The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 454 Bloody Birthday Feast (9)
The more such seemingly nonsensical testimony, the more likely it is true.If Qinxue had enough evidence in hand, or could accurately tell the size of Xue Wanrong's shoes, she would think that Qinxue had done enough homework to frame Xue Wanrong.It was precisely because Qinxue had no room to refute and was cornered like this, that she believed even more that she was foolishly being used by others.

Qingchen felt an indescribable anger in her heart, what she couldn't tolerate the most was this kind of betrayal between friends.Even if she saw Zhihua change Feng Wanrong's shoes with her own eyes, she would never believe that what Zhihua was holding was the pair of shoes made by Qinxue.

If it wasn't for Zhihua, could there be someone else hiding in the side hall, and the moment she turned around, she changed Zhihua's shoes again?Qingchen knelt on the ground and concentrated on the context of the matter, until she felt a prickly pain in her knee, and she realized that she had been kneeling for a long time.

The queen ordered: "Since Qinxue said that the remaining fabrics were returned to Yunxin, then search Yunxin's residence to see if what Qinxue said is true."

Qingchen looked at the queen in surprise. If it was true what Qinxue said, then Yunxin deliberately wanted to drag their master and servant into the water. Why would she still keep those leftover things as evidence, waiting for someone to search for them? ?

She turned to Qinxue and said, "Qinxue, think about it carefully, it's about your life and death, you can't let go of any tiny piece of evidence."

It is an indisputable fact that this shoe was made by Qinxue. Even if it was modified later, she did not add the harmful steel nails, but if she cannot prove her innocence, her life will still be in danger.Qingchen didn't want to see her die in vain, she didn't care about the future relationship with Xue Wanrong, she cared more about Qinxue's life.

Fine beads of sweat on Qinxue's forehead wet her temples, the more anxious she was, the more she couldn't think of any evidence in her favor.

Kneeling for a long time, Qingchen only felt that there were countless ants biting her legs, and it was as uncomfortable as if there were countless fine needles, but the empress didn't cry, she could only kneel like that and endure with.

The court lady who went to search Yunxin's room quickly brought back her needlework basket. Apart from some ordinary cloth corners, there were two balls of used gold and silver thread, and some ordinary cotton thread. The ones that were a little better were presumably left over from embroidery for Xue Wanrong, as there was no fabric in the basket that was the same as Feng Wanrong's dancing shoes.

The queen asked sharply: "You girl, where did you get such precious things as gold and silver threads, and you didn't just recruit them!"

Yunxin hurriedly knelt down and said, "My empress, these gold and silver threads are left over from my little master's embroidered purse, and the little master rewarded the servant girl. The servant girl doesn't need these things, so she keeps them carefully all the time. I just want to make something for my little master in the future.”

Concubine Ning suddenly said softly at this time: "Every batch of gold and silver threads in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the thread used for binding is different. This one seems to be a new supply from the Chen family, how much gold and silver thread you received at that time, do you remember?"

With both hands on her knees, Yunxin suddenly grasped her skirt nervously, and said with her head down, "At that time, I received two handfuls of gold thread and two handfuls of silver thread."

The voice was a little weak, and it was extremely weak.

Qingchen knew that gold and silver thread belonged to the valuables in the palace, and the concubines were classified according to their grades, and each person could use a limited amount, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs strictly registered how much was received in which palace.Yun Xin didn't dare to lie about this matter.

Concubine Ning asked again: "After you received these gold and silver threads, what else did you do besides making a purse for your young master?"

Yunxin's face became paler and her nervousness became more and more obvious, "Going back to Concubine Ning, in addition to embroidering a purse, she also embroidered a few golden chrysanthemums on the little master's handkerchief."

The empress seemed to understand what Concubine Ning meant, and told Xue Wanrong, "Then present your purse and handkerchief to Bengong to see."

At this moment, Xue Wanrong no longer had the domineering look she had just now, she lowered her head and took the purse from her body, and presented the handkerchief together.

The queen glanced at the purse and handkerchief on the mahogany tray. The embroidery was excellent. The purse was embroidered with a peony pattern, the stamens were embroidered with gold thread, and the border around it was also embroidered with flowing cloud patterns with double strands of gold and silver thread. pattern.The handkerchief is much simpler, but it is just a few chrysanthemums embroidered on the corners.

"I'll ask you again, did you only make these two things when you brought those gold and silver threads?" The queen asked again.

Yunxin nodded, "Yes, empress."

The empress frowned slightly, and turned to ask the embroiderers who were still waiting, "Look, there are two gold and silver threads each, and the amount left to embroider these things is right?"

After several embroiderers picked up the purse and carefully looked at it one by one, everyone replied firmly: "Going back to the empress, you can't use so much gold and silver thread to embroider these things. a lot of."

The queen then asked: "How about adding the number of patterns on the embroidered shoes?"

Those embroiderers picked up the broken pair of embroidered shoes again, and took a closer look at the embroidery stitches. After all, the embroidery methods are different, and the number of silk threads used will also be different.

From the beginning to the end, the three of them did not open their mouths to discuss, but their tone was surprisingly unanimous, "Empress Empress, if you add the quantity used for these embroidered shoes, based on the experience of slaves, it is just right."

Yunxin's clothes were already drenched in cold sweat at this time, the gold and silver thread was so precious that she didn't want to throw it away at first, she thought that no matter who asked, she could just say that it was Xue Wanrong's reward, and she would be able to get away with it, but who knew Concubine Ning Will make a fuss about the number of threads left here.

The truth was about to come out, and everyone's eyes were on Xue Wanrong, who was already pale. Seeing her sitting there biting her lip in a daze, she seemed to be stupid.Even if no one announced it, everyone already believed that it was Yunxin who asked Qinxue to make such a pair of shoes, and then arranged for Feng Wanrong's dancing shoes to be blamed on Concubine Rong.

The queen said coldly: "From this point of view, Concubine Rong did not lie. She said that she followed a sneaky little maid into the side hall. It seems that someone else changed Feng Wanrong's shoes. Xue Wanrong, you Still not guilty!" In the last sentence, the queen's voice suddenly rose, and her voice was stern, waking up Xue Wanrong who was in a daze.

"Empress, the concubine doesn't know about this matter. The concubine doesn't know anything about it. It wasn't the concubine who did it." Xue Wanrong stumbled out and knelt in front of the empress, pointing at Yunxin and said, "This girl wants to get rid of the crime." Just talking nonsense, the gold and silver thread was not rewarded by my concubine at all, and my concubine doesn't know anything about the dancing shoes."

(End of this chapter)