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

Chapter 451 Bloody Birthday Feast (6)
Outside, Fuquan had someone carry the soft sedan chair, the emperor carefully carried Feng Wanrong onto it, and personally sent her back.

Ye Hanyu only took one look at the pair of blood-stained dancing shoes before daring to look at them again. The silver-red chrysanthemum embroidered silk handkerchief in her hand was tightly twisted between her fingers, and she was still trembling slightly, as if flustered.Such a bloody scene, no one can help but be shocked.

The queen only thought she was afraid, so taking advantage of the absence of the emperor, she said in a loud voice: "Your status is not low now, and you should practice more courage, and you will help me a lot in the future." Concubine Rong is worried and sick, and the emperor loves her and refuses to let her work hard. I can't count on her, so I hope you and Concubine Ning can share more of my worries."

After the initial shock, Concubine Ning had already calmed down, listening to the queen's stern words, she hurriedly said to He Shuyi, "The queen entrusts her with great care, and my concubine will do her best."

Concubine Ning thought for a while and then said: "Since the shoes were changed here, the empress might as well ask someone to search to see if the pair of shoes Feng Wanrong originally wore are hidden in this palace. It is troublesome to take it out and be seen by others.”

Concubine Ning meant that since that person's purpose was to make Feng Wanrong injured and unable to dance, then as long as Feng Wanrong's shoes were hidden, there was no need to take them out to hide or keep them with her to cause trouble for herself.

The queen heard what she said made sense, so she nodded and said: "Then search every place in this palace carefully, and don't let go of every corner."

The maids and eunuchs on duty in the palace immediately split up to search.

The two aunts in charge of Si Lefang were quickly brought here, and today's dancing singers were also stopped halfway back. The queen looked at the crowd kneeling in front of the hall and said angrily: "Today someone With ulterior motives, she secretly changed Feng Wanrong's dancing shoes, causing her foot to be seriously injured. I want to know who is so daring to do such an outrageous thing. If I stand up and surrender at this time, I can stay She will die, otherwise, when Ben Gong finds out, don't blame Ben Gong for being merciless!"

When the aunt in charge of Si Lefang heard this, she hurriedly took two steps forward on her knees, and said anxiously with a gray face: "Empress Mingjian, because there was a case of a dancer assassinating the emperor in the previous dynasty, since then Si Lefang All the dancers have to go through a strict body search before they meet the saint. Even the dance equipment has been carefully checked by a special person. The servant said that these are just to explain that these dancers have changed their clothes before coming. As for the shoes, no one brought any extra things. The empress said just now that someone changed Feng Wanrong's dancing shoes, why don't you ask the empress to have someone check it again?"

At this time, the maids and eunuchs who searched the palace also reported that Feng Wanrong's dancing shoes were not found in the palace.

Concubine Ning whispered to the queen: "The actions of these dancers are watched by people. It is impossible to hide in other places after changing the shoes. Since they are not in the palace, they can only be in the clothes they brought, or It may be worn on someone's feet, the empress might as well let everyone check it carefully."

The queen felt that what she said was also reasonable, so she nodded and ordered: "Open the box and check." Then she said to Caixuan: "Your little master's shoes, do you know them? Let these dancers lift up their skirts, you Check them out one by one."

Caixuan hurriedly replied: "Yes, the servant obeys the order."

Someone over there checked out the box, and there was nothing but clothes. Here, Caixuan also looked at the shoes of those dancers and came back and said: "Empress Empress, those people are wearing dancing shoes uniformly made by the sewing room. Although my little master’s shoes are also made in a sewing room, they have different designs and colors. They have begonias embroidered on their uppers, while my little master’s shoes are embroidered with gold thread and hibiscus mandarin ducks, and the colors are different.”

Another aunt in charge of Si Le's room also hurriedly said at this time: "Your Majesty, the girls brought by the servants are all changing clothes outside, and no one dares to go to the inner room of young master Feng Wanrong. The slaves have been staring at them, so many people and so many eyes watching, I believe none of them would dare to be so bold."

There was no evidence, and Feng Wanrong's shoes were not found among the things Si Lefang brought, so the queen had no choice but to let them go back first.

When Qing Chen came back from a stroll outside, she met the queen who was interrogating the palace servants outside, she didn't know what happened, so she quietly walked to He Shuyi and asked: "Sister, what happened? "

He Shuyi told her about the matter in general, and Qingchen was thinking deeply about something, when she saw Caixuan suddenly changed her face and pointed at her and said: "Empress Empress, this servant remembers, except for the people in Si Lefang, There was another person who entered this side hall, the slaves saw it clearly, my young master also saw it at that time, after the last dance, we saw Concubine Rong come out of the hall, although we don't know why the empress Rong concubine came out of the hall. up here, but we did see it, and the dancers can testify."

Qingchen's heart skipped a beat, seeing the Queen and Concubine Ning looking towards her, she felt flustered for no reason, she settled down, glanced at Zhihua, saw her eyes dodging, standing behind He Shuyi with a pale face , bowed his head and bit his lip, not daring to look at anyone.

Qingchen said indifferently to the queen: "Your Majesty, the concubine did enter this side hall because when the concubine passed by, she once saw a girl standing at the door sneaking around, and she didn't know what she wanted to do. The concubine followed up to take a look..."

When she said this, she paused on purpose, seeing that Zhihua's complexion was even worse, her lips were already bleeding from biting her lips nervously, but she didn't seem to feel the pain, her expression was stiff and she didn't dare to make a sound.

The queen asked, "Concubine Rong, what did you see?"

Qing Chen was hesitating, seeing Xiao Jun walking towards this side with Fu Quan, seeing him, for some reason, he suddenly felt more at ease.

She knew that if Zhihua was pushed out at this time, the empress would definitely point the finger at Ye Hanyu, so after thinking twice, she said softly: "The concubine only saw a back from a distance, and didn't see the face of the palace lady. When she came in to see, she had already disappeared Seeing no one in the hall, the minister and concubine left without thinking too much at that time."

Xiao Jun reminded: "Think about it again, what kind of clothes is that maid wearing? Or is there any characteristic?"

Qingchen thought for a while and said: "It's an ordinary court lady's clothes, with the same hair style. The emperor forgives the sin, but the concubine really didn't see it clearly."

Xiao Jun turned to the queen and said: "There are so many people coming in and out to serve today, it is inevitable that some people will take advantage of the chaos and make trouble. If there are too many people, it is not easy to find out at once. Why don't you let these servants be imprisoned and come back later?" Interrogation."

The queen glanced at the few people kneeling in the court, and had no choice but to order: "Put them down first, and wait for the palace to interrogate them in person later."

Concubine Ning came over to the emperor at this time and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine has an idea. Now that all the younger sisters are here, why don't you show the patterns of the embroidered shoes for everyone to see, maybe someone will recognize the needlework. The source, follow the clues, maybe you can find some clues."

(End of this chapter)