Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 231 Self-Innocence
Although it is impossible to determine which of the six concubines it is, but the incident happened in Yikun Palace, Chen Wenxin is indeed the most suspected.

And Yigui, the biological mother, was naturally the least suspicious.

This suggestion put forward by Yigui seems to be reasonable.

The more this is the case, the more Chen Wenxin suspects that this is just a trick that Yigui wants to return to Fifth Elder Brother.

Yigui is so vicious that he can shift the blame for his crimes to his mother's family.

Those are her biological parents!
Thinking about it this way, it's not surprising that she caused her own son to regain custody.

After all, for a concubine, having a son will have a completely different status.

Chen Wenxin knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed respectfully to the emperor.

"Please trust me, my majesty, I have never done such a thing."

All the concubines also knelt down when they saw this, saying that they absolutely did not frame Fifth Prince, and that the teacup was definitely not their own.

De Concubine said: "Your majesty, you came late just now, and I didn't see that the fifth elder brother could talk. He called Concubine Qin Er Niang, and said Er Niang hugged her."

De Concubine seemed to say something irrelevant, but in fact she was telling the emperor that the fifth elder brother loved Chen Wenxin very much.

This shows that Chen Wenxin, the adoptive mother, treats him very well, which is why the unrelated baby likes her.

Zhang Guiren also hurriedly said: "Yes, Your Majesty. Concubine Qin treats Fifth Elder Brother as her own, and all the sisters see it. How could she treat Fifth Elder Brother like this."

The emperor said: "You all get up, I will not wrong anyone casually, and I will not let the instigator go."

Bai Lu helped Chen Wenxin to stand up, the emperor looked into her eyes, and she looked back at the emperor.

At this glance, the emperor is enough to believe that this matter was not done by Chen Wenxin.

But now he is in a bit of trouble, he can't tell which of the six cups of tea is whose, so Chen Wenxin's suspicion is the biggest.

If he insisted on believing in Chen Wenxin and not dealing with it, it would appear that he was being unfair.

If she can't be cleared of her suspicions, he can only take the fifth elder brother back to Yongshou Palace and let his mother-in-law, Yigui, raise him.

The emperor was about to speak, when Chen Wenxin said: "Your Majesty, although this concubine does not know who used wine to harm fifth elder brother, this concubine can prove her innocence."

She told Bai Lu, "Go to the small kitchen to get some wine, any kind of rice wine or cooking wine is fine."

"Chen Qie is allergic to alcohol, just like fifth elder brother. It's just not as serious as fifth elder brother. He is allergic when he smells it. But if he drinks it, he will definitely have an allergic reaction."

It was only then that everyone remembered that Chen Wenxin never refills the wine during the big banquet.

Zhang Guiren suddenly realized: "It's no wonder that every family banquet, I don't see my mother adding wine. It turns out that my mother is allergic to alcohol?"

"Exactly."

She was facing the emperor and said: "The concubine has never disclosed this matter to the public, just because she is afraid that someone will use it to harm the concubine. I did not expect Mrs. Zhang to be so careful and see that the concubine does not refill the wine."

The emperor said: "You are allergic to alcohol, do you want to drink alcohol in front of everyone to prove your innocence? This is absolutely impossible."

In order to prove that she didn't harm the fifth elder brother, she made herself allergic, which is too dangerous.

Chen Wenxin insisted on this, she said: "Your Majesty, Yigui keeps saying that my concubine harmed the fifth elder brother, and this concubine must prove her innocence, no villain can't frame her!"

What she said pointedly pointed out that Yigui was deliberately framing her, and called Yigui a villain.

Yigui panicked, how could it be such a coincidence that she also happened to be allergic to alcohol?

Bai Lu brought a cup of rice wine and a white porcelain wine cup, and said, "Master, these are from the small kitchen, and they are usually used for making rice balls for the emperor."

Everyone saw that the style of the wine jug was indeed from the kitchen, so it can be seen that Chen Wenxin does not usually drink alcohol.

Bai Lu poured a little into the wine glass, Chen Wenxin raised the wine glass, but was stopped by the emperor.

"Nonsense, allergies are fun too? I believe that you have never harmed Brother Fifth, so you should stop drinking this wine."

Chen Wenxin shook off the emperor's hand with a stubborn face, "The innocence of my concubine is more important than my life!"

She stared at Yigui with a look of death, "I will never allow others to slander me at will!"

As she spoke, the glass of wine came to her lips and she drank it down in one gulp.

As soon as the wine drank, her face turned red.

Her skin was originally fair and clear, and this redness was very obvious.

After a while, small red rashes appeared on the red face, clearly the same as Fifth Prince's face!
At this time, Lu Zong came out from the inner room, cupped his hands and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, fifth elder brother is fine now, my minister..."

What he wanted to say was, can Chen go back to rest?
Unexpectedly, the emperor rudely interrupted the second half of his sentence, "Quick, show Concubine Qin!"

As soon as Lu Zong raised his head, my good guy, I just cured a small allergy, and now I have another big allergy!

"My lady, please come inside."

Chen Wenxin covered her face with an embroidered handkerchief, and followed Lu Zong into the inner room.

Yigui never dreamed that Chen Wenxin would also be allergic to alcohol, she was at a loss when she looked up and saw the emperor's dark face.

"Bold and noble! If you hadn't talked nonsense and framed Concubine Qin as a way to harm Fifth Elder Brother, why would she drink to prove her innocence? Now you are happy, seeing Concubine Qin like this, are you satisfied?"

Yigui panicked, knelt on the ground and cried: "The concubine is just worried about the fifth elder brother, and she just said that when she was in a hurry and confused. The concubine is the fifth elder brother's biological mother..."

She is crying so pitifully now, how can she look like the pungent look that just angrily scolded Chen Wenxin for killing the fifth elder brother?
The emperor was tired of hearing this, and waved his hand, "You don't have to keep saying that you are the fifth elder brother's biological mother. Although you are the biological mother, if you didn't take good care of her, why should I raise the fifth elder brother with Concubine Qin?"

"I will definitely find out who owns the cup of tea with the wine. Mrs. Yigui slandered my concubine for no reason, and committed the following crimes, forcing Concubine Qin to injure herself to prove her innocence. I am shutting myself in Yongshou Palace and thinking about my mistakes. There is no need for the decree to come out again."

Lady Yigui still wanted to argue, but the emperor couldn't argue, so he asked Li Dequan to take her out.

In fact, this matter has been troubled by now, and everyone has seen it clearly.

Presumably, Yigui wanted to return Fifth Elder Brother, so by doing this dangerous move, he could not only regain Fifth Elder Brother, but also frame Concubine Qin.

It's just that this is speculation after all, and there is no evidence.

In addition, the concubines are also one of the suspects, so it is not good to speak rashly.

In the inner room, Lu Zong checked Chen Wen's pulse while muttering.

As soon as he felt Chen Wenxin's pulse, he knew that the allergy was definitely not caused by drinking, but by something in contact with his skin.

Taking allergens and topical allergens, although it looks like a skin rash, the pulse condition is completely different.

Chen Wenxin whispered: "Doctor Lu don't need to mutter, I'll tell you. I'm not allergic to alcohol, this is the white lead powder I asked Bai Lu to rub on the wine glass."

It's not such a coincidence, how could she happen to be allergic to lead powder just like Fifth Prince?
She could almost conclude that this matter was done by Yigui, but she couldn't find any evidence.

Seeing that Mr. Yigui's treacherous plan was about to succeed, she felt unwilling.

After taking care of the fifth elder brother for the past few months, she has always treated the fifth elder brother like her own child.

Now being taken away by the Yigui people and being accused of murdering elder brother by her, how can she be reconciled?

So she came up with a plan to ask Bai Lu to get the wine, but in fact, she smeared low-quality lead powder on the white porcelain wine glass.

This kind of lead powder is often used in low-quality cosmetics. It looks very fair when applied to the face, but it is actually harmful to the skin.

And Chen Wenxin's skin is delicate, she can feel any lead powder in the makeup.

As a result, there will be small red rashes like this allergy on the face.

The rouge she usually uses is made by squeezing the juice out of clean red rose petals in a container, and then putting them into the cotton pieces of that year.

The gouache is also made by crushing the top-quality jasmine seeds and then finely sieving them.

Completely free of lead powder.

When she was drinking just now, the lead powder stained on the wine glass touched the surface, so this phenomenon occurred.

Seeing her speak so directly, Lu Zong became curious.

He looked at the fifth elder brother lying on the bed, and asked, "The fifth elder brother..."

Chen Wenxin glanced at him, "I didn't do it."

Lu Zong and her had cultivated friendship along the way during the southern tour. During the few months when she was out of the palace to visit relatives, she was ordered to take care of her illness.

Since Chen Wenxin said she didn't do it, Lu Zong certainly trusted her.

"Weichen believes in the empress."

Chen Wenxin frowned and said to Bai Lu: "Today, Yigui made a show. You are right, I shouldn't be soft-hearted, and I even invited her to Fifth Elder Brother's birthday."

She looked at Fifth Prince's sleeping face, and there was still a little red rash on his white and tender face, and she became more and more angry.

It's all right if Mrs. Yigui wants to frame her, why bother making a fuss about her son?

The fifth elder brother has just turned one year old, isn't she afraid of killing her son?
This is the only child in her life.

Bai Lu covered her with a veil, she walked out of the inner room, and saw that Mr. Yigui was no longer there.

"Doctor Lu, is there something wrong with Concubine Qin's face?"

Lu Zong cupped his hands and said: "Back to the emperor, Concubine Qin doesn't drink much wine, plus she's older, so it's not as serious as Fifth Elder Brother."

The emperor nodded and said: "In this case, Concubine Qin and Fifth Elder Brother are entrusted to you, and they must be cured for me."

"The humble minister takes orders, and he will definitely live up to the emperor's entrustment."

"I was very annoyed in the previous court, and I just wanted to be quiet when I came to the harem, but I didn't expect such a mess to happen again."

The emperor looked displeased, and all the concubines expressed their resignation one after another.

When Lu Zong saw that these concubines had left, he hurriedly said, "I'm going back to the Imperial Hospital to make medicine for Concubine Qin and Fifth Elder Brother."

While speaking, he exited the room.

(End of this chapter)