Concubine's true colors

Chapter 184
Seeing that a glass of poisoned wine was about to be forcibly poured into her mouth, Concubine Hui turned pale with fright, but Zhou Xianyu pinched her chin tightly again.

Thinking of her as a concubine in the deep palace, let alone resisting, she just wanted to cry for help, and she couldn't even utter a complete sentence except for whining.

At this critical moment, suddenly the gate of the main hall was pushed open from the outside without any notice, and then a large group of court ladies and eunuchs came in quickly, surrounded by Queen Xue.

When she came to the hall, Xue Hou Fengyi glanced at everyone, when she saw Concubine Hui was terrified and waving her hands desperately towards her, she secretly scolded the other party as a waste in her heart, but her expression was still concentrated, Solemnly said:
"Yuwang, you are too presumptuous. Concubine Hui is a concubine in the harem, a woman of your father's emperor. How dare you be so rebellious and bold, and let Concubine Hui go quickly, otherwise don't blame the empress who will punish you."

No one thought that Empress Xue would arrive at this time. Following the crowd, Xiao Jinxuan, who got up to pay respects, quietly glanced at the other party, her eyes flashed with thought, and she couldn't help but raise a question for Zhou Xianyu. stand up.

Seeing that everyone had bowed and bowed, Zhou Xianyu raised his eyebrows, turned around and glanced at the queen, and instead of showing respect, he just smiled wickedly.

Seeing that Zhou Xianyu didn't take her seriously in public, Empress Xue was about to reprimand her again.

But before she could say anything, she saw Zhou Xianyu, who had no fear at all, poured the whole glass of poisoned wine into Concubine Hui forcibly in front of Queen Xue. mouth.

After finishing all this, Zhou Xianyu pushed Concubine Hui away, raised his glass frivolously, looked at Empress Xue and said lazily:
"My king has always done things, only thinking about it or not, and I have never dared to say that. The empress said that I will be held accountable, so whether you want to fight or kill, just tell me what you want."

Zhou Xianyu's current attitude can no longer be described as flamboyant and uninhibited, it is extremely arrogant, especially those eyes, looking at Queen Xue, the provocative meaning in them can be clearly seen even if they are separated by several meters. perceived.

Concubine Hui, who was talking about being forcibly poured with poisoned wine, didn't care about her manners, she stretched out her right index finger, and poked it into her mouth, hoping to induce the wine to spit out.

But after working hard for a long time, apart from causing bouts of retching, he didn't spit out a drop of the drink that had already entered his stomach.

Immediately Concubine Hui's face turned pale with fright. In fact, the poison she poisoned in the wine today was ordered by Empress Xue to send her the poison. People who will be poisoned will eventually lose their minds and die of madness.

As soon as she thought that she had actually drank the terrible poisonous wine, Concubine Hui was so frightened that she couldn't care less, she ran to Queen Xue's side, and knelt down in front of Xue Hou with a "plop", Grabbing Queen Xue's phoenix robe, she cried out in horror:
"Empress, quickly give the antidote to this concubine. You said you would protect me. Now that I have drunk this poisonous wine, this concubine does not want to die. You must save me."

In fact, when Zhou Xianyu forced Concubine Hui to drink just now, no one dared to make a judgment as to whether the wine was poisonous or not, after all it was all speculation.

But now, when Concubine Hui blurted out these words in panic, everyone immediately understood everything.

When looking at Empress Xue, everyone obviously took a bit of scrutiny. After all, the meaning in Concubine Hui's words, the poisoning incident, seemed to be related to the empress.

Seeing that Concubine Hui was frightened out of her wits and almost confessed herself, Empress Xue winked at Zuo Wen who was beside her. She forcibly lifted her up and pulled her to stand beside Xue Hou.

Seeing that Concubine Hui was under control, Empress Xue smiled calmly, then said calmly:
"It seems that Yu Wang really scared Concubine Hui so much that she thought she was forcibly poisoned."

The matter of poisoning Concubine Hui was covered up in such a few words, Xue Hou looked at Zhou Xianyu and continued:
"Your Royal Highness, although you have made great military exploits for my Great Zhou, please remember that this is the harem of the Great Zhou, not the battlefield of the frontier fortress. This empress is the master of this palace, so what happened today , I want to order someone to punish you for twenty big boards, so as to rectify the palace rules."

Then Empress Xue looked at Concubine Liang again, her expression turned cold, and she said again in a deep voice:
"Concubine Hui is overly frightened in Yanqing Palace now. Concubine Liang, you can hardly absolve yourself of the blame. What's more, Wang Yu is reckless and unreasonable. You are his mother and concubine, and you are also guilty of lax parenting. From now on, Concubine Liang has missed three month, the monthly salary will be halved, and no one is allowed to visit during the missed period.”

Concubine Liang has been in the palace for many years, she has always been cautious in words and deeds, humble and uncontested, so although Queen Xue has always regarded her as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, she can't find the fault and can punish the other party.

But now, with Zhou Xianyu's recklessness and unreasonableness, Empress Xue can be regarded as punishing Concubine Liang. She is grounded for three months, and no one is allowed to visit. During this period, if she wants to get rid of Concubine Liang quietly, Empress Xue feels that , As long as the planning is proper, there may not be no opportunities.

As for the people present, no one expected that before a good family banquet started, Concubine Hui was forcibly given poisoned wine, and now Concubine Liang was implicated and punished, as well as Zhou Xianyu. There were already four eunuchs approaching him with fear on their faces, obviously wanting to pull him out, according to Queen Xue's order, to go to the twenty boards of the imperial staff.

But Zhou Xianyu's character is not something people can manipulate at will, especially when he heard that Concubine Liang was going to be punished because of him, he immediately sneered and kicked the four eunuchs away one by one like a football. Then he came in front of Gu Qingping, dragging him to the front of Queen Xue.

"Nerd, how did you find out that there was something wrong with the wine just now? Hurry up and tell the public. Let's see if the poisoning that Concubine Hui said was a frightened nonsense by the king, or she did it by herself and suffered it on her own."

Gu Qingping, who was rudely dragged out, didn't really annoy Zhou Xianyu, after all, he was about the same age as the other party, and he was the nephew of Concubine Liang, so they had grown up with each other since they were young.

From the fact that Zhou Xianyu didn't call him by his first name, but only called Gu Qingping a nerd, it can be seen that their relationship is actually quite deep.

And Gu Qingping, who has always been elegant and pays attention to etiquette, put his wrinkled sleeve robe back into order, then stretched out his hand and pointed to the flagon held by Liu Yue, and said loudly:

"That's right. I can prove that Concubine Hui's words related to poisoning just now were not out of fright and talking nonsense, because the jug of wine she brought today has its own problems."

After being whispered by Zuo Wen's ear, and promised that there was an antidote to take, Concubine Hui's emotions had calmed down.

At this moment, she also realized that she said something wrong just now in a hurry, and when she saw Gu Qingping pointing the finger at her, she immediately stood up and said in a hurry:
"Mr. Gu, what do you mean? If this pot of wine is poisonous, Sister Liang and I both drank it first. Could it be that I am so stupid as to drink the poisoned wine I prepared? It's just a joke."

Taking a deep look at Concubine Hui, Gu Qingping didn't argue with her, but continued on his own:

"Concubine Hui, it is true that she drank the fine wine in the jug, but this Western Region wine jug has hidden secrets inside. Qingping once read the records about this kind of glazed jug in the Western Regions' classics. To be precise, this wine jug , it should be called the pot of life and death, although the appearance is exquisite, but the inside is divided into two, and can hold two kinds of fine wine at the same time."

Gu Qingping was called a nerd by Zhou Xianyu, and that was not just casually. The other party has read a lot of books since he was able to read. , and often feel inferior.

Therefore, although the pot of life and death in the Western Regions was not a native product of the Great Zhou, Gu Qingping recognized it at a glance.

Seeing Concubine Hui's face suddenly flashed panic, Gu Qingping knew that he did not admit his mistake, immediately frowned and continued:
"The two largest pearls on the handle of the pot are called life and death pearls. Turning the living pearls will produce non-toxic wine, and turning the dead pearls will pour out the poisonous wine. This was originally a punishment of the royal family in the Western Regions. People turn the beads of life and death at will. If they get raw wine, they can be released without guilt. If they get dead wine, it is God's will. I don't have this kind of wine pot in Da Zhou. I don't know where the concubine Hui got it. here."

All of a sudden, all the blame was directed at Concubine Hui, who had firmly denied just now that she hadn't poisoned herself, when she saw Gu Qingping tell the source of the jug, her face immediately turned pale, knowing this I can't hide it.

But at this moment, Empress Xue suddenly covered her mouth, laughed lightly, then pointed at the wine pot from the Western Regions, and said with interest:

"I don't know that the barbarians of the Western Regions still have such ingenious artifacts. Zuo Wen, go and show it to me. If there is really a mystery in it, then I will handle it impartially and won't call anyone else." Calling for injustice."

Aunt Zuo Wen responded, stepped forward to fetch the jug, held it in her hand and walked back, lowered her head, and handed it to Queen Xue respectfully.

It's just that when Zuo Wen handed it and Xue Hou reached out to take it, the master and servant looked at each other in a very cryptic way, and then they had a tacit understanding, and staggered their hands at the same time, and the exquisite glass jug, just like that. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he fell to the ground.

Colored glass is fragile, and the workmanship of this jug is too cumbersome and delicate, and the walls of the jug are as thin as paper.

Therefore, there was no need to drop it at all. Immediately after a clear and crisp breaking sound, the wine jug has become a pile of fragments, and the wine in the jug has flowed all over the ground. It is difficult to distinguish which is poisonous. Wine, which is non-toxic wine again.

"Oops", Empress Xue pretended to be apologetic and took a few steps back, then looked at Zhou Xianyu with a smile that was not a smile, and said in a soothing voice:
"How can this be good? Now even if there is a mystery in the jug, the only evidence at the moment has been accidentally destroyed by Ben. Since there is no way to prove whether Concubine Hui was really poisoned, then I took them away, and as for the punishment of Concubine Liang and you, Yu Wang, everything remains the same."

Concubine Hui, who was scared to death just now, in front of her, Empress Xue deserved to be an existence covering the sky with one hand, but she was so arrogant and powerful, so she helped her get rid of the evidence.

Feeling complacent for a moment, Concubine Hui smiled contemptuously at Zhou Xianyu, raised her right hand, and leisurely tied her hair up again.

Empress Xue's attitude, as well as Concubine Hui's despicable appearance, immediately made Zhou Xianyu's face completely sink, and a strong evil spirit burst out from him instantly.

(End of this chapter)