imperial concubine

Chapter 187
Hearing this, everyone looked for the voice, but it was Concubine Shu who spoke majestically.Although Su Wan didn't fall for Concubine Shu at this time, she was very close to Concubine Shu, so Concubine Shu came forward to defend her.However, this is also the limit of what Concubine Shu can do.

Su Wan, who was standing on the side, smiled gratefully at Concubine Shu, and then said: "Thank you, Concubine Shu, for your trust." Then she turned to the queen and said, "My empress, this concubine doesn't know Liu Banxia at all, so how can I instruct him? To do such a rebellious thing?"

The few nobles present here are very clear in their hearts that Su Wan has not been in the palace for a long time, and most of the time was hidden in the Yiliang Palace to study, so it is extremely normal not to know this person.

Thinking of this, the queen said to Liu Banxia: "Liu Banxia, ​​don't talk nonsense. Everyone in the palace knows that the Fourth Prince's concubine always likes to be quiet and doesn't like to move, and she usually stays in the palace and doesn't go out, so how could she know you? How can you become so loyal in such a short period of time, even at the expense of doing such a rebellious thing?"

This is the most questionable thing for the queen.Even if Su Wan met Liu Banxia just after entering the palace, it would take less than a season, Su Wan used the same method to make Liu Banxia so loyal to Su Wan?This is simply unbelievable!

Liu Banxia was completely desperate at this time, and said to the queen: "I don't dare to lie to the empress. In fact, since the fourth prince concubine has been in contact with the little one, it's just that this time, because of this matter, the little one knows It turns out that the person who has been in secret contact with the little one is Her Royal Highness the Fourth Imperial Concubine! At that time, the Fourth Imperial Concubine gave these pills to the little one!"

Hearing Liu Banxia's words, Su Wan realized that the second concubine did not hesitate to use the secret that had been hidden in the imperial pharmacy this time in order to frame herself.From the present point of view, the second prince's concubine's strategy was extremely successful.

After being silent for a long time, Su Wan frowned and said: "Empress, Liu Banxia is completely talking nonsense, not to mention that the concubine has never met him, even if he has, how could he be allowed to do such a thing at this time? This is simply impossible!"

Now the biggest force in the harem is the queen's family, Su Wan's doing so is tantamount to asking for a dead end.Once the queen finds out, the furious queen will definitely use the phoenix seal to clean up the entire Yiliang Palace, and Su Wan will definitely be imprisoned to death!

The empress sitting on the top seat heard Su Wan's words, nodded and said: "What the fourth concubine said is true. With the reputation of the fourth concubine spreading throughout the capital, she will definitely not do such a foolish thing. Liu Banxia, ​​you still Let’s do it honestly!”

The queen didn't really believe that Su Wan was innocent. In this matter, the queen didn't believe anyone except Yun Jingya.At this time, agreeing with Su Wan's words is just to strengthen the evidence of this matter.

The corner of Liu Banxia's mouth twitched slightly while lying on the ground, and then he said to the queen: "Empress, this is the viciousness and cunning of the Fourth Prince! She just wants to take advantage of this opportunity to do this kind of thing!"

Su Wanxiu on the side frowned, snorted and said: "You are the vicious and cunning villain! Since the fourth prince and His Majesty left the palace, I have been shutting up in Yiliang Palace every day. Apart from reading, I do it for Your Majesty." Praying with the fourth concubine, how can you have the leisure to do such a thing? How can you do such a thing?"

Since entering the palace, almost all of Su Wan's activities were under the surveillance of Concubine Shu and the Empress, so apart from some actions in the Yiliang Palace, Su Wan hardly made any major moves, in order to leave the empress and Concubine Shu behind. An indisputable impression.

This time, before the queen could speak, Liu Banxia gave Su Wan a resentful look, and then said, "The empress, don't be fooled by the fourth concubine! The reason why she chose this moment to act, according to her, was precisely because Your Majesty is not in the capital, so it is the best time. It's just that I don't know a few small characters, and I only listen to what the fourth princess said about the rain."

That night, I met with the fourth concubine at the agreed place, and the concubine not only gave me those pills, but also told me her plan on a whim.Although I don't understand, Liu Banxia knows that the plans of the fourth prince and concubine are huge!
Hearing Liu Banxia's vague words, the queen frowned and fell into deep thought.After a while, Yun Jingya suddenly said, "Did the fourth concubine say that when His Majesty leaves the capital and sends someone to assassinate the prince, it will definitely stir up conflicts in the harem, and then she can reap the benefits?"

Hearing Liu Banxia's words just now, Yun Jingya kept thinking, until a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and then she realized that maybe Su Wan wanted to make the Queen and Concubine Shu tear their skins apart, so that she could reap the benefits when both sides were hurt. !
Liu Banxia thought for a while, then nodded firmly and said: "That's right, that's what the fourth concubine said that night. As long as the harem is in chaos, she can take advantage of the opportunity to reap the benefits. Even though I don't know, where is the harem?" What kind of fish are there?"

Seeing Liu Banxia nodding vigorously, Yun Jingya let out a long breath.Fortunately, I didn't listen to my mother's speculation at that time, if not, I'm afraid I have fallen into Su Wan's trap now.This Su Wan is indeed worthy of the title of the most talented woman in the capital!
Su Wan on the side saw the Queen, Concubine Shu, Concubine Lin and others all turn their gazes to her, and said with a wry smile: "Empress Empress, Su Wan definitely has no such thoughts!" Looking at the suspicious eyes of the Queen and others, Su Wan continued: "Empress, please think about it, even if there is a conflict in the harem, with Su Wan's strength, what profit can I make?"

Su Wan has just entered the palace for less than a season, so her influence in the harem is naturally extremely weak, not even comparable to some nobles who have been in business for a long time. It is indeed a bit difficult to reap the benefits with her strength.What's more, she and Concubine Shu are simply not something she can eat.

However, everyone in the harem wanted to pull themselves off the throne of the empress, even the calm-tempered Concubine Lin was no exception.Otherwise, she would have to stay in the palace well, so why did she have to get mixed up with Concubine Shu?
While the queen was contemplating, the voice of the second prince and concubine sounded slowly, "Sister Wan's strength is very small on the surface, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Who knows how much strength Sister Wan has under the water?" Speaking of which, the second concubine looked at Liu Banxia who was lying on the ground, and said with a sneer: "Isn't this Liu Banxia also the strength of my younger sister before?"

Hearing what the second concubine said, the queen suddenly woke up.I always thought that Su Wan's strength was exposed in the open, but I never thought that her strength might be hidden in the dark.What's more, with Su Wan's intelligence, he could think of such a vicious plan to drive away tigers and wolves, so how could he not leave enough strength to clean up the mess?

Thinking of this, the empress narrowed her eyes slightly, and said to Liu Banxia in a cold voice: "Since you said that you and the fourth concubine had been in close contact for a long time, and that it was the concubine who instructed you to send this poison to the East Palace, then do you have evidence to prove what you said? the words said?"

Su Wan on the side heard the queen's words and pretended to be relieved.In fact, she knew very well in her heart, since the second concubine had let herself fall into this big pit, why didn't she pave the straw on it?Presumably, those letters have already been prepared.

Liu Banxia on the ground nodded again and again, "Reporting to the empress, the little one has evidence! In the room where the little one lives, there are green bricks all over the floor. On the fifth row of the door, there is a small box under the No. 13 brick on the east side. , that box is the evidence!"

When the queen heard Liu Banxia's words, she pouted at the guard behind Liu Banxia.The two guards immediately understood, turned around and went out, and found a few guards to search the house where Liu Banxia lived.

Seeing the guards leave, the queen asked Liu Banxia again, "Since you have been with the fourth concubine for so long, why did you suddenly confess? Before, I saw that you were quite loyal to the fourth concubine."

Everyone in the hall nodded in unison.Liu Banxia didn't even take 75 blows before, which shows his loyalty to Su Wan.Even because Liu Banxia insisted not to recruit, he almost got Yun Jingya involved.

Hearing the queen's question, Liu Banxia's face was full of humiliation, and he said with a crying voice: "I want to report back to the empress, it's not that the little one is loyal to the fourth prince and concubine, but because the fourth prince's concubine is holding the life of the little brother in his hands! "

The people in the hall were taken aback for a moment, then they all looked at Su Wan.Concubine Lin's gaze was particularly complicated.She originally thought that Su Wan was a person who, like herself, was indifferent to the world and only loved poetry and poetry.Unexpectedly, Su Wan was actually a wolf in sheep's clothing!

I only heard Liu Banxia continue to say: "The little one entered the palace since he was a child because of his poor family. There is also a younger brother in the family. The fourth prince and concubine did not know where she got the news, so she tied up the little brother and threatened him. The little one serves him. The little one is deeply afraid that something will happen to his younger brother, so he obeys the fourth prince and concubine."

Su Wan on the side frowned.I didn't know Liu Banxia before, so naturally I didn't do anything to kidnap his brother.Thinking about it, Su Wan raised her head and looked at the second concubine, this incident must be done by the second concubine!
The queen sitting on the embroidered couch nodded, then asked with a frown, "Since you love your brother so much, then you should insist on not recruiting him. Why did you recruit again in the end?"

Just now, Liu Banxia's integrity was admired by the nobles sitting in the palace, but in the end, after Liu Banxia was tortured, he still recruited.This made the queen feel a little sorry.

When Liu Banxia heard the Queen's words, tears welled up immediately, and he lowered his head and said in a low voice, "The little one is useless. In the end, when it came to the punishment, the young one was really afraid of death, so he left his brother behind and recruited himself."

Seeing Liu Banxia crying bitterly, the queen shook her head, it is human nature to love life and fear death, and there is nothing to blame for it.However, looking at Liu Banxia like this, I'm afraid I will regret it for the rest of my life in the future.

Just when the queen was sighing, two guards strode in and said: "Reporting to the empress, according to Liu Banxia's account, we found a small box in his room. Please take a look!"

The queen looked up, and sure enough, she saw two guards holding a wooden box in their hands.So he nodded and said: "Open it, let me see what is hidden in this box!"

The guard nodded, and then opened the wooden box in his hand, only to see that besides a few letters, there were also a few silver notes, all of which were more than ten thousand taels.Looking at the bank note, the queen sneered a few times.

Seeing that the box had been opened, Liu Banxia said in a hoarse voice: "Empress, that's the top one! It was written by the fourth concubine recently to ask me if I have the heart to send the elixir to the East Palace!"

Hearing Liu Banxia's words, the queen signaled the two guards to bring up the letter and show it to herself.After a while, the Queen's complexion changed drastically, she threw the letter forward, and said in a cold voice, "Su Wan, what else do you have to explain!"

The letter fell slowly, Su Wan was dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)