After a while, the queen looked at the emperor's expression and asked first, "Concubine Ling, what is your justification for Concubine Chu's words?" ”

Wanfu got up and looked calm: "Concubine Chu is talking nonsense, and the concubine has no way to defend it."

Concubine Chu replied: "How can the concubine be nonsense, Concubine Ling is not weak-hearted, so she avoids answering the concubine's words!" ”

With a "snap," Li Xuanyin covered the porcelain lid of the tea cup, her face was as cold as ice, and her dark eyes swept towards Chu Concubine, staring at Chu Concubine's heart.

"Your Majesty, the concubine did not lie, Concubine Ling had a favorite man before entering the palace, and she had personally embroidered a purse for the man as a token of affection. Even if he enters the palace today, he is still entangled with the man, and he has been in the palace privately /// again and again! ”

Chen Changzai spoke again, "Concubine Chu said this, is there any evidence?" ”

"The concubine has no evidence, how dare she sue Concubine Ling?" Concubine Chu looked at Xiao Qing who was kneeling, "Your Majesty, Xiao Qing was the maid who served Concubine Ling back then, and she knew best what Concubine Ling had done, but this girl refused to tell the truth, and the concubine asked the emperor to take this slave to the Shen Penal Division and torture her for half an hour, I think she could tell it if she couldn't stand it!" ”

"Huh!" Wanfu smiled coldly, "What kind of evidence is torture to extract confessions, could it be the evidence in Chu Concubine's mouth, there is only such a girl who relies on torture to extract confessions?" ”

"Naturally not!" Concubine Chu immediately retorted, she turned her head and gave the palace people a look, and after a while, a palace maid in a lake blue dress came in from outside the hall, and the palace maid knelt down, "Slave maid, please the emperor, the queen, all the masters." ”

Concubine Chu said: "Your Majesty, Qi Xi is the maid who swept the imperial garden, and at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet last year, Qi Xi saw Concubine Ling and her foreign man in the imperial garden!" Qixi, tell me what you saw with your own eyes that day, don't be afraid, this palace is your own decision. ”

Qi Xi nodded in horror, secretly raised his eyes, and saw Wanfu sitting behind the desk, retracted his gaze, lowered his head, and said slowly: "Last year's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, it was the slave and maid who were on duty. At this time, there were few people walking around the garden, but the slave and maid heard the voices of men and women talking that day, and when they were curious, they walked over, and they did not think of it, but they saw it...... See ......"

"What do you see?" Concubine Chu urged her.

Qi Xitou knocked on the ground suddenly, "The slave and maid saw Concubine Ling and ...... Hugging a man, the slave heard Concubine Ling say...... Say...... She didn't want to enter the palace and wanted the man to take her out of the palace......"

"Presumptuous!" The queen of the palace suddenly opened her mouth and reprimanded, "In the harem, how can you talk about such filthy things!" ”

"Mother's anger! Mother's anger! The slave and maid are only according to what they see, and the slave and maid dare not deceive the emperor or the mother! Qi Xi kowtowed again and again, for fear that he would not lose his life.

Chu Concubine said: "On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Concubine Ling's whereabouts were suspicious, and she also threw the two gold beads on her own steps on the steps outside the long pavilion of the Imperial Garden.

Everyone's faces changed slightly, and Concubine Chu and this slave spoke eloquently, as if it were true.

Wan Fu smiled slightly, "A corroboration of a slave who came out of nowhere and two gold beads that have been lost a long time ago have made Concubine Chu put the stigma of this troubled palace on the palace?" ”

Concubine Chu raised her eyebrows, "You have an affair with a foreign man, and there is human and material evidence, what else do you have to quibble?" ”

Wanfu stood up and looked at the kneeling girl named Qixi, "Why is Concubine Chu so anxious?" Whether it is a real witness or not remains to be discussed. ”

She slowly opened her lips, "Your name is Qixi?" ”

Qi Xi's eyes dodged, "After the slave maid entered the palace, Mama thought the name was pleasing, so she gave the slave maid another name. ”

Wanfu nodded, "What time do you have on weekdays, and what time are you on duty?" ”

Qi Xi said: "From the first day to the fifteenth day of the new year, slaves and maids are on duty all day. ”

Wanfu smiled, "It's a coincidence, you are on duty all day, but you happened to see the main palace in the long pavilion." She continued, "What kind of clothes did Hongu wear that day?" ”

Miao Yin's eyebrows furrowed, as if she thought for a while, before she spoke, "The gilded auspicious moire brocade is embroidered with five water-red begonias. ”

A smile flashed in Wanfu's eyes, "This girl has a really good memory, after a year, she not only remembers every word spoken by this palace, but also remembers what clothes this palace wears, embroidered with a few patterns." Such a hearty person, if he wasn't slandering the palace, the palace would want to stay in his palace and serve. ”

"After learning such a big secret, the slave and maid were restless day and night, thinking about it repeatedly, for fear of being killed by the mother, and it was inevitable that she would remember it clearly." Qi Xi immediately defended, and cold sweat broke down his spine.

Wanfu smiled lightly, "Concubine Chu's sister also threatened Xiaoqing that she would be tortured by the Shen Criminal Division before she was willing to tell the truth, and this palace also wanted to borrow Chu Concubine's method, wondering if what Qi Xi said was the truth, and she would be escorted to the Shen Criminal Division and locked up for half an hour. ”

As soon as these words fell, Miao Yin immediately cried and begged: "The emperor spares his life!" Mother's life! What the slave said is true, and there is no falsehood! She looked at Wanfu questioningly, "How can Concubine Ling Niangniang do this ruthless for her own selfishness, it can be seen that she is trying to force the slave to death, so that she can live and die!" ”

"Your Majesty, the concubines still have physical evidence!" Seeing that Qi was overjoyed, Concubine Chu immediately gave Yun Rou a look.

The master didn't pay attention, but Yun Rou saw the emperor's increasingly heavy face, she was a little afraid, Concubine Ling was favored, wouldn't the master touch the emperor's scales like this.

But at this point, there is no other way but to keep going.

Yun Rou took the purse as instructed by her master. Seeing this purse, Xiaoqing's face changed greatly, and she subconsciously looked at Wanfu and took it back. No matter how fast she collects, she will inevitably fall into the eyes of others. Now, everyone knows that this purse is not related to Concubine Ling.

When the queen saw the worn-out purse, she said in surprise, "This is not ...... ten," and she realized something, and quickly stopped.

Concubine Chu pulled her lips: "This is the purse given to the man by Concubine Ling, and the man has kept it to this day, which shows the weight of this token." If you want to prove your innocence, it is better to embroider a handkerchief now, and you will know whether this purse is made by Concubine Ling herself. ”

Wanfu's eyes flickered, the handkerchief in her palm was slowly clenched, but she smiled on her face, "Old things, I don't know where they came from, and Concubine Chu is embarrassed to use them to frame the palace?" ”

"Is it a blame, why don't you embroider a veil and let the concubines see it?" Concubine Chu smiled defiantly.

"Jokes, Concubine Ling's embroidery work, how can you just take it out and show it to others?" Wen Xiurong suddenly spoke, "Concubine Chu has a witness, but it is a coincidence, this palace went to the imperial garden a few days ago, and also saw a palace maid with sneaky whereabouts. ”

She instructed Liu He, "Bring people in." ”

Liu He understood, everyone was confused, and they didn't know what Wen Xiurong was going to do. After a while, a palace maid came in from outside the hall, and the palace maid bowed down: "Slave maid to the emperor, queen mother, please be happy to all masters."

Qi Xi heard this familiar voice, looked sideways at the past, and when he saw the person clearly, his heart jumped.

The palace maid was looking at Qi Xi, with hatred in her eyes, and kowtowed her head heavily, "The slave maid is called Liusheng, and she is the palace maid who sweeps the imperial garden, and the person on duty at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet that day is not Qi Xi, but a slave!" ”

The sudden change made this lively even more interesting.

Concubine Chu furrowed her eyebrows and looked at Yun Rou first, but Yun Rou didn't know why.

Only Qi Xi was trembling.

Liusheng continued: "A few days ago, the people of Haoyuexuan were looking for the palace people who were on duty from the first to the fifteenth day of the new year, and it happened that the slave's father was seriously ill and returned home. It wasn't until the slave came back that she learned about it. This matter is easy to investigate, just find the old book on duty, and you can find the slave and maid! ”

Qi Xi saw that he couldn't hide it, and immediately begged for mercy, "The emperor spares his life!" Slaves spare their lives! The slave and maid did replace the six lives, and the slave and maid only wanted to get the reward, but the concubine Chu interrogated the slave and maid about the garden, and the slave and maid really didn't know anything, and those words were all said to the slave and maid by the master of the concubine! ”

"! When did this palace instigate these words from you! Concubine Chu's face changed drastically, and she slapped Qi Xi hard!

Having said that, there was a void in her eyes. She did instigate Qi Xi's words, but how could she have thought of these things later, how could it be so coincidental that a slave who deceived her came. Who the hell is it, who is calculating her. Suddenly, she raised her eyes to look at Wanfu, who was calm behind the case, and suddenly understood.

Concubine Chu gritted her teeth, "Okay, even if the human evidence is arranged by the concubine, then how should Concubine Ling explain this physical evidence?" ”

Unconsciously, Wanfu finished drinking a cup of tea, she disdainfully narrowed her eyes, and the person with her fingertips pointing down moved, and it was at this moment, among the concubines present, I don't know who it was, and suddenly said, "They are all slandering Concubine Ling's mother's private relationship with a foreign man, but who this foreign man is not clear until now." ”

When the man touched the emperor's sight, his neck suddenly cooled, and he lowered his head tremblingly, not daring to say anything more.

Concubine Chu's heart was ruthless, she looked at the emperor in a high position, and suddenly spoke, "Your Majesty, the person who has a personal relationship with Concubine Ling is ......."

"Shut up!" A cup flew down from the desk, and the porcelain suddenly shattered and smashed in front of Chu Concubine.

Concubine Chu trembled with fright, those words were stuck in her throat, she couldn't say anything, she looked into the eyes of the emperor, between the lightning and flint, she suddenly understood, the emperor's deep thoughts, how could she not know the matter between Concubine Ling and the king of northern Henan......

It's her ridiculous, she is still dancing like a clown jumping a beam here, she suddenly woke up, the emperor rarely enters the Kunning Palace, why on this day, just after the morning court, the court clothes have not changed, so they rushed over, originally to support Concubine Ling!

Li Xuanyin stood up with a cold face, her eyes were extremely cold, "Concubine Chu's heart is not right, she has planted blame for other concubines, and her personal morality is not in order, so she will enter the cold palace from now on, and she will never be lucky!" ”

Hearing this, the people present immediately took a breath, even if the matter had not yet been clarified, the man still didn't know who it was, and no one dared to speak for Chu Concubine.

Concubine Chu looked at the man in a daze, and then looked at the queen for a while, "Niangniang, the concubine has done so many things for you, don't you say a word for the concubine?" ”

The queen's face did not change, and she only sighed, "You slandered Concubine Ling first, and this palace doesn't want to mess with the rules of the harem." ”

Concubine Chu suddenly laughed, "Messed up the harem rules?" Niangniang, you regard Concubine Ling's little prince as a thorn in your side, one day, you will also mess up the harem rules like the concubine, the concubine only hates, only hates to choose the wrong person! ”

Seeing that the queen's face had changed, she suddenly hooked the corners of her lips at Wen Xiurong, "Now it seems that it is a wise move to choose Concubine Ling, Wen Xiurong, you have more vision than this palace." ”

……

This matter was considered to have been decided, but Wanfu was still uneasy, she knew that she could not avoid the purse, and she could only anger the emperor, and bet that the emperor would get rid of Chu Concubine first for her. It turned out to be as she thought, and she won. When Concubine Chu entered the cold palace, no one dared to mention her old affairs, but because of this, she completely annoyed the emperor.

At night, Qiankun Palace

There are two plates on the imperial table, one is a bright yellow bedclothes, brocade moire, and every stitch and thread are extremely exquisite. The other plate is placed in a gray purse, the embroidery is simple, old, a few silver threads have fallen off, it is so rough that you can't see what was originally embroidered.

The emperor had been looking at these two plates for almost half an hour, and Chen Dehai was waiting lightly, looking at the emperor's cold face, and did not dare to make the slightest movement.

Suddenly, Li Xuanyin stood up, brushed his sleeves and walked outside the hall. Chen Dehai was stunned for a moment, how dare he delay, and trotted out of the hall, "Prepare for driving!" Hurry up, get ready! ”

……

When the holy car came, Wanfu was sitting in front of the makeup mirror unloading the pearl hairpin, when she heard the words of the little eunuch outside, she didn't have time to remove the ear bell, lifted her skirt and walked out, just down the last step, without waiting for the blessing body, her waist sank, and she was beaten by the man and hugged into her arms.

The palace people who served in the harem were dumbfounded, and the emperor was casual in the harem, but he had never done this to any of his concubines, they looked at each other and hung their heads silently.

Entering the dormitory, Wanfu was thrown on the bed, and the lily of the valley in her ears made a crisp sound, and she was smashed to tears, and looked at the man aggrievedly.

Li Xuanyin didn't pick her up this time, he couldn't see the emotion on his face, his arms were propped on Wanfu's sides, his eyes were deep and dark, looking at her like never before, which made Wanfu inexplicably tremble and fear.

Wanfu swallowed, her small hand pulled the corner of the dragon robe, and suddenly her wrist was also bound, tightly imprisoned in the man's palm, and raised above her head.

Li Xuanyin's eyes were thin and cold, and he looked into Wanfu's eyes, "I can not care about that purse, or I can not care about your old relationship with him." ”

Wanfu watched the man's eyes reflect her own reflection, and her eyelashes trembled unconsciously.

Li Xuanyin stroked Wanfu's eyebrows with his fingertips and gently dropped a kiss on her lips, "I only want to know one thing now. He paused, his voice deep, "Have you ever been half sincere to me?" ”

Wan Fu was stunned, her lips pursed slightly, and the next moment, when she wanted to disguise her usual flattering face, it was too late.

Li Xuanyin saw through her thoughts, he almost pinched the jade wrench of his thumb, stared at Wanfu's face, and his dark eyes were like falling into a deep pool, "You don't." ”

Chapter 97

Chen Dehai craned his neck and waited in the outer hall, at first there was no sound in the inner hall, quietly, the strange silence was like a storm coming, just when he was inexplicably frightened, he heard the sound of gradual and rapid footsteps inside, followed by the priceless jade screen in front of him was kicked open by the man, and fell to the ground crumblingly, crackling, and shattering.

Chen Dehai looked at the emperor dumbfounded, Ma Yu'er knelt down, and a wisp of soul almost ascended to heaven in fright.

When did he see the emperor have such a big fire, not to mention that this is still in Concubine Ling's mother, the emperor is reluctant to even punish Concubine Ling's mother on weekdays, what's wrong with it today!

The holy car came and went in a hurry.

Until Luan Yu walked away, the palace people who were waiting in Zhaoyang Palace had their foreheads clamed against the bricks, and they didn't dare to raise their heads for a long time. The emperor was angry in Zhaoyang Palace, and it was undoubtedly the mother who annoyed the emperor. There is nothing to hide in the palace, They all heard that today in Kunning Palace, Concubine Chu sued Niangniang for having an affair with a foreign man, could it be that she annoyed the emperor because of this?

The palace people speculated wildly, but they did not dare to slack off on Concubine Ling, although Concubine Ling Niangniang provoked the emperor's anger, but the little prince raised in Zhaoyang Palace was real. Looking at this harem, there are only three mothers, two princes, even if the emperor is angry, he does not punish the mother.

Inner Sanctum

The screen was shattered on the ground, the best jade, translucent and clean, and the palace was just like that.

Qian Dai summoned Pan Shui in, collected the fragments, and took them to the Internal Affairs Office tomorrow to see if they could be repaired back to their original state.

Wanfu sat on the bed, was silent for a long time, and said, "Throw it away." ”

"Niangniang, this screen is given by the emperor, if you throw it away, won't it be even more disrespectful...... Qiandai hurriedly spoke, she didn't know why the emperor was suddenly so angry, but in the final analysis, it was inseparable from Niangniang's old affairs, and Niangniang should be more careful at this time.

Wanfu was silent, turned over and rolled into the bed, and covered her face, "Go down, no one needs to keep vigil tonight." ”

Qiu Chi watched Niangniang so depressed from the sidelines, and she was anxious, but the matter between the emperor and Niangniang, how could these slaves interfere!

In the end, several people packed up the inner hall, erected a new eight-treasure begonia screen, and lightly withdrew from the inner hall. Pan Shui held a pile of broken jadeite and looked at Qian Dai instructively, Qian Dai is the palace maid in charge of Zhaoyang Palace, and she knows what Niangniang means, this screen was given by the emperor, and it was also kicked by the emperor in anger, he didn't know If he really threw it, Ming'er would have a life!

Qian Dai looked at the inner hall where there was only one candlestick left, and sighed, "Send it to the Internal Affairs Office tomorrow." ”