39. Qianwan
For a while, there was silence outside the hall, you look at me, I look at you, no one dares to say a word. Only Mei Xue persuaded in a good voice: "Sister Guifei is angry, maybe it was a sister who accidentally touched you, and I didn't mean it." ”
Concubine Min supported her waist, and her pregnant belly was particularly obvious, she was so angry that she raised her willow eyebrows, and her sad gaze swept over the concubines: "It is obvious that someone wants to kill the child in the womb of the palace, and deliberately pushed the palace from behind!" ”
Her personal palace maid Qiaoling also said: "Since our mother was pregnant with a dragon fetus, she has been cautious and careful in everything, how could she fall down by herself in a good manner?" “
Mei Xue asked calmly: "In that case, who was walking behind Sister Guifei at that time?" ”
At that time, Mei Xue Shen was at the forefront, and this matter naturally had nothing to do with her. After the incident, there was chaos again, and the crowd rushed to help Zhang and Mei up, and no one seemed to notice who was around Concubine Min at that moment.
When he was at a stalemate, he heard a palace maid say timidly: "Slave, slave seems to have seen it." "The palace maid was dressed up more flamboyant than ordinary people, and she had a strong fragrance of fat powder on her body.
Mei Xueshen's face sank: "Fanyu, deliberately ramming the concubine is a big crime, can you see it clearly?" She bit the word "deliberately" very hard, as if she agreed that someone wanted to harm Concubine Min.
Fanyu let out a low "um", she was Mei Xueshen's maid, so she glanced at her mother's face a few more times before she said softly: "The slave maid saw clearly, it was Chen Baolin who pushed the concubine Niangniang." ”
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Chen Baolin, only to see that her face was pale, and she hurriedly took a few steps back, and said angrily: "You have less blood and spews people!" The concubine didn't push the concubine! ”
Qiaoling has always been used to being arrogant and domineering with Concubine Min, but when she saw that it was her, she quickly stepped forward and grabbed her sleeve, blurting out: "It's really you!" ”
Ah Yuan originally watched from afar, just wanting to stay out of the matter, but this time he was shocked in his heart - this "Chen Baolin" is the person who openly contradicted Concubine Min in the palace! Since she is the daughter of a scholar clan supported by the emperor, if she is not on good terms with Concubine Min, it is reasonable to occasionally argue a few words. However, Concubine Min still has a dragon heir in her belly, and with the emperor's temperament, no matter how she is the enemy of the Zhang family, she will not make a fuss about the child in her belly. This Chen Baolin is far from Concubine Min's status, if it weren't for the emperor's intentions, there was really no reason to harm her.
She was thinking about it, but she saw the queen hurrying out of the inner hall with a straight face, and even her brows were twisted into a line.
"What's the noise again?"
Seeing that the queen was also coming, the people in the palace bowed down and saluted, only Concubine Min was still standing on the spot, faintly having a seizure.
The queen said: "I also heard about what happened just now, you are all concubines of the Son of Heaven, but you are noisy in front of Chengqing Palace, what kind of system!" ”
Concubine Min was aggrieved and angry: "Chen Qianwan has repeatedly contradicted her concubines, and the queen mother just turned a blind eye." Now that she wants to harm the dragon heir in the belly of her concubine, is the mother also sitting idly by? ”
The queen asked, "Is there a big problem with the concubine?" ”
Concubine Min said: "Fortunately, Concubine Mei's sister blocked it for the concubine, so she didn't fall and get injured." ”
The queen only wanted to settle the dispute, so she said: "Since there is no hindrance, why make a fuss because of people's unintentional mistakes!" ”
Concubine Min Guifei was extremely angry, and her voice was fierce: "Chen Qianwan plotted to kill the emperor's heir, and her heart is so vicious. As the lord of the six palaces, the queen didn't care, and said that the concubines made a big fuss, and the concubines were not convinced! ”
Chen Qianwan didn't show timidity, and only knelt on the smooth gold brick ground with a bang: "The concubine has not harmed the concubine, please let the queen know!" ”
Concubine Min glared at her and said, "Someone has already identified you, and you still dare to quibble!" ”
Fanyu took a step forward, fanned a burst of incense, and told the story again. According to what she saw, before Concubine Min fell, only Chen Baolin was the closest to her, and he was close to his body, so no one could see what he was going to do.
The queen said in a deep voice: "Chen Baolin, what else do you have to say?" ”
Chen Qianwan laughed coldly: "This palace maid only saw the concubine walking behind the concubine, and didn't see whether the concubine pushed the concubine, how can such an ambiguous testimony be credible?" ”
The two argued, and when the queen was hesitating, Mei Xue said softly: "Chen Baolin is right, but according to Fanyu's testimony, she was the only one behind Sister Guifei at that time, and Sister Guifei insisted that someone pushed her." In this way, only Chen Baolin is the most suspicious. She smiled, her beautiful eyes flowing, "The concubine thinks that the matter of the emperor's heir must be cautious, it is better to escort Chen Baolin to the court for questioning first, and then make a decision, I don't know what the queen wants?" ”
She was reasonable, and the queen pondered for a while and said, "Well, just according to what you say." ”
But seeing that Ah Yuan didn't know when he came over, he leaned over and said: "The concubine has just walked at the end, although I can't see what Chen Baolin did to the concubine, but I have also seen some other things." She was soft-spoken, with a faint smile, as if chatting about homely things, and everyone didn't think about it at first. I saw her walk in front of Fanyu along the way, with a look of disgust on her face, and asked, "Is this the maid in Concubine Mei's palace?" ”
Fanyu's face turned slightly pale, only to hear Mei Xue Shen say with a slight anger: "Is the noble Yuan suspicious of the palace and deliberately instructed the palace people to frame Chen Baolin?" ”
Ah Yuan smiled and shook his head: "The concubine doesn't mean this, she just wants to tell what she sees, so that no one will be wronged." ”
The queen looked at her deeply: "What did you see?" ”
Ah Yuan stroked Hua Sheng on his sideburns, and said casually: "The testimony of this little palace maid said that before the concubine fell, only Chen Baolin walked behind the concubine. But the concubine stood far away, but she could see it clearly. She was walking in front with Concubine Mei all the way, how could she see what was behind her? ”
A moment of dazedness flashed in Fan Yu's eyes, and then he replied: "At that time, the slave maid happened to lose something, so I went back to pick it up, and I just saw it." ”
Ah Yuan smiled and asked, "What did you lose?" ”
Fanyu fumbled around his body in a panic, and said after a while: "Lost it...... Lost the earrings......"
"I'm afraid you're losing this." Ah Yuan took out a lake-green purse with the word "feather" embroidered on it.
When Fanyu saw it, his expression was horrified: "This ...... It's not a slave thing! ”
The queen took the purse, put it under her nose and sniffed it gently, and said coldly: "This purse is exactly the same as the smell of incense powder on your body, and it is embroidered with your name, how can you rely on it?" The more panicked Fanyu became, the more suspicious she became, and opened the purse to see that it contained more than a dozen Dongzhu. Although it is not a top-level deep-sea East Pearl, it is also an unusual and general thing, and it is definitely not a treasure that a palace person can have.
Mei Xue said sharply: "Fanyu, where did these Dongzhu come from?" ”
Fanyu didn't dare to speak.
Chen Qianwan suddenly cried: "Someone wants to frame the concubine, and ask the queen to be the master of the concubine!" ”
Fanyu also slumped to the ground, and kept kowtowing: "The slave didn't lie, the slave really saw it, it was Chen Baolin's concubine!" ”
Ah Yuan laughed coldly: "Didn't you just say that you only saw Chen Baolin sticking behind the concubine, and didn't see her pushing people?" Why did you change your confession so quickly? ”
Seeing this, Mei Xue Shen hurriedly knelt down: "The concubine also thinks that Fanyu is quite suspicious, and asks the queen to be strictly interrogated, and the concubine will never show favoritism." ”
Concubine Min was furious: "What do you mean by all of you? Could it be that the palace bought Concubine Mei's palace maid and used her own life and the imperial heir's life to frame this eight-grade treasure forest? Can Hongu commit it? ”
A strange woman wearing a royal blue cloud brocade makeup satin palace dress said: "Sister Guifei, don't worry about it first, the palace is a reasonable place, let the queen mother find out the matter, and she will naturally give everyone an explanation." Moreover, in this matter, Sister Chen was wronged first. ”
Chen Qianwan raised her head and said angrily: "Sister Pei, there are some people in this palace who just don't like our concubines from poor families. Let's tolerate it everywhere, and they will press step by step, eager to get rid of it as soon as possible. If it weren't for the noble people who were willing to speak up today, I was afraid that I would be falsely killed here, but who could I reason with! ”
Ah Yuan saw that the two factions were facing each other, and looked at the queen's dilemma, and couldn't help but be a little sneering. At first, she was just uneven, and the emperor helped her return to the palace for revenge, in exchange, she should have helped these noble concubines that the emperor relied on.
Before he could think of it, he heard a rumor: "The emperor has arrived-"
As soon as Jingzhen went down to the court, he entered through the hanging flower gate and saw such a scene. The courtyard fell silent instantly, and everywhere he looked, he lowered his head.
The queen bowed down humbly: "The emperor is blessed with gold." ”
Jingzhen didn't look at her, walked straight to Ah Yuan, took her hand, and frowned unconsciously: "Why are your hands so cold." ”
Ah Yuan smiled quietly, they were in love with each other like this, so she was a little embarrassed, but she was jealous of the other concubines, just afraid that she would reproduce the glory of the Yang family's sole favor.
He turned his head sideways and instructed Zu Cheng: "Go back and send that silver rat skin wind to Yuntai Palace." ”
Zu Chengdao: "But the one that Gyeongju paid tribute to a few days ago?" ”
Jingzhen nodded, turned around and asked the queen again: "What's going on, I'm not at peace early in the morning." After Yurong finished replying word by word, Jing Zhen's face was cold, like frost, and he pointed at Fanyu and said, "This is the palace maid?" ”
The queen said softly, "Yes." ”
Jing Zhen asked, "Is there any damage to Concubine Min?" ”
Seeing that his face was full of solemnity, Concubine Min didn't dare to make a mistake, so she only held her pregnant belly and said coquettishly: "Thanks to Concubine Mei's sister's help, the concubine is fine, but it really scared the soul, and now I think about it, I am still a little afraid." ”
"It's fine if you're okay." Jing Zhen didn't see joy or anger, and his voice suddenly froze: "The harem is restless, all because of this kind of subordinate who doesn't know his duty." Drag this palace maid out and kill her with a rod. “
The queen's heart was shocked: "Isn't it tried?" ”
Jing Zhen raised his eyebrows and snorted coldly: "Can the queen judge any results?" ”
Seeing his deep eyes, the queen felt that she couldn't guess his thoughts more and more, sighed silently for a moment, and had no choice but to say: "Kill one and make an example, and let others watch, and they will be more peaceful in the future." ”