The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 37 Brocade Clothes Poisonous Poison ([-])

Qingyue was ordered to step forward, leaned over and broke Rong Guiren's hand that was holding on to the emperor's trousers tightly, and helped her to sit down and rest.

The emperor, who had been silent for a long time, drooped his brows and said coldly, "Why poison?"

"Back to the emperor, what big elder brother hit. It was poisonous poison."

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar everywhere, and the concubines whispered and discussed endlessly.

The so-called poisonous poison comes from a kind of highly poisonous bird—the poisonous bird.

According to legend, Zhen is a bird of prey, bigger than an eagle, with a loud and shrill cry.

The feathers are purple-black, with a long neck and a red beak.

Because it likes to eat all kinds of poison, its feathers are highly poisonous. If you soak its feathers in wine, the wine will become poisonous wine.

Poison wine was originally a poisonous wine commonly used in the palace to kill guilty people, so most people in this poisonous palace are familiar with it.

The emperor raised his hand to stop the heated discussion in the hall, and said sharply, "Where does the poison come from?"

Fu Zhuo glanced at Liang Jiugong, Liang Jiugong understood, and held up a pear-wood plate and presented it in front of the emperor.

The emperor lifted the plain cloth, only to find that what was inside was the 'unicorn hugging the sun' apron that Rong Yue embroidered for Chengrui!
The emperor reached out to pick it up, but Fu Zhuo stopped him suddenly with a shout: "Your Majesty, don't touch this thing, so as not to damage the dragon's body!"

Under the stage, Rong Yue saw that the apron she had made was presented in front of the emperor like a witness, and her suspicions gradually rose in her heart.

But she couldn't bear to think about it, so she heard Fu Zhuo continue to say: "The inner lining of this apron has been sprinkled with clear water soaked in the feathers of the poisonous bird. The poisonous poison is colorless and tasteless, and it can penetrate into the silk threads of the clothes as the water vapor evaporates." I heard that Rong Gui took his elder brother to play in the imperial garden in the afternoon. Although the sun is mild in autumn at noon, babies are prone to sweat because of their delicate pores. In this way, the sweat soaks the bellyband again, and it is poisonous It soaked into the big brother's body through the pores, which caused the big brother to be poisoned!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

The queen waved her hands and ordered Liang Jiugong to quickly take the filth away, and then said angrily: "It's such a meticulous work, is it to put Chengrui to death?"

The gelatinous atmosphere in the hall was almost suffocating, the emperor's eyes narrowed into a narrow slit, looking at Rong Yue with a cold light.

He endured for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "This bellyband is from your hands?"

Rong Yue's eyes were dull, and she was surprised by this sudden change.

After the emperor asked the question again in a solemn voice, she hurriedly stood up under the high seat with the support of Lian Xin, knelt down and replied: "Return, return to the emperor, this bellyband is indeed made by concubine, but concubine not"

'Snapped'

After a muffled sound, Rong Yue felt her cheeks burning hot, and when she raised her head, she saw Rong Gui came to her side at some point, glaring at herself furiously: "Concubine Xian! What do you care about? That day when the Empress In the palace, I said something that hurt your face, but the queen has already reprimanded me, and I have received the punishment! Even if you feel resentful in your heart, you should come to me for anything! I saw you embroidered that unicorn bellyband, I also thought that you were generous and didn't care about me, so I immediately asked Chengrui to put it on as a show of favor. I didn't expect that I would see you with kind eyes and kind eyes and not set up defenses against you, but almost killed my child!" After saying that, She raised her hand to Rong Yue again, but this time Wan Yan stopped her charged palm in the air.

Wanyu grabbed Ronggui's arm that was raised in mid-air, she couldn't help but struggled and angrily reprimanded Wanyu and ordered her to let go, but Wanyu grabbed her wrist even tighter: "Your honor, be careful, murdering the prince is a crime. Serious crime, the emperor and the empress have not spoken yet, how can you be so hasty to put this crime on the concubine Xian?"

"Let go!" Ronggui struggled to break free from Wanyu, and her inertia forced her to step back a few steps and hit the table before stopping: "You are on good terms with Concubine Xian, how do you know that you didn't participate in it?"

"Presumptuous!" On the high seat, the emperor was already full of anger, he stood up and pointed at Rong Guiren and shouted: "I haven't allowed you to speak, why are you making so much noise! ​​Sit back!"

Rong Guiren dared not irritate the emperor any more, he returned to his seat with tears in his eyes, and replied in a loud voice full of grievances: "Your Majesty, you have to decide for the concubine, mother and child."

The emperor stopped looking at her, and turned his eyes back to Rong Yue who was kneeling on the ground.

Wanyu squatted down, wrapped her arms around Rong Yue who was already sobbing, raised her eyebrows to look at the emperor, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, empress empress, this matter is really strange, if it was really the empress Xian who did it, why did she do such a thing?" If you are blatant, you are not afraid that something will happen in the future, and this will burn yourself?"

Concubine Hui also got up from the side, hurriedly took two steps and knelt down beside the two of them and replied: "Your Majesty, what Your Majesty Wan said is very true, how could concubine Xian do such absurd things? She has no heirs, and she is newly favored by you." Why do you do such a foolish thing that is tantamount to suicide for the sake of two rash remarks from Ronggui?"

The emperor's eyes were locked on Rong Yue, who was crying with pear blossoms and rain, and his voice was as cold as ice in severe winter: "Concubine Xian, don't be wronged. If you didn't do this, I will definitely return your innocence. You first Concentrate on clarifying the matter, this apron was embroidered by you yourself, did it pass through the hands of others?"

Wan Lai gently patted Rong Yue on the back to calm her down, whispered a few comforting words in her ear, and said: "Whatever my sister thinks of, just tell me everything in detail, and the emperor will definitely make decisions for you."

Rong Yue wiped away the tears, Shen Xin thought for a moment, but she was already panicked at this moment, even her hands were trembling uncontrollably, so she couldn't think of anything.

"Your majesty, the concubine doesn't know, but the concubine really hasn't done it!"

Concubine Hui took Rong Yue's hand and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, concubine Xian sews and embroiders day and night, every stitch and thread is filled with her own painstaking effort. Concubine concubine went to Chengqian Palace several times to visit her, and she always saw that she was holding Putting on this bellyband, he said that he had to sew it himself to be a blessing for elder brother. How can such a kind-hearted person poison a child?"

The queen gave an understatement with an 'oh', and said calmly: "So, that bellyband has never left the concubine's hand?"

Concubine Hui faltered, obviously realizing that she had said something wrong with her clumsy tongue.

The emperor sighed briefly, and asked Rong Yue again: "Did outsiders enter your bedroom these days?"

Rong Yue shook her head: "Except for nobleman Wan and Concubine Hui who often accompany concubines, there is no one else." She timidly replied, her body shaking even more violently.

As soon as the emperor raised his hand, he threw the blue-brown bracelet in his hand on the table: "Forget it, you don't know, the palace people around you may know." He looked at Liang Jiugong, who was serving at the side, and ordered: "The maid next to Concubine Xian The eunuchs are also removed to the Punishment Department, and we must get the truth out of their mouths."

Rong Yue was so frightened by these words that she lost her mind even more, she only cared about her grievance and cried.

Beside her, Wanyu stood up and took two steps forward, rushed to the emperor to bless the blessing, and said anxiously: "What the emperor said, is he really suspicious of Sister Xian?"

"Your Majesty Wan, don't be rude in front of the emperor." Concubine Yi, who had been watching the farce in front of her with cold eyes, suddenly stopped Wan Yan. Entering the Punishment Department and receiving 72 punishments, I am afraid that even if you are recruited, it will be torture and torture, and there are countless punishments."

　Remark 1: It is an institution affiliated with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Qing Dynasty.Originally named Shangfangsi, it was changed to Shangfangyuan in the 12th year of Shunzhi (1655).In the 16th year of Kangxi (1677), it was changed to the Punishment Department.Three flags in the palm of the criminal name.All proposed crimes are tried in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs. If the circumstances are serious, they will be referred to the three courts for review and finalization.The punishment of eunuchs is mainly punished by the Department of Punishment.

　　(ps: The Department of Punishment should still be called Shangfangyuan. Since the Department of Punishment is familiar to most babies, the name was changed in advance.)
　　
　
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