Chapter 80: Turning Enemies Against Each Other
All eyes fell on Concubine Shun, some were full of jealousy, some were full of envy, and some were full of unwillingness.
Concubine Shun was slightly stunned, looking at the golden phoenix crown, her heart was moved, but she said: "The queen is really raising the concubine, how can the concubine have this ability, and even if the mother goes to the Buddha hall, this phoenix crown is still the mother's." ”
The queen smiled: "If the palace goes to the Buddha Hall, it is natural to be plain, otherwise it is a repentant and insincere, and the Buddha will not forgive the palace, so this phoenix crown will naturally be handed over. ”
Because of the strong sense of desire in her heart, Concubine Shun's chest couldn't stop rising and falling, swallowing and spitting, her eyes were fixed on the phoenix crown, but she never dared to take over.
The queen looked at the woman in front of her with a smile in her eyes, expecting it in her eyes, and waited patiently.
Concubine Shun finally suppressed the surging desire in her heart and said: "Queen Mother, it is really difficult for the concubine to be a person, the trivial matters of the harem are complicated, you still have some mistakes, not to mention the stupid posture of the concubine?" ”
The queen was a little disappointed, and then walked to the side of the concubine, who looked left and right, and then at the queen, and finally did not dare to take it.
Chu Luoyi looked at the queen's actions, and had to say in her heart, if the queen did not take the initiative to ask for the guilt, it would be difficult to escape the punishment of Emperor Beiyan, even if Emperor Beiyan would not punish her, but the queen's status in his heart must have declined.
Now the queen took the initiative to ask for guilt, and even wanted to hand over the phoenix crown, first relieved most of the anger of Emperor Beiyan, and then personally walked to the concubines with the phoenix crown, and did this good show. You must know that if Emperor Beiyan opens his mouth to let anyone be in charge of the Six Palaces, no matter who it is, they will be overjoyed, but at the moment, everyone is not sure of Emperor Beiyan's intentions, and they are worried that after rashly taking it, they will not only anger Emperor Beiyan, but also be hated by the queen, once the queen is not sent to the Buddhist hall to repent, then it will cause endless ridicule and suppression.
But in the eyes of Emperor Beiyan, this scene has become difficult for the concubines to take on a big responsibility, and they will not really send the queen to the Buddhist hall.
"Enough! How long are you going to mess around! Emperor Beiyan said angrily.
The queen said with some grievances: "The concubines do not manage the harem well, which makes Your Majesty work hard. . . It's really unsettling.."
Concubine Shun breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the emperor really has no intention of punishing the queen, otherwise if she really took over the phoenix crown just now, I am afraid that I don't know how she died.
"Your Majesty, there are a lot of trivial matters in the harem, the queen mother was pregnant before, and then she was poisoned to recuperate, and she has been unwell these days, and it is inevitable that there will be some omissions." Concubine Shun opened her mouth to plead.
Emperor Beiyan muttered: "Okay, the queen will go back and punish the fine rules of the palace ten times." ”
"The concubine obeys." The queen wanted to speak and stopped, and finally responded.
Many concubines breathed a sigh of relief, and felt sorry in their hearts, this queen is still the queen's in the end, even Concubine Rou was knocked down and put into the cold palace, who else can compete with the queen in the future.
Chu Luoyi looked at this good scene, and sneered in his heart, the women in the harem seemed to be timid, and the queen presented the phoenix crown with both hands, but no one dared to accept it, so that in the end, Emperor Beiyan could only give up.
Everyone's eyes fell on Xiang Concubine again, no one will forget her, after all, Xiang Concubine can be said to be in the limelight during this time, especially some time ago when the queen was pregnant, Xiang Concubine is the exclusive favor of the emperor, and now the former arrogant person is so embarrassed now, I am afraid that no one wants to see what will happen to her.
"Come to someone, the concubine is pampered and arrogant, ignoring the law of the country as nothing, privately putting the money in the seal, coming to someone, dragging the concubine down, and giving white silk!" Emperor Beiyan said angrily.
The concubine, who had always been clean and fragrant, was stunned for a while, looking at the ruthless Emperor Beiyan, and did not come back to her senses for a long time.
It wasn't until the guards on both sides came forward to drag her down that the concubine resisted like crazy: "Your Majesty.. The concubine is really wronged... The concubine is really wronged, Your Majesty... Your Majesty spares your life. You have to trust your concubines..."
The delicate pearls on the concubine's head were scattered all over the ground, her face was covered with tears, and her sharp nails scratched the guard's cheek in the struggle, bringing out a bloody mark.
He crawled in front of Emperor Beiyan, grabbed Emperor Beiyan's dragon robe tightly, and trembled incessantly: "Your Majesty.. The concubine swore to the heavens. The concubine swore to the heavens. The concubine really hasn't done it, if the concubine secretly puts the money in the seal, the concubine will cut off the children and grandchildren, and the concubine's whole family will not be able to die."
Emperor Beiyan looked at the woman in front of him, a touch of hesitation flashed in his heart, warm fragrant nephrite in his arms, and the skills in the room of the concubine were far more colorful than those of other women, which made him more novel.
Xiang Concubine skillfully captured the hesitation in the eyes of Emperor Beiyan, and immediately turned her head to look at the queen and said, "Queen Mother, Queen Mother... I beg you to intercede on behalf of your concubines. I beg you to intercede for your concubines..."
Concubine Xiang pinned her hopes on the queen, hoping that the queen could save her life, after all, only by living first could she fight for it.
Chu Luoyi looked at the concubine, a hint of ridicule flashed in her eyes, the concubine carried the queen behind her back and put the money behind her back, and almost dragged her into the water, dragging the Guozhang Mansion into the water, plus she has been favored by the emperor recently, presumably the queen will not keep her anymore.
"Sister Xiang Concubine, it's not that this palace refuses to help you, but privately release money, no matter which dynasty or generation it is, it is a felony, and this palace is still a substitute, how can you let this palace open this mouth?" The queen opened her mouth in great embarrassment.
Concubine Xiang looked at the queen fixedly, a touch of hatred rose in her heart, and her fingers were clenched together, as if she was enduring something.
She has been using herself to compete for the emperor's favor, and even in order to control herself, she can no longer have children, now that her position is stable and she is down, she wants to kick herself away, it is really a good calculation, since she wants her to die, she will blame her for being unkind!
Emperor Beiyan waved his hand a little irritably: "Okay, take the concubine down." ”
Concubine Xiang suddenly wiped away her tears and said to Emperor Beiyan: "Your Majesty.. The concubine admitted to giving out the seal money. The concubine pleaded guilty. But all this was instructed by the queen mother!"
The queen's face changed: "What nonsense are you talking about, sister Xiang Concubine, although this palace has not interceded for you, but it has always treated you well, how can you slander this palace like this?" ”
Emperor Beiyan's brows were twisted, plus his body was weak, and he was a little tired, and the father-in-law on the side moved a Taishi chair, added a table, covered it with tea, and then moved some round stools for the concubines, and then retreated.
Xiang Concubine knew that she was going to die, and seemed to be planning to break the net, only a slow hatred remained, but she calmed down a lot, and her thinking became clearer: "Your Majesty.. The concubine is just from a small family, even if you want to put the money in the seal, how can there be so much money, the silver taels added up on these vouchers are tens of thousands of taels, so the concubines are just for the queen's mother. Please also ask the emperor to take a clear look.."
The queen's face changed and changed, she really raised a tiger, but she didn't expect that in the end, the concubine would have the courage to bite her, but she underestimated her!
"Your Majesty, even if someone provides silver money for the concubine, it can't prove that it is a concubine, the Guozhang Mansion relies on His Majesty's reward every year, how can it lack the interest of these tens of thousands of taels of silver, would the concubine be so stupid that she would rather lose His Majesty's trust for tens of thousands of silver dollars?" The queen did not hesitate to argue.
Emperor Beiyan frowned in annoyance, leaned on the table with one hand, pinched his forehead, and rubbed his temples.
If he could, he really wanted to drag them down and cut them down.
Emperor Beiyan didn't speak for a while, and everyone didn't dare to speak, and the scene fell silent for a while.
Concubine Xiang looked at the man in front of her, and then looked at the queen on the side, as if she was thinking about how to open her mouth to push this matter onto the queen.
Chu Luoyi's fingers hung down at his side, tapping lightly, as if he was counting the time.
At this moment, the mandarin duck ran in from outside the door sweating profusely: "Your Majesty.. Your Majesty.. The slave maid found evidence to prove that Concubine Rou didn't use witchcraft."
Chu Luoyi raised his eyes to look at the figure running in with the sun on his back, and a smile curled up at the corner of his mouth.
"Your Majesty . . . Slaves.. Slaves.. I found that the fabric on the puppet was very special. I've never seen it with our mother." The mandarin duck panted heavily.
The guards on the side hurriedly presented the two puppets, Emperor Beiyan's eyes fell on the puppets in the hands of the guards, and the queen on the side glanced at them, and suddenly turned pale, how could this be!
The mandarin duck held up a booklet, handed it to Emperor Beiyan and said, "This is a record of the distribution of cloth by the Internal Affairs Bureau. This kind of material is called Su shirt satin, which was paid tribute by the Wuyu Kingdom a few years ago, and there are only two horses, but they were both awarded to the queen's mother, and our mother will not have this kind of material at all. ”
The emperor carefully checked the records of the Internal Affairs Office, his face was gloomy like a storm, and the queen's heart chuckled, how could things have become like this?
Concubine Xiang came back to her senses at this time and said, "Hahahaha... If it was really retribution, the concubine almost forgot about it... These two puppets were the ones that the queen mother married to Concubine Rou. ”
As soon as the concubine came, she was always restrained by the matter of Yinzi money, and she really forgot about it, but even if she remembered it, there was no evidence, if it was empty evidence, Emperor Beiyan would not believe it, after all, the puppet was written with the queen's birthday.
I didn't expect that God really had eyes, and the queen actually showed her hands and feet.
"Queen, what the hell is going on!" Emperor Beiyan asked sharply, looking at the queen's eyes full of disbelief.
Chu Luoyi hooked the corners of her mouth, it seems that in this game, the person who will gain the most will be her.
A rare flash of panic flashed in the queen's eyes, sweeping the autumn water on the side.
Qiushui's face was even more stunned, these two puppets were made by her at the beginning, because the stakes were so important, they were made by her own hands from beginning to end without her hands, and then handed over to the queen.
Afterwards, she sent people to control the magpie's family as a threat, and on the other hand, she promised to bury the two puppets under the laurel tree with jewelry, until everything was arranged, and the queen simply revealed the matter to the concubine, the purpose was to hope that she would cooperate with her today to bring down Concubine Rou.
Even so, the queen still only cautiously mentioned this matter to the concubine, and the concubine didn't even know the position of the puppet and the appearance of the puppet.