manynovel Chapter 172 Xiao Lingzi
Chapter 172 Xiao Lingzi
Ling Yunche said angrily: "There is nothing innocent between the Empress and me. It was you and Concubine Ling who deliberately spread rumors and made the Emperor suspicious of us!"
"Now the Empress has been deprived of her power in the harem by the Emperor, and Concubine Yu has been demoted to a noble lady and fined her salary. You have already achieved your goal by making Concubine Ling the sole ruler of the harem. What on earth do you want to do by bringing me here? Kill me if you want. I, Ling Yunche, will never beg for mercy!"
Jinzhong smiled and said, "Oh, Lord Ling, why are you in such a hurry? Although our Lord Ling and the Queen have fought many times over the years, Lord Ling really wronged our Lord Ling and me this time."
"Don't worry, Lord Ling. I am not here to kill you. I will let you go in a few days. Lord Ling, since you are so loyal to the Queen, you must find out who spread the rumors that caused the Queen and the Emperor to fall out. Lord Ling, you must find out who is behind it yourself."
Ling Yunche was imprisoned this time, and he had already made up his mind that he would die. He had planned that no matter what torture Jinzhong used on him, he would never say a word that would be detrimental to the Empress.
Ling Yunchu was surprised and said, "What? Let me go. Aren't you here to kill me? I'm telling you, as a real man, I will never agree to any of your conditions just to survive in this world. You'd better give up on this idea as soon as possible!"
Jinzhong said with a smile: "Master Ling, you think too much. This eunuch is not here to negotiate any terms with you, but to change your name!"
Ling Yunche didn't understand what Jinzhong meant, but after all, he had worked with Jinzhong in the Yangxin Palace for so many years, and he knew that Jinzhong was very careful in his actions, so he was still secretly on guard.
Regardless of what Ling Yunche was thinking, Jinzhong said to him, "Your coveting of the Empress is an unforgivable crime, but the Emperor is a benevolent monarch. In view of your past loyalty, the Emperor is willing to give you a chance to live."
"However, such a big incident has happened. Although Concubine Ling has suppressed all the rumors, the reputation of the Empress has still been ruined by you. It is impossible for you to return to the Yangxin Palace to work. But it is better this way, so that you don't feel uncomfortable working in the Yangxin Palace."
Jinzhong was right. Ling Yunche simply could not get along with those Eight Banners descendants working in the Palace of Tranquil Longevity.
Those people had been putting obstacles in his way, both overtly and covertly, so that he had been a royal guard for many years but had yet to be promoted and could not become a better helper to the Queen.
Now that this has happened, even if the emperor does not pursue the matter anymore, Ling Yunche cannot stand those people's contempt and spitting.
Well, as long as he can get out of here and as long as he doesn't implicate the Queen, he can still make a comeback by working somewhere else!
Seeing that Ling Yunche still had some hope of survival, Jinzhong turned around and ordered, "Come here, open the door, and clean up Master Ling thoroughly, and give him a complete makeover!"
Several eunuchs came in response, opened the prison door, removed the chains on Ling Yunche, and escorted Ling Yunche out of the prison. After he washed up, they served him some food.
Ling Yunche thought that his life was no longer in danger. He felt that the emperor still cared about his contributions to the emperor over the years, and finished all the food without any doubt.
Suddenly Ling Yunche felt dizzy and felt that his strength was rapidly draining away. Ling Yunche realized that he had been tricked, pointed at Jinzhong angrily, and fell down powerlessly.
Jinzhong sneered and ordered, "Idiot, you are still so naive after so many years in the palace. Go ahead!"
Several eunuchs carried Ling Yunche onto a long table and tied his hands and feet tightly to the table legs to prevent him from suddenly waking up and breaking free.
Ling Yunche was in a coma when he suddenly felt a sharp pain, which was so severe that he woke up screaming.
Jinzhong was very excited to see that Ling Yunche had become his fellow traveler, and he couldn't suppress a smile on his face.
"Lord Ling is truly invincible. He took so many knockout drugs and woke up in just a few moments. I really admire you. What do you think, Lord Ling?"
Ling Yunche wanted to struggle, but found that his whole body was sore and weak, and waves of unspeakable pain came from the private parts of his body.
Ling Yunche was tied tightly to the table. Under the effect of the drugs, he couldn't even raise his head to see where he was injured.
Ling Yunche didn't dare to think about the fastest place, and asked in shock and pain: "Jinzhong! What do you want to do?"
Jinzhong smiled and said, "Lord Ling is really a forgetful person. Didn't I just tell you that I came here to let you out? But before I let you out, I need to change your name first."
"Now that the matter has been completed, once Lord Ling's injury has healed a little, Lord Ling can go out and resume his duties."
Ling Yunche gritted his teeth and asked, "What on earth did you do?"
Jinzhong shrugged innocently, "What can this eunuch do? You are no longer fit to be a guard after what happened. In this palace, the only people who work there are either guards or eunuchs. This eunuch just changed your identity. Didn't Lord Ling agree to it just now?"
The guess was confirmed, Ling Yunche couldn't accept this fact, and he struggled wildly and shouted regardless of the pain.
"How could you do this to me? Why don't you just kill me? Was this Concubine Ling's idea? She is so vicious, she must die a horrible death! I will never tolerate this kind of humiliation, just kill me now!"
Ling Yunche blamed all the bad things on Yan Wan, and always dragged her into it, which finally angered Jin Zhong.
Jinzhong's face instantly turned cold, and he cursed: "How dare you mention Concubine Ling? Isn't this all your own fault? If you really have a backbone, you should have committed suicide long ago after being locked up here for so long. Why would you wait until today?!"
"If you had paid more attention to your behavior, followed the palace rules, and worked harder to become an official, how could you have ended up like this? You coveted the emperor's concubines and tarnished his reputation. Do you think the emperor would let you go?"
"How dare you blame others? Don't you like going to Yikun Palace the most? The emperor is so merciful that he will let you go there as much as you want in the future. Why don't you kneel down and thank him?!"
Ling Yunche shouted, "I don't believe it. It must be Concubine Ling who ordered you to do that! She hates me for helping the Queen to deal with her, but she was the one who betrayed me first!"
Jinzhong grabbed a piece of rope and whipped Ling Yunche's wound hard, and Ling Yunche almost died from the pain.
"He's already become a eunuch, but he still doesn't forget to bite the imperial concubine Ling? If you don't believe me, go out and ask the emperor if you have the guts! Someone, apply some medicine to his wounds, and I'll come take him away in a few days."
A young eunuch said, "Eunuch Jinzhong, Lord Ling is seriously injured. I'm afraid he will need to recuperate for a month or two."
Jin Zhong said: "There is a shortage of people in the harem, how can there be so much time for him to recover? Just watch the wound and stop it from bleeding. Also, from now on there will be no more Lord Ling in the palace, only little Lingzi!"
The young eunuch said, "Yes, I will teach Xiao Lingzi the rules in the next few days, don't worry, Eunuch Jinzhong!"