Qing Palace - Biography of Concubine Wan

Chapter 67 Life Is Like Chess (5)

Shuiyin didn't care about avoiding suspicion, walked up to her, held her hand, and borrowed the confidence to support her: "Rixi don't be afraid, there is a sister here to support you, don't be afraid!"

Rixi turned her head to look at her, her expression gradually calmed down, she bit her blood-red lips and nodded vigorously towards Shuiyin, then summoned up her courage and said: "Zhiyi...I haven't seen her since last night, I also sent someone to look for her this morning, but they couldn't find her."

This kind of explanation is not convincing at all, and the others still looked skeptical. Rixi suddenly became anxious, and without thinking, she walked up to Fulin and grabbed his sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, trust me, I don't." Lie to you, I never lied to you, you know!"

Fulin lowered his head and stared at those slender hands, then slowly moved up, and finally fixed on Rixi's face that was crying like pear blossoms with rain, his eyes were full of complicated emotions: "I don't know whether I should believe you or not. !"

He really didn't know whether to believe it or not, and slowly pulled his hand away, Rixi's hand just stopped in the air, cold in the wind, embarrassing and heartbreaking, Rixi's tears flowed even more fiercely, she bit down tightly Lips refused to let herself cry out, that pitiful appearance aroused the sympathy of many people, and everyone's original suspicions began to waver, including the queen, she was about to say a few words for Rixi when suddenly a voice came from her ear. There was a light cough, and she followed the sound, the Empress Dowager was looking at her, as soon as she met her gaze, she immediately swallowed the words that were already on the tip of her tongue.

Concubine Tong saw that something was wrong, and she didn't know what to do, so when she left last night, she had told her that she must try to follow the day and night, why she didn't see him today.The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she felt, fearing that something unexpected would happen again, she stepped forward and said, "Since Concubine Chun, you said that you did not do anything wrong, why do you want to hide your knowledge? Is it really you who killed the imperial concubine?!" She said the last sentence quickly and heavily, as if she had decided that Rixi was the murderer

"You...you're talking nonsense!" Ri Xi retorted angrily, but she didn't know what else to say.

Concubine Tong walked around her twice slowly, and said with a smile that was not a smile: "If Concubine Chun is not afraid, how about letting us search your palace, so that no one will be wronged, and no one will be misplaced. I don't know what you want, Concubine Chun?" In the current situation, Rixi seemed to be eaten to death by Concubine Tong.

"Go to Yongshou Palace!" Without waiting for Rixi's promise, Fulin stood up and flicked his sleeves to go out, his voice was cold and stiff, the emperor left, and the others naturally followed quickly.

At this time, the morning light is getting brighter, the spring breeze is warm, and the young leaves that have just sprouted, as well as the rocks, and the palace are all shrouded in a layer of light golden smoke. The originally magnificent and solemn Forbidden City now has a little more aura.

It's a pity that few people can calm down to appreciate such a beautiful scenery. The hasty steps, the endless sound of footsteps, the thick-soled dragon boots of the emperor, the flowerpot-soled shoes of the concubines, and the flat shoes of the eunuchs, And the guard's heavy boots.

With the strong wind all the way, Fulin stepped into the place where Rixi lived in Yongshou Palace, that is, Zhaoyunxuan located to the east of the main hall. The emperor and queen mother panicked and knelt on the ground to pay their respects one by one.

Fulin waved his hand and said to the guard behind him, "Search!"

Following his order, the guards entered the various palaces to search, including Rixi's bedroom, but after a round, the guards reported that they could not find them. Now Concubine Tong was a little panicked, her eyes rolled, and then Fulin said: "Your Majesty, why don't you ask the guards to search the entire Yongshou Palace, so as not to miss anything, and if there are none, I'd better return Concubine Chun's innocence!"

Xiaozhuang also understood what she heard, she glanced at Concubine Tong and said nothing, Fulin had already agreed to Concubine Tong's request and asked the guards to search the entire palace, but the result was that Concubine Tong My heart sank to the bottom.

hateful!Is it going to fall short like last time again this time!Concubine Tong gritted her silver teeth with hatred, Rixi's face was distorted and deformed in her eyes full of anger, if eyes could kill, Rixi would have died countless times.

Since the Yongshou Palace has never hidden any knowledge, then Rixi has not lied.After getting this answer, Fulin felt a little relieved in his heart. To be honest, he didn't want Rixi to be the murderer. If so, he would have misjudged and believed in the wrong person, and the blow would be even deeper.

Just when Fulin didn't know what to do next, Li Quan, who had been following behind, suddenly stood up, kowtowed in front of Fulin and said, "Your Majesty, I have something that I don't know whether I should say or not."

Fulin, who had always been cold-faced, broke out a weird smile at this moment, which made people feel terrified. He lowered his head and stared at Li Quandao: "Are you trying to cheat on me? Tell me all the bullshit! If you dare to hesitate again, you will be chopped up and fed to the dogs!"

Although he kept laughing when he was talking, there was no trace of laughter in those eyes. Li Quan didn't want to annoy Fulin, so he hurriedly said, "Go back to the emperor, I also saw what Zhang Wang said last night. The concubine Chun and Zhiyi, but only saw a back, and then when the servant passed by Xianfu Palace, he saw Miss Zhiyi entered Xianfu Palace together with the figure who was identified as Concubine Chun, And never came out again, the servant knows that he should not spy on the master's whereabouts privately, but the servant did not mean it, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"You! What nonsense are you talking about?!" The blood on Concubine Tong's face faded away. How could she be seen by Li Quan when she was so secretive and careful in doing these things, and even if he really saw it, what he said at the moment It's not entirely true, Zhiyi didn't enter Xianfu Palace with her at that time, they were punished at the gate of the palace!It was also thanks to her being so calm that she didn't show any guilty expression under the gaze of everyone.

After staring at Concubine Tong for a while, Fulin said to Li Quan: "Why didn't you say such an important matter just now?"

Li Quan took a sneak peek at Fulin carefully and replied: "This slave deserves to die. I am greedy for life and afraid of death. I am afraid that telling this matter will bring disaster to myself, so I have never dared to tell the truth!"

Concubine Tong sneered when she heard the words: "Since you are afraid of death, why are you saying it now? According to this palace, someone ordered you to say that from behind!" When she said this, she deliberately looked in the direction where Sun Xi was, and did not say anything. The undisguised chill made Rixi shrink back a little to Shui Yin's side.

One is a powerful noble concubine, and the other is a simple and innocent concubine who has just entered the palace. It is conceivable which one the hearts of the people are more inclined to.

With just a little effort, the situation on the field changed drastically. Accompanied by the Queen, the Empress Dowager walked between Concubine Tong and Fulin, and said in her usual quiet voice: "Yes or no, just search I see, this is what you said, Concubine Tong, since Concubine Chun has searched here to confirm if there is any, then we might as well go to Concubine Tong to have a look, Concubine Tong, do you have any opinions?"

Although Xiao Zhuang was asking Concubine Tong, his eyes were not on her, obviously this was just a more polite order, in order to show her innocence, how could Concubine Tong refuse to obey, she forcefully smiled and said: "Of course my concubine has no objection! "

In fact, she didn't hide her knowledge in the palace, so she wouldn't be afraid of them searching for it. What she was afraid of was another thing. There was an imperial physician in the entourage, and if she didn't have time to hide things properly in the future, it was very likely. She will be found out, and she can't think of any way at this moment, so she can only bite the bullet and go, praying for God's blessing in her heart all the way, and don't let people see it.

As for Zhiyi, there is a high probability that she was discovered by Concubine Chun and removed. This woman... It seems that she has underestimated her again, Li Quan... He has been working in the palace for almost ten years. He would speak for Rixi, and even tell lies for her, could it be that he was bought by her?She didn't know how many tricks this woman had. Concubine Tong felt a sense of panic that she had rarely seen in the palace for many years. The feeling of being unable to control things was really uncomfortable!
No matter what she thought in her heart, she had a calm look on her face.

Xianfu Palace used to be Fulin's most frequent place for a long time. Today he came again, but it was different from the past. The main hall, side hall, Nuan Pavilion, bedroom... the guards searched one by one.

(End of this chapter)