Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1531 Conflict between Concubines!

Facing An Miaoyi's gaze at this moment, Murong Xinyun spoke calmly and firmly:
"Empress, I believe Chen Can is not the one who started the trouble!"

Before An Miaoyi could say anything, Chen Rouer at the side spoke first:

"Yunpin, what do you mean by this? Your subordinate Chen Zi is not the one who took the initiative to cause trouble. Could it be that my subordinate Li Hong is the one who took the initiative to cause trouble?"

"Yunpin, you are clearly trying to turn the tables. Everyone in the harem knows that you and your sister Murong Qingwu are arrogant because your family is powerful. You do whatever you want in the palace and bully others at will. Before, you wanted to let the dog hurt me, and now you let your servants beat up my servants. You are really going too far!"

After saying this, Chen Rouer, who seemed to have suffered a great injustice, burst into tears, then turned to look at An Miaoyi who was sitting in her seat and bowed:

"Please, Queen, do me justice! Don't let this traitor succeed!"

When Murong Xinyun heard what Chen Rouer said, she was speechless. Just after learning that An Miaoyi wanted to resolve the conflict between her and Chen Rouer, Murong Xinyun knew that with Chen Rouer's unreasonable character, she would definitely not talk to her honestly!
Murong Xinyun was mentally prepared for this, but she still underestimated Chen Rouer's shamelessness!

It was clearly she who had falsely accused me of letting the dog hurt her before, and now three of her eunuchs had beaten one of my men, Chen Zi, until his head was broken and bleeding. As a result, in her mouth, it became that she had been bullying and suppressing her by relying on the power of her family!

This was simply lying with open eyes. Murong Xinyun was somewhat impressed by the fact that Chen Rouer could lie with open eyes and lie without blushing or feeling nervous...
Although she was very angry at Chen Rouer, Murong Xinyun was not too worried. Although she had some conflicts with An Miaoyi, the conflict between An Miaoyi and Chen Rouer was undoubtedly greater. At that time, Chen Rouer was against An Miaoyi in public. If Ye Mingsheng had not intervened, Chen Rouer would probably have been beaten to death by An Miaoyi!
Therefore, Murong Xinyun believed that An Miaoyi would not favor Chen Rouer between herself and her. As long as An Miaoyi, as the queen, could enforce the law impartially, there would be absolutely no problem!
Compared to Murong Xinyun who was confident and calm, An Miaoyi who was sitting at her seat at this time was very moved, feeling that Chen Rouer was a natural actor!

If Li Hong and others had not confessed under the manipulation of the Inner Court Department, letting An Miaoyi know the whole story, I am afraid that when An Miaoyi saw Chen Rouer's sincere performance at this time, she would definitely think that Chen Rouer was wronged and bullied by Murong Xinyun!
Facing Chen Rouer's request, An Miaoyi really didn't want to say anything more, and immediately ordered:

"Bring Li Hong, Chen Can and the others up here!"

"Yes!"

Following An Miaoyi's order, three eunuchs including Li Hong under Chen Rouer, as well as Chen Can, the little Chenzi under Murong Xinyun, were soon brought to the warm room.

Looking at Li Hong and others who were lowering their heads with very depressed expressions, Chen Rouer immediately had a very bad premonition in her heart...
Like Murong Xinyun, Chen Rouer is also very confident about this matter!

She thought that the whole story was not important at all. It didn't matter whether it was her eunuchs who bullied Murong Xinyun's eunuchs, or Murong Xinyun's eunuchs who bullied her eunuchs!

The key to the matter lies in the attitude of Queen An Miaoyi!

The people have been taken away by the Inner Court. With the methods of the Inner Court, can't they just make you say whatever you are told?
If she had such a conflict with someone else, Chen Rouer was really worried that she would be targeted by An Miaoyi. After all, she had offended An Miaoyi badly because of the chance encounter with Ye Mingsheng before. If she was offended by An Miaoyi this time, given An Miaoyi's character, she would definitely not end up well!
It is precisely because of this incident that Chen Rouer has been very cautious during this period, not easily causing any trouble or giving An Miaoyi an excuse to deal with her!

But now that the object of conflict is Murong Xinyun, things are completely different!

Like himself, Murong Xinyun had offended An Miaoyi before, and her surname was Murong. As everyone knows, Queen An Miaoyi and Imperial Concubine Murong Qingwu have always been incompatible. Even the Murong family and the Cui faction, the Queen's most important supporter, are at odds. The two sides are the biggest enemies in the Daqian court.

What's more, An Miaoyi was embarrassed by Murong Qingwu about the treasury issue some time ago. If Ye Mingsheng had not chosen to cover up and did not let Murong Qingwu completely expose the treasury issue, An Miaoyi would probably be even more embarrassed.

Therefore, Chen Rouer originally judged that although An Miaoyi disliked her and even wanted to beat her to death before, after the conflict between her and Murong Xinyun, she would still stand on her side and use this to discipline the Murong family...
It is based on this judgment that Chen Rouer is so arrogant today and chooses to take the initiative to attack Murong Xinyun!
However, at this moment, the looks of Li Hong and others made Chen Rouer feel even more uneasy!
Just when Chen Rouer was feeling anxious, An Miaoyi ordered in a deep voice:

"You guys tell me the whole story! Li Hong, you go first!"

The eunuch Li Hong, who was named by An Miaoyi, said with a sad face:

"On New Year's Eve, a few of us played dice with Chen Can. I lost two taels of silver to Chen Can. I was unwilling to lose so much to Chen Can, so on the first day of the new year, I played dice with Chen Can again, but this time I lost three taels of silver to Chen Can. In total, I lost five taels of silver to him!"

"Five taels of silver is my income for most of the past six months. I am unwilling to lose it to Chen Can in vain. I think Chen Can was able to win so much silver from me because he cheated. Chen Can has a criminal record for this. He used to be a cheat in the gambling house, so I want the silver back!"

"That day when Wang Biao, Li Er and I went to the Inner Court to collect items, we met Chen Can. I wanted to ask him for money, but Chen Can refused to give it to me. He also said something like "I will admit defeat if I lose the bet". I was very angry and started fighting with Chen Can. Wang Biao, Li Er and others even helped me to beat Chen Can!"

“The three of us beat Chen Can and soon knocked him to the ground. However, Chen Can refused to pay back the money. We were afraid of beating Chen Can to death, so we could only threaten him that if he didn’t pay back the money, we would beat him every time we saw him in the future and then leave in disappointment…”

"The next day we heard that Chen Can went to the Inner Court to report us. We were worried about being punished by the Inner Court, and we were very scared. Li Er suggested that our Concubine Rou and Concubine Yun didn't get along, so in order to avoid being punished by the Inner Court, we should get protection from the Concubine!"

"For this reason, we told the queen that Chen Can set up a trap for us to cheat us of our money and tricked us into betraying Concubine Rou. He monitored Concubine Rou's every move and then reported it to Chen Can!"

"When the queen heard the news, she was really angry, so she took us to the inner court to confront her!"

Hearing Li Hong's words, Chen Rouer was shocked and angry. At the same time, she also realized that the situation was hopeless. She immediately shouted:
"Li Hong, you beast! I trusted you so much, you deserve to die!"

"Princess Rou, please stop making noise! ​​Chen Can, it's your turn to speak now!"

Chen Can, who was named, also lowered his head and said:
"I owed a lot of debts in Dfang, so I cut off my own penis to enter the palace to avoid debt collectors. During the Chinese New Year, I had some spare money, so I was itching to get some. I happened to meet Li Hong, and we hit it off and decided to gamble on the dice!"

"I won five taels of silver from Li Hong, but I didn't cheat. I know a little bit about listening to the sieve, and I won by listening to the sieve!"

“Because gambling is strictly prohibited in the palace, after Li Hong beat me that day, I didn’t dare tell Concubine Yun that it was because of gambling. I could only lie to her and say that Li Hong insulted her. I couldn’t stand it anymore and had a conflict with him. He beat me until my head was broken and bleeding... Concubine Yun was kind-hearted and didn’t want to see me being bullied, so she reported the matter to the Attendant Department!”

At this point, Chen Can suddenly raised his head and looked at Murong Xinyun, then cried and said:

"My lady, I am a bastard! You were so good to me and I actually lied to you. I am not a human being and I deserve to die!"

As Chen Can spoke, he slapped himself hard. Everyone in the warm room was very surprised by this sudden situation. An Miaoyi glanced at the guard beside him, and the guard immediately stepped forward to stop Chen Can's behavior.

When everything calmed down, An Miaoyi said calmly:
"Empress Rou, Concubine Yun, do you two have any objections to the confessions of these two people?"

Murong Xinyun was about to say something, but Chen Rouer spoke first:
"I have no objection. I really didn't expect that Li Hong and the other two would be so cruel. I was bewitched by them by accident. Please punish me, Queen!"

Hearing what Chen Rouer said, An Miaoyi didn't say anything, but looked at Murong Xinyun and asked:
"Yunpin, what do you want to say?"

Murong Xinyun glanced at the tearful Chen Can and couldn't help but said:
"I have no objection. It was my fault for failing to supervise. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

An Miaoyi nodded slightly when she heard this, and then said coldly:

"Rou Fei, Yun Fei, you two are concubines, but you are fooled by a few eunuchs. You are so stupid!"

Before An Miaoyi finished speaking, Murong Xinyun and Chen Rouer immediately knelt down and said:

"I admit my guilt! Please calm down, Queen!"

Even though the two had already knelt down, An Miaoyi had no intention of stopping. She continued to scold Chen Rouer and Murong Xinyun, saying they were useless...

Chen Rouer was relatively better off, as she was a little thicker-skinned, but her face also turned red after being scolded. Murong Xinyun, who was a little thinner-skinned, had tears in her eyes, but she didn't dare to cry out loud.

After scolding, An Miaoyi also gave a direct order:

"Empress Rou, you will be fined half a year's salary and have to copy the Daqian Palace Rules fifty times a month!"

After saying this, Chen Rouer also looked at An Miaoyi, as if she wanted to say something. Seeing this, An Miaoyi said coldly:

"Princess Rou, are you dissatisfied with anything?"

Although Chen Rouer was very dissatisfied and felt that An Miaoyi's punishment was too severe, a salary deduction was less severe, as she did not rely on the salary of a concubine to live. However, copying the Daqian Palace Rules fifty times was really too exaggerated. The Daqian Palace Rules drafted by An Miaoyi had nearly five thousand words, and fifty times was equivalent to two hundred and fifty thousand words!
Moreover, this had to be completed within one month, meaning nearly 10,000 words had to be written every day. Most importantly, in order to prevent the concubines from asking palace maids or eunuchs to write for them, An Miaoyi required the concubines to copy the palace rules in the library in the imperial palace, and they had to do it themselves without the help of others!
So when Chen Rouer thought about having to copy the Daqian Palace Rules fifty times within half a month, she felt that it was an impossible task and that An Miaoyi was deliberately making things difficult for her!

But feeling the cold gaze of An Miaoyi at this moment, Chen Rouer knew very well that if she said no at this time, it would give An Miaoyi an excuse to deal with her.

Thinking of this, Chen Rouer said reluctantly:

"I will obey the Queen's order..."

After dealing with Chen Rouer, An Miaoyi looked at Murong Xinyun, who happened to be kneeling on the ground at this moment, and a tear ran across her face and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, An Miaoyi said with some disdain:

"Yunpin, you look so pitiful! I won't fall for it!"

"Like Concubine Rou, you will be fined half a year's salary and have one month to copy the palace rules fifty times!"

Although Murong Xinyun felt aggrieved and unconvinced, she had to suppress her emotions under the pressure of An Miaoyi and said:

"I will obey the Queen's order!"

After dealing with the two concubines, An Miaoyi looked at Huang Ma from the Inner Court and asked:
"Madame Huang, you are in charge of the Inner Court Department. What do you think we should do with these eunuchs?"

Upon hearing this, Nanny Huang said without hesitation:
"Your Majesty, Li Hong and the other two gambled, fought, and deceived their master in the palace. According to the rules of the Daqian Palace, they should be punished with 100 strokes of the cane. Chen Can gambled and deceived his master. According to the rules of the Daqian Palace, he should be punished with 80 strokes of the cane!"

An Miaoyi nodded slightly and said;

"A country has its own laws, and a family has its own rules. Without rules, there will be no order. This matter will be handled according to the palace rules. Beat him hard!"

After saying that, An Miaoyi glanced at Chen Rouer, who was kneeling on the ground and had not yet stood up. Murong Xinyun also had an idea in her mind and said:

“Empress Rou, Concubine Yun, since you two have deceived them, then you two should go to watch the execution together. This will serve as a lesson for you two…”