Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 242 Evidence
It's not just Concubine Rong, the palace people in several nearby places more or less heard the movement, and some said that they saw Concubine Qin leading the palace people from Yikun Palace to Yongshou Palace earlier.

Everyone secretly listened to what was going on in Yongshou Palace, and no one dared to really go out and have a look.

From this point of view, if he brought Yigui's wronged soul back to his own palace, it would be a disaster.

"who!"

Everyone in Yongshou Palace looked around, only to hear a loud shout from the small table, and everyone jumped out hurriedly.

"there!"

The small table pointed to the west side hall of Yongshou Palace, and everyone rushed to kick open the door, only to see a tall red shadow hanging in the hall.

Chen Wenxin was still standing in the courtyard, and when the palace people broke open the West Side Hall, she covered Bai Lu's eyes.

She knew what would happen inside.

She didn't want to scare Bai Lu, and she was also afraid that Bai Lu would scream and disturb the peace in the palace.

Everyone thought it was Yigui's ghost hanging in the hall, but after a closer look, they found that it was a red dress.

It's just an empty red dress, where did the wronged soul come from?
Everyone lit the lamps in the Xipei Hall, and a young eunuch climbed up to take off the red dress, supported by a table and chairs.

Chen Wenxin rushed up from behind, and couldn't help frowning: "Little table, what did you see just now?"

The small table said: "The slave looked around at that time, and saw a figure flashing past in the Xibei Hall, and the slave screamed. Now that I think about it, there must be someone sneaking up here and hanging the red dress on top. It's scary. "

"You came in to move the chair just now, didn't you have this dress at that time?"

"How can it be. If the servant came in alone just now, wouldn't he be scared to death when he saw this dress?"

Chen Wenxin nodded, and ordered the palace people, "Search the inside and outside of the Xipei Hall to see if there is anything else besides this red dress."

"Yes, master."

The palace people searched around in the hall, and soon someone found a large bundle wrapped in white cloth.

"Look, master, this bundle is so rough, it must be weird."

Yongshou Palace used to be the place where Yigui lived anyway, so it is impossible to leave behind such a shoddy baggage.

"open to take a look."

The palace man who found the bundle put him on the ground and unfolded it. What was inside shocked everyone again.

I saw that there were some fake hoods and fangs inside, as well as white clothes and ropes.

The small table said: "I think the person pretending to be a ghost is the figure I saw just now. Before he had time to put on all these guys, he was discovered by the servant."

Chen Wenxin raised the corners of her lips, revealing a hint of complacency.

"Take it back, and spread it to the harem tomorrow, so that everyone can see what this ghost looks like."

The small table also smiled, and the smile flashed past, making it hard to see clearly.

"Yes."

The next day, the news that Chen Wenxin and everyone in Yikun Palace had caught a ghost in Yongshou Palace spread like wildfire in the harem.

Carrying her will, the small table displayed the package of clothes, headgear, fangs and ropes all over the palace.

When everyone saw it, wasn't this exactly the same as the wronged soul mentioned by the little eunuchs who witnessed it?

Those little eunuchs who had witnessed the ghost were also anxious to see when they heard that Chen Wenxin had led someone to catch the ghost.

"That's right, that's how I saw that ghost. His hair grows to the bottom of his feet, and his clothes are fluttering. That's how Ganqing dresses up!"

The little table saw that everyone believed it was true, so it cleared its throat and said: "Last night, Concubine Qin specially led everyone to Yongshou Palace to catch ghosts. I didn't expect to see the ghosts, but only saw a person pretending to be a ghost and ran away. Hold on, but these physical evidences are real, so it can be seen that this ghost is pretended by someone with a heart."

"Listen, all of you. If anyone knows who the person pretending to be is, he must report to this father-in-law. Our master will reward you a lot!"

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

After the little table said this, everyone was eager to see the person pretending to be a ghost.

Anyway, it's a person pretending to be, so what's so scary?
Capture him and send him to Yikun Palace, and you will have nothing to worry about for the rest of your life!

Who in the palace doesn't know that the rewards from Yikun Palace have always been the heaviest, and the concubine Qin is so generous, when will she give less?
After this day, the Yongshou Palace, which no one dared to approach a while ago, suddenly attracted the attention of many palace people.

Everyone was in a group, squatting near the Yongshou Palace, hoping to catch this person pretending to be a ghost.

There was even a quarrel between this group of people and a group of people from another palace over a hidden position.

"Master's move is really clever. Let's create a burden ourselves, and everyone will be convinced that this wronged soul is disguised by a human. Not only that, but once the reward is said, everyone is busy catching this person pretending to be a ghost." Woolen cloth!"

It is much more convenient for these palace people who want to receive the reward to squat down spontaneously than to send someone from Yikun Palace to watch.

One is that Yikun Palace has limited manpower after all, and the other is that it has an impact on the daily life of Yikun Palace.

Now it's all right, all the palace people ran to the vicinity of Yongshou Palace to watch, and the person pretending to be a ghost dared not come out again.

The more they dared not come out, the more the palace people believed that this ghost must be fake.

If it's a real ghost, it will definitely come out to scare people. Are you afraid of being watched?
"It would be too tiring to rely on the people of our Yikun Palace for everything. Now that the Palace is in a high position, it is natural to use other personnel wisely."

Her current status is enough to drive the entire harem to use for her.

It just depends on the means, pay equal attention to rewards and punishments, and give both grace and power.

The little table seemed to have been reminded, and he said: "Master, do you mean that these palace people are obviously not the master's people, but they are used by the master under the heavy reward. Not only by rewards, but also by many other methods. A way to make them do what the master wants?"

Chen Wenxin nodded approvingly, "That's what it means, but the prosperity of the world is for profit, and the world's hustle and bustle is for profit. In the harem, the word profit is the best to use."

"For example..."

The little table asked curiously, "For example, what?"

"For example, it's time for the eldest mother to come."

She looked at the sky outside, as if it was getting darker and later today, it was only after dinner that it was getting dark.

With the great mother's prudence, she would definitely wait until dark to come, and she would come in through the corner door.

She had told the eunuch on duty at the corner gate a long time ago that if she saw the eldest mother coming, she would take her to see her.

The less people know about the relationship between the eldest mother and her, the better.

She believed in the palace people of Yikun Palace, but after all, there are so many people and different people, it's hard to be sure.

Sure enough, the pocket watch indicated that it was 08:30 in the evening, and the eldest mother came.

She was wearing an inconspicuous taupe dress, and few people would be able to spot her walking in the night.

As soon as she came in, she went up to greet Chen Wenxin. Chen Wenxin was reading a book in the outer room. When she saw her coming in, she smiled and gave her a seat.

"I've already read most of this complete book of Tang poems, and Mammy just came here now."

Grandma's heart skipped a beat, did she know that she would come tonight?

She sat down on the embroidered pier with half of her buttocks, and only said in her mouth: "Let the concubine Qin wait for a long time, isn't this slave just to keep it secret? This will help the empress's major affairs, and the slave can also save a little life. .”

"Why do you blame Mammy for coming? Mammy, let's drink tea, this is the new Yuqian Dragon Well Tea presented this spring."

When the eldest mother heard it, her eyes lit up, "This spring's new tribute to Yuqian Longjing, apart from the emperor's presence in the palace, I'm afraid it's the first one for the empress, right?"

Chen Wenxin said casually: "What's so rare, it's better than the green tea that Luo Guo paid tribute to last year. I drink it better."

She doesn't even feel that such good tea is rare, it's just because she usually receives too many honors and favors that ordinary people can't have.

The eldest mother became more and more respectful, "Madam, this time, this old slave wants to report to you about the haunting of Yongshou Palace."

Yongshou Palace is haunted by ghosts, and the eldest mother came to report.

It can be seen that this matter is as she expected, and it has something to do with Concubine Tong.

"Is this ghost Concubine Tong asked someone to pretend?"

The eldest mother was a little surprised to see that she looked calm and calm when she had known about this for a long time.

"Exactly, the empress is really good at predicting things like a god."

Chen Wenxin didn't listen to her flattery, "I just want to ask you, if you want to prove that Concubine Tong sent someone to pretend to be a ghost to scare people, can you provide any evidence?"

The eldest mother hesitated for a moment, and said: "Didn't your mother come up with some hooded clothes, saying that it was the outfit of the ghost pretender caught?" Concubine Tong was furious, and flew into a rage, thinking that the servants did not listen to her words Ran to Yongshou Palace."

"Later she knew that all this was directed and acted by you, Your Majesty, and sat there for a long while without speaking. Later, she asked the palace servants to burn all the outfits they used."

The real outfit was obviously in Chengqian Palace, but Chen Wenxin came up with a bunch of fake outfits, and simply and rudely skipped the part of Concubine Tong to prove that the ghost is fake.

How can Concubine Tong not be angry?
She planned painstakingly, but she did not expect that it would not work at all, and she even acted as a stepping stone for Chen Wenxin to establish his prestige.

"Mammy said that those outfits were burned, so there is no evidence?"

Concubine Tong made a move, and a move was a serious crime of pretending to be a ghost.

If she can find her evidence, Concubine Tong will fall down from the altar completely.

The eldest mother shook her head, "There is one thing that may be used as evidence, that is the rouge they used to paint their lips. That box of rouge is a bit special. It is a low-grade product that Concubine Tong specially asked people to get from outside the palace. From Chengqian Palace."

"Concubine Tong's original life was ruined together. Who would have thought that the little eunuch on duty thought it was a good thing and gave it to a little maid named Liu Jia in the palace."

Since it is something bought out of the palace, it must go through the hands of Shenwumen.

It is not uncommon for a prominent eunuch in the palace to go shopping in the palace.

As long as they are not buying prohibited items, such as gunpowder shotguns, these guards will not care.

Especially for rouge and gouache, the maids in the palace often got rid of the help of the eunuchs to bring them, and the eunuchs took a little profit from it.

This benefit fee, of course, also needs to be distributed to the guards of Shenwumen.

So those guards will definitely know which eunuch bought what, but they will not detain the rouge, gouache and other things.

(End of this chapter)