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

Chapter 18 A box of rouge (2)
Concubine Shu laughed twice, then turned her head to look at Qing Chen, her eyes clearly said that you are smart.

Then he raised his chin slightly and looked at the queen provocatively, "The empress is too impatient to convict the concubine before she catches the perpetrator.

Even a little nobleman understands that there is something hidden in this, but the queen blindly blames the concubines regardless of whether they are green or red. No wonder the emperor will hand over the power of assisting the sixth palace to Concubine Ning. The emperor is really wise. "

"Presumptuous! Is this the attitude you should have when talking to me?"

The queen was a little angry, "Since someone testified against you, is it wrong for me to ask?"

Then he said in a cold voice with deep meaning: "Concubine Ning has already brought someone to find the little eunuch who delivered the things. Since you said you were wronged and believed her, then wait for her to clear you up."

Concubine Shu had an unruly smile on her lips, "That's natural."

There seemed to be an invisible undercurrent surging in the hall, as if it might sweep away and devour people at any time, leaving no bones left.

Qingchen knew that Concubine Shu could not be brought down so easily.

She thought to herself, the Queen's tone just now gave her a faint premonition that the next thing might not be as easy as Concubine Shu intended.

Qingchen has always felt that the relationship between Concubine Shu and Concubine Ning is very delicate. The two don't have a close friendship on weekdays, but they don't have any great hatred either.

Concubine Shu has a proud personality and is a bit domineering in her actions. She doesn't pay attention to most people in the harem, but she and Concubine Shu secretly support each other tacitly.

Everyone knows the principle that the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit. Once one of them falls down, the other will not be able to fight against the queen alone.

Their lips are dead and their teeth are cold, they are all smart people, so although Concubine Shu is disrespectful to Concubine Ning occasionally, the two have a tacit understanding that they will not plot against each other for the time being.

If you want to fight, you have to wait until the queen falls.

Qingchen thought that since Concubine Ning had already brought someone to find the little eunuch who delivered the rouge, Concubine Ning must have been in the Queen's Palace before she came.

It's just that she couldn't figure out why Concubine Ning had to go and arrest the little eunuch herself. Could it be that the emperor or the queen ordered it?

To find someone so easily, there is only one possibility, that is, that person was simply waiting for the Dongchuang incident to happen, otherwise, with Concubine Shu's vicious temperament, the little father-in-law would have been wiped out long ago without any evidence.

From this point of view, Concubine Shu was very likely to be wronged.

The Queen's eyes fell on Qing Chen, and seeing her standing there obediently seemed to be afraid, thinking about what she said just now, although it was reasonable, it also meant to protect herself, so her testimony would be stronger discount.

The queen frowned slightly, and then turned to ask Concubine Shu, "Nian Nujiao is precious and rare. There are records in the House of Internal Affairs who the emperor rewarded. Since Concubine Shu said that this matter was not done by you, why don't you take out the rouge you got? Let's take a look, won't it prove your innocence?"

When Concubine Shu heard the words, her tone was still slightly mocking.

"The empress doesn't need to serve the emperor, so naturally she doesn't need those expensive cosmetics, so she rewarded Lin Wanyi with that rouge, but the concubines have to serve the emperor frequently, and they don't have enough for themselves, so naturally they won't reward others casually."

Seeing that Concubine Shu dared to taunt the queen like this, Qingchen felt embarrassed. He turned to look at the queen, and saw the queen's hand resting on the armrest of the chair, and the red gold emerald bead armor on the little finger and ring finger. He actually drew two deep marks on the armrest.

"It's my sister's blessing that the emperor likes my sister. I only hope that my sister can keep this blessing for a long time."

Under the queen's rage, she didn't change her expression, she didn't lose her composure, and Qingchen secretly admired that forbearance.

Concubine Shu's tone suddenly became sharp, "I have thanked the empress for her kind words.

That Nian Nujiao was sent by the envoys from the foreign domain in spring, a total of ten boxes, the emperor rewarded three boxes for his concubines, gave three boxes to Concubine Ning, and sent the rest to the Queen's Palace.

It has been more than half a year since this rouge was delivered to the concubine, and the concubine has been using it all the time, and now there is only one box left, so naturally there is no way to get three boxes.

Not to mention concubines, how many boxes are left in the Empress's hands?How many boxes does Concubine Ning still have?Why do you say that you came out of the palace? "

Although Concubine Shu's tone was not kind, the Empress did not lose her momentum, "Whether he came out of your palace or not, we will naturally be able to find out when we catch the person who delivered the things."

Concubine Shu defiantly turned her head to one side, while Qingchen stood aside silently with her head bowed.

The emperor always listened to their quarrel with a cold expression, without saying a word.

Qing Chen secretly sighed, when it comes to the sharpness of tongue, the Empress is indeed inferior to Concubine Shu.

Not long after, Concubine Ning came in with two young father-in-laws escorting a young eunuch. After saluting, she said: "The concubine has found the little eunuch who delivered the things. Please interrogate the emperor and queen."

Seeing Concubine Ning's expression was not good, Qingchen wondered why she looked like this?

Since she is in charge of the harem, shouldn't she be the one to interrogate this matter?
The queen said to Xiao Guiren and Qingchen: "Both of you take a closer look, are you sure this is the person who delivered the things that day?"

Before Qingchen opened his mouth, Xiao Guiren pointed at him excitedly and said, "Yes, that's him, my concubine remembers his face."

"Then what about you?" The queen looked at Qingchen.

Qingchen hurriedly said: "If you go back to the queen, it is this person."

The queen nodded slightly, and asked the little eunuch kneeling on the ground in a stern tone: "Bold slave, you dare to poison the emperor's concubine, you really deserve to die. Who ordered you to do this, why don't you tell me?"

The little eunuch crawled to Concubine Shu's side with a pale face, and wailed, "Your Majesty, help me, when you asked the slave to do this, you promised to save the slave's life."

Concubine Shu was furious, her phoenix eyes widened, and she slapped her hard, "You dog slave, you dare to frame me, I have never met Xiao Guiren face to face, why do you want to harm her? It's a joke, just a lowly slave like you , is also worthy of being called by this Palace?"

The queen scolded dissatisfiedly: "Concubine Shu, in front of the emperor, you actually beat up a slave. How can you be decent? Don't you know how to restrain yourself in front of the emperor?"

Concubine Shu raised her head to look at the emperor, and still begged with unabated anger: "Your majesty, this kind of lowly slave will not cry when he sees the coffin, why don't you pull him out and beat him with a big board, and see if he dares not to tell the truth and climb up like crazy?" False ministers and concubines."

"Concubine Shu, don't be impatient."

The emperor looked at the little eunuch and asked coldly: "You said that concubine Shu gave you the rouge, when and where did you give it to you? Were there any witnesses at that time?"

The little eunuch trembled from the emperor's gaze, kowtowed and said: "Yes, it was around the eighth day of October that Concubine Shu handed it over to the servant in her own palace, and asked the servant to send it to Xiao Guiren."

The corner of the emperor's mouth was slightly raised, and the smile on his lips was cold and terrifying, "Did you remember correctly?"

(End of this chapter)