When Concubine Hui hurriedly arrived, the Cining Palace was already in a state of impending storm.
Yun Xiu followed closely behind Concubine Hui with a hint of worry on her face. After paying her respects to the Empress Dowager, she held her breath and said nothing. She slowly swept her eyes across the hall and saw Concubine Liang kneeling in the center, trembling and crying silently.
Without waiting for the Empress Dowager to ask, Su Malagu stepped forward and whispered a few words to her. After hearing this, the Empress Dowager nodded to Yunxiu with satisfaction and sighed, "It's as it should be, it's as it should be.
Please take a seat."
Just now in Yikun Palace, Su Malagu mentioned that "the Eighth Prince is missing", and Yun Xiu frowned. Before Concubine Hui could, she immediately ordered Zhang Youde, the chief steward of Yikun Palace, who was waiting outside the curtain: "Quickly gather people to look for the Eighth Prince. Search the Yanxi Palace, the vicinity of the Imperial Garden, and all the palace roads carefully. Don't miss the rockery, the pond, and the secret door that is not often used."
After Zhang Youde received the order, she looked at Su Malagu and sighed softly, "Su Malagu, Zhang Youde has been working for me for many years, and he is familiar with the palace. It will be easier for him to find people.
The Eighth Prince is such a young child, he is only a few years older than Yinzhen."
She paused and said, "I can't bear to hear this, so I will do my part."
Seeing that Su Malagu thanked her solemnly, Concubine Hui was speechless and her face became increasingly gloomy in anxiety.
This is the Yikun Palace, not the Yanxi Palace.
She only brought Ying'er and three second-class palace maids with her. How could she send people to look for Yinsi?
Concubine Yi suddenly did this, which not only earned her a good reputation, but also made her look as if she was not paying attention. Concubine Hui was so angry that she almost lost her composure.
She forced a smile, turned her head and said urgently, "Ying'er, go back to Yanxi Palace quickly and send all the people out.
If you can't find the Eighth Prince, don't come back to report!"
No matter why the Eighth Prince disappeared, she could not escape the charge of negligence just because she was his adoptive mother; even if the Eighth Prince was with Concubine Liang today, she could not shirk responsibility on this basis.
Who doesn’t know the rules of Yanxi Palace?
The Eighth Prince's daily life was entirely under the control of Concubine Hui, and Noble Lady Liang had no right to interfere.
In the harem, young princes are taken care of by wet nurses and even have someone to watch over them when they sleep, so their disappearance is simply a fantasy.
Under heavy protection, the Eighth Prince actually disappeared. If the ancestors didn't hold her accountable for such an absurd thing, who would they hold accountable? !
When the full-month ceremony was held for the fifth princess, the emperor praised her for her motherly love, but now this happened.
If the emperor knew about this
Concubine Hui had a bad premonition and felt a chill in her heart.
She had a hunch that the Grand Empress Dowager would not treat her well, and sure enough, she hurried into the Cining Palace. The old lady gave Concubine Yi a seat, then glanced at her and asked calmly, "How do you manage to be a mother?"
Concubine Hui knelt on the ground, without making any excuses, and said in a hoarse voice: "Grandfather, it is my fault."
"It's your fault!" The Empress Dowager slammed the table and said angrily, "Not only did you fail to supervise him, but you also placed a few unruly slaves around Yinsi.
It was because of their sneaky behavior and neglect of duty that the prince got lost in the Yanxi Palace."
When Concubine Hui heard this, she looked up in surprise, "Sly slave?"
"Grandfather, this morning I entrusted Yinsi to Concubine Liang, hoping to reunite them. Afterwards, I went to Yikun Palace and had a conversation with Concubine Yi." She calmed down, staring at Concubine Liang who was crying silently beside her. A cold light flashed in her eyes, as if she meant something, and then she bent down and said, "How could I arrange any tricky slaves? Please understand, Grandfather!"
The Empress Dowager pinched her brows and waved her hand, "Lady Liang, you speak."
Concubine Liang choked up and replied, wiping her red eyes, and said in a staccato voice: "Yinsi's disappearance has nothing to do with Concubine Hui.
Today, I, the concubine, have received the grace of the queen and have been reunited with Yinsi and his mother. Everything was originally fine, but how could I have thought, how could I have thought"
She cried silently, as if she was about to faint from excessive grief. "The Ministry of Internal Affairs just happened to send someone to deliver winter clothing materials and the fixed monthly allowance for the nobles. When I got the news, I went to the front hall and told Yinsi's wet nurses to take good care of the Eighth Prince. But they didn't take it seriously at all, and went to the veranda to bask in the sun and gossip.
After collecting the monthly allowance, I returned to the side hall and saw that Yinsi was nowhere to be seen! "
A beautiful woman's tears always attract people's pity, not to mention that these words made people extremely indignant, which once again ignited the Empress Dowager's already extinguished anger.
Although the Empress Dowager did not like Concubine Liang's background or her delicate and beautiful appearance, when she saw her, she would always recall Dong E who had bewitched the late emperor.
But she was the biological mother of the eighth prince and had long lost the emperor's favor. For the sake of the eighth prince, the Empress Dowager quietly suppressed her prejudice against her.
Over the years, Concubine Liang lived in seclusion and had no desire to compete for favor. The Empress Dowager saw it all, and her displeasure gradually faded.
At that moment, seeing Concubine Liang like this, the Empress Dowager suppressed her anger and felt a little pity for her, "You have suffered a lot!
Su Ma, give Lady Liang a seat."
After that, the Empress Dowager pointed at the pale Concubine Hui and asked her with a sneer, "The wet nurse beside Yinsi, what else is she but a shrew?!"
How to explain that?
She couldn't wash herself clean even if she jumped into the Yellow River.
Yunxiu covered her mouth with a handkerchief to hide the smile on her lips.
The Empress Dowager closed her eyes and said in a deep voice, "I have sent someone to inform the Emperor and also sent people to search for him. I just hope that God will bless Xiao Ba and he will be safe and sound."
Concubine Hui’s eyes went dark. It was over. The Emperor knew about it.
"As for those cunning slaves..."
Before he could finish his words, the four wet nurses who served the Eighth Prince were brought in tied up. They were all terrified and kept begging for mercy.
When they saw Concubine Hui, they cried out in tears as if they had seen a savior: "Empress Hui, please save me, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong!"
You little dog slave, don’t you think you haven’t hurt her badly enough?
Concubine Hui wished she could pick up her sword and kill them!
She took a deep breath, her eyes filled with cruelty, and said sternly: "You still have the nerve to beg for mercy from me!
How did I instruct you to neglect the Eighth Prince? Who gave you the courage?!"
"My queen, please save me!" One of them was completely frightened and could only mutter in a panic, "If you hadn't said that you guys should relax, I don't think I would have dared to be sneaky and beg you to save me!"
The wet nurses who served the princes were always bannermen with clean backgrounds, selected from outside the palace by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and were not considered to be Huifei's confidants.
They may be loyal, but compared to their lives, how much is loyalty worth?
Before Concubine Hui could stop them, they told her everything.
"Yinsi has Concubine Liang to take care of him, so you guys can relax a bit," Concubine Hui said to the wet nurse to show her kindness, she didn't mean anything else.
In the past, this was a grace of compassion for the subordinates; but in this case,
Looking at Concubine Liang’s incredulous expression, it was clear that the same question popped up in everyone’s mind: Could it be that Concubine Hui knew about this?
Concubine Hui opened her mouth, her face grim with anger, and was about to explain when suddenly, Kangxi's cold voice rang out in the hall: "If you keep making noise, I will cut off your tongues."
As soon as the crying and shouting stopped, the Empress Dowager stood up with the help of a cane and looked towards the palace door, "Emperor, you are here!"
Suddenly, surprise flashed across her old eyes, and then was replaced by surprise: "Baocheng?
"Xiao Ba?"
The young boy who is holding the Eighth Prince steadily and standing on the right side of the Emperor, is he His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?
Behind him followed He Zhuer and the breathless Zhang Youde.
The missing Eighth Prince has been found!
The frightened palace servants all breathed a sigh of relief, and the stagnant atmosphere finally dissipated.
Just like a sudden turn of events, a ray of hope appeared in the dark, and Concubine Liang was so happy that her eyes were blurred with tears: "Yinsi!"
The Eighth Prince's eyes lit up and he called "Mother" in a baby voice. He looked smart and did not seem frightened at all.
Kangxi hadn't seen Concubine Liang for a long time.
Hearing this, his brows furrowed, he looked in the direction of the voice, then shifted his gaze away indifferently. The next moment, he inadvertently met Yun Xiu's eyes.
Yunxiu had been watching the excitement for a long time and was in a good mood. Seeing this, she smiled at him. Kangxi: ""
Somehow, the emperor quickly concealed his guilty conscience, coughed, looked away and said, "Madam, I have found Xiao Ba.
Don't worry, Yinsi was not frightened, nor was he injured at all, he just ran a little far away and was discovered by Baocheng."
The prince nodded, put Yinsi on the ground, then took his little hand and said with some fear: "Grandfather, I don't know why my eighth brother is wandering around Yuqing Palace. I think he got lost and there is no one around him."
"Amitabha." The Empress Dowager exhaled a deep breath and said "lucky" three times in a row. She looked at the Crown Prince with love, "Good, good, fortunately we have Baocheng here."
After saying this, the Grand Empress Dowager glanced at Concubine Hui who was kneeling in the palace, and then at the pale-faced wet nurses, and said in a deep voice, "Emperor, what do you think should be done with them?"
He completely left Concubine Hui aside.
Concubine Hui felt extremely cold, as if she were in the dead of winter, but she did not dare to raise any objection.
Kangxi glanced at Concubine Hui, turned his finger ring, turned a deaf ear to the crying and begging for mercy that had started again, and said slowly: "I think I should ask Xiaoba's opinion."
The Eighth Prince is only two years old, I’m afraid he can’t express any opinions?
The people present were thinking this, and after a while, someone was stunned and took a breath.
Could it be that the emperor suspected Concubine Hui, his adoptive mother?
The prince squatted down, pointed at the tied-up wet nurses, and asked the eighth prince in a low voice: "Are they treating you well?"
Yinsi pursed his lips and secretly glanced at Concubine Liang in the distance.
Because the wet nurse was standing in front of Concubine Liang, no one noticed anything except Yunxiu.
From the perspective of the Empress Dowager and Emperor Kangxi, Yinsi visibly shrank back after looking at the wet nurse, and then whispered, "Don't hit me, it hurts."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces changed, including Concubine Hui's.
"Your Majesty, I didn't!" One of the nurses collapsed to the ground. She was stunned for a moment, then came to her senses and kowtowed frantically, "How dare I disobey my superiors and treat a noble like this, Your Majesty!"
The wet nurse's negligence causing the prince's disappearance and the wet nurse's beating of the prince are completely different levels of crimes!
How could she get away with it?
Concubine Hui was sweating profusely, her face was as pale as paper, her eyes were red, and she called out to the emperor: "Today, something unexpected happened. Because of my carelessness, the servant committed a crime. It was my fault. But on weekdays, I always keep an eye on Yinsi. Let alone bruises, even if a hair fell off, I would remember it!"
Most of the people present believed this.
Because this matter is a thousand or ten thousand times more absurd than the disappearance of the Eighth Prince. How, how is this possible?
It’s not like Concubine Hui has gone insane!
But this was what the Eighth Prince said himself.
How can a two-year-old child lie? Even if he shrinks subconsciously, it cannot be faked.
Suddenly, Concubine Liang laughed bitterly and interrupted Concubine Hui's words.
Tears began to flow uncontrollably again, and she gently asked back, "No bruises?
Madam, do you remember March 27th?"
Without waiting for Concubine Hui to reply, Xiang Ling, who was serving Concubine Liang, knelt straight down and said in a trembling voice, "Grandfather, Your Majesty! Our young mistress has been holding on to her grievances, but this servant can't stand it any longer.
On March 27, when the master was playing with the Eighth Prince, he discovered purple bruises on the prince's body, which were as big as this..."
Xiang Ling gestured incoherently, "The master wants to invite the imperial physician, but the cards and orders cannot be taken out of the Yanxi Palace, let alone the imperial physician, there is no sign of even the ointment for the body.
I was so anxious that I slipped out of the garden gate, determined to get the ointment no matter what. But I ran into Wanyue, the senior maidservant of the imperial concubine.
She took a breath and whispered, "I have no other choice but to beg Wan Yue to let me see the Imperial Concubine.
Fortunately, Miss Wan Yue took pity on me, and the imperial concubine was even more merciful, and sent me the best medicine for my wound, so the eighth prince was able to recover."
"Everything I said is true. I beg the ancestors and the emperor to make the decision!" Xiang Ling prostrated herself deeply.
As she finished her words, the Cining Palace fell into silence, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
The Empress Dowager covered her chest, the Crown Prince opened his eyes wide in disbelief, Kangxi closed his eyes, his eyes were extremely deep: "Liang Jiugong, go to Yongshou Palace and bring Wanyue here."
She looked at Concubine Liang and Xiang Ling in disbelief. How could they not know that they were being plotted against?
The injury and the plaster are all fabricated.
Royal Concubine, what a Royal Concubine you are!
"Your Majesty," she moved her lips and said in a hoarse voice, "Words are not enough, I dare to swear to heaven that there is absolutely no bruise on Yinsi's body.
If you break your oath, God
"Sister Huifei," Yunxiu stopped her, "Don't treat the oath as a joke. Wait until Wanyue comes before making a final decision. The emperor will definitely not wrongly accuse you."
Concubine Hui choked, and in an instant, the look he gave her seemed to be filled with poison.
Kangxi watched coldly, anger building up in his chest. When Wanyue arrived, the palace maids in the Cining Palace had become silent and lowered their heads deeply.
"Reporting to the old ancestor, Your Majesty, it is true.
I was the one who handled the wound medicine. The Imperial Hospital also has records of the day on March 27th. You can find out by checking the records!"
The author has something to say: [The small theater is just for fun]
(Jungler - Yunxiu top lane - Imperial Concubine mid lane - Crown Prince bottom lane - Chengpin support - Liang Guiren)
System prompt: The enemy will arrive at the battlefield in five seconds.
The whole army attacks!
First round victory
Prince: The jungler is so awesome!
Game 2 victory
Prince: The enemy surrendered!
Game 3 victory
Prince: Kill the opponent in the top lane without any chance to fight back!!
Game 4 victory
Prince (gradually becoming dazed): Assisting in a pentakill?