Chapter 68: I want to seek justice!

Liu Si lowered his head and reported, "This humble one does not know, only, only that Official Song's body is very hot right now, he might have a fever."

"Then hurry and take him to find a doctor." Imperial Yu Fei turned her head away, not letting herself look at the unconscious Song Shijie, fearing that if she looked one more time, she would be beyond redemption.

"This humble one understands, thank you Imperial Yu Fei for your mercy!" Liu Si breathed a sigh of relief and hurried away with Song Shijie on his back.

Imperial Yu Fei watched his back as he carried Song Shijie away. She twitched the corners of her mouth unnaturally, and finally looked up at the bright sun in the sky, as if remembering some old feelings and past events.

The head maid was her dowry maid. She knew that her mistress was feeling sentimental about the past, so she stepped forward to remind her, "Mistress, shall we hurry in and visit Official Xu?"

"Yes, hurry and see the situation of my father and mother." After Imperial Yu Fei finished speaking, she sighed slightly, then lifted one leg and stepped into the gate of the Xu mansion.

After Liu Si carried Song Shijie back to the Song mansion, he prepared to help call the house physician.

Song Mu sat by Song Shijie's bed, looking at her unconscious son, and called out to Liu Si worriedly, "Liu Si, hurry to the Lu General Mansion and call Lin Guniang over to treat Shijie!"

"This..." Liu Si lowered his head in embarrassment, "This humble one heard this morning that Lin Guniang and General Lu went to the Huang Gong to file a grievance."

"Entering the palace to file a grievance?" Song Mu looked puzzled, "What grievance is there to file?"

Liu Si said hesitantly, "It seems to be about the Dali Temple burning the women's prison..."

"The matter of burning the women's prison? Wasn't Lin Guniang swapped out at the time? Isn't she fine?" Song Mu was even more puzzled.

Actually, when the Dali Temple posted the notice, Song Mu was so anxious that she wanted to go straight to the Dali Temple to seek justice!

But Song Fu stopped her. She was so angry that she used her fists to beat Song Fu, "My daughter-in-law, who was about to be in my hands, was burned to death by them! I want to seek justice!! Don't stop me!!"

"Calm down, Rumei," Song Fu grabbed her hand, "If Lin Guniang had really been burned to death, that kid Lu Zhenting would have already turned the Dali Temple upside down!"

"Oh, that's right." Song Mu suddenly realized at the time that if it were Lin Guniang who had been burned to death, not only would Lu Zhenting have turned the Dali Temple upside down, but her own son would definitely not have sat idly by.

At this moment, Liu Si's words pulled her thoughts back.

"Madam Cheng, this humble one heard... heard that the person who was burned to death was a personal maid of Lin Guniang, and Lin Guniang might be filing a grievance for her."

"She went to the Emperor just to file a grievance for a maid?! " Song Mu was dumbfounded: this was truly an unprecedented strange event!

"No, I must enter the palace to find Empress Dowager Xiao. If she offends the Emperor, won't my son be a bachelor for the rest of his life?!"

Thinking of this, she hurriedly got up from the bedside and ordered, "Liu Si, hurry and find our house physician, Doctor Wei. I will enter the palace in a moment to bring Lin Guniang back to treat my son!"

But at this very moment, the entire Huang Gong, especially the Inner Palace, had been turned upside down by the Emperor's head guard and his men!

The Inner Palace was in chaos. Some concubines resisted the order and did not cooperate with the search, until the head guard took out the Emperor's token, and then they shut their mouths and dared not make a sound.

In the Yonghe Palace where Imperial Concubine Ning resided, the Ruyi Palace of Imperial Yu Fei, and the Guangyang Palace where Noble Lady Hui lived, nothing unclean was found.

It was only in the Changxia Palace of Imperial Wan Fei that the guards found a large amount of musk and safflower, and under the pillow of Noble Xi Pin, they dug out a voodoo doll dressed exactly like Imperial Yu Fei, as well as many boxes of rose-red aphrodisiacs.

"Audacious Noble Xi Pin! How dare you practice witchcraft in the Inner Palace and hide aphrodisiacs! Speak, was it you who sent someone to drug Imperial Yu Fei's food with aphrodisiacs!"

Noble Xi Pin had a very distinctive exotic face, but when she was forced to kneel on the ground by the guards, she held her head high, her brows and eyes refusing to lower in the slightest.

Noble Xi Pin sneered, "I admit to the voodoo doll, but as for who framed me with this aphrodisiac, even if I said it, you wouldn't believe me."

"Still stubborn when death is imminent!" The guard glared, and with a "slap," hit her face hard several times. Five finger marks immediately appeared on Noble Xi Pin's face, and blood spilled from the corners of her mouth.

After being slapped several times, Noble Xi Pin still refused to lower her head. She spat on the ground, spat out the scarlet blood in her mouth, and provoked calmly: "Come on, beat me to death."

The guard was so angry he was about to draw his sword, but his subordinate behind him tugged at his clothes, which made him sober up.

After all, this Noble Xi Pin was the Emperor's person, and he, a guard, could not handle it privately.

He pointed at the aphrodisiac and the doll and shouted angrily, "Someone, present the physical evidence to the Emperor!"

The Emperor was sitting in the Yangxin Hall. When he saw this unspeakable evidence, the Imperial countenance was instantly enraged!

"A good Imperial Wan Fei, a good Noble Xi Pin," Qin Yuan looked at the box of aphrodisiacs, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He struck the aphrodisiac held by the guard with force, and the rose-red particles, along with the medicine box, were knocked to the ground and scattered everywhere!

"They are actually so presumptuous! How is Imperial Concubine Ning managing the Inner Palace!" Qin Yuan was so angry his eyes turned red. He picked up a piece of musk, looked at the voodoo doll with needles, and then threw the musk and safflower onto the ground with force!

"It's all these unspeakable things! If it weren't for the fact that Lin Guniang and I were both drugged with aphrodisiacs today, I would have been kept in the dark!"

"Especially Noble Xi Pin, who even attempted to frame Imperial Yu Fei!" Qin Yuan looked at the servants kneeling on the ground, "Cast her into the Cold Palace, never to see me again!"

"And Imperial Concubine Yun, demote her out of the palace, order her to shave her hair and become a nun, and let her chant scriptures and pray for those descendants who were harmed for the rest of her life!"

"Someone! Pass the order down, Imperial Concubine Ning has managed the Inner Palace ineffectively, strip her of her title as Imperial Concubine, and demote her to a Concubine!"

"Your Majesty, this..." Eunuch Gao hesitated, but still spoke the words of persuasion, "Imperial Concubine Ning is the birth mother of the little Crown Prince, you this..."

"As the mother of the Crown Prince, she still acts like this. Is she treating this power to manage the Inner Palace as a toy in her hands?"

"With her like this, how can she set an example for Qin Zimo!?" Mentioning his young son, Qin Yuan thought of him having such a mother, and his anger grew even more!

"Also, order Imperial Yu Fei to assist Concubine Ning in managing the Inner Palace!" Qin Yuan thought of Imperial Yu Fei being framed for no reason, not knowing how many times she had been drugged with aphrodisiacs, and at this moment, her father Xu Xiao had pufferfish poisoning and was involved in a grievance case. A trace of guilt arose in his heart for Imperial Yu Fei.

As long as there was guilt, he would find a way to compensate.

After Qin Yuan arranged the orders, he finally felt a little less angry.

After the guards left, a group of little eunuchs hurriedly ran in, knelt on the ground, and cleaned up the Yangxin Hall, picking up the rose-red aphrodisiacs one by one, and then collecting the voodoo doll and musk.

The little eunuch who picked up the voodoo doll had his hand pricked and bleeding, but he didn't dare to make a sound, fearing that he would provoke the Emperor's Imperial wrath again.

Eunuch Gao saw it all, but couldn't say anything for the little eunuch. He stepped forward and signaled the little eunuch to go and fetch tea to serve the Emperor.

The little eunuch received the order and bowed out.

Actually, Eunuch Gao knew the reason for Qin Yuan's outburst: the Inner Palace had not yet decided on an Empress, and Imperial Concubine Ning's background was not as good as those below her, so those concubines naturally would not listen to her discipline.

This chaos in the Inner Palace had not been a matter of one or two days.

Moreover, the Emperor had been drugged with an aphrodisiac today, but he hadn't vented it on Lin Guniang, so he was ultimately feeling blocked in his heart.

But these words could not be spoken clearly.

At this time, the little eunuch brought in the tea. Eunuch Gao picked up a cup of tea and handed it to the Emperor, respectfully persuading, "Your Majesty, drink some tea to moisten your throat."

Qin Yuan picked up the teacup at hand and drank the tea in one gulp, and his anger finally subsided.

He watched the little eunuch gather the picked-up aphrodisiacs into the box, and couldn't help but think of the incident where he was drugged with an aphrodisiac at noon today, and along with it, thought of Lin Jiaojiao.

So he turned his face and asked Eunuch Gao: "Eunuch Gao, how is Lin Guniang doing over there?"