The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 53 Cat Disaster ([-])

The emperor came in a hurry, the palace people bowed down one after another seeing him furious, no one dared to speak even with the main hall door so wide open.

The cold wind mixed with the noisy and busy sound of the side hall poured into the room. The air was condensed and suffocating.

Wanyu couldn't help wrapping the half-open jacket in front of her body tighter, the moonlight magnolia embroidered on her chest wrinkled together with her movements, and the sapphire blue gold embroidered border that was the finishing touch also looked very abrupt at this moment.

The queen's eyes jumped like flames, she stared at Wanyu and said coldly: "Fair? The animal raised by nobleman Wan killed a person. From what you can see, is it fair to punish Li Changzai if the animal is punished?" She was silent for a moment. , and turned his eyes to the emperor and said deliberately: "It's okay for the animal to be ignorant, I'm afraid it's just that the person who raised it has made a mistake."

This remark made Wanyu's heart tremble, she did not immediately defend herself, but slightly raised her eyes to look at the emperor.

At this moment, he was turning his head to the side and no longer looking at Wanyan, his condensed face was like ice ridges under the eaves after the snow, without any expression or warmth.Just like when Rong Yue was framed that day, what was in her heart was elusive.

Wanyu was disappointed in her heart, but she couldn't just rely on the emperor's trust to live in this palace, so she calmed down and said to the queen slowly: "The empress is suspicious of the concubine?" Ring pointed to the hall and asked: "Mother, listen carefully, the concubine is concerned that Li Chang is in the dragon's womb, and even the spices used in the main hall have been replaced with 'Ningxixiang' which has the effect of calming the nerves and strengthening the fetus. How can it harm her? "

Rong Yue took Wan Yu's words and said: "Your Majesty Wan and Li Changzai have always been on good terms with each other, and if there are any good items in the palace, Li Changzai should be kept close to him first, so he probably wouldn't do such a vicious thing that hurts the Yin and the birds of prey. "

The queen looked at the emperor, and said expressionlessly: "Back then, Meng Guqing, the late emperor's abolished empress, had a pregnant concubine who was benevolent and cruel. Later, the Dongchuang incident was deposed by the late emperor. The Wusu clan who had a good relationship with her that day In the eighth month of pregnancy, didn't she order someone to push her into the imperial lake, and both mother and child died in one day?"

After saying that, the empress covered her mouth and nose pretending to be disgusted, panted and wanted to continue, but the emperor quickly stopped her by raising his hand to tell her not to talk about the late emperor, and the empress respectfully said no more.

The emperor's bright eyes were reflected on Wan Yu's body, his eyes were complicated and suspicious, he opened his mouth to say something, but he took it back for a moment, and said again: "You get up first."

Needless to say, but this cold tone is enough to make Wanyu know the emperor's suspicion.

She stubbornly knelt down and looked at the emperor in a daze.The two stalemate for a while, Rong Yue secretly felt that something was wrong, stepped forward to give Wan Yu a hand, and muttered to smooth things over: "The ground is cold, the emperor is worried about your body and is reluctant to let you kneel, and it is only natural for you to worry about Li Changzai's safety." , but what problem can be solved by always kneeling?"

Rong Yue's words were originally kind, but the queen raised her face and nodded, "Concubine Xian's words are reasonable, the dragon fetus is not safe, even if you kneel for three days and three nights, it will not help." Then she rushed to Qingyue She winked with Kang Fushou and ordered them to press the palace servants who served Wanyu personally for questioning.

During this period, the emperor sat directly on the front seat without saying a word, and the empress followed closely behind in the side seat, looking down on Wan Yu and Rong Yue from a high position.

Wanyu's heart was already cold, but she also knew that she could only solve the predicament at this moment, so she calmly shook her head and replied: "When the incident happened, the palace servants were serving Li Changzai, and they saw it most clearly. Also bring them to the front of the palace for careful investigation.”

The emperor remained silent, the empress nodded in response and ordered her to stop their rod punishment and bring them to the main hall, and gave her two seats first.

Floating clouds outside the house slightly covered the sky, and the air became more humid and cold. Wan Yu glanced out of the window, and saw snowdrops whizzing down with the wind, dense enough to block her sight, even the snowdrops standing in the courtyard The bald silk tree doesn't look too real.

The palace maid brewed new tea for the empress, and also offered it to Wanyu and Rongyue. Two more charcoal pots were placed in the hall and new charcoal was added. Wanyu's cheeks were red when it was baked. She fiddled with the top cover of the tea cup, looking Seeing the slowly rising hot air puff into the air and dissipate very quickly, there was a wry smile on his face.

After about a cup of tea, Kang Fushou brought Yunshan, Shuangruo and Yunchan inside, and Qingyue followed behind him with two palace maids and eunuchs, presumably serving Li Changzai. people.

Kang Fushou raised the clean whip in his hand, solemnly ordered everyone to kneel down, his Wannao glanced back and forth at the three of Yunshan, secretly blaming himself for hurting them.

Before the Queen could speak, there was a new commotion outside the house. Liang Jiugong, who had been guarding the door all the time, came in to report that it was Concubine Yi, Concubine Hui and Dong Xuzhenghou who were outside the door.The emperor glanced at the icy and snowy sky outside, and ordered them to be sent in.

Concubine Yi was the first to enter, she didn't look at Wanyu, she went straight to the empress, the emperor gave her a side seat to be side by side with the empress, she only cared about herself sitting upright and regarded Wanyu as an outsider who had nothing to do with her.

Concubine Hui and Dong Wenyin bowed in front of the palace, and the empress also bestowed a seat on the table to line up with Wanyan Rongyue.

Dong Wenyin ran to Wanyu in two steps with an anxious expression on her face, pulled Wanyu's sleeves and asked, "Sister, is everything okay, I hurried back to the palace when I got the news with Empress Yi, and when we entered, we saw the side hall. The serving nurse came out with basins of blood, which was quite frightening."

The queen was displeased with Dong Wenyin's rude reprimand, so she had no choice but to return her seat.

Concubine Hui glanced at Piandian with a sad face, and asked the queen again: "Your Majesty, Li Changzai's womb."

The Queen frowned and shook her head, Concubine Hui immediately understood what she meant and stopped.

On the contrary, Concubine Yi's expression was the calmest, and she probed to the palace servants kneeling in the palace who served Li Changzai and asked: "Such people can't protect your master, I see that the queen punished you with thirty boards, which is a light punishment. If I say so, you must all be sent to the violent chamber to be executed!"

The two maids and eunuchs immediately put their hands forward, knelt down and kowtowed, pleading guilty again and again.

Seeing that Concubine Yi was eager to put the blame on the servants, the queen said in a solemn voice: "If you say that the crime is not all on these slaves, Concubine Yi should not be impatient. Please ask the emperor to investigate carefully, and it will not be too late to deal with it."

The emperor, who was immersed in the pain of bereavement, said slowly: "Who will take care of Chang Li when something happens?"

The court lady who had replied to Wanyan's words crawled forward two steps, kowtowed her head and replied: "If you return to the emperor, you are a slave." She was so frightened that she trembled, she didn't even dare to lift her head.

The emperor put on such a face, and kept swinging the jade string hanging from the yellow belt around his waist in his hands, and said again: "Speaking carefully, what was the situation at that time?"

(End of this chapter)