The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 516

(October is on vacation, all manuscripts are saved, no revisions, there are typos, forgive me)
That booklet was prepared by Rong Yue and stood in the corner of everyone's desk, it is not uncommon for it to record only the dishes for today's Hegong family banquet.

Because the booklet had been placed on the corner and no one had touched it, the emperor took the booklet out of surprise, and spread it out with his hands. As expected, the three characters of "Spring Banquet" were written with various colored petals glued together.

Wan Lai also imitated the emperor's action and spread out the booklet. The three characters "Spring Flower" written on it were made from the petals of her beloved magnolia flower, which made herself a little bit more happy.

When they arrived at Rong Yue, all eyes were on her, and when they opened the booklet, only the words 'Chun Ri Xiang' were left.

She looked at the words above and her face suddenly changed, her brows furrowed.But only for a moment, she smiled and said: "The concubine has a heart, such a miraculous skill really opened everyone's eyes."

But the subtle change in expression for just a moment made Wanyu feel sure that the 'chunrixiang' added to the ambergris burned in the emperor's bedroom must be her work.

At this moment, Lin Lan looked at the booklet in Rong Yue's hand, and said with a loud smile: "Looking at the three characters 'chunrixiang' in the booklet held by the imperial concubine, it reminds me of something filthy." Covering his nose, he said disgustedly: "Didn't all the adultery in the capital be caused by the brothel's unauthorized use of this 'chunrixiang'?"

It was originally a happy situation for each of them, but with Lin Lan's nonsensical words, they immediately quieted down.

Although concubines who have just entered the palace are still young and have never experienced such a thing, but in the past because of "Chun Ri Xiang", the late emperor sealed up most of the brothels in the capital and killed many private possessions of "Chun Ri Xiang" Ladies, I have heard of such things.

The Empress Dowager Renxian lowered her face, stared at Linlan with sharp eyes, and shouted angrily: "Concubine De, you are presumptuous! The late emperor forbade these words to be mentioned in and out of the palace. Are you confused? Are you from Xinzheku? Your lowly maidservant, there is no looseness in her mouth!"

The Empress Dowager Renxian was already dissatisfied with Linlan, so she naturally wanted to reprimand her when she was free, and in a fit of rage, Qingzhu stepped forward to slap her on the mouth.

Seeing the embarrassment of the situation, the Empress Dowager leisurely advised: "Don't hurt your peace on a happy day, Concubine De, you are now the fourth concubine, how honorable is your status? Don't say such foolish things in the future."

This kind of dialogue forced Rong Yue into a cold sweat. She and Ru Ge looked at each other, seeing that she was also panicked, so she smiled and persuaded: "What the empress dowager said is true, everyone was still happy just now, It's a bit uncomfortable when the atmosphere turns cold all of a sudden. Liang Jiugong, there are still many rare shows in the future, hurry up and get people to perform."

Liang Jiugong responded to Rong Yue's words and was about to retreat, but at this time Zhuo Lan suddenly left his seat and got up, kneeling in the middle of the hall under the eyes of everyone, and bowed three times to the emperor.

The emperor hurriedly ordered her to get up, and asked doubtfully, "What's wrong with you?"

Zhuo Lan's face turned cold, and she said slowly: "Hearing about it, the concubine is panicked. Now that all the sisters in the palace are here, the elder brother ordered the princess to go to bed, and the concubine wants to ask the emperor and the two queen mothers to make decisions."

Empress Dowager Renxian saw that the child knew the rules and liked her from the bottom of her heart. Seeing her look so delicate, she hurriedly asked: "Good boy, get up quickly. But have you been wronged?"

Zhuo Lan waved her hands, gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice: "I dare to ask the Queen Mother, the concubine De concubine just mentioned 'chunrixiang' and you were so angry. If someone in the palace uses this incense to confuse the emperor, what should we do? "

The anger in the hall suddenly condensed, everyone held their breath and stared at Zhuo Lan, the emperor was silent for a moment, and asked in a daze: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

Rong Yue straightened her face, and reprimanded: "Chen Changzai can't be trusted to talk dirty, it's about the emperor's reputation, how dare you?"

"Whether the concubine is lying or not is not difficult to verify." Zhuo Lan abruptly interrupted Rong Yue, looking at her who was slightly embarrassed with cold eyes: "The concubine is sleeping lately, and often smells it in the emperor's palace. It has a strange fragrance. Later I asked the emperor, and he said it was ambergris, but my concubine’s mother is a master of fragrance making and blending in Hangzhou, so my concubine has learned a little bit from it.”

She seemed to be afraid, so she calmed down, and her voice gradually faded: "The concubine heard the truth, the emperor's bedroom is definitely not just burning with ambergris. Recently, the emperor has summoned more concubines to offend the empress dowager." Disagreement with the emperor, the concubine recalled after a while, that the ambergris seemed to be mixed with the breath of "chunrixiang""

Luo Fu always likes to join in the fun, hearing what she said, he put on an air of 'Oh,' and covered his mouth in surprise, "No wonder the emperor has always been"

"Shut up!" The emperor was furious, took the wine cup in hand and threw it at Luo Fu.

The wine cup hit the corner of the table and shattered, causing Luo Fu to jump up and back away, clutching his chest.

The emperor pointed at her and cursed: "I've had enough of your broken mouth!"

It is very rare for the emperor to be angry so far, so frightened all the concubines knelt down and persuaded: "The emperor calm down."

In fact, everyone knew in their hearts like a mirror that the emperor was trying to get angry with Luo Fu, but it was just to save his own face, and he didn't want Luo Fu to say the rest of the words.

These days, the emperor favored his concubines so much that he hurt himself, and couldn't even straighten his waist all day long.

How could he allow his woman to talk about him behind his back?

As for Zhuo Lan, he was even more angry.Such a thing that doesn't save her face, she actually announced it to the public in such a grand manner, and she didn't know whether to call her naive or stupid.

Wan Yu and Rong Yue knelt side by side, seeing Rong Yue staring at her with dark eyes, she smiled and murmured: "Sister, don't look at me like that, I'm terribly scary."

After hearing Bi Zhuolan's words, the Empress Dowager saw that the emperor's reaction was so intense, so she ordered someone to invite Fu Zhuo, the judge of the court, to see her, and asked Su Mala to enter the bedroom of Qianqing Palace to take out a brocade box containing ambergris.

After Fu Zhuo completed the inspection and proved that Zhuo Lan's words were true, all the concubines were amazed and commented again and again. The Empress Dowager Renxian stood at the desk and said loudly: "Who will die? For his own favor, even the emperor's body is ignored. ? Such a poisonous woman, I really can't stay!"

The Empress Dowager's eyes froze, she glanced at the expressions of the kneeling concubines one by one, and said calmly, 'check'.

In this way, everyone will be in the palace, and everyone will be in danger.

Liang Jiugong searched for a reason for a long time, and after looking through the records of the respect room, he felt a bit difficult to make a statement to the emperor.

As the emperor has recently summoned a lot of concubines, there are not a few who stayed in Qianqing Palace, if you want to investigate them one by one, you may not find results after ten days and a half months.

But at this time, Concubine Hui Yuwen said leisurely: "It's not necessary for everyone to check, the ambergris in the emperor's palace has to be replaced every five days no matter whether it is used or not, please trouble Eunuch Liang to find out who is there recently Most of them are bed attendants, just check them and you will have clues."

Liang Jiugong searched immediately when he heard the words, and replied after a short while: "Mr. Liang and Mr. Yu have the most bedtime visits, one day every three days. Next are Chen Changzai, Kang Changzai, Mrs. Yugui, Mrs. Luo Concubine and Mrs. Xi Concubine. .”

After hearing this, Lin Lan smiled nonchalantly: "Elder-in-law will search along with these younger sisters first, and if there is no result, then just search later."

(End of this chapter)