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

Chapter 711
The Empress Dowager calmed down as if relieved, drank a few sips of tea, held the thin-bodied official kiln teacup with orchids on a white background, nodded slightly and said: "You are right, Concubine Chen still has a long way to go. Well, it’s hard to continue your kindness, most of the women in the harem are beautiful for a while, and when their looks fade away, they will have no hope in this life, who knows if she will have that kind of luck in the future, maybe I really worry too much."

Mother Xia shook her head lightly. Concubine Chen has the temperament to endure loneliness and grievances, and to seek peace of mind in everything. Such a person, even if he loses favor in the future, at least he can live in peace.

People who are not self-interested must have a clear mind, and only those with a bright heart can live longer. This little girl's temperament and behavior are really similar to the empress dowager back then, but I don't know if she has any ancestors like this. Great luck.

Qingchen returned to Duanyang Palace, and fell on the bed as soon as she entered the room. After staying outside for a long time, she was really tired and her knees hurt a lot. She always kneeled like this, and she felt that sooner or later Will fall leg disease.

Yun Lan rubbed her bruised knee and said, "Madam, you have to take good care of yourself in the future. Those who have a body are taboo to use those medicines that promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. You have to bear some ailments. It hurts so much." body?"

Qingchen half leaned on the couch, and now he didn't have the energy to explain, so he just said: "Let Jinxin come, you go down and have a good rest for a few days, today's action really hit you hard, Doctor Gu has something to say No prescription for you?"

Yun Lan said softly: "Slaves are fine, they just bumped their chests, and there is nothing serious about it. Doctor Gu said that there is no need to take medicine. Unexpectedly, in this chaos, Lin Guiyi was the victim in the end. I don't know if it was the retribution of heaven, or she was killed by others." Carefully calculated."

Qingchen looked at the bruises on his knees, thought for a moment silently, and straightened out his thoughts: "Today's farce, it seems that the queen rewarded Sang Guirong with a pair of earrings with ill intentions, but in the end it hurt Lin Guiyi. The child in the womb, but after thinking about it back and forth, I always feel that there are too many doubts in it. Maybe I am suspicious, but it is too coincidental to make people suspicious."

Yun Lan nodded slightly, although she also felt that something was wrong in her heart, but she couldn't understand the most important thing, so she didn't know what to say.

Seeing her thoughtful look, Qingchen continued: "The emperor has only two princes at the moment, and Xin Chongrong doesn't intend to let the second prince participate in the establishment of the heir, so the only one left is the eldest prince, who is smart and cute, Xiao Jieyu is also ambitious, even though the emperor has some words about whether he will be worthy or not, but the emperor loves the eldest prince so much, some people think that Qier is a stumbling block, and they always want to get rid of it quickly, that's why the bead The reason why it would slip and fall at Xiao Jieyu's feet."

Yun Lan nodded slightly, but did not interrupt her, and heard her continue: "If Xiao Jieyu really covets the crown prince, who is Qi'er's biggest threat?"

Yun Lan replied: "Naturally, he is the prince in Lin Guiyi's womb."

Qing Chen's eyes froze, and he asked: "Then Xiao Jieyu knocked Lin Guiyi into the water the moment she fell, do you think she did it on purpose or by coincidence?"

"This..." Yun Lan's expression changed slightly, "She was holding the child at the time, no matter how you look at it, that twisting around was nothing more than a mother's behavior to protect her own child."

Qingchen was noncommittal, after all, she was not sure what the truth was, but it was just a suspicious guess. "If it wasn't Lin Guiyi who fell into the water, maybe Xiao Jieyu really didn't do it on purpose, but it happened to be her. I have to think about such a coincidence. It was just a moment. Xiao Jieyu knows it herself."

Yun Lan smiled wryly and said: "It looks like an accident, but there are so many complicated people's hearts inside, it's really scary to peek into these people's minds."

"No, this is not the scariest thing. I hope I think too much. I always feel that the scariest thing is not the people involved in this dispute, but the people behind everything."

Yun Lan asked puzzledly: "My lady, what else do you suspect? The worst case scenario is that the queen wants to harm Sang Guirong, and Sang Guirong threw the earrings at Xiao Jieyu's feet as a plan to harm the eldest prince. Jieyu followed suit and made Lin Guiyi fall into miscarriage, and in the cycle of cause and effect, the retribution finally fell on the empress herself, does the empress have other ideas?"

Under this seemingly clear inference, Qingchen always felt unreal. If the queen really wanted to harm Sang Guirong, did Sang Guirong really not notice it before?

While she was meditating, she said to herself: "No matter what, Sang Guirong would not dare to confront the queen directly. If she wants to act first, she will definitely think of a perfect plan, just like today, which not only protects herself, but also protects herself. The goal was achieved, and the emperor became suspicious of the queen. In the eyes of outsiders, she was innocent and lucky.

Maybe you're right, I was overthinking, today's incident, maybe it's a chance for Sang Guirong to protect himself for nothing.Because of this accident, Lin Guiyi lost her child. In order to avoid the suspicion of revenge, the queen will not attack her again for the time being.But for some reason, I still have a feeling in my heart that I can't see the truth through a thick fog.

I'm just assuming that today's series of coincidences were all brought about by exploiting the greed and resentment in people's hearts without any prior conspiracy. Then, how deep is the person who planned behind the scenes?Just thinking about it gives me chills. "

Yun Lan nodded and said: "Your Majesty may really be thinking too much. Who would have thought that the Empress would reward Sang Guirong with a pair of such precious earrings today? Anyway, we are not involved in this matter, so your Majesty should not bother to think too much." , let’s just lie down and rest for a while.”

Qingchen thinks the same, people's hearts are the hardest to see through, just like Sang Guirong, who is able to see through her sincerity while relying on the Queen in the open?Since they are not involved, she can do nothing about who lives or dies, so let's save some worry.

Seeing the emperor striding in with a little annoyance, Qing Chen hastily leaned over to cover the bruise on her knee, and wanted to stand up and salute.

Xiao Jun pressed her down and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to come back to rest? Why did you go to your ancestors again? Isn't it enough for me to take care of you? You have to go to the interrogation and be wronged by yourself?"

Qingchen held her hand and said: "The concubine knows that the emperor will take good care of the concubine, but if the concubine doesn't go through this, the old ancestor will be even more disaffected. The concubine should be responsible, and the concubine can't do it." Escape, besides, since the emperor has already taken care of the concubine's aftermath, the ancestors will not embarrass the concubine very much. The concubine's going here is firstly to make her feel better with a few words of punishment from the old man, and secondly to make her feel better. Peace of mind, otherwise, what face will my concubines have in the future when they go to see their ancestors?"

(End of this chapter)