Although Concubine Ran's posture and appearance are not as good as those of the other two concubines, she has the most methods and the deepest scheming.
Apart from the fact that her father was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, one of the important reasons why she has the status she has today is that she knows how to gain a foothold in the harem with means and scheming.
Of course, Ling Xiao didn't think that she could deceive the emperor about her means and scheming.
But since the emperor allowed her to reach her current position, it must have tolerated her tricks and scheming.
Such a woman with scheming and tricks must have nothing good to come to visit suddenly today.
Ling Xiao waved his hand to push back her request for an interview.
However, the little Lizi who came to report was talking too much: "My lord, before you came, this concubine Ran was the only favorite in the harem, and now the emperor dotes on you, but this concubine Ran just resigned like this, I'm afraid it's not very good …”
Hearing this, Ling Xiao frowned, and looked back at Xiao Lizi in displeasure, not surprised in his heart, when did this little Lizi become so close to Concubine Ran and help her speak
Ling Xiao looked at Little Li thoughtfully.
Xiao Li flinched from Ling Xiao's gaze, his face was a bit panicked, Ling Xiao saw it, his eyes lightened slightly, he leaned forward slightly, trying to see some of Xiao Li's expressions more clearly, but Xiao Li had already realized something, Hastily and respectfully bowed his head, as if pleading guilty to Ling Xiao, but actually avoided Ling Xiao's sight.
Ling Xiao squinted his eyes, got up and paced in front of Xiao Lizi, circling around Xiao Lizi who was kneeling on the ground and cowering into a ball, looking at his slightly trembling body, his displeasure swelled out.
"Xiao Lizi, you hardly ever come to my side except when the emperor is in court, right?"
Ling Xiao guessed, and sarcastically said: "What is the wind blowing today, the emperor has already finished his morning court, and Director Li is not waiting on the emperor's side, but turned to my side."
Ling Xiao didn't call him "Xiao Lizi", but instead called Xiao Li Zi Manager Li, which made Xiao Li Zi even more flustered.
Seeing this, Ling Xiao sneered, but he didn't give Xiao Lizi a chance to explain and refute, he said: "It's also a coincidence, usually my palace is very quiet, now that you come, Concubine Ran also came over .”
Xiao Lizi was startled when he heard the words, the blood on his face faded, his lips turned white, trembling, he couldn't even speak.
Ling Xiao watched without blinking, and sneered in his heart.
"Since I became an emperor, no one in this courtyard has visited other than the servants. I thought, why am I also an emperor? It is impossible for this imperial concubine not to be curious. Since no one dares to come, someone must have ordered it specially. However, who this person is, I don't think it is necessary for Director Li to ask me to make it so clear."
As Ling Xiao said, he saw that Xiao Lizi's face was ashen. This made Ling Xiao more sure that his guess was correct. His palace was so peaceful, it was the emperor who gave orders to the people in the harem. It seems that the emperor really went to great lengths for him. A lot of thoughts, thinking like this, Ling Xiao's mood eased slightly.
But when he thought of Concubine Ran outside the door and Little Li who was kneeling in front of him and daring to deceive him, Ling Xiao couldn't help feeling annoyed.
He said with a cold face: "This Concubine Ran was able to ask for an interview at the gate of my palace, did it take Manager Li a lot of thought? I'm curious, how much benefit did she give you to let you help her like this?"
Xiao Lizi was so trembling that he couldn't help himself, he just kowtowed and stammered begging for mercy.
It looked so pitiful.
Ling Xiao squinted at him, his gaze was cold: "Earlier in Neiku, you encouraged me to take out that jade pendant, did you also know that the jade pendant is the emperor's 'taboo'? You want to frame me, don't you?"
"No... no, slave... wronged..." Xiao Lizi shook his head again and again, wanting to refute, but being looked at by Ling Xiao's piercing eyes, he lowered his eyes and dared not deny it any more.
Ling Xiao sneered, this little Li had been with him anyway, and wanted to kill him.
He had doubts about the jade pendant for a long time. In his previous life, he knew that there was this jade pendant, but he had never seen it. There is no defense at all.
But this little Lizi is different, during the time he was not around the emperor, he has been with the emperor, and the emperor even asked him to hand over the key to him, if little Lizi said that he didn't know about this jade pendant, Ling Xiao would never believe it .
Ling Xiao sneered, this little Li wanted to kill him, but he didn't guess that the emperor would not punish him.
Ling Xiao snorted coldly, looked down at Xiao Li, suppressed his anger and said, "Do you want to recruit yourself, or go to see the emperor?"
Seeing Ling Xiao mentioning the emperor, Xiao Lizi was so shocked that he sat down on the ground with a look of panic.
"No... Your Majesty... Your Majesty, spare your life! You must not let the Emperor know about this... Slave... Slave is also being persecuted..."
Seeing that Xiao Lizi started to tell the truth, Ling Xiao ordered in a cold voice: "Speak from the beginning."
"Slave... The slave was instructed by Concubine Ran..." Xiao Lizi said in a low voice: "When you came back earlier, the slave told you that Concubine Ran was the most scheming, but I don't know who heard this, and passed on When Concubine Ran heard it, the slave was called away by Concubine Ran."
When Xiao Lizi said this, his face was full of annoyance, as if he regretted that when he said this, he didn't clear away the people around him. Ling Xiao listened carefully, carefully distinguishing the true and false expressions on Xiao Lizi's face.
"Concubine Ran threatened the slave, saying that the slave had slandered the master, and she wanted to question the slave. Although the slave was the emperor's servant, but Concubine Ran was the emperor's concubine and the master. She was quite favored before, and the slave was afraid for a while..."
"You just obeyed her orders?" Ling Xiao took up Xiao Lizi's words, but Xiao Lizi neither admitted nor denied, but bowed his head respectfully and begging for mercy.
Seeing this, Ling Xiao sneered: "Little Lizi, you were not such a courageous person before."
As Ling Xiao said, he squatted down, stretched out his hand and forcibly lifted up Xiao Lizi's bowed head.
"I once taught you that if you want to hide something, you should speak half-truths, but I never said that you can do this in front of me!"
As Ling Xiao said, he tightly squeezed Xiao Lizi's chin. Xiao Lizi was in pain, but he didn't dare to breathe out, his eyes slowly filled with tears.
Ling Xiao looked at it coldly, and said angrily: "Why, at this point, are you still trying to hide it?"
Xiao Lizi trembled: "Emperor... Huangjun..."
Ling Xiao's men exerted force again.
Little Lizi struggled slightly: "Your Majesty... forgive... my life."
"Hmph." Ling Xiao smiled sarcastically, "You don't even dare to tell the truth, how dare you beg me for mercy?"
Ling Xiao threw Xiao Lizi aside as if venting, and shouted outside: "Come here."
"The servant is here." Not long after, An Xiang appeared with An Yong in the appearance of auspicious Fukang.
Ling Xiao said with dark eyes: "You guys keep an eye on him, I'll go out and meet this concubine Ran."
"My lord, it's fine for Fukang to stay here, and my servant will go out with you?" Jixiang Fukang glanced at each other, and Jixiang replied.
Ling Xiao paused slightly, except for these two people who were hiding in the dark, everyone else in the palace was dismissed by Xiao Lizi, and there was no one around him, so it was indeed inappropriate to see Concubine Ran.
Thinking of this, Ling Xiao nodded, and agreed to Ji Xiang's proposal.
When Ling Xiao went out with Ji Xiang, Concubine Ran was watching around with her maid.
She seemed to feel that the palace was very fresh, looking around, reaching out to touch the objects on the table from time to time.
His complexion was mixed with joy and resentment.
Ling Xiao closed his eyes and cleared his cough, then raised his smiling face and walked out pretendingly.
"If Concubine Ran likes the items in my palace, why don't I give you some?"
"Your Majesty is safe." Concubine Ran hurriedly turned around to salute upon hearing the voice.
When she was saluting, she raised her eyes slightly, looked at Ling Xiao, and saw that the person behind Ling Xiao was Ji Xiang and not Xiao Li, she frowned slightly, and then quickly moved away, pretending to be nothing, respectful and obedient Waiting for Ling Xiao's awakening.
But this change in expression did not hide from Ling Xiao's eyes, Ling Xiao smiled slightly, deliberately making things difficult for Concubine Ran, he never asked her to get up, but directly walked around her and walked to the upper seat to sit down.
Concubine Ran followed Ling Xiao's movements and turned around, but she didn't dare to get up, and kept kneeling in front of Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, looking at Concubine Ran in front of him from the corner of his eye.
She was dressed in a red gauze dress, with delicate heavy makeup, her posture was enchanting and charming.
If Ling Xiao, who had not entered the palace, saw such a woman, he would have looked at her a few more times, and then boasted, but Ling Xiao had already entered the palace, no matter in his previous life or in this life, he was not in the mood to appreciate the emperor's woman.
Silently reciting the four words "Emperor's Woman" in his heart, Ling Xiao felt uncomfortable for a while, but he still had that fake smile on his face.
Concubine Ran knelt for a long time, but she didn't see Ling Xiao's reaction, so she took the initiative to ask: "Your Majesty?"
"En?" Ling Xiao responded with a smirk, pretending to be puzzled: "Why did Concubine Ran call me the Emperor? What is Concubine Ran doing here this time?"
Does this mean that she should kneel down to answer
Concubine Ran's complexion changed when she heard the words, a burst of anger flooded her chest, she could hardly suppress her anger, but when she suddenly thought that this person was being favored, she couldn't help but gritted her teeth and suppressed it.
He only asked hypocritically: "Can my concubine get up and talk?"
"No." Ling Xiao refused with a smile.
Concubine Ran was taken aback, and looked up at Ling Xiao in astonishment, as if she didn't expect Ling Xiao to refuse so simply.
Seeing this, Ling Xiao sneered in his heart, put the teacup in his hand heavily on the table, and scolded: "Who gave you permission to look up?"
"..." Concubine Ran hurriedly lowered her head, her complexion turned ugly again.
Seeing this, Ling Xiao said lazily: "Concubine Ran seems to have some opinion about this emperor, since that's the case, why don't you just step back."
"!" Concubine Ran trembled, her expression twisted.
She managed to entrust Manager Li to come here, how could she just go back like this!
Thinking of this, she took a deep breath, thinking to stay with Ling Xiao before talking, then forced a smile and said: "What does the emperor say, how dare the concubine have any opinion on you."
"How dare you? Heh..." Ling Xiao sneered, looking at Concubine Ran who was kneeling in front of him with contempt: "Concubine Ran is so courageous, there is nothing she dares to do."
"The emperor's words are serious. The concubine thinks that she has done her best to you and the emperor. You have wronged the concubine by saying this."
"Heh..." Ling Xiao shook his head with a sarcasm: "Concubine Ran, must I ask the emperor to explain what I said? The matter of you using the medicine to the emperor, the matter of you threatening Xiao Lizi, and the matter of you planning to frame the emperor, all of them Don't you know when I am the emperor?"
Concubine Ran was startled, her body froze, she paused for a few seconds, and then replied bluntly: "I don't understand what you mean, my lord."
Ling Xiao got up, walked to Concubine Ran and squatted down, sarcastically said: "Concubine Ran, you are a smart person, you can play some tricks, but those tricks of yours can only fool idiots, you see, this emperor seems to be able to fool you Fools from the past?"
After speaking, Ling Xiao added another sentence: "This emperor can't hide it, do you think you can hide it from the emperor?"
"..." Concubine Ran froze when she heard the words, her complexion instantly turned pale.
Seeing this, Ling Xiao said meaningfully: "You can do it yourself."
After finishing speaking, he passed Concubine Ran with auspiciousness and was about to leave, Concubine Ran suddenly stood up and called Ling Xiao to stop.
There was no respect in his expression and tone just now, but an aggressive aura.
"Ling Xiao, why do you threaten and slander me like this!"
Ling Xiao turned his head back and looked at Concubine Ran with ice-cold eyes. Concubine Ran was startled, took a step back, and boldly stepped forward and said: "I am the Emperor's concubine after all, since you dare to slander without evidence This palace, this palace wants to sue the emperor!"
"Please." Ling Xiao snorted.
"You!" Concubine Ran was short of breath, and said angrily, "Don't think that the emperor can be lawless if he spoils you! This harem is not your world, it is under the control of a concubine."
"How long can the emperor pamper you? Let alone the three concubines in the harem, even the beauty Hongye under the hands of the concubine Xian can make you fall flat!"
"That Hongye is beautiful and dexterous. The emperor treats her no worse than you. In my opinion, it is only a matter of time before she enters the harem. Once she enters, your good days will come to an end!"
Ling Xiao's eyes were darkened, the red leaf was originally a knot in his heart, now hearing Concubine Ran say this, knowing that she deliberately provoked her, he still couldn't help being furious.
Seeing Ling Xiao's troubled expression, Concubine Ran knew that she had achieved her goal. Although she used extreme methods, she expected that she would be able to live in peace with her father's protection.
Thinking like this, she was even more confident, like a proud peacock, with her head raised and her chest upright, she walked over Ling Xiao with the support of the palace maid.
"Wait." Ling Xiao stopped Concubine Ran with a hoarse voice.
Concubine Ran turned her head proudly, with a smug expression: "What else is the emperor doing? The concubine is very busy."
"Ha!" Ling Xiao laughed angrily.
He looked at Concubine Ran gloomyly, his fierce eyes were like a hunting lion, so that Concubine Ran could not move.
Ling Xiao smiled tentatively, revealing clearly white and neat white teeth, in Concubine Ran's eyes they looked like sawtooth dripping with saliva, ready to go forward and bite her neck open at any time.
She retreated involuntarily.
This Ling Xiao gave her a sense of oppression that she only had in front of the emperor, it was suffocating.
"Auspicious, Concubine Ran just went back like this. It seems that we didn't treat guests well. Let's leave some souvenirs for her. The emperor looks good with that face, so let's ruin it."
Just when Concubine Ran was flustered, when she heard Ling Xiao say this, she was startled, and even more she couldn't believe it, she was the emperor's concubine, and it was the emperor who wanted to dispose of her, so how dare Ling Xiao take it on her own initiative? punishment!
She was so surprised that she even forgot to refute. She just watched Jixiang walking towards her step by step with a knife in astonishment. If so", my heart has no bottom at this time.
She pulled the maid she brought to resist, but she couldn't escape the auspicious Kuaishou.
There was a tingling pain on her face, and Concubine Ran could feel the sharp knife cut through her delicate skin, and hot blood slipped from her face.
No one knows better than Concubine Ran how important a beautiful appearance is in the cruel harem.
At this moment, she felt that her appearance was destroyed, and she screamed out of control.
Ling Xiao frowned and covered his ears tightly, looking at Ji Xiang as if complaining, as if he was blaming her for stimulating Concubine Ran too much.
But Jixiang knew that Ling Xiao's face had softened, and he was actually satisfied with how she treated Concubine Ran.
"Okay, Jixiang, what are you looking at, throw this crazy woman out." Ling Xiao gave an order coldly.
Auspicious lead.
Ling Xiao turned around, and turned back as if thinking of something: "That's right, Jixiang, send me the few things this crazy woman touched just now, and smash them in Concubine Ran's palace."
"..." Ji Xiang was taken aback, looking at the objects one by one with some distress.
Those were selected by the emperor himself and placed, and each one is priceless.
Ji Xiang looked at Ling Xiao, wanting to say that these objects were innocent, but Ling Xiao had already turned around and entered the inner courtyard.
Jixiang had no choice but to find someone to carry the objects, and moved them to Concubine Ran's palace one by one, smashing the things to pieces one by one in front of Concubine Ran who was stimulated.
This matter spread quickly.
In just a moment, the emperor arrived at Ling Xiao's palace.