Concubine Mi in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 176

At night, the leaves rustled in the cold wind, Ning Gui sat on the soft couch, feeling uneasy.Seeing her like this, the maid next to her couldn't help feeling nervous.

Ever since he came back from Qixiang Palace, the master has been restless.Hearing that the emperor went to Concubine Mi just now, he sat there motionless even more restlessly.

A gust of strong wind blew the window open, Ning Gui flinched, but his eyes were full of tension. Seeing this, the court lady hurried over and closed the window.

"Master, it's not good. Eunuch Li has brought someone over." As soon as the window was closed, a little eunuch ran in in a panic.

Listening to his words, Ning Guiren's head suddenly went pale, and his face suddenly turned pale.

It's so late, how could Eunuch Li come here, he still brought someone with him.

A flash of panic flashed in Ning Guiren's eyes, and before she could speak, she heard a thin voice from outside the hall: "I have ordered you to trouble the nobleman to change clothes and go with the slave."

There was a bit of disdain and coldness in Li Dequan's voice, which anyone could hear.

Ning Gui was terrified, he just sat on the soft couch and wanted to stand up, but he was so terrified that he couldn't even move his feet.

After a long time, I found my own voice: "Dare to ask my father-in-law, what is the emperor's concubine so-called?" Ning Guiren was nervous in his heart, and he trembled a little when he said it.

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Li Dequan say through the hall door: "The servant has followed the order, as for the nobleman, he will know what is going on when he arrives. Please hurry up and prepare the nobleman, it is not good to ask the emperor to wait."

Li Dequan's words were obviously threatening.

Ning Guiren's mind exploded, and he grabbed the sleeve of the maid beside him in a panic.

"Master, you must be steady, maybe the emperor asked the master to go over and talk." The maid knew what her master had done, so she was naturally afraid, but at this moment, if she couldn't stabilize, it would be over. .

These slaves are not masters, they are not necessarily good, if the master is convicted, they will be the first ones to suffer.

"Yes, you have to hold on." Ning Guiren murmured, his face regained his composure, and was served by the maid to change his clothes before walking out of the palace.

As soon as she walked out of the hall, Li Dequan greeted her respectfully: "My lord, let's go, don't make the emperor wait."

Mrs. Ning Gui just set off here, and the news reached the ears of some concubines.

After all, Li Dequan is someone close to the emperor, so he went to invite nobleman Ning to the Qixiang Palace this evening, thinking that something happened.

It is said that the emperor lost his temper in the Qixiang Palace and alarmed the imperial physician.

Thinking about it, something big happened.

Among them, Concubine Tong Guifei was the most unstable.

Concubine Tong Guifei was drinking bird's nest porridge when she heard the news.Originally, today I heard the maids around Ning Guiren report back and forth, saying that the matter has been succeeded, and I was only waiting to see the joke of Concubine Mi.Unexpectedly, after only a few hours, there was movement in the Qixiang Palace, and the imperial physician was even alarmed.

Don't even think about it, you know what it is for.

"Idiot!" Concubine Tong cursed angrily.

He even said that he succeeded, but he didn't know what he left behind, otherwise, how could the emperor send Li Dequan to "invite" Mr. Ning Gui over this night.I'm afraid, Concubine Mi has already sensed that something is wrong.

Concubine Tong felt more and more uneasy when she thought about it, she suddenly raised her head, and said to Nanny Gui who was standing beside her, "Everything has been arranged over there."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, that thing is hidden in her bedroom. As long as the Emperor sends someone to search, it will never be denied." Hearing what her mother said, Nanny Gui immediately said.

She originally felt that this matter was inappropriate, but the empress was stubborn and would not listen to persuasion, so she could only arrange it with all her heart.If something goes wrong, it will never be found on the empress.

But I didn't expect that Ning Gui would be so useless that he couldn't even do this well, which made people suspicious for no reason.

In this way, we can only find someone to take the blame.

As for Mrs. Ning Gui, with her big family in her hands, she is not afraid of any troubles arising from her.

Qixiang Palace
Kangxi's face was ashen, looking at Ning Guiren who was kneeling on the ground and still defending himself, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Your Majesty, my concubine does not dare to have such vicious intentions."

"Say it!" Kangxi glanced at Qiumei who was standing there, and said.

Qiu Mei blessed her body, and then said: "Returning to the emperor, Mr. Ning Gui does not often walk with my master on weekdays, but today the nobleman came to pay my respects to my master. Not long after the nobleman left, my master felt a little unwell."

"At that time, the nobleman was so emotional that he rushed towards my master and grabbed my master's hand. Thinking about it now, it's a bit weird."

Ning Guiren knelt on the ground, every time Qiumei said a word her face turned pale, she was just about to say something when someone said something outside.

"The imperial concubine is here!"

It has to be said that the news in the harem spread the fastest, and after a while, many people knew about it.

Concubine De, Concubine Yi and Concubine Rong came in with Concubine Tong.

Concubine Tong's body is heavy, and it is a bit inconvenient for her to look at it while walking with the maid supporting her.

Seeing this, Kangxi's face softened a little, and before Concubine Tong could greet him, he said, "You are heavy, why are you here?"

"It's all right for my concubine, Your Majesty, what happened to make His Majesty so angry?" Concubine Tong asked pretending not to know, but her eyes lingered on Ning Guiren who was kneeling on the ground for a moment.

But at this moment, Concubine Yi and Concubine Rong's eyes fell on Wang Miheng's face with some red marks.

For a moment, I couldn't believe my eyes.Concubine Mi is a woman from the south of the Yangtze River, with the fairest skin, the red marks are particularly eye-catching.

"What's wrong with sister?" Concubine Yi who was standing there was the first to speak out.

Wang Miheng stood there, uncomfortably covering his face with a handkerchief.

Seeing that Wang Miheng was silent, Concubine Yi looked at the imperial physician standing there again.

"If you go back to Empress, Mi Concubine Empress is poisoned."

As soon as these words came out, even the maids who followed them were startled, only Concubine De's eyes looked at Concubine Tong's face indiscriminately.

At this time, Ning Guiren knelt on the ground, his heart was full of fear.

She wanted to ask for help like Concubine Tong, but Concubine Tong gave her a warning look.

At this time, all eyes were on Ning Guiren again.

Ning Guiren was startled, and kept begging: "Your Majesty, I am not a concubine, and a concubine is innocent."

As soon as he said this, Li Dequan came in from outside, holding a tray in his hand, and there was a delicate medicine bottle in the tray.

Seeing this thing, Ning Gui immediately lost any color on her face. She had clearly buried that thing in the ground.

"Reporting to the emperor, the slave searched some things in Ning Guiren's palace, and asked the emperor to have a look." Li Dequan said respectfully.

Kangxi only glanced at it, and signaled for the imperial physician to examine it.

The imperial doctor picked up the medicine bottle and poured it on the tray. He saw that it was a pile of transparent powder, which was colorless and tasteless, and looked extremely delicate.

The imperial doctor took out a bottle of liquid medicine from the medicine box and poured it on, only to hear a prick, the transparent powder immediately turned black, and white smoke rose.

All this happened so quickly, everyone was dumbfounded, staring blankly at the darkened powder in the tray.

Li Dequan's expression changed, and he immediately stood in front of Kangxi, waving his hand to signal for the tray to be taken out.

"How?" Kangxi asked in a deep voice.

"Returning to the emperor, if the servant's guess is correct, the powder is probably the so-called "Zhu Yan San." The imperial physician knelt on the ground and replied.

"Zhu Yansan?"

"The slave once read in a book that this kind of poison is colorless and tasteless. It only needs to be sprinkled on the skin and wait until the 48th day of the Seventh Seventh. trillion."

Listening to the imperial physician's words, Kangxi's eyes were already icy cold, and his whole body exuded a chill.

"Take it to the Punishment Department and interrogate it carefully." At this time, Kangxi naturally didn't have the time to interrogate Ning Gui himself.

Hearing this, Ning Guiren kowtowed desperately, while shouting: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me, my concubine is wronged, my concubine is wronged..."

Kangxi's face was ashen, and as soon as he waved his hand, two guards came in to hold her arms, trying to drag her out of the hall.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, spare me." Guiren Ning struggled desperately, but she couldn't break free at all. Two guards took out handkerchiefs and blocked her mouth, and pulled her out of the hall after a while.

Looking at this scene, a strangeness flashed in De Fei's eyes.She faintly felt that Ning Gui had something to say, but the emperor didn't let her say it.

At this moment, the emperor still protects Tong Guifei.

Otherwise, I would not give Ning Guiren a chance to speak.Who in the palace doesn't know that Ning Guiren often goes to Chengqian Palace.Now that she has done such a thing, there is no guarantee that Concubine Tong Gui is instigating it behind her back.

But if they wait for someone to be sent to the Punishment Department, they can recruit whatever they are asked to recruit.The emperor really valued the mother family of the Tong family very much.

Seeing Ning Guiren being dragged down, Concubine Tong was slightly relieved.

"Your majesty, all the concubines are bad, and they failed to manage the harem well."

When Concubine Tong said this, Concubine De naturally showed a chill on her face.

No one in the harem now knows that Concubine De is in charge of the palace affairs, and Concubine Tong Guifei's words at this moment are clearly accusing her of not being dedicated.

Before Concubine De could speak, Concubine Tong Guifei said: "Your Majesty, the ministers and concubines are really worried about such an evil thing, and I ask the Emperor to issue an order to search the palace to put an end to the evil things in the palace."

Concubine Tong supported Fu Lifu's body, her face was dignified and authentic.

Kangxi glanced at Concubine Tong Gui, nodded, and waved for Li Dequan to do it.

All of a sudden, all the east and west palaces woke up except for the queen mother.

"What's the matter?" Hearing the knock on the door outside, the concubine Xiang woke up suddenly, and asked the palace lady who was sleeping underground.

Hearing this voice, the palace maid hurriedly put on her clothes and came over: "I don't know, I am afraid that something serious happened, I should wait for your mother to change clothes.

Hearing the noises outside, Concubine Xiang suddenly felt uneasy in her heart, but she didn't dare to hesitate at the moment, she quickly got up and tidied up.

But after a while, every corner of the Changchun Palace was turned upside down, and it looked like a mess. The court ladies and eunuchs were kneeling in the yard, their faces pale, not knowing what happened.

The concubine Xiang sat on a chair beside her, and after a while she said, "It's midnight, the father-in-law is going to raid the house."

This father-in-law is none other than the Chief Eunuch of Chengqian Palace. The search of the Sixth Palace naturally requires more manpower. Concubine Tong Gui is the master of the harem, so the eunuchs and servants in her palace naturally also participated in it.

"Your Majesty's words are too serious, and this servant can't afford it. This servant also came here on the orders of the emperor. I'm afraid your Majesty doesn't know about it. The Concubine Mistress of Qixiang Palace has been poisoned by "Zhu Yansan", and the Emperor is furious." " The eunuch naturally heard the sarcasm in Xiangfei's words, and only held his throat and said.

Zhu Yansan?
Listening to the eunuch's words, Concubine Xiang's expression suddenly changed drastically.

She knew it clearly and found an excuse not to give Concubine Tong Gui the "Zhu Yan San".

Could it be...

(End of this chapter)