Qing Palace - Biography of Concubine Wan

Chapter 41 The Dark Night Poison (3)

In the outer hall, Fulin sat in the middle, Concubine Tong and Concubine Zhen were separated to the left and right, and a court lady brought tea, Concubine Tong took it and handed it to Fulin herself: "Your Majesty, please use tea!" Since the imperial concubine entered the palace, she received Her favor can no longer be compared with the past, the emperor summoned them together today, I am afraid that it is not as simple as watching the sun and the evening, so she is extra careful at the moment.

Fulin glanced at Concubine Tong, took the tea after hesitating for a while, lifted the lid but did not see him drink it, but stared at the tea, his face was so gloomy that it was about to drip, suddenly he put the teacup on the table After the last meal, there was a loud noise, which made everyone's hearts tremble, knowing that the emperor was really furious this time.

"Who is in charge here, come out!" Following his voice, a figure rolled and scrambled, rolling to Fulin's feet like a ball.

"Slave... Slave Zhou... Zhou Guanghai kowtow... kowtow to the emperor!" He was shaking violently, and cold sweat kept dripping from his obese body, like drops of grease congealed on the ground, he never expected I realized that the emperor would attach so much importance to a noble person who is punishing crimes. If he had known earlier, he would not be so negligent, but it is too late to say anything now.

"You are a very good manager!" Fu Lin's expression of laughing back in anger seemed to be very pervasive.

"Slave... the slave is guilty, please the emperor... the emperor to punish!" Zhou Guanghai pleaded guilty inarticulately, shaking like a sieve, he knew that he really caused a big disaster this time, and the emperor would not forgive him lightly. Now I can only ask God to open his eyes and save his little life.

"You don't need to say, I will punish you later, I will ask you first, what is the matter with this soup, and who sent it?"

"Back to the emperor, it was sent by the eunuch Xiao Hezi!" He looked back resentfully, and sure enough, one of the slaves walked out, his legs were trembling constantly while walking, As if about to fall down at any moment: "Young servant...Little Hezi...kowtow to the emperor!"

"Tell me! Did you inject this poison?"

Little Hezi's already pale face became even paler when he heard this, and he kowtowed repeatedly: "I don't have any, this meal was delivered by the imperial dining room, I didn't do anything, I was really wronged , Your Majesty, please spare me!"

"Hmph! You slaves are usually very tricky. Don't you think I don't know? It seems that you won't recruit without torture. Come here, drag the two of them outside and beat them hard until they say Tell the truth!" Fulin's words scared Zhou Guanghai and Xiao Hezi out of their wits, and they collapsed on the ground, not even begging for mercy.

The guards received Fulin's order, with expressionless faces, and violently pushed them down. After a while, there was a miserable howl like a pig being slaughtered outside. It was very shrill and loud at first, and then gradually weakened. After going down, and waiting for a while, the sound completely disappeared.

The guard came to report that the two of them had already been beaten and passed out, and asked for instructions on whether to continue the beating, Fulin frowned, snorted and said, "Keep beating when you wake up, since these two dogs are not If you are willing to recruit, you will beat them until they are dead!"

In the palace, it is very normal for a few slaves to die. The master's subordinates don't have many slaves' lives, let alone the emperor's order this time.

"Wait!" For some unknown reason, the concubine Zhen stood up before Concubine Tong was about to speak. She stopped the guards first, and then she gave a blessing to Fulin, and said softly: "The emperor calms down, please allow your concubine Say something!" Before Fulin could make a statement, Concubine Tong, who had been robbed of the opportunity, glanced at Concubine Zhen and then said to Fulin: "Since Sister Zhen has something to say, why don't you listen to it, Your Majesty, and then talk about it." It’s not too late to deal with it.”

Fulin nodded slightly, as if he agreed, and the concubine said slowly: "Your Majesty, maybe this matter has nothing to do with them, maybe it's all from the imperial dining room, and this imperial dining room is not a forbidden place, there are too many people to go Well, maybe someone poisoned it there, and nobleman Xi is not staying in her own palace, so in this prison, how can there be a slave to test poison for her with a silver medal?

"If the poison was really placed in the imperial dining room, then it would be useless for you to beat them to death today. Besides, sister Xi's narrow escape this time may be due to her previous blessings. So Yichen My concubine's humble opinion, why don't we save their lives as a blessing for sister Xi, what do you think, Your Majesty?"

Fulin rubbed his chin and muttered for a while, before saying: "What Zhen'er said is a little bit reasonable, for your sake, please spare their lives, but the crime of ineffective care must still be punished." Then he told the guards Said: "I will pass on my will to reduce the two of them to eunuchs who have not yet reached the level of rough envoys, and punish them to do hard labor!"

Seeing the guards lead away, Fulin turned his gaze to Concubine Tong, and said coldly: "Concubine Tong! Is this the harem under your rule? How many shady activities are hidden in it? Disappointed!" He swept Zhuo Shang's untouched cup of tea to the ground, and the water and debris fell in front of Concubine Tong.

Seeing that Fulin turned his anger towards her, Concubine Tong didn't care if she would be scratched by the debris on the ground, she knelt down with a "boom!" If such an evil thing happened, everything is the fault of the concubine, so the emperor just conceded the crime! The concubine only begged the emperor not to surrender to the concubine, and the emperor was so angry that even if the concubine died a thousand times or ten thousand times, it would not be able to make up for it Already!" Between the lines, there was concern for Fulin, but he neither begged nor begged for himself.

Fulin didn't expect that under such circumstances, not only did Concubine Tong not defend herself, but she cared about his body, her complexion calmed down, and then she frowned again and said, "Okay, don't keep saying that you are immortal! This time I don’t blame you for what happened, it’s like this in the palace, it’s not your responsibility alone, that’s all, you should get up first if you are cold on the ground! I just don’t understand why there is such a critical moment?”

Concubine Tong and concubine Zhen are both clever people. After thinking about it for a while, they each guessed a bit. Concubine Tong, who has been at a disadvantage since just now, will not make Concubine Zhen stand out again this time. The previous step said: "Your Majesty, will today's incident be related to yesterday's Changyin Pavilion incident?"

"Oh? How do you say this?"

Anticipating that Fulin would ask this question, Concubine Tong raised her spirits and said: "The emperor and his concubines have all witnessed what happened tonight, so there must be no falsehood. Obviously, someone wants to put the nobleman on the night. From this, it can be inferred that this person must have great hatred for Mrs. Xi. But as far as my concubine knows, Sister Xi has always been very popular in the palace and has never had any grudges with others. Many people, including my concubine, Everyone likes her very much.

"The matter of Shu Chang's presence this time, I think it was because Mrs. Xi got confused and lost his mind for a while, and it was not intentional. Your majesty is just and strict, and you don't want to wrong anyone, so you ordered the concubines and others to handle this matter carefully. Complicated people are like carp crossing the river. Not everyone can understand the emperor's painstaking efforts. Some of them will inevitably think that you are intentionally being frank and wanting to let the nobleman go, so he simply comes to poison and harm you. Once Mrs. Xi dies, his goal will naturally be achieved."

(End of this chapter)