It was almost dusk, and the maids came forward one by one to hold lamps. The bright candlelight and the soft rustling sound of the clothes when they touched could not dispel the stagnant atmosphere like thick glue. After a while, the maids all left.
Xuan Ling rested his forehead on his hands and half leaned on the Nine Dragon Seat. The queen's upright face looked even more majestic under the bright red light of the candlelight. Concubine Duan seemed tired and just closed her eyes in deep thought. Only the queen was seen in the palace.
The women exchanged glances and speculative looks, and there was not a single sound of people in the huge palace. They could only hear the sound of a gentle "dong" falling on the lotus copper plate, and the lingering sound.
Wen Shichu thought he had heard the news when he came over. Wen Ran's face used to be gloomy and he was bowing politely. He glanced at me quietly, but I still stood upright and motionless.
Concubine Xiang had sharp eyes and said in a sharp voice: "Mr. Wen really cares about the master. As soon as he came in, he first checked whether Concubine Shu was well. She wished she could immediately put her hand on her and ask for Ping An's pulse."
Wen Shichu didn't take it seriously and just said quietly: "Xiangbi's little master is restless and has a high-pitched voice. I think it's due to a weak fire. I'll ask the hospital to send some medicine to clear the fire later. I think I won't be like this again after taking it."
I’m so anxious.”
I was pleased that he was so calm and calm. Xuan Ling raised his chin slightly, and Li Changxing came to Wen Shichu and said "offended". He turned up his sleeves and took a look, and couldn't help but take a breath. The sleeves looked like Fei Wen.
It is said to be embroidered with a green five-petal bamboo leaf.
There was no hint of like or dislike in Xuan Ling's tone, "This embroidery is quite unique, have you always had it?"
Wen Shichu didn't understand what it meant, so he could only reply: "Weichen's mother loves bamboo, so she embroiders a small bamboo leaf on the cuff of all Weichen's clothes to express her longing for her relatives."
Such minute details corresponded one by one, which made everyone believe even more. Xuan Ling snorted coldly and said nothing. Ye Lanyi stood next to Xuan Ling and watched coldly, with a look of disapproval. A layer of sparkling blood appeared on the tip of Concubine Jing's nose.
He was sweating and said: "The patterns embroidered on the sleeves of Imperial Physician Wen are no longer the same. You can see them if you pay close attention, but you can't be sure."
Zhou Jieyu quickly agreed, "Yes, yes, didn't Dr. Wen say that all his clothes and cuffs have such patterns?"
Concubine Qi stared at Zhou Jieyu and said quietly: "This is strange. An imperial doctor should pay attention to etiquette when meeting Concubine Shu, but why does he turn up his sleeves and sit down to talk face to face as if he had entered his own home? It is really comfortable.
If this continues, when the imperial doctors enter the Concubine Palace, they will turn over their sleeves and untie their clothes, and there is nothing else they cannot do!"
Wen Shichu couldn't bear to hear this and said anxiously: "That day, Concubine Shu summoned the ministers to ask about Shuyuan's fetal image. Concubine Shu and Shuyuan have always been on good terms. I heard that Shuyuan's fetal image was fine, and she would be safe soon."
When I was giving birth, I was happy for a while and gave the minister some tea. I rolled up my sleeves a little while eating tea, so I didn’t pay attention to etiquette."
Qi Bin stared at Wen Shichu with cold eyes for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said: "If Concubine Shu didn't value the Imperial Physician, and didn't take anyone in the Imperial Hospital to heart except you, how could she have entrusted you to take care of Shen Shuyuan, who is as close to her as a sister? I
I never thought of this before, but now it seems that the friendship between Concubine Shu and the imperial doctor is really extraordinary."
Qi Concubine came prepared and did not allow anyone a chance to breathe. Wen Shichu was so angry that he blushed and said: "You..." After all, there is a difference between superiority and inferiority. Wen Shichu swallowed down his anger and ignored it.
However, Qi Concubine refused to let him go. She pointed at him and said, "Does Dr. Wen have a guilty conscience? Otherwise, why would his face be so red?"
Xuan Ling's gaze slowly passed over everyone, and wherever he looked, everyone couldn't help but lower their heads. He said solemnly: "What I want to hear is the truth. You are like the shrews in the market, and you must all be blasted out to be clean!"
He was filled with anger, but he refused to get angry at me. I felt a little grateful in my heart, turned my head and looked at Fei Wen who was kneeling on the ground, and said coldly: "Fei Wen, I haven't paid attention to you these days in the palace.
No wonder you have such a big heart!"
Fei Wen was not very afraid. She raised her head and said, "I don't dare to be open-minded! When I serve my empress, my whole heart is naturally concerned about her. But no matter which master I serve, I am from Ziao City.
We are all the emperor's people. In the final analysis, slaves can only be loyal to the emperor. If you have offended me, please forgive me."
These days, she always looks cute in front of me with her eyebrows lowered and her eyes submissive. I never noticed that she also has red lips and white teeth.
Her expression made me feel cold, "If you are loyal to the emperor and you have offended me, don't you want to put me in a place of disloyalty and injustice?" I looked at Xuan Ling, "If the emperor is still willing to be my concubine,
Please leave room for innocence, please allow me to ask Fei Wen a few words."
Xuan Ling stared at me for a moment, nodded and said, "You can just ask."
I walked up to Fei Wen and said, "I only allowed you to serve in the inner palace for a month or two, right?"
Fei Wen thought for a moment and replied: "It's been a while since I met."
I nodded, "I also see you as a smart person, and I am willing to look up to you. You must have been in the inner hall to serve me like this several times."
"It's been five or six times in total."
I was very sad, "Fei Wen, no matter what the outcome of today's events is, you will not be able to return to Rouyi Hall in the future, nor will you be able to serve me anymore."
Fei Wen smiled slightly, and a rice bead pendant on a silver magpie bead flower swayed slightly on her head, "As long as I serve in this palace, no matter which master or slave I serve, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."
I nodded and said: "After all, it's a master-servant affair. Since you are here to expose my privacy today, you must also know that it is the last time you serve me. You should also do your part well. Before you come out, you can clear the main hall
Have you wiped the blue and white glazed vase on the red sandalwood table?"
Fei Wen didn't expect me to ask this question, so she was stunned for a moment and said: "It has been wiped off."
Jin Xi clapped her hands unconsciously and sighed: "You stupid thing, the glazed flower bottle on the empress's rosewood table has a blue and white base, it is clearly a sea pattern base."
Fei Wen's eyes were a little confused, as if she was thinking hard about something, and she said after a while: "I remember it wrong, it seems to be under sea pattern."
Zhou Jieyu couldn't help but smile and said, "Fei Wen's memory seems to be not very good. Fortunately, she still remembers the bamboo leaf pattern on the cuffs of Imperial Physician Wen. It's really hard for her."
As a result, Fei Wen unconsciously showed a panicked look. I pretended to be angry and said: "Fei Wen, please be careful. Is the glazed flower bottle on my rosewood table with a blue and white base or a sea pattern base?"
Xuan Ling gave a confused "Hmm", and doubts arose. Fei Wen thought about it, even more hesitant. For a long time, she seemed to be very cruel, "I remember, it's a flower bottle with a blue and white bottom."
wrong."
"There is only an embroidered mirror screen on the red sandalwood table in the main hall, and no glazed flower vase has ever been placed. You are the little maid that I appreciate at the moment. You are allowed to enter the inner hall to serve you. You don't take these serious things to heart. It's a shame.
I only pay attention to which imperial doctor's hand is on my hand, and what patterns are embroidered on the turned-out cuffs. If other people really encountered such a private meeting, they would not dare to take a closer look. Why do you pay so much attention to the smallest details?
It’s really suspicious to be so intentional!”
My sudden sharp words and harsh words made Feiwen's panic nowhere to hide. She was stunned for a long time, and suddenly started sobbing, whimpering: "I can only report the truth, why is the queen so cruel? The queen knows that the slave is stupid, and the slave is only worried about this day and night.
It’s such a big deal, how can you pay attention to other things?”
Madam Yu Rong laughed, and faced the bright candlelight, which illuminated a bright colored glaze ring on her thin white finger. The blurred light made her face even more beautiful. She smiled.
Said: "I've always heard that Concubine Shu is polite and kind in every aspect, and no one is dissatisfied with her. Today, it seems that a hundred hearings are worse than a first sight. I think there are many places where she has always been unpopular. It's just a concubine. Feiwen is still a member of her own palace.
. I think that no matter what Fei Wen’s intentions are, she can say it so vividly and meticulously, so it’s not a lie.”
Fei Wen nodded hurriedly and said, "I really don't dare to lie."
Concubine Jing raised her long eyebrows lightly on her temples and said, "It's not surprising what Madam Yu Rong said. It's just that the grievances between Concubine Qi and Concubine Shu have been going on for a long time. This is not the first time Concubine Qi has been disrespectful to Concubine Shu. Let's
Everyone knows about it. What about Feiwen? Although Concubine Shu thinks highly of her, she can't always stay in the inner hall to serve her. The problem..."
Concubine Jing hesitated slightly and shook her head gently. Concubine Duan, who had been silent for almost a long time, slowly opened her eyes and said quietly: "If it is true as Concubine Jing said, Fei Wen is a palace maid who does not often enter the inner palace to serve.
Come to think of it, if Imperial Physician Wen and Concubine Shu really had an affair, they would not have a private meeting in front of people outside the palace. Naturally, people have to be on guard against such things. How could she happen to see it back and see it so clearly? Could it be that it was really a mission sent from heaven?
As for you, God intended to teach Fei Wen to expose this scandal in the palace; this girl is too clever and pays special attention to her master's words and deeds."
Concubine Jing took a breath of air, and the long cloisonné beaded armor clicked on the yellow pear wood table, "Oh! Spying on the master is not a small crime. But why does this girl have to pay attention to everything?
Concubine Shu, secretly spying? How can a little palace maid have such big opinions and courage? Is there really someone behind the scenes?" She knelt down and begged, "This matter is quite strange, please ask the emperor to inquire carefully. If it is true,
Someone is in charge, so you can't believe everything Fei Wen says, for fear there is a bigger conspiracy."
Jieyu and Zhou Pei also knelt down, pulled the hem of Xuanling's clothes and said: "I am confused, Qi concubine lives in Jiaolu Pavilion, and Fei Wen is a maid in Weiyang Palace. Since everyone knows that Qi concubine has always disrespected concubine Shu.
, how come the maids from Weiyang Palace and Qi Concubine came together to expose this matter in front of the Emperor? Why didn’t they tell the Queen first? "
Madam Yu Rong said: "Who knows that the Queen is in good health and can't pay attention to it for a moment. If it is as Fei Wen worried about, if one day Concubine Shu secretly murders her, and the Queen misses it, then there will be no such filthy chaos in the palace.
If people know about it, they will be free to act recklessly."
Kang Guiren didn't like that Mrs. Yu Rong was favored due to her low status and young age, so she recited a Buddhist saying: "I heard that people who are vegetarians and chant Buddha have better hearts, and they are not willing to trample an ant to death. The empress was in Ganlu Temple for
How can a person who has prayed for the country and practiced Buddhism do such a dirty and messy thing." Kang Guiren once lived with me, and she was somewhat concerned about our past friendship. In addition, after I was promoted to Concubine Shu, she was also very attentive to our visits.
It's just that Xuan Ling has never allowed concubines to mention my leaving the palace without authorization, and what she said now was a little bit inappropriate.
Lingrong also advised: "That's right. My sister has been out of the palace to worship the Buddha for several years. Naturally, her thoughts have become more benevolent, and she has a deeper marriage with the emperor. With the blessing of the Bodhisattva, she is pregnant with an heir, and her blessings are profound." She turned her head and looked at me and said, "
Did your sister say so?"
When Qi Bin heard this, her eyes flashed with a faint blue light, and a pair of black pupils stared straight at me. She stood up slowly, thinking that she had been kneeling for a long time, and she stumbled a little when walking, so she bumped into me like this.
In front of me, she looked at me and said: "The pure land of Buddhism is meant for people to practice and purify their minds. However, Mrs. Zhen was born with a promiscuous nature and actually committed a lot of filthy and chaotic things while practicing in Ganlu Temple." Her voice had a weird sound due to urgency.
It was low-pitched, like a beast that was ready to strike, with the intent to kill with an imminent strike.
When I smelled the words "Ganlu Temple", it was like five thunders striking my head. Cold sweat dripped from my hair. I took a step back involuntarily. There was a buzzing in my ears and my hands were tightly curled up.
Jinxi supported me from behind and scolded: "Ganlu Temple is the Great Zhou Sacred Temple. My master is so slanderous. Aren't you afraid of the Bodhisattva's punishment?" As she said this, she held the fingertips of my arm and secretly exerted force, as if to try to get rid of her.
Power is transferred to my body.
Concubine Qi seemed to be very satisfied with my shocked expression. She pushed away the hand of the maid who was trying to support her, walked to Xuan Ling's seat on her knees, grabbed the hem of his dark red double dragon Lingyun robe, and begged: "Concubine Shu was deposed from the palace.
, Wen Shichu visited Ganlu Temple many times, and a man and a woman often stayed together in the same room for a long time. If the emperor doesn't believe it, he can tell the sister-in-law of Ganlu Temple to ask carefully." She paused and looked at the queen again, "At this moment, the concubine is having sex.
In the museum.”
The queen looked at Xuan Ling and said, "It's up to the emperor to decide whether you want to pass it on or not."
Xuan Ling stared at Wen Shichu's slightly pale face and asked, "What does Dr. Wen mean?"
He handed over his hand and said, "I am open-minded in my heart, everything will be decided by the emperor."
Xuan Ling looked at me, with an unconcealed suspicion in his pity. I didn't know that he was a suspicious person, so I leaned forward and said, "Your Majesty, please tell her to come in and ask, not to prove the innocence of the concubine, but to clear up the doubts in the Emperor's mind."
." I paused, with a hint of self-harm, "Otherwise, if the concubine and the emperor get along in the future, and there is an irreparable rift between the monarch and the husband, it will be of no benefit to anyone."
Xuan Ling looked slightly embarrassed. If he passed it on, it would mean he didn't trust me; if he didn't pass it on, the doubts would be hard to eliminate, which would eventually lead to disaster. Hu Yunrong leaned beside him and said: "Your Majesty, you'd better pass it on. Why don't you pass on this witness?"
Come up, today many things have happened to Qi concubine. How can I get rid of the bad anger in my heart? I'm sure there will be some trouble in the future."
Xuan Ling concentrated for a moment and said coldly, "Pass!"