ebookland Chapter 218 Sense of Crisis
Chapter 218 Sense of Crisis
The servant recognized Xu Yingying and Li Siqi and nodded quickly, saying that he had taken note of them.
Afterwards, Xu Yingying and Li Siqi took Camellia and left Baihua Tower.
After returning to the Prince's Mansion, Li Siqi asked, "Is the Queen Mother's condition stable?"
Li Siqi was born to the late queen. Although the late queen died early, Li Siqi still cared about his mother. Therefore, the worry in his tone was not fake.
Xu Yingying looked at Camellia next to her. Camellia was just staring at Li Siqi in a trance. Xu Yingying sighed slightly in her heart and said, "Camellia's condition is still okay. Her soul body is not seriously damaged."
Hearing Xu Yingying say this, Li Siqi felt a little relieved.
After Camellia forced herself to follow Xu Yingying back to the yard, she could no longer control herself and curled up in a corner and fell asleep.
Seeing this, Xu Yingying did not wake her up. Possession has a great impact on both ghosts and human bodies. Although Xu Yingying separated them in time, the damage still exists.
Camellia slept soundly that night. The next morning, Camellia squatted beside Xu Yingying and waited for her to open her eyes.
Xu Yingying opened her eyes and looked directly at Chahua's face. She was so frightened that her heart almost stopped beating. She blinked her eyes and finally came to her senses, "Cha! Hua!"
Xu Yingying called out Camellia's name with a forced smile.
Camellia then realized what she had done, and a guilty look flashed across her face. However, when she remembered her identity, she cleared her throat and said, "Why did you sleep for so long? Get up quickly. I remembered something last night, about my life."
Hearing Camellia say this, Xu Yingying immediately perked up. She didn't mind that Camellia had just scared her. After quickly washing up, Xu Yingying sat at the table, looking at Camellia with sparkling eyes.
Camellia then slowly told what she recalled last night: "The Imperial Concubine had been doing something dirty since I was the Queen. She wanted too many things. She wanted to be the Empress Dowager, who was above everyone else. Then I became her biggest obstacle. As far as I can remember, the Imperial Concubine not only poisoned me to death, but she had already begun to secretly contact court officials when I was still alive."
"Contact the court officials? Is she trying to get the harem to interfere in government affairs?"
"No, she is engaged in smuggling, and she has been in contact with the enemy country for a long time, and wants to use the enemy's power to achieve her goals. Li Siming knows all this and has been silently supporting the imperial concubine behind the scenes. This mother and son have long become a cancer in the court."
"Then why did you die? Could it be because you knew all these things about the Imperial Concubine?"
Camellia shook her head. "The Imperial Concubine was not sure whether I knew about this matter, but she did not dare to gamble, nor did she want to leave any evidence behind. So she killed me in advance to prevent future troubles. As it turned out, she succeeded."
Camellia is worthy of being the late queen. Even though she has become a lonely soul, her aura of a mother of a country is incomparable to that of the Imperial Concubine.
"Yingying, let's go to the palace. I have some evidence of the Imperial Concubine hidden in my memory. I think it will be very useful to you." Camellia's eyes sparkled.
Xu Yingying remained silent. She did not expect the Imperial Concubine to be so vicious. But fortunately, Camellia remembered everything now, and the Imperial Concubine would no longer be arrogant.
Xu Yingying didn't care about anything else and rushed directly to Li Siqi, "Quick, send me to the palace!"
Li Siqi looked puzzled: "Didn't you just come out of the palace? Why are you going back again? Li Siming hasn't found out anything yet."
"But there is evidence about the Imperial Concubine in the palace. Hurry, we don't have much time." It was still dark.
Li Siqi considered for a moment and decided to send Xu Yingying to the palace. Fortunately, Xu Yingying had the token given by the emperor, which prevented them from encountering any obstacles.
Arriving at the Queen's palace, Xu Yingying followed Camellia's instructions and found the evidence hidden by Camellia about the Imperial Concubine's mother's family's adultery and treason. Looking at the pages of evidence, Xu Yingying's eyes became a little sore. She didn't know what Camellia had done in her life to have kept these things intact and not been found by the Imperial Concubine.
But Xu Yingying didn't have time to take a closer look, and directly stuffed the things into Li Siqi's hands, "Take these things and leave quickly. We are entering the palace at this time, which is likely to arouse suspicion. You keep the things well, and when the evidence is complete, hand them over to the emperor for a decision. You must not give Li Siming and the imperial concubine a chance to turn things around."
Li Siqi also understood the seriousness of the matter and nodded heavily. "Then you should be careful in the palace alone. The Imperial Concubine should know about our movements soon. You must be extremely careful under her nose."
Xu Yingying nodded and watched Li Siqi leave the harem.
Sure enough, when the Imperial Concubine woke up, she received news from her spy saying that Xu Yingying was sent back to the harem by Li Siqi in the early morning, and was searching for something in the palace of the former queen.
The Imperial Noble Consort had a bad feeling in her heart, but it had been so long since the incident of the late Queen, and logically nothing should have been found. Moreover, she had already turned the entire palace upside down, and there should be nothing at all.
At this time, Li Siming also came to the palace of the Imperial Concubine after the morning court to pay his respects to her.
"Your son is here to pay his respects to mother. Why do you look so unhappy?" Li Siming noticed the expression of the imperial concubine and thought that she was feeling unwell.
"My son, County Magistrate Xu came to the harem with Li Siqi early this morning and was searching for something in that bitch's palace. Could she have discovered something? Your mother handled the matter very cleanly back then. Logically, nothing should have been missed." The Imperial Concubine felt a little unsure.
But Li Siming had a serious look on his face, "Mother, County Magistrate Xu is proficient in evil techniques and can communicate with spirits. If it's her, she is very likely to discover something. Don't forget, we can't see those unclean things."
"What should we do now?" The Imperial Concubine also became anxious.
Li Siming was even more worried. Their original plan was foolproof, but Xu Yingying happened to be an exception. Li Siming thought that Xu Yingying would ruin all his plans. His eyes were full of ruthlessness. "Since she is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust. She insisted on intervening in this matter, so she can only blame herself for her bad luck."
Seeing Li Siming like this, the Imperial Concubine had some vague guesses in her mind, "My son, can you think of a way to get rid of this Magistrate Xu?"