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

Chapter 2
When she saw clearly what it was, she felt a sudden jump in her heart.

It's not that they don't know that the life of a court lady is as light as a dust, but seeing such a death with their own eyes suddenly, it is inevitable that they will be shocked.

Jin Xin looked in the direction she was pointing at, and her face suddenly changed in horror.

Qing Chen originally wanted to call for someone, but what was strange was that this place was unusually quiet, apart from their master and servant, they couldn't even see a single palace official.

At this moment, Qingchen didn't care about his sore legs, he looked around for someone while supporting Jinxin's hand, but fortunately a few eunuchs passed by in the distance and heard the shouts and ran over.

By the time those little father-in-laws fished her out of the water, the woman had already passed away.

The dead are unlucky, Jin Xin forbids her to approach, so Qing Chen waved to a little eunuch and asked, "Do you know which palace maid the drowning woman is from?"

The little father-in-law gave them a strange look, and because he didn't know what to say, he was a little rude, "Which palace maid? It's Lan Guiren who shook Huaxuan who drowned!"

"Your Lan?" Qingchen was startled, a little dazed, and murmured, "How could it be... how could it be Mrs. Lan?"

Lan Guiren and Qingchen live together in Xihe Palace, Xihe Palace does not have a palace lord, Qingchen lives in the east side hall, and Lan Guiren lives in the west side hall.

This woman was favored by the emperor as soon as she entered the palace, and she was promoted from regular to noble in just over a month. The emperor spent more than ten days in a month resting in her Shake Huaxuan. Once the body was buried in this lotus pond.

A young eunuch had already gone to report to the emperor and empress, and when the empress rushed over, Xue Zisheng, the head of the House of Internal Affairs, also rushed over after getting the news.

Seeing Concubine Shu also standing beside the emperor, Qingchen knew that the emperor was probably invited here in Concubine Shu's palace.

The emperor frowned and asked: "What's going on? Who was the first to discover that Lan Guiren fell into the water?"

A little eunuch hurriedly came out and knelt down: "Your Majesty, nobleman Wan was the first to discover nobleman Lan. When the servants rescued nobleman Lan, he was already out of breath."

Everyone looked towards Qingchen, but each had their own thoughts.

Qingchen hurriedly got down and replied: "If you want to go back to the emperor, the concubine passed by the lotus pond on her way back to the palace, and accidentally found someone falling into the water and asked someone to rescue her, but it was Lan Guiren who didn't expect to die."

The emperor silently glanced at Lan Guiren who was lying on the ground, his expression couldn't tell whether he was sad, so he asked in a deep voice, "Did you find anything at that time?"

Qingchen shook his head, "At that time, I only saw someone floating on the shore, but I didn't find anything else."

"I was asking if you found any suspicious people around here at that time?"

Qingchen looked at Jin Xin, Jin Xin shook her head, and she replied: "At that time, I didn't find anyone nearby, and my concubine ran a long way to see these father-in-laws passing by, so she called them over. .”

At this time, several imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital also arrived, and the emperor ordered them to check on Lan Guiren's situation.

The empress looked anxious, and sighed again and again, "This good-looking person was enjoying the flowers with Ben Gong just now, how could he suddenly... oh..."

Qingchen remained silent. Although this Lan nobleman often bullied her with petty temper, he was not a vicious person. She didn't like her, but she didn't dislike her very much either.

Such a fresh life, who was still arguing with the concubines just now, died in the blink of an eye.Such a passing away really makes people feel that life is fragile and that fortune and misfortune are impermanent.

Even though Concubine Shu was gloating, she didn't dare to show her face. Seeing that this unlucky incident was bumped into by Qingchen, she couldn't help but pointedly said: "Your Majesty Wan, you said that there was no one around when the incident happened. , only you and your maid Jinxin are here, so why don't you save people first, but run around looking for them instead?
Lan Guiren, what are you doing by the lake?Don't tell Ben Gong that she slipped down by accident. "

Qingchen could hear the malicious intentions in her words, and vaguely seemed to want to say that Lan Guiren was murdered, and the suspect was herself.

She lowered her eyes slightly and said calmly: "Going back to my mother, my concubine didn't know that the drowning person was Lan Guiren. Besides, my concubine is not familiar with water, so I just wanted to find someone for help in a panic. As for how Lan Guiren fell into the water, The concubines don't know."

The queen glanced at Concubine Shu, and then said with pity: "It's hard for you. Anyone who encounters such a thing will inevitably be shocked. It's no wonder that you will be scared when you encounter such a dangerous thing at such a young age."

Qingchen hurriedly got down and said in a low voice: "Thank you, Empress Empress, for your compassion."

Concubine Shu learned from the emperor that Chun Shao had been beaten, she was very annoyed in her heart, how could she let go of this good opportunity of private revenge?
She said coldly, "The concubine always feels that this matter is quite strange. Mrs. Lan Gui is accompanied by a girl. Where are the people who serve her personally? Why did she leave the master alone? Even her The master didn't even know what happened.

According to my concubine, it doesn't look like Lan Guiren drowned himself, and it's not necessarily true that he was pushed down by others. "

Qingchen understood that Concubine Shu just wanted to blame herself for this matter, so she thought about it and said, "The concubine didn't find Lady Lan's girl near here at that time, but now that I think about it, what Concubine Shu said is quite true Reasonable, why don't you send someone to Yaohuaxuan to ask where Zhiruo, who followed Lan Guiren, went?
If Lady Lan was really murdered, then the Emperor and Empress must ask someone to investigate the matter clearly, and give Lady Lan a justice so as to rest her soul in heaven. "

The queen nodded slightly, and Concubine Shu sneered and said, "Some people should not be thieves calling for thieves. You live together in Xihe Palace with Lan Guiren, and she has such a domineering personality on weekdays. Does she make you feel wronged? Dare you say that?" Don't you hate her?"

Qingchen asked coldly: "Is your empress doubting me?"

Concubine Shu sneered, and said to the emperor: "Your majesty, no matter whether it was done by nobleman Wan or not, there are still suspicions. It is better to have her detained and investigate the matter carefully. We must investigate and find out the truth, and severely punish those treacherous people." people."

Qingchen's heart sank. There were not a few injustice cases where the deceased was found and was regarded as the murderer for the first time. It is difficult to explain such things without witnesses.

Immediately, he knelt down and said: "Please, Your Majesty, please check carefully, what reason does my concubine have to kill Lan Guiren? Although I live in the same palace, my concubine and Lan Guiren have no deep hatred, and each lives in peace and peace. My concubine never envies anyone. And definitely not going to hurt anyone."

Xiao Jun snorted coldly, "I know you're not jealous, because you don't see me at all."

Qingchen was startled when he heard the words, and lowered his head even lower, "The emperor... Lan Guiren's death really has nothing to do with the concubine, I beg the emperor to trust the concubine."

(End of this chapter)