Empress Xiao Zhaoren in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 53

Wei Xi made a sad face, and shouted ghostly: "Empress! This slave wanted to hide the past for you, but I was arrested just now. Not only did you not intercede for this slave, but you even tried to kill this slave. Feeling chilling!" At this point, he suddenly kowtowed several times to Kangxi, and when he raised his head again, his face was covered with blood: "Your Majesty, there is nothing you can do about this servant! The queen empress threatens this servant. She will let the slaves eat and walk around, and the slaves are forced to do things as a last resort..."

Rong Huang couldn't help secretly praising, this Wei Xi really deserves to be Concubine Rong's slave, he really knows how to make up nonsense.Judging the situation and taking a look back, I have to say that Wei Xi is indeed a talent in scheming.

Seeing this, Wei Zhu, Wei Xi's older brother, quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Although Wei Xi was forced by the empress, he committed a heinous crime. I beg the emperor to punish him!" On Sheli's head, this Wei Zhu is not simple.

It is certainly a good thing to be able to pull Hesheli into the water, but Rong Huang's purpose today is not to suppress a useless queen at all, but to teach this cruel concubine Rong a good lesson!
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Hesheli almost believed Concubine Rong's words, thinking that it was Rong Huang's design to frame them.Unexpectedly, Wei Xi suddenly confessed to someone who had nothing to do with her, making this matter confusing.For a moment, Hesheli couldn't figure out who was trying to drag her into bad luck, so he could only stare at Wei Xi bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, you must not listen to this slave's nonsense, my concubine never threatened him at all. Ah! He must have been bribed to bite people like a mad dog!"

Rong Huang looked at it coldly, today's scene was full of twists and turns, shocking and interesting, but it was getting late, and she had seen enough.It's all - it's time to end.

She made a decisive decision, took a step forward, and said in a deep voice: "The empress's words are not unreasonable, and my concubine also feels that this slave is not telling the truth. If this is the case, why don't you hit another thirty boards—"

As soon as this statement came out, not only Concubine Rongrong and Hesheli, but even Xuan Ye looked at Rong Huang strangely.

Seeing this, Rong Huang explained unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, it's not that the concubine is cruel, it's just that the concubine is now in charge of the harem on her behalf, and she must not be soft-hearted when dealing with such unreasonable slaves, otherwise, wouldn't the harem be troubled by those who have a heart? Is there a miasma?" She deliberately glanced at the queen, and sighed: "He first slandered his concubines, and then poured dirty water on the empress, it's really hateful!"

In order to protect himself at this time, Hesheli would of course choose to go along with it: "Your Majesty, what Concubine Zhao said is true! Someone, drag him out and give him another [-] blows!"

Concubine Rong wanted to say, "Could it be that Concubine Zhao is willing to force Wei Xi to admit that she was ordered by her concubine"?But when the words came to her lips, she swallowed them back.It's better for her to keep silent at this time, Wei Xi is just an eunuch, his body is not much stronger, and he doesn't know if he will be able to hold on to another [-] boards.It would be clean if she died, lest the emperor follow Wei Xi to find out her intelligence network.And as long as Wei Xi is beaten to death by Concubine Zhao and the Queen, the Emperor will not be able to convict her.

And Kangxi had always listened to Rong Huang's opinion, seeing that Rong Huang had said so, he didn't express his opinion.

For some reason, Nalan suddenly raised his head and glanced at Rong Huang inadvertently.But he quickly turned his gaze away with a calm expression on his face.Except for Rong Huang, no one noticed his gaze.

She was slightly taken aback, and a hint of confusion instantly came to her mind - what kind of eyes did Rong Ruo have?It's not the sadness for her entering the palace as a concubine, the contempt for her beating the palace people, or the anxiety to see her in danger, but sympathy, deep sympathy.

Why is he looking at her like this?She is the favorite concubine of the emperor, the one and only ruler in the palace, how could he show sympathy to her?

This is incredible.

Rong Huang pondered for a long time but couldn't figure out why.She didn't regain her composure until Wei Xi, who was beaten to the ground, was dragged in again.Hesheli said anxiously: "Slave dog, you should quickly confess who your master is!"

Everyone looked at him coldly, this Wei Xi had already been beaten to death, and he was only half alive.Normally, what he said at this time would not be false... For a moment, everyone looked at him with breathless concentration, and Concubine Rong raised her heart to her throat, staring at Wei Xi without blinking.

Seeing that the timing was right, Rong Huang finally stepped forward and made up his mind to use his power on Wei Xi: "Wei Xi, you are the eyeliner that Concubine Rong placed next to the emperor, aren't you?"

Wei Xi nodded slowly but firmly.

Concubine Rong's expression changed drastically immediately, before she had time to refute, Rong Huang continued to ask: "You went to Yikun Palace today, didn't you?"

Wei Xi nodded again.

Rong Huang got a satisfactory answer, turned around and bowed to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, the truth has been revealed."

She intentionally asked Wei Xi two facts, and cleverly avoided the fact that Rong Huang had set Concubine Rong up, thus confusing everyone's attention. Based on these two sentences alone, she concluded that Wei Xi was ordered by Concubine Rong to frame Concubine Zhao .

And she deliberately hit Wei Xi twice first, in order to make Wei Xi's confession more real.If this matter had been put in the past, Rong Huang would have been impatient, and could not wait to use his supernatural power on Wei Xi.But after the incident with Musk in the Palace of Compassion, Rong Huang really felt Xuan Ye's suspicion.If Wei Xi confessed quickly, Xuan Ye would be the first to suspect that Wei Xi was bribed by Rong Huang.

When she was confronting the queen in the Changchun Palace, she used a supernatural power on the queen's court lady Qianyi, which made Qianyi change her mind and made the queen bad luck.The emperor hated Hesheli, so he punished her without hesitation.But things are different for Concubine Rong.Concubine Rong is the eldest brother's biological mother after all, and she has been favored for a long time before, I am afraid that the emperor also has some feelings for her.So Rong Huang had to act cautiously and choose the most believable time for Wei Xi to tell the truth.

Therefore, although the ability is her secret weapon, once it is not used properly or used in the wrong situation, it is very likely to turn into a murder weapon that kills her.

In this deep palace, she can only win in danger and seek wealth and safety only by being careful every step of the way.

At this point in the battle, she has already won the battle thoroughly!However, it's not that simple.She glanced at the Hesheli family who was obviously stunned, and then looked at the hesitant Kangxi, wondering: "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance, and it involves the elder brother's biological mother and the empress empress. Dare to make a judgment, and ask the emperor to return the innocence of my concubine..."

She deliberately referred to Concubine Rong as the eldest brother's biological mother, not to soften Kangxi's heart.She bit her lip and looked at Xuan Ye with very soft eyes, as if she was thinking of him: "But... Poor elder brother is still so young, if the emperor severely punishes Concubine Rong, I am afraid that elder brother will not people take care of."

Concubine Rong knew that she had completely lost today when Wei Xi defected.But Rong Huang's words suddenly reminded her, yes, so what if she made a big mistake?She is the biological mother of the eldest son of the emperor!The emperor now only has Chengrui as an only seedling. If the empress can't give birth to a son, the eldest son is likely to be the future heir!Once Chengrui grows up in the future and learns that his biological mother was killed by his Huang Ama, there is a high possibility that a estrangement will develop between father and son!
Thinking of this, Concubine Rong hurriedly stepped forward on her knees, looked at Kangxi with tears in her eyes and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know why Wei Xi, a slave, slanders my concubine like this—but anyway, please look at it for the sake of elder brother." Let the courtiers and concubines live! Eldest brother is still young, not yet one year old..."

"Shut up!" Kangxi interrupted her suddenly: "You still have the face to stand in front of me for Eldest Brother? Eldest Brother is really unfortunate, how could there be such a jealous and vicious mother like you? I am only afraid of my Your son will be spoiled by you!" He turned his eyes to look at Rong Huang, and said slowly: "It happens that Concubine Zhao has no heirs yet, so take Cheng Rui to Yikun Palace!"

Concubine Rong opened her eyes wide and said in disbelief: "Your Majesty, that is the concubine's own son. How could he take him to an outsider's palace to raise him? Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Rong Huang had expected that Kangxi would come up with such a bad idea.Perhaps Xuan Ye and Xiao Zhuang, the grandparents, had already made up their minds to make Rong Huang childless. By that time, Rong Huang would not be able to give birth for several years, so they just put a little elder brother for her to adopt.But Cheng Rui was a hot potato, Rong Huang didn't want to take it at all.

You must know that Chengrui is born with a deficiency, so he can't live a few years at all.Even if Rong Huang took great pains to take care of him, when Cheng Rui died, both Xiao Zhuang and Xuan Ye would be dissatisfied with her, and Concubine Rong would hate her even more.And she still plans to have her own child, why put other people's children in front of her?

So Rong Huang pretended to be embarrassed and muttered: "Your Majesty... I'm afraid this is not appropriate. Now the Empress Empress has no heirs under her knees, she is the eldest brother's aunt, and it is justified to raise the eldest brother. What's more, the concubine has the palace There are so many things to do, I'm afraid I won't be able to devote myself to taking care of the prince."

Speaking of this, she deliberately paused, glanced at Concubine Rong with lingering fear, and lowered her voice: "Besides, Concubine Rong will not succeed in framing the concubine this time, I'm afraid I will hate the concubine to death... Once the elder brother There are going to be ups and downs with the concubines, if they don't keep them all, there will be rumors spreading, that would be bad for everyone... but the Empress Empress has always been close to Concubine Rong, so it's perfect for her to take care of Eldest Brother."

(End of this chapter)