Concubine Mi in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 119

Cheng Qiangong

With a crisp sound of "pa", the imperial concubine slammed the teacup in her hand to the ground, and the delicate white jade teacup was smashed to pieces immediately.

"Why does the emperor treat her like that!" The imperial concubine's face was ashen, her shoulders were trembling slightly because of her panic.

Obviously the plan was good, and she was ninety percent sure that the secret concubine would fall out of favor, but she never expected that the emperor would still think about the secret concubine in this situation.

As soon as Li Dequan finished speaking, she understood that the emperor was supporting Concubine Mi.Otherwise, Li Dequan had been working as a messenger for so many years, even if the emperor mentioned it casually, he would not have rushed to Chengqian Palace in such a hurry.

The only explanation is that all this is the emperor's intention.

The emperor is telling everyone in the palace through Li Dequan's mouth that the secret concubine has not fallen out of favor.

In other words, something went wrong with Wang Guozheng.

Thinking of this, the imperial concubine's face paled instantly, and a sense of uneasiness suddenly surged in her heart.

Nanny Gui stood there, seeing her mother's face suddenly changed, and hurriedly asked: "My mother, are you alright?"

The imperial concubine stabilized her mind, glanced at Nanny Gui, and ordered: "Hurry up and spread the word that Wang Guozheng's affairs may change, and it is better to take expedient measures as soon as possible."

The imperial concubine was uneasy, and the words she said naturally brought a bit of panic and cruelty.

Hearing the imperial concubine's words, Gui Momo's eyes flashed with deep meaning, and she hurriedly responded, "Don't worry, empress, this servant will go right away."

After Nanny Gui left, the imperial concubine sighed and seemed to be talking to herself: "Don't blame this palace for being cruel, if you want to blame it, blame the master of Qixiang Palace."

If the emperor wanted to conduct a thorough investigation, he would definitely get to the bottom of the investigation, and if he didn't stop as soon as possible, the Tong family might also be involved.

In the afternoon, Nanny Gui came back.

Seeing her enter the palace, the imperial concubine immediately came to the bed and asked, "How is it? Has it spread?"

Nanny Gui nodded: "Don't worry, ma'am, the one who delivered the message is the son of the family in the mansion, and the whole family is slaves of the Tong family, so there is nothing wrong with it."

After hearing this, the imperial concubine breathed a sigh of relief.

Nanny Gui helped the imperial concubine to sit down in front of the couch, and softly persuaded: "Your Majesty should also discuss it with the master, if you involve the Cheng family so rashly, the master will be angry if he finds out."

Nanny Gui looked at her mother's face, and then continued: "Besides, the Cheng family in Suzhou is not a direct descendant of the Cheng family. They don't know what good intentions they have for helping their mother."

The imperial concubine sat on the soft couch and listened to Nanny Gui's words, and felt very uncomfortable. She was a little too hasty about this matter.

The imperial concubine picked up the teacup and took a sip lightly. After a moment of silence, she said: "This matter must not disturb Ama, lest any troubles arise."

Nanny Gui frowned slightly and said, "But, Second Master..."

The imperial concubine glanced at her with deep meaning, and only said: "I didn't ask him to do anything. The matter is not handled well. Whether he is dead or alive is what matters to me."

"In the end, he's just a worthless bastard."

The imperial concubine stood up slowly, walked to the window and glanced at the side hall, only lowered her head and fiddled with the soil in the flower pot.

"How is Brother Fourteen?"

Her sudden utterance startled Nanny Gui, who raised her head with lingering fear, and said, "Brother Fourteen just cries and fusses for a while at night these days, but he doesn't like to eat, and everyone looks thin It’s too late, and the nuns really can’t do anything about it.”

The imperial concubine paused, turned sideways and said: "As expected, it came out of Concubine De's stomach, she's full of pettiness."

Before Nanny Gui could speak, she went on to say: "Okay, let's go with Ben Gong to have a look. After all, he is also Ben Gong's son."

"Yes." Nanny Gui replied, and hurriedly lifted the curtain to help the imperial concubine to go out.

When the two of them entered, Elder Fourteen was sitting on the soft couch with a small wooden horse in his hand, having a great time playing.

"My maidservant greets the empress." Seeing the imperial concubine coming in, the two nuns who were not at all prepared immediately knelt down.

"Get up." The imperial concubine's gaze stayed on the two of them for a second, and she spoke lightly.

"Thank you, Madam." The two nuns stood up, hurriedly walked to the soft couch and coaxed Elder Fourteen: "Little master, I have met the imperial concubine soon."

No matter how coaxed by the two nuns, Elder Fourteen remained unmoved and just played with the little wooden horse in his hand.For a moment, there was silence in the hall, and everyone knelt together.

The imperial concubine stood there motionless, she didn't speak, and the nuns didn't dare to speak, so they could only kneel on the ground.

After a long time, the imperial concubine walked slowly to the soft couch.

Seeing her approaching, Elder Fourteen hastily shrank his neck, a look of vigilance and resistance flashed on his face, before the imperial concubine could speak, he burst into tears.

Seeing this scene, the two nuns kept pleading: "My lord, forgive me, my lord, forgive me."

Failure to teach elder brother well is a dereliction of duty as a slave. If the empress pursues it, none of them will be able to escape.

But this fourteenth elder brother is too difficult to coax. When he first came here, he cried and cried all day long, clamoring to see the concubine De.I finally stopped crying, but I ignored people. I stayed alone all day long, neither crying nor making noise, but I felt uneasy when I looked at people.

The imperial concubine took a look at the fourteenth elder brother who was crying constantly, and said coldly: "Please take care of me, if something happened, it's not because I went to the emperor to accept the crime!"

"Yes, the servants will take good care of Elder Fourteen." Hearing what the imperial concubine said, the two nuns hurriedly promised.

The imperial concubine also had no intention of embarrassing the two of them, so she turned around and walked out of the hall.

As soon as she walked out of the hall, the two nuns were already limp on the ground, their faces pale, as if they had escaped from death.

Those who are masters have the difficulties of being masters, but those of them who are slaves also have the difficulties of being slaves.With a word from the masters, let Hao Sheng take care of the fourteenth elder brother, but how can this be a matter of a word?
Let them escape this time, but if there is another time, the empress will not touch Fourteenth Brother even if she is unhappy, then the anger will naturally spread on them.

Just thinking about it sent chills down my spine, and I couldn't help shivering all over.

This errand is really not easy to do. I can't guarantee that even my own life will be lost in it.

Back in the main hall, the imperial concubine's face was gloomy, and she broke several good sapphire vases as soon as she entered the door.

Nanny Gui's heart sank, and she was about to persuade her when she saw the imperial concubine wave her hand, and said in a tired voice, "Go out, I want to be alone for a while."

Listening to her mother's words, Nanny Gui blessed her body and walked out of the hall, leaving only the imperial concubine in the hall.

After walking out of the hall, Nanny Gui couldn't help but sighed.These days are not as comfortable as before.

The empress has the emperor's favor, but there are more and more uncomfortable things.

If nothing else, just talk about Brother Fourteen.Although it is a kindness for the emperor to record the fourteenth elder brother under the empress's name, but now that it is like this, the fourteenth elder brother may not be able to be of one mind with the empress in the future.

After all, he is a child who has already remembered things, and is different from the fourth elder brother back then.

Nanny Gui shook her head, and frowned when she thought about the Cheng family.The empress didn't tell her about such a big matter, how could the Cheng family in Suzhou be so easy to manipulate, they were willing to listen to the empress, because they were looking at the scenery of the Tong family and thinking that the Tong family was the mother family of the emperor.

When she was not in the palace, she had also heard from his wife that the master was alienating the Cheng family on purpose, but this time, the empress had the ability to involve the second master in it.

If the master finds out about this matter, there will be another chaos in the mansion.

I just hope that at the end of the matter, the Tong family will not be implicated.

Nanny Gui was thinking about it, always feeling uneasy, and when the sky darkened, she finally couldn't bear it and sent out the message again.

Nanny Gui is the nanny of the imperial concubine, but before that, she was a servant of the Tong family.

After returning from Chengqian Palace, Wang Miheng couldn't help giving Kangxi a compliment in his heart. Is this man very reliable at critical moments?
When Li Dequan said that sentence, the faces of the concubines present turned red and then turned pale, and they couldn't believe their ears.

But obviously, what Li Dequan meant was naturally what Kangxi meant.

Thinking of this, Wang Miheng couldn't help but smile.

It's just that she doesn't understand, her father has been ginsenged, and Kangxi is like this now, what is there in it that she doesn't know.

Fortunately, at this moment, her heart finally fell.Kangxi's refusal to anger her, from another point of view, means that his father's crimes are likely to be fabricated out of nothing and framed.

Let's just say, my father's only hobby is to buy some calligraphy and paintings, and at most he drinks some wine, how could he be corrupt and accept bribes?

Qiumei came over with a cup of hot tea in both hands, looked at Wang Miheng's face, smiled and said, "Master, drink a cup of tea to warm yourself up."

She has been serving by the master's side all the time, so she naturally knows exactly what happened in Chengqian Palace.

Wang Miheng took a sip of the teacup, glanced at Qiumei, and said, "Tell the people below to be careful and do their own thing well."

"Master, don't worry, the slaves have explained everything." As soon as Wang Miheng said, Qiumei said.

Such a great kindness is naturally respectable up and down the Qixiang Palace, but especially at this time, it is impossible for a little mistake to happen, especially when something like this happened to the master's natal family.

Hearing this, Wang Miheng couldn't help but smile, this girl is really quick at handling things.

Wang Miheng nodded slightly, holding the tea in his hand, but he didn't intend to drink it.

The faint fragrance of tea permeated the air, Wang Miheng thought for a moment, then asked casually, "Is there any movement at the imperial concubine's place today?"

"Returning to the master, Nanny Gui went out to the palace at noon, and the guards guarding the gate said they were fetching things for the imperial concubine."

Wang Miheng raised his head and nodded thoughtfully.

Who would have thought that something would happen to Chengqian Palace early the next morning.

I heard that Elder Fourteen suddenly fell ill, and it was very serious.

(End of this chapter)