Harem Empress

Chapter 28 Confrontation
At this time, the queen mother who was sitting on Feng put one hand on her forehead and said lazily: "Okay, Ai's family is tired after tossing for so long, let's go, Dan Concubine stays to serve Ai's family and drink medicine."

All the concubines were stunned for a while, and then they left the Compassion Palace together. In the huge palace, only the Queen Mother and I were left.

At this time, Xiang Luo walked in with a bowl of hot medicine, and stood up quickly to take it from Xiang Luo's hand, the queen mother who was sitting on Feng suddenly said coldly: "Wait, Concubine Dan sat down, and Xiang Luo brought the medicine to Ai's family to drink by herself." Standing there awkwardly, not knowing whether to sit or stand, she hurriedly lowered herself to salute and said, "The Empress Dowager is just recovering from a serious illness, let the concubine serve you to eat Medicine."

The Empress Dowager still stroked her forehead with one hand without looking at me on the ground, and said coldly: "Sit down as soon as the Ai family asks you to sit down. Do you want to disobey the Ai family's edict?"

Hearing the Empress Dowager's tone getting heavier, the originally nervous body couldn't help shivering, and humbly said: "Yes, my concubine would like to obey Yi's order." After speaking, she stood up and sat nervously on the mahogany chair beside her.

Xiang Luo walked forward with a medicine bowl, and after a while the Queen Mother finished drinking the medicine in the bowl, gently wiped the corners of her mouth with the silk handkerchief in her hand, and said lightly: "I have heard that your Danqing is good, so The emperor bestowed on you a Dan concubine, and now the Ai family wants to paint a few Buddha statues, but it’s a bit powerless, why don’t you paint a few portraits for the Ai family.”

The Empress Dowager's words did not mention what happened just now, and once again bowed down and said: "It is a blessing that I have cultivated for several generations to be able to serve the Empress Dowager. It is a great honor for my concubine."

The Empress Dowager stepped lightly from the Phoenix seat and walked in front of me. She still bowed her head and knelt there humbly, not daring to say a word. The eyes were full of awe, but my eyes did not dare to meet those coercive eyes. In an instant, the Queen Mother suddenly pulled out my right hand, and once again opened the sleeve of the right hand. Shou Gongsha stood impressively on her white arm, and then the queen mother shook my hand heavily and said casually: "Well, don't kneel down, come with Ai's family."

Secretly let out a long breath, the Queen Mother didn't believe me at all, she looked at my Shougong Sha is enough to prove everything, it seems that no matter how deep the scheme is, it can't escape the eyes of the Queen Mother!I have to sigh that the ginger is still old and spicy.

Following the Queen Mother, she walked towards the west side of the hall. The steps of the Queen Mother were very light. The west side of the Palace of Compassion and Peace was filled with a quiet sandalwood fragrance. On the main hall was a statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva. On the east side of the Buddha statue was a black On the sandalwood table, there are the Four Treasures of the Study and a Buddhist scripture. Next to the Buddhist scriptures, there is a stack of thick rice paper on which some ink marks can be vaguely seen. It must be that the Empress Dowager often comes here to copy Buddhist scriptures to calm her mind .

Seeing me staring at the sandalwood table alone, the Queen Mother stepped forward and picked up the thick stack of rice paper on the table, and said meaningfully: "When Ai's family is free and bored, they will come here to copy Buddhist scriptures to calm their minds. Jia Yun: Emptiness is form, and form is emptiness. If you want to gain a foothold, all four elements must be empty, are you right? Danpin.”

The Empress Dowager has something in her words, it seems that the Empress Dowager understands everything just now, she is trying to warn me that this matter has come to an end, don't pursue it any further.Dongyue has somehow become someone else's scapegoat this time, but who is the mastermind behind the scenes?If you framed me and used Dongyue as a scapegoat, it must be Concubine Jin. If you framed me, Concubine Jin dragged Dongyue into the water in the end. What a series of tricks!The queen mother must have noticed it, otherwise she would not have walked down the steps. She wanted to protect Concubine Jin.But I always feel that this matter has something to do with Li Guipin, but is there any clue to follow.

After copying the Buddhist scriptures for the Empress Dowager in the Compassion Ning Palace for a while, I went back to the Xiangyuan Pavilion. When I passed the Youyue Garden, I was stopped by the Concubine Li who was inside: "Sister Dan Concubine."

Hearing the sound, it turned out that it was Li Guipin who was standing on the rockery, and walked over with a smile on his face: "Sister Guibi, what's the matter!"

"It's okay, I just want to see the place where you and Zheng Yuan had a 'tryst'." Li Guipin looked at me proudly and said.

There was no anger on his face, and he still said with a smile on his face: "My sister is wrong, the person who had a tryst with Zheng Yuan has not been found out yet, isn't my sister afraid of being blamed by the emperor for jumping to conclusions like this?"

"Hehe." Li Guipin covered her mouth with a handkerchief and chuckled a few times, gritted her teeth and said, "Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Dongyue is someone else's scapegoat, and your suspicion is still the biggest. Is the emperor right?" Will believe you."

"My sister is wrong again. I will be killed if I presumptuously speculate on the holy will." Li Guipin, who was looking at the other side, replied.

"Don't do bad things and don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. Didn't my sister say that Zheng Yuan's ghost is always pestering you? Isn't that the same as not calling yourself?" Li Guipin said sharply.

"My sister was wrong this time. Youyue Garden and Xiangyuan Pavilion are only a few steps away, and ghosts are wandering everywhere. Of course, my sister's Xiangyuan Pavilion bears the brunt of the brunt. Isn't my sister afraid of ghosts haunting you when you come here today to watch fish? What? You are pregnant with the emperor's heir!" He responded word by word.

"I never believed in ghosts, and only those of you who have done bad things would believe it." Li Guipin said.

"Hehehe, don't you believe my sister? My sister is very puzzled about one thing. I think that Zheng Yuan is also the dignified deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army. How could he die in the hands of a woman for no reason, and he was stabbed to death. What a pity. Love!" Pretending to sigh, he secretly glanced at Li Guibin's expression.

There was no smile on Li Guipin's face, the muscles on his face twitched slightly, and he said: "That love, maybe it's his wishful thinking, or else he wouldn't have died for a woman with no strength to restrain her." hand."

"My younger sister heard that when Zheng Yuan's body was fished out from the fish pond that day, although the body was already swollen, the eyes were still wide open. During the autopsy, I took out a jade pendant from Zheng Yuan's hand. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said It belongs to the concubines in the harem, the emperor thinks that the concubines in his harem are having an affair with Zheng Yuan, so he intends to thoroughly investigate this matter, didn't my sister hear about it?" Another meaning was heard from Li Guipin's words, She has a relationship with Zheng Yuan, and she couldn't help raising her head and looking directly at Li Guipin, whose eyes were a little wandering, and said.

When hearing the word "Jade Pei", I vaguely felt that Li Guibi's body trembled slightly, and Xiaocui who was on the side quickly stepped forward to help Li Guibi who was beside her, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the anti-fetal medicine should be ready, you should go back and drink it soon."

Li Guipin didn't say anything, but walked away from Youyue Garden quickly while supporting Xiaocui's hand. I was clearly bombarding her just now, so there is no jade pendant. Seeing her expression when she heard the jade pendant just now, I was sure Yes, he and Zheng Yuan must have something to do, she came to Youyueyuan today to prove that she must have come to atone for her guilt, and there are faint tears at the corners of her eyes, although they are not obvious, but I saw them, there are tears to prove She cried just now, she and Zheng Yuan were probably beaten by the imperial decree.

(End of this chapter)