The Virtuous Concubine of the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 23 Phoenix (2)

Seeing that Aunt Su Ma wanted to come to check in person, Ma Guiren's expression froze for a moment.She got up with her pregnant belly, and although it was inconvenient to stop her, she still reached out her hand to signal Aunt Su Ma not to come over: "Don't bother Madam Su with such trivial matters, she is just a lowly maid who doesn't know the rules, just deal with it directly That's it."

After Ma Guiren said so much, Aunt Su Ma didn't even look at her, and went straight to Eunuch Yuan Sheng who was holding the hat.Eunuch Yuan Sheng looked a little panicked, and subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but Aunt Su Ma gave him a hard look, and Eunuch Yuan Sheng didn't dare to move any more.

In this way, under the attention of all the people, Aunt Su Ma gently twirled the hair of the hat with her fingers, raised her eyes to feel it, and sniffed it with the tip of her nose.The surrounding concubines and maidservants have long been too quiet to speak, no one would have imagined that on Mr. Yougui's birthday, there would be such a big drama because of a maidservant.

Afterwards, Aunt Su Ma stood up slowly, looked straight at Ma Guiren with a pair of old but sharp eyes, and gave her a cruel look, which made Ma Guiren sit back on the chair in fright.In the next second, Lagu Su Ma reached out to pick up the cotton hat and threw it on the ground without any politeness.

This scene is undoubtedly a huge reversal, Yougui also stood up, a little puzzled for a while: "Madam Su, what do you mean?"

La Aunt Su Ma also ignored Yougui, she turned around and walked straight back to the Empress Dowager, and responded: "Master, this hat is indeed made of dog hair, and it was deliberately softened to look like mink hair. dyed."

Hearing this, the empress dowager nodded to signal Aunt Su Ma to come back, the emperor's face suddenly sank, he reached out and patted the table, and looked up at the group of people standing in the center of the hall, his voice was not as gentle as before: "Wang Shicheng, is this how you manage the House of Internal Affairs?"

As the table was slapped and made a violent noise, everyone in the House of Internal Affairs knelt down and kowtowed hard.Wang Shicheng looked up at the emperor, his face full of grievances: "Your Majesty, I don't know when they had an affair with Zhong Cui Palace, I have never conspired with them! I hope the emperor will learn from you!"

Hearing Wang Shicheng's words, Qian Momo raised her head and said in horror: "Your Majesty, this is really not dog hair! It's mink hair, Your Majesty! There must be some misunderstanding!"

"Misunderstanding?" The emperor picked up the fan on the table and shook it lightly twice. The landscape map on it now seems to be full of the murderous look of iron horses and glaciers, "I see you are confused, right? Mother Su is working in the palace For fifty years, she can be sure that it is dog hair, how dare you argue?"

"No servant..." Qian Momo started to explain.

But before Nanny Qian could say anything, Ma Guiren stood up again, supported Baikui beside him with one hand, pointed at Nanny Qian with the other, and scolded harshly: "You lowly maidservant! I let you The Ministry of Internal Affairs hastened to make me a sable wool hat, and you use such a thing to make up for it! Damn it!"

Hearing this, Jiaorong, who had been silent for a long time, looked at Ma Guiren, and said coldly: "Ma Guiren, you must have made a mistake, softening and dyeing dog hair to make hats, these processes are more expensive than directly using mink hair It’s much more complicated. Now that winter has just passed, there should be a lot of mink fur left over from making winter clothes in the Treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Therefore, apart from deliberate insults, the servants really can’t think of any reason to use dog hair instead of mink fur.”

Ma Guiren stared at Jiao Rong in hatred, and gritted his teeth, as if feeling a sharp pain in his lower abdomen, Ma Guiren held his stomach and frowned tightly, "You bitch, don't talk to me like that." Body quotes! How do I know why these lowly slaves from the Ministry of Internal Affairs use these things to insult Yougui! I can’t tell the difference between sable hair and dog hair!"

"Really?" Jiaorong snorted, her expression was so cold that one couldn't help but be afraid, "Then why did the nobleman dare to conclude that the servant said these things deliberately to frame you, and immediately wanted to convict the servant?"

At this moment, Ma Guiren was fascinated by the pain in his belly, and regardless of whether the emperor and queen mother were still there, he showed his true colors and cursed viciously: "You are a mere maidservant, so what if you die? What right do you have to question me here!"

Jiao Rong's thin lips moved lightly, and she was about to curse back, but at this moment, the emperor in front stopped the two of them: "Enough!"

The emperor threw the fan on the table, his expression more serious and indifferent than ever before, and he ordered mercilessly: "All the beautiful ladies of the Household Department who bought this cotton hat will be fined into Xinzhe Treasury, and Wang Shicheng's supervision is not strict. , demoted to vice-manager, Madam Qian will be punished with a staff of forty, and she will be expelled from the palace!"

Hearing this, Madam Qian panicked immediately, with tears streaming from her eyes, she pointed at Ma Guiren anxiously: "Your Majesty! This slave is wronged! It is Ma noble! It is she who made this servant lie and conceal it! Don’t follow! Your Majesty has learned from you! The slaves have been wronged!”

Ma Guiren's eyes widened, and he felt a little out of breath while holding his lower abdomen: "You lowly servant girl, you still dare to bite me back! I think you won't cry until you see the coffin! When have I ordered you! How dare you use dog hair? Do something to insult Yougui, all of you should be damned!"

Xu Shi's quarrel was too loud, and many young princesses present all cried, and Yougui quickly covered Yinti's ears for fear of scaring him.

"Okay! What do you all look like!" At this moment, the queen mother who had been silent all this time shouted.The Empress Dowager sat next to the Empress Dowager, her face was very brightly made up, she gave Ma Guiren a disgusted look, and said contemptuously, "It's because of you that you are afraid of chaos in the harem, that's why it's always been so turbulent. "

The emperor glanced at Ma Guiren with cold eyes, and said ruthlessly: "Ma Guiren is behaving insanely, without the appearance that a concubine in the harem should be. Half a step into the palace."

"Your Majesty! There are no concubines!" The expression on Ma Guiren's face had become distorted and ferocious, and her whole body began to tremble. Without the support of Bai Kui beside her, Ma Guiren would probably collapse on the ground.

The emperor didn't look at Ma Guiren again, but looked at the group of servants in the center of the hall and ordered: "Send Ma Guiren back to the palace, and take the rest of these people back to receive punishment."

Hearing this, Liang Jiugong waved his hand, and a group of imperial guards standing behind immediately walked down, and quickly detained the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As for the slaves like Ma Guiren and Zhong Cuigong, they were all forcibly taken back. .

Soon, the Qianqing Palace regained its tranquility, but the hall was already full of smog.The emperor glanced at Jiaorong who retreated behind Yougui, sighed, and said to Yougui: "Today is your birthday, but you have encountered such a thing, I really feel sorry for you."

(End of this chapter)