Chapter 285: Promotion (6)
Lan Ruofeng raised her eyebrows high and said, "But Concubine Shu woke up?" β
She still has such an arrogant look, her slender and white neck leaned back slightly, revealing a delicate and small jaw, Fuqing didn't dare to look at it anymore, just nodded weakly, and said respectfully: "Concubine Niangniang woke up today and knelt down in the Heart Cultivation Palace, the queen still don't delay." β
She took Liuli's hand and got up, and walked towards the Heart Cultivation Hall step by step.
Every step is very calm, and even the tassel earrings on the earlobes are not messed up in the slightest.
When she arrived at the Heart Cultivation Palace, she saw His Majesty bowing heavily to the ground, and raised her voice: "The concubine sees Your Majesty." She looked at Tuoba Chen impartially, but Tuoba Chen didn't look at her, just pointed to Xu Qing'er, who was also kneeling at the bottom, and said, "Concubine Shu wants me to give her an explanation today, I don't know how the queen feels?" β
Xu Qing'er couldn't kneel anymore, and her whole person's strength was leaning on Luluo's body, but she still stubbornly refused to get up, and when she saw Lan Ruo coming in, a pair of eyes stuck to her body as if they had suddenly been poisoned.
Lan Ruo just glanced at Xu Qing'er, then turned his face away and said: "The concubine was wronged, the concubine didn't push Concubine Xu Shu that day, how can she plan the heir of the emperor, it is obvious that Concubine Xu Shufei herself is unstable, or that Concubine Xu Shufei has other plans?" Think about it, if it was really the concubine's hand, why did the concubine bother to do this in front of everyone's eyes? β
Xu Qing'er was about to crush her silver teeth, and she said sharply: "How not? The queen mother recognized that she was in full view of everyone, and she was so easy to wash away, so she did this-"
Lan Ruo snorted coldly and said: "Concubine Shu, if this palace really can't tolerate you, some are means, and the gods don't know it, do you really think that this palace will be stupid to that extent?" β
She had already gotten up and looked at Xu Qing'er condescendingly.
Xu Qing'er suddenly smiled and said: "Yes, the queen mother has so many means, but I don't know, when I dream back at midnight, will the mother dream of those dead palace people in the flower pond, and now that there are children of concubines, will they come to you?" β
Seeing Xu Qing'er talking about Huatang, Lan Ruo's face changed, and she lowered her voice and said: "This matter has not yet been decided, when will Concubine Xu Shu be more aware than Dali Siqing?" β
Tuoba Chen saw that they were arguing with me for a word, so he said: "Okay, just care about the dispute of words, Concubine Shu, you brought your illness to ask this me to be your master, is there no one to prove it except you and your maidservant?" β
Xu Qing'er was stunned, she lowered her head in a panic, how did she know that the emperor didn't believe her, she opened her mouth, or the pothos reacted in time, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, at that time, I was next to the queen's phoenix, and the people around me were all the queen's mother's people, even if they saw it, they would definitely not help us speak." β
Lan Ruo's previous worries were a little less, and she said, "Your Majesty, if it is according to Concubine Shu's words, wouldn't it be credible if it wasn't the words of the people around her?" β
Tuoba Chen looked at the two of them with a straight face, and the scene seemed to be deadlocked for a while, and suddenly Lan Xin got up and left the table, and said on her knees slightly: "Your Majesty, in fact, the concubine has a personal witness hereββ"
Xu Qing'er and Lan Ruo looked at Lan Xin at the same time, as if they didn't know who this person was for.
Tuoba Chen didn't expect that even Lan Xin was involved, he rubbed his sore forehead and said, "What kind of witnesses can you have?" β
Lan Xin smiled softly and said: "That day, a person came to find the concubine, saying that he saw the situation at that time, but he didn't dare to tell others, so he had to come to find the concubine." β
She looked at Lan Ruo, her expression was a little proud, Lan Ruo only felt that the uneasiness in her heart was getting bigger and bigger, and Tuoba Chen sighed for a long time: "That person is in the palace?" β
Lan Xin nodded and said, "This person is the Praetorian Guard who followed the royal car that day, Your Majesty can just ask Gonggong Fu to summon him." β
Yes, at that time, in addition to the people around the queen and the concubine, only the Praetorian Guards who accompanied them could see what was happening, and things seemed to have some eyebrows, Lan Xin said the person's appearance and name, and Fuqing got Tuoba Chen's permission to personally bring people to summon.
It was only a moment's effort, and not only the guard named Huang Yan came, but also the head of the guard at that time.
The two saw Tuoba Chen and hurriedly knelt down and saluted.
Tuoba Chen raised his hand and pointed to the person who was dressed as an ordinary guard: "Did you say you saw it?" β
The guard looked at him with a somewhat frightened expression and snorted, "If you return to Your Majesty, it is indeed a subordinate." β
The head of the guards beside him also said: "The minister can testify that he was indeed the guardian of the queen at that time." β
Tuoba Chen nodded and said, "Okay, since you saw it, let's talk about it, what did you see that day?" β
The guard touched the ground with his forehead and said in a deep voice: "The subordinates were on patrol at the time, and heard the sound of scolding, and the subordinates were worried about the safety of the queen, so they went in the direction of the dispute, only to see that the concubine and the queen were arguing, saying what He Xi, the cold palace, slippery tires or something, the concubine also said that the queen was standing by and watching, and the queen was angry, so she pushed it to the concubine - the subordinates saw the concubine bleeding at that time, and panicked, so they wanted to step forward, but they heard the queen mother say, fortunately, they were surrounded by their own people, I was not afraid of being known, so I said that the concubine fell down by herself, and her subordinates were not stupid, knowing that the queen was worried that the matter would be revealed, if she went out at that time, she would not live long if she wanted to come to her subordinates, so she quietly retreated. β
The queen and Xu Qing'er were shocked, only Lan Xin's expression was as usual, and Tuoba Chen's eyes flashed with doubt: "Why is there still a matter of He Xi in this?" β
He looked at the people in the hall, but no one gave him an answer, and he said coldly, "But did you hear anything else?" β
The man shook his head, he looked at Tuoba Chen and said, "The subordinate is guilty and failed to save Concubine Shuniang in time." β
"Full of nonsenseβ"
Lan Ruo's face turned pale and he reprimanded angrily: "This palace has not seen you at all, besides, since you are afraid that this palace will kill you, why did you go to Concubine Hui again?" Don't you know that Concubine Hui is the sister of Hongu? β
The man lowered his head, obviously very afraid of the woman in front of him.
Lan Xin said: "Sister's words are not right, although my sister and Xin'er are sisters, but after all, we are all His Majesty's subjects first, then His Majesty's concubines, and finally sisters, aren't we?" β
Although she said this, Tuoba Chen was obviously still very skeptical, so he said: "How do you explain the queen's words?" β
Huang Yan still looked a little cowardly and said: "Back to Your Majesty's words, the subordinates want to find a support, in the palace, only Concubine Hui has a high position, if the subordinates tell the little master Xi, not to mention that the little master Xi is involved, only Concubine Hui is alone, she is suitable, and she has the ability to save her life." β
This is straightforward, but it is very convincing, nothing is more important than one's own life, people are like this, looking for each other to rely on.
Xu Qing'er gritted her teeth and looked at Lan Xin, who happened to also turn her head to look at her, smiling meaningfully.
She bit her lip, this person was found by Lan Xin, it was to help herself, and it was also to harm herself, she kept struggling in her heart, but when she thought of the child who had no chance to come to the world, Xu Qing'er's eyes showed fierceness, and the green pothos seemed to be aware of her little master's thoughts, she wanted to break the net, she whispered: "Niangniang can't-"
However, Xu Qing'er was already overwhelmed by hatred, and she said: "Your Majesty, what he said is right, the concubine didn't want to admit it before, but now the concubine wants to say that what this person said is right, as for what he said about Xi Guiren and the slippery fetus, it was a few months ago, when the concubine's father was dismissed, the queen mother found the concubine and promised that as long as the concubine framed Xi Guiren and intended to drug the concubine, she could save the concubine's father's life." But as a result, His Majesty also knew that the concubine's father was dismissed and exiled to the countyβthe concubineβ"
She suddenly panted for a while, and the green pothos helped her follow her heart, Tuoba Chen's face became more and more ugly, Lan Ruo didn't expect her to say everything about it, she hurriedly said: "It's really full of nonsense, are you and Concubine Hui joining forces to frame this palace?" β
Concubine Hui said innocently: "My sister really wronged my sister, if it is really my sister who colluded with Concubine Shu, why is it Concubine Shu who has no children, including what Concubine Shu said now, but it has nothing to do with my sister, and my sister has no benefit, this doesn't make sense at all." β
Xu Qing'er saw that the queen denied it, so she said: "The one who sent medicine to the concubine that day coincidentally agreed, if Your Majesty still doesn't believe it, you can go and ask if the coincidental promise is in and out of the concubine's palace." β
Lan Ruo's expression changed slightly, and Tuoba Chen said coldly: "What a queen, as a queen, she secretly framed the concubine and plotted to kill the emperor's heir, do you really think that you are the daughter of the prime minister, and I can't move you?" β
He slapped the rosewood table beside him hard, and the sound was earth-shattering.
Rolling over everyone's heads like thunder, Lan Ruo's knees weakened, so she knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty - the concubine was wronged, yes, the concubine was jealous of He Xi, but the medicine that the concubine gave to Concubine Shu at that time did not hurt her body. This matter was done by the concubine, and the concubine admitted it, but this time the matter of pushing the concubine was that the concubine framed the concubine, and the concubine was wronged-"
There was a hint of pleading in her voice.
Tuoba Chen frowned slightly, and a trace of unbearability flashed in his eyes, but looking at the eyes in the slow hall, he had to raise his voice and say: "The queen is immoral, frames the concubine, and plots to kill the emperor's heirββ"
He paused in his voice, looked at Lan Ruo's emaciated figure, and said; "But thinking that there is still an imperial heir in the womb, he was grounded in Weiyang Palace until he gave birth to a child, Concubine Hui was righteous and virtuous, set an example for the wife, promoted to the imperial concubine, acting as the head of the phoenix seal, and assisting the six palaces, Xi nobles are virtuous and bright, and they were promoted to Concubine Xi, as for the concubine, she holds a grudge and is ruthless, and she is really not worthy of the word Shu, so she is reduced to a cautious promise, move out of the Ice Spring Palace, and go to the Autumn Dew Palace."
Lan Xin strongly suppressed the joy in her heart, and bowed her knees to thank her, Lan Ruo had already collapsed to the ground, the bright red palace clothes were on the ground, and the golden phoenix embroidered with gold beads seemed to have lost its brilliance.