Chapter 68: Concubine Wen is defeated
"It's so vicious!" Concubine Xian suddenly knelt on the ground and cried to Emperor Yong'an, "If it weren't for the emperor sending the imperial doctor to check in time, even if the Ying beauty woke up, she would definitely not be able to tell the truth from the fake." That person is so ruthless, the emperor, the emperor ......" Xian Concubine knelt and climbed to the feet of Emperor Yong'an, and her fair-skinned little hands climbed up Emperor Yong'an's knees and shook gently, "Your Majesty, Yingmei is innocent, she was framed!" ”
Emperor Yong'an stretched out his big hand to hold Concubine Xian's cold little hand, pulled Concubine Xian up from the ground, and said softly, "I will not wronged the beauty of Ying, and I will not let this person who disturbs the peace of the harem go unpunished." ”
The concubine was frightened by the ruthlessness in Emperor Yong'an's last sentence, and subconsciously took half a step back.
"Concubine," Emperor Yong'an said, pointing to the place beside him.
Immediately, a eunuch brought a small carved stool and placed it there.
Emperor Yong'an took Concubine Xian's hand and asked Concubine Xian to sit down, helped Concubine Xian wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "Concubine Xian and Ying Beauty are like sisters, and the love and righteousness in them moved me." Concubine, don't worry, Yingmei is not only your sister, but also my beloved concubine. If such a dirty thing happens in this harem, I will not let it go! ”
After that, he turned around and said to Doctor Han, "Doctor Han, is there a solution to this medicine?" ”
Imperial Physician Han nodded and replied, "It's understandable, the weight of the dream fan that the Ying beauty serves is not much." Weichen has already prescribed a prescription for the medicine boy to decoct the medicine, and when the Ying Meiren takes the medicine, it will be fine to rest for a few days. ”
Empress Zhu said in a loud voice, "Yingmei is weak on weekdays, but today she is so frightened. Imperial Physician Han considered a prescription that would not only recuperate the beauty of the warbler, but also give her a soothing prescription. Don't leave any disease behind......"
Imperial Physician Han hurriedly took the order, bowed to Emperor Yong'an and Empress Zhu, and then retreated.
Emperor Yong'an looked satisfied, and said to Empress Zhu, who was sitting next to him, "It's still the queen who is thoughtful." ”
Empress Zhu replied softly, "This is what a concubine should do." Besides, Sister Ying treats her concubines modestly and politely on weekdays, and treats the sisters in the palace gently, and even treats the palace people kindly. The concubine naturally felt more love for her in her heart......"
Empress Zhu enumerated the advantages of Lingxi, as if she was not the one who threw Cheng Enbo on Lingxi's face two months ago and ordered Lingxi to be grounded for three months.
At this moment, Gonggong Feng came in, with two eunuchs behind him and a little Ningzi with a bruised face.
Gonggong Feng walked up to Emperor Yong'an and whispered, "Your Majesty, the slave just went to interrogate all the palace maids, eunuchs, and grandmothers in the Yilan Palace. They all said that they felt sleepy after dinner, and fell asleep after returning to the room, completely ignorant of what was happening in the Yilan Palace. When the minions took people to the room to wake them up, they couldn't wake up one by one, and the minions were woken up by letting people be drenched in water one by one, which shows that they didn't panic. ”
"The servant has already ordered the little eunuch who understands pharmacology to check it," Gonggong Feng continued softly, "One of the uneaten dishes in the small kitchen of Yilan Hall has been drugged, and the amount is not light, enough for the palace maids and eunuchs in this hall to sleep until midnight......
After hearing this, Empress Zhu was so angry that she slapped the mahogany low table beside her with her palm, and let out a snap, "It's really a good thought!" If the emperor hastily condemns the Ying Beauty, those minions will only be entrusted out and cut down together, who will pay attention to the details of these branches and leaves, and will only wronged the Ying Beauty in vain! ”
Empress Zhu was angry and asked Lotus Ye, "Lotus Ye, since someone drugged your dinner, how did you wake up when you were young?" ”
Lotus Ye trembled, lowered her head and said to Queen Zhu, "Back to the queen's mother, slave, slave maid has a stomachache this afternoon." So I didn't eat dinner and went back to my room to rest, as for how I woke up, slave maid, slave maid didn't know...... The queen mother, what the slave said is true, and she doesn't dare to deceive ......"
Empress Zhu nodded and stopped asking.
Concubine Ying answered, "Queen Mother, the concubine thinks that even if someone notices that these minions have been drugged, they will definitely be thought to be made by Yingmei or a thief who came to have a private meeting with Yingmei, and it is impossible to tell if she is really wronged......"
Emperor Yong'an coughed lightly, and a trace of embarrassment slipped through his heart. Every time he came to the Yilan Palace to steal incense, he would fascinate the palace maids and eunuchs in the Yilan Palace, although he knew that Concubine Ying was not talking about him, but he still sat down in his heart.
Concubine Ying naturally didn't know what Emperor Yong'an was coughing about, so she only asked with a concerned face, "Your Majesty, but what's wrong with your body?" ”
Emperor Yong'an waved his hand at Concubine Ying, coughed twice and said, "My throat is a little itchy, it's okay." ”
Empress Zhu hurriedly served the tea, glanced at the concubine coldly and said, "The autumn night is cold, the emperor must be cold." ”
Emperor Yong'an took the teacup and took a bite, pointed to Xiao Ningzi who was kneeling on the ground and said to Gong Feng, "Which one is this?" ”
"If you go back to the emperor," Gonggong Feng also glanced at the concubine and replied, "This person is the little eunuch who came to open the door when the concubine knocked on the door, called Xiao Ningzi." ”
Emperor Yong'an was furious when he heard this, and the teacup in his hand came out of his hand and smashed on the little eunuch's body, shouting, "Dog minion, don't you tell the truth about how you framed Yingmei!" ”
Xiao Ningzi's face was dark, and there were blood stains on the corners of his mouth, and he was so frightened by Emperor Yongan that he kowtowed again and again, "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life!" ”
"Spare your life?" Concubine Ying sneered, "At this time, why don't you tell me everything you have done?" ”
Xiao Ningzi didn't dare to look up at Emperor Yong'an and the others, and finally turned around and threw herself at the feet of the concubine, crying, "Concubine Niangniang, save the slave." Concubines, the minions are all doing what you tell you! ”
The concubine looked at Xiao Ningzi kneeling at her feet, her face turned pale, she took two steps back, and only pointed at Xiao Ningzi after a long time, "You, you dog slave, this palace doesn't know you at all!" ”
In fact, Xiao Ningzi was not a spy placed in the Yilan Palace by the concubine, but was later bought by Lianrong. The concubine naturally knew that there was such a person, but she usually only asked people to talk to Lianrong, and she did not directly explain the matter of Xiao Ningzi.
"Concubine," Empress Zhu said loudly, "You turned your face too quickly." You knocked on the door of the Yilan Palace, and the person who opened the door was this Xiao Ningzi, and the palace recognized it, why didn't you recognize it in a blink of an eye? One long and three short ......" Queen Zhu's hand clicked on the mahogany tabletop, clicked, and knocked out the code, and said, "Isn't this the code you set before?" ”
It was indeed a code set by the concubine and Lianrong, but the concubine didn't expect Queen Zhu to write it down carefully. She didn't know that Empress Zhu could argue, so she ran to Emperor Yong'an, fell to her knees with a puff, and said eagerly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, your concubines are wronged!" The concubine didn't let people drug the beauty of Ying, the concubine, the concubine is really more wronged than Dou E! ”
The concubine stood up suddenly, and the concubine trembled in fright. Concubine Zhenzhen was afraid of Xian Concubine, and at this time, in her eyes, Xian Concubine was more terrifying than Empress Zhu sitting next to Emperor Yong'an.
Although Concubine Xian had stopped crying, her voice was still trembling. Concubine Xian pointed at the concubine and said loudly, "Concubine, you said that you were wronged." Then I want to ask you, why didn't Yingmei have an accident yesterday and no accident before, but you brought the emperor and the queen to catch the adulterer. Or was it that kind of obscene medicine, if it weren't for the emperor's sage, wouldn't you really think that Yingmei had done something unscrupulous? With one example in front of you, how do you want to quibble?! ”
The concubine was speechless by the concubine, and big tears flowed from the corners of her eyes, crying out of the makeup she had carefully depicted when she left the palace.
Emperor Yong'an stretched out his hand and pulled Concubine Xian to his side, pointed at the concubine and said, "Concubine Xian, don't be angry, and don't argue with this ruthless woman anymore." I see and understand, and I understand, Yingmei and you are innocent. If it weren't for the lotus leaf's loyal protector, I'm afraid I would have wronged you......"
"Your Majesty, the concubines ......" the concubine shouted in panic, "The concubine is wronged, the concubine arranged the palace people in the Yilan Palace, but the concubine did not let them feed the Ying beauty to take medicine...... "The concubine said and turned to Xiao Ningzi and said, "Xiao Ningzi, you said, this palace didn't let you and Lian Rong force Ying Meiren to take medicine, this palace didn't!" ”
Xiao Ningzi was frightened by the concubine, and immediately kowtowed, "The slave didn't force the beauty to take medicine, the slave only took Lianrong's words to guard the gate of the courtyard, and the slave didn't even enter the Yilan Palace, the slave ......"
"Don't pull this dog slave out and beat him to death!" Empress Zhu slapped the table and shouted angrily.
Gonggong Feng hurriedly asked Xiao Ningzi to cover his mouth and pull him out, and after a while, there was the sound of sticks hitting the meat and Xiao Ningzi shouting in the courtyard.
"You," Emperor Yong'an stood up from the low kang, pointed to the concubine who was kneeling at his feet and didn't know how to react, his fingers trembled slightly, closed his eyes and frowned and thought for a long time, and sighed, "You, I will spare your life, you will go to the cold palace to think about it." ”
As he spoke, he bent down and pulled out the third-grade hairpin that symbolized the status from the concubine's bun and threw it on the ground.
"Your Majesty!" The concubine looked at the hairpin that fell to the ground and let out a mournful roar.
Empress Zhu also got up and said to Emperor Yong'an, "The concubine is guilty, the concubine has no way to manage the harem, and I ask the emperor to punish her." ”
Emperor Yong'an waved his hand to Empress Zhu, took Concubine Xian's hand and strode towards the outside of the Yilan Palace, and said, "The queen is not wrong in this matter, go back to the palace to rest." I stayed in the Deyang Hall tonight......" Then he stopped again, walked back to the inner hall and said to the lotus leaf who was kneeling on the ground, "Your name is Lotus Leaf?" You have meritorious service in protecting the Lord, and I will personally crown you as the first-class palace maid in front of Yingmei. After the beauty of the Ying Ying wakes up, you say to you beauties that this Yilan Hall is too dirty, and I allow her to change all the palace people in this Yilan Palace, and she will personally go to the Inner Service Bureau to choose. ”
Lotus leaf buckle head thanks.
On the sixth day of October in the fourth year of Yong'an, Emperor Yong'an took away the position and title of concubine, put her in the cold palace, and handed over her daughter to the concubine to raise.
The grounding of the spirit rhino was lifted. After curing the medicine, Lingxi had a serious illness because of his weak body, and he lay on the bed all day long and used medicine to recuperate.
During this period, the concubines were even more like growing up in the Yilan Palace, helping the sick Lingxi to take care of the things in the Yilan Hall in an orderly manner. When he had nothing to do, he sat in front of Lingxi's bed and wiped his tears vigorously, wishing to cry all the tears of his life.
During the period of recuperation of the Lingxi, Emperor Yong'an went to the Yilan Hall to see the Lingxi, and the Lingxi lay in the arms of Emperor Yong'an and cried bitterly, which broke Emperor Yong'an's heart. Emperor Yong'an promised Lingxi, "My Huang Ying has been wronged, and when you get well, I will definitely compensate you......"