Time Travel: The King's Golden Concubine

Chapter 39
　The Xingqing Palace, where the Empress Dowager lives, has a particularly large bedroom, showing the royal style.Usually, no outsiders can enter the queen mother's bedroom, and usually trespassing in the harem will be beheaded.What's more, to enter the Queen Mother's bedroom, fortunately, Cheng Shihuan is on duty in the imperial city tonight, so he has the opportunity to enter.

　The maid went in to report and came out after a while. Seeing that Cheng Shihuan was still there, the maid said: "The Queen Mother is tired, let's talk about it tomorrow morning."

　Cheng Shihuan said: "It is very urgent at this time. It is related to the life and death of the Great Tang Empire. Please report to the Queen Mother again."

　The court lady was a little bit embarrassed, but seeing Cheng Shihuan persisted, she had no choice but to go in and report again: "Back to the Queen Mother, General Cheng said that the situation is urgent and concerns the safety of the Tang Empire."

　Empress Dowager Dou was washing up and getting ready to go to bed at this time, she was a little annoyed when she saw the maid came out repeatedly to report, but she was a little puzzled when she heard that it was about the safety of the Tang Empire, when did she make such a big deal?

　"Come in." The Queen Mother put on a windbreaker and said while sitting beside the bed.

　The bed was very large, in a square shape, and a light gauze curtain fell from the roof above, just covering the bed.At this time, the queen mother was sitting inside, and she could only vaguely see a figure.

　The maid went out to pass on the message, Cheng Shi was overjoyed, and finally stepped into the Queen Mother's bedroom.Entering the house, he was extremely nervous, and every step he took represented his conscience being trampled on.

　The bed was still five or six meters away, Cheng Shihuan stopped in his tracks, knelt down on one knee and said, "Cheng Shihuan is meeting the Queen Mother."

　The Empress Dowager said: "General Cheng, what is the important thing that must be said at night?"

　Cheng Shihuan kept his head down, and the air seemed a bit oppressive. He said: "This afternoon, on a side road in the south of the city, an ordinary person was killed. He was hit on the head with a blunt object. All his money was gone. It's time for a robbery."

　When Cheng Shihuan said this, he paused.

　"The law and order in the capital must be tightened. There are robbers under the feet of the emperor, so that's okay. But, such a trivial matter, you can't report it in the middle of the night, right?" the queen mother questioned.

　Cheng Shihuan said again: "It's true that a dead person is unlikely, but when an adjutant under his command checked the body, he accidentally found a letter from the dead man. The dead man went to the south of the city, and he was looking for a path. going out of town. This letter is even more suspicious."

　The Queen Mother became interested and asked, "What letter?"

　Cheng Shihuan pulled out the letter, and slowly handed it in. The Empress Dowager stretched out half of her white lotus-like arm through the weft, and took the letter in.Cheng Shihuan didn't dare to raise his head from beginning to end, he was afraid that the queen mother would gouge his eyeballs.

　Cheng Shihuan retreated to the previous position, half arched.Inside the curtain, the Empress Dowager slowly opened the letter, and just after reading a few lines, she suddenly threw the letter out of the curtain, saying: "It's a bunch of nonsense, absurd words."

　The Queen Mother was indeed very angry. First, she believed in Su Lingche so much. Second, a letter could not represent anything, maybe someone framed her.

　Cheng Shihuan was so frightened that his legs shook, he said: "I don't believe it either, but I also feel that the matter is too big, and I need to report it to the Queen Mother. As for how to decide, it is up to the Queen Mother to preside over it. After the minister has finished speaking, I will leave, please Queen Mother Don't disturb your sleep with a letter you didn't need."

　Cheng Shihuan backed out slowly, and when he went out, his head was covered with sweat.

　Inside the house, the queen mother sat beside the bed with a blank mind. The handwriting on the letter was clearly Su Lingche's handwriting, and the style of her words was also similar to Su Lingche's, which made people suspicious.

　It wasn't until midnight that the queen mother lay on the bed to rest. She thought about asking the public in the morning, if it was a false accusation, she could return Su Lingche's innocence.

　She closed her eyes, unwilling to think about it, the smile of the late emperor appeared in her mind.

(End of this chapter)