The palace concubine is charming and chaotic: the country is still the same

Chapter 102 Concubine Blood (5)

"You said that concubine Duan ordered you to set the fire. If I bring you to testify in front of the emperor, if the emperor wants you to produce evidence, how will you produce evidence?"

"The servant girl is the best evidence. I know everything about Concubine Duan."

"But what if Concubine Duan insists that you are framing me?"

"Slaves dare to confront her face to face."

Xia Lanyue stopped talking, and quietly examined Mei Xiang who was kneeling on the ground, unable to tell if she was real or not, and was thinking about how to make a decision, when Mei Xiang was shot by an arrow suddenly, fell to the ground and died.

This scene shocked Qiu Bi and Qiu Yao, and immediately looked in the direction of the arrow, only to see a black shadow flashing away, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"There are assassins! Come on, there are assassins!" Qiu Yao shouted loudly.

"Master, it seems that what Mei Xiang said is true, Concubine Duan really wants to kill her to silence her." Qiu Bi looked at the dead Mei Xiang, analyzing calmly.

Xia Lanyue remained silent, quietly looking at a certain place in the darkness, her eyes were icy cold.

Qiu Yao's loud voice also attracted a guard on duty to watch the night, and they began to hunt for assassins around the Ci Nian Zhai, and at the same time alarmed the emperor.

With Mei Xiang who died from being hit by an arrow, Xia Lanyue, Qiu Yao, and Qiu Bi entered the Chaohua Hall together. In the hall, apart from the emperor, there were Concubine Jing, Concubine Zheng Duan, Concubine Ran Shu, Rong Xiuyuan, etc. in the harem. The concubines of considerable status had already taken their seats.

Su Chen sat in a high position with a calm expression, looked down at Mei Xiang wrapped in a white cloth, and asked coldly, "Is the deceased Mei Xiang from Duanfei Palace?"

"Yes, after the servant waited on Master Lan tonight, Mei Xiang ran into Master Lan crying..." Qiu Yao was halfway through, and Concubine Zheng Duan immediately got up to interrupt her, and said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, Mei Xiang, a maid in the concubine's palace, died in front of nobleman Lan for no reason. There must be something strange about it. Although Mei Xiang is a court lady, she has also served concubines for these years. She must not be allowed to die for no apparent reason. I beg the emperor to find out the truth, and let Mei Xiang die in peace."

Su Chen waved his hand impatiently, and said coldly: "I summoned everyone to Chaohua Palace to find out the truth, Concubine Duan, just sit and listen."

Concubine Zheng Duan sat back on the chair, didn't speak anymore, and looked coldly at Mei Xiang, who was wrapped in a white cloth and couldn't see her face clearly, her hands hidden in her sleeves clenched tightly, revealing her uneasiness at the moment.

Qiu Bi continued: "Mei Xiang cried and knelt down in front of Master Lan, begging Master Lan to save her, saying that Concubine Duan wanted to kill her, and now only Master Lan can save her life."

Concubine Zheng Duan jumped up from the chair again, and sharply reprimanded: "Full of nonsense!"

Concubine Jing asked quite interestedly: "Why is only Lady Lan able to save her?"

Qiu Bi replied: "At first, the servants were also very puzzled. Later, when Mei Xiang talked about the inexplicable fire in the Nishang Pavilion earlier, she was the one who followed the order of Concubine Duan, but Master Lan was not burned to death in the end. Concubine Duan was afraid that her deed would be exposed, so she wanted to kill her to silence her."

"Nonsense, you are going to frame this palace just based on your one-sided words, who would believe it!" Concubine Zheng Duan strode forward and walked up to Xia Lanyue, the cruelty in her eyes seemed to kill her alive, and then turned around Looking at Su Chen, he said, "A concubine would definitely not do such a thing, but tonight Mei Xiang died in front of Mrs. Lan for no reason. It must be Mrs. Lan. Mei Xiang blamed me!"

"Concubine Duan thinks highly of my concubines. I have no relatives and no reason in Wei. How can I have the maid who is close to your concubine Duan secretly come to see me, and even kill her without anyone noticing?" Xia Lan Yue answered as calmly as water.

"Then you have to ask yourself!" Before Concubine Zheng Duan could finish her words, Su Chen stood up and said angrily, "What's the disrespect for making so much noise in the hall!"

(End of this chapter)