The Biography of Concubine Xi of Yongzheng

Chapter 561
"Mother, Xiao Yu'er was called away by the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs early in the morning, and he hasn't come back yet." Lingxi thought that Xiao Yu'er had gone to get ice, but he didn't come back until noon.

"Keep down, Erniang is a little tired, you can find someone to go to the House of Internal Affairs to ask." Jiahui led Hong En out, Yanhua had just finished drinking the medicine and was lying on the couch reading a book.

"Princess, I have sent someone over to ask."

"That's fine, don't frighten Erniang with surprises." Jiahui glanced at Lingxi helplessly, then led Hong En to the side to teach him how to read.

When Jin San came back, his face was not very good.Xiao Yu'er didn't come back, but came with two eunuchs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Where's Xiao Yu'er?" Seeing this, Lingxi hurriedly pulled Jin San aside, and looked warily at the two eunuchs who followed.

"Aunt Lingxi... Eunuch Yu... the Ministry of Internal Affairs won't let him come back." Jin San hesitated, as if he was about to cry.

"Speak well!" Lingxi hated his awkward appearance, he didn't look like a man, he was worse than a woman!But after thinking about it, he was no longer a man, and his tone eased again, "He's 16 years old, it's outrageous to cry all the time."

Jin San sniffed, and said in a muffled voice: "They said that Eunuch Yu committed a crime and they will be sent to the Punishment Department for a thorough investigation. These two father-in-laws are here to search Eunuch Yu's house..."

"Fart! They committed crimes when they said they committed crimes? Why do you come to Jingren Palace to search the house? Who said you want to search? Ask him to come over and tell me face to face!" Suddenly, I forgot to control my voice and shouted a little louder.

The two eunuchs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs looked at each other, and said cautiously: "Auntie, this...we are only here on order...Please don't make things difficult for us...this...this is the badge of the Treasurer of Guangchu ..."

The dispatch of materials in the palace is controlled by the Guangchu Division. The Guangchu Division has set up six warehouses, seven craftsmen, and three weaving offices. Porcelain tea, clothing, embroidery and dyeing are all from the Guangchu Division.The treasurer of the Guangchu Division is the person who directly manages the scheduling of these things.

How could Lingxi not know the treasurer's badge, but she didn't intend to buy it at all: "So what about the badge? How do I know that you didn't steal this badge? Concubine Xi said what happened in Jingren Palace Forget it, are you able to search if you want? Go away, go back to where you came from, and put Xiao Yu'er back to me quickly when you go back, the empress will look for him if you have something to do. "

The two eunuchs said that Lingxi was unreasonable, but they didn't expect Lingxi to be so unreasonable, so they could only cry and beg with a mournful face: "Then please tell me, auntie, the servants are still waiting to go back to work... ...Don't make things difficult for us, aunt."

"What are you all making a fuss about? You've disturbed your mother." At this moment, Shao Yao ran out and looked around them in puzzlement.

The two eunuchs hurriedly bowed deeply towards Shaoyao as if they had seen a savior: "Aunt Shaoyao, please help pass the message to Empress Xi, the servants have something to see."

"What's important? Tell me first." Shao Yao frowned, although she was talking to the two eunuchs, her eyes were on Lingxi.Although Lingxi is older than her, she will still follow Shaoyao's decision when encountering things.

"They said that Xiao Yu'er had committed a crime. They came here to search his house, and they didn't know what to search for. The house in Jingren Palace, even if it is a firewood house, can't be searched just by searching. Hmph !" Lingxi inevitably brought his emotions with him while talking about things.

The two eunuchs looked at each other in embarrassment, even though things were not as Lingxi said, but Lingxi's aura was there, if they didn't say a few more words, they might be scolded when they went back later.

"Aunt Shaoyao, it's like this. The Ministry of Internal Affairs investigated the eunuchs in each palace, and when they arrived at Jingren Palace...it was found that Eunuch Yu received a lot of things every time, but...it was not used in the palace of Concubine Xi. There are so many things, so... the adults feel that someone in Jingren Palace has swallowed the things in the palace without authorization... Eunuch Yu did not deny this, so the Treasurer asked us to come and have a look..."

Shao Yao was silent for a while, then said softly: "Xiao Yu'er admitted it herself?"

The two eunuchs said awkwardly: "Eunuch Yu has never denied it, but he just admitted it. He just kept crying and said he was wrong..."

Shao Yao had an idea in her mind, and nodded, "You guys wait here, I'll go in and let you know."

"Hey! Thank you, aunt, thank you, aunt!" The two eunuchs laughed through their tears, hurriedly thanked them, and took the opportunity to secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, Yanhua's illness has been cured for most of the time, in order to keep Jiahui, she has been acting so weak.After hearing what happened, she asked Shao Yao: "What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, Xiao Yu'er is usually...greedy about money, this may be true."

"Besides this, he is usually considered loyal, if someone else comes over, I'm not at ease." Yanhua pondered for a while, raised her head and rubbed her forehead.No matter how bad things happened one after another, if it wasn't for what Lu Youfu and Su promised, the Ministry of Internal Affairs would not have conducted such a large-scale investigation.

"Your Majesty is right. Did your Majesty see them? If not, the slaves will..."

"See, I will announce them in later, and say that I am dizzy and need to slow down for a while. You take advantage of this time to secretly send someone to Xiao Yu'er's room to have a look. If there is something shady, you can Move to another room and hide it." Yan Hua waved her hand wearily, making up her mind to keep Xiao Yu'er first.

After waiting for a cup of tea, the two eunuchs were ordered to go in to see Concubine Xi.As soon as the two entered, they knelt down on the ground cautiously, not daring to raise their heads, but just told what the Treasurer meant, and wanted Concubine Xi to allow them to search Xiao Yu'er's house.

"Xiao Yu'er has always done his duty here in this palace. If he really did such a shameless thing, I will be the first one to spare him." Yanhua spoke feebly like a gossamer, in a slow and orderly tone. It was very impatient to let the two masters monitor, but they didn't dare to urge half a sound.

"Your Majesty is wise, let me see, Madam, can someone lead the servants to Eunuch Yu's house to have a look?"

"This is certainly possible. However, I have something I want to ask."

The two eunuchs waited quietly for her to ask questions, and after waiting for a while, they heard Concubine Xi continue to ask slowly: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that people in my palace stole things, and I am willing to cooperate with your investigation. Really, I am willing to leave people to you to deal with, and I will reflect on myself. But... what if it is a non-existent thing?"

"This..." The two eunuchs were in trouble, how could this be a non-existent thing?Didn't Eunuch Yu acquiesce?And he kept saying he was wrong.

Yanhua waited for a while and saw that they continued to talk, then she said weakly again: "I don't want to embarrass you, I know you are also ordered to do things. How about it, Shaoyao, you take them there, whether you find them or not, you Look at the treatment. I have a headache and want to take a rest."

"It's a slave who deserves to die for disturbing your mother's rest. Your mother, please take care of yourself, and this slave will stop disturbing you."

As a result, nothing was found. The two eunuchs looked extremely ugly. They wanted to apologize to Concubine Xi first, but Shao Yao stopped them: "Your Majesty is not feeling well, please go back."

The treasurer was very apprehensive about this result. He originally asked people to search out of selflessness, and he was based on the idea that the stolen goods would definitely be found.So he only sent two obedient and strict-mouthed little eunuchs over there, in order to make Concubine Xi feel better after he really found something.

"He stole so many things for himself, how could he hide them all in his own room, he must have secretly taken them out of the palace to sell them." Zhang Lizi analyzed with the treasurer in a low voice after seeing the sad face on his face.

"What's the use of saying this? Hey... This is great. I offended Concubine Xi, what should I do... Actually, even if he took more things, he didn't take much more. Hey, I I should have just turned a blind eye and closed my eyes..." The treasurer kept thinking, and asked someone to let Xiao Yu'er go.

"My lord, don't do it!" Zhang Lizi frowned, and hurriedly stopped him, "The emperor never likes favoritism. If you do this, I'm afraid..."

"You're playing for selfishness, you have to let her go without proof! Concubine Xi is sick, so what if the person holding her is not released?"

"My lord, if there is no one in Jingren Palace, the slave can transfer another person there, but Yu Er clearly admitted it, but let him go so easily, I'm afraid that the eunuchs in the palace will follow him in the future, so it's not easy to control." ..."

"This...he didn't confess, hey..." The treasurer was extremely embarrassed, and he was not the material to investigate the case, so it was such a headache for him to bother him.

"Send him to the Punishment Department, and of course he will confess everything." Zhang Lizi gave an idea from the side, and the treasurer seemed to be shaken.

At this moment, Jin San was ordered to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, saying that he was here to wait for the result. If Xiao Yu'er hadn't committed a crime, Concubine Xi was still waiting for him to get his things and go back to work quickly.

Hearing this, the treasurer waved his hand immediately: "Let him go, let him go!" He sighed and walked up and down, thinking about how to apologize to Concubine Xi with a headache.The two little eunuchs had nothing to say, Concubine Xi asked what should be done if the person wronged her.It can be seen that Concubine Xi is very defensive!

Seeing that Xiao Yu'er was released, a fire flashed in his head, and he hurried out.If he wants to prepare some good things for Concubine Xi, if he pleases others more, it will be regarded as an apology.

Seeing the treasurer walking farther and farther, Zhang Lizi frowned and stared at his back for a long time, then hurriedly followed him.

His plan was all in vain!
(End of this chapter)