diskusbooks Chapter 383 Don’t Target Her Anymore
Chapter 383 Don’t Target Her Anymore
Capital City, Beauty Hall, Basement.
Nearly a hundred bronze lamps with human bone lamp bases were dimly lit, and each wick was soaked in the finger oil of a different living person.
The unique bitter smell of burning tung oil, mixed with the musty smell of the basement, rushed into my mouth and nose.
“It’s midnight again…”
Zhang Jingtian began his routine inspection carrying a tung oil bottle.
When he walked to the bronze lamp in the front row that was carved with Jiaozi patterns, he suddenly found that the flame on the wick was twisted into the shape of a knife that Commander Yin usually used.
"Commander Yin's lamp..."
Zhang Jingtian's nails dug deep into his palms, but he didn't feel any pain.
Twenty years later, this was the first time he had seen his natal lamp manifest a sign of impending death...
The moment he rushed towards the lamp, the green flame that had been burning for twenty years went out with a puff.
A wisp of black smoke remaining in the wick condensed into the face of the last person Commander Yin killed before his death, and a blood-colored hexagram faintly appeared at the bottom of the lamp base.
Zhang Jingtian fell onto the cold floor tiles and didn't even notice that his lower back had hit the lamp stand.
He knew all too well what this meant...
“The lights went out. The man died.”
Their national commander-in-chief, Commander Yin, is gone.
He staggered out of the room, not even noticing that his robe was torn by the threshold. He groped his way back to his residence and changed into eunuch's clothes.
Passing through the dark corridor, he slipped into the bedroom of Concubine Yin.
At this time, Concubine Yin was punishing her servants.
She has been having bad luck recently. Her son ignores her and the emperor doesn't come to see her.
After planning for half her life, she never expected to live like this.
When Zhang Jingtian, who had changed into eunuch's clothes, stuck his head out, he made a secret signal of overlapping three fingers in his sleeve. This was the method of communication agreed upon many years ago.
Concubine Yin waved her hand and immediately ordered: "Drag this slave out and beat her to death!"
She indifferently left the hall amid the palace maid's pleas for mercy and went to her own residence.
Zhang Jingtian, dressed in eunuch clothes, was already waiting anxiously in the room.
The moment he saw Concubine Yin, he immediately knelt down on his knees.
"No, no, no, that's not good, Master!"
"Why are you so panicked?" Concubine Yin looked displeased.
"Master, Yin, Yin..."
Concubine Yin said sternly, "Don't hesitate, speak quickly!"
"Commander Yin's natal lamp has gone out!" Zhang Jingtian said, and knocked his head to the ground.
"What did you say?"
Concubine Yin took a few steps back and almost fell!
"How is that possible? Tell me, did you deliberately turn off the lights because you weren't keeping watch?"
"No, Master, I didn't. I even added sesame oil this morning!"
"Take me to see it quickly!" Concubine Yin was extremely anxious and hurriedly followed Zhang Jingtian to the room in the basement where the natal lamp was placed.
When she saw the extinguished natal lamp, she took several steps back and almost collapsed to the ground.
"Impossible, how could this happen..." Concubine Yin's eyes were full of disbelief.
With trembling hands, she tried to touch the lamp, as if that would make it light up again.
However, no matter what she did, it just wouldn't light up.
Who killed him?
It has been less than a month since Crown Prince Zhao Haoxuan set out on his expedition to the Kingdom of Li, and he is currently stationed on the official road.
Moreover, with Commander Yin's strength, even if he was injured, the prince would not be his opponent.
Chen Guangze, that useless guy, can't even get out of bed, so it's even more impossible that it could be him.
"Damn it." Concubine Yin looked a little crazy.
Suddenly, her eyes turned fierce, and she turned back to glare at Zhang Jingtian: "This matter must not be spread outside, otherwise your whole family will be buried with you!"
"Master, don't worry. I will keep my mouth shut." Cold sweat dripped down Zhang Jingtian's eunuch uniform.
At this moment, Concubine Yin's embroidered shoes suddenly froze in mid-air, and a pearl on the tip of the shoe flew off with a "pop" and shattered into pieces when it hit the pillar.
The imperial tea set on the table was shattered to pieces by the shock.
As porcelain shards flew, the muscles on her well-maintained face twitched, and the corners of her mouth were pulled into an asymmetrical arc.
"Send a pigeon to Black Shadow, and have him investigate. Find out for me what exactly happened!"
In Chaoyang Palace, Emperor Zhao Guoan was in the palace of Concubine Li.
"My dear, don't worry. Xuan'er has already gone to war. I believe your motherland will be fine."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Concubine Li was about to bow.
Zhao Guoan immediately stopped him: "My beloved concubine, there is no need to be so polite. You are pregnant now, so you must not overwork yourself, and you must not be sad."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Concubine Li sat down. "Please keep my pregnancy a secret. I don't want this child to die in the womb."
"Okay, I'll do as my beloved concubine wishes. Don't let anyone come to Chaoyang Palace to disturb you. Just rest assured and take care of your pregnancy. I'll come to see you next time."
After coming out of Chaoyang Palace, Zhao Guoan came to Kunning Palace again.
Queen Yang Wanqing came forward to greet her.
The two sat opposite each other.
Zhao Guoan spoke while playing with the teacup.
"Queen, Xuan'er should have reached the border by now. You don't need to worry about him. He has enough cards on his sleeve now."
"Yes, Your Majesty. Just about Yoona's side?"
"I came here to tell you that Yoona's disability has long been cured."
"What? Yoona is okay?" Yang Wanqing stood up suddenly, and the tea lid in his hand hit the edge of the cup with a clang, and the splashing tea left dark marks on his phoenix robe.
Her fingertips unconsciously stroked the Buddhist beads until the silk string suddenly broke.
"Yes, it was Wang Xinyao who cured him. I didn't tell you before because I was afraid that if more people knew, Yuner would be in more danger and someone would try to harm him again."
"Wang Xinyao?" At this moment, Yang Wanqing felt a little sorry for Wang Xinyao.
"Yes, apart from her, who else can save Yuner? I was just like you before. Because of her low birth and the fact that she was a widow, I was really unhappy with her!"
Yang Wanqing didn't say anything, this was her heart knot.
"Do you remember Madam Yu, the miraculous doctor during the reign of the previous emperor? She was also a widow back then.
My father almost abandoned the entire country for her. Later, Madam Yu died, and my father left Xia Kingdom after I became an adult.
Putting aside her identity as a widow, Xinyao is really a very outstanding child.
At such a young age, she not only possesses exceptional medical skills, but her alchemy skills are unmatched in the entire Xia Kingdom. What is most commendable is her kindness!"
After hearing what Zhao Guoan said, Yang Wanqing suddenly recalled the scene when Wang Xinyao risked her life to see her in the cold palace.
At that time, she also liked Wang Xinyao very much, and even approved of her as her daughter-in-law.
But then, somehow...
After learning that she was a widow and even the stepmother of three children, she couldn't like her from the bottom of her heart and began to make things difficult for her everywhere.
"Queen, after the matter of Li Kingdom is over, don't target her anymore!" Zhao Guoan said in a deep voice!
"Yes, Your Majesty is right. It was I who was stupid before!"