Concubine, she is so charming

Chapter 199 Unfamiliar
When Cui Baolin came back, he was taken away by the servants of the main hall.

Concubine Wen De was wearing a fine attire with an angry expression on her face, and when she saw her coming in, she threw the teacup in her hand over.

Cui Baolin didn't have time to dodge, the teacup hit her on the shoulder, the boiling hot tea made her cry out immediately.

"Cui Shi, you are guilty!" Concubine Wen De snorted.

"Your Majesty, calm down, I don't know what my concubine did wrong to make your Majesty so angry, please tell me clearly!"

Cui Baolin was also dumbfounded at this moment, but immediately knelt down to plead guilty.

The shattered teacup tiles were at her feet. Kneeling, her knees and palms were scratched, she grinned her teeth in pain, and hurriedly moved.

Concubine Wen De snorted coldly, and waved her hand, "Bai Lu, you come and tell her."

"Yes, empress." Bai Lu blessed her body, her eyes darkened, and she stepped forward, "Baolin's personal servant girl stole our empress's hairpin, which was made of pearls and silver thread, and the stamens were even more precious." Carving good suet jade is a gift from the emperor, and stealing what is bestowed by the emperor is a capital crime!"

When Yin Zhu heard this, she hurriedly defended, "No, no, the servant didn't steal anything, the empress is very aware, the servant really didn't!"

"Could it be that this Palace will wrong you as a lowly maid for no reason? This thing was found in the box under your bed." Concubine Wen De patted the table.

Bai Shuang immediately stepped forward and said, "Yesterday, Yinzhu came to the main hall to thank Cui Baolin, and the empress was coaxing the eldest prince to sleep. I didn't see her. She stayed alone in the outer room for a long time. The empress's hairpin is in the outer room. It was placed on the mirror stand, it must have been stolen by her at that time!"

Cui has now realized that she must have been framed.

But at this time, there is no evidence to refute it, after all, Yinzhu did stay alone in the outer room of the main hall for a long time yesterday.

At this time, Bai Lu continued to answer the conversation, "Ju Xiang, the housewife in the west side hall, can testify that she saw Yin Zhu open the box under the bed at night and put some things in and then locked it."

Yin Zhu cried and shook her head, saying that Cui Baolin rewarded her with a pair of silver bracelets, which she put in the box, not Concubine Wen De's hairpin.

But at this time, there are all the witnesses and material evidences. When the things were found in the silver bead box, more than a dozen servants were present, and they all saw them, so they couldn't deny it.

"I see that there are not many people waiting around you, so I was thinking of arranging people to help you move, but I accidentally broke the box and found out that your servant has committed theft. It's true that good intentions are not rewarded!" Concubine Wende said coldly Humph.

Cui Baolin hurriedly pleaded, "Mother, Yinzhu is a servant of concubines, and concubines know her character best. She will definitely not do anything to steal. Maybe someone deliberately framed her!"

"Baolin, this person is so heartbroken, how can you vouch for her? Yinzhu is a court lady, who would bother to frame her? Our empress is kind, so stealing something from the imperial court is a death penalty, but for Baolin's sake , let’s beat her fifty bucks and send her to work as a handyman, how can such a person with unclean hands and feet stay by his side to serve him.”

After Bai Lu finished speaking, she raised her hand, and two tall eunuchs dragged Yin Zhu, who kept crying, to the courtyard for execution.

Cui also grew up pampered. Wherever she saw this scene before, she didn't dare to beg for mercy or cry. She knelt on the ground with tears streaming down her face, covered her mouth and trembled.

Thirty boards were beaten down, and Yinzhu didn't even have the strength to cry.

The executioner put in all his strength, and only beat her skin to pieces. If she was beaten like this, how could she survive with fifty boards.

It was at this time that the Emperor Changhe was suddenly heard outside.

It turned out that the empress went to Jiuchen Palace and said that Concubine Wen De might be sick and confused, so she deliberately avoided her greeting, but she was afraid that she would misunderstand and feel uncomfortable, so she asked the emperor to go and have a look.

Ning Chen remembered that Concubine Wen De was really sad looking at that day, so he came here. He didn't expect to see such a bloody scene as soon as he entered the courtyard.

Yinzhu was spread on the bench like a bloody rag, her face was covered with tears, and there was a dry bloodstain at the corner of her mouth, her eyes were half-opened, and her eyes were already cloudy.

When Concubine Wen De came out of the main hall, she was also panicked.

She didn't expect the emperor to come, so she hurriedly asked the execution eunuch to stop.

"The concubine greets the emperor, why is the emperor here?"

"Excuse me, I heard the Queen say that you are seriously ill, so I came to see you, what are you doing?" Ning Chen frowned.

Bai Shuang hurriedly stepped forward, "Return to the emperor, this maid stealing the imperial gift is a capital offense according to the Nanqi regulations, but she is Cui Baolin's personal maid, so the empress only punished her with a few boards and dispatched her to work elsewhere .”

At this moment, Cui Baolin also staggered out of the hall, his whole body was in a mess, and there were tears on his face.

He defended in a low voice, "Your Majesty, she will not steal the silver beads, there may be a misunderstanding here."

Ning Chen glanced at her, and saw half of her clothes were wet, the red marks on her neck, and the blood on her hands and knees.

For a while, I knew it in my heart.

Looking back at Concubine Wende again, the other party avoided his gaze unnaturally.

At this moment, Ning Chen really guessed everything.

Concubine Wen De clutched the veil, feeling extremely nervous, she was about to speak after thinking for a while, but was interrupted.

"Okay, concubine De will not wrong a servant innocently, but the eldest prince is too weak to see blood in Chuxiu Palace, so he won't fight. After all, this court lady is Cui Baolin's dowry. This time, she will have a long memory. That's it"

Ning Chen's voice was a little indifferent, he paused and waved his hands, "Mr. Cui, you should take him back quickly and teach him well, so that he can't do it again in the future. If you cause such trouble, move out today, don't wait until tomorrow."

"But Your Majesty." Concubine Wen De's eyes widened a little.

Ning Chen patted her on the shoulder, "The eldest prince is weak, spare this slave's life, and you have the right to accumulate blessings for the child. You should rest and recuperate well. I still have papers to approve. I will come to see you at another time."

Concubine Wen De hesitated to speak, and finally could only watch Sheng Jia leave Chuxiu Palace.

Cui Baolin was really terrified, but fortunately Yinzhu saved his life.

She didn't dare to delay, so she called a few people from the West Side Hall and quickly carried away the silver beads and some simple objects.

I didn't bring many things into the palace, so I finished moving them after two trips, and then called the imperial doctor to see Yinzhu's injury.

If Ning Chen hadn't come suddenly today, the silver beads would have disappeared.

From then on, Cui's heart hated and poisoned Concubine Wen De.

On the other side, Ning Chen who came out of Chuxiu Palace remained silent.

Thinking of what he had heard and seen just now, he felt that Concubine Wen De seemed to have become very strange, quite different from her previous appearance.

In his impression, An Shi was gentle and kind, with a noble heart, and never easily quarreled with others. How could he beat people to death like this today.

Not to mention, he could tell at a glance that Yinzhu was framed.

This kind of Concubine Wen De really made him feel strange.

"Your Majesty, where are you going to use this lunch?" Yuan Jiu reminded in a low voice.

Just now, he was going to have a meal in Chuxiu Palace.

Ning Chen's eyes darkened, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Let's go to Ming Jieyu's place."

(End of this chapter)