EBE Chapter 238 Looking Back 1 Smiling
Chapter 238 Looking Back 1 Smiling
Qin Keqing didn't care whether Li Kui was unhappy or not. Her eyes were fixed on the palace entrance from beginning to end.
After waiting for a long time without any movement, she frowned slightly.
Then she took a deep breath and tried her best to calm herself down.
About half a quarter of an hour passed.
There was finally movement at the palace gate.
The palace maid shouted, "The Imperial Concubine has arrived."
All the concubines in the harem, except the empress dowager and Zhou Shiya, stood up to welcome Zhou Lingge.
Qin Keqing clenched her fists and looked up, seeing Zhou Lingge being escorted into the palace by palace servants.
She curled her lips and smiled faintly, without any abnormality on her face.
Qin Keqing's heart sank and her face turned ugly.
Looks like there's a change of plans!
Zhou Lingge wore a bright yellow imperial concubine's palace dress today.
The ornate palace dresses are outlined with gold threads, delicate and meticulously crafted into intricate patterns. These threads, as if alive, meander and twist across the garments, interweaving into blooming flowers, ethereal butterflies, and delicate auspicious clouds.
They are so lifelike, as if they were living creatures, dancing gracefully on the concubine's body and flying high with wings flapping.
A gilded hairpin was inserted in her cloud-like black hair, which highlighted her gorgeous temperament and unparalleled beauty... As soon as she stepped into the hall, everything around her, including people and objects, was overshadowed and lost all its luster.
Qin Feiling's eyes lit up, and his originally dull eyes seemed dazzling.
He couldn't even wait for Zhou Lingge to come over. He stood up and walked towards her, stopping in front of her.
He looked at Zhou Lingge, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, with a gleam of amazement in his eyes.
"The Imperial Concubine's attire today is absolutely stunning... All the colors in this world cannot compare to even one of the Imperial Concubine's."
Women all like to be praised by others, especially this dog emperor who praised Zhou Lingge generously in front of so many people. Zhou Lingge couldn't help but curl up the corners of her lips.
Her smile couldn't help but become more genuine.
"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty... I am almost embarrassed."
Zhou Lingge's smile is just like the saying goes, "One smile brings out all the charms, making all the beauties in the palace pale in comparison."
The radiance emanating from her completely overshadowed the other concubines in the palace. How could anyone surpass her beauty?
Although there were many people in the entire hall, at this moment, you could hear a pin drop and the whole place was completely silent.
Countless pairs of eyes fell on Zhou Lingge's face, and they were all amazed by her beautiful smile.
Li Kui said absentmindedly: "The Imperial Concubine is so beautiful!"
Lin Yan clenched her hands, staring blankly at the way the emperor looked at the imperial concubine.
This kind of look... she had never seen it before.
Only then did she realize how indifferent and distant His Majesty was to others compared to the Imperial Concubine... He was like a wisp of air without any sense of existence.
Lin Yan's expression was extremely ugly.
She couldn't help but tug at Qin Keqing's sleeve, her voice choked with sobs: "Lady Qin, tell me... can I still successfully gain His Majesty's favor?"
"The Imperial Concubine is truly so beautiful! How can I possibly compare to her? Did you see the look in His Majesty's eyes when he looked at her?"
That look seemed to be mixed with a lot of deep affection that was hard to see and couldn't be expressed in words.
Only then did she realize that compared to the Imperial Concubine... the difference was like heaven and earth. Could she really seize the Imperial Concubine's favor and replace her?
Qin Keqing clapped her hands gently and soothed Lin Yan softly, "Don't be discouraged, Concubine Lin. You are a different type from the Imperial Concubine. You are the delicate and beautiful woman of the misty Jiangnan region... As long as you are willing to put in the effort, His Majesty will slowly turn his attention to you."
After she finished speaking, she narrowed her eyes and quietly watched Zhou Lingge's every move, every frown and smile.
I have to admit that Concubine Yu Zhou Lingge is indeed very beautiful.
What a pity, no matter how beautiful she is, she is not the protagonist!
All the concubines in the hall bowed to Zhou Lingge.
Qin Feiling held her hand and led her to his seat.
"Please sit beside me, Concubine..."
This time, the Queen Mother not only did not stop him, but instead looked at Zhou Lingge with a particularly pleasant expression: "Please sit down. You must have had a hard time walking all this way while pregnant."
"Hurry up and sit down and rest. Come, serve some exquisite cakes to the imperial concubine. Instead of tea, bring her some scented tea."
Zhou Lingge didn't expect that the Queen Mother's attitude towards her would be so warm and considerate.
She thanked the Queen Mother and looked at Qin Feiling with raised eyebrows.
Qin Feiling was happy in her heart, she just smiled with the corners of her lips pursed and said nothing.
"Since the Imperial Concubine has arrived, Concubine Wan... let's begin."
He did not let go of Zhou Lingge's hand, but just intertwined his fingers with hers and held them tightly.
Concubine Wan looked at their interlocked hands, a dimness in her eyes. She looked away, pretending not to see, and began to narrate the whole process of the noble man being poisoned.
"I have found out that the cause of the noble lady's death was poisoning after drinking a cup of scented tea from Yuanchen Palace."
"The composition of this poison is similar to arsenic... If ingested, death will occur within a few moments, with blood gushing from all seven orifices..."
After these words were spoken, the expressions of the concubines in the palace all changed.
Their eyes were filled with panic and they couldn't help but talk about it.
"Yuanchen Palace's flower tea? We all drank it, so why was only the noble one poisoned?"
"Could it be that someone, under the guise of scented tea, poisoned the noble man?"
Everyone knows that ever since the imperial concubine became pregnant, she has started drinking scented tea for health preservation.
Anyone who comes to Yuanchen Palace follows local customs and drinks scented tea.
However, the noble lady died of poisoning after drinking scented tea. The tea and pastries they drank were exactly the same as those of the noble lady.
But why did the nobleman die of poisoning, but they didn't show any abnormalities?
So, there is only one possibility.
That is, the scented tea they drank together was not poisonous, but someone secretly poisoned the tea that the noble lady drank alone.
Concubine Wan nodded without comment, agreeing with their objection.
"You sisters are right to be concerned. If the poison came from the scented tea, all the concubines present at the time would have died. Therefore... the scented tea we drank wasn't poisonous. Someone secretly poisoned the noble lady. This is why I, following this principle, have thoroughly investigated all the palace servants who touched the noble lady's tea."
As long as you grab a thread, you can uproot the clues buried underground.
Concubine Wan was a doctor and knew a lot about medicine. She used her medical skills to gradually sort out the case.
That night, she sent people to arrest and interrogate all the palace maids who had come into contact with Noble Lady Gao's food, including Noble Lady Gao's former confidant, the palace maid Rui'er.
Concubine Wan clapped her hands, and the next moment someone brought a ragged, blood-stained man into the hall.