Jiaochu

Chapter 40: A serial plan to remove the thorn in the side ([-])
Perhaps it was due to excessive fatigue that his thinking had become sluggish. It took Ye Lingxi a few seconds before he spoke.

"Second brother, do you want to be the emperor?"

As soon as these words came out, Lingdang and Hehe were so frightened that they almost lost their minds.

Ye Lingjue stopped for a moment and then continued to walk forward: "Only by standing at the highest position can you protect the person you want to protect."

Lingdang and Hehe looked at each other, not understanding that the two of them made the matter of becoming emperor as ordinary as buying vegetables at the wet market.

"Who does second brother want to protect?" Ye Lingxi asked.

Ye Lingjue replied: "You will know later."

"But I don't want my second brother to be the emperor." Ye Lingxi said seriously.

Ye Lingjue was silent for a moment, glanced at the horizon and said: "The trees want to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop." His expression was cold and deep, and there seemed to be an indelible persistence deep in the quiet pupils. After a while, he retracted his thoughts and said in a calm tone, "You don't have to think about these things, everything is decided by the emperor." He added, "Chen Ping's father is the Minister of Household Affairs, and his mother is related to the Ningyang Marquis Mansion, so there is no need to embarrass him too much."

"Whoever lets them talk nonsense deserves it." Ye Lingxi said.

Ye Lingjue smiled slightly.

Several palace officials came over in a hurry and almost bumped into the two of them, and they quickly bowed and apologized.

"Where are you going and why are you in such a hurry?" Ye Lingxi asked curiously.

A palace official replied: "Girl Huizhi in the imperial concubine's palace stole property and was punished with a hundred sticks. The imperial concubine was watched by everyone."

Did you give up so quickly?Ye Lingxi was a little surprised.

"You go."

Seeing Ye Lingjue's words, several palace attendants quickly left.

"Second brother, let's go take a look too."

"Why are you a little girl going to see those things? Go back and have a good rest and go to bed early. If you are late, you will be slapped by the master."

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After Aunt Li came to talk to Concubine Xiao yesterday, Concubine Xiao sent Huizhi out this morning. After Huizhi left, she immediately asked people to search the house where Huizhi lived. It turned out that she found the house from a hidden compartment under the bed board. In the middle, there was something like a sweat scarf with one heart and one wish, and the word "Wei" was embroidered on it, which proved that what Aunt Li said was true.

Speaking of Eunuch Wei, Ye Lingxi was definitely not a blind cat hitting a dead mouse. In the last life, she had seen the two of them fighting, and Huizhi coaxed her to keep it secret. At that time, she was wholeheartedly on the side of Xiao Guifei, not only Helping keep secrets, and sometimes providing cover for the two of them.Later, Eunuch Wei was sentenced to death for collaborating with the enemy and treason, but she didn't wake up. She didn't know that people who are close to the red are red and those who are close to the black are black. Eunuch Wei was so virtuous, and how strong could Huizhi, a good friend, be.

However, Ye Lingxi still didn't know if the two of them were getting along at this time. It would still depend on some luck.

But this time, Ye Lingxi was really lucky.

Concubine Xiao and Eunuch Wei still had an old grudge. This was before Ye Lingxi was born.

When Ye Lanchen first ascended the throne, Eunuch Wei looked down on Concubine Xiao because she was the daughter of a merchant. He tried to stumbling upon her overtly and secretly. Later, he came to curry favor with Concubine Xiao when she gained power. This time, Concubine Xiao looked down on him. .After being rejected several times, Eunuch Wei went to fawn over the favored Concubine Lan again, trying to instigate Concubine Lan to deal with Concubine Xiao. When his plan failed, he made another plan. After being invited to talk to Concubine Xiao, he restrained himself. Somehow, Concubine Xiao failed. She secretly hooked up with Hui Zhi.

The most intolerable thing for Concubine Xiao was betrayal. Huizhi knew that she despised Eunuch Wei but still got involved with him. She also liked to gossip behind his back and shook out everything. It was like hitting Concubine Xiao in the face with a rake. How could she bear this tone.So she dismissed Huizhi without even giving her a chance to explain.

When the hundred boards came down, Huizhi was already half dead, with one foot in the gate of hell. The bloody scene made the palace people tremble with fear.

Concubine Xiao charged Hui Zhi with stealing palace property and gave her severe punishment, which earned her a reputation among the palace people as a selfless person.

After dinner the next day, Ye Lingxi was playing on the swing in the yard, with Aunt Li pushing her slowly from behind. She talked about Huizhi, saying that she stole property and hit her with a hundred bucks, and was kicked out of the palace.

"I heard that the person is only half breathing, and I don't know if he can survive more than two days."

Ye Lingxi looked down at the ground and wondered what he was thinking. After swinging on the swing for a while, he went to rest.

Another day later, Eunuch Wei was accused by a palace maid of taking advantage of his power and forcing herself to be his wife. He also took out things like sweat towels and wishful thinking, which were found in Huizhi's house.

Eunuch Wei argued in every possible way, but the palace maid insisted that she would die to seek justice. Unexpectedly, her head hit a pillar and blood spattered on the spot.

Knowing that there was no evidence to prove his death, Eunuch Wei was half-hearted.

When Ye Lanchen learned about this, he was furious. He sent Mr. Wei to the Yeting Division and ordered people to interrogate him severely.Not long after entering the Yeting Division, Eunuch Wei confessed.Ye Lanchen thought that he had served the late emperor and was exempted from the death penalty. He asked him to go to the Nanshan paddock to raise horses and never return to the palace.

After Ye Lingxi found out about this, she knew that it was Concubine Xiao who framed the fault and did not hesitate to use human life as a trap. She was really cruel. She didn't know about the old grudge between the two and thought that Concubine Xiao was the reason for the conflict of interest between them. Seize this opportunity to kill him so that Eunuch Wei will never be able to turn around again.

In addition to the two scourges Huizhi and Eunuch Wei, Ye Lingxi's next step is to put Aunt Li on the chopping block.

Su Shi didn't show up for two days in a row, and Yan Fei wasn't there either. Ye Lingxi lost some interest in studying in the study room and rested her face with her hands to get distracted. Fortunately, Master Xu didn't ask her to answer questions.

On this day, Ye Lingxi got up a little late and didn't even eat breakfast. He grabbed a bun and hurried out. Ling Ding and He He hurried behind him, and finally arrived at the study just before the bell rang.

Hehe and Lingdang took the time to arrange the pens, inks, paper and inkstones on the desk. Ye Lingxi took a moment to take a bite of the bun.

Zhao Ce quietly watched Ye Lingxi eating steamed buns. His snow-white cheeks bulged like a little rabbit. He was also wearing a moon-white dress and a pink hairband on his head, making him look more lively and agile. Delicate and cute.

Feeling that there were malicious eyes staring at him, Ye Lingxi immediately turned his head and looked over. Zhao Ce quickly turned his head and looked out the window, pretending as if nothing happened.

By the time Ye Lingxi finished eating the buns, Master Xu hadn't appeared yet.

"Is Master not coming?" "Is Master getting a rare and unique book like last time that I need to study for two days?" "That would be great. I also want to go fishing." "I will go fishing too. Come up and let’s bake it ourselves.”

.......
While everyone was talking about it, they all fell silent when they saw someone coming.

The person who came in was not Master Xu, but a book boy next to Master Xu.The boy said that Master Xu was not in good health and had a day off today.

There was a cheer in the study room, and soon it was empty.

Ye Xingye was excited to take Ye Lingxi to Zamabu, but was stopped by Ye Lingjue before he could leave the study room.Ye Lingjue wanted to teach Ye Lingxi archery. Ye Xingye wanted to go to the martial arts training ground with him, but was tripped up by Hu Yuhan. The latter whispered something in his ear. Ye Xingye's blushing expression could not conceal his curiosity and excitement. With such a look on her face, she followed him and Zhou Jing and slipped out of the palace.

(End of this chapter)