"Fangqiao is not the court lady next to Mrs. Wan." Han Qiu answered everyone's questions.
It turned out that the maid who gave money to the eunuch was actually the second-class maid next to He Xiurong.
He Xiurong lived in the side hall of Yong'an Palace, but he didn't get the favor very much. After entering the palace, he only saw the emperor a few times. In addition to being promoted to the first level when he was favored for the first time, he was promoted to another level when he was amnesty last time.
A repairing figure of the fifth grade has no right to come to the queen's palace to pay her respects, so the concubines present have no impression of her. Coupled with the fact that this person is very honest, it is even more inconspicuous.
"I'm afraid, this He Xiurong is not the instigator behind it." Concubine Mi who had been silent all this time suddenly spoke.
She glanced at the calm imperial concubine, and felt the gap between herself and other women for the first time. These big Yan's women each hide a knife in their smiles, no wonder I suffered two big losses.
But even so, she didn't intend to join forces with these women. She doesn't bother to form allies with these people, who knows when she will be stabbed in the back.
That concubine Shu looked soft and timid, and told her to watch, she might not be as pleasing to the eye as the arrogant and domineering concubine Ming. Anyway, Shen Yuqing likes to do it face to face, if she is upset, she will deal with you directly, instead of doing something behind the scenes.
Concubine Shen Guifei, who had just cheated Mrs. Wan in the back, felt her nose itchy and suddenly wanted to sneeze.
But looking at everyone present, she still held back.
The empress interrupted the whispering of others: "Bring Fangqiao and He Xiurong."
These orders are just for show, Jinli has already thoroughly investigated, and naturally all the people involved have been cross-examined. So soon, He Xiurong was brought up. But Fangqiao was not brought, only Hanqiu said: "Fangqiao has committed suicide."
He Xiurong is obviously innocent, she didn't know what happened at first. She didn't go to the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet because of illness, and she has been resting in her own room. Fangqiao, the great court lady, is not her confidant, but was assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs when she first entered the palace.
Before entering the palace, He Xiurong was just the daughter of a petty official outside Beijing, she had no ability at all, and she didn't know how to control her subordinates. On the day of entering the palace, I beat these maids a lot. I thought they would be honest, but I never thought that they would actually harm others.
At this moment, He Xiurong was still pale and trembling, it was obvious that he was still ill.
Such a person, unless he hides too deeply, doesn't look like he would be harmful.
Nothing was found in Fangqiao Palace, so it's hard to say where it came from. However, everyone is more inclined that Mrs. Wan bought Fangqiao. After all, Yong'an Palace is Mrs. Wan's territory, and it is more convenient for her to do things.
When everyone heard that Fang Qiao was not found out, they immediately became unhappy. After listening to their feelings for a long time, they still haven't heard who did it? Isn't that a waste of time
"It's true that we haven't found out who Fang Qiao is." The empress said slowly, "But I already have some clues."
Everyone was waiting to ask more questions, when Dong Xiao suddenly came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Wan is here."
Madam Wan, who was poisoned, didn't take a good rest, so why did she come here suddenly
"Please come in."
Mrs. Wan came in holding the hand of the Grand Palace Maid. She came so suddenly that there was no place for her here. As a last resort, the little eunuch had to move a stool for her to sit on temporarily.
Mrs. Wan is not Concubine Shen. At the beginning, Concubine Shu took the position of Concubine Shen. She directly pushed people down and made people take the initiative to give up their seats. Mrs. Wan didn't have the ability, she couldn't speak now, so she had to sit on the stool in humiliation.
"Why is Sister Wan here?" Concubine Shu asked sincerely, as if she was really close to Mrs. Wan like a sister.
Mrs. Wan gave her a gloomy look, but said nothing.
Concubine Shu didn't mind either, a woman who fell out of favor and became dumb, and she didn't have her mother's backing behind her, so there was nothing to be afraid of. She turned her head and scolded the big palace lady brought by Mrs. Wan: "What's the matter with you? Sister Wan is not feeling well, and you didn't stop her and let her run out to blow the air. If Sister Wan's throat catches a cold, you can't help but worry about it." Is it?"
It's true that which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted, Concubine Shu opened her mouth and pointed out that Mrs. Wan was dumb. Not only that, but he also scolded her court lady in front of Mrs. Wan, which was like slapping Mrs. Wan in the face.
Madam Wan's face became even more gloomy, wishing she could kill Concubine Shu alive.
Concubine Mi sneered, looking like she was enjoying the show. No one here is afraid of her Madam Wan, naturally no one will give her face, the others just didn't laugh at her so openly.
Concubine Shen looked at the situation on the scene, and felt that it would be better for her to put on a "stealth buff" and not come out to provoke hatred. It wouldn't be good if Mrs. Wan was caught in a fit of rage and rushed up to bite her. At that time, if she didn't hold back her kick and kicked people away, it would be difficult to end.
When the imperial concubine tried her best to restrain her breath, everyone present would unconsciously ignore her. So Mrs. Wan really didn't think that there was such a number one person as Shen Yuqing here, and she just coldly slashed Concubine Shu and Concubine Mi with her sinister eyes.
A trace of sadness flashed in the eyes of the palace maid next to Mrs. Wan. Her mother hadn't lived a good life all these years, and now her daughter has been snatched away, and her voice is even hoarse. These people are not enough to watch the excitement, and they still want to make ridicule, where is their conscience
If it weren't for the empress who insisted on coming today, she wouldn't have suffered such humiliation.
"The empress." She knelt down and kowtowed to Fu Qiushui, "I ask the empress to be the master of my family, and we must find out the real culprit!"
Empress Fu quietly watched her kneel down and kowtow nine times, and said slowly after knocking down: "It's not urgent, why don't you tell your mother why Deputy Manager Liu, who was confiscated before, secretly bought 'Chouchang'. "
Before Deputy Manager Liu was cleaned up by Concubine Shen, he secretly bought a pack of "Sorrowful Heart" poisonous powder. The bag of powder was missing, but the emperor did find this thing when he was investigating the corruption evidence of Vice President Liu.
At first, the emperor didn't care. He had people search Liu's mansion carefully and ignored them if they didn't find anything, thinking that the things had been used up. This time Mrs. Wan was poisoned, Jinli suddenly remembered it, and when the two parties contacted, she immediately understood.
Mrs. Wan entrusted her elder brother to get the worry, and she had long thought of attacking Concubine Shen Gui. It's just that the fall of the deputy manager happened too suddenly, Mrs. Wan had already made arrangements, but her brother suffered a sudden accident, and it was unrealistic to change the plan temporarily, so she could only bite the bullet and continue.
The court lady and Mrs. Wan were shocked when they heard the words, they didn't expect this matter to be found out!
It's also because the two incidents were too close together, two days after the vice-manager's dismissal, Mrs. Wan was struck with sorrow. How can there be such a coincidence that the poison bought by the elder brother has been poisoned by the younger sister, and it is not the deputy director Liu who wants to poison Mrs. Wan.
"So, it really is a scene written and directed by Sister Wan?" Concubine Shu said in disbelief, "Sister Wan, I didn't expect you to be such a person!"
"No!" The palace maid suddenly interrupted Concubine Shu, "Your Majesty has learned from you, my mother absolutely never did such a thing! Everything is up to the servants themselves, and your mother doesn't know anything!"
Knowing that my mother can't argue, I'm afraid it will be bad this time. The palace lady resolutely sacrificed her life for righteousness, and took the initiative to stand up and bear all the guilt.
It's a pity that everyone is not stupid, how can they not know that she is the scapegoat
Empress Fu was very bad, after listening to the words of the grand lady, she said in surprise: "So it was really a play written and directed by you?"
The grand lady was dumbfounded.
"This palace is just a fraud, I didn't expect it to be a fraud." Empress Fu put down the teacup, but she didn't find any evidence that Deputy Manager Liu's heartache was related to Mrs. Wan. Fortunately, the maid jumped out and admitted. "The court lady has already confessed, let's drag her to the prison first. As for whether Mrs. Wan is really innocent..."
She didn't finish, but we all know that sometimes all you want is an answer that's probably close to the truth, and you don't need any evidence at all. The emperor disliked Mrs. Wan, even if Mrs. Wan picked herself out of the poison, he could still find other excuses to deal with her.
Mrs. Wan was completely paralyzed.
She shouldn't have come today, but she was really worried and felt that something bad was about to happen.
Her eldest maid actually didn't know that her real strategy was to poison Concubine Shen, after hearing so much news, she still thought that she really poisoned Concubine Shen by herself.
Therefore, the court lady stepped forward to take the blame, in her opinion, it was just an attempted frame-up, and she was just trying to get her daughter back. As long as someone is willing to take the blame, Mrs. Wan will not be implicated much.
Even if it works well, maybe the emperor will take pity on Mrs. Wan who has a vicious maid next to her, so he will favor Mrs. Wan again, and even heal her throat.
It's a pity that what Mrs. Wan committed was not framing, but trying to kill someone. The two things are fundamentally different.
In the end, the grand maid was killed with a stick, the little eunuch was demoted to do the dirtiest and most tiring work, and Mrs. Wan was deprived of her title and downgraded to a seventh-rank regular because of "lax control and vicious heart" and other reasons. . For Princess Qingxi's sake, she was not thrown into the cold palace, but she was also moved to live in a small palace closest to the cold palace, and she was not allowed to go out without an order.
I heard that Mrs. Wan, no, Liu Chang became sick and bedridden from thinking about it as soon as he moved there, but no court lady or eunuch was willing to ask the imperial physician. Everyone knows that Mrs. Liu has been rejected by the emperor, and she doesn't care whether she lives or dies.
Hearing Concubine De share the news, the always magnanimous empress did not take the initiative to send someone to ask for a doctor, but nodded coldly, and then talked about other things. This surprised the concubines very much, and they thought to themselves, it seems that the queen empress is not really that generous, she is just pretending.
—Of course Fu Qiushui would not find an imperial physician for Mrs. Liu, this woman actually wanted to poison Shen Yuqing to death, did she think she would not get angry? Shen Yuqing is her man!
Even, if it wasn't for the queen's order, how could those court ladies and eunuchs have gone so far, not even pretending to find an imperial doctor
Concubine Shen took a peek at her daughter-in-law's icy and beautiful face, as if she could see through the anger deep in her heart, she felt happy, like eating honey.
It's still the daughter-in-law who loves her, and the daughter-in-law cares more about her than the dog emperor. The daughter-in-law is not pretending to be virtuous and generous because of her, the dog emperor is jealous!
His Majesty the Emperor has no time to be jealous of this. He has been a little busy recently and has to deal with all the government affairs left behind by the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Fortunately, the affairs in the harem came to an end, without Mrs. Wan who was like a time bomb, he didn't have to worry about when this woman would suddenly explode and catch him by surprise.
Speaking of which, this matter can actually be resolved faster, after all, the emperor has left secret guards in every concubine's palace to monitor. But the hidden guard is a man after all, and cannot enter the concubine's bedroom, so he is not there when Mrs. Wan discusses bad things with others. Otherwise, the emperor would not have given her a chance to poison her successfully, but would have directly caught her during the poisoning process, and then punished Mrs. Wan.
After this incident, the emperor thought about replacing the male guards with female guards.
Before, I thought that every concubine had a court lady whom he had arranged for, so it didn't matter. The hidden guards are only responsible for following the concubines at all times and monitoring whether they have done anything bad. As for the affairs in the bedroom, he subconsciously does not intend to let the dark guards get involved.
Although there is no sense of privacy in this era, the emperor thought about it for a while, and felt that it would be strange if there were hidden guards watching him while he was sleeping and taking a bath. His own hidden guards never entered the sleeping hall either.
But now for the sake of security, privacy is not considered. The emperor directly ordered another batch of female dark guards to be trained. Before the female guards were in place, they could only make do with it.
After more than ten days, there was another good news in Sichuan.
This time, it was Concubine Mi who stole the limelight.
It is said that the small countries in the Western Regions formed a joint army, attacked several Rong tribes from the north, and took some things away. The young and middle-aged men in these tribes all went to Shu to fight with Dayan. They were attacked by surprise for a while, and the tribes were all old, weak, sick and disabled. At this moment, all the food and supplies were robbed, and many people died. It's getting harder.
After Xirong heard the news, the Rong troops belonging to these tribes quit and went to the north to seek revenge from the Western Regions. In the end, Dayan seized the opportunity and won the battle.
Although the Western Regions sent troops to grab things, it also dispersed the firepower of the Rong people to a certain extent. Concubine Mi's natal family, Loulan, was the initiator of the Allied Forces in the Western Regions. She naturally rose to the top in the palace. Recently, she walks with wind, and her face is full of pride.
Everyone saw the situation clearly and knew that the emperor would definitely not find fault with Concubine Mi for the war in Xirong. Recently, they simply avoided Concubine Mi and did not have a confrontation with her. Even when I went to pay my respects to the queen every day, I always bypassed Concubine Mi to scold others.
Concubine Mi hadn't felt so comfortable for a long time, she felt like she was back in Loulan. When she was in Loulan, she was domineering, no one dared to provoke her, but when Dayan came, she was restrained everywhere, very upset.
But because she was afraid of Concubine Shen, she did not go to trouble with Concubine Shen, but focused on the concubine Mei who caused her to be grounded for the first time and Yu Xiurong who later caused her to be sent back from the palace.
Concubine Mei is still a concubine no matter what, and every day she is just being scolded by Concubine Mi when she pays her respects. As long as she avoids Concubine Mi, nothing will happen, Concubine Mei just put up with it, who told her not to be favored very much recently.
But Yu Xiurong was different, she had offended many people by virtue of being favored. Now that the emperor has gone to spoil Concubine Mi, Xi Jieyu and Wei Zhaoyi, there is nothing wrong with her. A low-ranking concubine who doesn't even have the qualifications to ask for peace, Concubine Mi can do whatever she wants.
For example, at this moment, Concubine Shen Gui just went to Lilin to relax, but unexpectedly she also met Concubine Mi tossing Yu Xiurong.
Lilin is located in the easternmost part of the East Harem, sandwiched between Sumei Palace where Wei Zhaoyi lives, Zangshu Pavilion and Zhenbao Pavilion, it is a large forest. Inside, there are winding paths leading to secluded places, and there is also a pond where many precious koi are raised.
Concubine Shen Gui once thought about coming to the palace to fish for koi when she ran out of money, and heard that they sold one thousand taels of silver. Anyway, she has a backpack, and she is not afraid of suffocating the fish.
Yu Xiurong lives in the Shengxiao Palace in the northwest corner of the East Empress Palace, while Concubine Mi lives in the Xianxu Palace in the southwest corner. Everyone is in the East Harem, so it is very convenient to meet by chance if they are close together.
As soon as Shen Yuqing walked to the side of the small pond, she saw two people in the corridor above the pond.
This promenade has no roof, and there are only railings up to the waist on the left and right to prevent people from accidentally falling into the water. But if someone has the heart to push it, it's hard to say.
On the other hand, the railings on the bank of the pond are higher, because there were always concubines falling into the water in the previous dynasty, so they were specially built higher. But the ones on the corridor were not raised together, probably for the sake of beauty.
When Concubine Shen Gui just arrived, Concubine Mi pushed her hand and splashed, Yu Xiurong fell into the water.
She looked coldly at Yu Xiurong splashing in the water.
The water in this pool was not deep at all, Yu Xiurong struggled for a while to stand still, and found that the water only reached her waist. Regardless of the question of whether to lose face or not, Yu Xiurong only felt angry and blood welling up, and waited for Concubine Mi angrily.
Thanks to her excellent hearing ability, Concubine Shen Gui could hear their conversation clearly.
Probably Yu Xiurong reprimanded Concubine Mi for being a shrew, for actually pushing people with her hands. Concubine Mi didn't care at all, instead she smiled and asked her why she didn't continue to pretend to be pitiful.
"Aren't you good at pretending?" Concubine Mi curled her lips, "You don't pretend if His Majesty is not here? So what if I just pushed you into the water openly? Why don't you go to complain to His Majesty? See what His Majesty will do?" I won't talk to you."
Yu Xiurong was so angry that her hair was about to stand on end.
"Oh, I almost forgot." Concubine Mi suddenly showed an expression of enlightenment, "You haven't seen His Majesty for half a month, and you can't stop anyone if you want to file a complaint! How pitiful, tsk tsk."
Concubine Shen turned her head away silently, and suddenly began to reflect on whether she was always so... owed.
To some extent, Concubine Mi is quite similar to her. They are all from the Western Regions, and their style is straightforward. It's just that Concubine Shen has more bad things in her stomach, she doesn't do things openly every time, she also makes small moves secretly. Moreover, she has more insight than Concubine Mi, and she understands the twists and turns in the palace very well.
However, Concubine Mi's behavior made the emperor feel more at ease in pampering her. Concubine Luo Mi lost face the previous two times, but because Xiyu was a little restless during that time, he slapped Xiyu in the face with an excuse. Otherwise, he would still be happy to pamper Concubine Mi to heaven, and then watch her run amok in the harem and gain a lot of hatred.
Anyway, Concubine Mi will only toss people openly, so don't worry about her conspiracy. As for the means on the surface, as long as they don't kill people, it's not a big deal.
Yu Xiurong was heartbroken by her words, but he opened his mouth to refute incompetently. Her maid was almost dying of anxiety, and she dared not pull her up. The weather at the end of August, the water is not warm, if it goes on like this, you will definitely get sick!
She looked around, looking for an opportunity to sneak away to find someone to save her young master, and then she saw Concubine Shen.
And His Majesty the Emperor who came to find his mother with his daughter behind Concubine Shen Gui.
There is good news at the border, and the emperor has been much more relaxed recently. Qingxi went to play with the emperor in the morning, and now she missed her mother and concubine, so she wanted to go back to Jianjia Palace. His Majesty the Emperor happened to want to go out for a walk, so he sent him back in person, only to learn that the imperial concubine had gone out for a walk.
The left and right are not far away, so I just came to Lilin again. The father and daughter just found someone, and before they had time to say hello, a little palace lady rushed over from the side of the pool and rushed directly in front of His Majesty the Emperor.
"Your Majesty! Please save our little master!"
His Majesty the Emperor was taken aback, and subconsciously pulled his daughter behind him to protect her. The eunuchs around him also rushed up to protect the Emperor, preventing the maids from approaching.
Qingxi poked a small head from behind her father, looking at her curiously.
"Who are you?" His Majesty the Emperor frowned slightly, his tone majestic.
The palace maid choked, and all her words got stuck in her throat.
Concubine Shen Guichi chuckled, this emperor is really enough. The little concubine who had been spoiled for almost two months, but hadn't seen her for half a month, so she forgot about the big palace lady next to her. Shen Yuqing began to doubt, does the emperor still remember Yu Xiurong
Qingxi didn't care about the little princess, she saw her mother and concubine, and excitedly rushed out from behind her father: "Mother and concubine!"
Concubine Shen Guifei caught the daughter who ran over, wiped her sweat, picked her up easily, and brought her to the emperor's side. Stand still and watch the show.
Qingxi was lying in the arms of the concubine mother, also staring straight at the maid. Lie down and watch a good show.
The mother and daughter had the same expression, the corners of His Majesty's mouth twitched slightly, and he felt more and more that his daughter was about to belong to someone else.
How could the little maid have the energy to take care of other things at the moment, she took a deep breath, and quickly said: "Your Majesty, I am the person serving Yu Xiurong, go and have a look, my young master has fallen into the pond!"
The author has something to say: Emperor: Oh, then why didn't she crawl out quickly
Maid: ...
—That’s not what’s written in the script, fall!
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