Today, after Xiao Qi brought everyone to the East Palace with great fanfare, these people later guessed some clues, but they did not expect that as soon as they entered the door, there would be such a fierce news.
The concubine suffered an inexplicable miscarriage, and this much-anticipated child turned into a pool of flesh and blood, and in the crown princess' flowerbed, a strange wooden box was dug up.
This situation does not require any imagination, anyone with long eyes can see it, this is the battle between the queen and the crown princess. However, it seems that the Crown Princess is inferior, and I am afraid she will be out of luck.
Zhao Lanhui glanced around, exchanged a glance with Concubine Shu quietly, and then lowered his eyes in schadenfreude, waiting for things to develop. The empress and the crown princess were fighting, and this situation could not be more favorable to King Su's line.
There was a lot of restlessness behind him, and even the servants of the East Palace were surprised. Others were frightened to death, but Chu Jinyao, the party involved, was very calm. She even smiled and said, "Empress Empress, you didn't ask me what it was, but asked me what it was. It's amazing, you don't even open it, how do I know what's going on?"
It was only later that Xiao Qi realized that he had inadvertently sold a flaw. Seeing that everything was as she expected, Xiao Qi asked sharply, but neglected that the wooden box had not been opened yet, how did she know what it was? After Xiao Qi quietly brought up the topic, he said with a sullen face: "This box looks weird, come here, open it."
The people from Kunning Palace protected Xiao Qi and said, "The lady stands back, this wooden box is weird, and the lady should not approach."
The other concubines also hid outside, and Chu Jinyao retreated surrounded by palace servants. After getting out of the middle of the room, a eunuch carefully opened the wooden box. After Xiao Qi was ready, he didn't expect to wait, but saw the eunuch standing with a strange expression.
Xiao Qi frowned: "What happened?"
The eunuch holding the wooden box hesitantly raised his head and looked at Xiao Qi: "Queen Empress, this wooden box... is empty."
"empty?"
This time, not only Xiao Qi, but other concubines were also surprised. Concubine Shu looked at the wooden box suspiciously. This time, it was obvious that the queen was setting up a cover. However, the queen had worked so hard in the East Palace to just bury an empty box
Obviously Xiao Qi would not do such a stupid thing in the future, she frowned tightly, and took two steps forward to look at the wooden box in person. The wooden box was filled with dirt on the outside, and the cracks were stuffed with broken roots and leaves, so you could tell at a glance that it was newly buried. But it was empty inside.
As she got closer, Lan Yu saw some flaws. She slowly frowned. Why did she feel that the pattern of this wooden box was not right
Before Lan Yu could understand, she heard Chu Jinyao speak: "Empress Empress, you are frowning, shouldn't it be this wooden box? The matter of the emperor's heir is very important, if you are not satisfied, you can continue. dig."
After hearing this, everyone in the back quickly lowered their heads and covered their lips with a handkerchief to hide the smile on their lips. After seeing this, Xiao Qi noticed that things had changed. She stabilized her mind and said, "Ben Gong never expected such a thing.
Lan Yu quickly thought about the countermeasures and smiled: "I have heard for a long time that the Crown Princess is ingenious and ingenious. When I saw it today, she really lived up to her reputation. She even buried wood in the flowerbed. I wonder what new flower planting skills it is."
"I don't know if it's a flower planting skill." Chu Jinyao stood on the corridor with her hands up and glanced at Lan Yu, "If Aunt Lanyu really wants to know, it's better to ask the person who buried the wooden box."
Everyone was shocked, and Concubine Li couldn't hold back and asked, "Isn't this what the Crown Princess buried?"
"Not all." Chu Jinyao nodded with a smile and said, "I saw a flower in the garden withered a few days ago, and I cherished it in my heart, so I asked the servants to take care of it. Who would have thought that the soil hasn't loosened yet. When I was done, I dug out a wooden box in the soil. I was young, and I didn’t know what it was, so I didn’t dare to move it. The Queen’s concubine was well-informed, so she just asked the concubine to give me a hand. take it out."
Mama Gong responded, and held out something from the back, which turned out to be another wooden box of a similar size. Grandma Gong stood far away and took a long silver needle to open the keyhole on the box. When Grandma Gong saw the contents inside, the color immediately changed, and the little eunuch holding the wooden box in the back cried out in surprise. He let go and threw the wooden box down.
The wooden box slammed to the ground, and a strangely-colored puppet rolled out. The puppet is covered with strange paint. Its eyes are huge, and it looks in one direction emptyly. It looks very scary. The most terrifying thing is that its abdomen is protruded by something, and it is covered with a yellow talisman paper. There are many slender needles on the talisman paper.
The concubines screamed in horror, and someone in the crowd called out its name: "Witch!"
Chu Jinyao frowned, stretched out her hand to cover her eyes, and turned her face to avoid it. Linglong and the others hurriedly stopped in front of Chu Jinyao and said, "How could something like this exist in the palace, and why would it be buried in the Qide Hall? This group of servants is really remiss in their duty to let such an ominous thing stay with the crown prince. Under the concubine's eyelids."
Xiao Qi tilted his head to look at the wooden box buried in the soil, and then looked at the other one that fell to the ground. He didn't know that it was replaced by Chu Jinyao. For some unknown reason, Chu Jinyao found something in the soil. After digging it out, she didn't make a sound. Instead, she replaced it with another box of similar color and size, and even deceived Queen Qi. Xiao Qi was angry in her heart, but she remained calm on the surface: "Prince Concubine, witchcraft is a taboo in the palace, why is there such a thing in your palace?"
"I don't know about this." Chu Jinyao said, "I accidentally discovered that some flowers were withered in the flowerbed, and the servant accidentally dug this thing out while taking care of it. I didn't know what it was, so I left it intact. , I want to choose another day to use it to ask the Empress. It was the first time I opened this wooden box, only to find out that it actually contained a witchcraft thing. Obviously, someone wanted to use this thing to murder the concubine and frame it for the East Palace."
If this thing was dug out in front of everyone today, Chu Jinyao would be hard to argue with, but if she took it out by herself, the same thing would have a completely different meaning. Of course, Chu Jinyao could say that it was someone else. framed. In this way, Xiao Qi, who was digging things with great fanfare, became more subtle. Xiao Qi later spent a lot of effort to bribe the manpower, but unexpectedly it turned out to be self-defeating. The traitor buried the witches in the East Palace in the middle of the night, and in a panic, he dug up many roots and stems, and Zicui is the most delicate flower. A few days later, the signs of withering appeared. Chu Jinyao’s sharp eyes noticed that when people were taking care of the flowers and plants, they found that the nearby soil was loosened. Chu Jinyao’s intuition was wrong. Puppet's small wooden box.
Although Chu Jinyao has little experience in the court, she also knows that witchcraft is a taboo in all dynasties and dynasties, and there are countless princes and concubines who died of this thing. Chu Jinyao hated Xiao Qi's viciousness, but she still covered it up quietly, and buried it in another box. Xiao Qi's plan was sinister, but Chu Jinyao didn't know how Xiao Qi was going to attack, so she didn't startle the snake, but pretended to be unaware.
Until today, Lian Concubine had a miscarriage, and Xiao Qi later brought everyone to the Qi De Hall for unwarranted reasons, trying to frame the East Palace for using witchcraft in front of everyone's eyes. Chu Jinyao was both disgusted and fortunate to see this place. She disliked Xiao Qi's bad intentions and her methods, and harmed an innocent little life. Now she wants to use this kind of crime to drag the East Palace into the water, and she is also glad that she found out. In the early days, witchcraft was a taboo in the harem, and being caught and presented with one's own hands were obviously two different concepts.
Xiao Qi was originally in control of the victory, but he didn't expect that something went wrong in the most critical link, and the current situation is not good for him. Xiao Qi then settled down and said, "Prince Concubine is quite eloquent, but just based on the words of the Concubine's family, who can know whether the Concubine is really ignorant or if she finds out that something has been leaked, so she takes things out. "
These words were shameless, Chu Jinyao's eyes were cold, and he said, "If I really made these things, why would I take them out in front of everyone, wouldn't it be better to destroy them in private? Besides, there is dirt on the outside of the wooden box. It can be seen that this witch doll is indeed buried in the soil, if this is all directed and acted by me, then why should I make an extra effort to bury it in the soil and then dig it out again?”
"Yes, the harem can't avoid witchcraft, there is really no need for the Crown Princess to keep this kind of thing by her side." Someone in the crowd said.
After Xiao Qi sneered and swept the crowd condescendingly, the crowd suddenly dared not speak. After Xiao Qi said: "It's hard to guarantee that the Crown Princess had this idea. She deliberately did the opposite, in order to dispel her suspicions. Come and check the materials of the puppets, and check which palaces the things came from. "
The courageous palace servant went to check the fabric on the doll, and after a while he replied, "Tell the Queen, the Crown Princess, and the Empresses, this evil creature uses the lake silk that was newly tribute this year, and the silk was originally not available. How much, the Ministry of Internal Affairs can find out the whereabouts after checking."
When the concubines heard this, several people came out to testify, and there were only a few palaces back and forth who were eligible to be assigned to the lake fine silk. After Xiao Qi asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send the account book, Concubine Shu and Concubine Li also asked people to take the book of creation in their palace. They all lacked things, so the lake silk silk had not had time to use. After a comparison, it can be confirmed that the fabrics for the dolls are not from Concubine Shu, Concubine Li and Kunning Palace. Chu Jinyao frowned. The East Palace also got the latest lake silk silk, but she had already cut half a piece of silk to make clothes for her little nephew, which was a bit inexplicable.
Chu Jinyao said: "I keep the fine silk from the East Palace, but my sister is so happy that I cut half of it to make small clothes for my children. It is inevitable that the clothes will be damaged when I cut them, but I dare to keep them. The fine silk used for this thing is not from the East Palace."
After Xiao Qi sneered, he said: "Prince Concubine's words are difficult to convince the public, you brought the things out, and your palace lacks the corresponding fabrics, and you insist that you know nothing, how does this palace make Believe?"
Chu Jinyao also felt that this reason was weak, there was no suspicion of guilt, and it was impossible for a person to prove that he had not done something. Chu Jinyao broke Xiao Qi's poisonous scheme, but after Xiao Qi's sophistry, if she had to rely on her, Chu Jinyao couldn't prove that she never made this doll.
The two sides were deadlocked for a while, and in the end neither one could take advantage. After Xiao Qi failed to "catch the traitor and catch the pair", Chu Jinyao couldn't prove that it was not her own thing. Xiao Qi knew that this matter needed to be more heated, she stayed for a while, and then returned to herself with a bad face. Palace too. As soon as Xiao Qi left, the others also resigned one after another.
After waiting for the people to leave, Chu Jinyao led the people into the Qide Hall and kept frowning in thought. After seeing Chu Jinyao, Linglong was relieved: "Prince Concubine, please rest, you stopped that person's poisonous plan today and let her go back. She should be frowning, what are you worried about?"
Chu Jinyao sighed: "I can't say that. Although I noticed the clue in advance and avoided the fatal blow, I couldn't completely clear it up. It's too passive to always be chased and beaten by her, and I can't be so lucky forever. "
Linglong and a few valetes disagreed with these words: "Prince Concubine, you have done a good job today. If you didn't find out earlier, today would never have ended like this. That person has been planning for a long time, and you are at such a disadvantage. To be able to draw a tie with her is already very powerful."
Chu Jinyao shook his head: "It's far from enough. Passive defense is not the way, I have to take the initiative to attack. It is true that I can't prove that the doll was not made by me, so I will look for evidence that others have done it."
This one is obviously Empress Xiao Qi's power, so it seems that Empress Xiao Qi also did Lianbi's miscarriage. Chu Jinyao frowned and thought for a long time, and finally said: "It seems that we still have to start with the concubine. Linglong, prepare the ceremony, and also, have you found the traitor in the palace?"
Xiao Qi's plan was both cruel and poisonous. She placed great hopes on the witch and Gu, so she did not hesitate to use the old bottom when she started, and she also buried something in the East Palace. It's a pity that today's trick, Xiao Qi, failed again, and she was also exposed as a hidden traitor who had been buried in the East Palace for many years.
Chu Jinyao was ruthless in handling these people. Xiao Qi felt pain and anger when she heard the news, and smashed several vases in the palace with hatred.
She had a stance of breaking the boat, and Xiao Qi thought it was foolproof, but she didn't expect it to be empty again. Queen Qi was so angry that her teeth were itching, and being interrupted by Chu Jinyao, the matter of Donggong stealing witchcraft was not settled. It's just that since Wang Mingci's incident, the emperor has been indifferent to Xiao Qi. At this time, the long-awaited child of the emperor was still miscarried. How could the emperor have the heart to linger with Xiao Qi. Hearing that the emperor heard that he was a prince that day, he sighed heavily.
At the same time that Xiao Qi ran into a wall, Chu Jinyao also brought warm things to visit the concubine.
"Miss pity, I want to ask you something."