The Biography of Concubine Xi of Yongzheng

Chapter 546 Beheading
Lingxi sized up the court lady suspiciously, and asked cautiously, "What's the matter?"

The court lady looked around nervously, approached Lingxi two steps and wanted to speak closer, but Lingxi stepped back and reprimanded impatiently: "If you have anything to say, just say it, and if you don't say it, then go and deal with the basket of petals. I don't have time to spend here with you!"

The maid was stunned, and stood there for a while, and the maid behind her wiped her tears, and whispered: "Auntie, we dare not talk nonsense about this, it was heard when Eunuch Zhang from the Ministry of Internal Affairs was out of the palace to do the shopping. "" she said, her neck was hooked and her eyes widened, and her mysterious voice was lowered, "He said that Eunuch Qian Gui in Jingren Palace was beheaded..."

As soon as Lingxi heard this, he immediately cursed: "Bah! You have ignored the rules in the palace, haven't you? There are such nonsense things being spread all day long! Qian Gui has gone to Lama Temple to work as an errand, so you can't tolerate such cursing! Come on, come on!" people!"

When the two court ladies saw Lingxi's reaction, they were so frightened that their knees became limp. They knelt down and begged Lingxi for mercy: "Auntie, please forgive me! What the servant said is not half a lie. It is really what Eunuch Zhang said. Dare to curse Eunuch Qiangui..."

Lingxi didn't listen to their explanation at all, and said viciously: "You guys, why are you telling me these things? Who ordered you?"

With her current status, who would dare to say such unsubstantiated things in front of her.In the past, when Qian Gui was still in Jingren Palace, he was the only one who dared to tell Lingxi Shaoyao some hearsay things in private, and they all listened to them as if they were stories.Now, except for Du Ruo, no one dared to spread such nonsense to her ears anymore.

"Auntie, spare your life! We dare not... No one ordered us, we just want to tell Auntie what we know, and beg Auntie to believe us..." The two were frightened, kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Lingxi didn't know why they cursed Qian Gui, and was in a mess, so she sent someone to take the two of them to the Ministry of Internal Affairs: "Just say that they are spreading rumors and causing trouble, and let Eunuch Zhang watch and deal with it!"

She was not in the mood to pick osmanthus anymore, and she was worried about letting people stay alone to pick them, so she hurried back with her.She comes to the imperial garden to pick petals every year, and she has to look at them herself to be at ease, otherwise she dare not use the petals, at most, make them into sachets after drying, and she absolutely dare not eat them.Shao Yao was right in telling her, she dared not be careless when she sailed for thousands of years.

"Huh? Why did you pick such a small amount? The empress just said that she would bring some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes made by you for Brother Fuhui to taste. How could you...why do you look so bad?" Du Ruo saw Lingxi's expression was not right, and he hurriedly stepped forward to support her.She entered the palace earlier than Lingxi and Shaoyao, but in view of their age, Du Ruo originally wanted to call her aunt, but Lingxi said that calling her aunt was too distant, and she never allowed Du Ruo to follow suit.

Lingxi had just recovered from the shock, and on the way back, she kept thinking about Qian Gui's abnormal behavior when she left, and felt very uncomfortable in her heart.

She held Du Ruo's hand tightly, and said with a trembling voice: "Du Ruo, I just heard that Qian Gui... was beheaded? Have you heard such nonsense? They must be talking nonsense, right? Qian Gui Gui is so smart and so loyal, who would cut off his head? Isn't he leading an errand in Lama Temple?"

Du Ruo was also shocked when she heard the words: "Who did you listen to? Who dares to spread such nonsense in the palace?"

"Where is Xiao Yu'er? Call him over quickly, I want to ask him, isn't he very familiar with Qian Gui?" Lingxi shouted anxiously.

Shao Yaoben was serving tea in the main hall, and when she heard movement outside, she came out to have a look.She saw Du Ruo leading Lingxi to the resting room at a glance, and hurried over: "Why, did you stumble?"

Du Ruo was worried at first, but when Shao Yao suddenly asked these few words, she burst out laughing with a "puchi".After laughing, he realized that he was not smiling properly, so he stopped talking embarrassingly.

Lingxi was so disturbed that her body suddenly gained strength. She pushed Du Ruo's hand away in embarrassment and swallowed: "Shaoyao, let me tell you that a court lady told me just now that Qian Gui didn't go to Lama Temple as an errand." , but... was beheaded!"

Shao Yao was also taken aback, her body trembled, and she immediately regained her composure: "Which court lady told you that? Why would anyone say such things to you? Could it be a rumor."

Lingxi curled her lips, a little unhappy: "I also said that they were spreading rumors, but didn't your mother say that there would be no wind in the empty cave, and I have sent those two blind maids to Eunuch Zhang It's dealt with. Du Ruo, quickly call me Xiao Yu'er, I want him to go out and check."

"There's nothing wrong with it! If it's true, then Wei Chang'an must know about it." Shao Yao frowned and corrected her words, her face was full of worry.

In fact, when Qian Gui left, the entire Jingren Palace felt strange, but Qian Gui's words were sincere and did not seem to be fake, so they didn't doubt it too much.

"Then... Shall I ask Xiao Yu'er to ask Wei Changan?" Lingxi was at a loss for ideas, she was never good at using her brain.

Shao Yao shook her head: "If it's true, Wei Chang'an won't say it."

Lingxi wasn't that stupid either, he figured it out after being confused for a while.If Qian Gui really made some big mistake before leaving, the reason why he went around so much was to keep everyone from knowing the truth, maybe he was entrusted by the emperor, so Wei Changan would definitely not tear down the emperor. tower.

"Two sisters, what can I do for you?" Xiao Yu'er loves to listen to operas, and always likes to pinch orchid fingers like the dan characters in it.

The eunuchs lost their masculinity before they entered the palace, so the eunuchs in the palace like to hold their heads up and their chests up in private.There are very few people like Xiao Yuer who always like to pinch orchids, even if he has been ridiculed by Lingxi many times, he doesn't care.

"Did you send someone to visit Qian Gui in Lama Temple? Is he alright in there?" Du Ruoxian asked aloud.

Xiao Yuer gave her a strange look, a little puzzled: "Sisters, just ask this? Didn't I send someone to visit it two months ago? They said that money is expensive, delicious food, and no one cares about it there." , very comfortable!"

Shaoyao frowned, glanced at Lingxi suspiciously, then turned to look at Xiao Yu'er: "Have you seen Qiangui with your own eyes?"

Xiao Yu'er was stunned, and said awkwardly: "It seems that there is no... Said that Qian Gui is busy, so I don't have time to see you. Sisters, what are you... What's the matter? Did Qian Gui commit a crime?" He heard the little eunuch say at that time After that, he was angry with Qiangui to show off with him.

"Did you hear Eunuch Zhang talk about Qian Gui? He said that Qian Gui was beheaded!" Lingxi became agitated when Xiao Yu'er mentioned the word crime, and hurriedly pushed away Du Ruo who was next to him, and asked Xiao Yuer took two steps closer.

Xiao Yu'er staggered back in fright, and didn't recover for a while.

"What are you all doing? I said that one or two of you can't see each other, so why are you hiding here and whispering? What's so interesting, tell me about it." At this moment, Yanhua came from The main hall came out, and when he saw them gathered together, he walked over with some displeasure.

The complexions of several people were not good. After hearing Yanhua's voice, they quickly lowered their heads.Because Xiao Yu'er hadn't recovered, her legs were a little weak. When she turned around, her left foot caught her right foot, and she knelt on the ground with a "boom".

"I heard you talking about Qiangui? What's wrong with him?" Seeing that their expressions were wrong, Yanhua naturally felt suspicious.

Shaoyao glanced at Du Ruo and Lingxi next to her, and spoke out first: "Your Majesty, the servants were just saying that after Qian Gui left the palace, he must have gone to eat and drink spicy food, and he didn't send a message back. Forget about the slaves."

Yan Hua didn't believe her words, she just lowered her head to look at Xiao Yu'er: "What are you doing with such a grand ceremony? Tell me, what are you talking about? You still want to hide it from me? See Come on, all of you don't take me seriously, don't you think of me as your master?"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Xiao Yu'er was a little flustered, she glanced quietly at Shao Yao, but only saw the half-corner skirt of her robe, "My servant heard that...money is expensive to him...he...broke his leg..."

"Break your leg?" Yan Hua looked suspiciously at Shao Yao and the others, seeing that they were all silent, she believed them a little, "How could you break your leg when you're so good?"

"I heard... I heard..." Xiao Yu'er rolled her eyes, her mind frantically spinning, and lied hurriedly, "It seems...it seems to be the Wanfu Pavilion where the empress used to live. A few tiles on the roof were broken. Qian Gui didn't know how to get it, so...he climbed up to see...the result, the result...fell down..."

"He... Hey! Did you fall hard?" Yan Hua was furious, if money was in front of her eyes, she would definitely scold him bloody.What are you doing climbing the roof by yourself?With such a tall room, can he think that he has wings?On the left and right are unoccupied houses, he cares so much about what to do, he is really pissed off!

"Slave... I haven't had time to send someone to look at it, so I don't know if the fall was hard or not." Xiao Yu'er thought about her words, and she started to lie.

Yanhua sighed heavily: "Hey, he can't live without caring for himself. Aren't his mother and brothers pointing at him to take care of him? Shaoyao, give Xiao Yu'er a 100 tael banknote. If you get a chance, go out of the palace and bring it to him. Let him give birth to this palace, and if you don't cherish yourself like this, this palace will definitely ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to transfer him back to the palace as a servant!"

"Zha!" Xiao Yu'er hurriedly kowtowed to accept his order, and secretly let out a sigh of relief. His forehead was dripping with cold sweat. It was the first time he lied in front of such a big master. If he wasn't guilty, it would be a lie.

"Lingxi, where's your sweet-scented osmanthus cake? Hurry up and make it! You don't see Qiangui, what are you doing worrying about here? Hurry up and make some sweet-scented osmanthus cake. My son is going to the Hall of Mental Cultivation later." Hua's face turned pale. Although she was also worried for Qian Gui, but according to Qian Gui's temperament, she would take good care of herself in the future, so she was not too worried.

(End of this chapter)