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

Chapter 49
Jinxiu hurriedly prepared the washing things, "My lord is tired from running all night, and I have to go to the Queen's Palace tomorrow morning to say hello, so it's better to rest early."

On the first day of the new year, Qingchen followed the queen to greet the empress dowagers of the two palaces. The empress dowager is sixty-two years old this year. She is not deaf and blind, and she gets up early every day to practice Tai Chi and dance swords in the courtyard. Her body is stronger than the empress dowager. Jianlang, occasionally a little sick, will be fine after a few days.On the contrary, the Empress Dowager has been ill for many days, and her health fluctuates from time to time. Even when the concubines were greeted on the first day of the new year, the Empress and all the concubines kowtowed in the courtyard and then left.

After Qingchen came out of the Empress Dowager's palace, she went to Lan Ruoxuan to visit Ye Jieyu.

Ye Jieyu was sitting in front of the dressing table and doing her makeup. There was a box of ointment on the dressing table. It seemed that Jin Xiu had gone to see Gu Yunfeng early in the morning.

Sitting next to her, Qingchen saw Ye Hanyu's expression was sleepy, her unpainted face was like a dead autumn leaf, with a layer of gray and white, and her whole body was listless.Zhihua was combing her hair, Qingchen persuaded her softly: "Sister, don't worry about the injury on her head, I must have heard of it, Grand Doctor Gu is the disciple of the old genius doctor Nangongxie, his ointment is hard to find, rub it on Afterwards, after taking care of my sister, she will still look beautiful, without leaving any traces."

Ye Jieyu snorted coldly, casually picked up a Hetian white jade hairpin in the makeup box and played with it in her hands, "The scars on the head can be healed, but how can the wounds in the heart be healed?"

Qingchen knew that she was still angry with the emperor, and slowly said: "Although my sister feels wronged, there is no evidence, and she rescued her, how did the emperor punish her? Just like the incident when I fell into the water, the emperor finally Didn't you just punish two young eunuchs who committed crimes? How was my mood at the time compared to yours now? Don't you also bear it?"

Ye Hanyu turned her head to look at her when she heard the words, there was a kind of pity in her eyes: "Yes, your mood at that time must be no less than the hatred in my heart now."

Qingchen nodded slightly, "The people in this palace are scheming against each other, no one can always have smooth sailing, ups and downs, bumps and bumps are inevitable. It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, as long as we still have breath, we can always find someone Chance to overwhelm her."

Ye Hanyu raised her eyes to look into the mirror, her eyes slowly revealed a sense of ruthlessness, and suddenly she slapped the corner of the table heavily, and the white jade lotus hairpin in her hand smashed to pieces on the edge of the table, "Keep it This scar is also good, it always reminds me of the shame I have suffered today."

The two of them were talking, when the imperial doctor Sun came outside to ask for a pulse, and then took out a dozen boxes of ointments of different sizes and said, "Master, these are good medicines for wounds in the imperial hospital. They can reduce swelling and blood stasis." , Fading the scars is the most effective, the emperor explained, you must not let the scars on the face of the young master. Don't worry, the young master, the forehead is just a scrape, it will not damage the young master's face. "

Ye Jieyu nodded and said indifferently: "Thank you, Doctor Sun, please write quietly and reward me."

Doctor Sun saw that she had no other orders, so he left.

Qingchen talked with her again, fearing that she would be too tired to stay for a long time, so he also got up to leave.

Originally thought that this matter would be settled, and nothing could be found out, but today she was chatting with Ye Jieyu and Gu Chang in Lan Ruoxuan, when she saw the little father-in-law Zhang De who was next to the emperor came to invite her, saying that she framed Ye Jieyu that night The little eunuch found.

When he said this, Ye Hanyu stood up excitedly, and asked in a trembling voice, "Did you find it? Do you know which palace eunuch it is?"

Zhang De was used to being cautious when working in front of the imperial court, he just said: "The emperor is in the palace of Concubine Ning, please come over there, I will naturally know."

Ye Jieyu turned her head and said anxiously to Qing Chen: "Chen'er, let's go and have a look together."

Qingchen hurriedly followed Ye Hanyu to Yihua Palace, where the emperor was also there. In the hall of the main hall, there was a young eunuch in Tsing Yi kneeling, and at the same time, Lin Wanyi, who was full of fear, was also kneeling there.

Qingchen saw her for the first time. She looked sixteen or seventeen years old, with long eyebrows and twinkling eyes. On her head, she wore a gilt bee and butterfly wearing a flower and a bead walking swing, and two chrysanthemum-patterned enamel There are colorful gold hairpins and emerald-inlaid tourmaline flower flat squares, a red gold plate chi and luo ring on the neck, and a rust red peony flower palace dress sprinkled with bright gold and carved silk, which is simple and luxurious.

After Qingchen and Ye Jieyu saluted, Concubine Ning pointed to the little eunuch on the ground and said, "I have already found out the little eunuch who wanted to harm you. He said that Lin Wanyi instructed him to do this, and he has confessed. You are a victim, I always want someone to tell you."

Qingchen's heart sank, and he turned to look at Ye Jieyu, seeing that her face changed slightly, obviously a look of surprise and disbelief.

After a while, Ye Hanyu asked suspiciously: "I dare to ask the emperor and Concubine Ning how they found this little eunuch?"

Xiao Jun said the words to Ye Jieyu, but he never took his eyes off the little eunuch, and said angrily: "He himself was drunk, so he accidentally said it."

Lin Wanyi on the ground cried out with tears: "Your Majesty, my concubine was wronged. I really didn't instruct him to harm anyone. Ye Jieyu and my concubine have never met each other, let alone have any deep hatred. What reason does this concubine have?" Take her life?"

Xiao Jun looked at Lin Wanyi with complicated eyes and said nothing, Qingchen glanced at the pitiful Lin Ruoxue who was kneeling on the ground and said softly: "Your Majesty, there are also people who talk nonsense when drunk, how can such drunken words count?" ?”

From the time Concubine Ning said that it was Lin Wanyi who harmed someone, Qingchen knew it was a conspiracy in the moment of shock.

Before the emperor could speak, Concubine Ning said firstly: "Of course you can't believe the words of a drunk person, but now he is sober, right? Just now before you came, he had already admitted his crimes, even Ye Jieyu was He explained clearly how he fell, so it can be seen that he is not lying."

Qing Chen was blessed, and asked softly with a smile: "Everyone who has done something wrong will try their best to cover it up. Why did this little eunuch take the initiative to confess his mistakes to the empress? This is a bit novel."

Xiao Jun's face was gloomy, with cold eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "Bring in the little eunuch who had a drink with him last night."

After a while, a young eunuch was brought up, plopped on the ground and kowtowed in fear: "My servant sees the emperor and all the young masters."

Xiao Jun asked coldly: "What's your name? You and Xiao Lunzi had wine together last night?"

The little father-in-law glanced at Xiao Lunzi next to him, bowed his head with great disdain and said: "If you go back to the emperor, the slave is Xiao Chengzi, the rough envoy and eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who entered the palace in the same batch as Xiao Lunzi. I'm familiar with you. We had a drink together last night. When he was too drunk, he blurted out all the things about framing Ye Jieyu. The slave is loyal to the emperor and feels that he can't cover up such a bad person who framed his master, so he came to Ning early this morning. The concubine is here to report him."

Concubine Ning nodded appreciatively, "You've done a good job, such a heartless servant must not be tolerated. Later, I will ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to reward you, so you can go down first."

(End of this chapter)