Long Harem Road

Chapter 83

"Empress, forgive me, please listen to my sister's explanation." Concubine Xian got up and saluted the queen. She couldn't find a single mistake, but the queen was vomited to death in her heart. Concubine Xian ignored her with a smile and nodded. Explain to the masters!"

"Yes, master!" The maid behind the concubine Xian moved forward with a big step, and saluted all the masters respectfully, "The slave girl Chunmei greets all the masters!" She articulated clearly, neither humble nor overbearing, and glanced at Zhou who was kneeling on the ground Baolin and Xiaoxiang talked eloquently:
"Back to all masters, a few days ago, Hongxiu found the servant girl and asked the servant girl to help the master to save her good sister Xiaoxiang, who is also the eldest maid beside Zhou Baolin."

Xiaoxiang heard her name again, and finally under Zhou Baolin's cannibalistic gaze, she bravely crawled out tremblingly, yes, that was crawling, kneeling for too long, her legs were numb, so she had to drag her. With both legs, he crawled forward a few steps from behind Zhou Baolin.

Kowtowing to the queen, the timid and cautious appearance made everyone present couldn't help frowning, and they couldn't argue with each other. Then she greeted with trembling tears, "Servant, Xiaoxiang, see, empress, See you, my lords."

The queen looked at the farce in front of her, her brows were tightly frowned, and the alarm bells in her heart rang out. A very bad premonition arose. Things seemed to be getting out of control. She clearly wanted to bite Concubine Xian back, so why did it involve Zhou Baolin again? Woolen cloth?The Queen felt her head was getting bigger.

"You are Zhou Baolin's great court lady, why do you ask for help from the maids in the concubine Xian's palace?", Gu Jieyu blinked her big eyes, full of curiosity, she deserved to be the 'King of Support'.

Concubine Xian couldn't help but look at Gu Jieyu, who is always 'making waves' and is indispensable everywhere. Every seemingly reckless but just right sentence always makes people think about it. She is a typical stick. chaos.

Hearing this, Xiao Xiang turned her head subconsciously, glanced at Zhou Baolin who was about to spit fire, shivered for a while, buried her head even lower and dared not answer, which of the concubines present was not human, and there was no one who didn't understand, with a flash of light on her face After a while, it became clear.

Some people cheered, Chunmei worked harder and wiped the corners of her red eyes, "Hey, as slaves, the master is generous and protective of slaves and other servants; slaves express their feelings, and are even more moved by Hongxiu and his servants." Xiaoxiang's sisters love each other deeply, and they can't bear Xiaoxiang's innocent death, so Fang bites the bullet and asks his master for help.

Although the master has a bodhisattva heart, Xiao Xiang belongs to Zhou Xiaozhu after all, and the master is also powerless and helpless, but he pointed out a bright way for Xiao Xiang and asked the empress for help, but Xiao Xiang was intimidated by Zhou Baolin's lust, and she was as timid as a mouse Dare not ask for help. "

The more the queen heard, the angrier she became, her black eyes glared coldly at Hongxiu who was lying on the ground, this is really capsized in the gutter, is it going to be carried in the hands of this lowly servant girl today?I knew...

Hongxiu, who had rekindled hope, suddenly felt a sinister gaze staring at him. A trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and he was suppressed by the desire to survive in an instant. He could only say, in the face of death, what kind of master or loyalty, go to hell.

Xiaoxiang leaned on the ground, already weeping uncontrollably, she cooperated with Chunmei seamlessly, and kowtowed to the Queen with a "bang bang bang", in the eyes of everyone, she was driven to a desperate situation, she had no choice but to fight back, and it was a fight of life and death:
"I beg your empress to help me, the young master Zhou was out of anger, and when he returned to the palace, he abused his servants and others, please, my empress!" After speaking, he abandoned the etiquette and rolled up his long sleeves, exposing his red and swollen arms covered with bruises, and continued:

"The servants and others are covered in bruises, and there is no good place on their bodies. I really can't live anymore. I beg the empress to be the master. What Hongxiu did today is for the servants, please forgive me."

Xiao Xiang's voice was trembling with sorrow and grief, like the chirping of a desperate crow, and the bruises on her white skin formed a strong visual impact, everyone felt chills all over and goosebumps popped up.

A light flashed in the eyes of Hongxiu, who was lying on the ground dying, he raised his head and looked at Concubine Xian, but saw Concubine Xian smiled meaningfully at her, Hongxiu nodded imperceptibly, for the sake of his family and his own life, do my best.

Zhou Baolin's face was earthy like a concubine's mourning, ignoring the pain in his knees, he dragged his legs forward and shouted for grievances, "Madam, this little hoof must have been bought, Madam, my concubine was wronged, Madam!", she knew, at this time At this time, no matter what, I can't admit the crime of abusing the palace maid.

To say that the master punishes and beats the servants who sell themselves is not a matter at all in this dynasty where the imperial power is supreme, but the maids in the palace are not slaves who sell themselves.

Theoretically speaking, they are also the emperor's women, but they are potential women of low status who have not been favored by the emperor, and they also have the opportunity to make a big splash.

In fact, there are countless things that the masters of the palace punished the maids in private, but they used positive methods after all, and they were not put on the table, like Zhou Baolin who abused the maids to vent their emotions for no reason and was reported in public;

Not to mention that there will be no future, but it must be unprecedented, at least the empress of the current dynasty has never encountered such a thing. In fact, the handling of this matter can be large or small, depending on the attitude of the empress and the emperor.

However, based on the emperor's dislike for Zhou Baolin, she is afraid that she will fall into the [-]th hell, and it is a hell that has experienced [-] tortures. Although it is not the same as the previous murder of the emperor's heir, it is enough to make her Life is better than death. This time, even the queen mother will be powerless.

The queen pinched her brows feebly, her brain ached, and she felt like her head was going to explode. Today's events can be described as twists and turns, and she has clearly made the fastest counterattack, intending to blame the murder of the emperor's heir on the concubine Xian. How did Zhou Baolin become an abusive palace man in a blink of an eye?

The queen saw that things were out of control, her phoenix eyes glanced coldly at the kneeling master and servant and then turned away, out of sight but out of mind, this week Baolin was more vicious than scheming, it was a very rare chess piece, what a pity...

The queen raised her eyebrows, turned around and yelled at Concubine Xian beside her, and said in a bad tone, "Sister Xianfei, your people have been gossiping so much, it seems that it has nothing to do with Hongxiu's murder of the emperor's heir, right?"

"Empress, please be safe and don't be impatient." Concubine Xian glanced at the empress who seemed to be losing her temper with a half-smile, and she was very happy. Today's round is one after another, how will I solve it?
The red sleeve in the pool of blood coughed twice, spat out a mouthful of blood, and explained weakly, "Empress Empress, up to now, the slaves dare not, and, to hide it, the slaves did frame Zhou Baolin.

The servant girl bumped into the case by herself, was tripped, and knew she was going to die. ", Hongxiu paused, gasping for breath, finally calmed down and continued:

"My servant, I am afraid that my family will be affected, so in order to shirk my responsibility, I will do something for my good sister to repay Xiaoxiang's life-saving grace, and pull Zhou Baolin into the water. I am so confused that I beg your mother to forgive me and spare this servant."

Xiaoxiang heard the words with tears in her eyes, crawled to Hongxiu's side, kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Ma'am, please forgive me, Hongxiu framed Zhou Baolin in a moment of confusion, this servant is willing to take the blame for her, please forgive Hongxiu's life!"

Sorrowful sisters love each other so deeply that the listener is sad and the listener sheds tears, but the queen is trembling with anger when she is suddenly betrayed by her own people. When the big event is over, turn your own people against him;
He even put a big hat on Zhou Baolin for cruelly abusing court ladies, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, he couldn't grasp the handle, he gritted his silver teeth, and was burning with anger, and the flames of anger flashed in his eyes.

He casually threw the teacup at hand and shattered it in front of the two of them, splashing the fragments, venting the accumulated anger on the two of them: "What a sister who loves you deeply! This palace will fulfill you, the lowly slaves who dare to design the master's death will not regret it, Drag it down and hit it!"

"Empress, although Hongxiu is at fault, the crime does not deserve death. Besides, Beauty Yang is fine, and murdering the emperor's heir does not seem to be justified; the empress has cleared Zhou Baolin's innocence, and it is a bit far-fetched to say that she designed the master.

Furthermore, Xiaoxiang is a victim, and if she was beaten to death, she will inevitably be criticized for her unfairness, and as the "Christmas" is approaching, the empress must not act emotionally and see blood. "

Concubine Xian was so angry that no one paid for her life. Every word was for the Queen's consideration, and she tried her best to comfort her. Everyone couldn't help giving a thumbs up. Concubine Xian, you are awesome. Zhou Baolin has been cleared of his innocence. Could it be that the empress can't beat and kill the two palace maids with evil intentions?
The queen's three-month self-cultivation endurance was broken again, her face turned red and then white and red again, the veins on her forehead were bulging, and she was panting heavily, wishing to slap the woman in front of her twice.

She tried her best to suppress the anger in her heart, and she didn't care about other things, but she had to worry about the approaching of "Christmas", the execution of prisoners within one month before and after, and the slaughter of livestock among the people, not to mention the two fresh lives in the harem?

Concubine Xian just grasped this point so she could confidently beg for mercy for the two maids. The other reasons were just adding fuel to the flames, she gritted her teeth and said viciously:
"Okay, thanks to the reminder from Sister Xianfei, I will spare your lives for the time being, but the death penalty is inevitable, so come here, drag it down, and throw it to the cleaning bureau!"

"Thank you, Queen!", the two of them limp and collapsed on the ground at the same time, and were dragged down by the visitor. Hongxiu escaped from death and looked at Concubine Xian with gratitude in his eyes. , is better than being abused every day and dying one day, and the two of them are well deserved.

"Your Majesty is merciful! Then Zhou Baolin...?", Concubine Xian was relentless, she endured for ten years, the Queen Mother had already been tricked, and today she saved Hongxiu and Xiaoxiang, but it was just to disgust the Queen, and she had completely torn skins with them , People have already offended, she doesn't mind offending more thoroughly.

The queen choked and clenched her fists tightly. She no longer had any illusions about Zhou Baolin, but when she thought about the secret recipe for childbirth she had just used, she was really unwilling to let the three-month results go to waste. Right now, she could only procrastinate and talk to the queen mother. Dispose of it after deliberation, take a deep breath:

"This matter is of great importance, and we cannot judge rashly based on the one-sided words of a court lady. The palace will investigate and collect evidence, and punish after discussing with the emperor. Zhou Baolin is temporarily banned from Roufu Palace."

Concubine Xian showed a meaningful smile, "But it's up to the empress to decide." All the concubines echoed, except for Concubine Xian, I am afraid that no one would be so stupid as to offend the queen for a court lady, everyone looked at Concubine Xian more A bit of fear and scrutiny.

"Go back, 'Christmas' is coming, I don't want any unpleasant things to happen again, understand?" The queen glanced at the expressionless concubine Xian, with a clear warning.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Everyone bowed thoughtfully, and then took their leave one by one. Today's events are indeed one after another, but they don't know what the concubine Xian, who seems to have won the battle, is planning?

In Qingfeng Palace, Baozhu is lying on the side of the bed, gently patting the little person in his arms, Zhao Hao is lying on the inner bed in a white shirt, covered by long eyelashes, his white and watery face is as smooth as tofu, and his breathing is steady , Baozhu leaned over and kissed his forehead, her eyes were full of smiles.

"Master?" Joy crept forward and said softly, "Liu Quan is back."

Baozhu got up and nodded, patted her sleeping son, helped her get up with joy, put her hands on her stomach naturally, walked out of the bedroom and closed the door, Fang asked, "How is the matter?"

"Going back to the master, it went very smoothly. It was completely in accordance with the plan of the master and the concubine Xian, and there was almost no deviation. Yang Meiren has already moved into the Yong'an Palace." Huanxie sat down with Baozhu, and smiled.

"Well, remember to clean it up, and you must not show your feet and let others notice the shadow of Qingfeng Palace."

"Don't worry, master, everyone's attention is now on Concubine Xian. But, master, can Yang Meiren's child really be handed over to Concubine Xian? What will happen to Yang Meiren?"

"You think Yang Meiren can't think of her own situation? She knows very well that she is just out of the wolf's den and like a tiger's mouth, but this is her only choice.

If she continued to stay in Roufu Palace, she might end up with two dead bodies. Now, at least Concubine Xian will be concerned about the safety and health of the prince. As for herself, it depends on her luck. ", Baozhu stroked her stomach, sighing endlessly.

She threw the problem of dealing with Yang Meiren back to Concubine Xian, but she wanted to ensure that the emperor would record the child in Concubine Xian's name. At the same time, she also got Concubine Xian's assurance that before she lifted the ban, the Queen Mother would not be able to deal with her anymore. This is her ultimate goal.

She could feel that if the queen mother found out that she was not poisoned, she would definitely attack again. She had to guard against it. Thinking of the "thing" mentioned by the concubine Xian, a pair of black eyes gleamed coldly under the thick eyelashes of the orb. Don't blame if you are unkind This palace is useless.

(End of this chapter)