Harem Empress

Chapter 26: Behind the Scenes ([-])

I saw the panting Gao Yuan running in front of me, with a thick thin layer of sweat oozing from his forehead, and from time to time he wiped the sweat off his head with his hands. Said: "The slave pays his respects to Empress Danpin. The empress is auspicious. The emperor urgently ordered the empress to go to the Palace of Compassion."

When the originally elegant smiling face heard that he was going to the Palace of Compassion, the smile disappeared immediately, but a faint haze was cast on his face. What are you going to do in the Palace of Compassion?I'm walking fast along the way, without any delay. Could it be that the Queen Mother's condition is getting serious again, or something happened in the palace again, but the accident won't alarm me!It's still an urgent order. It seems that this trip is more ominous than good, so we have to be careful.

I don't know if it's because I walked too fast, but I have already arrived at the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and I gently lift my foot into the main hall. The sandalwood burning in the incense burner in the main hall wafts waves of quiet fragrance, and I suddenly feel a tense atmosphere Coming towards her face, covering the faint fragrance, the queen mother, who was dressed in a noble navy blue brocade skirt and wore a hollowed-out flying phoenix golden step, was sitting on top of the red sandalwood phoenix with a serious face. , and Emperor Jingyang, who was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, sat on the left side of the queen mother. Emperor Jingyang didn't even come to change clothes. On the right side of the empress dowager with a serious face, on the mahogany chairs on the left and right sides under the steps are the concubines from the harem, and the one sitting in the front is wearing a butterfly skirt with a blue cloud pattern and a gentle face. The noble concubine, sitting opposite the noble concubine is the proud concubine De in a pleated skirt embroidered with moonlight, and the concubine Jin, who is wearing a purple swallow moon skirt, sits next to the noble concubine.

Seeing such a grand scene, especially the empress dowager with a dignified face sitting on top of the phoenix, I thought that the empress dowager with such solemn eyes in front of me was not at all like the weak woman on the sick bed that day. The empress dowager never liked me very much, could it be me? What did I do wrong again? Everyone's eyes were fixed on the shivering servant girl kneeling in the hall. When I walked into the door of the hall, everyone's eyes shot at me again, and they couldn't help shaking I had a shiver, no, I have to calm down.

Hastily walked up to Qianfu and lowered his body to salute: "Concubine pays respects to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is auspicious!"

The queen mother sitting on the phoenix didn't mean to ask me to get up, she just looked at me kneeling in front of me with wide eyes, gritted her teeth and looked at the maid kneeling beside her and said sternly: "Look, that day The concubine you saw is the concubine in front of you."

She glanced at the maid kneeling next to her with a puzzled look on her face, and said with a look of panic on her face tremblingly: "Zheng, Zheng, it's the lady Dan in front of me."

With a sound of "snap", the queen mother on the phoenix seat patted the phoenix seat heavily, and said in a loud voice: "Bold Concubine Dan, you are guilty, what else do you have to say now."

With an innocent face, he looked up at the angry queen mother in front of him, and said softly, "Report to the queen mother, I don't know what crime I have committed? I don't know what to say?"

Concubine Jin who was at the side raised her voice flatteringly: "Queen Queen, calm down, you have just recovered from a serious illness, you have to pay attention to your body, don't be angry with some people anymore." Kneeling, I said with a sinister smile: "Sister Danbi is famous for her sharp tongue, but now you can't admit it, it's better to admit it earlier, so as not to hurt innocent people."

Kneeling on the ground, I was still confused by them, took a few deep breaths, and said to myself secretly: "Qin Shuang, you must calm down, calm down." The queen mother in front of her said calmly: "The concubine still doesn't know what the queen mother said, and I hope the queen mother will explain it clearly."

The Empress Dowager who was sitting on top of Feng sneered, and said coldly: "Explicit? Well, Aijia will let you understand." After finishing speaking, she threw down a very ordinary dagger from the table, which was just right. fell before my eyes.

I looked up and down the dagger in front of me, as if I had seen it there before, oh!Thinking about it, this is the dagger on Zheng Yuan's body, my mind is spinning rapidly, it seems that I understand the purpose of the queen mother calling me today, it seems that someone deliberately framed the blame on me, and wanted to use this to get rid of me, Although he had been on guard until the end, he was still tricked by her.

Seeing me kneeling there silently, the queen mother thought that I was acquiescing, and shouted sharply: "Come on, it's all about her concubine, and put this shameless bitch into limbo."

"Wait a minute." At this moment, Emperor Jingyang in the hall stopped immediately.Then he said softly to the Queen Mother who was sitting on Feng: "Queen Mother, let's listen to what Concubine Dan has to say first."

Unexpectedly, I really did not fall in love with Emperor Jingyang, he believed me, but when I looked helplessly at Emperor Jingyang's cold eyes, my heart was cold to the bottom, his eyes have proved that He didn't believe me, he just wanted to know that his majestic king was not as good as the deputy commander of the imperial army, but I didn't know Zheng Yuan at all, the first time I met Zheng Yuan was when he fell into the lake On that side, will anyone believe me?If even my beloved lover doesn't believe me, who else?No, I want to save myself, I want to prove to Emperor Jing that I have no personal relationship with Zheng Yuan.

"What else is there to say, Huang'er, she can do this kind of thing that humiliates the palace, she has the face to say that the Ai family has no face to listen." The queen mother looked at me in front of her with disgust and said.

Quickly cleared up his thoughts, and said humbly and softly: "I know what I am saying now, and you, the queen mother, will not believe me anymore, but I want to ask this witness some things before I die. I hope the Empress Dowager will make it happen." After finishing speaking, he kowtowed heavily.

"Okay, Aijia will let you understand to death." The Queen Mother said heavily.

Emperor Jingyang in the palace was still silent, but his face already said everything, he was waiting for me to prove my innocence.

Slowly turning his head to look at the silent palace maid, he said sharply: "When did you meet Ben Gong and Zheng Yuan in Youyue Garden, what did Ben Gong and Zheng Yuan say at that time? And where was Ben Gong standing at that time? Which hand did you use to stab Zheng Yuan to death? You have to think about it before you decide.” His gaze was like a sharp knife being shot at the palace maid in front of him.

The maidservant on the opposite side quickly lowered her head and said softly in a trembling voice: "It was the [-]th day of September. The maidservant saw Empress Danbi and Vice Commander Zheng sneaking in, and hid in the secluded Meizhou in a panic. In the woods, because the servants were too scared at that time, I didn't hear clearly what the empress and Vice Commander Zheng said at the time."

After hearing what the palace maid said, Emperor Jing's eyes seemed to burst into flames. His eyes were red, and he stared angrily at the shivering palace maid in front of him. Two vigorous and powerful hands grabbed the dragon robe on his lap fiercely. There were glaring blue veins on his face, and I knew that Emperor Jingyang was trying to suppress his anger.

(End of this chapter)