Chapter 842 A Confusing Thing
“In fact, you don’t have to care for your old companions so much and had better think about how to treat those people around you nowadays properly,” Lin ngya said.
Although she thought it an advantage of Mada Jingrou to care for her old companions, those who had betrayed her were aningless to her.
It was true that Baisu once had no choice but to hide sothing from her.
However, Baisu did not an to hurt her, nor did Baisu really hurt her.
Therefore, she could accept Baisu again and bear no grudges against her.
However, that was not the case for Mada Hui who deliberately managed to seduce the Emperor for a selfish reason: her pursuit of wealth.
Back then, Mada Jingrou treated Mada Hui like her sister, but Mada Hui not only coveted Mada Jingrou’s husband, but also used her delusions to stir up enmity.
It was a shaful conduct, but if Mada Hui was frank with Mada Jingrou, given Mada Jingrou’s character, she might accept Mada Hui to be an imperial concubine.
In that case, although the Emperor did not love Mada Hui, he would be nice to her considering her relationship with Mada Jingrou.
Now Mada Hui, in a predicant, could only bla herself for being too greedy.
“Alas, I care for her not just because she used to be my maid. Hui’er has been Yao Lu’s follower over the years, so she knows sothing better than I do. I spared her life so as to use her in the future. His Majesty told what happened back then. You all made a mistake about one thing. Hui’er really used to be pregnant and sohow had a miscarriage later. I thought she was pregnant with His Majesty’s baby, but later I learned that His Majesty was probably unaware of her pregnancy,” Mada Jingrou said.
Uh…
Seeing Mada Jingrou’s serious look, Lin ngya could not help but feel suspicious.
If what Mada Jingrou said was true, it would an that Mada Hui had cheated on the Emperor?
Lin ngya had to say the news was explosive!
“Mada, did you find out the adulterer?” After thinking for a while, Lin ngya fetched a cup of hot tea for Mada Jingrou and asked.
“I sent so people to make an investigation, but they found no clue from the attendants, who had served Hui’er, or the others. So I’m wondering if we missed anything,” Mada Jingrou answered.
Her words were like a tossed stone that raised a thousand ripples.
Lin ngya only felt that plenty of possibilities ca into her mind, but she couldn’t figure out the truth in a short ti.
Given Mada Hui’s infatuation for the Emperor, it didn’t make sense if she cheated on the Emperor and spread the news of her pregnancy after getting pregnant with the adulterer’s baby.
Unless…
“Mada, did you hear any strange rumors or see any signs before Mada Hui had the miscarriage? What made Mada Hui believe you caused her miscarriage?” Lin ngya asked.
What had happened required a reasonable explanation. Since Mada Hui was not quite clever, why did Xin Yu say that Wanyan Jing only had expectations for her?
Besides, Mada Jingrou was definitely not a jealous and ignorant woman. Why did Mada Hui harbor a hatred for her?
Mada Jingrou thought for a mont. It had been a long ti, so it would probably take her so ti to recall the whole thing.
“I’ve never heard of any strange rumors. Hui’er’s pregnancy was strange. I was unaware of it at that ti and just gave her so food and daily necessities considering that she used to be my maid. I have no idea what she ate so that she had a miscarriage and blad it on . Regarding strange things, it might be an unlucky year, during which all the pregnant imperial concubines ca upon a series of misfortunes and eventually had miscarriages except for only one of them who gave birth to a baby,” Mada Jingrou said.
Hearing her words, Lin ngya froze slightly.
Calculating the ti, she found Mada Jingrou had just married into the imperial palace that year and had not gained a firm foothold.
In addition, the Empress deliberately made difficulties for Mada Jingrou, so Mada Jingrou was not the only imperial concubine favored by the Emperor at that ti.
In this case, why was it so abnormal that almost all the pregnant imperial concubines lost their babies that year?
“Mada, can you tell which imperial concubines lost their babies that year?” Lin ngya asked.
Mada Jingrou thought for a mont and said, “Hui’er is one of them, and so is Mada Xian. I don’t rember the other two. What’s wrong?”
Lin ngya frowned. Four premature babies! Four victims again!
In recent days, she had been troubled by the accidental deaths of the palace maids of the Linqiu Pavilion.
Now she found another four victims, the babies who had been dead for more than ten years.
Could there be any connection between the two batches of victims?
“Mada, how are the premature babies dealt with generally?” Lin ngya asked.
Although they were unborn babies, they were still the descendants of the royal family.
Generally speaking, their bodies would be collected and buried in a special cetery, and then their souls would be released from purgatory by soone.
“Oh, the children who die young, mainly the children of the royal family, generally will be taken to the mountain behind the imperial palace and buried there. These children had tough lives. I hope they could be born into decent families in the next life,” Mada Jingrou said.
The mountain behind the imperial palace? Wasn’t it the place where she and Long Tianyu enjoyed the night view?
As Lin ngya thought about it, she found it increasingly strange and felt as if there were a little buffalo in her heart that kept pushing her.
She said, “Mada, I’m leaving now. Oh, yes, I want to visit the library. Please give a pass.”
The four palace maids cut off their left wrists in a way of offering sacrifices before they got killed.
Now Lin ngya found four babies who almost died in the sa year. In particular, Mada Hui firmly believed she was pregnant with the Emperor’s baby although she was obviously not.
It seed that soone deliberately managed to mislead Mada Hui. The person not only got her pregnant, but also made her firmly believe that she lost her baby because of Mada Jingrou.
But from another perspective, what if the person just wanted to make sure Mada Hui got pregnant that year?
In this case, the person probably did not care about who was the father of the baby.
Lin ngya frowned tightly and had an intuition that she might have taken a step closer to the truth, but with nurous obstacles ahead, she couldn’t figure out the truth no matter how hard she tried.
At the sight of her anxious look she rarely showed, Mada Jingrou nodded with a serious look.
Without demur, Mada Jingrou took off the jade token on her waist and gave it to Lin ngya.
She said, “Feel free to check it out. No matter what result you get, His Majesty and I will believe you. Keep this jade token properly. With it, nobody in the imperial palace will dare to stop you.”
Mada Jingrou certainly knew the gravity of the situation. Since Helan showed such a solemn expression, there must be sothing serious.
Lin ngya imdiately said goodbye to Mada Jingrou and went to the library in the imperial palace with the jade token.
The eunuch on duty knew Lin ngya was sent by Mada Jingrou after taking a look at the jade token.
He imdiately pushed the heavy wooden door open and invited Lin ngya in.
Lin ngya said, “Thank you. In fact, I’m here to borrow so books that record all kinds of affairs in the imperial palace in detail. You know, now Mada Jingrou has to handle various affairs in the imperial palace at all tis. With so forr practices, Mada Jingrou will be able to handle affairs with higher proficiency.”
She certainly couldn’t show even the slightest emotion in front of outsiders.
The imperial palace was different from other places. All things that happened in the imperial palace must be recorded in detail.
In addition to the affairs concerning the Emperor and the imperial concubines with titles, if soone was missing, it would be recorded in brief. Nevertheless, it was insignificant, so it would at best be recorded as soone’s disappearance.
Basically, these records would be destroyed once every few decades.
In fact, Lin ngya wanted to borrow so other books.
“You’re right, Miss. These books are all stored in the stack room inside. They record all kinds of affairs in the entire Lieyun Empire, not to ntion the affairs in the imperial palace,” the eunuch ntioned this on purpose in order to curry favor with her.
However, hearing his words, Lin ngya felt a surge of joy.
Lin ngya tried hard to suppress her excitent, and she did not walk to the back of the bookshelf and begin to search the book she wanted according to the information on the bookshelf until the eunuch got out.
She supposed Mada Hui had a miscarriage 18 years ago.
She took out the books that recorded the affairs in the imperial palace and flipped through them in chronological order. Finally, she found the book that recorded the affairs concerning the imperial concubines 18 years ago.
As she expected, Mada Hui, Mada Xian, a Beauty and a Lady-in-waiting had miscarriages that year.
Although they were fine, it was true that they lost their babies.
Four babies… Lin ngya was about to put down the book in her hand, but found there were following records.
Apart from the four unborn babies, four children under the age of 6 died in succession during the next year.
Lin ngya got gooseflesh all over. The Emperor was not the father of all the four children, but they were all related to the royal family.
That was to say, they would also be taken to the mountain behind the imperial palace!
Four babies died in the first year, followed by four children who died in the second year. What happened in the third and fourth years?
She flipped through the following records, but found many things were recorded sporadically, so she found no clue.
Lin ngya put the book back on the bookshelf, while her brain was working at a rapid rate.
What was the connection among them?
“You noticed it too?” All of a sudden, there ca a deep voice she was familiar with but exceptionally afraid of from behind her.
Lin ngya imdiately leaned against the wall and looked warily at the man in blue who suddenly appeared in her sight.
The man gave a faint smile, looking like a gentleman.
There seed to be a trace of tenderness in his eyes, but it sent a chill down Lin ngya’s spine.
“Mr. Zhu, why are you here?” Lin ngya asked.
The man in front of her was exactly the elusive Mr. Zhu who included everyone in his sches.
Now he suddenly appeared in front of Lin ngya and said that. How could Lin ngya not be panic-stricken?
“Don’t panic. I an no harm to you. I co here to help you. But now, I should make sothing clear to you. In fact, it’s better to call uncle than Mr. Zhu,” he said.
Lin ngya stared at Mr. Zhu, while her brain was working at a rapid rate.
Un… uncle?
Her mother was the eldest princess of the Nation of Lintian. Since Mr. Zhu asked her to call him uncle, could it be that he was also a royal of the Nation of Lintian?
“You’re right. I used to be a royal of the Nation of Lintian, the incompetent emperor who died of illness before fulfilling his ambition,” he said.
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