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

Chapter 725 Who Poisoned (7)
Xiao Jun asked coldly, "What are you going to do?"

Qingchen lifted his clothes and knelt down to block his way, earnestly said: "The thoughts of the concubine are the same as that of concubine Li, I beg the emperor to think twice. Even though the emperor has doubts in his heart, the queen mother is the queen mother after all. The empress dowager's affection, isn't that the fault of the concubines? The concubines are stupid and don't please the empress dowager. It's the concubine's fault. If the emperor really rashly questioned the queen mother like this, what would the empress dowager's face be? What face do you have to go to see the Empress Dowager again? As a concubine, she is not tolerated by the Empress Dowager, if it spreads out, wouldn’t the concubines lose their virtue, so how can they have the prestige to control the concubines under them?”

Concubine Li also followed Qing Chen's words and said: "Your Majesty, what Sister Concubine Chen said is that maybe it was a servant in the Empress Dowager's palace who accidentally moved the lantern of Imperial Physician Gu, maybe the Empress Dowager didn't know about it at all. Going to the Shou'an Palace in such a rage, wouldn't it annoy the Queen Mother again, and make her elders not want to see the concubine even more? Besides, if the concubine hadn't been angry and punished the little eunuch who didn't know what to do, he wouldn't have held grudges Waiting for an opportunity to retaliate, in the final analysis it is all the fault of the concubine, the emperor calmed down and just executed the little Mencius."

Qingchen knew that Concubine Li had already said this very euphemistically. Even if the Queen Mother planned this matter, as long as the Queen Mother refused to know, someone in Shouan Palace would definitely come forward to take the blame. At that time, the embarrassing one would still be the Emperor .As an emperor, he should be an example of filial piety in the world. How can he go to scold the queen mother because his concubine has suffered some grievances?
Moreover, even if the emperor goes today, so what?The Empress Dowager is still the Empress Dowager, at most she will be sent to a little girl in her palace, and this will only make the Empress Dowager hate them even more.

The anger in Xiao Jun's heart endured and endured. Seeing the two of them kneeling on the ground begging earnestly, she couldn't help feeling distressed under the rage. She knew that what Concubine Li said was right. Fair?

With a heavy sigh, the emperor closed his eyes and said helplessly: "Get up, just like this, won't you be wronged?"

Qingchen hurriedly said: "It's okay for the concubine to suffer some grievances. Isn't the emperor protecting the concubine? As long as the emperor believes in the concubine, the concubine will act as if nothing happened, just as filial to the queen mother in the past. Heavens, the concubine must never let the emperor bear an unfilial reputation because of the concubine."

Xiao Jun held her hand, and suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness. She only felt full of guilt. Even though there were too many things to say, they were backlogged in her chest and could not be uttered. She was always so considerate of him and let him Feeling relieved and heartbroken, she pondered for a long time, and finally just held her hand even harder, and said in a deep voice with the determination to make up for her: "Zhen, you won't always be wronged!"

Qing Chen slightly relaxed his lips, nodded and said: "The concubine trusts the emperor."

Seeing Concubine Li standing aside in embarrassment, with jealous and angry expressions appearing on her face again, Qing Chen hastily reminded him: "Little Mencius made such a mistake, I don't know how Sister Concubine Li wants to punish him?"

Only then did Xiao Jun turn to look at Concubine Li, and comforted her softly: "Concubine Li is so knowledgeable, I am very relieved, what happened today, fortunately, the people around you are alert enough to not hurt you, each of us Give them an extra month's money. I don't want to wrong you, if you want something, just ask me, and I will try my best to satisfy you. Little Mencius can't stay, I mean to give you a whip, what do you think?"

How to execute Little Mencius, Qingchen thought of it with him, it is good to take this opportunity to shock those who don't know what to do, although it is cruel to be flogged to death alive, but if he gets his way, his end will not be better than him Where to go, therefore, Qingchen does not sympathize with Little Mencius at the moment.

Concubine Li was very upset, she was also wronged, but the emperor's attitude towards Concubine Chen was so different from her own. It seemed that the emperor allowed her to make a request, and it seemed that he valued her more, but only she knew it in her heart. Using material things to make up for the debt is like a transaction, which makes people feel uncomfortable. How can it compare to the emperor's affection for the concubine Chen?Even if it is just a sentence, it is very heavy. It is a promise, and it contains too many things inside, which is beyond the reach of outsiders.

Concubine Li hid the resentment in her heart very well, and said with a moved face: "The concubine doesn't want anything, as long as the concubine can see the emperor often and accompany the emperor, the concubine is satisfied. As for Little Mencius, the emperor How to send him off, the courtiers and concubines have no objection."

Xiao Jun nodded, "Don't worry, I will come to see you often when I have free time. You must be tired after tossing around for so long today. Let's rest first. I will come to accompany you for dinner tonight."

Concubine Li revealed surprise, and hurriedly responded, "Yes, my concubine will let the small kitchen prepare whatever the emperor wants to eat."

Xiao Jun gently helped her to sit on the chair, and said in a gentle voice: "I am not picky about food, let the imperial dining room prepare it, and send it over when the time comes, so don't worry about it anymore, just take a good rest for a while. I still have a lot To deal with political affairs, go back to the imperial study first, you don't have to come out to send it off."

Concubine Li was pressed on the chair by him, looked at the emperor with unconcealed joy and said: "The concubine sent the emperor respectfully."

After leaving the Bixiao Palace, Xiao Jun held Qingchen's hand and walked slowly, looking back at her from time to time, as if feeling that the road under her feet was too short, and couldn't help but want to walk slower and stay with her longer meeting.

"My Chen'er is getting smarter and smarter. The scheming people in the palace are now able to deal with it freely. Don't worry, I will protect you and the child. I know that you are wronged for what happened today. Even if you can't Excuse yourself, and I will find a way to take care of you."

Qingchen knew that his gentleness towards Concubine Li just now was just a kind of comfort, so he didn't take it too seriously, but said with a smile: "No matter how stupid I am, I won't murder Concubine Li at this time. It's better for a concubine to prove her innocence than for the emperor to secretly take care of his concubine."

Xiao Jun suddenly stopped, turned around and took her into a suspicious whisper: "Chen'er, you may encounter more hardships and dangers with me in the future, are you afraid?"

Qingchen leaned in his arms, feeling indescribably at ease, even if the road ahead was difficult, as long as he was with her, she would not be afraid of anything.The familiar breath and warmth in this embrace made her reluctant to let go, as if she couldn't get enough of it all her life.

"The concubine is not afraid. The concubine knows how tired and hard the emperor is, so the concubine is willing to share the burden for the emperor. Don't worry about what happened today, the emperor, and neither will the concubine. I just hope that the emperor will take care of the dragon body. Just embarrass yourself."

(End of this chapter)