Chapter 60: Invisible

Chapter 60

Xi Mama smiled bitterly, "I owe someone a favor, and it must be repaid. I was seriously ill last year, and it was the Princess of Chu who sent good medicine to cure me. Helping her this time repays that favor. I know the Princess of Chu will not be punished, the Retired Emperor still needs her, at most she will be scolded a few times. I don't want to harm anyone."

After she finished speaking, she bowed deeply for a long time. When she raised her head again, her expression was calm, "This old servant has nothing more to say. Your Majesty, please grant this old servant the poisoned wine!"

What I owed in this life, I have repaid.

On the road to the underworld in the future, I will owe him nothing more.

Emperor Ming Yuan's face was uncertain, "If you reveal the person behind you, I will pretend nothing has happened."

Xi Mama was silent, with an expression of detachment from life and death.

Ming Yuan was extremely angry and sad. He naturally could not kill Xi Mama, nor could he tell the Retired Emperor about this. The Retired Emperor is now suffering from heart disease. How could he bear the blow that the person who had accompanied him for decades tried to poison him?

After a long silence, he said lightly, "Since you said you didn't mean to harm the Retired Emperor, I believe you and will not investigate further. But Mama, you are too old to continue serving the Retired Emperor. Since you and the Princess of Chu get along well, let me ask the Retired Emperor to grant you to the Princess to serve her."

After all, Ming Yuan was unwilling to do it himself. He wanted Yuan Qingling to deal with Xi Mama, whom she had harmed Ling.

Yuan Qingling was dumbfounded!

"Xi Mama, you can leave first." Ming Yuan had already restrained his anger and said lightly.

Xi Mama looked at Yuan Qingling complicatedly, then bowed and retreated.

Ming Yuan looked at Chang Gong, "Keep an eye on her, it would be best to advise her not to seek death in the palace."

Xi Mama's eyes were desperate. She was afraid that if the Retired Emperor found out, she would commit suicide in the palace.

"Yes!" Chang Gong obeyed and left.

Yuan Qingling and Ming Yuan stared at each other.

"Couldn't you have told me first?" Ming Yuan said unhappily.

Yuan Qingling knew she had acted rashly. She admitted her mistake sincerely, "Your daughter-in-law was wrong."

Ming Yuan looked at her, "Did you know long ago that Xi Mama took the bead to the Empress?"

Or did she not know the power of the Chu family?

Clearly she was no fool, so she should understand this point.

"You may go." Ming Yuan said lightly.

Yuan Qingling withdrew.

After leaving the hall, she took a deep breath. A concubine? Why not? Marrying a concubine would fulfill his wish. Then they could live in conjugal bliss and stop bothering her.

When she returned to her palace, she saw Xi Mama standing under the pagoda tree, hands hanging, quietly watching her.

Her eyes seemed to show no emotion, as if nothing had happened between them. She was calm in a frightening way.

Yuan Qingling walked over and looked her in the eye.

Xi Mama bowed slightly, "Princess!"

"Were you waiting for me, Mama?"

Xi Mama stared at her, "Since the Princess saw through it early on, why didn't you expose this old servant?"

"I foolishly hoped that Mama would not give the bead to the Empress in the end."

Xi Mama's eyes darkened, and she said mockingly, "Isn't the Princess very disappointed? This old servant did not cherish the chance you gave me, but still delivered the bead to the Empress."

"Yes, very disappointed." Yuan Qingling's expression was unchanged, but her tone was full of exhaustion, "I thought that at least there was someone good to me in the palace and outside. I was wishful thinking."

She looked at the door of the palace. Laughter came from the Prince's palace. Going in, she would see Macheng. She didn't want to see him. For a moment, she felt the world was vast with nowhere to go.

She went to Qian Kun Palace. Although the old man had a bad temper and scolded her at every turn, he knew to coax her after scolding.

On the way there, she was still thinking about who was behind this, instructing Xi Mama to betray the Retired Emperor. Xi Mama was even willing to die rather than reveal this person. It was certainly impossible for it to be Chu Mingcui. Xi Mama would not harm the Retired Emperor's life for Chu Mingcui.

Xi Mama said she didn't know it was poison and had no intention of harming the Retired Emperor. But having been in the palace for many years, could she be so naive as to think the person just wanted her to replace some candies for the Retired Emperor? The Emperor's attitude was also strange. Considering the Retired Emperor's health, there's no way he would just let this go, right? This was attempted murder of the Retired Emperor, an unforgivable crime. As long as the murderer was not found, the Retired Emperor would still be in danger.

Yuan Qingling felt she understood the intrigue in the palace less and less.