Palace scheming: Empress Leng Gong I

Chapter 19
"Hurry up, don't let that dead girl run away, she's really lawless, dare to break into my palace and make a fuss... oh, ouch, ouch..." Fugui was shocked by the sudden incident in front of him, and slapped his palm heavily. Xiang Gongzhu next to him, but immediately jumped up in pain, groaning.

However, Bi Tao dragged Yun Qing to rush in recklessly, not knowing how far she ran, until the chasing sound from behind could no longer be heard, Bi Tao looked back and saw that no one was following, then she dared to stop, mouthing loudly panting.

Yun Qing was also panting from running, but when she stopped, she looked at Bi Tao who was sweating profusely, and burst out laughing.

"Little Miss, why are you still... laughing?" Bi Tao looked at Yun Qing suspiciously while panting, and was startled by the smile on her face.

"No, I just think Bitao is so brave! Your posture just now can block ten with one. Hehe, I can't help but think to myself, how good it would be for Bitao to be a man, so that those snobbish slaves who show their teeth and claws will not be let You bullied us." Yun Qing smiled slightly, panting softly against the palace wall, but her voice became much calmer.

"Miss..." Bi Tao couldn't help but turn red at Yun Qing's joy in bitterness, she carefully pulled up Yun Qing's sleeve, and saw the marks on her tender arm that were scratched by the eunuch, she couldn't help but said distressedly, " I'm sorry, it's Bitao who is useless and didn't protect Miss well..."

"Silly girl, I told you that you are very brave!" Yun Qing pulled down her sleeves, straightened Bitao's slightly messy skirt while running, and comforted her, "Don't be like this, Bitao, in fact, it's me, the lady, who should say I'm sorry. The truth is, I always let you suffer with me, but you never complained?"

"Miss, how can I blame you?" Seeing Yun Qing blamed herself, Bi Tao couldn't help being anxious, but she was about to explain but was interrupted by a cold voice at the right time: "Why are you here?"

Yun Qing was startled, but when she turned her head, she saw a handsome and elegant young man coming from the side door not far away.

I saw him dressed in white, with a crown of jade on his top, and his black hair blowing lightly in the wind.His pale face was as bloodless as ever, but he was so handsome that it was unearthly, making people feel like seeing a banished fairy, and his heart skipped a beat.

At this moment, his handsome eyes were slightly focused, as if he was surprised that Yun Qing and Bitao would unexpectedly appear under his nose.

"Ah, why is it you again?" When Bi Tao saw the person in front of her, she couldn't help frowning her eyebrows, and hurriedly pulled Yun Qing away: "Miss, seeing him is definitely not a good thing. Others slander, let's go!"

"Bitao!" Yun Qingwei told Bitao to stop talking with a wink, but she didn't answer Xuanyuan Yi's question just now, she just glanced at him indifferently, and then left with Bitao.

She also didn't expect that she and Bi Tao accidentally ran outside his palace, and by coincidence, they ran into him again.

The strange thing is that his demeanor is still the same coldness as he had seen him several times, and there is no trace of his strangeness that night at all.

This made her very puzzled, how could he become as terrifying as a demon even though he was a figure as bright as the moon?
Silently looking at the two figures that were gradually going away, Xuanyuan Yi's eyes were deep and gloomy.

Ordinarily, she would not leave Cuiwei Palace casually, not to mention the conversation between the two just now, it seems that she was chased by someone and fled here in a hurry.However, who would openly want to arrest them in this palace?
Suddenly, he looked back, as if remembering something.With a light flick of his sleeves, he turned and returned to the palace, his handsome figure reflected a slender shadow in the sunlight.

Junmei raised his eyebrows lightly, he remembered that today is the day they went to the Shang Palace Bureau to collect their documents, could it be that...

When Yun Qing and Bitao hurried back to Cuiwei Palace, a very ominous premonition suddenly enveloped Yun Qing's heart.

The two saw a lot of people gathering on the other side of the lake from a distance, and when they got to the center of the lake with their small boats, Yun Qing could clearly see a few brand new boats parked on the lake bank, led by Eunuch Fu, standing gesticulating. The people outside the palace ordered people to search everywhere, but Xiao Taohong was forced to kneel by the lake by several eunuchs, as if she was arguing with them about something.

"Little Taohong!" Bi Tao was startled, she couldn't help speeding up the bamboo pole in her hand, and her voice was a little bit panicked.

Xiao Taohong also saw Yun Qing and the others, she struggled to get up but was pressed firmly, she had no choice but to use all her strength and shouted: "Miss, don't come over, go to Xiangning Palace and ask Aunt Fang Fei to help us Queen Mother, please ask Queen Mother to uphold justice for us..."

"Slap!" A resounding slap landed on Xiao Taohong's face, Bi Tao was startled when he heard it, and Yun Qing tightly shook hands when he saw it.

The little eunuch who slapped Xiao Taohong slapped Xiao Taohong, and snorted strangely, and the sharp and piercing voice floated into Yunqing's ears intermittently with the lake wind: "Damn girl, what are you talking about, you dare to steal the belongings of the Shang Palace Bureau in private, it's a shame! Don't die! Let me tell you, the Empress Dowager has handed over all the harem to Concubine Hua to take care of. Don't think that you were a member of Xiangning Palace, so you are so bold! Hey, her old man doesn't bother to deal with guilty sluts like you now !"

"Xiao Taohong! Woohoo, miss, they actually bullied Xiao Taohong... They are too much." Xiao Taohong was so anxious that tears came down, but she could only watch as Xiao Taohong was being bullied. The lips are bitten.

"Eunuch Fu, you are only looking for me alone. Please don't embarrass Xiao Taohong. If you want to punish, you will beat Yunqing here!" Yun Qing was also anxious, but he couldn't rush to help Xiao Taohong at all. She ran away, causing the innocent Xiao Taohong to suffer because of herself.

"Hey, you think our family won't dare to do anything to you, right?" Fu Guiyin looked at Yun Qing with a smile, his narrowed eyes were full of pride in bullying the weak: "Tell you, our family will definitely arrest you today." People who smuggle and steal items in the palace are correcting the crooked trend of petty theft in the palace. The concubine Hua has already confessed that this matter must not be taken lightly, and those who find out the thief must be severely punished. Hehe, our family really did not expect it, you It is a person who has been reduced from a queen to an abandoned queen, and dares to make trouble again, I am really impatient."

"You're talking nonsense, the lady didn't steal these things at all, you planted them on purpose." Xiao Taohong stared at Fugui fearlessly, with resentment on her face.

"Bah, our family is guilty of framing you in this little Lenggong, and you think highly of yourself too much." Kicking Xiao Taohong's heart, Yun Qing was shocked to see that Xiao Taohong's face immediately turned pale, and her eyebrows were pulled in pain. together.

"Little Taohong!" Yun Qing cried out in pain, but she heard a smug laughter from over there, which irritated her and Bi Tao's eardrums like a devil's voice.

"Miss...Miss, slow down." As soon as the boat touched the shore, Yun Qing couldn't wait for Bitao to stop and jumped down staggeringly, scaring Bitao to scream again.

"Let go of Xiao Taohong." Regardless of the pain in his ankle that was accidentally twisted, Yun Qing rushed over and pulled away the eunuch who was pressing down on Xiao Taohong. The anger in his eyes made the eunuchs tremble and subconsciously Let go.

"Go away, you bastards!" Bi Tao came down with the bamboo pole and swung it wildly. The eunuchs who were laughing just now panicked. Bamboo pole.

"It's the other way around, catch them quickly, don't let them go crazy!" Fugui groaned, ran into the hall with his head in his arms, pointed at Bitao and Yunqing and yelled.

Although the eunuchs were afraid of Bitao's bamboo pole, they were alone when they saw her, so they couldn't help but hugged her together, grabbed Bitao's bamboo pole abruptly, and kicked her to the ground.

"Bitao!" Yun Qing looked at Xiao Taohong, but saw Bi Tao's hands being cut behind the back by several eunuchs, and rushed to help Bi Tao again, but was stopped by several other people at the same time, unable to move forward at all.

"Fugui, what exactly do you want? I said you just want to catch me alone, why are you making things difficult for them?" Yun Qing was anxious, looking angrily at Fugui who was busy arranging his clothes and hats at the moment, pointing Pinch the tip into the meat.

She knew that these people were bullies, and if they hadn't been backed by someone, they would never have dared to provoke her, no matter how abolished she was.

If the previous deductions were said to be that these people were snobbish and greedy for small profits, but today, the situation is by no means as simple as Yun Qing sees it.

She noticed the concubine Hua mentioned by these people, and from their tone, it seemed that with the concubine Hua around, they could do whatever they wanted, regardless of right or wrong!

Yun Qing couldn't help thinking, if it wasn't that they were too confused, then it was because they had no fear and did it on purpose.

It's just that she didn't understand, would Concubine Hua really put herself to death for a deposed queen?I never thought of arguing with her, and I never did, how could she be so intolerable to me?

"Presumptuous, what are you, you dare to call Eunuch Fu by his name?" A young eunuch who followed Fugui hurriedly scolded Yun Qing, but Fugui smiled wickedly, and said: " Tsk, you have a lot of guts, and you have the bearing of a queen. Haha, it's just a pity that you didn't live to be a queen!"

He looked Yun Qing up and down, although he was terrified by Yun Qing's fire-breathing eyes, he pretended to cough and said loudly on purpose: "Our family has no grudges or enmities with you, so naturally we will not come to arrest you for no reason. It's just that when you came to the Shang Palace Bureau to make a big fuss today, you accidentally left this--"

As he said that, he deliberately paused, stretched out his hand and shook off an embroidered handkerchief in his sleeve, and continued: "It is this handkerchief, let our family find out that it is embroidered with the best gold thread that my Shang Palace Bureau lost in the past two days. It's an embroidered handkerchief. Hmph, if you are smart, please explain clearly to our family, so that our family can lead someone to reply to the concubine Hua and report to the father-in-law! Otherwise, our family will take all of you away and leave no one behind."

"My embroidered handkerchief!" Bi Tao immediately recognized that it was the embroidered handkerchief that the lady embroidered for herself yesterday, and there was a blue peach blossom on it.

Only then did she realize that when she ran away with the young lady, she accidentally lost the embroidered handkerchief.

When Yun Qing saw it, she realized that it was the handkerchief that had attracted these people, and her eyebrows could not help but frown.

Just now, she wondered for a moment whether someone deliberately framed her, but at this moment, she couldn't be sure.

If someone deliberately framed him, he didn't have to wait until today, he should have come to his door the next day after he was framed.But they didn't find out until today because Bitao's veil was lost. Obviously, no one wanted to frame them.

At least, the two parties are definitely not the same.

"Despicable, we didn't steal! You must have deliberately framed us! You villains are the ones who sued first!" Xiao Taohong scolded these people angrily, and said angrily, "I tell you, don't think that no one will ask about your evil deeds. The queen mother sent me to serve the young lady, and the young lady will turn around one day. Do you know why the extremely favored Concubine Hua has not been canonized as the queen these days when the queen was deposed? You also know why the queen mother did not clean up her cultivation long ago. You have to clean up during this period? If Eunuch Fu has some memory, he should know that the Empress Dowager only goes out of the palace to clean up in the summer and summer every year. Have you ever seen that the Queen Mother also needs to clean up at the vernal equinox?"

Yun Qing's eyes were surprised, she didn't expect Xiao Taohong to say such a thing, she couldn't help but move her mind slightly, and understood what Xiao Taohong meant.

In fact, she knew that during the period when Xiao Taohong and she moved here, Xiao Taohong never saw the Queen Mother or Aunt Fangfei again.The three of them sometimes chatted, and Xiao Taohong occasionally sighed, wondering if the Queen Mother really forgot about them, and never cared about them.

But now that Xiao Taohong said this, it seemed to be true and false, and people couldn't tell how much she knew!

Sure enough, Fugui's complexion changed when he heard the words, and his attitude was not as arrogant as before.But he is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he will never give up a good opportunity for meritorious service just because Xiao Taohong said a few words, so his face darkened, and he said seriously: "Our family guarantees our wealth and life, and our family will never come here for no reason to plant and frame You guys, you want to deny it even though you have solid evidence, it’s really hateful. Our family will give you a chance, as long as you confess to the specific person who stole it, our family will never embarrass the innocent person, otherwise, you will hide the stolen things and not report it sin, our family can also take you all away."

"We didn't steal, what did you ask us to recruit?" Bi Tao retorted loudly, struggling to get out of the clutches of those people, but couldn't break free no matter what.

"Well, it's you guys who don't eat or drink fine wine, and our family will fulfill you. Xiao Jizi, take them all away from our family!" With a cold snort in his nose, Fugui's sleeves were raised, and Bi Tao and others were held up. Walk.

"Wait a minute, please be merciful, Eunuch, what Bi Tao said is indeed true, they don't know about these things... I brought them." Yun Qing suddenly called Fugui, his eyes were so bright that he was startled when he turned back , the smile on his face froze before he could put it away.

"Miss!"

"Miss..." Bitao and Xiao Taohong turned pale with shock, they watched in disbelief that Miss admitted to taking something, and the tears they had suppressed could no longer be controlled.

"No, Miss, Xiao Taohong took it. Miss, don't take the blame for Xiao Taohong." Without even thinking about it, Xiao Taohong took all the blame on herself, and begged Eunuch Fu loudly, not to arrest Miss, but to arrest Miss. Catch her alone.

"No, that's not the case. It's Bitao's fault. It's Bitao's ignorance that she went to the Shang Palace Bureau to get things. It's all Bitao's fault. Please don't arrest the wrong person, Eunuch Fu. If you want to arrest, just arrest Bitao." Bitao Liu With tears in his eyes, he desperately rushed to admit that it was his fault, and only begged them not to take Miss away...

For a while, the three of them pleaded guilty to each other, and Yun Qing was so anxious that he yelled loudly, and his eyes turned red: "Bitao, Xiao Taohong! You are not allowed to fight any more! I will do things by myself, and I will never hurt others. Fu Gonggong, please return!" Please distinguish right from wrong and let them go, I, Yun Qing, did everything and they don't know anything about it, please don't arrest innocent people indiscriminately."

"Miss, don't..." Bi Tao burst into tears, only regretting that she was not a man and could not protect Miss.

She could only desperately beg Fu Gonggong not to take the young lady away, admitting that it was all her fault, everything was her fault alone.

"Okay! There's no need to argue!" Finally annoyed by the three people's arguing, Fugui didn't expect that someone would rob him of his confession, so he yelled loudly, his gloomy eyes flicked back and forth on the three of Yunqing scan.

Then, his tiny eyes narrowed and they settled on Bi Tao.

"Cough!" He coughed lightly at first, and then he said in a high-pitched voice, ups and downs, half-singing: "Well, Xiao Taohong used to work in the Queen Mother's palace. Bad habits. Although Yunqing was deposed later, she is the daughter of the prime minister. I believe that the theft must have happened to her. But you, Bi Tao, were born as a maid, and behaved rudely and savagely. Our family thought about it, You must have stolen these things. So, come, take Bitao back."

After saying that, he ignored Yunqing and Xiao Taohong's calls, and ordered Bi Tao to be taken onto the boat.

"No, father-in-law, you can't take Bi Tao away! Bi Tao! You can't take her away..." Yun Qing only felt his brain go crazy, and he never thought that the one Fugui was going to take away was not himself, but a sister who loves her Bitao.

This made her panic even more than taking her away. She rushed forward recklessly to save Bitao, but was stopped by other eunuchs, and could only watch Bitao being carried away by those people.

"Bitao..." Tears blurred her eyes, and her heart ached into balls, Yun Qing bit her lips hard, all the pain turned into crying bitterly.

Bi Tao, her Bi Tao, the Bi Tao she regards as her younger sister...

Since she was a child, she has been doing everything for herself, no matter what she does, she does her best to plan for herself... But she has never enjoyed a day of happiness with herself, but she has suffered so much because of herself time and time again...

"Miss, you don't have to worry about Bi Tao, Bi Tao is not afraid! Miss, you have to take care...Little Taohong, please take good care of Miss, and help me take good care of Miss..." Bitao burst into tears, seeing the sad look of Miss, She is really sad.

Although she didn't know what kind of fate she would encounter, as long as the lady could avoid suffering, she would be relieved.

"No, don't take Bitao away... You take me away, I took it, it's me! It's not Bitao!" Yun Qing was so painful that she couldn't breathe. Hearing Bitao's voice gradually going away, she pushed and hit those things with all her strength. The eunuch who stood in front of him, all his sanity disappeared, he just desperately slapped those who stood in his way to save Bi Tao...

"Miss, don't do this, miss..." Xiao Taohong cried and saw Bi Tao being taken away, then turned her head and saw Miss was so sad, she could only go up to hug Miss, for fear that she would hurt herself when she pushed and beat those eunuchs .

"Little Taohong, remember to help me take good care of Miss! Take Miss back quickly, don't let her get hurt..." Bi Tao stood on the boat and looked at Miss' sad look, anxious and afraid, for fear that Miss would be hurt by those people.

The tears were so blurred that she couldn't see everything in the distance, but all the past events were vivid in her mind. She saw when she was young, the young lady fought desperately with the young lady for the first time because of herself.

At that time, she didn't understand, she didn't understand how the young lady who was always tolerant of everything dared to offend the eldest lady for herself, but since then she has become stronger.Because she swears in her heart that no matter who wants to hurt the young lady in the future, even if she risks her life, she will protect the young lady from harm.

However, now she can only watch the young lady feel sad because of herself...Miss, she is really reluctant to leave the young lady, and really wants to never be separated from the young lady for the rest of her life.

But Miss, Bitao doesn't want Miss to be hurt in any way, please don't hurt yourself because of Bitao, don't let Bitao worry...

"Bitao! Bitao..." When Bitao's boat reached the center of the lake, the eunuchs who blocked Yun Qing let go, jumped on the boat one after another, and rowed towards the lake.

(End of this chapter)