Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 123

When Deng Xian came to De Concubine's palace with her guards, De Concubine had just taken her afternoon nap and got up to dress up, when she heard the announcement from the servants, before she could react, she saw that Deng Xian had brought someone in.

"Eunuch Deng!"

Concubine De stood up from the vanity mirror, her face was not good-looking, but she suppressed her anger and asked: "Eunuch Deng, why did you bring someone into this palace?"

Deng Xian had a kind smile on his face, but he just said the words without any kindness: "Mrs. De Concubine, please forgive me. The slave came to find something here under the order of the Emperor."

"Looking for something?"

Concubine De's heart tightened, her face turned pale.She subconsciously looked at Liu Gongren standing beside her.Although Deng first said that he was looking for something, he just didn't say it was a palace search.

But after thinking about it carefully, Concubine De really couldn't think of anything she did recently that caught the Emperor's attention.

She took a deep breath, forced a smile on her face, and asked softly: "Eunuch Deng, can I ask what is going on?"

"The slave can't say anything until the matter is clear, please forgive me!"

Deng Xian winked at the person behind him, and the guards led people to search every corner of the room.

Concubine De held the handkerchief tightly in her hand, and glanced at Liu Gongren, only feeling panic and uneasiness in her heart.

She has been keeping a low profile recently, not to mention doing some shady things, and she rarely even comes out, but in this harem, it's not that you don't do it, you are innocent, and you will be fine.

She took a deep breath and watched the guards coming in and out looking at her room, until two of the guards came to a cabinet and were about to open it, Concubine De had a look of panic on her face.

Seeing this, Deng Xian, who had been standing by the side watching her, walked to the front of the cabinet and signaled the two guards to back off. He reached out and opened the cabinet himself.

However, as soon as he opened the cabinet, the expression on his face became a little more subtle.

A closet full of men's clothes.

Deng Xian picked up one casually, and saw that the clothes were brand new, obviously not worn after they were finished, and the size of the clothes, Deng Xian has been with Zhao Qingze all year round, so he can naturally recognize whose size the clothes are based on to do.

Apart from the clothes, there are also shoes. Deng Xian subconsciously looked at Concubine De, but Concubine De lowered her head, avoiding Deng Xian's gaze.

Deng Xian was also a little embarrassed at this time, and didn't know whether he should search the cabinet, but at this moment, he heard a guard running over with several porcelain bottles: "Eunuch Deng, I found it!"

Deng took the bottle and looked at it first, then glanced at Concubine De.

This time, Concubine De's face turned pale.

"Eunuch Deng..."

She opened her mouth and wanted to explain, but for a while, she couldn't explain.

"Empress Concubine De, this servant will leave."

Deng first put the things in the original box, saluted Concubine De, and left with others.

Concubine De clenched her hands together tightly, and when Deng left first, her feet went limp in panic, and she almost fell to the ground.

Liu Gongren held her up and exclaimed, "Your Majesty!"

"It's over! It's all over!"

Concubine De closed her eyes tightly.

When she first entered the palace, these bottles of medicine and their prescriptions were brought into the palace by her mother along with the anti-child medicines.She has never used those bottles of medicine, firstly because she thinks that killing people is cruel, and secondly because she is afraid that taking people's lives with medicine will be too eye-catching.

Ever since she was conferred the title of Concubine De, she has no interest in using these medicines, but she did not destroy them either. Now she did not expect that it would become the source of her own catastrophe.

"Is my aunt trying to kill me?"

Concubine De thought desperately, she really couldn't think of anyone else, the Chen family's medicine was already extremely hidden, she heard from her mother that it would only be given to married daughters, and her aunt probably had it too.

Was it just because she didn't want to conspire with her aunt that her aunt framed her regardless of family affection?

In the Ci'an Palace bedroom, no one spoke. The Empress Dowager leaned against the head of the bed with her eyes closed, Concubine Li stood there waiting excitedly and anxiously, and Zhao Qingze held the teacup in the calmest way. holding tea lid floating cup of tea.

It wasn't until Deng Xian walked in that it exploded like a drop of water dripping into the frying pan.

The queen mother opened her eyes and said coldly: "Aijia said, if the emperor wants to use such a bottle of medicine to convict Aijia, Aijia will not recognize it."

"Empress Dowager, there will be no such coincidences in the world, and the concubine is not that capable of framing you. From the person you gave the concubine to poison the imperial concubine to this bottle of medicine, once you can be said to be framed by the concubine." Man, but twice... You still have to deny it, and the concubine has nothing to say!"

Concubine Li's face was full of pride, she looked at Deng Xian, and said: "Eunuch Deng, please show the medicine to the Queen Mother."

"You bitch, there's nothing you can't do to frame Aijia. Aijia is really blind to think you have filial piety and bring you by his side."

"Empress Dowager, you are probably trying to take advantage of my concubine! I always thought that you really liked me, but what happened this morning made me wake up! Fortunately, my concubine didn't make a big mistake." Concubine Li showed a pitiful expression, and then looked at Deng Xian and Zhao Qingze, and said, "Your Majesty, I just don't want to make a big mistake, but now, the Empress Dowager will definitely say that my concubine slandered her, please Your Majesty Return the courtiers and concubines for justice."

She took out her handkerchief and wiped away her tears, looking at the Queen Mother who was almost out of breath, she couldn't help feeling elated in her heart, she just felt that the attached primary school has been inferior for a while, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief .

"No."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhao Qingze finally spoke a word.

No?Concubine Li looked up at Zhao Qingze strangely, and the Queen Mother also looked over strangely.

Does it mean that Concubine Li didn't slander the Queen Mother?

Deng Xian stood on the side and told softly: "The slave did not find the medicine that Empress Li said in Empress De's palace."

"Why not?"

Concubine Li couldn't believe it, she said out loud, "Could it be Eunuch Deng that you didn't look carefully?"

"The servant has led people to search inside and outside the palace of the Concubine De, but there are indeed none."

Deng Xian bowed his body to report softly, but then raised his head and said softly, "The servant went to the imperial hospital to ask, and according to the emperor's order, he arrested the maid who knew medicine in the mouth of the concubine Li. The maid has already admitted that the concubine Li The medicine in her hand was made by her from the imperial hospital."

"You bullshit!"

Concubine Li froze, she was so shocked that she couldn't speak, it took a long time before she sternly reprimanded her.

But her heart is already in a mess, how could this happen?Did the Empress Dowager buy off the people around her, or... or... But the medicine was obviously given to her by the Empress Dowager herself.

"The Ai family has already said that it was Concubine Li who slandered the Queen Mother. Your Majesty, you must punish severely!"

The Empress Dowager was also puzzled, the medicine was indeed the secret medicine of the Chen family, and she gave it to Concubine Li herself. She originally planned to deny it to death, but why did it suddenly turn around? All the evidence pointed directly to Concubine Li slandering her .

The Empress Dowager looked at the palace people who bowed their heads and said nothing, but she was determined in her heart, thinking that it was the palace people's hands and feet, the doubts in her heart disappeared, she said to Zhao Qingze with a smile on her face: "Your Majesty, like Concubine Li, who even dares to slander Ai's family, if there is anything she can't do on weekdays, you must deal with it properly."

Zhao Qingze just glanced at the Empress Dowager with a half-smile, then at the panic-stricken Concubine Li, and said, "Concubine Li can't be forgiven lightly, but today is a big day of the year, so it's not appropriate to use it For punishment, lock up Concubine Li first, and deal with it later!"

The Queen Mother was naturally unwilling to hear the words, but what Zhao Qingze said was indeed reasonable, and she had no reason to refute.

He could only stare at Concubine Li viciously and said with a smile: "Well, according to what the emperor said, it's not too late to deal with it slowly in the future!"

"Your Majesty, my concubine has been wronged! My concubine has been wronged!"

Concubine Li panicked, she knelt down on the ground begging for mercy.While begging for mercy, she moved towards Zhao Qingze, wanting to hug his thigh and beg for mercy, but before she touched his thigh, the palace servants standing on both sides grabbed Concubine Li Get up and drag outside the house.

In the distance, Concubine Li's hoarse begging for mercy and yelling for injustice could still be heard, and Zhao Qingze stood expressionlessly in the bedroom.

Seeing Concubine Li being dragged down, the Empress Dowager raised her mouth slightly, but she looked at Zhao Qingze again, and said softly: "Your Majesty, let's forget about today's affairs. If you want to listen to other people's words in the future and break into Aijia Palace Come to question, the Ai family will not be like today..."

"Queen Mother!"

Zhao Qingze interrupted suddenly, and he also smiled, but that smile had a strange smell: "Is it wrong, don't you know the most in your heart?"

"Your majesty, didn't you find out everything you said? This matter is entirely Concubine Li's frame for Ai's family, and has nothing to do with Ai's family!"

The queen mother sat up straight suddenly, and said with her neck stuck.

"Queen Mother, you are too naive. Don't you know that in this palace, right and wrong are all up to me, instead of speaking according to the facts." Zhao Qingze sneered.

"What do you mean?"

The queen mother began to panic again, and looked at Zhao Qingze with suspicious eyes.

However, Zhao Qingze didn't look at the queen mother anymore, he just gestured to Deng Xian. Deng Xian held the box found in the palace of the concubine De, then opened it and placed it in front of the queen mother. White porcelain bottle.It contained things that the mother would never be familiar with.

"Mother, the reason why I didn't want to really bring this matter up just now is to save your face and the royal family's face. If you let a concubine drag you down, it would be too embarrassing. Don't you think so?"

"Ai's family doesn't know."

The queen mother reached out and knocked the box in front of her to the ground, but she acted as if she didn't want to hear anything.

Zhao Qingze didn't mind the Queen Mother's sarcasm either, he just said, "Of course I won't really pursue this matter with you, Queen Mother, otherwise, I wouldn't have asked Deng Xian to fabricate a false testimony of innocence to the Queen Mother. But, the Queen Mother From now on, let's just stay in the case palace peacefully. I can bear the Queen Mother this time, but I may not be able to bear it the next time. If I can't bear it someday, I may even argue with the Queen Mother with profit. be clear."

"emperor!"

"The power you used to protect me before, now that I'm the emperor, I'm afraid you won't need it anymore, so I'll take care of it for you. As for the medicines from the Chen family, I just want to say, keep them well, old man. I have used it outside, if I find out again, I may also use some royal secret medicine on the Empress Dowager."

After Zhao Qingze said this, he planned to leave.But he heard a soft cry from the palace people behind him, he turned his head to look, and saw the Queen Mother lying on the bed clutching her chest, looking like she was about to fall ill.

Zhao Qingze stopped in his tracks, and the Queen Mother saw Zhao Qingze like this, and she was slightly relieved, but said in a cold voice on her face: "Wolfy guy, the Ai family doesn't want to see you, get out!"

Zhao Qingze didn't take it seriously, and there was a chuckle on his face, but he didn't look at the queen mother, but looked at the palace people: "The palace people!"

The palace people raised their heads to look at Zhao Qingze in surprise, with a bad feeling in their hearts.

I only heard Zhao Qingze say with a smile: "The imperial concubine saw the palace people that day, she missed her very much, and also felt grateful for the care they took for her back then, and kept talking to me. When the palace people are free, they come to see the emperor Concubine."

The palace man had a wry smile on his face when he heard the words, but the queen mother raised her head full of anger, and looked at the palace man in disbelief. Her eyes were full of shock of being betrayed.

Zhao Qingze didn't seem to see the private turmoil between the master and servant, but smiled again: "The imperial concubine said that she was named Ruyi by the palace people. She has always remembered the kindness of taking care of her over the years. Yu Xin, and I am also very grateful for the care of the palace people for Ruyi. Although I know that the palace people may have a teacher-student relationship for the imperial concubine and a deep affection like a mother and daughter, so I don’t ask for anything in return. But I and All imperial concubines hope to do something for the palace people, so as to repay the palace people."

"The emperor has already said that this servant only wants to serve the empress dowager wholeheartedly."

The people in the palace could feel the empress dowager's sharp eyes looking at her, and they probably understood the emperor's intention in her heart. She smiled wryly in her heart, but she still spoke slowly in a flat tone.

"No matter what, people in the palace often come to see the imperial concubine." Zhao Qingze smiled slightly, his eyes retracted, and he looked at the queen mother again. His tone restrained the gentleness just now, but said coldly: "The queen mother remembers just now If I say so, don't do anything that makes me and the imperial concubine unhappy!"

After saying this, he turned and walked out of the bedroom.

Zhao Qingze's footsteps were not fast, on the contrary, they were a little slow. When he walked out of the bedroom, the door slowly closed behind him, but he didn't leave immediately, but stood at the door for a while.

Hearing a loud knocking sound coming from inside, the corners of Zhao Qingze's lips twitched slightly, showing a smile, and ordered Deng Xian who was standing beside him, "Go back to Zhaoyang Hall!"

(End of this chapter)