Beloved Empress

Chapter 49

Miscarriage

Mo Qi Qi tilts her head to look at Jun Yue Hen; his side profile looks so handsome . Actually, he looks handsome no matter from what angle one looks from . He looks really enticing; perfect from all angles . If he was born in the modern time, he would have become a household superstar .

His music resembles him; gentle, heart-wrenching and enthralling . The night wind blows gently, lifting his long dark hair . Flower petals falls from the trees above them, it is as though it is raining flowers . It makes him looks like a celestial and adds to the charm of his song .

Once his song ends, he turns to look at her and notices a couple of flower petals resting on top of her hair . He casually lifts his hand and carefully takes it off; the gentleness of his action is as though he is touching a priceless treasure .

Mo Qi Qi sighs in her heart: The previous owner must have been blind . She must have been really muddle-headed . Why didn’t she marry such a nice man and had instead married a temperamental ice-block who didn’t even love her? She had wasted the 7th king’s deep love .

However, the current Mo Qi Qi is no longer the old Mo Qi Qi . She will not like Jun Qian Che or Jun Yue Hen . She will not easily trust men anymore . Both of them are the people she cannot love and scorn . She must control her heart and not fall for either of them .

“Yue Hen, it is late and I am sleepy . You should go back and rest early!” Mo Qi Qi says with a smile as she gets up . Honestly, she enjoys being friend with Jun Yue Hen . He is very warm, like a dependable older brother . He can give her peace and stability whenever her mind gets messy . But since he can never be more than a friend, she does not wish to give him hope .

Jun Yue Hen gets up; the way he looks at her is really gentle and warm, “Rest early, Qi Qi . If you ever need my help, just send someone to inform me and I will do everything I can to help you . ”

Mo Qi Qi nods, “I will . Good night . ”

Jun Yue Hen looks at her with a pair of affectionate eyes before walking away .

Mo Qi Qi shakes her head and sighs, “Love is when a couple spend their lives together . It is a pity her head was muddled . She made the wrong choice and now, neither could have their happy ending . ” She gives a great yawn before walking back to her own room .

The next few days are peaceful . Other than unable to leave Feng Yang Palace, everything remains the same for Mo Qi Qi, be it her clothes or her meals . Her ears have been given a rest for these past few days . Since she is now a suspect, those concubines cannot enter Feng Yang Palace to give her their greetings . As a result, Mo Qi Qi is able to have a few complain-free days .

In the blink of an eye, 5 days passed . An esteemed (or rather, uninvited) guest comes to Feng Yang Palace .

“This official greets Your Ladyship,” Chu Ling Xiao pays Mo Qi Qi his respect the moment he steps into Feng Yang Palace .

Mo Qi Qi who is sitting on the phoenix seat asks him, “What is the purpose of Prime Minister’s visit to Feng Yang Palace?” n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Chu Ling Xiao smiles amicably, “Answering Your Ladyship, this official is investigating Dong Fei’s death under His Majesty’s order . This official discovered a few questionable things and decides to pay Your Ladyship a visit . ”

“If you have question, just baidu it!” blurts Mo Qi Qi . The 7th king already sent people to inform her about Jun Qian Che instructing Chu Ling Xiao to investigate the death . Since nothing happened these past few days, she thought the emperor had simply let the matter be, after contemplating over Mo Clan’s influence . She didn’t think this dude will continue to pursue the matter . He is indeed worthy of being Jun Qian Che’s best friend .

(TN: Baidu is the Chinese version of google . She is basically telling him to google it . )

“Who is baidu?” Chu Ling Xiao asks with an earnest face .

Mo Qi Qi bursts out in laughter before waving her arm away, “Nobody . It was just a joke!”

Chu Ling Xiao feels like he is being teased . He clears his throat awkwardly, “I’m afraid, once the question is asked, Your Ladyship will no longer be in the mood to joke around . ”

“The Prime Minister is so serious; did you find anything incriminating against bengong?” Mo Qi Qi calmly asks though her heart is already in a furore .

“Not really . This matter is not really incriminating, but this official still has to question you . ”

Mo Qi Qi is an impatient girl; her patience runs thin at the way Chu Ling Xiao drags things on, “Just say whatever it is you need to say . Stop beating around the bush . Bengong is a very busy person, bengong has no time to chat idly with you!”

Chu Ling Xiao chokes a little before he smiles, “Since Your Ladyship wants to get over this quickly, this official will go straight to the point . When we autopsied Dong Fei’s corpse, we discovered injuries on her body . It is as though someone had purposely hit her before she died . Did you punish her when she was here?”

Eh? It has been so many months and they still finds out? But yeah, it isn’t really mind-blowing . In her field of work, a person can die 2000 years ago and they can still figure out how .

Mo Qi Qi decides to be honest, “Yes . Bengong had summoned her here, prior to her death . Because she was disrespectful, bengong ordered her to be hit twenty times . Bengong also slapped her a couple of times . But it wasn’t serious enough to cause her death . ”

Chu Ling Xiao nods lightly, “It really wasn’t grave enough to endanger her life, but investigation shows that before Dong Fei died, she suffered a miscarriage . ”

Mo Qi Qi is so shocked that she has to hold the hand-rail to remain calm, “What? Dong Fei was—- Dong Fei was pregnant?”

Chu Ling Xiao’s tone is firm as he speaks, “Yes . She was 2 months pregnant when the miscarriage happened . Your Ladyship doesn’t know that?”

“How was I supposed to know? If I had known, I wouldn’t have asked people to hit her!” Mo Qi Qi weeps tearlessly . All of these are the disasters brought by the previous owner! Why is she so unlucky as to entered her body? Great, just great . One corpse but two lives; she is so going to die for this! No wonder Ban Xiang said that Dong Fei was bleeding back then, she was having a miscarriage! The previous owner was too cruel; if she knew Dong Fei was pregnant, that means she purposely did that to harm both the mother and the child . Huhu, what is she going to do now?

Mo Qi Qi forces herself to appear calm . She looks at Chu Ling Xiao before calmly saying, “Even if bengong did cause the miscarriage, Dong Fei was only at the early stage of pregnancy . The miscarriage shouldn’t have posed any risk to her life . Dong Fei’s death is another completely unrelated matter . ” Even though she has never been pregnant before, she knows that a miscarriage at the early stage of pregnancy will not pose any risk to the mother’s life .

Chu Ling Xiao respectfully replies her, “It is up to His Majesty to determine whether there is another reason or not . ”

“What? Everything is up to Jun Qian Che?” Mo Qi Qi’s heart immediately tenses up . Jun Qian Che has been looking for excuses to get rid of her . If he finds out that she had not only punished Dong Fei, but had also killed his child, he will not let her off . Huhu, why is her life so tragic?