The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 642 Protesting ([-])

Seeing Mrs. Chen froze in place, Wannai snorted softly, and asked casually: "More than ten years ago, Mrs. Chen fell in love with a fireworks girl from Xingyue Tower in Hangzhou. Everyone knows it. Madam knew about this, and said that the firework girl was a vixen who saved her life and beat her to death. Is there such a thing?"

Wan Lai revealed this old secret, which really made Chen Baoping and his wife feel ashamed.

What she said was true, but how could Mrs. Chen dare to admit it?

The laws of the Qing Dynasty were strict, and it was the most common reason to kill people for their lives.

Her body trembled more and more, and cold sweat dripped down, soaking the peony-colored vest on her back.

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Wanyu suddenly turned to the case and said angrily: "If you don't confess to me, I will order someone to go to Hangzhou to investigate thoroughly. If you testify about this matter at that time, you will have to suffer a lot more than admitting today!"

Mrs. Chen's complexion was as pale as snow when she was so frightened, she couldn't stop kowtowing, and stammered: "I am. I am confused! I am confused! I didn't want her to die, I just want to warn her. But what about her."

Chen Baoping also kowtowed to intercede for his wife: "I hope that the Queen Mother and the imperial concubine will be lenient and forgive the concubine!"

Wan Yu sat upright on the seat, already confident: "The fireworks woman is a good player of Yueqin, but she is well-known in Hangzhou generation! Madam is so jealous, why would she want her daughter to learn a good Yueqin? Honestly speaking, today's palace Who is the concubine in the story? If there is even a half-word false, the Empress Dowager will investigate the matter thoroughly, and if it is found out, no one in the Chen family will be able to escape!"

Mrs. Chen raised her head in panic, first glanced at Chen Baoping, who was also in shock beside her, and then shifted her gaze timidly to the faces of the Queen Mother and Wannai.

Both of them had gloomy expressions, and their eyes exuded a chill that froze everything, and they wanted to hold her from the inside out, and then beat her to pieces.

She was terrified, and was about to admit it, but Chen Baoping saw her thoughts.

Now pleading guilty, defrauding the emperor, implicating the nine clans, the full glory of the Chen clan will be abolished here.

Even if you want to admit it, you can't admit it like this!
He rushed ahead of Mrs. Chen and said: "Your concubine, my humble minister"

"Did I talk to you?" Wan Lai's words were as strong as a steel blade, cut off Chen Baoping's words, and then deliberately raised her voice and scolded Mrs. Chen: "If you have a half-bad statement, pay attention to your new words. Married daughter!"

My daughter has always been my lifeline, so how can Madam Chen still be rational after hearing what Wan Lai said?

Not able to think for a moment, the man kowtowed and confessed: "The imperial concubine, please spare my life! The imperial concubine, please forgive me! I am confused, it is the concubine who is confused! It is true that the concubine is not born of the concubine, but she escaped to Hangzhou a few years ago. She and her maid, Yuanyuan, fainted from hunger in front of our Chen residence, and I kindly took them in as maidservants. The two of them have always been dutiful and diligent, and nothing has happened to them."

As she spoke, she was already so frightened by the gelatinous atmosphere in the palace that she burst into tears, and wiped away tears before continuing: "Later, the order from the palace came, and the little girl must enter the palace when she reaches the age of drafting. But she and the Liu family from the same city The son fell in love with each other, and after hearing the decree of entering the palace, he hung a beam in the house. He would rather commit suicide than enter the palace. How can the concubine, as a mother, see her daughter in such pain? When she was helpless with the master, the concubine proposed Let her replace the concubine's daughter into the palace. The concubine saw that the concubine's appearance was lovely, generous and decent, and her behavior was appropriate. Because of her selfish love for her daughter, she couldn't bear to send a white-haired man to a black-haired man. Wrong mind!"

Her forehead touched the ground with a crisp, and she knocked violently a dozen times, sobbing: "The empress dowager understands, the imperial concubine empress understands! All this is the wrong idea of ​​the concubine, and it is all the fault of the concubine! The daughter of the same concubine as the master It has absolutely nothing to do with it!"

When the disaster was approaching, Chen Baoping was already disheartened, but when he heard what his wife said, a ray of warmth suddenly arose in his heart.

His wife is used to domineering and domineering, and she often beats and kicks him with bad words, which often makes him feel that he is just a slave servant in front of her.Unexpectedly, at the critical moment of life and death, a person like her who is greedy for life and afraid of death is willing to give up her life to protect the safety of herself and her daughter. This really moved him so much that his eyes turned red for a moment.

Chen Baoping hastily kowtowed to the queen mother with his wife, and his mouth was full of pleading words for his daughter and wife.

The two knelt on the ground, kowtowed one after another, writhing their bodies one after another, which made the Queen Mother dizzy.

She angrily reprimanded: "This is not the place where you are lingering in Ai's house! Qingzhu, go and call for someone to bring the concubine to Ai's house, and then go to the Qianqing Palace. Wait for the emperor to come down early, and invite her along with you." !"

When Mrs. Chen heard the word 'emperor', she couldn't catch her breath, and immediately turned her back and fell fainted.

In the early morning, the sky in the Forbidden City was bright, and the closed palace gate was slammed hard.

Yuanyuan was fetching water to wait for Zhuo Lan to wash, when she heard the sound she opened the door angrily with sleepiness, saw that Qingzhu and the guards of the inner prison entered in a file, blocking up the courtyard, so she realized that she was afraid and hurriedly shouted Calling Zhuo Lan in the dormitory.

Zhuo Lan just got up, came out in a hurry when her clothes were still disheveled, seeing the battle, her heart tightened.

She frowned slightly, and forced herself to be shocked: "Aunt Qingzhu? You rarely come to this palace, why did you come this time for this battle?"

Qingzhu looked her up and down, and said solemnly: "The Empress Dowager has a decree that you and your servant girl should go to Ningshou Palace immediately."

you?
After hearing this address, Zhuo Lan felt even worse.

This Green Bamboo is the most disciplined and courteous. She used to be the teaching mother of the new servants in the palace for a few years. She would respectfully call the concubines who promised her position "little master", why would she call herself "you" today? ?
She took a few deep breaths, folded her arms unconsciously, and pretended to be shivering from the cold, she said: "It's getting cold, can Auntie allow me to change clothes before going?"

"Clothes?" Qingzhu smiled contemptuously, and said coldly: "The servants can wait, but the queen mother can't afford to wait!" Then he waved his hand and said: "Take him down!"

Before Yuanyuan realized what happened, she saw the guards of the inner eunuch swarming up, pressing their arms and moving out of the palace.

She turned pale with fright, and desperately pushed away the two inner eunuchs who were capturing her, and ran to Zhuo Lan's side to fight with the guards: "You are presumptuous! See clearly! This is the concubine Jia, you"

'Snapped'

Qing Zhu walked behind her with light steps, and before she finished speaking, she slapped her face hard.

"She is still a mother now, and it is unknown whether she will be alive after today. I advise you to be more sensible, and don't make yourself unhappy!"

After Qing Zhuyan and Se Li finished speaking, she turned around and led the guards to escort the two of them out of the palace.

A group of people walked on Mengliang's long street like this, which attracted passers-by palace people to stop and watch and discuss a lot.

(End of this chapter)