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

Chapter 19

The little eunuch seemed to be so frightened that he lost his mind at this time, but he still insisted on not letting go, his voice had already started to weaken, "I remember very clearly that the maid Chun Shao who was next to Concubine Shu was also there."

Concubine Shu suddenly sneered, and that laughter was indescribably proud.

"Around the [-]th of October, the emperor knows best where the palace is, how could he give you something like a dog slave?
The concubine asked the emperor to punish this evil slave who deceived the emperor, and he must find out the person behind the scenes to give justice to the concubine. "Speaking, the cold and stern eyes looked at the queen with meaning.

The empress did not move, she sat there firmly and asked, "Where was Concubine Shu that day?"

Concubine Shu sneered and said: "On the evening of the seventh day of October, the concubine learned that the concubine's grandmother was seriously ill, so she was so worried that the emperor rewarded the concubine with grace and asked the concubine to secretly take the imperial doctor Sun from the imperial hospital back to the mansion for diagnosis and treatment the next morning. .

The concubine left the palace at every moment, returned to the palace for the first time at Weishi, and was not in the palace at all at Sishi, how could he be instructed to poison nobleman Xiao?Could it be that the concubine can't do the clone technique? "

The queen's face changed slightly when she heard the words. The concubine could not go back to her mother's house at will unless she was visiting relatives. The emperor actually secretly allowed Concubine Shu to bring the imperial doctor back to the mansion to visit. This kind of favor is probably the first in the harem.

It is not only Concubine Shu who he favors, but also the Shen residence. Concubine Shu is so arrogant, after all, it is just relying on the emperor to favor her.

Qingchen saw that the queen's hands were trembling slightly, but her face remained calm, "Bold slave, you dare to frame Concubine Shu, who ordered you, hurry up and tell the truth!"

The little eunuch's face was pale, and he looked in the direction of Concubine Ning evasively, and suddenly cried: "Master, this slave can't bear it anymore, can you save this slave?"

Concubine Ning swayed and was quickly supported by the little palace maid behind her. Concubine Ning said sharply: "What nonsense are you talking about? Do you blame yourself?"

Before the little eunuch could speak, a little maid next to the queen suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Your maidservant remembered, aren't you the Eunuch Hai who served in Concubine Ning's Palace before?"

Concubine Ning looked at the little palace lady mockingly and said coldly: "The people in the Queen's Palace are really caring, even a rough eunuch next to the concubine remembers it.

Xiao Haizi used to work in the concubine's palace before, but later he made a mistake and was kicked out by the concubine, so he is no longer a member of the concubine's palace. "

Qingchen suddenly understood why the Empress asked Concubine Ning to fetch her in person. Xiao Haizi went out from Concubine Ning's palace. If Xiao Haizi was afraid of committing suicide on the way, Concubine Ning would be the biggest suspect in framing Concubine Shu. There is also the suspicion of murder;
If he does not die, he can testify against Concubine Shu.

He gave the rouge to Xiao Guiren in front of everyone in Yinfengxuan, just to have more witnesses, and it would be more beneficial to prove the crime of Concubine Shu's murder.

Regardless of Xiao Haizi's death or not, Concubine Ning and Concubine Shu may have formed a relationship.

Now he failed to frame Concubine Shu, no matter whether the crime could fall on Concubine Ning, Concubine Shu would think that Concubine Ning was instigating people to frame her.

This trick can at least provoke the relationship between the two. If the two turn against each other, the queen can separate them.

Xiao Guiren is bound to be envied by others when he is favored, and the queen naturally doesn't like her. No one would find it strange if she wanted to get rid of her. It's just that he has been ill for a long time and has no favor, but in the end he couldn't escape being involved in this dispute.

If Xiao Guiren hadn't been so fateful, he would have been frightened to the point of madness at this moment.

The queen's trick not only made nobleman Xiao fall out of favor, but also intended to cut off one of the two concubines, which not only completely broke the relationship between Concubine Shu and Concubine Ning, but also offended Concubine Shu by the way.

With Concubine Shu's temperament, if she came forward to testify today, she might have offended her and made a vendetta. If she is not careful in the future, she might fall into her hands sooner or later.

It's just a small box of rouge, the queen can use it to create a huge wave in the harem, and murder the four of them in one fell swoop.

What a terrible method this is. This is the first time Qingchen has experienced the power of the Queen. Her nails are deeply pinched into the palm of her hand and she doesn't feel any pain. She just sighs secretly. Who else in the harem is the queen's opponent?

Qing Chen was lost in thought when she heard Concubine Ning come out and knelt down: "Your Majesty, this matter was definitely not instigated by my concubine. Although my concubine has no witnesses to prove my concubine's innocence, there is one thing that can prove my concubine's innocence. "

There seemed to be a gleam of light in the emperor's eyes, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "What is it?"

"It's the rouge that the emperor gave to his concubines."

Concubine Ning turned her head and ordered Cai'e, her close maid, "Go and bring all the Nian Nujiao that the emperor rewarded this year to Chengkun Palace."

The little maid agreed to go, and came back after a while holding a mahogany square tray. Concubine Ning opened a box with her own hands and said: "Look, Your Majesty, among the three boxes of rouge, the concubine has already used up one box."

Qingchen saw that the box of rouge that Concubine Ning had opened had run out, and saw that she opened another box, and said, "This box of rouge has just started to be used."

Then he opened the last box, "This box of Chenqie hasn't been touched yet. Chenqie always likes light makeup, so this rouge is very sparing, and I just used up a box.

Now that the concubine's rouge is here, Xiao Haizi framed the concubine and ordered him to use Nian Nujiao to poison Xiao Guiren, so where did the concubine get the rouge for poisoning Xiao Guiren? "

Qingchen was slightly relieved that people like Concubine Ning and Concubine Shu would never allow untrustworthy people to enter the inner room to serve them, so their daily necessities were difficult to steal.

The queen just wanted to take advantage of the loophole, thinking that the two of them must have almost used up their rouge, and couldn't produce any favorable physical evidence to defend themselves.

Concubine Shu loves heavy makeup, and the rouge naturally wears out quickly, and now there is only one box left, so it is naturally difficult to argue, but Concubine Ning can prove her innocence.

The little eunuch glanced at the queen in despair, and the queen asked sharply, "Are you still not confessing? Framed Concubine Shu, poisoned nobleman Xiao, who ordered you to do this?"

The little eunuch still bit his nails on Concubine Ning, only saying that Concubine Ning asked him to do this.

The emperor's face was sullen, "Since you refuse to tell the truth, come here, drag him down and beat him until he confesses. Be careful, don't beat him to death."

The two young father-in-laws agreed to drag the little eunuch who was sitting on the ground down, and after a while, there was the sound of crackling boards in the yard, mixed with Xiao Haizi's shrill cry.

After a while, Xiao Haizi's cry disappeared, and a little eunuch ran in hurriedly and said, "Your Majesty, Xiao Haizi can't stand the punishment and dies."

The emperor's face darkened, he grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it at the little eunuch viciously.

The teacup hit the talking eunuch's head with a "bang", and immediately shattered, tea mixed with blood flowed down his head.

The emperor angrily reprimanded: "Didn't I say that beating to death is not allowed? How dare you disobey my words, come and beat the eunuchs to death together."

The little eunuch kowtowed and begged for mercy, but was dragged down.The eunuch who was executed just now was from the queen's palace, and Qingchen knew that the queen was trying to silence her on purpose.

The queen did not intercede for the two young eunuchs who were executing the execution, but came out and knelt down and said, "The emperor rewarded my concubine with four boxes of Nian Nujiao. A few days ago, my concubine rewarded two boxes of Lin Wanyi, and my concubine used one box. Now my concubine There is still one box left in my concubine's hand, please the emperor check it out."

The emperor didn't cry, the smile on his lips was cold and sarcastic, and his eyes were full of sternness. He looked at the queen who was kneeling on the ground without saying a word for a long time.

It took a long time to hear the emperor's meaningful voice: "Zhen, I have no doubts about the queen's intentions."

The queen still knelt on the ground respectfully, "My concubine, thank the emperor for his trust."

(End of this chapter)