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

Chapter 609 Conspiracy to seize the emperor's heir (10)
The queen said this just to show fairness, Xiao Jun also nodded and said: "Although this method is feasible, it is not suitable for a large-scale investigation. The queen and concubine Chen are fine. Since concubine Li and concubine Ning suspect each other, then Let's start with the two of them overnight."

Concubine Ning's expression was cold and calm, but Concubine Li gritted her teeth with hatred, but now she had no choice but to say: "The concubine obeys the order."

The empress personally took people to the palace of the two to investigate. The emperor was afraid that there would be too many people disturbing the eldest prince to rest, so he went to the empress's palace to wait for the results.

Xiao Jun stared keenly at the faces of Concubine Li and Concubine Ning. He had doubts in his heart. If Concubine Ning dared to say this, she must have a well-thought-out plan. Otherwise, wouldn't she be making herself feel uncomfortable?Could it be Concubine Li again?

After the Queen came back, it was obvious that Concubine Ning's accounts were all correct, but Concubine Li's accounts were not correct, even many things that the emperor rewarded were missing.

Everyone knew what she used the money and things for, but she couldn't tell.Even if she knew that Concubine Li might smuggle the emperor's reward out of the palace and sell it, but without evidence, no one could say that the money was used to buy people's hearts.

Xiao Jun looked extremely displeased, and asked Concubine Li: "Where are all your things?"

Concubine Li looked flustered, knelt on the ground and hesitated for a long time, and suddenly said with tears: "Your Majesty, you also know that the status of concubines is different from that of other sisters, even if the emperor made concubines the concubine as soon as he entered the palace, but the subordinates Which slaves are easy to get along with? The courtiers and concubines have shallow roots, they don’t take them seriously at all, and the things that the emperor bestows on the courtiers are stored in small warehouses. It's not a big deal to ask about money, so those slaves secretly resell the things of the concubine, and the concubine thought that maybe they really had a last resort to dare to do this, so they just turned a blind eye and closed one. After checking, the concubine didn't know that there were so many deficits in the palace, these slaves really did harm to the concubine..."

Xiao Jun's eyes became more and more gloomy, but he just stared at her and never spoke. He didn't believe what Concubine Li said. As he was the first born prince, because he was not loved by the Queen Mother, those slaves dared to disrespect her. Besides, Concubine Li There is also such a disgraceful background.

But he didn't fully believe her words. Concubine Li had always been strict with her. With the methods she usually controlled, her servants in the palace might not dare to do such deceitful things.

Concubine Ning asked with a sneer, "Then what does my sister mean, that the unsuitable items in your palace and the 800 taels of silver that are in short supply are all secretly tampered with by the slaves? What about this palace?" Just one more question, which slave is in charge of the money in Concubine Li's Palace, could it be that she dares to collude with others to covet the master's money?"

Concubine Li never imagined that Concubine Ning would be such a difficult master, no wonder she helped the queen to manage the harem for so long, but the queen still couldn't hold her handle and bring her down.If someone else was suddenly accused of murdering the eldest prince, no matter how clear his conscience, he would at least feel as scared as Yao Shuyi, but Concubine Ning never even gave a flustered look.Only this calmness and ease can also win a lot of goodwill from the emperor.

Hearing her aggressive interrogation, Concubine Li knew that she was about to start revenge. The people in charge of money in each palace must be trusted by the master, and the one in charge of money in Concubine Li's palace was her personal maid Yinxiang.When things got to this point, Concubine Li had to push someone to take the blame, otherwise she would definitely be suspected by the emperor.

Qingchen has long been tired of Concubine Li's way of pretending to be pitiful, seeing Concubine Ning divert the Emperor's attention with a few words, she also said softly from the side: "Your Majesty, although it is not a crime to die for greedy master's money, but this However, I have no intentions, the concubine feels that no matter what, the girl Yinxiang must be tried, at least let her explain clearly where the money is going, if there are any unavoidable difficulties, the emperor can also be lenient."

This is roughly what Concubine Li did when she wanted to add fuel to the flames, but when she saw that she couldn't handle her affairs, she stepped on her one by one, trying to completely stomp her down.

The emperor ordered: "Bring up the person in charge of money in Concubine Li's palace, and I will ask her personally."

The queen hurriedly ordered people to say: "Hurry up and bring Yinxiang up, the emperor wants to ask questions."

Yin Xiang was at the door, and vaguely heard what was going on inside, came in trembling and kowtowed first, then heard the emperor ask: "Yin Xiang, since you are in charge of the money of Bixiao Palace, then I ask you, your palace Why is there such a big deficit? You have to tell the truth, otherwise I will not forgive you lightly."

Yin Xiang glanced at Concubine Li, and said fearfully: "If you go back to the emperor, your mother's things are... two eunuchs who were rough envoys in our palace secretly sold them a few times. The slaves have told your mother more than once before, But the empress was kind-hearted, knowing that they were there to help the family, and she was still filial, so she didn't pursue it. The empress said that she had no relatives, and she felt very moved when she saw them taking risks for the livelihood of the family, so she didn't Have the heart to punish them."

Both the master and the servant are very good at pretending to be pitiful and sympathetic. No matter what the emperor thinks, it is obvious that Concubine Ning does not accept this kind of trick, so she asked: "Even if they stole the things and sold them, what about the money? Your palace You are in charge of the money here, could it be that you have also used your master’s money to help your family?"

Yin Xiang was terrified, she clutched the corners of her clothes tightly with both hands, she knew that her master was not stingy with taking her as an excuse at critical times, but she didn't want to die, she hung her head in tears and didn't know how to answer.

Concubine Li sternly said from the side at this time: "Bold slave, it's fine for others to plot against me. You are my personal maid, and you have followed that worthless thing to learn how to covet my money. It's really embarrassing for me. Too disappointed."

Yin Xiang obviously didn't want to plead guilty, but she didn't dare to say anything else, she just choked up with tears and said: "Your Majesty, I don't have any slaves... I really don't have any..."

The queen secretly glanced at Zheyue, and Zheyue quietly retreated knowingly. After a while, Liu An came in and said, "Your Majesty, Empress Empress, there is a little father-in-law asking to see Concubine Li."

Concubine Li didn't know what was going on, so she didn't dare to say anything, Xiao Jun asked in a displeased mood, "Did you say what's the reason?"

Liu An bowed and said: "He said that the task entrusted to her by Concubine Li failed, and he came to pay back the money."

Concubine Li was startled, and immediately panicked. Her panic fell into the eyes of the emperor, which made Xiao Jun even more suspicious. She tried her best to hold back her anger and said, "Tell me!"

(End of this chapter)