Chapter 653: Throwing bricks and leading jade
Three days later.
In the heavily guarded Ningxian Palace, Concubine Zhuang, who was held by the stars, was wearing a luxurious court skirt, embroidered with lifelike auspicious clouds and flying phoenixes with gold edges, and the corners of the skirt were tattooed with peonies of national color and heavenly fragrance.
The palace maid on the side carefully put on the Dongzhu phoenix crown offered by Wei Shangshu for her, and the concubine in front of the mirror turned into a high-ranking majestic mother, she tilted her chin slightly and looked graceful, and the corners of her mouth hooked a smug smile, and she heard the palace people around kneel down and shout.
"Say hello to the queen, Niangniang Wanfu Jin'an!"
"What are you talking about, the queen is still in the phoenix hall, and the palace is fresh and interesting, where do you dare to wear the phoenix skirt that the queen is worthy of, and wear a phoenix crown?"
Although Concubine Zhuang said so, she was admiring the luxurious demeanor of the person in the mirror.
At present, she is surrounded by her henchmen, and there are layers of guards outside the palace, and no one can bump into her such crimes.
I saw Concubine Zhuang raise her arm, the brilliant embroidery was shining in the sun, she seemed to see the appearance of the civil and military officials worshipping her, and slowly turned around, as if behind her was the main hall, and under her was the gilded phoenix chair.
She had been waiting for this day for a long time, and Concubine Zhuang knew that what she wanted would not be far away.
"A few days ago, His Majesty adopted the proposition of the Four Highnesses, and Lord Liang Fang, who has been playing against it, was reprimanded by His Majesty in front of the civil and military officials, and the protΓ©gΓ© of Xu Xiang, who didn't know what to do, was demoted and transferred out of Kyoto as soon as he took office, and now who is not the only Fourth Highness?"
The father-in-law beside him had a fine light in his eyes, and he reported what had happened in the court in the past few days, obviously, no one dared to go against Mu Yan now, and I believe that when the news of the prince's death came back, the position of the prince was none other than Mu Yan, and the phoenix skirt and phoenix crown on Concubine Zhuang would come in handy.
Concubine Zhuang raised her eyebrows, "Don't take it lightly at the moment, this palace is just a harem with a lot of affairs in recent days, and I just want to be comfortable." β
As she spoke, she motioned to the palace maid beside her to remove the phoenix crown on her head, but she didn't want to think that at this moment, a panicked voice came from outside.
"Niangniang, no, something happened to the princess of Yunguo!"
What?
When Concubine Zhuang changed into a palace skirt in a panic and went to the Jade Warm Pavilion, Emperor Chen and the Queen Mother also happened to hear the news.
Her expression flashed, and her slightly stiff gaze swept over the face of Xia Qianwei, who was supporting the Queen Mother at the moment, and then her attention fell on Xia Rouxuan, who was pale on the couch.
A royal doctor cautiously replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, the princess is just frightened, and the imperial heir in her womb is fine. β
Concubine Zhuang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and asked suspiciously, "What happened?" β
As soon as the words fell, she saw Emperor Chen looking at her sternly, "What's the matter?" It seems that I am still too reluctant to hand over the power of the six palaces to Concubine Ai. β
This undisguised anger made Concubine Zhuang couldn't help but be stunned, obviously the emperor treated her better than ever during this time, why did her attitude suddenly change so much?
Looking at the Queen Mother's face again, Concubine Zhuang had a bad premonition in her heart.
Soon, a baby's cry came from outside the pavilion, and Wei Wanrong, who was still in the middle of the month, was brought in at a loss.
"Say! Why did you poison the princess of Yunguo?! β
The Queen Mother's cold voice sounded, and her face was still a little pale when she was still recuperating, and she was even more indignant at the moment.
Concubine Zhuang frowned, looking at the trembling woman on the ground in disbelief, poisoned?
Where did this Wei Wanrong get the guts to dare to cause such a big trouble for herself at this juncture?!
"No, I, I didn't ......" However, Wei Wanrong, who looked a little embarrassed at the moment, denied it, she looked at Concubine Zhuang nervously, "Niangniang, Wanrong hasn't done anything!" β
But he didn't want to be soon, several guards strode over, handed over a bag of powder in his hand to the imperial doctor, and after some verification, "This is indeed the poison in that bowl of bird's nest lotus seed soup!" β
It turned out that the imperial dining room sent bird's nest lotus seed soup to the Jade Nuan Pavilion in the past, Xia Rouxuan just took a sip and had unbearable abdominal pain, and the imperial doctor arrived to find that the soup was poisonous.
And at this moment, evidence was found from Wei Wanrong's bedroom, and she was at a loss for words.
Concubine Zhuang's face was gloomy, she quickly caught the look of weakness in Wei Wanrong's eyes, and she had already scolded this fool in her heart, could it be that she was worried that the child in the womb of Princess Yunguo would threaten her future status, so she made this decision?
If this is the case, then Wei Wanrong is innocent!
Xia Qianwei in the corner quietly looked at Concubine Zhuang's slightly cold expression, I was afraid that she didn't know that she was about to come into disaster, thinking that she could really get rid of the relationship with this matter?
Indeed, Concubine Zhuang can push Wei Wanrong out without any scruples, committing such a big crime, who in the Wei family dares to say half a word?
As everyone knows, the show has just begun.
"There are all the human and material evidence, and you still want to quibble? Tell me, who told you to do this! The Queen Mother spoke harshly, she couldn't tolerate the loss of these children and grandchildren again and again.
The sixth prince is gone, and his posthumous son is almost unsaved!
These ghostly monsters in the harem are really hateful! If she doesn't kill a hundred people, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in her heart!
Emperor Chen is also like the Queen Mother, the disappearance of the crown prince has made him so irritated that he can't sleep at night, and these people have not stopped.
With nowhere to vent his frustration, he looked at Concubine Zhuang with disgust, "I trust Yan'er, trust you, and entrust the princess to you to take care of, if she has any mistakes, how do you want me to explain to Yunguo, how to explain to Zhao'er?!" β
At this time, Concubine Zhuang immediately knelt down, with a lot of self-blame and grievances on her face, "It's because the concubine has no way to discipline her, Wanrong has gone through hardships in giving birth, and she was a little out of control before, and the concubine failed to enlighten her in time so that it made a big mistake, please punish Your Majesty!" β
What this means is that this matter was done by Wei Wanrong alone, and no one was behind it.
Concubine Zhuang is best at retreating, she didn't defend herself immediately, just to appease Emperor Chen's anger first, and then slowly transfer the hatred, turning big things into small things.
As soon as the words fell, Xia Rouxuan on the couch suddenly rushed out and knelt in front of Emperor Chen, "Please ask Your Majesty to save Xuan'er, it's Concubine Zhuang, Concubine Zhuang wants to kill people!" β
"You...... Princess, be careful! This palace has been carefully ordered to be served during this time, so why wait until today if you want to do it? Concubine Zhuang's expression was a little stiff, and her eyes were full of warnings.
What is this princess of Yunguo crazy about?
Of course, she knew that Xia Rouxuan was just a pawn of Mu Yan, and she had never treated the other party as a princess in her heart, if it weren't for the fact that Wei Xuanqi, the crown prince of Yunguo, had not left now, she would have to give him three points of thin noodles, otherwise she wouldn't want to deal with this useless puppet princess at all!
Of course, Xia Rouxuan didn't miss Concubine Zhuang's contemptuous eyes, she subconsciously looked at Xia Qianwei, and at this moment she made up her mind, and immediately raised her head pitifully, "When Xuan'er went to visit Miss Wei, she accidentally heard Wei Shangshu's words, so Xuan'er provoked the disaster of killing!" β
Hearing this, Concubine Zhuang sighed in her heart, Wei Shangshu?
She, what did she hear?