Queen's scheming

Chapter 108 Framing
"Empress, my concubine's visit to Ningsu Palace today is not just to pay her respects, but to ask the empress to decide on something!" Shen Qingwan sipped a cup of fragrant tea and raised her eyebrows.

Shen Qingwan's decree of being entrusted to the Jin Dynasty had already been announced to the Sixth Palace, and she was sitting at the top seat at this moment, looking at everyone proudly.

Shen Qingyi looked at her calmly, and said with a smile on her face: "Young Concubine Wanhuang just went through the canonization ceremony yesterday, why is she coming to sue today? Who is so bold to dare to offend someone like you Where is your imperial concubine?"

Shen Qingwan gritted her teeth secretly, her status was just a title, and she was seated in the first place. The people next to her saw her and gave her a salute, but she didn't have any rights at all. She had had enough of looking for Shen Qingyi and Concubine Duanjing.

Shen Qingwan turned her body slightly, and said to Yumei who was behind her: "Hurry up and bring him up, let the empress have a look!"

Madam Zheng was pulled up by the guards, her complexion was a little pale, the needle holes pierced by Yumei yesterday were like ants, gnawing at her skin, every time she moved, she felt burning pain all over her body.

Shen Qingyi sipped the tea with a blank expression, glanced at the visitor, and sighed: "This old woman has offended you? Then tell me how you want to deal with her, and I will do it for you!"

Shen Qingwan sneered, Shen Qingyi wanted to calm things down, she didn't say anything, she just wanted to deal with a woman, how could that be possible?

"Empress, if it's just a woman who offends the concubine, she will be finished if the concubine kills her. The reason why the trouble came to the empress's Ningsu Palace is really the person involved in this matter. I can't make up my mind, so I can only let the empress give her an idea." Shen Qingwan gave Concubine Duanjing a pointed look.

Concubine Duanjing was concentrating on looking at the potted camellias on the flower table at this moment, not being swayed by Shen Qingwan's words in the slightest.

Shen Qingyi rubbed her temples wearily, and said impatiently: "Okay, let's just speak up. What's going on, while all the concubines are here, let's make it clear at once, so as not to talk about it today If you are disrespectful, tomorrow you will say that the one who bullies you has no peace!"

Shen Qingwan didn't care about Shen Qingyi's obvious impatience at all, and said softly: "The concubine will do it for her, and ask the empress for the empress, so as to save the empress from being too tired!"

Shen Qingyi waved her hand and said, "Ask!"

Shen Qingwan caressed her slightly swollen abdomen, glared at the kneeling Nanny Zheng and said, "Madam Zheng, listen carefully and answer carefully. When you arrived at the Ningsu Palace of the Empress, what you said was wrong, but It will kill you! This concubine came to ask you, why did this concubine put you in shackles and lock you to the Queen's Palace?"

Madam Zheng prostrated herself and kowtowed, "I dare not hide it. The servant was arrested by the empress because she drugged the imperial concubine Wanhuang's fish soup."

"What kind of poison did you put in my concubine's fish soup?" Shen Qingwan asked with raised eyebrows.

Madam Zheng tremblingly said: "If you go back to your mother, it's an abortion pill!"

As soon as the word "abortion pill" came out, the audience was in an uproar.Shen Qingyi had no choice but to fulfill her duties as a queen, and asked in a cold voice: "The harem is strictly guarded, how did you get this medicine?"

Madam Zheng said with snot and tears: "Others gave it to my servant, and I want this servant to be put in the soup of Imperial Concubine Wanhuang. If this servant does not, she will take the life of my youngest son!"

"Empress, can you hear me clearly?" Shen Qingwan looked at Shen Qingyi with raised eyebrows, and said softly and forcefully, "It's not that the concubine wants to provoke trouble, it's that there are indeed people who want to harm the concubine and want to attack the dragon's heir!"

The gentleness on Shen Qingyi's face was gone, she stopped speaking softly, and asked sharply: "Who gave you the courage to murder the emperor's heir?"

Madam Zheng kowtowed like pounding garlic, and cried: "Your Majesty, I don't even want this servant! Imperial Concubine Wanhuang treats my servant very well, and I really can't help this servant, but this servant can't do anything! That man caught the servant Youngest son, I have been infertile for many years, and I have given up hope when I am old, but I have such a son, I can't just watch him being poisoned to death!"

"Slick tongue! Murdering the emperor's heir is a crime of the nine clans! Do you think your youngest son can escape death?" Shen Qingyi glanced at Madam Zheng and said.

Shen Qingwan lowered her eyes slightly, stroked the jasmine pattern on her abdomen with some swollen fingers, and said with a light smile: "Why should the empress be so impatient? A slave is really nothing, you can deal with it whenever you want, the most important thing is who is so impatient?" How dare she instruct her to poison the emperor's heir. She is a servant who doesn't understand the palace rules. Naturally, she only wants to save her own children. Parents always think like this. Who doesn't care about their children? Queen Is it a bit of a cover-up for your empress to avoid the important things like this? Could it be that you, the empress, knew who did it a long time ago, and that's why it's so hard to be a slave instead of an envoy?"

Yu Lian was at the side, her willow eyebrows stood on end, and she said sharply: "Imperial Concubine Wan, if you dare to talk to the empress like this, you will be punished for disrespect now!"

Shen Qingwan glared at Yu Lian, "When will you, a servant, speak here? Shouldn't you be punished for disrespect by talking to my concubine like this?"

Concubine Duanjing seemed to have diverted her attention from the pot of tea flowers at this time, and said a little angrily: "Aren't you going to ask for the crime of poisoning the emperor's heir? Concubine Wanhuang, you'd better pay attention to your words. Noble, you can't surpass the queen, I hope you can always keep this in mind!"

Shen Qingwan glanced at Concubine Duanjing, and said with a coquettish smile: "It turns out that Concubine Duanjing has also arrived at Ningsu Palace today. I haven't heard Concubine Duanjing speak for such a long time. I thought that Concubine Duanjing didn't come today. Woolen cloth!"

Concubine Duanjing smiled slightly, picked up the teacup on the side, gently skimmed off the tea foam and said: "This concubine is different from Concubine Wanhuang, Concubine Wanhuang has no benefits and can't get up early, and if she has nothing to do, she won't go to Ningsu Palace Come to pay your respects, this concubine respects the empress very much, rain or shine."

Shen Qingwan smiled contemptuously, raised her chin vigorously, and said: "Of course this concubine can't compare to Duanjing imperial concubine, with such a belly, the emperor and the queen mother have given me so many privileges, this concubine just wants to come every day Greetings to the Empress Dowager, I am afraid that the Emperor and the Empress Dowager will not agree!"

Concubine Duanjing smiled and said: "Isn't it?" Concubine Duanjing looked at Shen Qingyi and said, "I just forgot to mention it. According to the concubine's statistics, the cost of Zili Palace has been used up this month, empress empress." Ningsu Palace, my concubine’s Qinzhu Palace, and Concubine Xue’s Zhaoyang Palace, if they are used again, the other palaces will only be reduced!”

When the concubines of the sixth palace heard this, they glared at Shen Qingwan one after another. It was only three to five days since the last time they mentioned the matter of duty, and Shen Qingwan actually spent so much money again, she clearly did it on purpose.

Shen Qingwan didn't think about this right now, what she wanted was this effect, the Purple Glass Palace was extremely luxurious, and the palaces next to it had to live on daily necessities, only in this way could she have a sense of superiority as an imperial concubine.

Concubine Xue has been staring at Madam Zheng ever since the three words "abortion medicine" were uttered. The medicine she sought from her brother was finally found in the Purple Palace, and Shen Qingwan discovered it so easily. .She clearly didn't reveal half of the information in that letter, but looking at Shen Qingwan's appearance of invoking the teacher to ask the crime, could it be said that some clues were found in that letter?
Concubine Xue looked at Yun Lu behind her in doubt, Yun Lu quietly picked up the azure-glazed porcelain cup in front of Concubine Xue, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, ma'am, this tea is no longer hot, and it's just right for you to use now! "

Concubine Xue calmed down after Yun Lu said "Don't worry, ma'am", and continued to watch Shen Qingwan's next actions.

Seeing that other concubines were looking at her sideways, Shen Qingwan was slightly displeased, and said a little annoyed: "Your concubine Duanjing should stop talking about him, let's ask Madam Zheng who instigated it, I don't have so many concubines." Kung fu, waste time here!"

Shen Qingyi seemed to be urging her with something, and said: "Mother Zheng, quickly tell the person who ordered you, and I can save your child's life!"

When Mother Zheng heard this, she quickly kowtowed frequently, then she got up and looked around, and finally focused on Concubine Duanjing, pointing to the maid behind Concubine Duanjing, and said: "It's her, she is the one who gave the letter to the servant!"

Seeing Madam Zheng pointing behind her, Imperial Concubine Duanjing waved her sleeves angrily and said, "You're talking nonsense!"

Shen Qingwan raised her eyebrows and looked at Concubine Duanjing and said: "Concubine Duanjing, why are you so anxious? Madam Zheng hasn't said anything yet, yet you are so anxious? Could it be that you have a guilty conscience?"

Concubine Xue finally let go of her heart.Shen Qingwan clearly found nothing from Nanny Zheng, and she didn't want to give up such important personal and physical evidence, so she confessed to Nanny Zheng, asking her to frame Noble Concubine Duanjing.

Shen Qingyi frowned slightly, looked at Mother Zheng who was prostrate on the ground, and said sharply: "Can you see clearly? It is undoubtedly the person behind Duanjing Concubine?"

When Madam Zheng heard that it was Concubine Duanjing, she nodded more vigorously.

"Look carefully!" Shen Qingyi raised her chin slightly, and said condescendingly, her whole body exuded a domineering aura of someone who had been in a position for a long time.

Shen Qingwan blinked her eyes lightly, stared at Shen Qingyi and said: "Why does the empress threaten Madam Zheng? It's about her son's life and death, how could she not look carefully? Let alone standing on this bright hall, Even if it's in a place where you can't see your fingers, Madam Zheng should be able to recognize it!"

Seeing that Shen Qingwan was helping her, Mother Zheng immediately echoed, "That's right, that's right, what Imperial Concubine Wanhuang said is that the maidservant behind Imperial Concubine Duanjing can recognize it even if it turns into ashes!"

Shen Qingyi saw that Madam Zheng said so, she didn't ask her anymore, she just looked at Concubine Duanjing, and said softly: "What do you say?"

Concubine Duanjing's eyes widened, she glanced at Shen Qingwan, and said, "According to my concubine, this is a deliberate frame, and everything depends on the empress!"

Shen Qingwan smiled lightly, and told Yumei, "Go! Serve that fish soup too!"

"Empress, there are all the personal and material evidence, and the concubine also asks the empress to be the master, poisoning the emperor's heir, the crime should be punished!" Shen Qingwan stared at the noble concubine Duanjing and said.

(End of this chapter)