jump off Yijing Pavilion and commit suicide at this time?
Zhou Shiya suppressed the turbulent waves in her heart, and in the end, she calmed down.
She stared at the slowly burning incense and candles in the hall.
Suddenly, she curled her lips and smiled softly: "Madam Zhou, how can we miss such a good opportunity?"
Nanny Zhou looked at Zhou Shiya with some doubt: "My Lady, do you want to..."
Zhou Shiya beckoned her closer and whispered a few words in her ear.
Nanny Zhou's eyes flickered, and she nodded slightly.
In fact, Ling'er was just a palace maid, and her death should not have caused any uproar.
But who made Ling'er die just after the Queen Mother returned to the palace? Someone immediately raised doubts in the Queen Mother's ear, saying that Ling'er might not have committed suicide, but someone wanted to use Ling'er's death to intimidate the Queen Mother.
When the Queen Mother heard this, she felt very uncomfortable. Regardless of whether Ling'er's death was caused by intimidation from others or a show of force, it was ultimately unlucky for her.
She immediately asked Concubine Shu and Concubine Rou to investigate the cause of Ling'er's death.
If you don't check, you won't know. Concubine Shu soon found an eyewitness.
The witness was a eunuch who was cleaning the Yijing Pavilion. He said that at one quarter past ten o'clock, he saw with his own eyes the palace servants from Yuanchen Palace escorting Ling'er up to the Yijing Pavilion.
Concubine Shu took this opportunity to report, "Your Majesty, Ling'er looks almost 60% like Concubine Yu. Your Majesty almost mistook Ling'er for Concubine Yu before, but Concubine Yu showed up just in time to stop your Majesty... The Empress even misunderstood this and made Ling'er a noble lady. Who could have known it was all a misunderstanding?"
"Because of this incident, Imperial Concubine Yu might have held a grudge against Ling'er. Furthermore, since she's pregnant and unable to sleep with him, she's worried that Ling'er, with her similar face, will take away her favor? So, she had Ling'er executed in this way?"
Concubine Rou lowered her eyes and reported the information she had found to the Empress Dowager: "I have checked Ling'er's past social interactions. She has a good temper and has hardly offended anyone. Apart from her face being similar to Concubine Yu's, no one else has any motive to kill her. Concubine Yu is the biggest suspect now..."
The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly. She had been holding a lot of anger in her heart for the past few days, which was neither relieved nor relieved, making her very tormented.
Now that someone has died in the palace and it is related to Concubine Yu, she naturally will not let the matter go unnoticed.
If Ling'er's death was really related to Concubine Yu, she would let the emperor see what kind of vicious heart the woman he truly loved had.
The Queen Mother immediately issued an imperial decree.
"Although Ling'er was a palace maid, a palace maid's life is also a life. Since there are many suspicious points about her death, we must investigate it thoroughly. The master of the palace, no matter how high his position, cannot kill innocent people... and dispose of human lives at will."
"Since this matter is related to Concubine Yu, then send someone to invite her over. No matter what, we must give an explanation to the deceased..."
As soon as she finished speaking, the palace servants immediately responded and went to Yuanchen Palace to invite Zhou Lingge.
Zhou Lingge had just washed, changed her clothes, and was getting ready to go to bed when she suddenly heard someone from the Empress Dowager's palace summoning her. She raised her eyebrows and smiled softly.
Qiao'er leaned close to her ear and whispered a few words: "Someone forged evidence that Ling'er was murdered, hoping to use it to discredit the queen."
Zhou Lingge curled his lips and sneered.
She looked at the calm Qiao'er and asked, "Have you cleaned up all the traces?"
Qiao Er nodded with absolute certainty: "I have completely erased all the clues. The evidence they used to accuse us was all fabricated..."
Zhou Lingge believes in Qiao'er's ability.
Although Qiao'er is young, he is particularly cautious and careful after experiencing the ways he has done things these few times.
Qiao'er has been immersed in the harem since she was a child. She has seen a lot of palace fights over the years. She is so smart and can draw inferences from many things. Zhou Lingge has been seeing her behavior these days.
She looked into Qiao'er's determined eyes and realized there was nothing to worry about.
"Since someone wants to use this to discredit me, I naturally can't just sit there and wait for death. Qiao'er, go and prepare some things... I will make them understand what it means to shoot oneself in the foot."
Qiao'er's eyes flickered and she slowly nodded in response.
Zhou Lingge asked Jinxin to accompany her to the Cining Palace.
When she stepped into the Cining Palace, several concubines in the harem had been waiting inside for a long time.
At once, countless pairs of eyes fell on her.
Under those gazes, Zhou Lingge remained calm and composed, letting Jin Xin support him as he walked step by step to the front of the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother sat in the first seat with a dignified look on her face, staring at Zhou Lingge with a cold gaze.
She also thought that if Zhou Lingge came to pay her respects, she could use this opportunity to make her kneel for a while longer to dampen her enthusiasm.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Lingge smiled at her, without any courtesy, and sat down on the only empty chair.
The Queen Mother's face darkened, her rage boiling over. "Noble Concubine Yu, how dare you! You don't even show respect to me and the Queen? Where are the palace rules?"