The Life of the Concubine of the System

Chapter 37

"Who are you?"

"The servant girl is Huang Ying, the daughter of the personal palace who is serving Empress An Xiuyuan."

It turned out that these words were said by An Xiuyuan's eldest maid Huang Ying who was standing beside her.

When the Empress heard Huang Ying's words, she quickly called Huang Ying out to speak, and told the story of An Xiuyuan's situation carefully, without missing anything.

Huang Ying is just a court lady, and she has never been stared at by so many masters and empresses before. She suddenly became the focus of everyone's eyes, her legs were a little weak, and her voice was a little trembling, but she still slowly told the whole story. come out.

"The empress was walking in front at that time, admiring the scenery with the servants. Unexpectedly, a black cat jumped out of the bushes on one side." Speaking of this, the concubines present all exclaimed.Even the empress who was originally sitting at the top seemed surprised.

"Black cat? Where did the black cat come from in this palace? Cen Xiuyi, have you ever seen a black cat appear?"

Huang Ying heard the Empress Doubt, and hurriedly knelt down and shouted: "Empress, this servant is not lying. It is true that a black cat appeared and startled Empress Xiuyuan's footsteps, otherwise our empress would not have slipped. "

The Queen's voice stern.

"Did I ever ask you to talk?"

Huang Ying, who was kneeling on the ground, trembled, and pleaded guilty loudly on the ground.

Cen Xiuyi on the side seemed to be carefully recalling the scene at that time. Seeing this, the queen asked, "Cen Xiuyi, have you ever seen the small road in the Royal Garden suddenly pop out like the maid An Xiuyuan said? A black cat?"

"Returning to your empress, this black cat concubine has never seen it, and I can't tell whether there are concubines here. When An Xiuyuan left, the concubine and all the younger sisters were enjoying the scenery and laughing. Possibly. The Empress can ask Sister Liu and Sister Dong if they have seen it before."

Cen Xiuyi's words were tactful, not only made herself clear, but also did not say whether there is such a thing as a black cat or not.

The queen looked at the concubines Liu Cairen and Dong Baolin who were sitting in the back.

When Liu Cairen and Dong Baolin heard Cen Xiuyi mention their names, they also got up to answer.

Liu Cairen seemed eager to answer, and spoke hastily before Dong Baolin.

"As far as the emperor and empress are concerned, the concubines have never seen any black cats. They only saw that An Xiuyuan accidentally fell."

Dong Baolin went on to reply: "In the words of the emperor and empress, my concubine is sitting with sister Liu. The concubine has never seen a black cat jumping out of the roadside. But the concubine has not seen what happened to the empress An Xiuyuan." Just fell."

The words of Dong Baolin and Liu Cairen seem to be consistent, but when one thinks about them carefully, the words of these two people seem to be twisted.

This Liu Cairen and Dong Baolin were sitting together, neither of them saw a black cat jumping out on the side of the road. An Xiuyuan's road was connected.But Liu Cairen said that when she saw An Xiuyuan, she fell down by herself, while Dong Baolin on the side said that she didn't see it.

Emperor Yongye heard the words of the two, and raised his head to glance at the two speaking concubines.And the empress beside her obviously also heard the contradictions in the words of these two people.

"Dong Baolin, you are saying it again."

Dong Baolin's expression was innocent, as if he didn't understand why the empress asked him to say it again, blinked his eyes, and said it again.

"Then why did you make an appointment to go to the imperial garden to enjoy the flowers today?"

Cen Xiuyi's reaction was indifferent: "When you go back to your mother, the concubines didn't make an appointment. It's just that they met in the imperial garden by chance and enjoyed the flowers together."

Dong Baolin's voice was clear, and he quickly told the whole story: "Sister Liu asked my concubine to come out to enjoy the flowers this morning, saying that the weather is fine and come out to relax. The concubine also wanted to come out to enjoy the scenery, so I went with Sister Liu came out. Unexpectedly, I happened to meet Sister Cen and several younger sisters in the pavilion of the Imperial Garden. Everyone began to enjoy the flowers together."

"I didn't expect that after watching for a while, I saw that Sister An also came to the Royal Garden. Sister An said that she would go out for a walk while the weather was good. But Sister An didn't sit down much, said a few words, and then left."

"Later, when the concubines were joking together, they heard a scream."

Speaking of this, the remaining concubines who hadn't spoken also came out to echo Dong Baolin's words.

Concubine Shu, who had been silent all this time, started to attack:
"Liu Cairen, did you just say that you saw An Xiuyuan fall by herself?"

Liu Cairen gritted his teeth and said yes.

Concubine Shu sneered: "Then why didn't Dong Baolin who was sitting with you see it? I want to hear from you what's going on."

The empress glanced at Concubine Shu who was questioning Liu Cairen. Although she didn't say anything and let Concubine Shu continue to ask, she felt a little disgusted with Concubine Shu's actions in her heart.

Liu Cairen seemed to be a little stumped by Concubine Shu's words, and cast a somewhat embarrassed look at Cen Xiuyi.When Cen Xiuyi saw Liu Cairen looking towards her, she pretended not to see it, watching her nose, nose, and heart.

Concubine Shu saw Liu Cairen's action, and she also glanced at Cen Xiuyi, who was unresponsive.

Suddenly, an exclamation interrupted the weird atmosphere in Jinxiu Palace.

Everyone looked towards the place where the sound came from, only to see Dong Baolin covering his mouth, as if he was very surprised.

Concubine Shu looked at Dong Baolin impatiently.

Empress Defei hasn't said anything since she came in, but at this moment she said: "Dong Baolin, what did you remember?"

Dong Baolin bowed down and pleaded guilty.

"Returning to the emperor, the empress and all the ladies, the concubine just suddenly remembered that the concubine seemed to have seen Sister Liu feeding a little black cat in the palace."

Dong Baolin's words seemed to have solved the mystery of An Xiuyuan's fall.

It seems that the one who hurt An Xiuyuan and almost died is Liu Cairen.

It's just that Concubine Shu doesn't believe that such a small talent can do it.

At this time, the queen asked the crime: "Liu Cairen, have you ever fed a black cat like Dong Baolin said?"

Liu Cairen's face was pale, and he was lying on the ground arguing loudly.

The Empress just wanted to question her.Concubine Shu spoke first.Concubine Shu is not an idiot, so she naturally knows what's tricky, and there must be someone behind Liu Cairen.Otherwise, how could such a small talent accomplish this?

"Liu Cairen, where did you get this black cat?" Concubine Shu snapped.

Seeing this, the queen glanced at the frowning emperor, and her dislike for Concubine Shu intensified in her heart, but due to her always magnanimous image, she only coughed a few times to signal.

Concubine Shu continued to ask questions as if she was unconscious.She also knew that her behavior was a little overstepped, but if the person who caused An Xiuyuan didn't find out, how could she rest assured of the child in her belly.

Liu Cairen looked pitifully lying on the ground, defending himself: "Madam, my concubine has been wronged. That black cat was just seen by my concubine by chance. The concubine feeds it just to see how pitiful it is. "

Concubine Shu didn't listen to Liu Cairen's argument, and pressed her every step of the way.

"Then how did you know that An Xiuyuan went to the Royal Garden today?"

"It's Huang Li. It's Huang Li who has been encouraging Empress Xiuyuan to come out for a walk today. Concubine Shu, you have to make decisions for Empress Xiuyuan."

At this time, Huang Ying, who had been kneeling, pointed her finger at Huang Ying standing behind.

Huang Li's legs gave way, and she knelt down, shouting that she was wronged.

Concubine Shu glanced at Huang Li, but she was a little suspicious in her heart. This Huang Li knew that she was always very timid. Could it be that such a person would dare to betray the master.

The empress empress in the seat spoke out at this time.

"Huang Li? You encouraged An Xiuyuan to go out for a walk today. Who instructed you?"

Oriole was scared out of her wits long ago, so she couldn't justify herself.He just kept lying on the ground and crying miserably.

Huang Ying looked at Huang Ying's actions with hatred in her eyes.

"Reporting to the emperor and the empress, I have seen Huang Li and the maids in Liu Cairen's palace whispering before, and they were sneaky and dared not let others see them. At that time, I still wondered what they were doing. Until now Only then did I realize that they were planning to murder Empress Xiuyuan. Empress, you must make the decision for us, Empress Xiuyuan."

When Liu Cairen heard that Huang Ying had bitten the oriole out, he collapsed on the ground and dared not move.

When everyone saw this, there was still something they didn't understand.This Liu Cairen is definitely inseparable from this matter.

With her usual magnanimity, the Empress demoted Liu Cairen from a fifth-rank talented person to a sixth-rank Cainv, and also fined Liu Cainv half a year's salary as a punishment.As for the oriole, it was dead.

No matter what everyone thinks in their hearts, on the surface they all look like "the empress is generous".

Afterwards, the empress went to see An Xiuyuan in the inner room of Jinxiuxuan.The emperor also specifically asked someone to send An Xiuyuan back to his palace.The uninvited guests from Jinxiu Pavilion finally finished, and Yin Ruxue immediately calmed down.But when I think of other people lying in my bed, I feel extremely depressed.

Although the palace people in the inner room had made the beds long ago, Yueya had carefully smoked the incense to dissipate the smell of medicine and blood.But Yin Ruxue still felt panicked, so she asked people to clean up the side hall to rest.

"Things went well today, but you are really willing." A slightly mocking voice sounded.

"People are not for themselves, heaven and earth will destroy. Am I wrong?" There was no hint of anger in the other woman's voice.

"Liu Cairen was demoted to Liu Cainv, Concubine Rong lost face, the Empress lost a servant to command, and Concubine Shu also caused the empress' displeasure. And you and I have achieved our respective goals." The voice of the woman being ridiculed proud. "Your Majesty, you can count on one stroke, don't you?"

The other woman laughed too.

"That's true. I don't want the child to be tied to the wolf."

(End of this chapter)