The favored imperial concubine

Chapter 74

Although Concubine Tong hated Nian Xilan and wished to put her to death immediately, she did not act too hastily, instead she began to plan slowly with great patience.

Unavoidably arousing the suspicion of other people, after handling the funeral of Concubine Liang, Concubine Tong started to punish the palace people in Changchun Palace who were disrespectful to Concubine Liang and neglected their duties. A classy palace man.

As the saying goes, when the water is clear, there will be no fish. The palace people who serve in the palace have their own selfishness and schemes.After a detailed investigation, Concubine Tong found out many problems.

Concubine Tong Guifei demoted some slaves who were disrespectful to her master, harshly treated concubines who fell out of favor, and princesses who were not favored by Kangxi, all of them to Xin Zheku as errands.This investigation has indeed cleared up some unhealthy atmosphere in the harem, making the concubines and princesses who have been bullied by the slaves for a long time in the harem weep with joy and celebrate with their foreheads.

However, the matter is far from over.When everyone in the palace thought that the turmoil had passed, for Concubine Tong, the real good show had just begun.

Seeing that the groundwork was almost done, after the first month passed, Concubine Tong finally called Huiru, the court lady serving this year's showgirls, and Mother Zheng and Mother Xu, who were doing body checks for the showgirls, to Jingren Palace for questioning.

Because Huiru has always been respectful, courteous and dedicated to her master, she even takes good care of the young eunuchs and maids who have just entered the palace and have no rank, so she is very popular in the palace.Concubine Tong questioned Huiru a few questions symbolically, praised her a few words casually, and then asked her to back down.

In fact, Concubine Tong didn't want to use Huiru as a pawn to frame Nian Xilan not because she admired Huiru's character, but Concubine Tong believed that Huiru was too smart and tactful to control.

After all, a palace man who is able to mix in the harem like a fish in water must have some brilliance, and Concubine Tong cannot allow any slight flaws in this plan, so Huiru is naturally excluded.This time Concubine Tong invited Huiru and the two nuns who were in charge of the physical examination to Jingren Palace for questioning. She was just pretending to confuse the eyes of everyone in the harem, in order to conceal her real purpose.

When Huiru exited the palace, Concubine Tong's complexion changed, and she directly threw the results of the investigation a few days ago in front of Madam Zheng and Madam Xu, and said with a sarcasm: "Exemption of every test is unexpectedly Different prices, but the highest price for avoiding the virginity test is as high as 200 taels of silver, which is really an eye-opener for this palace! You two are also old mothers in the palace, and you dare to accept it for the beauty test. Bribes, falsification? How much money did you accept? It should be as much as tens of thousands of taels? You have already violated the palace rules by accepting bribes. Royal bloodline! Even if you are put to death, it will be difficult to atone for this felony!"

Seeing that the matter of accepting bribes was exposed, Madam Zheng and Madam Xu were so frightened that they trembled all over. They collapsed and knelt down in front of Concubine Tong, begging for mercy on their foreheads.

Madam Zheng had already knocked out blood from her forehead, but she didn't bother to wipe it off. She begged tearfully, "Damn my slaves! Damn my slaves! It's because my slaves were infatuated for a while that they made such a big mistake! But although the slaves accepted The red envelopes handed over by those beautiful girls, but the servants definitely did not select the unchaste and unclean girls into the harem! Please be aware of the imperial concubine and empress, and spare the servants a life!"

Although Madam Xu didn't know why Concubine Tong had committed the felony of confusing the royal family's lineage to them, she just relied on her survival instinct to explain to Concubine Tong for mercy, "The concubine's face is pure and pure, and those beautiful women are pure and pure. It is understandable for her to be ashamed to do the last step of the test. However, even if the servants have the courage, they dare not Choose unchaste women into the harem! Unchaste people are mixed into the palace..."

There was a glimmer of hope in Zheng Nanny's eyes, and she also explained: "Those beautiful girls are all from famous families, if any family has the guts to send an impure daughter into the harem, wouldn't that mean pulling their teeth out of a tiger's mouth and committing suicide? The slaves have also tested more than a hundred beautiful girls, although those beautiful girls have different looks and postures, but they are all pure and pure girls, please pay attention to the imperial concubine!"

"Not necessarily!" Concubine Tong sneered, and said slowly: "Even if you are seasoned, you want to distinguish whether they are good or not just by observing their brows, skin color, chest and abdomen, and legs. Is it too childish to be a virgin? Maybe someone has a slightly better life than others, and they give you a thick red envelope, which is enough to blind your eyes and make your heart blinded by lard, without any effective test Then let them go lightly, and made a wrong judgment and record, isn't that the case?"

Nanny Zheng and Nanny Xu were stunned for a moment, and then they realized that they were wronged.

Concubine Tong Gui smiled slowly, and stopped listening to their explanations, but continued to say to herself: "It's like Concubine Xi, who has been favored by the emperor recently, who has just served the emperor for a few days and is pregnant. After just over a month, her stomach was as big as other women who were pregnant for five months. What a joke in the world! It's a pity that the emperor has been bewitched by Concubine Xi, and he couldn't see such a big flaw. I was kept in the dark. How could I allow this bitch, Concubine Xi, to stay in the palace to promiserate in the harem and confuse the royal blood!"

Nanny Zheng and Nanny Xu were shocked, and finally realized that Concubine Tong's punishment of them this time was just a cover, and the person Tong Guifei really wanted to deal with was Empress Xi, who was deeply loved by the emperor and pregnant.

Although the two nuns didn't dare to go against Kangxi's will and report to Concubine Tong that Kangxi ordered them to re-examine Nian Xilan's body, they still had the courage to defend Nian Xilan: "Maybe the imperial concubine listened to her." The villain slandered, so he misunderstood the innocence of Empress Xi, so she doubted Empress Xi's innocence. Empress Xi had already served the emperor's bed, if Empress Xi was really not innocent, how could the emperor not see it , continue to dote on Empress Xi? From this, it can be seen that Empress Xi must be innocent!"

(End of this chapter)