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

Chapter 484 The Change of Elbow and Armpit (13)
The leader of the little bodyguard is named Su Yue. He has delicate features and a tall and straight figure. He looks good at martial arts and is very lovable, but his words are not as lovable as his people. When he saw Qingchen, he bowed She bowed with her fists in her arms, and said coldly with a straight face: "Miss Rong, the emperor has ordered that Miss Jinxiu has nocturnal syndrome, and I'm afraid she will climb over the wall and go out to enjoy the moon at night, so let my subordinates be more careful." Since the girl is awake now, my subordinates sent her back. Please send someone to watch over her. It is difficult to distinguish people at night. If she accidentally kills her as an assassin, the subordinates are afraid that the emperor will blame her, so please ask your empress. Forgive me."

These words made people laugh and cry, but they still saved her face, Qingchen was a little embarrassed, so he had no choice but to say, "Thanks for your hard work." Then he turned and went into the room.

It seems that the emperor knew that she would do this a long time ago, and sent additional people near Tonghua Palace early in the morning.Qingchen really has nothing to do now, so he can only hope to find a way tomorrow when he goes to pay homage to Gu Jieyu.

Xiao Jun delayed going to court by half an hour in the morning, and came to the Queen's Palace first. Except for Qingchen, all the concubines had arrived, and the emperor solemnly said: "Gu Jieyu's death is the result of the assassin's side sneaking into the palace. Zhong wanted to assassinate me, but he killed Gu Jieyu by mistake, and had nothing to do with Concubine Rong. I have already verified this point.

As for why she is holding the buttons on Concubine Rong's clothes, although I have no evidence, I know it well.Concubine Rong's clothes were sent to the Laundry Bureau to be laundered earlier, but when I got them back, I found a button was missing. I thought it was a careless person from the Laundry Bureau who dropped it, so I didn't take it to heart. Someone did it on purpose.Before the matter is investigated, I don't want to hear any more rumors about this matter, otherwise I will punish you severely.

Empress, you need to rectify the atmosphere in the harem. Don't spread rumors like what happened to Li Meiren last time. It concerns the dignity of the royal family. "

The queen hurriedly said: "The concubine understands, and the concubine obeys the order."

Because she still had to go to the morning court, Xiao Jun finished instructing the queen, and before leaving, she said: "Concubine Rong, I have temporarily restrained her feet, and I am afraid that I will not be able to come here to pay my respects to the queen for a while. Let her go to pay respects today. Gu Jieyu, the Queen and Concubine Ning will take care of the rest."

He left in a hurry without waiting for the queen to reply.Seeing doubts and even anger on everyone's faces, the queen dared not say anything more, so she said in a deep voice: "You all heard it just now, the emperor does not allow everyone to discuss this matter in private, and I don't want to If you hear some unfounded rumors, if anyone is not afraid of punishment, gossiping behind your back, but then don't intercede with me again!"

Many people were waiting to see the hustle and bustle of this incident, and even expected that Qingchen would be doomed, but who would have thought that the emperor would let her go so easily.Some people began to look at the queen gloatingly, and seeing the queen said calmly: "Don't think that Gu Jieyu used to be someone close to Ben Gong, and think that Ben Gong must stand up for her to call for grievances, even if she used to serve Ben Gong, but now she She is the emperor's concubine. I believe that the emperor will not allow her to go unjustly. I also believe that Gu Jieyu's death was not caused by concubine Rong. As the emperor said, I believe that someone deliberately married her. disaster."

There was another whisper from below, and Shu Guiyi sat on the chair lazily, with a slight smile on her lips, fiddled with the tea in her hand leisurely with the lid of the cup.

Now there are not many people sitting below. He Shuyi and Yao Shuyi are gentle people, and they have always been friends with Qingchen, so they will not harm her; Lin Wanyi and Sang Wanrong are queens. The people around him would naturally not harm Gu Jieyu.The rest are Concubine Ning, Leng Zhaoyi, Shu Guiyi and Hao Shuyuan. If someone really set the blame, how could it be the empress?
Impatient to see their thoughts, the queen ordered: "If there is nothing else, you should all leave, Lin Wanyi, please help Concubine Ning take care of Gu Jieyu's funeral, since the emperor gave Gu Jieyu Yu chased Shuyi's title, so according to Shuyi's regulations, everyone is already dead, so let's try to make her funeral affairs as good as possible, which can be regarded as some comfort."

Concubine Ning and Lin Wanyi hurriedly stood up and said, "I obey."

Zheyue helped the queen into the inner room, and seeing the tiredness on the queen's face, she knew that she must not have had a good rest last night, so she personally brought a cup of ginseng tea, and Zheyue asked softly: "Your Majesty, is it for Gu Jieyu?" Troubled by things?"

The queen rubbed her forehead, sighed softly and said: "After all, she has been with me for many years, and I feel really uncomfortable when she leaves."

Thinking of the humble and docile figure in the past, Zheyue couldn't help but feel sad. He was a poor person, and he didn't die well. God really didn't open his eyes.

"Ma'am, do you really think Gu Jieyu's death has nothing to do with Concubine Rong?"

The queen took a sip of tea from the teacup, and the hot tea flowed down her throat, which seemed to warm her heart a lot. Just now in the hall, the emperor's indifferent tone and attitude really chilled her heart.He didn't come here to quell the rumors in the harem, nor to give everyone an explanation for Gu Jieyu's death, he just wanted to protect Concubine Rong.

The queen straightened the tassels hanging from the phoenix hairpin at her temples and said: "No matter what else, I can at least be sure that Gu Jieyu was definitely not killed by concubine Rong. With her gentle and kind nature, and Gu Jie With such a deep friendship, if she had been there at that time, she would have tried to save people no matter what.

As for why the buttons on her clothes are in Gu Jieyu's hands, I also agree with the emperor's statement, because I have seen her clothes before, and there was no trace of being worn after washing them, and she fainted that day Afterwards, Ben Gong also summoned the little maid in her palace to ask, and it was true that she was not wearing this dress that day.It can be seen that someone had planned it a long time ago, and probably saw Gu Jieyu being killed, and took the opportunity to stuff things into her hands. "

Zheyue was still pondering and asked: "The emperor said that someone from Prince Su sneaked into the palace and killed Gu Jieyu by mistake, but why did that person appear near the Tonghua Palace instead of the emperor's bedroom?"

The queen thought for a moment before saying: "The reason why Gu Jieyu was killed behind the rockery is that firstly, she must have uncovered some secret of the killer, and she hid out of fear; Ben Gong is just guessing like this, but the assistant sent by the Ministry of Criminal Justice Ben Gong thinks that he is not lying. Such a neat technique is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people.

If the former, does Concubine Rong have anything to do with the assassin?If this is the case, then after Gu Jieyu's death, they must have disposed of the body, and they would never sit and wait to be suspected.If it's the latter, it makes sense. "

(End of this chapter)