Chapter 43: Self-Defense
"Do you still want to be cunning until now?" Qi Zongwen said, "Do you think that the things you have done can really be concealed from me?"
"What are the concubines doing?" the queen said, she was still aggrieved in her heart, she was still pregnant, Her Majesty didn't even come to the Ditai Palace, Ming Huanghuang gave her no face, she had to endure it, His Majesty finally came and blamed her, and there was no way to restrain the grievances she had been enduring her.
She looked at Qi Zongwen, "Does Your Majesty really respect me as a wife and a queen?"
"Have you done anything respectable?" Qi Zongwen said, "When you were in the palace, you were like this, letting your sister-in-law spread the Qin family's arrogance, pampering and arrogance, and after entering the palace, you intensified your efforts, and even spread rumors that she was related to Yao's premature birth." β
"Is she the one who has something to do with Concubine Yao's premature birth?"
"No, it's you. Qi Zongwen shouted.
The queen's face immediately turned pale, and she had to force herself to say, "I don't understand what Your Majesty said at all. β
"Your Majesty's heart is completely biased towards the Qin family, since Your Majesty feels that I am persecuting her, then I have nothing to say. β
"The Qin family didn't respect the princess when she was in the palace, and she didn't respect the queen in the harem, could it be that I wronged her?"
"Do you think I have no evidence and casually wronged you?" Qi Zongwen shook his head in disappointment, "Do you think I would hope that my queen is a person who has no mercy and uses to hurt others?"
"Gao Meiren was a guest in the Ditai Palace, dressed up, and everything was a fine product given to her by the queen, why did she ignore her after she offended Long Yan, but the queen still remembered that she was the sister who kept saying that she would take care of before?" Qi Zongwen said, "The queen is still weak-hearted, and I wish she died early." β
"Your Majesty doesn't like me, and everything I do is wrong. The queen said, "Concubine Yao was born prematurely, and I was so worried that I had to stay in bed to recuperate." β
"I didn't care about Gao Mei for a while. β
"Your Majesty wants to remember the death of the high beauty on my head, so remember it. β
"Then why did Gao Meiren die, the queen who needs to recuperate, why did you immediately call someone to clean up the palace of Gao Meiren, it was not dark yet, and there was no trace of Gao Meiren's life in Yulu Palace. Qi Zongwen said, "Do you think that if you destroy all the things you have rewarded to the high beauty, no one will discover the secret?"
"You don't know, Gao Meiren suspected you early on, before she died, she gave her the most things she wore as a reward for her, that string of medicine-soaked bracelets, the Marquis of Guangping Mansion has been preparing for a long time, who was it prepared for before?"
The queen's legs were weak, and she half sat on the ground, "What kind of bracelet Your Majesty said, the concubines don't know." β
"I don't know?" Qi Zongwen said, "You still don't know." I pulled everyone back, just because I knew too late, if Concubine Yao had given birth prematurely, I would have known that you were behind the ghost, and I would have skinned you a long time ago. β
"This is my last chance for you. Qi Zongwen said, "If you still do this kind of private thing in the future, don't blame me for ignoring the relationship." β
The queen was stunned, she couldn't believe that Her Majesty knew about the bracelet, Mama Cui clearly said that it was all over, she looked at Your Majesty, her disgusted expression was so real, no, she couldn't let His Majesty sit on this crime. She pinched her palms to calm herself, and stepped forward to hug Qi Zongwen's legs, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I don't know, I really don't know." That bracelet was given to me by my brother, I saw Gao Meiren praise a few words, I gave it to her, I really don't know what's wrong with that bracelet, if it's really a problem, will I still stay by myself?"
"I'm pregnant now, Your Majesty. β
"I don't care about anyone, I also care about the child in my belly. The queen cried.
Qi Zongwen bent down to look at her, "Do you know? When the Zhen Ji Division reported it to me, I didn't want to believe it, you are still pregnant, you do such a thing, are you not afraid of retribution on your own child?"
"No, no. The queen shook her head in panic. "No, it won't. "My son is the crown prince, a man of great luck, and others can't hurt him. If there is retribution, if there is retribution, it will be repaid on her head, and it cannot be repaid on her son.
The queen burst into tears.
"Although I am sorry for Concubine Yao and her children, I have decided to cover up this matter, and no third person in the harem will know about it. Qi Zongwen said, "Queen, you can do it yourself." β
Qi Zongwen withdrew.
The queen clenched her palm, and there was still the touch of cloth in it, but she couldn't hold anything, "Your Majesty." β
"Your Majestyβ"
His Majesty came and went, and the queen mother cried out of shape, making the entire Ditai Palace covered with an ominous atmosphere, "Niangniang?"
"Quick, go and call the imperial doctor, my mother's stomach hurts. β
Qi Zongwen went out from Ditai Palace, and his mood was not much better, Qin Yunyi looked at him, "Since Your Majesty has arrived at Ronghua Palace, you are not allowed to think about other women, you can only think about me." β
"Overbearing. Qi Zongwen squeezed her hand, and her thoughts turned a thousand times, the queen really didn't know about that bracelet?
The priest didn't ask whether the things that the queen gave to Gao Meiren were removed from her hands or someone else to give her.
If it really came from her hands, maybe she really didn't know.
Qin Yunyi saw that he was still preoccupied, so he simply ignored him and dealt with his own affairs, and Mama Li took the list to give her the favors that she was going to leave this month.
"The gift list for Concubine Ying should not have the things sent by the Internal Manufacturing Division, and she also has the things of the Internal Manufacturing Division, don't let people think that we have nothing in the Ronghua Palace. β
"The princess of the king is pregnant, and a pair of treasure bottles of Xidelin'er are added to the precious medicinal materials. β
"On King Anjun's birthday, two points will be subtracted according to the current gift list. After listening to Mama Li, Qin Yunyi told her her what she thought, "Concubine Xian, they will reduce it according to our gift list, the previous gift list is too heavy." β
"Yes. Mama Li said, "The internal manufacturing department has sent over the new jewelry for the summer, and the New Year's jewelry, is it all put away now?"
"The two sets of big heads were put away, and the rest were scattered and packed in a velvet box, and they were kept for reward in the future. Qin Yunyi said.
Qi Zongwen came back to his senses and saw that she had solved the palace affairs so neatly, and laughed at her, "The noble concubine is really magnificent." β
"That's it. Qin Yunyi looked at him, "As Your Majesty's favorite concubine, but wearing old jewelry, isn't this a disgrace to Your Majesty?"
"Do you give people jewelry in a velvet box?" Qi Zongwen thought for a moment, "Didn't you take it off your wrist first?"
"The things that you carry on your body are given to others, one is that they are young and poor, and they do this to show their closeness, or they are simply unprepared and can only take things from their bodies temporarily. Qin Yunyi said, "Now I reward all palace concubines, or princesses and princesses of the clan, and county lords, so much rudeness." β
"The same is true for the queen to send you things?" Qi Zongwen asked.
"Of course. Qin Yunyi looked at him, "The queen is also a famous lady, how could she do something rude." β
"Maybe she said she liked the bracelet she was wearing, and she took it off for you. Qi Zongwen asked.
"Your Majesty, isn't he joking?" Qin Yunyi looked at him in surprise, "The things that the queen mother wears are all of high grade, who dares to wear them except her?"
"If I say to my face that I like the bracelet on the queen's hand, then something really is going to happen. Qin Yunyi smiled, "The queen mother liked Gao Meiren at the beginning, and the rewards given to Gao Meiren were all non-beauty grade things, but they were not things that the queen mother had worn." β
"Otherwise, she wouldn't dare to wear it if she borrowed ten dares from a high beauty. β
"yes. Qi Zongwen shook his head and said, what was he thinking, probably subconsciously he still didn't want the queen to be a vicious person, so he also wanted to listen to her sophistry and believe that she had no intention of harming others. But I also want to know that the Marquis of Guangping sent in such a bracelet, how could he not say it, is he not afraid of accidentally injuring the queen.
How could he know that the bracelet would be really good to be given to Gao Meiren by the queen.
It's not Concubine Yao, it's a high beauty. If it is given to Concubine Yao, I am afraid that when something happens, the Zhen Ji Division will be able to find out, and if it is given to Gao Meiren, the Zhen Ji Division will not be able to find out so carefully, if it is not for Gao Meiren to wear everything on her body before she dies, or if the queen is in a hurry to eliminate the traces of Gao Meiren.
I'm afraid I can't really find out, and this thoughtful design will become a real accident.
Qi Zongwen couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Your Majesty sighed again. Qin Yunyi said, "Do you dislike my hands too loose?"
Qi Zongwen shook his head and asked with a smile, "Do you still like the jewelry sent by the Internal Manufacturing Division?"
"If you don't give away the things of the Inner Manufacturing Division, why do you give them away?" she is not like others, some family members will collect some things and send them to the palace for her to use.
"It's that the princes and princesses of the clan see that I am pitiful, and they often send some things from the outside world, and I occasionally ask Mr. Han to buy some things for me when I go out of the palace on errands. Qin Yunyi said. "Reward to the clan relatives or concubines below the concubine, the things sent by the internal manufacturing department are enough, but the four concubines, as well as the queen and the queen mother, can't all be the things of the internal manufacturing division. β
"From now on, I will ask Han Xing to procure it for you every month. Qi Zongwen said, "The money also comes out of the inner treasury, and you don't have much cash in the first place, so you still go to buy this and that." β
"Actually, I'm bolder, but I have a way to get money. Qin Yunyi suddenly smiled and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know, there are many adults in the court, and they all want to send money to me." β
"It's just that I thought that I didn't understand the things of the court, and I couldn't indiscriminately collect money to cause trouble for His Majesty, so I refused. Qin Yunyi said, "Anyway, Your Majesty remembers me, and it is more useful than anyone who sends money." β
"You can't take money indiscriminately. Qi Zongwen said, "Then you have received money from others, do I want to do things for others?"
"If I don't do things for others, will others laugh at you for collecting money? β
"I confiscated it anyway. Qin Yunyi said, "I don't say good things to people." β
"I'm on His Majesty's side anyway. β
"Just a few dollars just want me to work against His Majesty, that's not good. β