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Although Concubine Tong hated poisoning Nian Xilan and wanted to put her to death immediately, she did not rush it, but slowly began to lay out it with great patience. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Inevitably aroused the suspicion of others, after dealing with the funeral of Concubine Liang, Concubine Tong Guifei began to punish the palace people in Changchun Palace who were disrespectful to Concubine Liang and neglected their duties, and then used this matter as an excuse to strictly investigate the high-grade palace people served by each palace one by one.

As the saying goes, when the water is clear, there are no fish, and the palace people who serve in the palace have some of their own selfishness and calculations. After some detailed investigation, Concubine Tong found out a lot of problems.

Concubine Tong relegated some of the concubines who were disrespectful to their masters, treated them harshly and fell out of favor, as well as the slave canes who were not favored by Kangxi, and then relegated them to Xinzheku on errands. This investigation and punishment did clear some bad practices in the harem, and made the concubines and Gege, who had been bullied by the minions for a long time in the harem, cry with joy and celebrated with their foreheads.

However, the matter is far from over. When everyone in the palace thought that the turmoil had passed, for Concubine Tong, the real show had just begun.

Seeing that the foreshadowing was almost over, after the first lunar month, Concubine Tong finally summoned Hui Ru, the palace maid who served this year's show girls, and Mama Zheng and Mama Xu, who examined the show girls, to Jingren Palace for questioning.

Because Huiru has always been respectful and courteous to her master, she has always served her wholeheartedly, and even took good care of the little eunuchs and little palace maids who had just entered the palace and had no grade, so she was very popular in the palace. Concubine Tong symbolically interrogated Huiru a few questions, praised her casually, and then made her retreat.

In fact, Tong Guifei didn't want to use her as a pawn to frame Nian Xilan because she appreciated Hui Ru's personality, but because Tong Guifei thought that Hui Ru was too smart and sleek to control.

After all, the palace people who can mix like fish in water in the harem must have their cleverness, and Concubine Tong Guifei can't allow any slight mistakes in this plan, so she naturally excludes Huiru. This time, Concubine Tong invited Huiru and the two grandmothers who were in charge of the physical examination to Jingren Palace for questioning, just to confuse the eyes of everyone in the harem in order to hide her true purpose.

When Hui Ru withdrew from the hall, Concubine Tong's face changed, and she directly threw the results she had found a few days ago in front of Mama Zheng and Mama Xu, and sneered sarcastically: "There is a different price for each inspection, and the price of avoiding the inspection of the virgin body is the highest, which is as high as two hundred taels of silver, which is really an eye-opener for the palace!" You two are also old ladies in the palace, and you dare to accept bribes and cheat in the matter of the show girl's body examination? How much money have you received? There should be as many as 10,000 taels, right? You have already violated the palace rules by accepting bribes, and what is even more hateful is that you dare to choose unchaste and unclean women into the harem to confuse the royal blood! Even if you are put to death, it will be difficult to atone for this grave sin! ”

When Mama Zheng and Mama Xu saw that their bribery was revealed, they suddenly trembled with fright, and knelt down in front of Concubine Tong with a limp body, begging for mercy with their foreheads incessantly.

Mama Zheng had already knocked blood out of her forehead, but she didn't bother to wipe it, and pleaded with tears in her eyes: "The slave should die!" Slaves and maids should be damned! It's all the slaves and maids who are fascinated by ghosts for a while, so they make such a big mistake! But although the slaves and maids accepted the red envelopes handed by the show girls, the slaves and maids definitely did not choose the unchaste and unclean show girls into the harem! Please let the concubine be aware and spare the slave and maid a cheap life! ”

Although Mama Xu didn't know why Concubine Tong wanted to deduct the felony of confusing the royal blood on their heads, she just relied on her instinct to survive and couldn't help but explain to Concubine Tong for mercy, "Concubine Niang, those show girls are all icy and jade yellow flower girls, and they are of noble birth, they have been pampered by their families since they were children, and they are naturally thin-skinned, and they are ashamed to do that last step of testing, which is also understandable." But even if the slaves and maids have the courage, they don't dare to choose unchaste women into the harem! For those show girls who could not be sure of their innocence just by looking at the shape between their eyebrows, the color of their lips and chest, and the shape of their legs and legs, even if they accepted the red envelopes, the slaves would find a copper basin and put some very fine firewood ash in it, and then let the show girl undress and squat on it, and brush her nostrils with feathers. When the show girl sneezes, the slaves will carefully inspect the ashes. If the dust is still, it means that the lady who is being examined is a virgin, so the unchaste person is mixed into the palace......"

Mama Zheng's eyes flashed with hope, and she also explained: "Those show girls are all from famous families, who has the courage to send an unchaste and unclean daughter into the harem, isn't that a tiger's mouth pulling teeth and killing herself?" The slave maid has also inspected more than 100 show girls, although those show girls have different looks and postures, but they are all ice clear and jade girls, please check the concubine Niangniang! ”

"Not really!" Concubine Tong sneered and said slowly: "Even though you are experienced, just by observing the brows, skin color, chest, abdomen, and legs of the show girls, is it too child's play to try to distinguish whether they are virgins or not?" Maybe someone who lives a little better than others, and gives you a thick red envelope, which is enough to blind your eyes, blind your lard, and let them go without any effective test, and make wrong judgments and records, isn't that true? ”

Mama Zheng and Mama Xu were stunned for a moment, and then reacted and shouted wronged.

Concubine Tong smiled slowly, and no longer listened to their explanations, but continued to take care of herself: "It's like the concubine Xi who has been favored by the emperor recently, she was pregnant after serving the emperor for a few days, and now she is just over three months old, and her belly is the size of other women who are five months pregnant, which is really ridiculous!" It's a pity that the emperor is now confused by Xi Concubine, and he can't see such a big flaw, and he is kept in the dark by Xi Concubine. How can this palace allow the concubine Xi to continue to stay in the palace** harem and confuse the royal blood! ”

Mama Zheng and Mama Xu were shocked in their hearts, and finally realized that Concubine Tong's punishment of them this time was just a cover, and the person Concubine Tong really wanted to deal with was Concubine Xi, who was deeply favored by the emperor and pregnant.

Although the two grandmothers did not dare to disobey Kangxi's will and tell Concubine Tong that Kangxi had ordered the two to re-examine Nian Xilan's body, they still had the courage to defend Nian Xilan: "Maybe it is because the concubine Niangniang listened to the villain's slander, so she misunderstood Xi Concubine Niangniang, so she doubted the innocence of Xi Concubine Niangniang." Xi Concubine Niangniang has already slept for the emperor, if Xi Concubine Niangniang is really not innocent, how can the emperor not see it and continue to love Xi Concubine Niangniang? It can be seen that Concubine Xi must be innocent! ”

"The emperor is the supreme of the Ninety-Five, how can he allow an unchaste and unclean woman to stay in the harem and give him great favor? Xi Concubine Niangniang was given the noble title of Xi by the emperor after sleeping for the first time, which shows that the emperor must be extremely satisfied with Xi Concubine Niangniang in his heart, how can Xi Concubine Niangniang be an unchaste and unclean woman? ”

Mama Zheng and Mama Xu defended Nian Xilan so boldly in front of Concubine Tong, not out of a good impression of Nian Xilan or the so-called righteous heart. They knew very well in their hearts that since Concubine Tong chose them as pawns to frame Nian Xilan, she would naturally not leave them a way to live. And if they go against Kangxi's will and leak the secrets that Kangxi strictly ordered them to keep privately, they will also be executed by Kangxi.

Since it is impossible to escape death on the left and right, it is better to try to protect the favored concubine Xi Niangniang until death. In the future, when the truth is revealed, the emperor may still think about their dedication to maintaining the feelings of Xi Concubine Niangniang and give some care to their families.

When Concubine Tong heard that the two grandmothers were vying to defend Nian Xilan, she was immediately furious, gritted her teeth and reprimanded: "Come on, slap the mouths of these two cheap maids in the palace, see if they dare to speak wildly and quibble!" ”

As soon as Concubine Tong finished speaking, four strong grandmothers stepped forward and pressed Mama Zheng and Mama Xu to the ground, holding a long ring ruler in their hands, opening the bow left and right and slapping them in the face. Because of the extremely ruthless attack, it only took a few strokes to make Mama Zheng and Mama Xu's cheeks swell, and their lips were cracked and blood flowed out.

According to the rules of the Qing Palace, if a grandmother or a palace maid makes a mistake, she usually takes off her pants and executes it with a cane, and she will not directly slap her face. And Concubine Tong now ordered someone to slap the mouths of Mama Zheng and Mama Xu, beating them into a faceless, which is already a very heavy punishment.

Concubine Tong looked at the two grandmothers who were paralyzed on the ground and couldn't speak, ordered someone to take the confessions that had already been written, held the hands of the two grandmothers who had fainted, dipped the blood on the ground and pressed the handprints on the paper.

Concubine Tong took the confession and re-examined it, waved her hand, and ordered someone to drag Mama Zheng and Mama Xu down, temporarily imprisoned them in Jingren Palace, and summoned two henchmen to guard them strictly.

Qiaoxin carefully put away the confession handed over to her by Concubine Tong, and asked worriedly: "In my humble opinion, keeping those two grandmothers is always a disaster!" Why didn't the master just order them to be killed with a cane? ”

Concubine Tong sneered, glanced at Qiaoxin, shook her head and said, "If you kill them at this time, it will inevitably attract the attention of everyone in the harem." What this palace wants is a one-hit hit, and I don't want to startle the snake. If the Nian family got the news in advance and ran to the emperor to cry bitterly, wouldn't it ruin a good show specially prepared for her by the palace! After the palace rectifies the Nian's, it will naturally arrange for those two damn grandmothers to commit suicide in fear of sin, so let them live a little longer. ”

Concubine Tong thought about it, and asked uneasily: "The thing that the palace asked you to do in person, have you arranged it properly?" ”

Qiao Xin smiled proudly, and while handing Concubine Tong a cup of hot tea that had just been brewed, she lowered her voice and whispered, "The slave maid has already been prepared." The slave maid bought a nearly five-month-old fetus from the Sleeping Moon Pavilion that had just been beaten down last night, but it happened to be a formed male fetus. The slave maid heard that his mother-in-law was a well-known female branch girl in the Sleeping Moon Pavilion, and she was raised by a wealthy businessman in Jiangnan for a period of time a few days ago. She originally thought that the Jiangnan rich chamber of commerce would marry her as a concubine for the sake of the child's affection, but she didn't expect that people were just playing with her on the spot, and never had the idea of marrying her into the door. Now she can only get rid of the burden in her abdomen and pick up customers in the Sleeping Moon Pavilion again. The slave has already iced the fetus with ice cubes, and when she takes it out as evidence, she will definitely be able to hide it from the world! Even if Imperial Doctor Liu personally checked it, he couldn't find a problem. ”

Concubine Tong Guifei drank two sips of tea in a row, and sneered: "This palace doesn't care about the origin of that fetus, this palace just wants to use him as a sharp blade and stab him into the emperor's heart full of pity for Nian's family." This palace wants to take a look, and when the emperor believes that the Nian family is disloyal and unfaithful, what tricks can the Nian family with the world's delicate face play to save the emperor's heart! ”

Concubine Tong thought about it, and suddenly chuckled, and her carefully depicted eyes revealed a touch of anger and madness, "As soon as this palace thought that the emperor would kick aside the Nian who knelt down and couldn't stop begging for mercy, or simply strangled the slut Nian with his own hands, this palace felt happy...... Hahaha...... Hahaha...... It's so funny! Concubine Tong laughed loudly, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the brocade handkerchief in her hand, and sighed: "This palace is so happy, I actually laughed out of tears......

Concubine Tong smiled for a while, then gradually retracted the smile on her face, and instructed Qiaoxin: "You go and invite the Nian family to come to Jingren Palace to enjoy the flowers now." Remember, you only need to inform Nian that in addition to her, the palace has also invited concubines, concubines, secret nobles, and noble people to come to Jingren Palace to watch plum blossoms, so as not to be suspicious and refuse to come. ”

Qiaoxin immediately lowered his leader's order, and hurried towards Yikun Palace.

Concubine Tong Guifei turned her head to look at the red plum trees that were blooming brightly in front of Jingren's palace, and sighed faintly: "Look how good this red plum blossom is!" Even the emperor liked it when he saw it. Nian was fortunate enough to see these red plums before she died, which can be regarded as her creation! ”

Compared with the gloomy and depressing Jingren Palace, which is full of anger, Yikun Palace is a warm and peaceful scene at this time.

Because Kangxi was worried that Nian Xilan's pregnancy months were getting longer, it would not fit if she wore the previous flag outfit again, so he specially ordered the Internal Affairs Office to prepare a flag outfit for her according to Nian Xilan's current figure. The colors of these flags are mainly pink and light blue, and a few are light and elegant colors such as lake green, goose yellow, incense, and moon white.

Nian Xilan liked these exquisite new clothes very much, and at the suggestion of Fang Wan and Fang Lin, she picked out a lake-green flag dress and changed into her body, stood in front of the bronze mirror and took a photo, which really fit very well, and was indeed much more comfortable than her flag clothes that were already a little tight.

Nian Xilan looked at her abdomen, which was already obviously bulging, frowned suspiciously, and hesitated: "Is a woman who is three months pregnant with a belly the same size?" Why do I always feel like my belly is growing a little too fast lately? ”

Mama Sun hurriedly stepped forward to comfort: "The meals eaten by the master are all absorbed by the dragon fetus in the womb, so the dragon fetus grows slightly faster." In addition, the master is slender, so in comparison, the abdomen is slightly larger than that of other pregnant women. ”

If Nian Xilan is a woman who has never been pregnant and has given birth, she will naturally believe in Grandma Sun's words at this time. However, after all, Nian Xilan had been pregnant four times in her previous life, so how could she not know what the size of her abdomen should be when she was more than three months pregnant? Coupled with the unique induction between mother and child, Nian Xilan has already affirmed that what she is carrying in her womb is very likely to be a pair of cute dragon and phoenix fetuses.

Nian Xilan couldn't help but be startled when she just felt this unique feeling with the child in her womb. However, after thinking about it carefully, Nian Xilan felt that such a rare bond with the child in her womb might be the second precious gift given to her by the Dustless Dao Chief.

Compared with her beautiful appearance, Nian Xilan cherishes this newly discovered gift very much.

Nian Xilan secretly rejoiced that as long as she made good use of this rare skill, she could sense the children before they encountered danger. In this unpredictable and undercurrent harem, with this ability, you can take better care of the children and make them grow up safely and happily.

As for the fact that there may be two little brothers in her womb, Nian Xilan didn't take it to heart.

Nian Xilan secretly thought that if she really gave birth to two little elder brothers, she begged the emperor for permission not to give the two little elder brothers any titles, but only let them be idle clansmen. In this way, there is no need to send any little brother away from him.

Now Nian Xilan, who has seen the changes in the world, only hopes that her children are healthy and safe, even if she can only be an idle clan that cannot participate in court politics, Nian Xilan does not feel any regrets. Nian Xilan even felt that this might be another opportunity for her children to choose to do what they liked, which was not necessarily as happy as the happiness and joy obtained from becoming a prince and a prince of the county.

Although Nian Xilan had already guessed in her heart, she did not deliberately expose the concealment of Grandma Sun, Fang Wan and others. Since Kangxi was afraid that she would be overly worried, so she tried her best to hide that she was pregnant with twins, she was also happy to accept Kangxi's love, pretending to be dazed and ignorant to live happily, and quietly raising a baby in Yikun Palace.

At this time, the little palace maid who was guarding outside the hall came in to report that the palace maid of Jingren Palace came to ask to see Nian Xilan at the behest of Concubine Tong.

Nian Xilan was slightly stunned, and hurriedly asked the little palace maid to bring Qiaoxin in.

Qiaoxin saw Nian Xilan, respectfully knelt on the ground and said goodbye to Nian Xilan, and then stood up and said with a light smile: "The concubine Niangniang saw that a few red plum blossoms in Jingren Palace were blooming just right, so she specially ordered the slave maid to come to Yikun Palace to invite Xi Concubine Niangniang to Jingren Palace to enjoy the flowers. The noble person thinks that he has arrived at this time, and the concubine and the concubine are already on the way at this time, and the slave and maid will go to the Xianfu Palace to invite the secret nobleman later! ”