I can't afford to mess with the concubine doctor

Chapter 39 Xu's Punishment
Hearing this, Leng Yuanxun tightly clenched the hands in his sleeves, and looked at Princess Qingyu indifferently, "This is a private matter of this minister, so don't bother the princess."

"Brother Xun..."

"Enough!" At this point, there is no need to prove Qu Lingxu's innocence, but the cause of Concubine Xu's sudden asthma has not yet been found, so something is wrong. They inspected them one by one, and let the doctor examine their personal accessories carefully, but nothing was found.

Now even the Empress Dowager felt strange, when she was frowning, she only heard Qu Lingxu said indifferently: "I don't know if the lady doctor has ever inspected the nails of the imperial concubine or empress?"

nail?

Under the surprised eyes of everyone, Qu Lingxu explained quietly: "Asthma is an emergency, and its trigger is nothing more than catkin pollen and other things. Unless you suddenly inhale a large amount of purified pollen, it will definitely not be so serious."

"What do you mean? Could it be that the mother and concubine would put medicine on her nails and kill herself!" Princess Qingyu's face was ferocious, and her scarlet eyes were like poisoned knives slashing at Qu Lingxu's body. If it wasn't for a trace of reason Restraint, she can't wait to rush up and tear the opponent's face.

However, Qu Lingxu's expression was still calm, without any twists and turns, "I dare not speculate on the thoughts of the imperial concubine, but as a doctor, I must find the root cause of the imperial concubine's illness to prevent future troubles."

"No, no one is allowed to touch Concubine Mother!" Princess Qingyu yelled loudly.

Although Princess Qingyu is arrogant and domineering, she is not a person with complicated thoughts. Most of the reason for her current behavior is because Qu Lingxu is not pleasing to the eye, but Xu Shi and Xu Xi'er's brains buzzed, almost bursting. They couldn't be more clear about whether Concubine Xu's nails were faulty, but there was nothing they could do now, they just hoped that Concubine Xu could wake up quickly and break off the faulty nails!
During the entire stalemate, the queen mother never said a word, but this did not mean that she did not see the situation in the palace clearly. Although Xu tried her best to hide it, she still showed a little bit of guilt, which was enough.

However, things finally made Xu's wish come true once. Just as the queen mother ordered the medical girl to check, Xu Guifei, who had been drugged by the imperial doctor, woke up faintly. Seeing Qu Lingxu still standing there, and Xu's quiet wink Knowing that his plan failed again!
At this time, although she wanted to quickly clean up the powder in her nails, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, doing so would only arouse more suspicion. She is also a first-rank imperial concubine personally appointed by the emperor, so Liu Lier and Qingyu are supposed to behave if they are searched for no reason."

While speaking, she quietly picked out the pollen from her nails by rubbing her hands against the ground.

"What people pay attention to is being upright and innocent. Princess Xinyue was also appointed by the emperor, but because of her younger sister, she was searched and framed by the aunt and maid in the mansion. Shouldn't my younger sister give an explanation? Is it?" The matter has come to this point, a discerning person can see what's going on at a glance, the empress will naturally not let go of this opportunity to trample Concubine Xu to death!
"The concubine has never doubted Princess Xinyue, nor has anyone searched the princess. The empress should understand." After all, Concubine Xu Gui was not stupid, and soon found the crux of the problem, and she did not embarrass Qu Ling Xu, as for Princess Qingyu, she is just caring for her mother. She is the emperor's favorite daughter. Who can punish her?

As for Mrs. Xu, that idiot got the fake news and didn't know it. He made her pay such a high price to change her plan, but ended up in such a difficult situation. Even if she was punished, she deserved it!
The so-called sisterhood is nothing more than supporting each other and getting what they need. In the face of interests, it is not worth mentioning at all.

"What my sister said is true." The queen slowly walked a step away from Concubine Xu. She understood that the longer the matter dragged on, the greater the variables would be. innocent."

As for whether she is still innocent, that is not a question for her to consider.

"Is the empress going to force the concubine to die? If that's the case, why do you need to do it? The concubine just needs to prove her innocence with death!" As she spoke, she suddenly rushed down from the bed and slammed into the pillar of the side hall. .

"Mother concubine!"

"aunt!"

Princess Qingyu and Xu Xi'er were shocked, and hurried forward to stop Concubine Xu, Qu Lingxu looked at Leng Yuanxun calmly, watching this good show with leisure, people like Concubine Xu would be willing to die to hell, I'm afraid it's true to take advantage of the chaos to destroy the evidence.

Facts proved that Qu Lingxu's guess was not wrong at all. Concubine Xu took advantage of the opportunity of arguing with Xu Xi'er and Princess Qingyu and broke a few nails. Although doing so would definitely arouse suspicion, it was better than being directly convicted.

The Empress Dowager watched the farce gloomyly, and was about to order people to pull Concubine Xu away, when a sharp voice rang out from outside the hall, "The Emperor is here! His Royal Highness is here! His Royal Highness is here!"

Hearing this, everyone in the hall got up one after another and saluted together, "My lady, my lady greets the emperor, long live the emperor!" Afterwards, they saluted Murong Jing and Murong Li.

Murong Li is Xu's nephew, and he would come to the General's Mansion from time to time on weekdays. Qu Lingxu had met him a few times before, but he was no stranger to him. Today he was wearing a light blue robe with a A dark blue belt with dragon and phoenix patterns, jet-black hair, handsome and powerful features, and a faint arrogance hidden in a pair of tiger eyes. Qu Fengyan and Xu Xi'er made things difficult and humiliated Qu Lingxu, but every time they met, it wouldn't make her feel better.

But those days are gone forever.

While thinking about it, the emperor had already bowed to the queen mother, sat down on the head, and said lightly: "Have a good banquet, how did you make it like this, what kind of dignity!"

"Ai's family is old and useless, but it's not for letting people do whatever they want." The queen mother said coldly with a straight face.

Although Concubine Xu's party was targeting Qu Lingxu, it was the Empress Dowager who slapped her in the face. It was no wonder that the Empress Dowager was not annoyed by such a commotion.

What's more, such grievances have already accumulated enough.

Hearing this, the emperor quickly apologized and said with a smile: "The queen mother's words are serious, who dares to be presumptuous in front of you, the son will be the first to spare her." So saying, he glanced coldly at his head, "What is it? what happened?"

The emperor's coming here at this moment is like a life-saving straw for Concubine Xu. She calmed down, looked up at the emperor, and tears fell down before she could speak, "Your majesty, I blame this concubine for her unsatisfactory body. For some reason, it suddenly..." She chattered, and naturally left herself completely out of her words, after all, she passed out without warning, and she didn't know what happened later, did she?
"Father, my daughter really didn't mean to target Princess Xinyue, but she was indeed the last person who came into contact with my concubine mother. It is only natural for a daughter to have doubts!" Er, under Xu Xi'er's quiet instruction, even though her silver teeth were shattered, she still said as she requested.

As for Murong Li, although she frowned, she wisely did not speak.

After all, it is the concubine and daughter who have been doted on for many years. Seeing them crying like pear blossoms and rain, the emperor's heart softened, but after all, he has to worry about the empress dowager's face, and it is impossible not to punish him. After thinking for a while, he said calmly: "Princess Qingyu Reckless words, insulting Princess Xinyue should have been severely punished, but because of his love for his mother and this is the first offense, he was banned for ten days and copied ten volumes of Buddhist scriptures. If you are not strict with women, you will be punished together." After finishing speaking, he looked at the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother, what do you think?"

"The emperor is fair and just, and the Ai family naturally has no objection." The Empress Dowager's cold eyes fell on Xu and Cuiqiao, "A small concubine's room actually bribed the maid to give a false testimony, intending to murder the daughter-in-law, such a crime, the emperor always Wouldn’t it be easy to expose it too?”

The emperor doesn't have any feelings for Xu, so naturally he won't protect her, and said coldly: "There is a difference between the noble and the inferior, and it's the same in ancient and modern times. Concubine, as for this servant, I will immediately drag her down and beat her to death with sticks."

"Your majesty, spare your life! The empress dowager, please spare me!" Xu's life was almost taken away by the [-] slaps he received a few days ago. The wound has not fully healed yet he will be slapped with [-] slaps. The consequences can be imagined. If you haven't watched Qu Lingxu die, and haven't taken the position of wife, you can't become a cripple!

However, when she cast her eyes on Concubine Xu Gui for help, Concubine Xu lowered her head silently, until Mrs. Xu was pulled out of the palace, she didn't pay any attention.It seems that the other party is just an irrelevant person.

A sarcastic smile curled up on the corner of Qu Lingxu's mouth.The so-called family affection, huh, huh.

After that, the emperor gave Qu Lingxu a lot of rewards to appease the wronged Qu Lingxu. Although Qu Lingxu was unhappy because he couldn't deal with Concubine Xu, he didn't have to deal with the money, so he accepted all of them.

In this way, this farce finally came to an end, and the queen mother's good mood was swept away. Naturally, she didn't want to deal with these wives anymore, and was about to let them retreat when the little eunuch guarding the palace gate came in and said: "The queen mother, Princess Anle is here Aunt Li is out asking to see her."

"Why is she here? Is there any recurrence of Sheng'er's illness?" The queen mother always loved this clever nephew like an eyeball, so she immediately cheered up and ordered Aunt Li to come in.

(End of this chapter)