Chapter 29: Concubine Jia makes a move
"Presumptuous!"
Without waiting for Jing Yuan to speak, Chu Aotian's face darkened first: "The queen is the mother of a country, how could she do such a thing?!" Concubine Rou, I miss that you just lost the prince, and your spirit is a little weak, so I don't care about you, but I can't mention the words of the queen! β
"Could it be that the emperor is so partial?!"
Concubine Rou straightened up violently, stared at Chu Aotian with two eyes, and said with a resentful expression: "The concubine only drank a cup of tea in Fengyi Palace, and after coming back, she had abdominal pain, could she still have wronged the queen?!" Your Majesty, the concubines know that you prefer the queen in your heart, but the concubines also want to seek justice for their children! β
After speaking, he cried faintly on the side.
"Concubine Rou insisted that she drank a cup of tea in her mother's harem, but why did Concubine Rou Niangniang conclude so?"
At this moment, Jing Yuan suddenly opened his mouth, looked at Concubine Rou who was kneeling on the ground with a calm face, and said: "Niang Niang is pregnant, I am afraid that I have not told my father and queen mother about such a major event, how can the queen mother know?" β
While speaking, the queen had already hurried to Huayang Palace with someone, and just happened to hear what Jing Yuan had just said.
"Concubine Rou, since you are pregnant, why don't you report it to the palace? Today in Fengyi Palace, all the sisters have drunk that tea, and this palace is no exception, how can you buckle this hat on your head in this palace? β
The queen stared at Concubine Rou coldly, but her whole shoulders were trembling, and she didn't know whether she was angry or afraid.
Jing Yuan quietly stepped forward and handed his hand to the queen's hand, and although he didn't speak, he showed a comforting smile to the queen.
The queen's heart warmed, and she gently patted the back of Jing Yuan's hand, then let go of Jing Yuan's hand and knelt in front of Chu Aotian upright.
"As the mother of a country, the concubine will never do such a thing to murder the emperor's heir! Since Concubine Rou suspects that it was done by this palace, please ask the emperor to thoroughly investigate Fengyi Palace, and it is good to return the concubine to an innocent person! β
As soon as the queen said this, everyone was surprised!
Taking the initiative to ask for a search of the palace, although it can prove the queen's innocence, if it really acts like this, where will the queen's face be placed? !
"Mother, don't do it!"
Jing Yuan was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly stopped him: "Father and Emperor, the queen mother is the master of the harem, if you search the palace at will, how will the subjects of the world treat the queen mother?!" You know the queen mother's personality, please think twice! β
After saying this, Jing Yuan also fell to his knees, his brain running rapidly, to see how to draw everyone's attention to the box of dim sum.
"Your Majesty!"
Seeing that Chu Aotian seemed to be a little hesitant in his eyes, Concubine Rou's heart was crossed, and she shouted sharply: "How does the emperor know that the queen doesn't want to capture her?!" deliberately said that he was so innocent, just to confuse the emperor! The concubine believes that the goose has left a voice, if this matter is really done by the queen, it will definitely leave traces, if you can't find the slightest clue, the concubine is willing to kowtow to the queen to apologize! β
The words were so loud that Jing Yuan couldn't help but secretly raise his vigilance in his heart and have doubts.
Concubine Rou, why do you think that there must be evidence in Fengyi Palace?!
Just when Chu Aotian hesitated, he suddenly heard the palace people report again: "Concubine Jia Niangniang has arrived ......"
Jing Yuan hurriedly raised his eyes and saw Concubine Jia's solemn face, and there was a reluctant little eunuch behind her, but this little eunuch looked quite familiar.
Which one is this?
Jing Yuan's brows furrowed tightly, and he subconsciously felt that his heart kept sinking.
"The concubine has seen the emperor and the queen."
Concubine Jia's demeanor was dignified, and there was a sharp contrast between the queen and Concubine Rou who were kneeling on the ground, but for some reason, Jing Yuan's heart also "chuckled".
"Why did Concubine Jia come over? And this, why is that? β
Chu Aotian's face was calm, so that people couldn't see what he was thinking, he just raised his chin slightly, and the direction was the little eunuch who was twisted.
"Back to the emperor, the concubine just learned that something like this happened to Concubine Rou's sister, and her heart was also very sad, so she thought about comforting Sister Roufei......"
Concubine Jia kept her head down, until she still looked submissive: "But who knew that the concubine had just walked outside the gate of Huayang Palace, and she saw that this little eunuch was sneaky, so she directly let people take him, what the concubine didn't know, just wait for the emperor to interrogate him personally......"
"When is this, Concubine Jia is still in the mood to care about this!"
Jingyi snorted coldly, glanced at Concubine Jia unceremoniously, and said resentfully: "Now that my mother has been victimized by a traitor, Concubine Jia Niangniang casually pulled a little eunuch out to confuse the public at this time, could it be that she deliberately diverted her father's attention and shielded the real murderer?!" β
Jing Yuan raised his eyebrows and glanced at the queen quietly, but he happened to look at the queen, the queen shook her head almost undetectably, and a faint layer of doubt rose in Jing Yuan's heart.
This Concubine Jia, is she loyal or traitorous at this time?
"Jingyi must not be rude."
Chu Aotian only felt that his head was incomparably big for a while, although he had also experienced the competition for favor of concubines in the past few decades, how could he have been so chaotic as now?
Now it's Concubine Jia, and after a while, I can't tell which concubine will pop up to join in the fun!
"Princess Jingyi, don't worry, this little eunuch appeared in Huayang Palace in a panic at this time, it can't be related to this matter, otherwise, this timing is too coincidental......"
Concubine Jia didn't think it was wrong, and she still looked humble.
"The emperor, the emperor spares his life, the queen spares his life, the slave doesn't know anything, the slave, the slave is just acting on orders, all this has nothing to do with the slave......"
Concubine Jia turned her body to the side, and let the little eunuch kneel directly in front of Chu Aotian, but before Chu Aotian could speak, the little eunuch was already so frightened that he was full of begging for mercy.
Seeing this scene, even the most stupid person knew that this little eunuch was inseparable from Concubine Rou's miscarriage.
"What's your name? Which palace is serving? β
Chu Aotian sank his face and stared at the little eunuch tightly with his eyes.
"Return, if you go back to the emperor, the slave is named Xiao Lizi, yes, he is waiting in the pantry......"
Xiao Lizi trembled like chaff, and her voice was full of trembling.
"What I ask is, in which palace are you waiting in the pantry!"
Chu Aotian slapped the table and shouted, which startled everyone in the room.
"Slaves are dead!"
The little eunuch was prostrate on the ground, as if he was afraid, but he said everything: "The slave is waiting in Huayang Palace, the slave, the slave doesn't know anything!" β
"You talk nonsense!"
Before the little eunuch could finish speaking, Jingyi took the lead in glaring at the little eunuch suspiciously: "Since you are serving in Huayang Palace, why has this princess never seen you?!" This princess tells you that there are traces of where the palace maid and eunuch serve, don't think about framing others at will! β
"The slave is not lying, the slave is really serving in Huayang Palace, and please Princess Mingjian!"
The little eunuch hurriedly kowtowed again, but everyone was impatient to listen to the little eunuch talking here, so they set their eyes on Concubine Rou.
"Hongu remembered!"
I saw Concubine Rou gritting her teeth, her eyes full of resentment: "You were transferred to Huayang Palace to serve a few days ago, right?" This palace remembers that you said that you came to Huayang Palace on the order of the queen's mother! β
As soon as these words came out, everyone turned their attention to the queen.
"It's good that the palace transferred him to Huayang Palace, but it's just because the eunuchs who served in the pantry of Huayang Palace have returned to their hometowns, and there is a shortage of people to serve in Huayang Palace......"
The queen's eyes widened, and she tried her best to explain clearly: "Which one of the personnel transfers in this palace has not passed through the hands of this palace?" If you don't make up for Huayang Palace, presumably Concubine Rou will cry in front of the emperor and complain that this palace has deducted you, so this palace first calls Huayang Palace's manpower, is it also wrong? β
"Hmph, the queen is really clever!"
Concubine Rou snorted coldly, looking at the queen's eyes full of anger: "How can it be so coincidental, the queen has just transferred someone over, and the child in the concubine's womb is gone!" β
"What Concubine Rou Niangniang means, is nothing more than that this little eunuch was instructed by my mother to deliberately murder Concubine Rou Niangniang?"
Jing Yuan suddenly interjected from the side, but before Concubine Rou could say anything, Jing Yuan bowed to Chu Aotian in a dignified manner, and said, "Father, Concubine Rou doesn't match her words before she speaks, so it's better to let Imperial Doctor Wang take a closer look!" β
"What does this mean, eldest sister!"
Jing Yi also heard the irony in Jing Yuan's words, and her face suddenly turned red, and she complained for her mother: "Now that my mother is the victim, can't you question it?!" On the contrary, it is the eldest imperial sister, who has repeatedly excused the queen, and always sarcastically mocked my mother, Jingyi wants to ask the eldest imperial sister, is this the teaching of the queen's mother?! β
A sarcastic smile appeared at the corner of Jing Yuan's mouth, and he looked at Concubine Rou unhurriedly and said: "First, Niangniang has been pregnant for more than three months, and no wind has been heard in this palace, and Niangniang has not reported to the queen mother, how can the queen mother know that Niangniang is pregnant?" Second, before the mother kept saying that she had a miscarriage after drinking tea in Fengyi Palace, and this time she said that it was the hand of the queen mother who planted it in Huayang Palace, so I don't know where Concubine Rou Niangniang was recruited? Thirdlyβ"
Speaking of this, Jing Yuan paused, then moved his gaze to Concubine Jia, who was standing on the side with low eyebrows and lowered her head, and asked sarcastically: "This person was brought by Concubine Jia, but Concubine Jia's mother put the person in front of her father without asking, and insisted that this person had something to do with this matter. β
"Princess Jingyuan is really a good ......"
Concubine Jia smiled brightly, but there was no panic on her face, she only said lightly: "This palace just presents what she sees and thinks to the emperor, and she doesn't have any selfish intentions, this palace sits up straight, if the princess doesn't believe it, she can interrogate the people who are waiting in the Cloud Palace......