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

Chapter 532 Life and Death Crisis (4)
Xiao Jun looked at her deep eyes, which became more and more calm, and her tone was indifferent, unable to detect any emotion, "There are two girls who are close to you, one speaks rudely to Concubine Li, and the other hurts others, this is a fact ?”

Qingchen knelt on the ground, without any fear, she had already prepared for the worst, and her heart was calm, but her body was trembling involuntarily, not because she was afraid, but because she felt that she probably had a fever again.Just now she broke out in a hot sweat, and was blown by the cold wind again when she came back. Her body is really useless. She has to speak clearly as soon as possible while she is still conscious.

"Your Majesty, it is true that Jin Xin's words are contradictory, but it is not without reason. If the words of the concubine Li were not too harsh, the concubine's girl would not be able to help offending the empress; as for hurting others, that is absolutely Don't dare, at that time the empress said that the concubine was disrespectful and wanted to slap the concubine, Jinxiu felt that the empress's behavior was a little out of reason, so she stopped her in time.

In fact, Jinxiu did this for the sake of the empress's reputation. It's okay for the concubine to be wronged by this slap today, but how will the people in the harem treat the concubine Li in the future?Is it because of favor and pride, or is it deliberately humiliating?
According to the rules in the palace, concubines are not allowed to be slapped in the face when punished, even the empress can only be punished and not slapped. The concubines dare to ask the emperor, why does the concubine Li slap the concubine?
The concubine stays behind closed doors, just to rest and recuperate, and has never offended anyone, but the concubine Li brought people in the concubine's palace and wanted to send off the concubine's girl. As the master, should the concubine just watch them being humiliated in vain Keep silent? "

The queen frowned in dissatisfaction and said: "Concubine Rong Gui, Concubine Li is different from what you said. She said that it was Jin Xin who said something rude first, so she wanted to teach her a lesson, but you stopped her and threatened to let Yin Yu go. Is it true that you will not leave your Xihe Palace?"

Qingchen replied calmly: "Empress, no matter what, Jin Xin is just a servant girl. She follows the courtiers and concubines if she can tolerate and give in, she has never made things difficult for others. Concubine Li is superior, so even if she doesn't know what to do, And I won't take the initiative to challenge the majesty of the empress, unless she thinks she has lived too long."

"Where is Jinxin?" The queen glanced outside the house, "Why don't you see her coming in to confess her mistake?"

Qingchen replied unhurriedly: "The concubine went to deliver Buddhist scriptures to the old ancestor. The old ancestor saw that girl liked him, so he temporarily left her by his side to serve her for a few days."

The queen's face froze, and a little bit of annoyance flashed across her face, and said coolly: "You master and servant are all blessed, even a girl can fall into the eyes of the ancestors, it is really not easy."

Xiao Jun also roughly understood what was going on at this time, just now he was upset when he heard Concubine Li crying and screaming for injustice, every sentence was about how disrespectful Qingchen was, how she humiliated her, even though her body was hurt and made the queen furious, But he knew that Qingchen was by no means the kind of person who had no sense of propriety, and there must be a reason for everything, as expected.

Concubine Li limped out holding Yinyu's hand, the tears on her face were still wet, her eyes were red, she looked sad and helpless, "Your Majesty, my concubine didn't know Ronggui With such a good eloquence, it is easy to turn black and white. Now that the old ancestor is protecting her girl, I am afraid that she will not pay attention to her concubine in the future. The concubine is as low as cattail grass, even the maid in this palace It's not as good as the concubines have the face to serve the emperor, it's better for the emperor to kill the concubines, and it will save the concubines to live in the world and be looked down upon by others."

She was sobbing and talking, and the sobbing people felt sore in their hearts, if they didn't know that she was acting, even Qingchen couldn't help but feel sympathy for her.

Hearing this, Xiao Jun sullenly said, "Don't talk nonsense, you are my concubine Li, as long as you don't belittle yourself, no one in this palace will dare to belittle you."

The emperor turned to look at Jinxiu who was kneeling on the ground together and asked, "Jinxiu, are you convicted?"

Jinxiu said calmly: "My maidservant is guilty. At that time, this maidservant was afraid that the two empresses would escalate the matter to the point of getting out of hand, so she stepped in to stop Concubine Li. If there is anything inappropriate, please punish the emperor and empresses." .”

"Is it just to obstruct?" Xiao Jun's voice contained anger, and he lifted up the sleeve of Concubine Li's right hand, and asked, "Then why did Concubine Li's wrist hurt like this?"

Jinxiu raised her head in astonishment, and saw five clear bruised handprints on Concubine Li's jade wrist, against such fair skin, it was unbearable to look at.Jinxiu was a little dazed for a moment, she knew how much effort she had put in at that time, even if she grabbed a child's wrist, it wouldn't be so serious.

Qingchen was also taken aback, and turned to look at Jinxiu, thinking that she would not be so disrespectful, it would be a capital crime to hurt the concubine, and she has an extremely calm temperament, no matter how angry she is, she will not hurt Concubine Li to death so.

Concubine Li covered her face and continued to cry: "Your Majesty, before the concubine knew that there was no concubine, Concubine Rong Gui was always the most favored in the harem. The appearance of the concubine made her feel out of balance, and she felt resentment in her heart, which made the people around her feel unbalanced." This ruthless attack on my concubine, this concubine didn't want to cause trouble at first, she planned to endure it like this and let it go, but the emperor saw it anyway. The concubine went to visit with good intentions, but was framed and provoked by the concubine, and the concubine felt so wronged. "

Xiao Jun let go of her hand, and said in a deep voice: "Concubine Li, there is something I want you to understand. Your appearance did not make Concubine Rong feel resentful, nor did she suffer from my neglect. If you feel unhappy for a moment, you will never be so confused as to let Jinxiu hurt you, I still believe in her." The emperor turned around and asked, "So Jinxiu, tell me what's going on!"

Jinxiu hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, although this servant is good at acting like a three-legged cat, this servant is not an idiot, for hurting Your Majesty's wrist like this, I can't bear the crime of disrespect alone. This servant was trying to stop Madam at that time , the purpose is not to make things tense, but if the maidservant hurts the empress so badly, wouldn’t the conflict become bigger and bigger? Not to mention what will happen to the emperor, the slaveservant can’t explain it to the concubine and empress only. No matter how stupid a servant is, he knows that hurting his master is a capital crime, and there is no reason to risk his life because of a quarrel."

After listening to what she said made sense, Qingchen knew that the bruise on Concubine Li's wrist was definitely not caused by Jinxiu, but it was not easy for someone to hurt herself like this in such a short period of time. Only the servants had this opportunity to conspire with her to hurt herself and frame Jinxiu.Apart from Yinyu and Yinxiang, they must be the eunuchs serving in her palace. When Gu Yunfeng came out to dispense the medicine just now, Qingchen vaguely remembered that a little eunuch had entered Concubine Li's warm pavilion.

Qingchen got angry for a while, Concubine Li was too good at taking advantage of the opportunity and too vicious, she actually wanted to get rid of the two girls around her at once.If it's just ordinary punishment or suffering some flesh and blood, she can tolerate it, but what Concubine Li wants is the lives of the two of them!

(End of this chapter)