On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, there was an accident in the palace.

When the concubines held a dinner in the Mingtai Palace, Yichengyi Qian wore out-of-the-box jewelry, and Concubine Jing reprimanded him lightly. As a result, Qian Chengyi confronted Concubine Jing in public.

The emperor and the queen mother were not there at that time.

Qian Chengyi didn't kneel, looked directly at Concubine Jing and said: "This Huadian is a reward from the emperor, but you let the concubine pick it off, and the concubine will not obey." ”

The palace is humble and strict, and even when Concubine Jing fell out of favor, no one dared to be rude to her. Even if he is a rebellious Hualiang person, he still knows how to abide by the rules when he tosses it. She was so angry that her chest hurt.

Pointing to Qian Chengyi, he ordered to drag it left and right, grounded himself, and waited for it to fall.

As a result, Qian Chengyi was still insulting Concubine Jing until he came out of the threshold: "You have no heirs, and you have no talent, do you dare to covet the phoenix position......" The banquet broke up unhappily, and Concubine Jing was so angry that she passed the imperial doctor.

On the second day, she ordered someone to bring the matter to the emperor. Tuoba Hong is an emperor who attaches great importance to rules and humility, and Concubine Jing is not worried about the fate of Qian Cairen.

Unfortunately, Tuoba Hong was busy and had no time to see the harem concubines for a day. He didn't even have the heart to listen, and waved his hand If it's not a big deal, let Concubine Jing, Zhao Zhaoyi, and Lin Yuan watch it. The matter returned to Concubine Jing, who hated it so much that she wanted to vomit blood.

In normal times, this is not a problem at all. Qian Chengyi is not favored, she is disrespectful, demoted and grounded, and even thrown into the cold palace, no one will say anything. But now......

The battle for the back position is fierce.

If she disposed of Qian Chengyi heavily in order to relieve her hatred, I don't know how many people would lose no time in seizing the handle to attack her, saying that she was ruthless and virtuous.

If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan. Concubine Jing was helpless, and finally fined Qian Chengyi for half a year.

If it were just that, it wouldn't have caused any waves. However, it will never end so simply.

On 15 May, Qian Chengyi hanged himself.

Gong Yu immediately became confused. When Concubine Jing and Lin Yuan rushed to Qian Chengyi's bedroom, her body was cold, her mouth was foaming at the mouth, her eyes were bulging, and the death of the hanged person was so miserable and terrifying. The three concubines who lived in the same palace with her were so frightened that they knelt at Concubine Jing's feet and cried, and one of them, Wan Guiren, was terrified and said: "Qian Chengyi has always been a good character, he was fined a few days ago, and he still eats and lives as usual, there is nothing weird, how can he find death today!" Isn't someone plotting to kill ......?"

This is not undeniable, Concubine Jing listened to it and fell backwards, and she held back so that she didn't go up and slap this nobleman. However, after the ten thousand nobles, there were also echoed voices in the crowd: "What the ten nobles said is reasonable!" Qian Chengyi died for no reason, could it be that she couldn't stand it and wanted to commit suicide because of such a trivial matter as being fined? No matter how you look at this matter, Concubine Jing is in charge of the harem, please Niangniang, you must enforce the law impartially and investigate this matter thoroughly! ”

"That's right, Niangniang, you can still hang people in this palace, it's terrible! You must find the murderer! ”

The concubines gathered around the gate of Qian Chengyi's palace and discussed, all thinking that Qian Chengyi did not commit suicide.

Concubine Jing's ears were buzzing when she heard this, and her mind became more and more chaotic.

She put down the sentence "The palace will verify itself", and staggered back to Huayang Palace with her hands on the door frame. It was a disaster that could not be avoided, and on the same day, the thing she feared in her heart soon happened, and rumors spread in the palace, pointing out that Concubine Jing had instructed someone to hang Qian Chengyi to death because of her personal grudges.

On the 20th of May, rumors intensified and spread from the palace to the capital. Even the emperor, who was busy in the Jianzhang Palace, had to come forward for this matter and call the harem concubines.

Before he could sort out the ins and outs of the matter, he pointed at Concubine Jing and reprimanded: "I handed over a big harem to you, and it was only a few months after Empress Xiao died, and such a mess happened!" "He was already exhausted by the things in the court, and now the women in the harem are still making trouble for him.

Concubine Jing, who was kneeling on the ground, was already hurt by the rumors, exhausted, and was trained by Tuoba Hong with a gun and a stick, and the grievances and fears were piled up, and she cried so much that she couldn't even speak. The emperor sighed and asked Zhao Zhaoyi and Lin Yuan: "I heard that the gossip in the palace is very undecent!" said that Concubine Jing had a grudge against Qian Chengyi because of a quarrel, so she moved her killing intent? ”

Lin Yuan watched the fire from the other side and was silent. Zhao Zhaoyi said: "Your Majesty, the concubine thinks that the most important thing is not rumors, but to find out the cause of Qian's death as soon as possible." There are many people in the palace, and the reason why there are rumors is spread is because Qian's death is really weird, and it doesn't feel like he committed suicide......"

These words really added fuel to the fire, pointing to the fact that Qian's death was killed by him.

Tuoba Hong listened and nodded slightly: "That's the reason." He looked at Concubine Jing again and said, "I don't doubt you, I will investigate this matter personally, give a result as soon as possible, and return your innocence as soon as possible." After that, he remembered that the right prime minister in the study was still waiting to see him, and he really didn't have time to delay here, so he took a step and brushed his sleeves away.

***

In the end, the emperor didn't care about it. An inconspicuous Chengyi Qian family dies when he dies, and every year there are many people who die inexplicably in the palace. If Concubine Jing hadn't been involved, he would have directly ordered this matter to be designated as Qian's suicide, and there would be no more waves.

Although Concubine Jing was not suspected by the emperor, everyone was full of money, accumulated and destroyed bones, and the rumors outside were enough to kill her at this most critical moment. After she was ordered to investigate thoroughly, she was busy with the matter day and night, and she used all her human forces, but after ten days, she still found nothing.

She became more and more frightened.

From the very beginning, she knew that Qian's audacity to collide with herself, and then she died inexplicably, was secretly manipulated by someone in order to damage her reputation.

It's just that the other party is more difficult than she imagined. The clues of Qian's strangulation were wiped cleanly, and the palace people around her and the concubines she had befriended were all unaware, and it was difficult to find out for a while. Of course, as long as it is a forged frame-up, there must be loopholes, Concubine Jing, as the head of the concubines, holds great power, and if there is enough time, it will be found out sooner or later.

But she didn't have that much time left.

By mid-June, the Queen Mother deeply felt that the six palaces were chaotic due to rumors and were not in order. She ordered Zhao Zhaoyi and Hui Zhaoyuan to be responsible for the investigation of the Qian family, and Concubine Jing was involved for a long time and couldn't confess, so she didn't interfere in this matter anymore.

Concubine Jing had expected this a long time ago. It's still the mourning period of the first queen, and the harem is in chaos, and outsiders see what it looks like. She couldn't solve the Qian family in a short time, and the queen mother could only deprive her of the right to verify and leave the matter to others.

She didn't cry or make a fuss, she went back to the palace quietly to rest, and didn't dare to stretch out her hand in this matter again.

It's not that she isn't worried that Lin Yuan will take advantage of the situation to stumble on her - she really has no choice. The queen mother and the emperor don't think that she killed people, but as time goes by, the rumors in their ears have become more and more colorful, can the two of them still adhere to this concept? The Queen Mother did not allow her to interfere, and she already had some suspicions. If she secretly stretched out her hand again, wouldn't she be honest and weak, and even want to destroy the evidence in the name of verification.

She sat upright on the soft couch in the warm pavilion of the Hehuan Palace, and the palace maids kneeling below all had a gloomy face. Since Ah Liang died, few of these subordinates can pay attention to their masters at a critical moment. Aunt Liu is an old man, but she doesn't have Ah Liang's share of the city.

"Niangniang, Niangniang......" Aunt Liu couldn't help it, and stepped forward to grab Concubine Jing's embroidered shoes: "We can't just wait......"

"Of course we can't wait!" Concubine Jing's voice was silent, and her face gradually became cold: "Wait, wait for the two sluts of the Zhao family and the Lin family to eat me to the bone?" ”

Who was the one who did it?

Concubine Jing never found out. But it's nothing more than a few people......

She paused for a long time, lowered her voice and said in Aunt Liu's ear: "We can't do anything more about the Qian family, but it's not like there's no way to go......

***

In June, the heat was pervasive, and the sky and the earth were hot. Lin Yuan in Yuzhao Palace was not accompanied by the emperor, so she had no choice but to pass on Yu Ronghua, Wang Xuanzhi and Hua Wanying, who had just been promoted to beauty, and other good concubines, moved chairs in the dense bamboo forest in the apse of Yuzhao Palace, invited Liyuan singers, and a few people listened to music to pass the time.

The Yuzhao Palace was babbling and singing, and it was also heard outside the palace walls. These days, the emperor is busy, everyone is bored, and a few concubines who pass by are interested in coming in to ask to see Lin Yuan, and they are also seated together. In this way, the team listening to the song has grown, Zhao Zhaoyi, Jin Concubine, Bo Xiaoyi, Qi Ronghua, and even Changning.

There is no shortage of fresh fruits to eat in the summer, Lin Yuan brought a box of crabs from the house, and invited everyone to eat crab roe with great interest. Zhao Zhaoyi and Changning moved their chairs back with disgust, feeling that the smell was too strong. Qi Ronghua's eyes lit up, and he saw that Zhao Zhaoyi had moved back to empty a place, and immediately moved his chair and squeezed forward to seize the advantageous terrain to eat crabs. Lin Yuan also liked to eat, raised his hand and ordered: "Sing another song 'Biyuntian'." Chu Tao, give them money. ”

Several pear garden singers knelt down to thank them. The small bamboo forest in Yuzhao Palace is very lively and joyful, and in the tragic battle for the rear position, these ordinary concubines also have such a rare day of leisure and enjoyment. The small bamboo forest was shady again, everyone was eating crabs and listening to Jiangnan songs, and the unhappiness in their hearts was put aside for the time being.

Chu Tao stepped forward with a jade plate, raised his hand and grabbed a handful of copper coins and sprinkled them all over the place, and a group of singers happily kowtowed to grab them. The nobles in the palace have always been generous, and the copper coins are mixed with gold bills.

Lin Yuan glanced at Hua Wanying's face intentionally or unintentionally.

In the past, she was also a member of the people on stage, playing and singing and laughing for so many years, and crawling on the ground to snatch copper coins after a song......

Lin Yuan didn't have to humiliate her, she called the artists from Liyuan to sing and dance, and invited her over. But this woman really needs to be beaten......

At this moment, Hua Wanying turned her head suddenly, looked at Lin Yuan and said with a smile: "Niangniang, the flavor of this crab is very authentic." ”

Lin Yuan was stunned for a moment, and turned her eyes a little sullenly to ignore it.

Hua Wanying continued to peel the crab and eat it casually.

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