The queen bullies me every day

Chapter 329 Retreat
At dawn the next day, the city of Diyuan was in chaos.

Chu Jin, who was still asleep, heard the chattering voices of palace people in the courtyard.

Before Luan Yu woke up, she got up very lightly, and waved to the nanny: "Take care of the prince, I'm going to wait for the queen mother to get up and wash."

The nanny agreed, filled warm water for Chu Jin to wash up, and walked out of the side hall to meet Chu Jin.

As soon as he went out, he bumped into a few palace men whispering to each other with weird expressions, so he cleared his throat and asked, "What are you mumbling about early in the morning?"

The palace servant shivered in fright at the call from behind, and when he turned around to see Chu Jin, his eyes were filled with surprise, "Chu Concubine? This." She glanced at the Xianshou Palace locked inside. Looking at the main entrance, he wondered, "This palace gate hasn't opened yet, when did you come in?"

Chu Jin yawned, "It was too late for me to play chess with the Queen Mother last night. I felt tired so I stayed in the side hall and slept with the prince." She stretched her waist and stretched her muscles and bones, and continued to ask, "What did I ask you? I haven't answered yet, what are you mumbling about early in the morning?"

The palace maid faltered and said: "Outside. Just now there were palace people running around on the long street crying, saying that Concubine Xiao Shen was dead."

"Nonsense!" Chu Jin reprimanded, pretending to be stern, "Yesterday I saw your mother was doing well, and you didn't have a tight mouth to read what is right and wrong early in the morning? The Queen Mother listened carefully and sent you to a prison sentence manage!"

The palace lady patted her mouth twice, and she didn't dare to speak more after apologizing.

Chu Jin pretended not to hear the news from her, and entered the Queen Mother's bedroom.

When Qingzhu came here, she had already started to serve Empress Dowager Zhang to dress up. Seeing Chu Jin's shadow cast in it from the bronze mirror, Empress Dowager Zhang looked back and asked curiously: "Why did you come so early?"

Chu Jin smiled helplessly, went down with the blessing, and said: "Yesterday, Yu'er saw the concubine making a scene, and the concubine had no choice but to stay and sleep with him for a night. Because the queen mother rested, I didn't have time to ask you Tell me, I hope the Queen Mother will forgive me."

Empress Dowager Zhang was not annoyed when she heard this, and raised her hand to flatten her, "The Ai family's palace is so big, the prince wants his mother to accompany him, and it's not that the Ai family can't afford a place for you to live in. Forgive me for any crime, why not?" Is there a crime?"

Chu Jin smiled, and leaned forward to take the hairpin from Qing Zhu's hand, "Come on, concubine helps the Queen Mother to dress up."

Empress Dowager Zhang Qingqian gave an 'um', sat in front of the dressing table humming a little song, and let Chujin paint her face.

She can trust Chu Jin's craftsmanship, which is not inferior to green bamboo. In addition, Chu Jin is young, and the makeup and hair are not so old-fashioned.

Halfway through dressing, a court lady hurried in and whispered something in Qing Zhu's ear, Chu Jin glanced at Qing Zhu's livid face after listening to the court lady's muttering, and knew that the news of Concubine Xiao Shen's death had spread throughout the palace.

But after all, Qingzhu was the old man who served the queen mother, she could tell when to say something.

After the palace maid retired, she was afraid of affecting the mood of Empress Dowager Zhang, so she did not tell her about Concubine Xiao Shen's death.

After Chu Jin finished dressing up for Empress Dowager Zhang, Empress Dowager Zhang smiled happily at herself in the mirror, looking in a good mood.Only then did Qingzhu dare to say something tentatively, "Empress Dowager, something happened to Changle Palace."

"Changle Palace?" The Empress Dowager was a little impatient, with disgust overflowing from the corners of her eyes and brows, "Then Concubine Xiao Shen has come up with something? Can she die in two days?"

"Yes" Qingzhu said awkwardly.

Empress Dowager Zhang took out the ox horn comb with grated hair, and combed her high bun more closely, "What do you mean?"

"Empress Dowager, don't be impatient. Just now the palace people came to report that Concubine Xiao Shen died suddenly last night. When the palace people got up early and entered the room, they were already so cold that they couldn't be rescued."

As the words fell, the ox horn comb in Queen Mother Zhang's hand slipped to the ground and broke in half.

Her complexion was very ugly, but she still insisted on going to Changle Palace to see for real.Qingzhu knelt in front of her and stopped her: "Queen Mother! People cannot be resurrected after death. If you go to see that scene, you will only have nightmares at night. You should not go there."

Why is Queen Mother Zhang going to see Concubine Xiao Shen?

When did Queen Mother Zhang worry about her death?All she cared about was the piece of meat in Concubine Xiao Shen's belly.

But she is dead, can the child still live?
Even if Qingzhu tried her best to stop her, she still couldn't stop Queen Mother Zhang's stubborn temper.

Later, I heard Chu Jin persuade Qingzhu with a whimpering tone: "Grandma Qingzhu, let the Queen Mother go and have a look. If you keep blocking her, the Queen Mother will only get more anxious."

Accompanying Queen Mother Zhang into the Changle Palace, standing outside the gate of the palace, I heard crying inside.

Coincidentally, the inner eunuch rushed to carry Concubine Xiao Shen out of the palace covered with a white cloth, Empress Dowager Zhang stopped them, and took a look at the white cloth.

Concubine Xiao Shen's lips were purple, her complexion was pale, her slightly protruding belly still maintained the shape of her life, but the little life inside had stopped her heartbeat forever despite her mother's death.

Xuan Jue arrived later, and everyone entered Changle Palace together, and asked the imperial physician Xiao Shenfei if the cause of death was suspicious.

The imperial doctor hesitated to be sure, only said that the person died of suffocation, but whether it was caused by a person or a disease is not conclusive.

Seeing Empress Dowager Zhang and Xuan Jue's red eyes, Chu Jin persuaded: "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, death cannot be brought back to life, and Concubine Xiao Shen doesn't want to see you so sad."

"There was Concubine Ru before, but now it is Concubine Xiao Shen! What happened to my harem? Why can't any of my children survive?" Xuan Jue spoke with sincerity, as if he sincerely felt sorry for those children who lost their lives. .

Empress Dowager Zhang also had a headache, and said with a painful expression: "Where are the people who serve Concubine Xiao Shen? Bring them in! Aijia wants to ask how they serve Concubine Xiao Shen!"

There was no need for anyone to hold her. After Cai Xing sent Concubine Xiao Shen's body out of the palace, she ran back with a mournful face, knelt in front of Xuan Jue and Queen Mother Zhang, and cried bitterly, "Your Majesty! Empress Dowager! My master was murdered!"

She was knocked on the door by Chu Jin yesterday

The top of her forehead was already scabbed with blood, seeing her baring her teeth and looking at him with red eyes, Chu Jin didn't panic at all.

"It's Concubine Chu!" Caixing pointed at Chu Jin and shouted, "Last night she entered the palace to look for the master, and injured the servants and threw them in the courtyard! She must have killed the master!"

"You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately." Chu Jin glanced at her with lowered eyes, and said in a steady voice: "You said that I came to find Concubine Xiao Shen at night and knocked you out? So Are all the palace people in Changle Palace deaf who can’t hear the big news? And since I can kill Concubine Xiao Shen, why do I have to leave your cheap mouth to testify against me? Why don’t you be killed together?”

Caixing didn't argue with her, and pointed to Xuan Jue and Empress Dowager Zhang at the wound in the middle of her forehead, crying, "Your Majesty! The wound on the head of this servant was caused by Chu Concubine last night! The master must have been killed by Chu Concubine, Your Majesty, you must make the decision for your son, and you cannot let her and the little prince be killed for nothing!"

(End of this chapter)