Helian Chacha’s eyes suddenly brightened up.
Without caring about how surprised Bohe was, she ran towards the main hall immediately.
Just as she had expected, the rabbit that had used to be very vigorous at noon was now lying in the cage quietly. She touched it and found out its body had already gone stiff, so it seemed that it had died for more than 2 hours.
“Your Highness, what should we do now? Shall we inform His Majesty about it?” Bohe asked nervously.
Helian Chacha smiled slightly, “No. Don’t tell anyone. Just pretend nothing has happened and keep on following your daily routine.”
“But…”
Before Bohe could finish her sentence, Helian Chacha put her finger on her lips and winked at Bohe, “Don’t worry. Trust me, it’ll be fine.”
Since she already said so, Bohe stopped asking despite her worries.
At night, when all the servants in the palace were asleep, Helian Chacha got up from the bed secretly and put on a dark jumpsuit. She then put it on quickly and left Yonghe Palace right away.
The cool night wind was blowing while the bright moon was in the sky.
Meanwhile, all the palace maids in Ruichen Palace were already asleep and only two candles were lit up in the bedroom hall.
Helian Chacha sneaked into the bedroom of Xu Ruyun carefully and found Xu Ruyun lying on the bed, breathing steadily. It seemed that she had already fallen asleep.
She crept to the bed and waved her hand in front of Xu Ruyun to make sure that she was really asleep, and then she took out a pair of scissors from her clothes with a grin on her face.
The sharp blades shone brightly in the moonlight.
She picked up Xu Ruyun’s hair gently and cut it off right away.
On the next day, a piercing shriek came out of Ruichen Palace at dawn.
Hearing that, Lian’er who was sleeping in the outer hall came in hurriedly without even putting on her shoes, “Your Highness, what happened?”
The moment she saw Xu Ruyun, she screamed out, “Oh my god! Your Highness, your hair…”
“My hair! My hair!” Xu Ruyun held the hair on the floor as if she was insane, and she kept crying out loud, “Who cut off my hair? Who did that?! I’m gonna kill her!!”
Xu Ruyun’s hair was totally a mess right now as some part was cut bald and looked super hideous. Lian’er stood there in shock and she didn’t know what to do at the moment.
The furious Xu Ruyun sent someone to report it to the Prime Minister immediately, and the Prime Minister felt so sad for her. So he urged Ye Shengxuan to investigate it right away.
Ye Shengxuan couldn’t refuse him so he asked Shiao Qi to do that for him.
They got the result in the afternoon of that day.
“Your Majesty, there were only two people who left the bedroom palace and went to Ruichen Palace last night. One is Lady Qi from Qingyun House and the other one is…” He looked up at Ye Shengxuan, “Concubine Xian from Yonghe Palace.”
Ye Shengxuan stopped turning the pages of his book and raised up his head asking, “You sure it was her?”
Shiao Qi nodded firmly, “According to the secret guardian, it was absolutely Concubine Xian.”
Ye Shengxuan held that book tighter and said, “Fully investigate Lady Qi and find out if she had a fight with Concubine Yun lately or not. If there is any evidence, arrest her immediately and send her to the Ministry of Punishment for further interrogation!”
“But what about Concubine Xian…”
Ye Shengxuan glanced at him slightly, with the warning look in his eyes, “She was at Yonghe Palace last night all the time!”
“…” Shiao Qi’s lip corner twitched a bit, “I understood.”
After Shiao Qi had left Yangxin Hall, Ye Shengxuan tried to read the book for a while, but he still couldn’t wait anymore, so he went to Yonghe Palace instead.
As soon as he arrived at the gate, he heard some pleasant giggles coming from inside. The guardian at the gate saw him and tried to go inside to report, but he was stopped by Ye Shengxuan.
Ye Shengxuan then walked quickly inside on his own.
Helian Chacha was sitting on the chair with one hand on her belly and the other pounding the table, laughing so hard.
“My dear, what makes you so happy?”
Helian Chacha was scared all of a sudden that she stopped laughing immediately and got up to greet him, “Good day, Your Majesty.”
“Spare the courtesy.” Ye Shengxuan helped her get up and asked, “Now tell me, what are you laughing about?”
“You don’t know that, Your Majesty? I heard that Concubine Yun’s hair was cut off by her enemy last night. Now she can’t do any hairstyle or cut it shorter, so she is crying in Ruichen Palace at the moment.” She then giggled secretly with a hand covering her mouth.
Ye Shengxuan raised his eyebrows a bit, “Is that…funny?”
“Is it not?” She asked him and sat on the chair nearby, “You may not understand it, Your Majesty. The life in the harem is just too boring that I need to cheer myself up with some trivial things like that.”
Ye Shengxuan looked at her meaningfuly, as if he tried to dig out somet secret from her.
Helian Chacha felt quite uncomfortable because of his gaze, so she tried to change the subject, “Your Majesty, what brings you to my place?”
“I came for something in the beginning, but now, it doesn’t matter. Forget it.” Ye Shengxuan stood up to check her bedroom hall for a bit and nodded, “It seems that you have a good life here. I am relieved now. If you have any trouble in the future, you can just come to me in Yangxin Hall. Don’t keep them all to yourself.”
Hearing that, she was quite surprised because she wondered if he had known it was her who did that to Concubine Yun.
No, it was impossible. She had checked clearly that night, and no one had followed her, so Ye Shengxuan must be just testing her.
She smiled and bowed to him, “Thanks for your caring, Your Majesty. I will come to you first if I have any trouble, Your Majesty.”
Although he didn’t know if she meant it or not, Ye Shengxuan nodded with relief and left after saying something heartwarming to her.
Helian Chacha walked Ye Shengxuan out and didn’t get relieved until she couldn’t see his figure anymore. Somehow she believed that Ye Shengxuan was here to sound her out today, and she needed to act more cautiously next time.
On the next day, the news came out that Lady Qi was arrested.
When Helian Chacha was informed that Lady Qi got arrested for cutting off the hair of Concubine Yun, her hand holding the teacup was trembling hard. She said to herself secretly, “Lady Qi, I’m so sorry. I will compensate you for that by being your slave in another life for sure!”
It was said that Concubine Yun rushed to the Ministry of Punishment immediately when she got the news, and she punished Lady Qi the same way - cutting off her hair.
On the third day, Concubine Yun finally calmed down, so Lady Qi was released as well. But Lady Qi couldn’t bear the humiliation that she hanged herself that night in Qingyun House.
It was already the fourth day when this news eventually came out. Helian Chacha was combing her hair when she got the news from Bohe, and the white jade comb fell off from her trembling hand, broken into 2 pieces.
She didn’t expect that Helian Chacha would react so strongly, so Bohe felt a bit worried, “Your Highness, are you alright?”
She picked up the comb nervously to put it on the table, and then she told Bohe vaguely, “I feel a bit uncomfortable. Can you comb my hair for me?”
“Sure.”
Bohe picked up the comb to comb Helian Chacha’s hair, and started to tell her about the latest news in the imperial palace.
However, Helian Chacha’s mind was still on the matter of Lady Qi’s suicide.
She knew it for long that the imperial palace was actually a living hell for women, but she never expected that just one single naive action would lead to the death of another person.
She made up her mind at the moment that she could never stay here forever.
Otherwise, she would die in the hand of some other concubine someday.
She couldn’t stay in the imperial palace any longer!
Helian Chacha’s eyes suddenly brightened up.
Without caring about how surprised Bohe was, she ran towards the main hall immediately.
Just as she had expected, the rabbit that had used to be very vigorous at noon was now lying in the cage quietly. She touched it and found out its body had already gone stiff, so it seemed that it had died for more than 2 hours.
“Your Highness, what should we do now? Shall we inform His Majesty about it?” Bohe asked nervously.
Helian Chacha smiled slightly, “No. Don’t tell anyone. Just pretend nothing has happened and keep on following your daily routine.”
“But…”
Before Bohe could finish her sentence, Helian Chacha put her finger on her lips and winked at Bohe, “Don’t worry. Trust me, it’ll be fine.”
Since she already said so, Bohe stopped asking despite her worries.
At night, when all the servants in the palace were asleep, Helian Chacha got up from the bed secretly and put on a dark jumpsuit. She then put it on quickly and left Yonghe Palace right away.
The cool night wind was blowing while the bright moon was in the sky.
Meanwhile, all the palace maids in Ruichen Palace were already asleep and only two candles were lit up in the bedroom hall.
Helian Chacha sneaked into the bedroom of Xu Ruyun carefully and found Xu Ruyun lying on the bed, breathing steadily. It seemed that she had already fallen asleep.
She crept to the bed and waved her hand in front of Xu Ruyun to make sure that she was really asleep, and then she took out a pair of scissors from her clothes with a grin on her face.
The sharp blades shone brightly in the moonlight.
She picked up Xu Ruyun’s hair gently and cut it off right away.
On the next day, a piercing shriek came out of Ruichen Palace at dawn.
Hearing that, Lian’er who was sleeping in the outer hall came in hurriedly without even putting on her shoes, “Your Highness, what happened?”
The moment she saw Xu Ruyun, she screamed out, “Oh my god! Your Highness, your hair…”
“My hair! My hair!” Xu Ruyun held the hair on the floor as if she was insane, and she kept crying out loud, “Who cut off my hair? Who did that?! I’m gonna kill her!!”
Xu Ruyun’s hair was totally a mess right now as some part was cut bald and looked super hideous. Lian’er stood there in shock and she didn’t know what to do at the moment.
The furious Xu Ruyun sent someone to report it to the Prime Minister immediately, and the Prime Minister felt so sad for her. So he urged Ye Shengxuan to investigate it right away.
Ye Shengxuan couldn’t refuse him so he asked Shiao Qi to do that for him.
They got the result in the afternoon of that day.
“Your Majesty, there were only two people who left the bedroom palace and went to Ruichen Palace last night. One is Lady Qi from Qingyun House and the other one is…” He looked up at Ye Shengxuan, “Concubine Xian from Yonghe Palace.”
Ye Shengxuan stopped turning the pages of his book and raised up his head asking, “You sure it was her?”
Shiao Qi nodded firmly, “According to the secret guardian, it was absolutely Concubine Xian.”
Ye Shengxuan held that book tighter and said, “Fully investigate Lady Qi and find out if she had a fight with Concubine Yun lately or not. If there is any evidence, arrest her immediately and send her to the Ministry of Punishment for further interrogation!”
“But what about Concubine Xian…”
Ye Shengxuan glanced at him slightly, with the warning look in his eyes, “She was at Yonghe Palace last night all the time!”
“…” Shiao Qi’s lip corner twitched a bit, “I understood.”
After Shiao Qi had left Yangxin Hall, Ye Shengxuan tried to read the book for a while, but he still couldn’t wait anymore, so he went to Yonghe Palace instead.
As soon as he arrived at the gate, he heard some pleasant giggles coming from inside. The guardian at the gate saw him and tried to go inside to report, but he was stopped by Ye Shengxuan.
Ye Shengxuan then walked quickly inside on his own.
Helian Chacha was sitting on the chair with one hand on her belly and the other pounding the table, laughing so hard.
“My dear, what makes you so happy?”
Helian Chacha was scared all of a sudden that she stopped laughing immediately and got up to greet him, “Good day, Your Majesty.”
“Spare the courtesy.” Ye Shengxuan helped her get up and asked, “Now tell me, what are you laughing about?”
“You don’t know that, Your Majesty? I heard that Concubine Yun’s hair was cut off by her enemy last night. Now she can’t do any hairstyle or cut it shorter, so she is crying in Ruichen Palace at the moment.” She then giggled secretly with a hand covering her mouth.
Ye Shengxuan raised his eyebrows a bit, “Is that…funny?”
“Is it not?” She asked him and sat on the chair nearby, “You may not understand it, Your Majesty. The life in the harem is just too boring that I need to cheer myself up with some trivial things like that.”
Ye Shengxuan looked at her meaningfuly, as if he tried to dig out somet secret from her.
Helian Chacha felt quite uncomfortable because of his gaze, so she tried to change the subject, “Your Majesty, what brings you to my place?”
“I came for something in the beginning, but now, it doesn’t matter. Forget it.” Ye Shengxuan stood up to check her bedroom hall for a bit and nodded, “It seems that you have a good life here. I am relieved now. If you have any trouble in the future, you can just come to me in Yangxin Hall. Don’t keep them all to yourself.”
Hearing that, she was quite surprised because she wondered if he had known it was her who did that to Concubine Yun.
No, it was impossible. She had checked clearly that night, and no one had followed her, so Ye Shengxuan must be just testing her.
She smiled and bowed to him, “Thanks for your caring, Your Majesty. I will come to you first if I have any trouble, Your Majesty.”
Although he didn’t know if she meant it or not, Ye Shengxuan nodded with relief and left after saying something heartwarming to her.
Helian Chacha walked Ye Shengxuan out and didn’t get relieved until she couldn’t see his figure anymore. Somehow she believed that Ye Shengxuan was here to sound her out today, and she needed to act more cautiously next time.
On the next day, the news came out that Lady Qi was arrested.
When Helian Chacha was informed that Lady Qi got arrested for cutting off the hair of Concubine Yun, her hand holding the teacup was trembling hard. She said to herself secretly, “Lady Qi, I’m so sorry. I will compensate you for that by being your slave in another life for sure!”
It was said that Concubine Yun rushed to the Ministry of Punishment immediately when she got the news, and she punished Lady Qi the same way - cutting off her hair.
On the third day, Concubine Yun finally calmed down, so Lady Qi was released as well. But Lady Qi couldn’t bear the humiliation that she hanged herself that night in Qingyun House.
It was already the fourth day when this news eventually came out. Helian Chacha was combing her hair when she got the news from Bohe, and the white jade comb fell off from her trembling hand, broken into 2 pieces.
She didn’t expect that Helian Chacha would react so strongly, so Bohe felt a bit worried, “Your Highness, are you alright?”
She picked up the comb nervously to put it on the table, and then she told Bohe vaguely, “I feel a bit uncomfortable. Can you comb my hair for me?”
“Sure.”
Bohe picked up the comb to comb Helian Chacha’s hair, and started to tell her about the latest news in the imperial palace.
However, Helian Chacha’s mind was still on the matter of Lady Qi’s suicide.
She knew it for long that the imperial palace was actually a living hell for women, but she never expected that just one single naive action would lead to the death of another person.
She made up her mind at the moment that she could never stay here forever.
Otherwise, she would die in the hand of some other concubine someday.
She couldn’t stay in the imperial palace any longer!
