Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 193 Rumors Spread
Chen Wenxin had a high fever, Lu Zong had been listening to Yu Pavilion to serve him all night, and Chen Wenyi never left.

Mrs. Zheng also wanted to stay in Tingyu Pavilion to help take care of her, but was persuaded by Chen Wenyi and the others to come back.

"Mother stays up here to take care of her, how can she bear it physically? Do you want Niannian to wake up and see that you are uneasy?"

After what they said, Mrs. Zeng insisted on sending her back to her room, so Mrs. Zheng just let it go.

"If there is anything wrong with Niannian, you must come and tell me, you understand?"

Mrs. Zheng reluctantly left, and Chen Xihai also helped Mrs. Zeng drag her away.

The rain outside finally stopped now, if the rain had stopped sooner, Chen Wenxin would not have been drenched into a high fever.

Lu Zong fed her a decoction, her pulse condition improved a bit, but her forehead was still terribly hot.

Bai Lu came out from inside, and said in a panic, "Doctor Lu, please go in and have a look, the master is so burned that he is talking nonsense."

Lu Zong and Chen Wenyi hurried in, only to see Chen Wenxin with an ice veil on his forehead, his eyes closed showing a terrified look.

She whispered, "Second Brother, Second Brother, save me."

It was like having a bad dream, and she panicked in the dream, asking Chen Wenyi to save her.

Chen Wenyi stepped forward to hold her hand, and said softly over and over again: "Second brother is here."

He repeated it many times, and Chen Wenxin gradually settled down.

She managed to escape from the palace, and flew out of the birdcage surrounded by gold and silver bars, but she still couldn't escape the danger of the people in the palace.

Concubine Tong Gui was a woman who had been impregnated in the harem for more than ten years. Her scheming and viciousness were far beyond imagination.

It is really a dangerous thing for Chen Wenxin to live in the same palace with such a person as the emperor's concubine.

This time, as long as Chen Wenxin wakes up safely, he will never be negligent and let her be hurt by Concubine Tong.

It would be great if Chen Wenxin hadn't been drafted in the palace from the very beginning...

The dim light in his eyes flashed, and a thought was formed in his mind.

Concubine Tong is bullying too much, if you don't give her some strength, I'm afraid she will get worse.

After Chen Wenxin fell ill, rumors arose in Tsinghua University.

It is said that Concubine Tong is jealous and hates Concubine Qin, falsely claiming that Concubine Qin is disrespectful, and makes her kneel in the rain for an hour, causing Concubine Qin to lose consciousness.

With this rumor, Concubine Tong naturally couldn't sit still.

She sent someone to investigate privately to find out where this rumor came from, and it turned out to be the guards guarding the garden.

The guards are different from the palace people. The palace people are under the jurisdiction of her harem, while the guards are under the command of foreign ministers.

And the guards guarding the Tsinghua Garden were all transferred from the palace, Chen Xihai, the father of the concubine Qin, was a first-class guard, and this matter had nothing to do with the Chen family.

Her father was a minister in charge of the guards, and using these guards to spread rumors against her was really Lu Ban wielding a sword in front of the door.

She wanted to send a letter to her father Tong Guowei, asking him to find a way to quell the rumors.

Only to find out that among the guards brought out by the emperor, not half of them are Tong Guowei's subordinates.

The emperor's distrust of her father was almost obvious.

She couldn't do anything about this rumor, because it was the truth.

There are so many concubines in the harem who are dissatisfied with her, they will not control the mouths of the palace people for themselves.

It is already considered kindness not to let the palace people in one's own palace increase the intensity of spreading rumors.

She began to worry, what she was most afraid of in her life was that others would make a fuss about her character.

Because it is impossible for a concubine with a tainted character to become a queen.

She has always been cautious in her words and deeds, and does not easily leave behind others.She humiliated Concubine Qin that rainy night, she was indeed too impulsive...

How could she have thought that a concubine who fell out of favor and left the palace could pose any threat to her?
Well, she forgot that Chen Wenxin also has a good father and a good brother.

She had no choice but to ask her palace servants to take money to bribe these guards who spread rumors.

Unexpectedly, this move not only failed to calm the rumors, but made her guilty evidence conclusive.

Everyone said, "If Concubine Tong Gui didn't do anything wrong, it would be fine for her to show her power to deal with those who spread rumors. Why bother to buy them with money?"

Taking silver money shows a guilty conscience.

Some people don't believe it?

"Here, look. Here is the silver!"

Concubine Tong regretted and worried at the same time, she regretted that she should have stepped on Chen Wenxin, who was out of favor, and let the Chen family, who had always been indisputable, start to deal with her.

The worry is that these messages will damage her image in the eyes of foreign ministers, and that the emperor will be angry with her when he hears these words.

The fact that the emperor came to Tsinghua Garden to spend the summer with her this year is enough to show that the emperor's attitude towards her has improved a bit.

She wants to take this opportunity to win the emperor's heart, so that the emperor can no longer hate her.

On this day, all the concubines gathered at the Yingfeng Pavilion by the lake, where they held a banquet to enjoy the scenery of the lake and mountains, it was rare for the emperor to be there.

The emperor likes several courtyards by the lake in Tsinghua Garden, such as Qingxi Bookstore, etc., and gave them to several elder brothers to live in.

The emperor himself lived in a Guanlan Pavilion.

According to the etiquette system, the emperor should live in the main hall.

The emperor just said that the lakeside is cool, and if he wanted to live in Guanlan Pavilion, no one dared to say anything more.

"The emperor said that the lakeside is cool and cool, maybe it's the second best? I'm afraid it's because the emperor is intoxicated by the beautiful scenery in front of him."

Concubine Hui teased the emperor, and the emperor only smiled lightly.

Concubine Rong laughed and said: "But the lake view is really beautiful, no wonder the emperor is so intoxicated that he can't even stay in the main hall."

In fact, they all guessed in their hearts that the reason why the emperor lived in Guanlanxie was because he lived with Chen Wenxin last autumn.

It's just that Chen Wenxin's status is embarrassing now, unlike the favored concubine or abandoned concubine, they dare not speak in front of the emperor at will.

I could only hear a few younger elder brothers making a noise. It turned out that the second elder brother and the fourth elder brother were arguing.

Concubine Tong Guifei, as the adoptive mother of the second elder brother, said: "Why did you two get into a fight in front of Huang Ama? Why don't you behave yourself."

Concubine De concubine took a look at Concubine Tong and remained calm.

The second elder brother said: "Huang Ama, I want to talk to Huang Ama, but the fourth brother rushed to talk to me."

Except for Yipin's fifth elder brother who is still young, among the four older elder brothers, the eldest elder brother and the second elder brother live together in the elder brother's house and go to school together.

They are similar in age, and their relationship is normal.

Unexpectedly, the second elder brother and the fourth elder brother are getting better and better, which makes the third elder brother and the eldest elder brother come together.

The eldest brother and the third elder brother's biological mothers are Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong respectively. The two have a good relationship, and they are naturally happy to see that their elder brother has a good relationship.

It's not the first time that the fourth elder brother and the second elder brother are competing to talk.

After all, the two of them are not really arguing, it's just a joke between brothers.

The emperor also likes to watch brothers chatting, laughing, and fighting.

This is what a boy's home should look like.

On the contrary, it is not good to be too timid like the third elder brother, and the eldest elder brother is too cautious.

The emperor looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "What are you arguing to tell me?"

I saw that the second elder brother and the fourth elder brother guessed a punch, the second elder brother was a stone, and the fourth elder brother was a cloth.

The emperor originally thought that the second elder brother would not let him go when he lost to his younger brother.

Unexpectedly, he smiled in a good-tempered manner, and said to the fourth elder brother: "Then let you and Huang Ama talk about it."

The emperor was very surprised, when did the second elder brother become so sensible?

The fourth elder brother smiled and bowed to the second elder brother, and said in a similar manner: "Thank you, second elder brother."

Then the fourth elder brother turned to the emperor and said: "Report to Huang Ama, just now the second elder brother and his son said that Huang Ama didn't live in Guanlanxie just to see the lake and mountains."

"My son asked the second brother, does the second brother think that Huang Ama lives here because of Chen Erniang?"

The fourth elder brother's immature words were very cute, but all the concubines present fell silent and did not speak.

The fourth elder brother didn't seem to notice the weirdness of the concubines at all. He continued: "The second elder brother asked the son, how do you know? It turns out that the son and the second elder brother thought of going together, so we rushed to report back to the emperor. Ma."

After listening to the words of the fourth elder brother, the emperor was noncommittal.

Tong Yanwuji, the second elder brother and the fourth elder brother only knew that Chen Wenxin's current status was embarrassing, but they didn't keep it secret like other concubines.

They were worried that if Chen Wenxin fell out of favor, they would offend themselves.

The corner of the emperor's mouth turned up slightly, but it could be seen that at least the concubine De was not indifferent to Chen Wenxin.

She usually cares most about disciplining the fourth elder brother's words and deeds. If the fourth elder brother says and does something inappropriate, she will definitely stop it severely.

But the fourth elder brother said so many words just now, but Debi always sat quietly as if she didn't hear it.

And that chapter is always there.

The emperor looked at her round face, her round eyes sparkled, and he almost applauded for the fourth elder brother.

Should it be so obvious?

The emperor almost laughed out loud looking at her.

She is a careless person, she has never been favored in the harem and has never complained.

The emperor didn't like her, but he didn't hate her either.

As if sensing the emperor's smile, Debi turned her head slightly, seeing Zhang Changzai's expression on her face, and hurriedly kicked her under the table.

Zhang Changzai noticed his gaffe after being bumped a few times by Concubine De.

She hurriedly restrained her expression, put on a calm look, and silently applauded the fourth elder brother in her heart.

"You two have been thinking about this all day long in your little heads? Can you memorize the tenth chapter of the Analects?"

The emperor was noncommittal to what they said, but just threatened them lightly.

The second elder brother and the fourth elder brother were immediately disappointed, and sat down obediently.

Unexpectedly, the second elder brother was wronged again: "Huang Ama, I have recited the tenth chapter of the Analects of Confucius, can I go to visit Qin'er Niang? I heard that Qin'er Niang knelt in the heavy rain for an hour. It's amazing."

Concubine Tong Guifei heard her second elder brother mention Chen Wenxin kneeling in the rain, her temples throbbed.

She never expected that the first person to mention this matter before the emperor would be her adopted son, the second elder brother.

(End of this chapter)