Suddenly, I heard a joyful voice, and saw a girl holding an umbrella, half of her body wet, standing in front of me.
The woman was none other than Bai Zhen, who had invited Li Jiaqi to her home today. When Li Jiaqi heard the words "drowned chicken", his face turned red.
Seeing that Li Jiaqi didn't respond, Bai Zhen continued, "How do you react when I talk to you? Aren't you going to go to the Bai family with me to rest?"
"Come to think of it, you are also friends with my future uncle Qin Cheng, so it's not rude for you to go to our Bai family. Besides, it's the middle of the night, and the young lady you're waiting for won't come to see you."
"Why are you doing this? Besides, you are a man, how can you threaten a little girl in this way? Don't you think you are shameless?"
Li Jiaqi felt that she had been patient enough, but the Miss Bai in front of her seemed to be unable to read people's expressions at all. She looked at Bai Zhen and said, "Miss!"
"You are here so late, holding an umbrella, braving such heavy rain, just to humiliate me?"
Bai Zhen was furious: "You really don't know what's good for you! Did I eat too much? Why would I come here in the rain in the middle of the night to humiliate you!"
"You think I'm free, don't you? I'm just worried about you. If you die here, it will cause trouble to the palace. Otherwise, who will care about you?"
"Besides, I've seen a lot of people like you. You're still begging that flower grower. It must be for the sake of the princess and the county lady, right?"
"You want to curry favor with the princess and the county lady, right? You are a prefect's son, right? You can marry any woman you want, but you have to marry the daughter of a criminal?"
Listening to Bai Zhen's insults, Li Jiaqi felt extremely angry. He pointed at Bai Zhen and said whatever he wanted. He felt that his enthusiasm had been framed like this!
Looking at Bai Zhen: "You..."
Bai Zhen snorted, "What's wrong with me? Isn't what I said true? How about I give you another suggestion? You look pretty good, too."
"Marry me, I am the legitimate daughter of the Bai family, my status is much higher than that of the daughter of a criminal. Besides, our Bai family is a lineage of the county lady."
"You can get close to anyone you want, what do you think?"
Li Jiaqi was so angry that she couldn't speak: "Who wants to marry a woman like you? You look good, but you are so heartless. Do you think everyone is like you?"
"You don't understand my feelings for Tianxiang at all. Even if the county lord Tianxiang has nothing to do with the county lord, I will still marry Tianxiang. Not to mention that Tianxiang's situation is even worse now."
"On the surface, he is the lifesaver of the county lady's family, so what? He is just a servant of the county lady! Why can I rely on a servant to curry favor with the county lady?"
"People with a heart see everything as dirty, and I'm talking about people like you!"
Bai Zhen was almost mad at this! She pointed at Li Jiaqi and said, "You are so unreasonable and insolent! I just feel sorry for you! How dare you be so ungrateful!"
"You deserve to be drenched to death in the heavy rain! Humph..."
He snorted coldly and turned away. To be honest, he still had some admiration for Li Jiaqi in his heart. It seemed that Li Jiaqi's anger was not fake.
In other words, Li Jiaqi treated Aunt Xiang sincerely, but he did not expect that Aunt Xiang was so lucky to find such a perfect husband!
And what about her! Surrounding her were all guys with bad intentions. When she just returned to the Bai family, she saw Bai Jia standing beside her. Bai Zhen suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
Bai Jia looked at Bai Zhen with amusement: "You came back empty-handed? From your appearance, I can tell that this Li Jiaqi looks handsome and has clear eyes."
"He is definitely not the kind of person the county lady said. He asked us to do these things just to show it to Aunt Xiang and to help her resolve her worries!"
"You're so kind. You went out in the middle of the night. Did you say less insulting words to others?"
Bai Zhen stuck out her tongue and said, "I'm just angry. How come we haven't met such a good man?"
Bai Jia was shocked when she heard this: "Don't say that. Don't be envious. We can always meet each other. After all, we are still young, so there is no need to rush."
"But if you fall in love with a man who has someone else in his heart, you will suffer for the rest of your life. Who knows if you can wait for him to come back?"
Bai Zhen looked at Bai Jia's nervous expression in silence: "I know, but just saying that, then Li Jiaqi and Aunt Xiang are also in trouble."
"It would be the best if lovers could finally get married! It's getting late, I'm going to rest, you should go to bed early too."
Looking at Bai Zhen like this, Bai Jia was really worried. At this time, Bai Jia couldn't help but think that maybe Bai Zhen liked Li Zichun better than Li Jiaqi!
He went back to sleep with a lot of thoughts in his mind. While these people were sleeping, some places in the palace were bustling. The best time to choose a conspiracy was at night.
The darkness can infinitely increase people's courage and give them more opportunities to commit crimes. In the bedroom of Concubine Chen in the harem, when she was sleeping soundly, there was a figure beside her.
The figure directly pressed the sleeping point of the palace maid who was on night watch, making her fall asleep. Then he came to the bedside of Concubine Chen, took out a bag, and started to spread the flowers.
Soon, some tiny, invisible red egg-like things were scattered on Chen Fei's bed, and it seemed that the work was almost done.
Only then did he untie the palace maid's acupuncture points, and then left quickly. But this figure didn't know that her every move was being watched by others.
After completing the tasks assigned by his master, he quickly returned to Concubine Wan's palace. Concubine Wan was still awake at this time, but was waiting for news.
Seeing the figure coming back, he suddenly became alert. It turned out that the figure was none other than a palace maid from Qinghe Palace. The palace maid who knew martial arts was taken away by the emperor last time.
But soon the other party sent a palace maid who knew martial arts to come over. It was this palace maid who did what happened tonight: "My queen, everything has been done according to your instructions."
Concubine Wan smiled, "That's good. It seems that the emperor's arrangement for me to be confined at this time is actually a disguised way of protecting me! You must hold yourself in the palace in the future."
"Don't let anyone find out that you have martial arts skills. Otherwise, think about your predecessors! There are precedents for this!"
The maid lowered her head and said, "I understand. I will pay attention to it."
Concubine Wan hummed: "Well, now that the matter is settled, go down and have a rest. I also want to rest!"
The palace became quiet, but Bai Shang did not report these things, because the emperor was resting in the queen's bedroom tonight and could only wait until tomorrow.
As for the woman, Chen Fei, Bai Shang had no good feelings at all. If something happened, why would he care about her? He had always known about it.
In the harem, besides the emperor, he only had to respect one person, and that was the queen. So this matter was delayed.
It was not until the next day, after the emperor had his morning court session, that she told the emperor the news. The emperor was shocked and asked, "But have you found out what those things are?"
Bai Shang knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the dead insect, once attached to a person, can suck the person's blood, causing the person to become weak and slowly die from blood and qi deficiency!"
When the emperor heard this, he frowned. The fighting in the harem was really intense. Even such a poisonous person came out. He looked at Bai Shang.
"I'm afraid that the concubine Chen has a lot of these blood-sucking poisonous insects on her body now. If she comes into contact with other people, will the poisonous insects spread to them?"
The emperor was thinking of the empress dowager. This Concubine Chen was the niece of the deceased empress dowager, and the two must have been close. It was possible that she would be infected by this Concubine Chen.
Bai Shang was also confused for a moment. After all, he had not thought of this. If he had known earlier, he should have found a way to keep the Concubine Chen in his own palace.
Looking at the emperor: "It's hard to say, but Your Majesty, this poisonous insect is actually very easy to treat. Just take a bath and you can wash away all the poisonous insects on your body."
"And those things in the room can be burned to death if they are burned with fire. It is hard to believe that Concubine Wan is so reckless in plotting against Concubine Chen."
"I'm hitting the bugs on the mosquito net or bedding. Even if the Concubine Chen takes a bath every day, there are always bugs in the room and on the bed."
The emperor also understood: "In this case, I will go to the Queen Mother's palace first. I still need to inform the Queen Mother about this matter."
Bai Shang then asked, "Then Your Majesty, do you want to inform the Empress Chen?"
The emperor thought for a while before speaking: "How long will it take for this blood-sucking worm to cause a person to die from blood deficiency?"
"This will take at least a month!"
Listening to Bai Shang's answer, the emperor thought for a moment and said, "This Concubine Chen has been acting very erratic recently! How about this? Don't tell Concubine Chen for now. Also, you can send a message to the county lady."
"Let the county lady tell the empress dowager and have her check it out. If I tell the empress dowager the truth, I'm afraid she won't let Concubine Chen suffer."
The Emperor remembers Concubine Chen in his heart. After such rumors spread, I'm afraid the Empress will dislike him even more. Just thinking about it makes him angry!
Although he did put pressure on Concubine Chen, it was far from enough. He would not take Concubine Chen's life. He just taught her a lesson, which was still good enough.
Bai Shang could only do what the emperor said, and silently gave a candle to the concubine in his heart! Why did he have to offend the emperor when there were so many people to offend? This is a representative who really thinks he has a long life!
Bai Shang quickly spread the news and specifically instructed that the emperor also wanted to teach Chen Fei a lesson, so the county lady didn't need to take action.
The county lady read the message and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This was the first time she had seen Concubine Chen commit suicide like this! Compared to Concubine Han and Concubine Liu, she was really weak!