Chapter 45: Farce
Cheng Qian woke up, wrapped her in the quilt, tightened her quilt with her hand, and gently patted her back with her hand before she fell asleep again.
At this time, it was late at night, and the seventh prince in Prince Alcohol's mansion was still learning martial arts from Master Wu. Today, he practiced for a day, and he was sweaty, and he didn't feel tired, but the more he practiced, the more energetic he became.
Qing Yu looked at his own master who suddenly opened his mind, and only felt that the sun was coming out in the west.
When he was resting for a while, Qing Yu brought hot tea to the two of them: "Lord Wang, you have practiced for a day today." It's not too early now, so let's rest early and practice again tomorrow. ”
The martial master on the side waved a handful of sweat on his forehead and echoed: "Yes, Seventh Prince, as the saying goes, you can't make a big fat man by eating one bite, you don't have to be in a hurry, practice every day, there will always be progress." ”
Cheng Ye glanced at Master Wu, took out a gold ingot from his arms, and threw it to Master Wu: "Go on." ”
Master Wu caught the gold with both hands, his eyes lit up, and he instantly came to his senses: "Yes!" ”
Summer is gradually coming, and the day is dawning earlier than usual.
When Su Wenmei woke up, Cheng Qian had already gone to the court. She cleaned up, calculated the time, and just in time to go to the palace of the virtuous concubine to say goodbye.
She put on light makeup and walked in the direction of Fangyi Palace. However, when I saw the vermilion lacquer gate of Fangyi Palace, I heard the voice of Concubine Xian's scolding from a distance, as well as Qian Hui's defense.
She knew that something was wrong, and walked quickly towards Fangyi Palace.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw all the concubines sitting, and Concubine Zhuang condescendingly reprimanded Hui Concubine who was kneeling on the ground, and Hui Concubine had obvious slap marks on her face. Next to her, there was also a trembling Zhilan kneeling.
"The concubine sees the concubine Niangniang." Su Wenmei knelt on the ground: "The concubine dared to ask, what did Concubine Hui do, and the mother was so angry?" ”
"*Harem!" Zhuang Xianren said, took the sachet presented by Ruoli on the side, and threw it in front of Su Wenmei: "Concubine Hui admitted it herself, this sachet is her own, but it is not a gift from the emperor. ”
"Concubine Wen can take a closer look, this sachet is embroidered with Tilian, and there are also obscene lyrics and songs. Could it be that Concubine Wen still has to defend her? ”
Su Wenmei picked up the sachet and looked at it carefully. I saw that on the red sachet, two twin flowers were embroidered, and there was an inscription under it: "Death and life are broad, and Zicheng said." Hold the hand of the son, and grow old with the son. ”
"Dare to ask the virtuous concubine Niangniang, where was this sachet found?" Su Wenmei asked.
Concubine Xian looked at Zhilan, and Su Wenmei also followed her gaze and looked at the trembling palace maid who was kneeling on the ground.
"Slaves and maids deserve to die, they are slaves and maids...... It was the slave who accidentally dropped the sachet ......" Zhilan cried, intermittently complaining.
"Hui'er, what this palace gave you, how can you let a subordinate keep it?" As soon as Su Wenmei said this, all the people who were waiting to see the excitement were shocked, and even Qian Hui looked up and looked at her with some puzzlement.
Su Wenmei glanced at her lightly, Qian Hui was not stupid, and immediately understood.
"Concubine Wen's ......"
"Concubine Wen! Words and deeds should be evidence-based. How can a woman give a sachet to a woman, and embroider and tillian? Unless...... Unless you are ...... Sharpen the mirrors! Seeing that the situation had reversed, Concubine Xian immediately put pressure on her. The word grinding mirror struggled for a long time before it came out of her mouth.
"Whether the concubines and concubines are grinding mirrors or not, the emperor naturally knows. However, this sachet was seen by the concubine by chance on the vendor on the long street, and she thought it was very good-looking, so she bought it for Hui Concubine. This is not the meaning of the lotus, which is the meaning of Shuangshu, not the general meaning that the virtuous concubine sees in some vulgar books. ”
"As for this contract between life and death, he said to Zicheng. Hold the hand of the son, and grow old with the son. Su Wenmei looked at Zhuang Xianren and paused.
The precious person who had been sitting on the side suddenly spoke: "Guifei Niangniang, this poem has also been heard by concubines, and it is said that this poem was originally to commemorate the friendship between friends. ”
As soon as the precious person said this, he saw Concubine Zhuang's face red and white. Su Wenmei looked at the precious person with some puzzlement, she had no intersection with the precious person, and she was surprised by her help.
The precious person actually nodded at her slightly, if she hadn't looked at the precious person intently just now, Su Wenmei would have thought it was her own delusion.
Now Su Wenmei has only been favored, and the concubine who wanted to murder her in front has just been imprisoned, and no one who does not have long eyes dares to hit her openly. The moment Su Wenmei came out to relieve Concubine Hui, the matter of the sachet was half settled. Precious people help each other, and they have their own calculations.
"So Guifei Niangniang, what are you going to do with this matter?"
This time, those who were originally going to watch Qian Hui be lively, but they all watched the liveliness of the virtuous concubine. Now that it has reached such an embarrassing point, Zhuang Xianren's face is also red and white, and he doesn't know what to say for a while.
And Concubine Lan sat on the chair next to her, her eyebrows and eyes raised, looking like she didn't care about herself. She felt at the moment that Zhuang Xianren was really stupid, and it was really a wrong decision to see her in a high position and conspire with her. Fortunately, now that the matter of Jinyun Palace has not been involved, she can be regarded as successfully getting out.
"That'...... If it is really as you said, Hui Concubine was the first to defend herself? Zhuang Xianren asked, her momentum was obviously much weaker, and she no longer had the previous arrogance.
Qian Hui kowtowed to Zhuang Xianren and said unhurriedly: "The concubine believes that the pure are self-purifying, and the turbid are self-turbid. Not long ago, Concubine Wen was assassinated by a traitor three times and twice, and now that Jinyun Palace has been destroyed, Concubine Wen Niangniang has moved from Jinyun Palace to Mingyang Palace, and she is already a flawless doppelganger. So the concubine is unwilling to bother Concubine Wen for such a trivial matter. ”
Zhuang Xianren leaned back on the seat: "In the future, you are not allowed to wear such a sachet to swagger around, it is not early today, and the palace is also lacking, so it will be dispersed." ”
Qian Hui knelt on the ground, tears glistening in her eyes: "The concubine's beating is considered for nothing?" ”
"You ......" Zhuang Xianren looked at Hui Concubine, but out of reason, he still said softly: "Today is the carelessness of the palace, I wronged Hui Concubine, and please don't mind Hui Concubine." In the future, the sisters of the palace should be as harmonious as ever. ”
Zhuang Xianren instructed Ruoli to get some ointment for her to heal her wounds, and then she gave up.
The concubines saluted, and then withdrew from Fangyi Palace one after another. Zhuang Xianren leaned back in his chair, physically and mentally exhausted. Today, it really made everyone in the harem see enough jokes. Without Moran, she is like a fly without a head. But now Mo Lanchang, she can't help it.
Su Wenmei and Qian Hui walked out of Fangyi Palace together and walked on the palace road. Qian Hui: "It's still early today, why don't you go to your sister's palace to sit down?" ”
"Okay." Su Wenmei did not refuse, the two looked as usual, and went to Zhongxiu Palace all the way.
As soon as he entered the door of Zhongxiu Palace, Qian Hui restrained the faint smile that had been hanging on his face, and pulled Su Wenmei into the inner hall with a serious expression: "Sister, did you say that there was a mole in my palace?" ”
Mole? Su Wenmei's expression was grim: "How do you say this?" ”
Qian Hui took out the sachet: "My sachet was originally placed under the pillow at the head of the bed, and it was never easily revealed, but now it appeared on Zhilan out of thin air. Moreover, sister, you don't know, it was a coincidence today that we were entering Fangyi Palace, and this sachet fell in front of the eyes of the virtuous concubine. ”
"Sister." Qian Hui was a little scared, and held Su Wenmei's hand: "Fortunately, you saved my life today." If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to tell even if I had a hundred mouths, but it is a great sin to defile the court, and I will be killed with a rod. ”
Su Wenmei's eyes fell on the sachet in her hand, and she took the sachet: "This sachet can't be kept, if people grab the handle, neither you nor I will end well." As she spoke, she turned and threw the sachet into the censer, which burst into flames. Qian Hui was a little reluctant, but Su Wenmei was right, so she didn't stop it.
"That Zhilan, you should pay attention too."
"Hmm." Qian Hui nodded: "She was originally the palace maid I saved on the palace road that day, and she didn't grow up together, so she naturally has a thin affection." ”
Saved on the palace road? Could it be that she entered the palace for the first time and saw the woman she saved? Su Wenmei recalled and asked, "Is it that day......"
Qian Hui nodded: "Exactly." She was beaten on the palace road that day, I rescued her and asked her to come to Zhongxiu Palace with me to get medicine, and she begged me to let me take her in. ”
"When I saw that she was pitiful, I left her alone. I didn't bring a personal palace maid into the palace, and she did things better than other palace maids, so I kept her by my side and let her be promoted to a first-class palace maid. ”
"But what she did today really chills me." Qian Hui sighed.
"You can ask her about the sachet first, but she has committed such a big thing, and she must not be kept around." Su Wenmei saw that something like this happened in Qian Hui Palace, and she was also anxious.
"Yes, I'll go and ask her, sister is with me." Qian Hui clenched Su Wenmei's hand.
"Hmm." Su Wenmei agreed: "If something like this happens, I naturally want to accompany you." ”
They pushed open the door, but saw Zhilan kneeling outside the door, trembling all over, and constantly kowtowing: "Niangniang spare your life, Niangniang spare your life!" ”
"Today, you took the sachet of the palace, but it fell out in front of the virtuous concubine in the Fangyi Palace. All this is so coincidental that people have to doubt your intentions! ”
"!" Zhilan panicked: "That's not the case. The slave maid got up early to tidy up the house, just because she was going to ask the virtuous concubine Niangniang for peace, and the sachet fell to the ground, so the slave and maid were in a hurry for a while, and put the sachet on her body indiscriminately. ”
"Later, the concubine didn't know why it was so coincidental, and the sachet fell out in front of the virtuous concubine." Zhilan kowtowed to Concubine Hui and Su Wenmei, and her forehead turned red: "The two mothers are Mingjian." ”
Qian Hui's eyes were a little shaken, and after a while, he seemed to think of something: "But when Concubine Xian asked who this sachet belonged to, didn't you immediately confess to me?" If, as you say, it was unintentionally revealed, then you can admit that it is your own, so why should you involve me in this matter? ”