Concubine's true colors

Chapter 521

Just after Xiangping suppressed his hatred for Xiao Jinxuan, according to Ji Lingfeng's teaching, he falsely framed the other party, but then pleaded for mercy immediately.

Immediately, I saw Empress Chen who was still hesitant just now, looking at Xiangping who would say good things for Xiao Jinxuan.

Originally, she had a point in her heart about her daughter, but the suspicion of deliberately framing her disappeared quite completely immediately.

But even if Empress Chen already believed what Xiangping said in her heart, she thought that what the other party heard was just gossip between two court ladies.

Immediately, he thought of the last time he had a long conversation with Xiao Jinxuan, and the other party also explained that he was suffering from a hidden illness, that he might not be able to remember anything at any time, and that he had no desire to gain power in the harem.

Although Chen Hou was shaken for a while, she still maintained a trace of caution and said:

"Xiang'er, in the final analysis, what you said are nothing but groundless rumors. The people in the harem love to tell tales. Since you are willing to believe in Jinxuan, in fact, the queen mother also trusts her very much. This girl. And the queen mother also knows that because of Mo Lingzhi's death, you will more or less have a grudge against Jinxuan. But in the future, Xiangping, you don't have to speak in front of Aijia if there is no basis for it. Fortunately, you were willing to intercede for Jinxuan in the end, otherwise the mother would really think that this child of yours is trying to slander her."

Originally, when Xiangping taught Ji Lingfeng how to intercede for Xiao Jinxuan, she felt that such an approach was completely unnecessary and sneered at it.

But this meeting heard the short and hypocritical words just now, which not only made Empress Chen trust herself more, but also avoided the idea that she was deliberately targeting Xiao Jinxuan in the heart of the mother.

Seeing the fruitful results, Xiangping couldn't help secretly admiring Ji Lingfeng in his heart for a while.

It is even subtly felt that it would be a very good thing to listen to the other party's opinions and arrangements in the future.

And the current reaction of Empress Chen is actually within Ji Lingfeng's expectations, so the other party has already given Xiangping a set of arguments on how to deal with it.

Therefore, it can be seen that after the princess conceived a hesitant expression, and looked at Empress Chen again with a puzzled look, she couldn't help but say:
"If it's just two maidservants gossiping, the daughter would not dare to speak in front of the queen mother. It's just that apart from Concubine Xue, Xiang'er also knew that Concubine Su was also pregnant this morning. , I don’t know why she was sent out of the palace by an imperial edict issued by the emperor’s brother. The daughter also had an appointment with Concubine Su before, and she wanted to come here this morning to pay her respects to the queen mother, and visit Guanyin to pray for blessings. Therefore, she went to see the other party early and went with her. I only found out about this matter when I came here. Therefore, my daughter couldn't help asking around for a while out of curiosity, and only then did I know that the emperor brother who has always been indifferent to the affairs of the harem only came to this matter after he went to Zhaoyang Palace last night. The imperial decree issued early in the morning. From my daughter's point of view, it may have something to do with Jinxuan, but no matter what big things you have to do when you leave the palace, Concubine Su is pregnant with a dragon fetus at this time. How can I stand such a toss?"

Speaking of Su Qin being led out of the palace by Zhou Xianrui this morning, the reason was naturally to go to Huaguo Duke's mansion, the old site of the Su family to find evidence of the Four Kings.

And the reason why Xiangping knew clearly that the other party was leaving the palace, and had an accurate grasp of Zhou Xianrui's visit to Zhaoyang Palace last night, all of this was naturally inseparable from Ji Lingfeng.

In Prince Tai's Mansion, he was in charge of collecting intelligence, and single-handedly trained Ji Lingfeng, who was a black armored guard.

As Zhou Xiantai's number one counselor in the past, he was in the harem and had everything around him in his own hands. This wasn't too difficult for him.

Therefore, as long as Queen Chen believes that Xiao Jinxuan's current actions are indeed a threat to the royal heirs, then Ji Lingfeng dared to assert that the Queen Mother of the West, as Zhou Xianrui's biological mother, would absolutely not tolerate this matter.

When I heard from Xiangping that Xiao Jinxuan might have something to do with Xue Yuyan's delay in giving birth, Empress Chen could still choose not to believe it.

But it was heard that Su Qin, another concubine in the palace who was pregnant, was called out of the palace this morning after Zhou Xianrui went to Zhaoyang Palace, and he didn't even know where he was going.

For a while, even though she knew that Xiao Jinxuan was suffering from memory loss, Empress Chen still felt that all these things seemed to show that the other party was indeed targeting her grandchildren. Immediately, the Empress Dowager felt extremely His anger is unbearable.

Therefore, the trust established between Xiao Jinxuan and Xiao Jinxuan with great difficulty a few months ago collapsed again. Empress Chen, who just wanted to make things clear quickly, couldn't help immediately sullenly, showing no mercy to Aunt Xiangyun who was standing nearby. Hesitantly ordered:

"Go to Zhaoyang Palace yourself, and bring Concubine Xiao to Ai's family right away. I have to ask the other party about the matter face to face. It's okay if everything is a misunderstanding. But if this woman really intends to hurt my future concubine... For the little grandchildren born into the world, the Ai family will never allow her vicious thoughts to succeed."

And let's not mention for the time being how Xiangping added oil and vinegar to make the anger in Chen Hou's heart more and more intense.

Just talking about Empress Chen's anger, Xiao Jinxuan knew nothing about it.

She who always gets up early may have gone to bed late last night, so the sun has come out for a while, but she still fell asleep peacefully in the bedroom.

But Xiao Jinxuan, who has always been able to relax completely only in a deep sleep, does not waste her brain endlessly planning and thinking.

She could have continued to sleep soundly for a while, but was disturbed by the sound of disputes coming from outside the dormitory, Yoyo woke up.

Before Xiao Jinxuan got up and asked when exactly what happened outside, she frowned slightly when she woke up, and coughed lightly uncontrollably.

Accompanied by an unstoppable cough, Xiao Jinxuan, who would completely wake up from her deep sleep, felt that her whole body was not only sore and painful, but also felt powerless.

Xiao Jinxuan, who also learned some medical skills and pharmacology with Ding Yizhen, couldn't help but stroked her forehead, feeling that her forehead was slightly hotter than usual.

Immediately, Xiao Jinxuan guessed that she might have slept too late last night and her body was already extremely sleepy, and after seeing off Zhou Xianrui, she stood outside the cold and rainy dormitory for too long.

Now I am afraid that he has contracted a cold, which is why he is so lethargic and feels extremely uncomfortable all over.

Even though Xiao Jinxuan was really uncomfortable and wanted to turn over and sleep for a while, but hearing the noise outside, she couldn't help but cleared her throat and asked loudly:
"Who is outside the dormitory and what happened? My concubine is already awake. Come in and tell me."

As soon as Xiao Jinxuan's voice was heard, the noise outside the hall stopped immediately, and it didn't take long before Zhu Xin opened the door and came in first.

Then as soon as she came close, looking at Xiao Jinxuan who was half leaning on the pillow and sitting on the soft bed, Zhu Xin immediately said rather indignantly:
"Master, the servants are incompetent. They failed to make you sleep peacefully. They still woke you up. As for the people from Yanqing Palace standing outside, they said that they had obeyed the order of the Empress Dowager, and they must immediately accept the order." You go over. Seeing that the master hasn't woken up yet, the servants also talked nicely and asked this group of people to wait. Who knew that Qiuxi in Yanqing Palace led people to forcefully break into the bedroom. The words felt even more It's not that you didn't get up at all, it's just that you don't want to go to Yanqing Palace with them. The slaves were overwhelmed for a while, so they quarreled with each other while blocking each other."

Xiao Jinxuan, who felt her head swelled and was slightly dizzy due to the occasional cold, closed her eyes and meditated after listening to Zhu Xin's words.

Since she was reborn, Xiao Jinxuan, who is extremely protective of her weaknesses, has hated seeing people around her being bullied the most.

He couldn't help but sneered, and then raised his voice again and said to the door of the bedroom that was already open:

"Since I can't believe Zhu Xin's words, I feel that this concubine is deliberately avoiding her and ignoring the Queen Mother's call. Now that the gate of the palace is open, why don't you servants come in to find out the truth for yourself. Chunxi, who was honored by this concubine, heard that the empress dowager took her back and not only severely punished her, she was also not allowed to step out of the palace, becoming a second-class maid. But according to my concubine, the empress dowager's punishment is still too light, otherwise how can you slaves Dare to come to my Zhaoyang Palace again to be presumptuous. If you don’t get all my concubines out of here immediately, I want to see how capable you are, how dare you stand in front of my bedroom door and make a lot of noise.”

After Xiao Jinxuan finished speaking, there was a complete silence for an instant outside the sleeping hall.

After a while, I saw Aunt Xiangyun from Yanqing Palace stepping into the bedroom with a rather embarrassing expression.

When she saw Xiao Jinxuan who hadn't changed yet, she obviously just woke up and was sitting on the soft bed.

Immediately Xiangyun knew that Shicai was not lying, and this Concubine Xiao was definitely not avoiding her on purpose.

Seeing Xiao Jinxuan's sullen face for a while, looking at her with an unfriendly expression, Biyun suddenly felt even more sorry.

After all, the concubines in the harem didn't make any big mistakes. Xiang Xiao Jinxuan was almost broken into the house without getting up. In detail, they, the people of Yanqing Palace, did commit a crime of disrespect.

Therefore, Xiang Yun, who had a fairly good impression of Xiao Jinxuan, immediately kowtowed to the ground and paid a big salute. Obviously, there was also the meaning of apologizing for the act of almost breaking into the palace just now.

And seeing Xiao Jinxuan let her kneel like this, without even saying a word to get up without courtesy, thinking that Biyun is the Queen Mother's confidant, how could anyone in the palace dare to ignore her like this.

But Biyun, who knew she was wrong, could only smile wryly in her heart, and then she knelt on the ground and reported:

"When you go back to your empress, this servant just went to see the little princess Xuexue next week. When I came back, I found that those ignorant girls had started arguing outside your bedroom. Although the servant hurriedly tried to persuade her, she still quarreled. Wake up, empress. In fact, I would like to ask Empress Concubine Xiao to calm her anger. The servants are not afraid to tell you directly. This morning, the Empress Dowager heard some rumors that Concubine Xue’s delay in giving birth has something to do with you. And today Concubine Su, who was also pregnant earlier, left the palace suddenly. It is also said that you deliberately made the other party exhausted and detrimental to the dragon fetus, so you suggested to the emperor to do so. Therefore, the empress dowager was angry and ordered you to be taken there immediately. Qiu Xi and the others are slaves It's just obeying orders. Therefore, I hope that the lady will not care about these ignorant girls, Xiangyun will thank the lady for them first."

(End of this chapter)