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

Chapter 38
Qingchen saw that Concubine Ning was as puzzled as he was, and seemed to be unable to understand the conversation between the two.

The emperor's eyes became deeper and deeper, and no one could understand what kind of secret was hidden behind those seemingly calm eyes, he nodded slightly, "It turns out that it is like this, as you said, private worship is not allowed in the palace. , since you made a mistake, I can't cover it up, so I will punish you for three months as a punishment."

Ye Ronghua hurriedly knelt down, "The concubine is being punished. If the emperor knows that the nobleman is with the concubine, he will inevitably ask what he did with the concubine. The nobleman does not dare to deceive the king, and he does not want to break the trust of the concubine, so he insists on it." If you don’t say it, it’s hard for her.”

Xiao Jun smiled slightly, stretched out her hand to help her up, and heard Ye Ronghua say: "Tonight, my concubine heard from nobleman Wan that she went to the Buddhist hall to offer incense to pray for the Empress Dowager, but she lost a hairpin for some reason. The concubine also made fun of her for being stingy, but it's just a worthless hairpin, she still feels distressed like something."

Jinxiu said softly at the side: "Ye Ronghua doesn't know that we nobles are nostalgic people. After a long time, we will develop feelings for an item. Besides... my little master doesn't have much jewelry. I will feel distressed if I lose it. Let Rong Huajian laughed."

Ye Ronghua said with a smile: "I'm just joking, don't worry too much."

Concubine Ning glanced at Concubine Shu, her eyes fell on Qing Chen again, and she hesitated thoughtfully, "Your Majesty, since nobleman Wan was not at the scene when the fire was set on fire, she is not a suspect.

As for the hairpin... Maybe it was accidentally thrown in the Buddhist hall, and no one was there, so just having a hairpin doesn't mean anything. "

The corners of Xiao Jun's mouth raised slightly, and his tone of voice when speaking to Concubine Ning was much gentler, "Concubine Ai is in charge of Liugong, it is naturally best for you to handle this matter.

Since you said so, I have nothing to say, except that the person who set the fire must be found.

I still leave this matter to you, I believe you will be able to find out the truth. "

Concubine Ning hurriedly stood up and gave her a blessing, "The concubine obeys."

Qingchen slowly fell to the ground, finally able to let go of the heart that had been hanging all night, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Ye Ronghua gratefully, Ye Ronghua only nodded with a smile.

When Concubine Shu heard Concubine Ning's words, she was furious and shouted unrelentingly: "Your Majesty, you have to decide for my concubine. This is obviously Ye Ronghua's perjury, deliberately covering up nobleman Wan, and begging the emperor to uphold justice for my concubine."

Ye Ronghua hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, my concubine dare not talk nonsense, if you don't believe me, you can summon the eunuchs and maids in the concubine's palace for interrogation, and they can all testify for my concubine."

Xiao Jun got up to help Concubine Shu, wiped the soot on her face lovingly with a handkerchief, and comforted softly: "You are my favorite concubine, how can I not feel sorry for you, but this matter is really not what nobleman Wan wants to do. Because, I also believe that she doesn't have the guts.

Concubine Ning will find out the truth for you, you go back and clean up first, let the imperial doctor come over to see if there is any injury, I will go to see you later. "

"Your Majesty..." Concubine Shu stomped her feet angrily.

"Okay, stop making trouble, go back quickly."

Xiao Jun's tone could not be refuted, and then whispered something in Concubine Shu's ear, Concubine Shu shook her body in anger, Xiao Jun smiled, and then ordered the maids and eunuchs who followed Concubine Shu, " Hurry up and send your master back, and take good care of him."

Concubine Shu glared at Qing Chen with great reluctance, turned around with a cold snort and led the person away, Qing Chen walked up to Xiao Jun, kowtowed and begged, "Your Majesty, please save Jin Yun, she is innocent, please Your Majesty, help."

Xiao Jun nodded and was about to speak, when she saw a little eunuch who was already standing at the door waiting for something to happen, said: "If you go back to the emperor, the little palace maid can't bear the punishment, she's... already dead."

Everyone was slightly taken aback, Qingchen felt a bang in her head when she heard the words, something seemed to have collapsed, overwhelming her, and she fell to the ground unconsciously as soon as her eyes were dark.

Xiao Jun hurriedly knelt down to help her, but saw that she was in a daze, but pushed him away in disgust, then slowly got up, stumbled and ran out the door.

The emperor's face sank again in an instant, heavy snow fell outside the door, and the shrill wind was mixed with Qingchen's desperate cries, "Jin Yun, Jin Yun, wake up, you can't die... I'm sorry for you, yes I can't protect you...Jin Yun..."

Such heart-piercing crying made Xiao Jun frowned, and after a long silence, he said to the little eunuch, "Bury it."

The little eunuch hurriedly responded.

"Jin Yun, don't, you give her back to me...give her back to me..." The two young eunuchs dragged Jin Yun's body away, but Qingchen held Jin Yun's body tightly and refused to let go. After waiting for a long time, he was finally dragged away by them.Unwillingly, Qingchen braved the heavy snow and followed them, chasing them all the way.

Jin Yun's body was already covered with snow, but it didn't completely cover her blood.

Qingchen followed behind and slipped one step at a time. In the heavy snow, she couldn't see the road clearly after three or five steps. The snowflakes fell down and hit her face, and the cold wind whimpered like a knife. It was covered with a thick layer of snow.

Qing Chen staggered behind Jin Yun like crazy, her cries could not be heard clearly in the howling cold wind, and the sobbing wind blew harder as if feeling sad for her.

Qingchen just wanted to hug Jinyun again, even if it was just for a moment, it would make her feel relieved of the guilt in her heart, but the two little eunuchs dragged her and quickly disappeared.

Qingchen chased after him in the darkness, but finally he accidentally pounced on him.

She fell so hard that she couldn't get up no matter what, so she used her hands and feet to crawl along the traces dragging on the ground, at least she wanted to see Jin Yun one last time.

Crawling and crawling, she finally couldn't move anymore, so she fell to the ground and cried loudly for an unknown how long, her thin body was covered by heavy snow.

Qingchen lay on the cold ground and wept silently, clenched her fists tightly with her hands, her teeth were clenching loudly, her eyes were burning with hatred, in her two lifetimes, she had never hated anyone so much.

"Concubine Shu, wait..."

Seeing Qing Chen chasing her, Jin Xin and Jin Xiu rushed out to look for her, but they didn't have a lantern in their hands, and couldn't see clearly in the heavy snow, so they searched separately for a long time, but they couldn't find anyone.

Immediately, he ran back to Xihe Palace, called out all the people in Yinfengxuan, and searched for people with lanterns.

When the emperor came out of Concubine Ning's Palace, he didn't know that nobleman Wan was gone. He originally wanted to go to Xihe Palace, but seeing Qingchen's sad appearance just now, he couldn't bear to see her sad.

He hesitated for a long time in the heavy snow, and finally got on the dragon chariot and returned to Fuxi Palace.

After Ye Ronghua left, Concubine Ning's little girl, Cai'e, asked her: "Why did you say that, Your Majesty? In fact, even if nobleman Wan is innocent, it's fine for the emperor to say this. If you say this, I'm not afraid that Concubine Shu will hold grudges in the future." Do you?"

While removing the jewelry from her head, Concubine Ning said with a faint smile: "You didn't see it, but I did understand that the emperor didn't believe that nobleman Wan set the fire at all tonight.

Lady Wan couldn't prove her innocence, but the emperor wanted to help her but was powerless.

Why do you think the emperor beat her?It's just that he doesn't want her to confess. "

Concubine Ning paused for a moment, then said thoughtfully: "I always feel that nobleman Wan has something to say, but the emperor she wants to say seems to know that the emperor doesn't want her to say it.

In short, the emperor will definitely thank me for this matter tonight, as for Concubine Shu, she is only annoyed at most, what is she compared to the emperor? "

Cai'e thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty is still wise, as long as the Emperor remembers your Majesty's goodness, then it doesn't matter what other people do?"

Concubine Ning smiled slightly, "Sometimes the truth is not important, what is important is what the emperor wants you to do."

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(End of this chapter)