"Because???" Geng Meiren lost her mind after being asked by Xi Xian, and looked timidly at Wang Baoluo.
"Useless thing!" Wang Baolu scolded her severely, which was exactly the same as what she had just scolded as a slave. Geng Meiren suddenly lost her dignity.
"Since Geng Meiren has not been unable to answer, I would like to take all the sisters back first and come back after thinking about the reasons." Although Xi Qian knew that she had the upper hand in terms of words, she did not intend to delve into the meaning of Geng Meiren's words.
Loophole, I just want to send Wang Baolu away as soon as possible.
But instead of getting nervous because of the flaw in Geng Meiren's words, Wang Baoluo became even more arrogant.
"Reason? What reason! I will tell you clearly today that I, Wang Baoluo, never need a reason to do things."
"My Majesty, you can't do this!" Xi Qian stopped at the door of the inner chamber and said, "Although you are the head of the nine concubines, you have no right to interfere with the affairs of other palaces, let alone search the palaces like this. If your Majesty is really suspicious,
If Sister Wu stole something, you can ask the imperial concubine to investigate. If the imperial concubine also agrees to search the palace, I will have nothing to do with it."
Wang Baoluo raised one corner of his mouth and sneered, "Don't use the imperial concubine to pressure me. The imperial concubine has always been in poor health and has no time to care about such things. If you know how to deal with it, just get out of the way. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"
"Since your Majesty has said so, I will also express my opinion. If your Majesty wants to search the palace today, you will have to step over my concubine's body."
Xi Zhi's awe-inspiring expression also infected the palace people in Wanyun Palace, and many palace people spontaneously stood in front of her, as if they would live and die together.
"Okay! You have the guts! She really looks a bit like Li Aohan. I was never afraid of her when she was alive. Will I still be afraid of you today?" Wang Baoluo winked, and several of her cronies behind her swarmed up to talk to Wanyun Gong.
The palace servants struggled with each other.
Zhou Cairen, who had been standing silently behind everyone, walked up to Wang Baoluo, bowed and said, "Madam, please calm down. After all, Xi Jieyu has been granted a title, and now she is favored by the saint. If anything goes wrong, I'm afraid the emperor will
You'll be blamed."
Wang Baoluo's expression changed, and he couldn't help but hesitate when he remembered that the last time he was banned by Yu Wen Haoxuan was because of Xi Qian.
"That's because she made the rude remarks first!" Seeing that Wang Baoluo was a little shaken, Geng Meiren hurriedly said, "My Lady, Xi Jieyu was very disrespectful to you today. If you don't punish her well, you will never have any prestige in the palace in the future.
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"Disrespectful to me? Huh! This alone is enough to punish her. Take her and Wu Meiren to the Palace Chief!" Wang Baoluo became more confident after finding a reason to punish her.
"What are you doing? Stop it!" There was a sharp shout, and everyone felt as if their eardrums had been pierced. They immediately stopped fighting and looked at Liu Maolin who was speaking.
"Why are you here, Madam? I have been looking for you for a long time!" Liu Maolin bowed respectfully and humbly, without any trace of the momentum he had when he shouted just now.
Wang Baoluo was stunned for a moment and then said with a smile, "It turns out to be Eunuch Liu. How come you are here when you are not with the Emperor? You don't want to take care of the affairs of the concubines in the harem, right?"
"Your Majesty has promoted me, how dare I interfere in your affairs?"
"If you don't dare, then just watch from the side!" Wang Baolu put away the last trace of her hypocritical smile. No one could stop what she was going to do today.
Liu Maolin still bowed and said unhurriedly, "I don't have time to read this. I am here to bring you a message for the emperor."
"The Emperor has something to say to me? Please tell me what it is?"
"Old General Wang has a dispatch and a letter delivered today. The emperor said that the old general mentioned the empress many times in the letter, so the emperor would like to invite you to Zhangqing Palace to read the letter in person, so as to relieve the empress's pain of missing her relatives. However,
I see that your Majesty is not available, how about I help you get back to the emperor???"
"Who said I'm not free?" Wang Baoluo interrupted Liu Maolin quickly, "Go and tell the emperor to wait a moment. I'll be here soon after handling the matters at hand."
Liu Maolin smiled in embarrassment and said, "The emperor will discuss with the ministers about post-disaster relief for the people soon. I'm afraid he won't have time to see the empress."
Seeing Wang Baoluo's embarrassment, Zhou Cairen immediately said, "It's more important for your Majesty to see the Emperor. Let's put other things aside first."
However, Geng Meiren pushed Zhou Cairen aside and whispered, "My dear, today's opportunity is rare. If you miss it, it will be hard to find next time."
Wang Baoluo looked at the two of them and felt that what they said was reasonable, but he was unsure about paying attention.
Zhou Cairen smiled gently in Wang Baoluo's ear, "If the empress can take this opportunity to rebuild the old relationship with the emperor, wouldn't these people in Wanyun Palace be yours?"
After hearing her words, Wang Baoluo immediately paid attention, looked at Xi Qian who was blocking the door of the inner room and said, "I am in a good mood today, so I will let you go first. We still have a long time ahead!"
Wang Baoluo led a group of people out of Rouyi Pavilion. Liu Maolin followed and winked at Xiqian. Xiqian smiled gratefully in return, but when she looked at Zhou Cairen who had been helping her to speak, Zhou Cairen
But Cai Ren turned around and walked away expressionlessly.
Several palace residents were so frightened that their legs and feet became weak and they fell to the ground. Xi Qian had no time to comfort them and hurriedly entered the inner room and locked the door from the inside.
"Sister Wu, don't be afraid, they are all gone." Xi Qian quickly came to the bed to comfort the frightened Wu Meiren, but Wu Meiren looked dull and expressionless.
"She's been stimulated. She'll be fine soon." Mu Jieyu tucks her hair for her heartbrokenly.
Yue Ling knelt in front of the bed with tears on her face. Xi Qian pulled her up and said, "Stop crying, it's not your fault. Quickly go through Wu Meiren's things to see if there are any more or less."
What?"
While wiping her tears, Yue Ling found all of Wu Meiren's clothes, jewelry and utensils and checked them all. She had taken care of Wu Meiren for more than half a year, and she knew everything in the whole room.
After a while, Yue Ling held several pieces of precious jewelry and put them in front of Xi Xian's eyes, "None of these things belong to my beauty. I didn't find them when I sorted them out last time."
"How could this happen? Did Sister Wu really take Meiren's jewelry?" Mu Jieyu looked at Xi Qian anxiously.
"No, Sister Wu never cares about these things. Yue Ling, when did you sort them out last time? Where did you find all these jewelry?"
"The slave just tidied the house the night before yesterday, and there were no such jewelry at all. I wanted to check the beauty's clothes just now, and found them on the bottom of the wardrobe."
"How is this possible? If Sister Wu really took her jewelry, why didn't she have it the day before yesterday?" Mu Jieyu angrily swept the jewelry to the ground.
Xiqian smiled clearly and said, "Someone must have secretly hidden the jewelry in the closet, waiting for Wang Zhaoyi to search it. There is a ghost in Rouyi Pavilion, and he is someone who can easily enter and exit the inner room!"