"As Concubine Rong said, don't talk nonsense about fornication, noble Qi, is there any evidence for what you said?" The queen sat upright, her momentum had not been restrained, and she was a little selfless under the layers of coercion.

Qi Guiren immediately said: "The concubine naturally has a certificate, before Concubine Xi entered the palace, Wen Shichu also came to propose marriage. She was quite complacent and instructed Jingtai, "Go and bring Chen Si's family up." ”

Jingtai left in response, but a rickety woman walked in, wearing half-new rusty red slave clothes, knelt down in front of the hall as soon as her feet were soft, and kowtowed again and again in a voice: "Slave and maid to the queen to say goodbye." ”

"Raise your head and speak." The queen shouted coldly.

As soon as the man raised his head slightly, Zhen Huan recognized it: "Jue'er? Are you a young man? In her memory, Jue'er's age is not too old, only four or five years older than Liuzhu, but now, Jue'er is as old as more than half a hundred, and between her eyebrows are traces of wind and frost, fading away from the girl's delicateness, leaving only vicissitudes and numbness.

"Concubine Xi still recognizes her." Qi Guiren pursed the corners of his lips and said with a smile, "She is the daughter-in-law of Chen Si in my mother's house, when Zhen Fu was convicted, all the slaves were confiscated and sold, if my family hadn't bought her and gave her food, she would have starved to death on the streets by now." ”

"Jue'er, if you have anything to say, you will talk about it." Zhen Huan's voice was a little imperceptible sour. In the past, Jue'er, like Liuzhu, was a lively and joking person, but now she has been tortured into a half-old woman, and I think it has been extremely unsatisfactory over the years.

Jue'er shrank for a moment, and looked at Zhen Huan's eyes with a bit of eagerness, but quickly annihilated: "The slave doesn't dare." ”

"What are you talking about, I just ask you, in the past, when you were on an errand in the Zhen Mansion, did Wen Shichu ever propose marriage to the eldest lady of the Zhen family, that is, the Xi Guifei in front of you?" Qi Guiren interrupted impatiently, and asked anxiously, seeing that Jue'er hesitated, he faintly scolded with a warning, "You have to talk back loudly in front of the queen, didn't Chen Si tell you the rules?!" ”

Jue'er trembled for a moment, as if she remembered something terrible, lowered her head and stumbled and said: "Half a month before the draft, Imperial Doctor Wen came to propose marriage, but, but what he said in front of the old lady was said in front of Concubine Xi in private. ”

"Did Concubine Xi agree?" Concubine Duan asked a crucial sentence.

"No, no, Xi Gui ......" Jue'er immediately denied it, but was violently silenced when she caught a glimpse of Qi Guiren's fierce eyes.

Concubine Jing grasped this point and retorted with a smile: "The concubine thinks that if Concubine Xi and Imperial Physician Wen have a heart, I am afraid that they will not be in the palace today." It can be seen that Concubine Xi is open-minded and has no selfish relationship with Imperial Doctor Wen. ”

"Back then, Concubine Xi didn't look down on a little imperial doctor, but if Concubine Xi didn't mean anything before, how could Imperial Doctor Wen rashly propose marriage? It can be seen that there is a love for childhood sweethearts. Qi Guiren chuckled lightly and picked up the conversation unhurriedly.

This was irrefutable, but Zhen Huan didn't panic at all, looked around calmly, and didn't see the slightest dodge in her eyes: "The concubine doesn't believe in childhood sweethearts, she only believes that fate is predestined, and you can get together in a hundred turns, and it is definitely not humanly changeable." ”

"My sister is right." An Lingrong smiled and cheered, "The emperor and his sister have been separated several times, it can be seen that the marriage is determined, and the affection of others is just false speculation." ”

Zhen Huan looked at her and smiled.

Qi Guiren gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Concubine Xi is deeply blessed, and the concubine asks herself that she can't compare with it, but she doesn't know the blessing in the blessing, and the greed is not enough to swallow the elephant. ”

"Noble Qi, this palace has always known that you have a deep grudge with Concubine Xi, but this tongue is easy to give birth to right and wrong, and you must not talk nonsense." Seeing that the wording of Qi Guiren's speech was becoming more and more presumptuous, Concubine Jing straightened her face and said in a slightly raised voice.

Shun Guiren twisted his handkerchief and covered his mouth and nose, and his eyes showed a little disdain: "How can such a vulgar saying as love for adultery be on the lips of the mouth, Qi Guiren is inevitably too unruly, even if as you said, if Concubine Xi and Imperial Doctor Wen have personal affairs, then they must be hidden from others, and no one will know about it. ”

Concubine Jing is okay, Shun Guiren has always been not in the eyes of Qi Guiren, seeing her speak, she couldn't help but speak with contempt, and said: "If people don't know, unless you don't do it." She high-fived twice, and another palace maid walked in slowly, "There are too many things to do, and there is always a time when the little palace maid of Yongshou Palace, Fei Wen, has seen it a few times." ”

Fei Wen's chess piece was pried out of Zhen Huan's side by the queen, and when she appeared, the queen knew that it was time for her to take over the play, so she said: "Fei Wen, when did you see and hear something, now you will make it clear to the palace." "What should I say, the queen had already asked Jianqiu and Feiwen to explain, so the queen was confident at this time.

"That day, Niangniang and Imperial Physician Wen were talking, and there was no one waiting for them, so the slave and maid accompanied the third lady in, who knows, the slave and maid saw that Imperial Physician Wen's hand was holding Niangniang's hand, two of you, you look at me, I look at you, sit quietly, as soon as Imperial Physician Wen saw the slave and the third lady come in, he hurriedly withdrew his hand, and the slave and maid also saw that the cuffs of Imperial Physician Wen's shirt were turned out and embroidered with a small five-petal bamboo leaf." Fei Wen said very smoothly, as if she had practiced thousands of times, and from time to time she looked at Zhen Huan with her spare eyes, "After that, the more the slave and maid thought about it, the more scared she became, afraid that the mother would know that the slave and maid would see it and kill the slave and maid, so she had to beg the noble Qi to be the master." ”

If Jue'er's words just set off an inconspicuous sign, then Fei Wen's words even really kicked off the prelude to this private affair, she spoke neatly, although the content of what she said was not much, but the details were comprehensive, which led people to think about it, especially the sentence "The cuffs of the shirt are turned out and a small five-petal bamboo leaf is embroidered" is even more exquisite.

"You just saw it as a little palace maid, so what about when you can't see it?" Concubine Jin chuckled and opened her mouth to mock, and her words meant something, "Isn't there more such a thing?" ”

"The stakes are high." The queen clapped her hands and said, instructing Jiang Fuhai, "Please ask Imperial Doctor Wen to come to Jingren Palace for questioning." ”

An Lingrong raised his eyes and looked at the queen, put a handkerchief to his lips, and coughed lightly.

Bai Zhi behind him immediately understood, and quietly left the scene while everyone was not paying attention, and there was a person who had been forgotten for a long time also left with her pace at this moment, and after walking out of Jingren Palace, Bai Zhi turned into the dark corner and cardamom joint, and she went straight to Broken Yuxuan.

In the Broken Jade Xuan, Shen Meizhuang was looking from afar, and Mrs. Shen and Caiyue on the side persuaded repeatedly: "Niangniang is about to give birth, and Concubine Rong specially asked someone to instruct her, saying that any movement outside must not alarm you." This matter will definitely alarm the emperor, no matter what the emperor says, he will help Concubine Xi, you can raise the fetus with peace of mind, otherwise there is really something, you can go again, everything is still important to the fetus in your womb. ”

"But ......" Shen Meizhuang frowned tightly and refused to go back to the dormitory, "Huan'er is implicated, and I don't know what happened, I always have to go to see it to rest assured." ”

Mrs. Shen was about to say more, when she suddenly saw a petite figure walking in at the door, she stood still in front of the three of them and saluted: "Greetings to Concubine Hui, the slave is the green calyx next to the jade nobleman, and she came to send a message to the lady." Qi Guiren made a fuss in Jingren Palace, saying that Concubine Xi had an affair with Imperial Doctor Wen and messed up the harem, and the queen was preparing to interrogate Imperial Doctor Wen, and asked people to go to the hospital to invite people. ”

"What did you say?" Shen Meizhuang only felt that the sky was spinning for a while, and he almost fell.

"!"

"Son, don't scare your mother!" Mrs. Shen was so frightened that she joined forces with Caiyue to support Shen Meizhuang.

Shen Meizhuang came back to his senses in a panic, and said in a loud voice: "Quick, Caiyue, hurry up and prepare the sedan chair, and go to Jingren Palace immediately." ”

"Niang Niang can't go, if that's the case, you will definitely alarm the fetus if you go." Cai Yue immediately disagreed, and looked at Shen Meizhuang with worried eyes.

"When have you been talking about this, do I have to be careful? In case the emperor hears it and believes that Huan'er and Shichu have an adulterous affair, I will really have a fetal gas. Shen Meizhuang was so anxious that his face turned pale and said sharply.

Mrs. Shen pinched Shen Meizhuang's hand hard, and said with a cold face: "Nothing matters as Niangniang's body!" She stared at Shen Meizhuang with burning eyes, invisibly suppressed her, and then coldly ordered Cai Yue to say, "Go to the Tai Hospital and ask Imperial Doctor Wen to come, just say that Concubine Hui Niangniang has alarmed the fetal gas, and the current situation is a little bad, I am afraid that she will give birth soon, please come quickly." ”

Shen Meizhuang was slightly stunned: "Mother's ......"

Cai Yue reacted, and immediately leaned over to receive the order.

Seeing that the goal was achieved, the green calyx raised her eyes and took a deep look at Shen Meizhuang, and then lowered her eyes to hide the turbulent waves under her eyes, and said in a low voice: "The slave and maid will retire first." ”

Mrs. Shen nodded casually, helped Shen Meizhuang into the dormitory and sat down, her face was very ugly: "Mei'er, you are the meat that fell from your mother's body, if there is something wrong with you, your mother can see at a glance, today's matter, are you worried about Concubine Xi, or are you worried about the imperial doctor surnamed Wen?" Her voice trembled slightly, "You just called him, Shichu, you, you ......" The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, and her gaze couldn't help but move down, stopping on Shen Meizhuang's stomach, "This child, yes, whose is it?" ”

Only then did Shen Meizhuang realize his gaffe, and he couldn't regret it, and lowered his head inch by inch under Mrs. Shen's questioning: "This child is the emperor, but I and Shichu ...... My mother is right, I am happy with him......"

"Smack!"

Mrs. Shen slapped Shen Meizhuang in the face, with tears in her eyes, and scolded fiercely: "No shame! She gasped hard, but she couldn't suppress the emotions surging in her chest, she couldn't believe that the daughter she had cultivated since childhood would fall in love with a man other than the emperor, even if she didn't step out of the bottom line of etiquette, she would be unclean after all. Thinking of this, Mrs. Shen was even more angry and her eyes were red, she pointed at Shen Meizhuang, angry and hateful, "How did I give birth to such a shameless thing as you, if the emperor knew about it, the Shen family would be beheaded all over the house!" ”

"Mother, I have never betrayed the emperor." Shen Meizhuang was full of grievances, she couldn't stop crying, "I serve the emperor, honor the queen mother, and I am a virtuous concubine in the eyes of everyone in the harem, and I have never turned my back on what you taught me since I was a child, I just ...... I just feel very bitter in my heart, in this palace, I don't have anyone to rely on, the emperor has too many people in his heart, he is not my beloved! Facing her mother, Shen Meizhuang showed a rare vulnerability, she took Mrs. Shen's hand, and couldn't cry, "I just have him in my heart, mother, isn't this okay?" ”

Mrs. Shen was also distressed, she touched Shen Meizhuang's face, hugged her into her arms, and cried and said: "My hard-working son, why doesn't my mother want you to marry someone who is happy with you?" But son, the Shen family is difficult, there is only one daughter like you under my mother's knees, if you don't fight in the palace, your father won't be able to keep the position of the head ......of the family, and I finally hope that you are pregnant."

"Mother, I hurt ......" Shen Meizhuang said tremblingly, reaching out and grabbing the hem of Mrs. Shen's clothes.

Mrs. Shen looked down and saw that there was already a blood stain on the ground.

(End of chapter)