Appointing a General as a Concubine: Where Can General Xiao Escape?

Chapter 238 Taken away

Concubine Liang didn't expect him to come over so quickly, and was frightened by his voice.

But she knew that she couldn't panic or lose her composure at this moment.

"Your Highness." She straightened her appearance, turned sideways, saluted the emperor, and gave up her seat.

The emperor frowned slightly, and his eyes changed as he passed by her.

When Cai Lian saw the emperor walking towards her, she immediately knelt down at his feet and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, spare your life!"

She kowtowed and begged for mercy, and suddenly looked up and saw the dark figure holding the child passing by in the distance, which scared her and she screamed again.

"There's a ghost! There's a ghost, there's a ghost, there's a ghost..."

She subconsciously hid at the emperor's feet. The emperor gave her a look and the guards behind him stepped forward to control her.

Concubine Liang was afraid that she would say something outrageous again, so she bravely stepped forward and grabbed the emperor's sleeve.

"Your Majesty, she has been frightened to death. Her nonsense may pollute your ears. Please let me take her back..."

Before she could finish her words, Cai Lian howled at the top of her lungs again.

When she saw Concubine Liang coming towards her, she didn't know where she found the strength to break free from the guards and pounced on Concubine Liang.

"Your Majesty, I have seen Concubine Gao and her child. She came to me with her child in her arms. Please save me. I didn't kill her child. It was..."

She pointed behind the emperor and others in horror, her voice trembling so much that it was almost inaudible.

When she got to the crucial point, Concubine Liang interrupted her sharply, "Are you crazy? What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I'm not talking nonsense, she is right there!" Cai Lian trembled and pointed behind them again.

Without a word, Concubine Liang raised her hand and slapped her: "Come here, take Cailian back to Yongyang Palace. I want to see who dares to act like a ghost and scare people!"

This heavy blow completely sobered up the emotional Cai Lian.

At the same time, the emperor also realized the strangeness of this matter.

He called out to Concubine Liang in a cold voice: "Concubine Liang, stop."

Before he could finish his words, Concubine Liang walked up to her and knelt down with her head lowered.

"Your Majesty, Cailian is already unconscious. She is a member of my palace, so please let me take her back."

There was a hint of tenderness in her tone of voice, which always softened the emperor's heart every time he heard it in the past, but this time, an expression of impatience appeared on his face.

"Every word this palace maid said was about Concubine Gao. Although many years have passed, the truth has always been confusing.

Come, take her away, and after she wakes up, torture her severely. We must make her confess the truth."

After Madam Yao died of depression in the cold palace, he asked someone to investigate the fact that Concubine Gao had given birth to a stillborn baby.

Although the evidence still points to her, the more so, the more it proves that she is not the murderer.

Now that many years have passed, I didn’t expect someone to bring this up again and make a fuss about it.

It goes without saying that someone was deliberately trying to scare the palace maid named Cai Lian so that she would reveal some of the things that happened in the past.

That's why Concubine Liang had that reaction.

The emperor looked at Concubine Liang with an inexplicable look, and the coldness that flickered in his eyes stung her eyes.

She gritted her teeth and knelt down quickly: "Your Majesty, I only knew about Concubine Gao's affairs on the day she gave birth.

Besides, the one who served me before was Jinju. After Jinju died, Cailian took her place.

Your Majesty, she has only been serving me for a short time. Perhaps she is colluding with others to frame me!"

This not only failed to alleviate the emperor's suspicion, but made him more certain of his guess.

"take away!"

The emperor took one last look at Concubine Liang, and instead of helping her up as he did before, he turned around and left.

After he walked away, Concubine Liang slowly stood up, looked at his back and curled her lips in disdain.

She had long seen that Cai Lian was unreliable, and she didn't know how to accomplish anything with her courage.

In fact, she has been with her longer than Jinju, but her personality and courage are not as good as hers, so she has always been in the second-in-command position.

Now she has cultivated a new confidant. Although the time is not yet ripe, since Cai Lian has become like this, she can no longer stay.

In Yilan Palace, when Qi Yue arrived, Xiao Mo was sleeping.

He deliberately didn't let anyone report it, just to see if she was really sleeping.

As it turned out, he was worrying too much.

Xiao Mo was lying on her side with a relaxed brow, and it looked like she had had a good dream.

Qi Yue tiptoed to the edge of the bed, leaned over and kissed her lightly on the ear.

She frowned slightly, turned over, and when she opened her eyes hazily, she met his gentle and deep eyes.

"Why are you here?" Xiao Mo was confused for a moment, and then immediately woke up.

Qi Yue smiled and sat up straight, then covered her with the quilt: "Nothing, I came to see if you had a good rest."

"What do you mean by rest well? I slept soundly. What happened?"

Xiao Mo sat up with a puzzled look on her face and pulled the quilt around her.

Qi Yue leaned towards her: "Sorry to disturb you, go to sleep."

She yawned and slid back into bed. "It's inexplicable. I really should be sorry."

Qi Yue looked at her for a while, and when she wasn't paying attention, he kissed her on the forehead.

"Consider it an apology, okay?"

Xiao Mo's eyes, which had just been closed, suddenly opened: "You!! I'm going to sleep, you should go and rest too."

She closed her eyes again, turned over angrily, faced the inside of the bed, and stopped looking at him.

Qi Yue didn't say anything, but stood up and undressed.

Xiao Mo didn't hear his footsteps leaving, and felt something was wrong. Just as she was about to turn around to find out what was going on, she bumped into his body pressing down on her.

"What are you doing?" She was startled reflexively.

Qi Yue chuckled softly and turned sideways to lie beside her: "Go to sleep."

"Go back to your room and sleep. Why are you here with me? Besides, isn't there a bed in the side hall?" Xiao Mo shrank into the bed as if hiding from a wild animal.

Every time she dodged an inch, he moved closer, making her want to take action.

It's strange. Such a big thing happened to Concubine Liang, but he didn't go to Yongyang Palace and actually had the mind to flirt with her here.

Logically speaking, what happened tonight was very unfavorable to Concubine Liang, and he should go and see the situation.

But from Qi Yue's perspective, tonight is the night he cannot go. Not only can he not go, he has to pretend that he doesn't know, otherwise the mastermind behind the scenes will have set a trap for him.

Although he obtained the position of crown prince through his own ability, he was still unable to resist someone who deliberately harmed him.