The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 1287: Concubine Li's Dark Trick (34)
Lin Guiyi glanced at the baskets of black charcoal and fur, her expression instantly became shocked, and she hurriedly said: "Empress, these things were not sent to Xiao Jieyu by concubines, the things in the palaces are in the immediate Before sending it out, the concubine personally inspected it. The fur was newly brought in this year, and it was all new, and black charcoal was not used for heating in the palace. How could the concubine send such a thing to Xiao Jieyu?
If the empress doesn't believe it, you can ask someone from the House of Internal Affairs to ask, the concubine really didn't deliberately assign things like Xiao Jieyu to humiliate her.The concubine has lived in seclusion for many years, and has never had any disagreements with Xiao Jieyu, why should she have trouble with her for no reason?Besides, she also has His Royal Highness the First Prince, if the Highness brought something to the emperor in a fit of anger, wouldn't the concubine be asking for shame, why would the concubine do this? "

Qingchen thinks what she said is not unreasonable, even if Xiao Jieyu can bear it, but with Qier's temperament, if he knows, he will not be able to swallow this breath no matter what, he is a child, if he cries in front of the emperor, then The emperor will definitely protect him. All the concubines in the palace know that although the emperor treats the concubines indifferently, he loves the princes very much. Pity, let alone Qi'er?
Qingchen turned to ask the emperor, "Your Majesty, what do you mean by the concubines, you still need to invite people from the House of Internal Affairs to come over and ask, including those who went to deliver things to Xiao Jieyu, you have to interrogate them to prove what Lin Guiyi said Is it true?"

The emperor nodded and said, "Let's pass it on."

Qingchen ordered Xiao Xiangzi to pass on to others, and soon those servants from the House of Internal Affairs all knelt in the empress's main hall. The emperor's tone was cold and low-pitched, but there was a chilling majesty under his prestige , he pointed to the things in the corner and asked: "Those are the things that the Ministry of Internal Affairs assigned to Xiao Jieyu's palace for the winter?"

When the leading eunuch saw it, his expression changed a few times, and he hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know anything about this matter. The things sent from the House of Internal Affairs are all good. Everyone can see it. I remember it clearly." It is clear that what was sent to Xiao Jieyu's palace were two high-quality mink furs, and a black fox scarf for the eldest prince to keep out the cold, and the charcoal fire for heating was also the best silver charcoal. I don't know where it came from?"

Since the person in charge didn't know, the problem was with the sender. The emperor glanced over, and the three little eunuchs trembled violently and kowtowed hurriedly.

"What's going on, tell me."

The emperor's tone was very indifferent, but with suppressed anger, one of the three people couldn't bear the pressure, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, servants, the servants are just sending things..."

These words didn't seem to have any other meaning, but what was the gift and why it didn't match the things assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but they still refused to tell the truth.

Concubine Li sneered at the side and said: "When the things of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are distributed, once they are in your hands, they will change in the blink of an eye. If you don't tell the truth, can you bear the crime of treating the master harshly? It's better to be sensible." , don't toast and refuse to eat fine wine, you have to get the Department of Punishment to experience the 72 tortures, isn't it a cheap bone?"

When the little eunuch heard this, his face turned pale, and he turned his head and exchanged glances with the other two, as if he had made up his mind and said: "If you go back to the emperor, slave... the slaves are just doing things according to the queen's orders, slave It's also unavoidable..."

Lin Guiyi let out a breath of air in a subtle way, she already had a vague premonition of what Concubine Li was going to do, no wonder she was willing to help her, it turned out that she wanted to cause trouble and blame the Queen for Xiao Jieyu's death.

The emperor raised his eyebrows, turned his head to face Shang Qingchen's sarcasm, and said calmly: "I don't believe that the empress would do such a thing, besides, after all these years, I have never heard that the empress has treated anyone harshly.

The concubines with lower rankings in the harem may be a little bit tight, but since the queen took over the harem, I know that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has never dared to defraud anyone. The queen has always hated things like slaves bullying the master, so Over the years, he has been particularly concerned about the concubine's duty, and no concubine has ever complained about the queen because of the duty.

I seldom ask about the affairs of the harem, not because I don't want to worry about it, but because the queen has done a good enough job, so I don't need to worry about it. "

Qingchen slightly blessed his body, felt relieved in his heart, and said softly: "My concubine, I thank the emperor for his trust."

Xiao Jun smiled at her, but in that seemingly shallow smile, there was deep trust and deep affection between each other for many years. This kind of affection is not something that only favored concubines can have, it is accumulated over the years The deep love between husband and wife is because they understand that they are connected to each other regardless of their hearts. In the heart of the emperor, the queen will always be the one who is irreplaceable. No matter what happens, her position will not be shaken. No matter how powerful she is, more importantly, the emperor does not allow her to make any mistakes.

Perhaps for the emperor, the queen's Kunyi Palace is the home he wants to protect with all his strength. There are wives and children here, and the warmth of his most cherished family. Others may be just embellishments.It's not unimportant, but the emperor may not be so distressed when it comes time to give up.

Rao even at this irritating juncture, Xiao Jun's tone to the queen was much softer, "I know that it is not easy for you to do your best to take care of the harem all these years, thank you for your hard work."

Qing Chen slightly hooked his lips, lowered his eyes and replied: "The emperor has praised you, these are all the duties of a concubine."

Hearing the empress's gentle voice, Lin Guiyi's mood was too complex to express. She raised her eyes to look at Concubine Li, but saw her thin lips tightly clenched and her silver teeth gritted. Her eyes were full of jealous anger.

Concubine Li took a deep breath and snorted coldly: "Your Majesty, don't you think this matter is extremely strange? No matter how angry Xiao Jieyu is, for the sake of the eldest prince, she won't be so easily overwhelmed, unless... She had no choice but to die for the eldest prince in order to atone for her sins. The reason why Xiao Jieyu threw herself into the lake was just to change her life, hoping that the empress would let the eldest prince go."

The emperor seemed to have something to say when he heard Concubine Li, but he still looked at her with displeasure, and asked, "What nonsense are you talking about? Well, why did the empress have trouble with the eldest prince? Why did Xiao Jieyu die for the eldest prince? Really? I don't know what to say, that's fine, you don't have anything to do here, and Lin Guiyi can help the queen deal with the rest of the matter, so you should step back first."

Hearing that the emperor wanted to drive her away, Concubine Li became a little anxious, she hadn't finished what she wanted to say, how could she just leave like this?Moreover, the emperor seemed to be pretending to be confused, clearly not wanting her to continue talking.

She stood there without moving a muscle, and said with a sneer, "Your Majesty, Xiao Jieyu's body is not yet cold. It is so pitiful for the eldest prince to lose his mother. The emperor must uphold justice for him. Empress, paper cannot contain fire. You don’t say something, but it doesn’t mean others don’t know about it.”

(End of this chapter)