Chapter 296 Incident 3

Ling Jingshu walked forward with the crowd, looking around from the corner of her eyes, and the more she looked, the more frightened she became.

In the Pepper Room, palace lanterns were lit wherever she could see, and the lights were bright, illuminating the panic and astonishment on everyone's faces.

From time to time, you can see the imperial guards holding sharp blades passing by, each with a sullen face and sharp eyes, exuding a murderous aura that makes people shudder.

No one dared to speak.

Such a scene, even a fool can see. Something big has happened in the Pepper Room! Anyone who loses his composure and shouts at this juncture may lose his life.

At this moment, a cold voice suddenly came from a corner where the light could not reach: "Where are you going?"

Everyone paused and looked over reflexively.

The palace maid who sneaked into the dark, with a pale face, explained tremblingly: "I am in a hurry, I want to go to the toilet..."

The palace maid was one of Empress Xu's confidants. The movement was furtive, I'm afraid she was not in a hurry, but wanted to sneak out of the Pepper Room to report the news.

The imperial guard who caught the maid sneered, and did not listen to the maid's explanation at all, and raised the long knife in his hand neatly.

The knife flashed!

A scream!

A bloody light!

The maid fell softly in a pool of blood, and her face was still horrified until the moment of death.

Everyone who saw this scene was scared pale. The timid ones were frightened and lost control of their bladders, their faces pale.

Ling Jingshu's heart sank. She was just excited about Empress Xu's accident, but forgot that she was also a person in the Pepper Room. Recently, she was favored by Empress Xu and had made a lot of headlines. She would inevitably be questioned and interrogated later.

She had to gather all her energy to get through this!

Rui Lian, who was standing beside her, also trembled all over, but did not say a word, silently clenching her teeth hard.

The imperial guard glanced over and said coldly: "The emperor has ordered that everyone should go to the main hall and wait for orders. If anyone dares to play tricks again, she will be your fate!"

Everyone was silent and moved in silence.

...

Soon, everyone was in the main hall.

When people are most panicked, they will naturally stand with the most familiar people. As if this can slightly resist the fear and panic in their hearts.

More than a hundred palace maids and eunuchs stood honestly in the main hall. No one dared to move, and it didn't seem crowded.

There were more than 20 imperial guards holding long swords in the main hall, with cold light flashing in their eyes.

Rui Lian stood on Ling Jingshu's left and Qiu Shuang stood on her right. Luo Yan and Yao Huang Xuesu also gathered around them.

Under the bright candlelight, the faces of several young women were pale.

Luo Yan's whole body was shaking constantly, and she said in a trembling voice: "Rui Lian, what happened?" They stood in the middle of the main hall, surrounded by palace maids and eunuchs. As long as you lower your voice and say a few words, it won't hurt.

Ruilian's lips moved, her face was as white as paper: "I don't know either."

Qiu Shuang guessed in a low voice anxiously: "Is it the Queen..."

The emperor was alarmed, and it was such a scene again. It's not difficult to guess what happened.

The faces of several female officials were very ugly. They were all confidants of Queen Xu, and they all rose and fell together. If Queen Xu got into trouble, what would be their fate?

A eunuch walked in and shouted expressionlessly: "Rui Lian, come with me first."

Ruilian's heart tightened, but she didn't dare to hesitate at all, and immediately agreed.

Everyone automatically separated and made way.

Ruilian was the person that Queen Xu valued the most, and she was also calm and steady far beyond ordinary people. At the critical moment, she showed the character that a female official should have. At least on the surface, she was calm.

After Ruilian was taken away, Luoyan Qiu Shuang and others were in no mood to talk.

Time slipped by little by little.

After an unknown amount of time, the eunuch came in again with an expressionless face, and this time he called Qiu Shuang's name. Qiu Shuang bit her lips hard, and walked away tragically as if she was going to the execution ground.

Then it was Luo Yan, Yao Huang, and Xue Su.

None of the people who were called away returned to the main hall. No one knew where they were taken!

When it was Ling Jingshu's turn, Ling Jingshu was mentally prepared. She took a deep breath and walked to the eunuch.

Compared with the panic and fear of Luo Yan and others, Ling Jingshu's calmness at this time was particularly eye-catching. The eunuch still had no expression on his face, and only glanced at Ling Jingshu: "Come with me!"

...

Ling Jingshu followed the eunuch silently and entered the side hall.

The side hall was slightly smaller than the main hall.

The emperor, with a gloomy and cold face, sat at the top, and eunuch Ding and eunuch Huang stood beside the emperor respectively. On both sides stood a dozen guards with knives.

The air seemed to be stagnant, cold and heavy, making people breathless.

Those who were less courageous would immediately lose their legs when they saw such a scene.

Ling Jingshu calmed down, walked forward and knelt down: "I, Ling Jingshu, pay my respects to the emperor."

The girl's calm and pleasant voice reached the emperor's ears.

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the beautiful girl kneeling in front of him: "Ling Jingshu, do you know why I summoned you to question me?"

Ling Jingshu lowered her head and answered respectfully: "I don't know, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"What a don't know!"

The emperor snorted coldly, his voice was chilling: "Rui Lian and the others also said they didn't know. You are all people around the queen, how could you not know anything about the queen's affairs. It is clear that you are colluding with each other and trying to hide it from me."

"I will only give you one chance. If you dare to tell a lie, I will not only let you die without a burial place, but also destroy your nine clans!"

This is not a threat!

The emperor's anger, blood flows like a river!

No one dares to bear this anger!

Ling Jingshu's heart was also trembling, and she immediately said: "Please ask the emperor, I will tell you everything I know, and I dare not say a single word of falsehood."

The emperor asked coldly: "Do you know Yu Chun?"

Sure enough, the truth was revealed!

Ling Jingshu said without hesitation: "I have been in the palace for less than half a year, but everyone in the Pepper Room knows me. The Yu Chun mentioned by the emperor is the eunuch beside the queen. Yu Chun is handsome and sweet-mouthed, and is quite popular with the queen. He often keeps watch in the queen's bedroom at night."

These words are exactly the same as what Luo Yan and others said.

The murderous intent in the emperor's eyes faded a little: "Besides Yu Chun, are there other eunuchs who often keep watch?"

Ling Jingshu did not hesitate and told the eunuchs who often kept watch one by one.

The more the emperor listened, the uglier his face became.

What night watch? It sounds good. It's just that Queen Xu couldn't stand the loneliness...