Harem Daily Life

As He Linzhang looked incredulous after reading the letter, Li Cairen pointed at Tao Yan and said, "It must be the Queen who sent someone to play tricks and deliberately pretend to be Rong Cairen's ghost to scare me. Your Majesty, I..."

"Lu Jingyi, shut up!" He Linzhang called out Li Cairen's name, his eyes full of coldness: "I took you back to the palace to recuperate because of your injury. I warned you not to cause trouble again, but what did you do?"

He threw the letter fiercely in Li Cairen's face: "She has already been sent to the cold palace, and you still hired someone to kill her. What is your heart made of? Why are you so cruel?"

He Linzhang looked at the woman in front of him who had once been so favored by him, and felt as if he had never seen her clearly.

Li Cairen had tears on her face. She moved her lips and looked at Tao Yanyan again. She suddenly felt aggrieved: "Yes, I am cruel, but I just followed my father's wishes to avenge my sister. My sister died tragically because Rong Cairen violated the palace rules. Is it wrong for me to take revenge? My father is upset. Is it wrong for me to seek justice for his daughter?"

Hearing her admitting to murdering someone, He Linzhang clenched his fists and said, "Your sister's death was an accident. Rong Cairen was demoted to the cold palace, and the matter is over."

Li Cairen looked at him sadly: "A life for a life, this is called the end. I have now avenged my sister. Will Your Majesty still want my life because of a dead Rong Cairen?"

He Linzhang frowned and said nothing.

The concubines were surprised. Li Cai had committed suicide to such an extent. Could it be possible that His Majesty would show mercy?

"Father, please help me, Your Majesty!" The eldest prince ran out from the crowd at some point and knelt down in front of He Linzhang.

Tao Yanyan glanced at He Linzhang and said, "If the perpetrators are not punished, then the harem will be full of people harming each other in the future. Wouldn't that be a mess? Your Majesty, Li Cairen secretly murdered the concubines. It is really abominable. The evidence is conclusive. I hope Your Majesty will punish her severely."

"Your Majesty, I do have my own reasons. My brother and sister are both dead. Our family is so miserable! Wuuuuu..." Li Cairen cried.

“Wow, my mother is so miserable. I will never see her again…” The eldest prince also cried.

"Come here, execute Zhao Quan who attempted to murder Rong Cairen with a stick, and remove Lu Qi from all his official posts and exile him to the southwest. As for Li Cairen..." He Linzhang glanced at her and said, "Demote her to a commoner and send her to Jingci Temple to practice."

When the eldest prince saw that his father did not want to kill Li Cairen, his eyes darkened: "Father, a life must be paid with a life. It is not a pity for Lu to die."

Tao Yanyan frowned, not daring to imagine that such murderous words came from the mouth of an eight-year-old child.

He Linzhang was obviously shocked by the eldest prince's words and couldn't help but look at the child on the ground.

Li Cairen sneered, "Not worth dying? Ha, I can see that you all want me dead. You, you schemed to force me to write a testimony; you, your mother, killed my sister, and you still want my life? Fine, fine, my father has lost his official position, I have nothing, I am no longer the favorite concubine of His Majesty, and I have lost even my status as a talented person. What's the point of me living? I might as well die!"

After Li Cairen finished speaking, she pulled out the golden hairpin on her head and was about to stab herself with it.

"Hurry up and stop her!" He Linzhang shouted, and Eunuch Zhang hurried forward to stop her. Unexpectedly, Li Cairen turned around and stabbed Tao Yanyan directly.

No one expected her to use this trick. Before Tao Yanyan could react, He Linzhang stepped forward and protected her against his chest, while his back was stabbed by the golden hairpin held by Li Cairen. For a moment, blood flowed out, staining the dragon robe red.

Shuang'er was quick-witted and quick-handed. She took a step forward and kicked Li Cairen away. Li Cairen was kicked several meters away and hit the beam in the room. She vomited a mouthful of blood and fainted soon after.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty!” Tao Yanyan fell down holding He Linzhang. Her palm felt something sticky: “Quickly call the imperial physician, quickly call the imperial physician!”

In Changle Palace, Tao Yanyan's hands were still stained with blood. It was from He Linzhang's body. He bled a lot, and her body was also covered in it. It was shocking at the moment.

"Your Majesty, you should change your clothes and wash your hands first. The imperial physician is already treating His Majesty's wound. When His Majesty wakes up, he will definitely look for Your Majesty first." Qingfeng took Tao Yanyan's arm, trying to pull her up to change clothes.

But Tao Yanyan was sitting on the stool, shaking violently, and seemed not to have heard what Qing Qingfeng said.

Doctor Liu came out of the inner room and said, "Your Majesty, the wound is still an inch away from the heart. Fortunately, the force was not strong and the wound is not deep. Otherwise, if it was deeper, I'm afraid it would be impossible to save the patient. Now the wound has been treated. Just change the dressing every day and wait for the wound to heal again before applying the scar removal ointment."

Tao Yanyan came back to his senses: "Is he awake? Can I go in and see him?"

Doctor Liu looked at the blood stains all over the empress's body and advised, "Your Majesty, you should change your clothes quickly. His Majesty won't wake up so quickly. I'm afraid it will take more than half an hour."

Mingyue and Qingfeng took each side and then helped the queen to change her clothes.

After changing into new clothes, washing her hands and face, and hastily putting on some light makeup, Tao Yanyan returned to He Linzhang's side.

"Mingyue, tell Caiyun to prepare porridge, and serve a bowl to His Majesty when he wakes up." Mingyue nodded and went down to give the order.

"Qingfeng, go check on the children and tell them not to worry, that His Majesty is out of danger. Let them rest early and see them tomorrow when His Majesty is in better spirits." Qingfeng took his leave and left.

"Chang Tai, how is the Queen Mother doing?"

Chang Tai immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, when the Queen Dowager heard that Your Majesty was fine, she went to punish Li Cairen in a rage. I'm afraid that Li Cairen will... not survive this time." Chang Tai couldn't help but shuddering when he thought of the Queen Dowager's murderous expression.

"I didn't expect that she would want to kill me in the end." Tao Yanyan's face was as cold as ice: "You go and keep an eye on her. If she doesn't die this time, let Shuang'er send her off."

This was the first time Chang Tai saw his queen thinking of killing someone, and he knew that Li Cairen had really angered the queen. He hurried down and watched Li Cairen's fate.

After everyone was gone, Tao Yanyan buried her face in He Linzhang's palm and whispered, "You fool, why did you rush over? Shuang'er is by my side, she may not be able to hurt me. Look at you, you have an extra wound for no reason, does it hurt?"

Just as He Linzhang was about to open his eyes, he felt his palms were wet and warm tears fell into his hands. His little queen was crying and was feeling sorry for him.

"Okay, I'm fine. This little injury doesn't matter." He Linzhang woke up. The wound was aching slightly after a while, but he didn't even frown. He gently comforted the crying little queen.

When Tao Yanyan saw that he had woken up, he hurriedly wanted to get up and call the imperial physician, but He Linzhang grabbed him and said, "No need for them. Come here quickly and let me take a look. Are you injured?"