imperial concubine

Chapter 173
After the queen glanced over there, she immediately thought that Concubine Shu must be playing tricks.Today's location was chosen by Concubine Shu, and this place belongs to Concubine Shu, if it is said that she has nothing to do with what happened just now, it would be absurd!

Just as she was thinking about it, Concubine Shu turned her head, looked at the queen with a puzzled face and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know what happened over there, but there are so many people gathered at once, why don't you and my concubine go over to see ?”

Seeing the Queen's suspicious eyes, Concubine Shu knew that the Queen was doubting herself.But what if she doubted it?I have done this matter extremely cleanly, the queen can't find evidence at all, and can only doubt it in my heart.

Hearing Concubine Shu's words, the queen narrowed her eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "Since my sister is interested, I will accompany you there. This is my sister's garden, so don't even my sister know what happened?"

Zhanqing Palace is Concubine Shu's garden, and Concubine Shu took the initiative to invite people like herself here again today.Now that something happened, if it was said that Concubine Shu didn't know about it before, I would definitely not believe it.

Concubine Shu smiled slightly, shook her head gently and said, "My sister was joking. This Zhanqing Palace is too big, and my sister is too lazy to take care of these people. So if it is not a big matter, my sister will not easily ask."

Even among the harem, Zhanqing Palace is one of the largest, and because it is adjacent to Zhanqing Lake, the manpower of Zhanqing Palace is extremely complicated.When Concubine Shu said this, she took her responsibility completely.

The two talked as they walked, and after just a few steps, a eunuch came to report, "I want to tell the empress, the concubine Shu, that for some reason, Mrs. Ying accidentally slipped and fell into the Zhanqing Lake."

The queen's complexion changed slightly. Lady Ying is her confidant, and she has always been trusted by her.Although I had mentioned her before, I never thought that Concubine Shu would use such a method to directly push Lady Ying into the lake!

Concubine Shu on the other side heard the news, she was extremely surprised and said: "Why is sister Ying so careless? You servants are really useless! Noble lady Ying is obviously drunk, but you don't know how to watch carefully! "

Although Concubine Shu kept lecturing the eunuchs, but the queen could tell that Concubine Shu was just taking this opportunity to shirk the blame for noble Ying's falling into the water.If Mrs. Ying made a drunken slip, then no one else would be able to blame her even if she died.

Before Concubine Zeng Shu finished speaking, the empress flicked her robe sleeves and said with a sneer, "Sister, don't teach these useless servants a lesson. You and I should go and see how Mrs. Ying is doing first!"

Then he walked forward.Concubine Shu saw that although the queen was angry, but she could only hold it back, she felt extremely happy.Agreeing crisply, she followed behind the queen and walked over there.

When they came to the lake, they saw nobleman Ying still struggling in the lake, and several eunuchs had already entered the water and swam towards her.Seeing this scene, Concubine Shu pretended to be ashamed and yelled angrily: "You useless people! Why don't you bring up Concubine Shu quickly?"

Hearing Concubine Shu's words, those little eunuchs swam faster, but it was inevitable that they would not be able to take care of nobleman Ying.While waiting for Yinggui to come ashore, Yinggui was poured down a few mouthfuls of lake water.

When Lady Ying came ashore, Concubine Shu hurried over and asked with great concern: "Sister Ying, are you alright?" Then she cursed at the eunuchs, "You trash, even such a big person can't look down on you! What's the use of raising you?"

Although nobleman Ying has been rescued, the fact that nobleman Ying fell into the water is enough to make these little eunuchs never stand up again.At this moment, being scolded by Concubine Shu is already considered light.

The eunuchs knelt in front of Concubine Shu, and said in their mouths: "Concubine Shu, please calm down. Just now, the servant has been serving Lady Ying, and has reminded Lady Ying several times to stay away from the lake, but Lady Ying didn't listen. I accidentally fell into the lake."

Everyone didn't know what happened just now. Firstly, they were only focused on watching the fish swimming in the water. Secondly, they drank some wine just now. At this time, the autumn wind blew and the drunkenness rose, and no one paid any attention to what Yinggui was doing at that time.

Hearing the eunuch's defense, Concubine Shu said with a sneer: "You know that nobleman Ying is drunk, but you don't listen to persuasion, shouldn't you be more careful? It's really unreasonable to continue to argue here!"

Concubine Shu kept scolding these little eunuchs, but she never said a word.The eunuch who was scolded just knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and the surrounding maids also lowered their heads to listen to Concubine Shu's reprimand.

The queen on the side looked at Concubine Shu, sneered, and then said slowly: "Sister, I will teach you these useless things later! Now you should care about Yinggui."

The queen saw that Concubine Shu was just delaying time.She reprimanded the little eunuch not because of their ineffective rescue, but because she wanted Yinggui to freeze in the autumn wind for a while longer.

Hearing the Queen's words, Concubine Shu pretended to be enlightened: "You useless slaves, why don't you get out of here?" She turned around and scolded the maid: "You useless trash, why don't you hurry up and get it?" How about a blanket to wrap Lady Ying?"

At this time, the maids standing aside just woke up like a dream, and hurried back to Zhanqing Palace to grab a blanket.It's just that Yinggui has been frozen in the autumn wind for a long time at this time.The cold autumn wind blew her face pale and shivered.

Seeing Ying nobleman's appearance, the queen was extremely angry, looked at Concubine Shu and said with a smile: "How can the people under my sister be so negligent? It seems that what my sister said just now is true, and she actually sent this gang The servants have all grown into young ladies!"

Although she clearly knew that Concubine Shu was just playing a show, the queen had no evidence at all to prove that the nobleman Ying fell into the water had a slight relationship with Concubine Shu, and now she can only use this excuse to get angry with the servants in Zhanqing Palace.

Concubine Shu on the side nodded and said: "My sister is very right. My sister will definitely discipline me strictly in the future." She said to nobleman Ying: "Sister Ying was shocked. I don't know if it's better now?"

Concubine Shu knew in her heart that if the queen used this as an excuse to punish the people in the palace, her prestige in the palace would be completely destroyed.So Concubine Shu sealed the Queen's mouth with words in time, and shifted the topic to Lady Ying.

Hearing Concubine Shu's words, Lady Ying knew that Concubine Shu was just pretending to care, but she still forced a smile on her face, "Thank you, Concubine Shu, for your concern. This concubine feels much better already."

She was fished out of Zhanqing Lake just now, and Mrs. Ying was drenched all over.Not only that, no one in the Zhanqing Palace went to get her a blanket to keep out the cold, and let her freeze in the cold wind for a long time!

The queen looked at Mrs. Ying's pale face, and asked softly, "Mr. Ying, did you accidentally fall into the water after being drunk? Don't worry, I'm here, so you can just say it without worry."

Even though nobleman Ying was a little drunk just now, the queen has always been in close contact with nobleman Ying, so she knows that she is definitely not such a careless person.If she knew who pushed her into the water, she could take the opportunity to repair Concubine Shu's system properly.

Lady Ying looked at Concubine Shu, and then said to the queen: "Reporting to the empress, the concubine saw a very beautiful koi carp in the lake just now. After drinking, she lost her mind for a while, so she wanted to reach out and touch it. I didn't think about it, but I stumbled. fell into the lake."

Hearing Yinggui's words, the queen's eyes narrowed slightly.Even though he didn't personally witness how Lady Ying fell into the water just now, he didn't need to think about it to know that this matter must have something to do with Concubine Shu!
Now that Lady Ying is going to take all the responsibility for the crime, it seems that she certainly doesn't know who was behind the scenes.In desperation, I can only suffer from this dumb loss!
Thinking of this, the queen frowned and said: "You are usually considered cautious, why are you so negligent today? Since you have already suffered at sunset in autumn, I will not punish you. Go to the imperial pharmacy to get some cold medicine Take the medicine back and fry it!"

Lady Ying thanked the queen, and then went back with her personal maid.She had just fallen into the water and was blown by the autumn wind for a while. If she didn't recuperate in time, she might feel cold, and then she would be in trouble.

Seeing nobleman Ying leave, the queen smiled and said, "Thank you sister for your hospitality today. It's just that there are still some chores in Kunning Palace, so I will go back first. My sister must go to Kunning Palace for a sit-down on another day." .”

No matter what, the situation where Concubine Shu has the upper hand today cannot be changed.So the empress could only hold back her anger for the time being, and wait until she had a chance in the future to attack Concubine Shu.It's just that I can't stay here any longer today.

Hearing the Queen's words, Concubine Shu smiled and saluted, "My sister knows that my sister has a lot of things in the palace, so I won't keep my sister. When my sister is free in the future, I will definitely go to my sister's Kunning Palace to sit often."

Concubine Shu's words had a double meaning.Everyone in the harem knew that the Empress and Concubine Shu didn't get along. Of course, Concubine Shu's words at this time were not really going to sit in the Kunning Palace, but she wanted to be the master of the Kunning Palace.

The queen said with a smile: "Since my sister has this intention, I can come here in the future. Although the Kunning Palace is not as big as the Zhanqing Palace, it is not a problem for my sister to sit for a while."

Now that His Majesty is not in the capital, no one can suppress the struggle in the harem.The anger between Concubine Shu and the Empress is becoming more and more intense. I'm afraid that within a few days, the two parties will definitely fight each other!

After finishing speaking, the queen got up and left. Just after taking a few steps, she stopped and said, "By the way, if my sister's servants in the palace are not easy to use, just tell me. I will ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to call my sister again." Get a few capable people."

The empress saw clearly that Mrs. Ying fell into the water just now.Concubine Shu has already taught everyone in the Zhanqing Palace to be obedient. If it wasn't for this, how could they behave like that when noble Ying fell into the water just now?

Concubine Shu said without showing any weakness: "Thank you for your concern. It's just that my sister has a lot of things in Kunning Palace, and my sister still takes care of this Zhanqing Palace by herself, so I don't need to bother my sister."

The queen snorted coldly, turned around and left.Seeing the queen leaving, many of the queen's cronies got up and left one after another.After these people left, Concubine Shu smiled coldly, Empress, your good days are numbered!
At this moment, only a voice came from the Guanyu Pavilion, "Drink Sheng, drink win!" Concubine Shu turned her head to look, but saw Su Wan sitting behind the table, holding a wine pot in her left hand and a cup in her right hand. Cup, yelling while drinking.

Shuizhu watched Concubine Shu slowly walk into the pavilion, and hurriedly pleaded guilty, "Concubine Shu, please forgive me. The prince concubine was drunk just now, and she wanted to drink again, but the servants couldn't stop her. Please forgive me, Concubine Shu!" "

Just now Su Wan competed with the second concubine and Yun Jingya, and lost a lot.After drinking so much, it's only natural to be drunk now.Seeing that Su Wan was still drinking non-stop, Concubine Shu smiled and said, "Send her back to Yiliang Palace!"

Shuizhu hurriedly thanked her, and then helped her princess and concubine stumble away from Zhanqing Palace.Seeing Su Wan drunk like this, Concubine Shu shook her head again and again, thankfully she valued her so much in the past, so it turned out to be nothing more than that!

(End of this chapter)