The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 54 Cat Disaster ([-])

(ps: Forgive me, dear readers, the author wrote all the concubines’ self-proclaimed concubines as concubines in the first 130 chapters. This problem has been corrected later, and the front is slowly being changed. Now it has been changed to this chapter, and it will gradually Edited. Excuse me, I love you guys, okay?)

The maid buried her head deeper, and replied with trembling lips: "If you go back to the emperor, today our little master was enjoying the plum blossoms in the plum garden with the empress, but because I was not feeling well, I asked to resign and go back first." Palace. Along the way, the young master walked in a hurry, and the servants followed closely behind, thinking that the road would be slippery in the snow and dare not neglect, but who knew that when the young master stepped on the steps of the side hall at the gate of the palace, a snowstorm suddenly burst out. The white cat rushed straight at the young master. The young master was born to be afraid of cats, and he fell down the steps with a cry of unsteadiness, that's it."

She knocked her head a few more times, and shouted with tears: "The emperor forgives the sin, it is the fault of the servant who failed to protect the young master well, I hope the emperor will show mercy, and the empress will show mercy!"

"You are telling the truth, this palace and the emperor will save your life." The queen asked sternly: "When the incident happened, was there anything strange about it?"

Seeing this, the eunuch kneeling behind the palace lady hurriedly kowtowed, and said in a panic: "Today, the empress invited the concubines of the six palaces to enjoy the plum blossoms together. Only the nobleman called Wan Wan the most serious illness, and the slave looked at it. The cat and the velvet raised by Mr. Wan are almost carved out of the same mold. After thinking about it, Mr. Wan was careless and let the cat escape.

"Nonsense!" Wan Lai leaned over the desk and yelled angrily at the eunuch: "Since I entered the palace, because I knew that Li Changzai had a pregnant cat, I kept Xuerong in my palace and didn't allow it to move around at will. You are serving Li Changzai." Man, how do you know what my cat's name is and what it looks like?"

The eunuch's expression was obviously stagnant, and he hesitated for a long time before he said: "Slave. The servant often hears the names of cats called by noblemen in the palace, so I remember them. Besides, cats are animals and have no understanding of human nature. They are light and flexible. It is not a rare thing to sneak out and be seen by slaves."

Wanyu snorted, and said with a sneer, "Since you said you've seen snow velvet, then tell me what it looks like."

The eunuch didn't even want to blurt out that it was a snow-white cat, and Wan Yu asked him what kind of cat he saw jumping on Li Changzai today.

Wan Lai smiled lightly, and immediately let go of her hanging heart and stopped speaking.

Kneeling at the side, Yunshan suddenly asked the eunuch: "Xuerong was scorched by a charcoal basin a few days ago, leaving a very heavy scorched brown burn on the face, but it is very obvious. You just said so categorically that the cat The whole body is snow white, presumably it is not snow velvet."

"If it wasn't Xuerong, how could the cat in the nobleman's palace have disappeared by such a coincidence? The girl is the nobleman's personal maid, so she naturally speaks to the nobleman."

Dong Wenyin got up with Juanzi in her hand, walked up to the eunuch and shouted: "I go to Sister Wan's palace every day, I have seen the scald on the cat's face! You slave! What kind of heart do you dare to gossip about the master, and pour this muddy water on Sister Wan in order to get rid of the crime?"

Wan Yu felt startled, her pupils slightly dilated and stared at Dong Wenyin.

Since the snow fell in winter today, Xuerong often lies in a corner to keep warm, and does not come out to move around when people come.Don't say it's her, even Wannai can't see Xuerong's face a few times, Xuerong's face has scald marks for a while, only Yunshan and Shuangruo should know, how could she know?

But after thinking about it for a moment, it became clear in my heart.Dong Wenyin said this because she was eager to exonerate Wanlao.

On weekdays, the two are in the same house, so their personal relationship is good.

But Wan Yu always wanted to be on guard against her, but she didn't want her to stand up and help her in times of crisis. In comparison, Wan Yu's mind was a bit narrow-minded.

Hearing Dong Wenyin's words, the emperor was furious and ordered Liang Jiugong to drag the eunuch down immediately and beat him to death with sticks.

The people in front of the imperial court were always neat and tidy, even though the eunuch complained that he was wronged, he was dragged down by Liang Jiugong to take care of him.

When he returned to the main hall to return to his command, Liang Jiugong mentioned another matter to the emperor in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, after careful investigation of this matter, the emperor found that there seems to be something wrong with Li Chang's whereabouts."

As he spoke, he presented an oil-stained plain cloth to the emperor with his hands over the top. The emperor took it and put it in his mouth and nose to sniff it, and immediately asked solemnly, "Where did you get it?"

Liang Jiugong said: "If you go back to the emperor, what is stained on this plain cloth is the hair oil made from gardenia flowers and used to comb hair. This hair oil is the clearest, and it is like clear water when sprinkled on flat ground, not to mention the recent snowfall. If it is sprinkled on the snow, it is even more undetectable. It was also when Yuqian Fanzi accidentally stepped on the place where Li Chang missed his foot, slipped and fell, and then discovered it. The scalp oil evaporates very quickly, if it is completely covered by snow later, there will probably be no trace left, and it will be difficult to trace."

Rong Yue and Wan Lai looked at each other, their expressions were indescribably ugly.

The hair oil made by Gardenia is a unique and secret method of the Tong family, and only Rong Yue in the palace uses this oil to comb her hair.

If you talk about others, you can only give a bottle of Wanyu as a gift.

Such delicate methods, closely intertwined, are clearly aimed at Wanyu, to make the emperor confirm her crimes.

The hall was silent for a long time before the queen said to Wanyu slowly: "Your Majesty Wan, if I remember correctly, only you and Concubine Xian have gardenia head oil in the palace. How do you explain this?"

Rong Yue's face was calm, and she replied without any panic: "I have it, but it doesn't mean that the oil is sprinkled on it. There are jasmine hair oil and acacia hair oil in the palace, why do you only use this gardenia hair oil?" Oil to bring trouble on yourself?"

"You don't admit it, now only a palace search can prove your innocence." The queen turned her head to the emperor and said gently: "Your majesty, look at this."

Before the queen could finish her words, the emperor raised his hand and said the word 'search' lightly.

This word is said very lightly, but it is like a sharp dagger piercing Wanyu's heart.

She had no choice but to smile bitterly, she didn't know what her mother meant when she said 'the most ruthless emperor's family', and the words of the emperor's love and affection when he entered the palace were still in his ears, but now he doubted himself so much.

Thinking about it, those words that warmed her heart and reassured her were just the emperor's casual mention.

'You are at ease'

'I will never doubt you'

'With me by your side, don't be afraid'

Now that I think about it, I am naive.

I always think that the words of the emperor are solid, but I don’t want to be with the king like a tiger. The vows in this world are always made with the heart and heart, but after a long time, they are like the incense burner on the red sandalwood table in the main hall. Milky white smoke, said to disperse, it will disperse.

It's just that Wanyu didn't expect it to disperse so quickly.

Wanlu was in a trance, and ordered Yunshan to fetch the jade bottle containing gardenia hair oil from under the drawer of her dressing table.

Yunshan went away for a long time, and when she came back, she held a jade bottle inlaid with gold and said solemnly: "Little master, there is not a drop of hair oil left in this bottle."

These words exploded in Wanyu's ears like thunder, she raised her eyes to look at the emperor, there was no trace of tenderness in his eyes, replaced by infinite suspicion and chill.

(End of this chapter)