Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 124 Suspicion
Chen Wenxin answered truthfully, "Liu Lan seems to be interested in me, and he still wants to take me back to Nanming. On the day before I left, I said that since I'm going to Nanming, what if I don't even have a piece of clothes to go out to meet people?"

On the day she was taken away, she was dressed in men's clothes, without even a hairpin, let alone clothes.

"I just talked to him with a glimmer of hope, but he actually agreed. The pearl is a cover for his false claim to be a pearl merchant. I want to leave a mark related to him on the clothes, so as to attract your attention."

Since Liu Lan is interested in her, it is not difficult to make a pearl dress for her, and it does not prove that they are close by skin.

"Furthermore, although these people are traitors, based on my inquiries with them these days, they are all descendants of former Ming officials. Think about it carefully, the emperor. Why did you only kill the emperor?"

"A shameless person, do you still mind killing Li Dequan who is defending the emperor?"

She talked too much at once, took a short break and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't believe me, check their luggage. See if they are people who know etiquette, righteousness and shame, or will they scream about women's shamelessness?" generation!"

It was only later that she found out that the cabin she lived in belonged to Liu Lan.

No wonder Hongliu was able to take out her embroidered shoes from the box in the cabin, so the books on the table must also belong to Liu Lan.

This is enough to prove that he is also a man who has read sage books.

After she said that, the circles of her eyes were red, and she turned her face away from looking at him.

The emperor listened to her every point, and everything made sense.

She had never lied in front of her. It would be impossible for the person next to her to lie so skillfully all of a sudden.

The emperor believed it eighty-nine percent in his heart.

He is not stupid, Liu Lan's words can make him angry, but it will not make him lose his mind.

If something happened between Liu Lan and Chen Wenxin, he shouldn't be so stupid as to tell himself.

This will not only make Chen Wenxin receive a cold reception, but also add another serious crime to him.

He comforted her softly: "I'm just asking, don't think too much. I don't doubt you. I believe everything you say."

Chen Wenxin turned her face slowly, tears were already streaming down her face.

"The emperor heard someone's crooked words, or came to question me on a whim?"

He hurriedly patted her head and comforted her, "It's my fault, I apologized to the concubine Qin. Look at you, when you get angry, you don't even call me by my name, call me Xuan Ye, listen?"

Chen Wenxin chuckled, "You are the one who makes people angry, and you are the one who makes people laugh."

Seeing her smile, the emperor said: "You should read less books, don't be tired. After drinking the medicine for a while, it's better to rest. I'll go and see how the trials of those traitors are going."

"You go, I'm crooked."

The emperor tucked her quilt and walked out of the room.

When the emperor walked out, the smile on Chen Wen's face disappeared.

She stared blankly at the closed door, thinking about the figure of the emperor when he left.

He apologized to her, saying that he was not good and should not doubt her.

But she knew that the emperor hadn't fully believed it yet.

Once the seeds of doubt are planted in his heart, it is difficult to get rid of them.

Perhaps this can't be blamed on the emperor, in this era, how important a woman's chastity is.

Hai Rui, an upright official in the Ming Dynasty, starved to death of his seven-year-old daughter because her servants held her and fed her cakes.

Chen Wenxin was kidnapped by thieves for several days, so it is difficult to keep her chastity.

She despises the idea of ​​so-called chastity.

In the modern age she originally lived in, no one would think that a woman who was raped by a thief deserved to be abandoned by her husband.

But she can't say this to the emperor.

After all, the emperor is the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. No matter how enlightened he is, he will not be able to agree that women without chastity are as valuable as modern people hundreds of years later.

Once she said that, the emperor would feel that she was defending her loss of virginity.

There was nothing she could do but explain.

She is indeed attached to the emperor, without the emperor, how can there be a concubine?
If she had never entered the palace and never met the emperor, and married an ordinary man, she would also be bound by the view of chastity.

In this era, it is not easy for her to have any exceptions.

Even though she has never lost her virginity, once she is suspected like this, she will be sentenced to death.

No, she can't let this seed of doubt keep planting in the emperor's heart.

She did nothing wrong, she must have a way, she must be able to prove her innocence...

"Bai Lu!"

She yelled towards the door, and Bai Lu walked in quickly.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

Chen Wenxin screamed so urgently, she thought it was because she was unwell.

"Go and invite my second brother, and the emperor, go!"

The emperor has just left, why is he in such a hurry to invite him?
Although Bai Lu didn't understand why she did this, she still agreed, "Master, don't worry, I'll go right away."

She asked Bai Shuang to invite Chen Wenyi, the emperor lived in the main room of this courtyard, so she went to invite Chen Wenyi very quickly.

As soon as the emperor left, Chen Wenxin sent Bai Lu to look for him.

He thought there was something wrong with her illness, and asked Bai Lu as he strode forward, "What's the matter? Is your master not feeling well?"

Bai Lu's steps were small, and it was a bit difficult to follow the emperor, "Going back to the emperor, the master seems to be fine. I don't know why she is so anxious..."

When the emperor walked to the door, he saw Chen Wenyi also rushing over in a hurry, and the two of them met at the door, both a little surprised.

Chen Wenyi saluted and said: "My humble minister pleases the emperor's peace."

"Exemption."

The emperor didn't ask any more questions, Chen Wenxin was just inside the door, if there was anything, he would go in and have a look.

They walked in and saw Chen Wenxin getting up from the bed, only her vague figure could be seen through a layer of veil.

The emperor rushed forward and said: "Why are you so anxious? You just lie down and talk, you don't have to get up and move around."

Chen Wenxin smiled faintly, a little bit bitterly.

She turned to the outside and asked, "Is the second brother here?"

The emperor is here, it is inconvenient for Chen Wenyi to go forward, so he stood outside and responded.

She said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, please sit outside for a while, Rong Chenqie will come back after changing clothes."

The titles in her words were very unfamiliar, and she called him the emperor, and she also called herself a concubine.

Is she blaming herself for doubting her?
The emperor was taken aback, Bai Lu had already invited her to an outer seat, and then he remembered that he should persuade her not to get up.

Forget it, since she insisted on doing this, she must have made up her mind.

Soon, Chen Wenxin changed into homely plain clothes, and her black hair was tied up casually.

She took another box of white jade rouge from the dressing table, opened it and dabbed some lightly on her lips.

The lips that were dyed rosy with rouge showed even more paleness.

She walked outside, the emperor and Chen Wenyi both looked up at her at the same time.

She looked at Chen Wenyi, "Second brother, do you detain those traitors separately?"

"In order to prevent traitors from colluding with each other, each person is held separately, and the cells are far apart."

Chen Wenxin smiled and nodded, "In that case, please trouble the emperor and second brother to play a play with me."

Chen Wenyi saw that the emperor's complexion was not good, and she seemed very strange to him, so he guessed what happened.

He nodded and said: "Niannian asked the second brother to do it, it will never be a wrong thing, the second brother will naturally allow you."

"Thank you, second brother. The emperor is suspicious of this matter, so I want you to interrogate the emperor personally."

Hearing these words made the emperor feel uncomfortable. Chen Wenyi could trust her so much, but he couldn't.

Indeed, she never lied to herself...

The emperor blamed himself more and more for her indifferent attitude. If she had deceived him, how could he have the courage to blame himself for not trusting her?

He hurriedly said: "I believe in you, so you don't need to make another hard trip. What's more, Liu Lan is very stubborn, and Lan Xiang may not tell the truth when he is interrogated again."

"Besides."

The emperor looked at her fixedly, "I have ordered someone to gag him, he won't talk nonsense."

Did the emperor think that she brought up the interrogation just to protect his reputation?

Chen Wenxin sneered.

It turned out that it was the words Liu Lan and the emperor said, those words that stained her innocence.

He didn't even have a formal interrogation, but he just wanted Liu Lan to stop talking, so he believed his words.

In order not to let Liu Lan continue to talk nonsense and lose his face, he even planned to stop investigating.

Is Chen Wenxin's innocence important, or the emperor's face?

The emperor chose the latter, and he chose to bury the seed of doubt in his heart forever.

Looking at the person next to her pillow, she felt that he was so strange for the first time.

He is the emperor now, maybe, he will be the emperor from now on.

What about her Xuan Ye, Xuan Ye?
She turned her head away from him.

"The concubine is not talking about interrogating Liu Lan, but other people. Besides Liu Lan, there are four survivors. If you are willing to interrogate, you will always know something."

"Or... the emperor didn't even try, so he wanted to make his concubines never stand up?"

The emperor stared at her, frowning, a little sullen.

Even if Chen Wenyi is his favorite courtier and Chen Wenxin's brother, he is still a foreign courtier!

It doesn't matter how she messed around in front of her, how could she be so disrespectful and sarcastic to him in front of foreign ministers!
Before the emperor opened his mouth, Chen Wenxin hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty.

"The concubine's slip of the tongue, the emperor forgives the sin."

She lowered her head and narrowed her eyes, pleading guilty, but the corners of her lips curled up in a shadow of disdain.

She is too impulsive, with the person in front of her who can easily decide her life and death, how can she not calm down?
She must explain well, so that the emperor has a chance to listen.

But she can't just give in and be happy, it will make her guilty even more.

She wants to have resentment and annoyance towards the emperor, but she can't have hatred.

"You can do whatever you want..."

Why doesn't the emperor think that she can prove her innocence?
She raised her head, with tears in her eyes, and whispered to the emperor: "Thank you, Your Majesty..."

The emperor couldn't bear it, and stepped forward to help her up with his own hands.

"Don't worry, I believe in you..."

(End of this chapter)