Harem for a living

Chapter 71

Jinhuan and Duiyue each held Huiyin's arm and entered the door. The two of them let go, and Huiyin immediately fell to the ground. Chen Manrou looked at Huiyin carefully, and saw that her face was pale and her body was still there. Shivering, I don't know how many needles Jin Huan and the others gave her just now.

Chen Manrou didn't speak, Jinhuan and Duiyue walked behind Chen Manrou and stood silently, but the six pairs of eyes of the three of them were all fixed on Huiyin.Huiyin only raised his head for a glance, then lowered his head in a panic, and hurriedly turned over and knelt on the ground: "Servant... slave..."

Chen Manrou still didn't speak, just looked at her quietly.After about a stick of incense, the drinker trembled even more, and his lips trembled so much that he couldn't speak.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, this servant has no other choice. It was the Imperial Concubine who threatened this servant!" After about a stick of incense, the room was too quiet. More and more frightened, she rushed to Chen Manrou's feet and cried.

Chen Manrou only raised her eyebrows, as if she had received the instruction, she hurriedly said: "Before, the servant girl went to the imperial garden to pick flowers for the empress, and accidentally bumped into the imperial concubine, causing her emerald jade hairpin to fall to the ground and broke. The imperial concubine said that if the slave does not help her with this matter, she will send the slave to the Punishment Department. The emerald jade hairpin was rewarded by the emperor to the imperial concubine. If the slave smashes the imperial gift, it can only be a death penalty... ..."

Chen Manrou sneered: "You think I'm a fool?"

Huiyin was crying vigorously, when he heard this sentence, he almost couldn't hide the surprise on his face, he quickly wiped his face with his sleeve, and shook his head in horror: "I don't dare to lie to the empress, The slave girl knew she was wrong, and begged the empress to spare the slave girl's life!"

"There is a maid named Yun Shu in Concubine Shu's Palace, who is the maid next to Concubine Shu. Do you really think that no one knows about the fact that you met Yun Shu in Jiangxuexuan three days ago?" Chen Manrou asked softly , with a smile on the corner of his lips, which was originally very sweet, but in the eyes of Symposium, it is not the same thing.In her eyes now, Chen Manrou was almost equated with the devil.

"You want to say that you are just having a gathering with your fellow countrymen?" Chen Manrou raised the corners of her mouth even more, and her smile became brighter.This ability to drink is well hidden. On the surface, she and the little girl in Concubine Yang's Jingren Palace are the little sisters who entered the palace together, but secretly, they are subordinates to the people in Concubine Shu's palace.

She also said before that Wei Le is Concubine Shu's person. After all, Wei Le's cousins ​​from the same village work in Concubine Shu's palace.However, I didn't expect that this symposium was the deepest hidden one.

Concubine Shu's patience is really good. When she was promoted, she didn't do anything.Could it be that this time Concubine Hu is pregnant, the situation is different?In addition, the last time I was infertile and was promoted, so I also framed him by the way?
"You have a good plan. There is a little sister in the Palace of Compassion, a little sister in the Palace of Ci'an, and a little sister in the Palace of Jingren. After being arrested, can you go to these three palaces at will? Have you pleaded guilty?"

Chen Manrou snorted coldly: "It goes without saying that the Empress Dowager Ci'an will never hurt her grandson. If the Empress Dowager Ci'an makes a move, she will definitely not let Concubine Hu have a chance to turn around. As soon as you came in just now, you will First bite Concubine Yang Gui, tell me, if I send you to Jingren Palace, what will happen to you?"

Huiyin's face paled in an instant, she had been in the palace for several years, so naturally she was very aware of Concubine Yang's methods.Regardless of Concubine Yang's softness, she has always been a gentle, kind and considerate woman in front of the emperor, but the people who were sent to the Punishment Department by Concubine Yang every year never came out again.

And, once she was sent, the others...

"Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, this servant has no intention of harming Your Majesty..." Huiyin wanted to struggle again, but Chen Manrou stood up and gave her a condescending look: "It doesn't matter if you don't say anything, I don't really want to hear it. Huan, you go and call Chief Manager Ming, send her to Concubine Yang, and say that this lowly servant girl does not know what to do, and that Concubine Yang ordered her to slander the palace."

Jin Huan responded, turned around and was about to go out.Chen Manrou bent down and looked at Huiyin and smiled: "You probably don't know, just now I sent someone to send Liu Guang back to the Miscellaneous Department. I'm actually a little distressed. It's too much to send two people a day." This has ruined my reputation. Originally, I was thinking that if you confess honestly, I will demote you to a third-class court lady. At least I will leave it for a while until the limelight of this matter passes. Unexpectedly , but you don't have such a blessing, it seems that I have no choice but to sacrifice my own reputation."

After finishing speaking, Chen Manrou straightened her waist and sighed: "Fortunately, with Concubine Hu standing in front of her, my reputation won't go anywhere even if it is bad. Isn't it just a lax rule? I'm the only one, and I'm a family member It's normal for such a delicate girl not to know how to be a housekeeper."

Only the queen is the master of the palace, only the queen can manage the harem in an orderly manner, the queen can have a good name, and the queen can be dignified and generous to manage family affairs.She is not a queen, she just ruined her reputation once, and there will always be a day in the future when it can be redeemed.

Huiyin looked at Chen Manrou in horror, and when he heard footsteps coming from the door, he immediately threw himself in front of Chen Manrou and hugged Chen Manrou's thigh: "Mother, my servant said, my servant said, I beg my mother to spare my life!"

Chen Manrou looked up at Jinhuan who entered the door. She and Manager Ming were standing at the door, waiting for her instructions.

Chen Manrou thought for a while, kicked Huiyin's arm, and then slowly returned to the chair and sat down: "Then just tell me, I am satisfied with what I said, and I will give you a way out. If I don't If you are satisfied, go and serve Concubine Yang."

"Yes, I will tell you everything." Huiyin hurriedly crawled to Chen Manrou, wiped away tears and said, "When I first entered the palace, I was serving Song Taijieyu. Because I broke Song Taijieyu's favorite teacup, she was called by Song Taijie. Yu was punished with a stick, and she was about to be beaten to death, but the concubine Shu passed by and rescued the servant girl, so the servant girl obeyed the concubine Shu's order and led you to the Hall of Worship."

Chen Manrou glanced at Huiyin, then turned her head to Manager Ming and said: "Put her in the firewood room first, and after a few days, the matter with Concubine Hu has calmed down, and I will make another plan." Symposium: "In the next few days, you'd better give me some peace. If anything happens again, I will send you to Jingren Palace immediately."

Manager Ming responded, and called the two rough envoys to come over, and dragged the drink away.Huiyin didn't dare to say a word, but let the two women drag her down.

Chen Manrou got up and walked a few steps in the room. At first, she guessed that it was Concubine Shu, but after the meeting drink explained, she felt that the process seemed a little too simple.Concubine Shu was a smart person when she was in the residence, and never participated in the fight between the queen and the noble concubine.

After entering the palace, a second prince was born behind the queen.If something happens to the crown prince in the future, her son will become the eldest son...

However, she didn't do anything to Ma Jieyu's child before, so why did she suddenly attack Concubine Hu now?Could it be that Ma Jieyu was too lucky before?Or, Concubine Yang Gui was too powerful to protect Ma Jieyu?
It is certain that Concubine Shu finds herself not pleasing to the eye, and it is very possible that Concubine Shu will hate her for what Concubine Hu did at the hands of Concubine Shu's second prince.Therefore, a trick to take down both himself and Concubine Hu is indeed killing two birds with one stone.

But what did Concubine Yang do?Just went to the theater?
"Mother, is it possible that the imperial concubine is an oriole?" Jin Huan and Xiangyue murmured together for a while, then leaned over to Chen Manrou and said, Chen Manrou glanced at the two of them and nodded.

"If Concubine Shu's plan succeeds, and Concubine Shu will tell about Concubine Shu's crimes in the past, then Concubine Shu will definitely be in trouble, and maybe the second prince will be taken away by then. If Concubine Shu If your plan fails, the imperial concubine can give you a push."

Jin Huan said in a low voice, the corners of Chen Manrou's mouth twitched, and she carefully analyzed Concubine Yang's words and deeds today, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that she really wanted to add fuel to the fire.Could it be that she really intends to be an oriole herself?

Feeling that Concubine Yang's move was a big loss, Chen Manrou didn't think about it anymore. Anyway, she figured out this matter herself. Whether the person at the end is Concubine Shu is no longer important to her.After all, she can't interrogate Concubine Shu's maid, so this matter has nothing to do with her.

After heaving a sigh of relief, Chen Manrou felt her stomach growling, and then remembered that it was past lunch time, so she hurriedly asked Xiangyue to prepare lunch.After eating, Chen Manrou began to think about how to make the emperor feel that she was framed.

Concubine Hu is very favored now. Although judging by the emperor's attitude, half of this favor is fake, but if the emperor twitches his head and listens to Concubine Hu's pillow talk, then even if he is innocent, he must Bad luck.

Before Chen Manrou could come up with a specific countermeasure, Xiao Xizi and Xiao Lezi came back.The two of them went to find out the news, and when they come back now, it is very likely that they have already found out something.

Sure enough, Xiao Xizi laughed as soon as she entered the door: "Your Majesty, Concubine Hu is very unlucky this time."

"Your Majesty, the dead maid came out of the Ye Ting Palace and had no master. However, I continued to inquire. Some time ago, the little palace maid showed off to others that she would be able to leave the Ye Ting Palace after a while." The palace came out. The little girl thought, maybe someone promised her something."

Yeting Palace is equivalent to a cold palace, and the maids and eunuchs in it have had a relatively hard life.A second-class maid who had the opportunity to come out of Yeting Palace would definitely be happy to frame a concubine, but it was just a matter of effort.

However, since the person behind that was secretly contacting the maid, and the maid is dead now, there is no way to ask who is behind it.

"The Empress called a lot of people this morning to ask about the situation of going out of the palace during this period of time. No one from Zhongcui Palace has been out in the past half a year, and no one from the Chen family has come, so we are all in a hurry. The suspicion of Zhong Cui Gong has been erased." Xiao Lezi also said with a smile.

The last time Chen Manrou brought that green hairpin was in June, and Mrs. Chen actually went to the border in April. Since then, no one from the Chen family has entered the palace, and Chen Manrou has not sent anyone out. Pass.This is easy to find out.

"There are three young eunuchs at Concubine Yang's side, two court ladies have left the palace, and two young eunuchs have been out of the palace at Concubine Shu's side. Only the people at Concubine Yang's side have explained clearly the distance they traveled and what they did after going out. , There is also a little eunuch on Concubine Shu's side who said that it is not right, and now I can only send people out to find out which gold shop has hit the green hairpin to determine who planned this conspiracy."

Butterfly hairpins with tangled branches and Impatiens are very common. Almost every gold shop can make them, and even five or six of them can be made a month.But making green hairpins is not easy to do. Catch a live kingfisher and immediately make some green hairpins. This is not something that ordinary gold shops can make.

Chen Manrou leaned on the cushion and let out a breath. Now, Concubine Shu's crime can be confirmed.

However, why did Concubine Shu fail to upgrade last time?

(End of this chapter)