royal princess

Chapter 222 The Aggressive Concubine Xi 1
Qiao Lingyi lay down again, looking at Concubine Xi in disbelief, how dare she say that?

"It's unreasonable, the Qiao family has already been acquitted, don't talk nonsense!" The Queen Mother scolded angrily, her eyes fixed on Concubine Xi.

Since the Empress Dowager wanted to put her to death, Si Jin kept a low profile at this time, and immediately smiled with a strong sarcasm when she heard the words, "Oh? The concubine is so ignorant that she has never heard of such a decree being announced to the world. According to the law of this court, any official who pardons a serious crime must make it known to the world, explain the reason, and reassure the people. Could it be that the ministers and concubines who live in remote places have missed this matter?"

The queen mother is a hard nail, she can't find any loopholes in her body, but Qiao Lingyi has a lot of loopholes in her body.It is estimated that the queen mother thought she was just an ignorant boudoir girl, so she came up to suppress her like this.I didn't expect the original owner to be like this, but she wasn't like that.

As a person who needs to survive in a completely unfamiliar dynasty, it is imminent to study the local laws first.

At critical moments, this ability can protect itself and attack.Advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, she is a country mouse, this is the key to life.

Unexpectedly, it would come in handy so quickly, and it was not in vain for her to study hard.

This is a blind spot, and the queen's mind flashed when she heard Si Jin's words.That's right, because of the relationship with the Queen Mother, no one would have thought that Qiao Lingyi was still the daughter of a criminal official. The Queen Mother came from the Qiao family, and everyone would think that the Emperor would not ask him to blame him for this matter.

But when there is nothing to do, naturally no one pays attention to it.At the moment, Concubine Xi seized the weakness and attacked her in one fell swoop, it was a shocking reversal.

The imperial concubine was also dumbfounded. In fact, no one may know about this matter, but because of the empress dowager's face, no one would take the initiative to mention it.Who would have thought that Concubine Xi would dare to speak so mercilessly.At such a time, Concubine Xi still dares to be so arrogant, could it be...

Thinking of this, the imperial concubine involuntarily looked at the emperor. With this inadvertent glance, her expression froze, and she actually saw the fleeting smile in the emperor's eyes!

Although that smile disappeared almost in the blink of an eye, but she was absolutely right.

At this moment, the imperial concubine suddenly felt that things would not go so smoothly this time.

"Concubine Xi, don't be rude." The queen reprimanded, "Now let's talk about Dou Fangyi first. Do you have anything to say?"

With a soft word from the queen, she temporarily revealed that she had a marriage contract with the criminal minister's daughter.Although he clearly reprimanded Concubine Xi, he didn't make a conclusion about this matter. At first glance, it seemed that the queen was covering up for the queen mother, but invisibly, the crime of the Qiao family was confirmed.

As for the matter of having a marriage contract to run for election, there is no express prohibition in the law.The point is that I didn't expect that someone would be so bold as to run for election after being engaged.Therefore, at this time, things that have been agreed to become common customs gave Si Jin an opportunity to take advantage of them.

In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that as long as the emperor did not pursue this matter, it would not be difficult for Concubine Xi to pass this hurdle.

The key lies in the emperor's attitude.

Will the emperor really not care about her deceit when he treats Concubine Xi?
Everyone's eyes will drift towards the emperor's direction.But the emperor seemed to have made up his mind that the matter would be heard by the empress, and she really didn't like a single word.

What does this silence mean?
Si Jin's palms were covered with cold sweat, and her back was soaked with her close-fitting clothes.Thanks to the autumn clothes, no one would notice her embarrassment.Hearing the Queen's words, Si Jin still maintained the high fighting strength just now, with an arrogant and disobedient attitude, started with a sneer, and then continued: "Since there is no legal responsibility, how can I silence my mouth? Isn't it just a laughing stock?" , but will people notice this matter? With my IQ, I would not do such superfluous things at all. The Empress is clearly aware, and the concubine begged the Empress to thoroughly investigate this matter, and give Dou Fangyi justice. She has always been kind to others in the palace , I didn’t expect to encounter such a thing, and the people behind the scenes trampled on life inhumanely. I swear here that I will assist the empress to find out the real culprit behind the scenes. If Dou Fangyi is fair, I will also return my concubine’s innocence.”

"What Concubine Xi said is really interesting." The noble concubine glanced at Concubine Xi, "There are already two court officials testifying, so could it be that their words are all false? Concubine Xi is so ignorant of the witness's words, how can she have evidence for herself?" Washing off? This is not something you can take the blame with just a few words."

"The imperial concubine's words are justified. I thought, since there are people in the palace who are close to me to testify that I ordered her to kill people to silence her, then besides her words, is there any physical evidence? If there is no physical evidence, just rely on her own words. Can the noble concubine just believe it like this? Just touch her lips to convict someone, I will do such a thing, and I will also testify that the noble concubine killed Dou Fangyi, does the noble concubine have evidence to clear herself?"

"You...you are so arrogant!"

"The imperial concubine is just talking nonsense. That maid is just a rough servant of the palace. I don't even know who she is. Under such circumstances, she is actually asked to do such an important thing. Is my brain broken? Killing someone to kill someone is a very important matter. Even if you want to do it, you have to be a trusted person. A person who can't be ranked by Bengong's side, and can't remember his name and face, can actually After getting such an errand, the other party really dares to do it, isn’t it a big joke in the world?” Back then, my sister was a debater in the debating club, and she was still young when she played tongue with me. "Or, the imperial concubine has done this and has experience?"

The noble concubine's face turned black with anger, "Concubine Xi!"

"The concubine is here, what advice does the empress have?" Si Jin looked at the imperial concubine with a smile, "I know that the empress does not like my palace, after all, when I first entered the palace, the empress gave instructions, and I was demoted to the imperial concubine. Yilanxuan almost lost his life. But I didn't expect that after all these years, the empress still has old grudges against me and added new hatred. If empress accuses me, please show evidence, otherwise it will be framed! Framed the same palace Concubine, this is also a crime of unfilial piety, the guild will ask the empress to uphold justice!"

"You... are simply confusing black and white." The imperial concubine relied on her noble status, and she had never had such a verbal dispute with anyone in her life, and she was about to faint from anger.

"Thank you for your praise. I didn't expect that I still have such abilities in your heart. I am really honored. If I am really so powerful, I won't be framed here. With my mother's good words, I hope that I will be cleansed as soon as possible. Get rid of the crime and return my innocence."

So shameless, the imperial concubine really hadn't seen her for a long time, and she was immediately defeated.

The empress often breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, she really did not expect to see the imperial concubine in such a distraught manner.With a smile on his face, he turned to look at the empress dowager and the noble concubine who had been attacked by artillery fire, and said with a smile: "Although concubine Xi is suspected, she really needs to continue to investigate. So I am temporarily confined in the Heyi Palace, waiting for my palace to find out. Let’s talk about the truth again, empress dowager and emperor, is it appropriate to deal with it like this?”

Concubine Xi was grounded by the queen with suspicion, and she was still grounded in the Hall of Harmony. Naturally, the queen mother was dissatisfied with this punishment.But if she expresses her dissatisfaction clearly, Concubine Xi will attack Qiao Lingyi's daughter of a criminal official again, so she has no choice but to turn her head to look at the emperor.

Xiao Qi didn't meet the Empress Dowager's eyes, but just looked at the Empress and said: "I said before that this matter is within the scope of the Empress's responsibility, and I will directly ask the final result."

That is, if there is no objection, the queen will know that the emperor will not refute. No one knows better than him how he has treated Concubine Xi these years.Maybe he will be angry, but he probably doesn't want Concubine Xi to be framed and punished, right?

However, for such an awkward emperor, the empress suddenly felt that at this moment he was flesh and blood, like an ordinary man.

If she didn't care about it at all, Concubine Xi would be miserable.

Si Jin's extremely stalwart attack made the concubines in the hall completely refreshed her combat effectiveness. Under such circumstances, neither the queen mother nor the noble concubine could fight, and none of them would rush to be cannon fodder.Naturally, no one objected to the queen's will.

It's just that everyone not only sighed secretly, Concubine Xi really had a good life, and at this time, the empress still defended her like this.

Everyone saw off the queen mother and then the emperor, and when they finally walked out of Fenghuan Palace, Si Jin ignored everyone's eyes and strode out with her head held high.

Waiting for the entrance of Fenghuan Palace, Si Jin looked at the imperial concubine, her bright smile was dazzling in the sunlight, she just looked at the imperial concubine with a bit of complacency, "The imperial concubine must be very disappointed, right?"

The noble concubine looked at the unconcealable disgust in Concubine Xi's eyes, "Do you think you will always be proud for a while?"

"No, I only believe that there is reincarnation in the law of heaven, and that perpetrators will be punished by heaven sooner or later. I hope that when the imperial concubine returns from her dream at midnight, she will not be disturbed by nightmares. Dou Fangyi died with injustice, and she wanted to seek justice for herself." Si Jin raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Don't do bad things during the day, and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, what does your mother say?"

The imperial concubine stared fiercely at Concubine Xi, "Concubine Xi, you should take care of yourself first, you are still wearing a sinful body."

"Don't bother me to remind you." Si Jin said, "I will remember who gave everything today, and I will definitely give it back double in the future."

The imperial concubine walked away, and Si Jin watched her back for a long time, and then led the people all the way back to the Heyi Hall.

After returning to Heyi Hall, Si Jin only called Aunt Jiang in to inquire about the palace maid, and Aunt Jiang quickly replied: "That palace attendant replaced a maid from the previous Heyi Palace. As an errand, the palace maid had already moved out because of a serious illness, and she came in to make up for it. I thought it was a short time to come in, and the maidservant hadn't found out her origin, so something happened unexpectedly, so please punish her."

(End of this chapter)