novelden Chapter 788 I Won’t Save You This Time (31)
Chapter 788 I Won’t Save You This Time (31)
"Let's do it this way for now!" Liang Song felt that a small person like Yan Caiyue was not worth his trouble at all. The only value of her existence was probably that she knew A Luo's last whereabouts.
Even though he already had a relatively correct guess about A Luo's ending and the corresponding evidence, Liang Song still wanted to know whether Xiao Qiluo had left any words for him.
But these things are not urgent for the time being. At least after dealing with those "traitors", we can find Yan Caiyue back.
Of course, when Liang Song and the leader of the secret guards said these words, they did not avoid mentioning Chang Xi.
After everyone left, he suddenly asked, "Chang Xi! Do you listen to your master or me?"
Although Chang Xi lowered his head, he saw it clearly - Liang Song unconsciously turned the ring on his right thumb a few times. This was his usual action before he wanted to kill someone.
"I am your Majesty's man, and I have the right to be loyal to your Majesty." Chang Xi kowtowed and said firmly, "Master has been kind to me, and I will be filial to him, but when it comes to the dilemma of loyalty and righteousness, I only know that I am your Majesty's man."
Liang Song stopped playing with the ring and smiled: "Okay! I have received your loyalty, and I will do my job well in the future."
Chang Xi, who had been to the gates of hell twice today, now felt his back was wet.
But even though his legs were a little weak, he still forced himself to stand up calmly, praying silently in his heart: Please don't let this happen for the third time, otherwise he would most likely lose his manners in front of the palace.
It is said that things never happen more than three times, and these three things happened immediately - Concubine Liu asked someone to pass on a message, requesting an audience with the Emperor.
Looking at the news handed over by the eunuch under his command, Chang Xi felt that today was the unluckiest day for him.
Everything happened at once.
Since giving birth to the "freak", Concubine Liu was stripped of her title and moved into the Qingyun Palace, so she had no idea what was going on in the court.
It seemed as if she just lost a title and was still a concubine, but the Liu family had been confiscated and exterminated.
In fact, the original crime was to confiscate the family property, but for some reason a secret guard was particularly diligent in doing this job and actually discovered a secret room with many mechanisms in the Liu family.
He risked his own life to destroy all the mechanisms. Although he later died of his injuries, the things found in the secret room were enough for the Liu family to be wiped out.
There were account books of corruption, correspondence between previous princes, and even records of arms trade with enemy countries.
After such an incident, Concubine Liu was able to save her life and retain her position as a concubine, which was already a blessing from heaven. Now she even dares to approach His Majesty, which is simply courting her own death.
Chang Xi was Fu Shun's apprentice, and he knew something about the relationship between the emperor and Concubine Xiao.
He seemed to be indifferent to Concubine Xiao's accident, but in fact, he had already hated the Liu family to death in private.
Now that the Liu family no longer exists, the reason why Concubine Liu was kept around is simply because we don’t want her to die too easily.
But this person still can't figure things out and is still obsessed with regaining favor.
Oh! He is also a fool.
But anyway! Anyway, one more woman in the palace doesn't make a difference, and one less woman doesn't make a difference either. Since she is willing to come forward, he will "help" her.
Chang Xi took a deep breath, calmed himself, and walked into the palace with the tea and snacks he had just prepared. After he had settled down, he found an opportunity and whispered, "Your Majesty, Concubine Liu sent someone to tell you that she wants to see you."
Liang Song did not even stop his hand while reviewing the memorial. He just snorted and said, "No!"
Chang Xi thought of the news he had received, and could only bite the bullet and continue: "Empress Liu said that she has important things to report to Your Majesty, and begs Your Majesty to see her."
"Pah!" Liang Song sneered and closed the memorial he had just written in red, and glanced at Chang Xi, "Just now she said she would be loyal to me, how much benefit did she receive to speak for her now?"
Chang Xi did not hide it and directly took out the purse that was just delivered with the news: "It is a small bag of golden melon seeds! But I thought that Concubine Liu seemed to know some news that Your Majesty needed, so..."
Liang Song didn't even look at Hebao. He just stood up slowly, walked to the window, and turned his back to Chang Xi: "What else can she know that I don't know? In the end, she just wants to find a way out for herself."
Chang Xi didn't dare to respond and could only continue to kneel quietly there, waiting for Liang Song's instructions.
Liang Song took a sip of the tea that had been sitting there for a long time, and he felt happy again: "The red pearls are very good this year. I'll have someone send some to Luo..."
After he said the word "A Luo", he realized what he had said, but Liang Song immediately remembered it.
The Liu family should have been involved in A'Luo's case, but he had people search the Liu family thoroughly but did not get any useful information.
Could it be that the only Liu family members actually involved in this matter are Liu Yunqing and his sister?
Apart from knowing some sporadic information, I knew nothing about the previously deceased Liu Tianquan.
He thought the other party was a playboy, so his family was on guard against Liu Tianquan. Now it seems that this man may not be involved at all.
However, being too anxious would only backfire. I'm afraid that not only would Liu Yunqing not tell the truth, he might even use it as a threat.
The Liu family is not the only ones who are good at playing hard to get.
"Go tell Concubine Liu that I am busy with government affairs and will see her when I have time." After saying this, Liang Song walked back to the desk and continued to review memorials.
After hearing this, Chang Xi went to Qingyun Hall.
From a distance, Concubine Liu could be seen standing and wandering at the entrance of the palace. There was no trace of her former demeanor and elegance.
Her face was haggard, and her eyes held the same anticipation as those women in the harem who were not favored.
It was really sad. This was Concubine Liu Xian, who was able to break Concubine Xiao's favor. Now she was the only one left in the Liu family, and she was still dreaming that she could save the Liu family.
When Liu Yunqing saw Chang Xi, he immediately came forward and asked anxiously, "Eunuch Chang, is the emperor willing to see me today?"
Chang Xi was less respectful than usual. After all, this was probably a dead person whose fate was already determined, so his tone was inevitably cold: "Your Majesty, His Majesty is busy with affairs and cannot see you for the time being."