In the palace.

Early in the morning, something big happened.

Concubine Wan in Chongqing Palace died, and her death was extremely weird, so weird that even Gonggong An, who was ordered to investigate the case, almost fainted in fright.

The coroner who came to the post-mortem also looked solemn, and he didn't dare to say anything until the queen mother arrived, and the coroner knelt in front of the queen mother with a trembling body, "Qi Yu Queen Mother, Wan Concubine is this, this is ......"

The Queen Mother frowned faintly behind the beaded curtain of the sedan chair, and a look of impatience appeared on a painted snow-white face: "Say whatever you want to say, it's a matter of time, how did you take so long to be a coroner?" ”

The coroner is also in his fifties this year, and he has never seen any winds and waves, if it is just a trivial matter, he will naturally not be frightened, but this is related to the royal reputation, thinking about the queen mother who has won countless rights but also maintains the royal reputation, the coroner only feels that his hair is a few grayer.

It took a long time for him to say in a dumb voice: "Queen Mother, Wan Concubine is ...... One corpse, two lives. ”

Two lives in one corpse? The Queen Mother suddenly opened her eyes and swept her gaze over the Chongqing Palace in front of her.

Since the queen was sick, the emperor has not been close to women, and only occasionally goes to spend the night with the queen, and most of the time he simply sleeps in the upper study, let alone go to other concubines to sleep.

Then where did the child in the belly of this concubine come from?

The Queen Mother's eyes were locked on the door of Chongqing Palace, "Who lives in this Chongqing Palace?" ”

Father-in-law An, who had recovered on the side, still had a pale face, he took a few steps forward and approached the queen mother's sedan chair, but his teeth chattered, "Too, the queen mother, it's Concubine Chen." ”

This concubine is the daughter of the historian Wang Yue, since Chu Nian has become more and more rampant, the queen mother has the foresight to carry the only daughter of the historian Wang Yue under Chen Lao to the position of the concubine, now there are only four concubines in the palace, there is no imperial concubine, and the concubine does not ask about the world, Concubine Chen is naturally in charge of power, and the queen mother has recently paid special attention to her, but she doesn't want to, it is such a big thing under her hands.

The Queen Mother frowned, and there was a faint anger in her words: "What about Concubine Chen? Why didn't she come to see me when something so big happened? ”

Seeing that the queen mother was angry, the historian, Gonggong An and the palace people present were all frightened, and the palace people knelt down, and one of the palace maids with a younger grade was bold and said: "Go back...... Back to the words of the Queen Mother, Concubine Chen was frightened by the death of Concubine Wan, and fainted on the spot, and now she is still lying in the palace, and the imperial doctor has not yet come. ”

The queen mother glanced at the palace maid, "Swing and go directly to Concubine Chen's bedroom." ”

That kid isn't a stupid person, there's such a big thing going on under her hands, she can't even know the slightest rumor in advance?

What's more, the child in Wan Concubine's belly can't be the emperor's, if it's not the emperor's, then that Wan Concubine is stealing people outside!

That concubine Chen is covering up the concubine who steals fish, which is also a big crime!

When the group arrived at Concubine Chen's bedroom, Concubine Chen was lying on top of the soft collapse, her eyes were closed, and her face was extremely unnatural.

When the Queen Mother entered the house, the Imperial Doctor also arrived, and the Queen Mother was not in a hurry to ask the teacher for the crime, but just sat on the side and drank tea leisurely, waiting for the "unconscious" Concubine Chen to wake up.

This Concubine Chen was still young when she entered the palace, and before the Queen Mother planned to carry her, she was still a little show girl, and when she really saw more of the world, it was naturally after she became Concubine Chen.

But she didn't have a long time to become Concubine Chen, and it was only a year, Mo said that the queen was strong and didn't need her to manage the harem before, but then the queen's health gradually deteriorated, and the rights fell into the hands of Concubine Liang, and Concubine Chen was just hiding in her palace to eat, drink and have fun.

It wasn't until the Queen Mother found her and coerced and lured her father's family that she was forced to learn these scheming in the harem, but she was also annoying, as long as the Queen Mother had nothing to do with her, the troubles in the harem, except for her own duties, could generally be hidden.

It was only in the past few days that Concubine Liang brought her own faction of people to show off her power in front of her, and she realized how rare it was to have someone she trusted in this deep palace.

So when she saw Concubine Wan kneeling miserably in front of her, she made up her mind to help her give birth to the child, but she didn't expect that Concubine Wan had only been living in her Chongqing Palace for a few days, and such a big thing had happened!

If you talk about how troublesome the interaction between people is, now Concubine Chen can be regarded as having seen it thoroughly!

She didn't even dare to open her eyes now to face the Queen Mother, who was obviously here to ask the teacher!

The imperial doctor gave her a pulse stall, and Concubine Chen had already thought of countless ways to refute in her heart, after all, this concubine Wan was dead, and she couldn't say too much bad things about her, if she bit herself, she didn't know......

"Concubine Chen, the mourning family forgives you for the crime of disrespect."

The atmosphere in the room was stagnant, and the imperial doctor couldn't help but glance at Concubine Chen, then withdrew his gaze, looked at his nose and nose, and pretended to be alone in another space.

After a long while, the person on the couch still had no intention of waking up, the Queen Mother's brows were already wrinkled, and she looked at the person on the couch sharply, "Go and drag her up for me, beat, and beat her until she wakes up." ”

"Queen Mother!" The little palace maid who spoke before hurriedly stepped forward to stop: "My mother is really dizzy, Queen Mother, you ......"

"Get out of here!" The Queen Mother got up angrily, waved her hand and pushed away the little palace maids who were blocking the mothers, at this stall, the Queen Mother squinted her eyes slightly as if she remembered something, and glanced at Concubine Chen on the couch, and immediately, she turned her gaze back: "Since your master and servant have such deep feelings, it is better to beat them this time, that is, you will suffer for your mother, if your mother wakes up at this moment, the mourning family will not make you suffer so much." ”

Hearing the Queen Mother's words, the little palace maid's face turned pale, and then she glanced at Concubine Chen on the couch with a pair of eyes full of moisture, then quickly withdrew her gaze and knelt in front of the Queen Mother without saying a word.

The Queen Mother sneered, kicked the palace maid away, and pointed at Concubine Chen: "You really don't want to wake up?" ”

The imperial doctor standing on the edge of the couch was in a cold sweat, his eyes glanced at Concubine Chen from time to time, and said in his heart: Niangniang, wake up quickly, if it is later, even the old minister will not be able to protect you.

Thinking about it, he touched the silver tael that Wang Yuesai gave him before leaving, and wept bitterly.

If Concubine Chen still refuses to wake up this time, he won't be able to protect Concubine Chen, the Queen Mother is so angry, Concubine Chen's beating is inevitable.

But if Concubine Chen was beaten like this, the thirty taels of silver and a gold crested hairpin in his arms would only be returned to Wang Yue.

In the expectant eyes of everyone, Concubine Chen finally woke up faintly, and she looked at the Queen Mother in front of her in confusion: "Queen Mother, why are you ......?"

The Queen Mother sneered, "Can you sleep comfortably this night?" ”

At this time, Concubine Chen seemed to remember something, and her face turned pale again: "Concubine, concubine is unwell, that concubine is ......"

"The mourning family thinks that if Concubine Wan is a ghost, she should be the first to not let you go, but the mother and son died miserably, but you pretended to faint and evaded responsibility? Are you sitting there waiting for someone to throw dirty water at you? ”

The Queen Mother looked at Concubine Chen very ironcladly, just now she was angry that Concubine Chen had hidden something from her, but at this time, seeing Concubine Chen's aggrieved look, the Queen Mother's anger had already disappeared.

After all, she chose the person herself, so Wang Yue is not an outsider, don't worry about the family, Wang Yue is still a member of the Wang family in the end.

Besides, now Wang Yue is kept just to involve the old man Chen, who has been very famous in the court with his granddaughter, and has always been very beautiful, and a few days ago I heard that he completely defected to the king of Huainan.

That's a whole secretarial superintendent! How could the Queen Mother look at this piece of fat and give it away?

Hearing the Queen Mother mention herself, Concubine Chen probably guessed that she was fine, so she said aggrievedly: "Concubine, concubine just looks at her pitiful, who knew that she would do such a rebellious thing!" ”

Don't say that it was the Wan concubine who entered the palace later, that is, she is now sitting in the position of the head of the four concubines, and she is still a virgin, where did the child in Wan Concubine's belly come from?

Fortunately...... Fortunately, the Queen Mother is still towards her.

Seeing Concubine Chen's angry look as if she understood something, the Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction, in the end, she is still the child of the Wang family, and with a little mention, she can always become a climate.

"You must not be so reckless in the future, anyone dares to accept it, and if you want to accept it, it depends on whether you can protect it or not."

Concubine Chen nodded, and a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes: "But the concubine's palace has always been heavily guarded, how could she give that thief a chance to kill Concubine Wan?" ”

The Queen Mother squinted and sat beside Concubine Chen slowly, waved her hand, and all the palace people, including the old lady, also retreated.

The Queen Mother then held Concubine Chen's hand and said earnestly: "It's still the old saying, the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, and now this matter of Concubine Wan, it is obvious that someone has the intention to harm you, you should pay attention to yourself, since you are not a thief......"

"It's hard to guard against thieves." The Queen Mother glanced out the window nonchalantly, and Concubine Chen immediately understood, and frowned without a trace.

She still had a trace of doubt in her heart, so she boldly asked: "But the concubines have been conscientious and friendly these days, and they have never provoked the concubines in the palace, let alone be favored, the emperor has never been to the concubines, how can she be hated for no reason?" ”

If that person is really vicious, if he wants to harm her, he will come directly at her, why would he use such cruel means to kill a pregnant woman?

The Queen Mother glanced at Concubine Chen: "Don't you know, what is a tree that attracts the wind?" ”

Saying that, the Queen Mother sighed again: "This harem battle is already a reflection of the court, and now the mourning family is raising you as a concubine, and it is also to see that you are smart, your cousin is not good now, if you have your help, this palace is still our royal family." ”

Concubine Chen looked at the Queen Mother as if she didn't understand, thoughtfully.

The Queen Mother slowly lifted the teacup on her side: "Think about it, which one else in this palace wants to put our Wang family to death?" ”

Hearing this, Concubine Chen lowered her eyes and pondered for a while, then said in surprise: "Could it be...... Concubine Liang? ”

The Queen Mother glanced at her appreciatively: "The mourning family has given you all the power, if you are smart, you will know how to use it, before the mourning family raised the concubine too high in order to stimulate your cousin, and now she seems to be a little kicking her nose in the face." ”

Seeing that the Queen Mother seemed to be a little angry, Concubine Chen also became angry, what a good concubine, it was just enough to go against her again and again, and now it directly hurt her?

Scold! Let's take a look at who has the tougher means!