The guard did not dare to be negligent and informed the eunuch at the door. The eunuch also received Chen Mingxi's order to slow down before entering to report to Ye Feihan.
Chen Mingxiong held Ye Feihan's arm and was in a good mood playing chess with him. When she saw the young eunuch come in humbly, she did not lift her white fingertips and placed the white jade chess piece on the ebony board.
"Your Majesty, you've lost."
At this moment, Ye Feihan was worrying about the fluorite mine. Fluorite is a hard commodity to sell abroad. Every year, Westerners will buy a large amount of fluorite from Xuanzhou. Fluorite mines were managed by the Crown Prince, and were not allowed to circulate among the people. Ye Feian had discovered the fluorite mine a long time ago. He had given out funds to secretly build a spy network for external businesses and had secretly arranged for it to be given to Minister Hu. The reason Minister Hu came to Grand Dominance this time was because he had discovered that Ye Feian had the heart to disobey.
He had expected this long ago, that Endless Night had other intentions in mind …
Otherwise, how could he have exhausted his mental and physical strength to create an iron plate in the sixteen prefectures of the Mountain Sun Sect under the eyes of Ye Lianhe? This action of his had not only prevented Ye Lianhe from spying, but also blocked his supervision.
Looking at the note that Minister Hu had handed over a few days ago, the unease in Ye Feihan's heart grew.
Ye Feihan had perfectly inherited his father's sentimentality and suspicion, so no one would believe him. Not to mention his younger brother, who had already exposed his identity. The reason why he chose to be patient was only to deal with this disaster with a fatal blow in the future.
Once a person's heart had been planted with the seeds of doubt, it would be difficult for them to maintain their calm.
Chen Mingxiu looked at the imperial report in Ye Feihan's hands with a frown. She was very happy, so she forced down the corners of her lips, pretending to be in a hurry to resolve the problem for Ye Feihan.
There's always a way. There's always a way. Your Majesty, do you want to take a sip of ginseng soup to rest for a while?
Ye Feihan frowned with worry as he thought of a way to fly in the sky without saying a word. Chen Mingxi didn't get angry. Instead, he considerately and generously reached out his hand to add some incense to the gold-plated dragon incense burner on the table in front of Ye Feihan. He put away the chess pieces and stood aside to grind the incense for Ye Feihan.
Ye Feihan remained silent, but she also did not speak. Ye Feihan's heart ached the most, but he also liked Chen Mingxi's appearance of not fighting over anything, not wanting anything, not wanting anything. It was just like how a common woman revered and valued her husband. It was something that the women of the imperial harem, who only knew how to fight for their mothers' interests, did not possess.
"Your Majesty, Empress." The eunuch entered the room and reported, "Imperial Consort Jin wishes to seek an audience."
Chen Ming was half-relying on Ye Feihan to study ink. Ye Feihan heard the eunuch's words and thought of Imperial Concubine Jin's haggard and miserable appearance, and waved his hands in annoyance. "I don't want to see you, Imperial Concubine Jin. As for the empress, did she forget about the harem just because she was too engrossed in the banquet? "
The eunuch glanced at Chen Mingxi, who gave him a wink. "The imperial concubine told this servant that if His Majesty doesn't want to see her, he'll have to kneel before the foreign minister."
Mo Sha's hand paused, and a thoughtful and reluctant smile instantly appeared on Chen Mingxi's face. "Elder sister, I presume you have something important to discuss, right? If Your Majesty had invited elder sister over to take a look." After all, even the Emperor's eldest son, the Spirit of Heaven, doesn't want his mother to … "
When he thought of his son, who had died early, Ye Feihan's gloomy expression eased a bit.
"Serve Imperial Consort well, let her go back."
Ye Feihan didn't plan to meet Imperial Consort Jin. Minister Hu was currently losing his Sacred Heart and was rolling back to Grand Dominance in a sorry state, pretending to investigate the situation of the vassal lords. The empress had openly cooperated with Ye Feian, and now meeting Imperial Consort Jin was no different from taking the initiative to expose herself. It would be a waste for Minister Hu to lie low and hibernate.
Imperial Concubine Jin was scared and had a high fever in the cold night wind. She became muddle-headed. Remembering the dying jade, she stubbornly knelt on the cold stone steps, unable to be pulled up by anyone. Under the pitiful gazes of the eunuchs, she cried for Ye Feihan.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" "Ye Feihan!"
The emperor rubbed his glabella in pain, then hugged Chen Ming and went to rest.
Right now, the only thing he could be sure of was that Chen Mingxi had a clean background and that she was a well-behaved and considerate person. It was a pity that after entering the palace for half a year, she was suppressed by the Empress to the point where she couldn't lift her head up.
When he thought of how Chen Mingxi had struggled to survive and still maintained her true nature, Ye Feihan pitifully kissed the top of her head.
Imperial Concubine Jin had fainted from the fever and was carried back to the Heavy Flower Hall by the eunuchs. The stench of blood in the Heavy Flower Hall had already dispersed. The corpses of the palace maids and eunuchs had been silently cleaned up, and Bi Yu's corpse was nowhere to be found. If not for the secret passage opening and the dried blood on the east light of Hunan by her bed, Imperial Concubine Jin would have almost forgotten the moment of her death.
"Cough, cough, cough …" "All of you can leave now." Imperial Concubine Jin coughed out a mouthful of blood as she shook her head with a bitter smile. Even if there was no assassination attempt, the end of the night was probably near.
The eunuchs dreaded life and death the most. They also felt that it was too much for Imperial Concubine Jin to be unlucky and receive the orders.
Imperial Concubine Jin closed her eyes tiredly. After a long while, she heard the old and broken wooden door creak open once again.
Imperial Concubine Jin only wanted to leave quietly, so she said, "I don't have any orders, you can leave now."
"…" The person did not say a word as he landed lightly on the bed. Sensing the strange atmosphere, the imperial concubine abruptly opened her eyes. She only felt a pain in her heart before she died without being able to cry out in alarm.
It's her?!
That person quietly looked at Imperial Concubine Jin who had lost her breath and let out a soft laugh. Then, like a ghost running in the dark night, he disappeared with a leap.
"Where is he? Didn't you say that I'm going to die? " Princess Qin Xuan stood hesitantly in front of the Heavy Flower Hall as she turned her head to ask the young palace maid who had sent the message.
Unfortunately, the little palace maid was so frightened that she was stammering. She didn't know what she was talking about, but she could only stutter and stutter: "The Empress isn't doing very well. The Empress won't be able to do it."
"Won't you know once you go in and take a look?"
In the dim light, Qin Xuan saw Imperial Concubine Jin staring at her with her eyes wide open. Princess Qin Xuan felt a chill run from her feet to the top of her head, causing her hair to stand on end.
"This …" What exactly is going on? "
A closer look revealed that Imperial Concubine Jin's heart was pierced by a sharp and shiny golden hairpin. The flower bird golden hairpin was a pair with the one that Princess Qin Xuan was wearing.
How could Princess Qin Xuan not realize that someone was purposefully framing her? She immediately grabbed the small palace maid by the throat and pressed her onto the table by the window. Following the movements of the two, the flickering lantern light from the Horned Sheep Palace rolled on the ground.
This is bad! He had been tricked!
The young palace maid who had tricked Princess Qin Xuan into coming here seemed to have erupted with the power to move mountains and fill the sea. She pushed aside Princess Qin Xuan and shouted, "Murder!"
Lin An, who had followed Princess Qin Xuan over, thought that someone had hurt the princess. He hurriedly rushed in with a group of palace maids and eunuchs. The first thing he saw was Princess Qin Xuan stabbing the little palace maid to death with a golden hairpin, "You dog slave, who gave you the guts to scam and frame this princess!"
Lin An felt that he was finished. He had no way to explain himself now.