C214 Death of Pleasure

In an instant, the imperial garden was so quiet that the sound of a needle dropping could be clearly heard.

Eunuch Xi, who had been waiting beside the emperor, looked at him, then looked at Xiao Jingyue and finally cast a pleading gaze at the empress.

The empress closed her eyes, speaking amidst the deathly silence, "It is indeed a death sentence."

After that, he blessed the emperor and said, "Your concubine's body is a bit unwell, so I'll take my leave first. I hope that Your Majesty will forgive me.

With that, he led the mama and palace maids out of the imperial garden.

The main culprit for today's birthday had already left. With such an incident occurring, who would still have the mood to stay?

Everyone looked at the emperor anxiously. When he spoke, the emperor just stared at Xiao Jingyue with a gloomy face, not saying a word.

The officials were helpless and could only look at Xiao Jingyue again.

Xiao Jingyue returned to Qu Ling's side, and as if there was no one else present, he pulled Qu Ling away from the imperial garden.

Without the carriage, the path from the palace was rather far. The two walked for a long time, but still could not see the gate to the palace.

A somewhat inappropriate voice rang out in their ears, "Big sister, brother-in-law, I want to go back and find mother empress."

Only now did Qu Ling notice that he was still hugging a devilish brat.

The brother and sister looked at each other speechlessly for a moment, before Qu Ling asked, "Why are you still here?"

Little Prince said, "In that situation, I thought it would be better if I didn't make any noise."

Saying that, she looked at Xiao Jingyue, as though she was sizing up his expression.

Qu Ling nodded in agreement, "Indeed."

Thus, the little fellow was carried all the way here by her.

As he spoke, a servant appeared in front of the two of them, blocking their path.

The servant respectfully bowed to the two of them and said: "General Xiao, Mrs. Xiao, please wait."

A quarter of an hour later.

Qu Ling and Xiao Jingyue were once again brought to the Empress's palace.

When Little Prince saw the empress, he immediately threw himself at her and called out softly, "Imperial Mother, Imperial Mother."

The Queen lightly patted his shoulders as her gaze swept across Qu Ling and Mu Kui. She said warmly, "Can you let big sister bring Mu Er to rest?"

Qu Ling was startled, and looked at the empress in confusion.

The Empress looked at her with a gentle expression and said warmly, "Many things have happened tonight. Ah Ling, please accompany him for me."

When Qu Ling thought about how his aunt's birthday was going to be like today, and how such a thing had happened, he couldn't help but feel sad for her.

He turned his body and extended his hand out towards Little Prince. "Let's go, big sister will take you to rest."

Little Prince looked at the empress and then looked at Qu Ling.

The young and the old man walked to the entrance of the main hall and looked back.

The empress waved her hand. "Hurry and take them."

Only then did the two of them retract their gazes and step out of the door.

After the two of them left, the main hall was completely silent.

After a while, Xiao Jingyue raised his eyes and looked at the empress, and said in a deep voice: "There is something Jing Yue wants to ask the empress about for a long time."

After returning to the capital, Xiao Jingyue had asked the Prime Minister Jiang to help tie the strings, hoping to meet with the Queen in private. However, the Prime Minister Jiang had not agreed.

The smile on the queen's face faded, she nodded lightly and said, "Speak."

"Is the Gu in my body related to the Empress?"

"…"

What was coming was indeed coming.

The empress closed her eyes and propped herself up using the armrest of her chair to speak, "Before I answer you, I have a piece of advice to share with you in advance."

Xiao Jingyue nodded: "Please speak."

"If you still want to live a good life with Ah Ling, firstly, you should not ask about the Gu, secondly, you should not ask about your background, and thirdly, you should not ask about the cause of death of Ah Ling's mother."

As the Queen spoke, she looked up at him once again. The expression in her eyes was deep, as if she was concealing thousands of emotions. She continued, "If that's the case, does General Xiao still want to ask?"

Surprise flashed past Xiao Jingyue's eyes and for a moment, he did not know how to answer.

Listening to the empress's words, the Gu in his body was related not only to his ancestry, but also the cause of Qu Ling's mother's death.

In other words, Qu Ling's mother's death was actually related to him.

As such, Xiao Jingyue retreated.

The fact that he was infected by the parasite was a given, and could not be changed.

But if Qu Ling found out that he was the one who killed her mother, what would happen to her?

The empress saw that he was silent and continued, "Things are far more important than they used to be. Why stick to the truth?"

Xiao Jingyue remained silent. His expression was calm, but his mind was in a mess.

Before he asked, he had thought that the queen would refuse to answer, or deceive him.

He had never thought that the empress and he would actually lose such a choice.

The empress tossed a token to him and said lightly, "I'll give you three days to think it through. If you still want to seek the truth back then, take this command tablet and enter the palace. Someone will bring you here to find me. "

Little Prince laid on the bed after washing his face and rinsing his mouth.

Qu Ling sat on the side of the bed in a daze, his mind filled with what had happened tonight.

"Elder sister." Little Prince suddenly shouted.

Qu Ling regained his senses, and glanced at him, "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

Little Prince frowned her delicate eyebrows in distress, "I have something on my mind, I can't fall asleep."

Qu Ling, "..."

At such a young age, what worries did he have to learn from an adult?!

"Elder sister, actually, brother-in-law is royal father's child, right?"

"…"

"If brother-in-law is royal father's child, should I call him big brother or call you sister-in-law?"

"…"

Qu Ling stared at him with a fake smile, "I thought you would be too scared to sleep because of what happened tonight. It seems like I was overthinking it."

"Elder sister didn't think too much. I was scared."

"…"

Little bastard, I almost believed you!

A servant came in and whispered: "Mrs. Xiao, General Xiao is waiting outside."

Qu Ling got up and pulled Little Prince's blanket, then leaned over and kissed his forehead, "Don't think too much into it, you're still young, let the adults think about those bad things."

Little Prince obediently nodded her head, with her black eyes wide open, reluctantly watched Qu Ling leave.

Due to the delay in the palace gate's curfew due to the palace banquet today, Qu Ling and Xiao Jingyue still had time to leave the palace.

Qu Ling did not ask Xiao Jingyue what he had chatted about with his aunt, nor did he mention anything about tonight in the Imperial Garden.

The night passed in silence.

The next day, Xiao Jingyue went to the imperial court early in the morning.

After he woke up, Qu Ling also went to wash up.

After breakfast, he sat in the courtyard in a daze.

Spring had come for some time now, and the courtyard was being illuminated by the warm rays of the sun.

Qu Ling didn't dare to ask Xiao Yi and Xiao San what the rumors were about today in the palace or in the courtyard.

Even more so, he didn't dare imagine what kind of rumors and slanders Xiao Jingyue would face once his background was leaked.

"Ah Ling!" Chen Linye ran in frantically.

Not knowing why, Qu Ling suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, "What's wrong?"

Chen Linye said with a pained look in his eyes, "Le Yue, he … "Dead."

Qu Ling's body froze, her small face immediately lost all color, and became terrifyingly pale.

It was unknown when Godly Doctor Gu had followed over, but he was standing at the courtyard entrance and said solemnly: "That child probably couldn't take it anymore, as he swallowed the broken cup."

"Madam!" Xiao loudly roared.

Chen Linye and Godly Doctor Gu ran towards Qu Ling at the same time, one to check her pulse, the other to send her inside.

As Xiao Jingyue's master, like Xiao Jingyue, the inner force cultivation method that Godly Doctor Gu cultivated was extremely yin, and not long after, Qu Ling felt a little better.

Qu Ling pushed them aside and sat up straight. He took out a bottle of pills from his sleeves, poured one out and swallowed it whole.

Seeing that, the Godly Doctor Gu snatched the bottle and took a sniff.

Chen Linye retracted his hand, and looked at Qu Ling with a complicated expression, then said: "You must take care of yourself, Jing Yue needs you."

When his father was no longer his father, his mother was no longer the mother he had imagined her to be.

Perhaps, in Xiao Jingyue's opinion, the only person that he could wholeheartedly trust and rely on in this world was Qu Ling.