Golden branches and jade leaves

Chapter 53

Chapter 6: Frost and Sleeplessness
Starting from April [-]th, the one-month etiquette and palace rules teaching for new concubines ended, which also meant that the concubines began to be favored.

On the thirteenth, to no one's surprise, when the Ministry of Internal Affairs presented the green-headed card, Qi Taki turned over the brand of Jade Concubine, who was in the limelight.The Shuyu Palace had already prepared fragrant soup for bathing, waiting for the coming glory of the new nobleman.

Knowing that Su Mi will not be summoned tonight, Xiao Luzi is going to close the palace gate early, but Su Mi raises her voice to stop her,
Mi Qing asked softly: "I'm afraid tonight will be an eventful night, why don't you just avoid it?"

Su Mi laughed and said, "Because it's an eventful night, if you don't go to watch the excitement, you will not let down the moonlight in vain."

In the gloomy night, Su Mi sat in front of the dressing table and took off half of her make-up, and took off the hairpins and pearls. Her tight bun was spread out, and her black satin-like hair hung down her shoulders. The eyebrow line was traced, and the rouge lipstick dyed with peach blossom juice was opened, and the slender fingers lightly dabbed it on the vermilion lips. The originally beautiful cherry lips exuded crystal colors, alluring and alluring like blooming flowers in the yard. The pomegranate petals, under the light of the candlelight in the dark night, are like gloomy blood condensing on the lips.

Qi Long has been in Shuyu Palace for a while, Su Mi looked at the sky outside.

According to the palace system of Daqi, most of the emperor's lucky concubines are in the Ganlu Hall of the Qianqing Palace, and the concubines who have turned over the brand are delivered early by Cheng'en car to serve the emperor.There are also times when the emperor rises up and goes to the palace where the concubine lives to have a good fortune. Usually, only the concubine who is extremely favored can have such honor.

Although Su Mi was favored a few days ago, Qi Long seldom came to Caiwei Palace. This was not because Su Mi didn't love her enough, but mainly because of the remote location and distance of Caiwei Palace.Therefore, many concubines in the harem were very puzzled that Su Mi did not take the opportunity to change to a glamorous and cheap palace.

Time passed quickly, Su Mi looked up and saw that Qi Long had been in Shuyu Palace for almost two hours.It seems that the good show is about to begin.

While waiting, Xiao Luzi ran over from afar and shouted out of breath, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there is a commotion at Shuyu Palace, is it very loud?"

Su Mi smiled sweetly, it seemed that it was time.

Without taking the chariot, Su Mi supported Mi Qing's hand and walked towards Shuyu Palace unhurriedly.

On the road, from a distance, I saw a chariot inlaid with gold and inlaid with jade rushing past, with a gust of wind, it was Ni Guifei's car.

She moves fast!There must be a lot of manpower arranged in Shuyu Palace.Su Mi secretly smiled and said, that's okay, the more people there are, the bigger the role will be.

When Su Mi arrived, she saw that the Shuyu Palace was already full of voices and noises.

A clear and desolate cry came from afar, "The concubine has been wronged, Your Majesty, please enlighten me..."

Su Mi approached, and at the entrance of the outer hall of the Shuyu Palace, several new concubines who were given to live in the Shuyu Palace with the jade concubine heard the voice rushing over, and they all knelt on the ground tremblingly. , Occasionally peeking into the uterus.

Surrounding it were servants who were serving, kneeling on the ground in black.

Qi Long was still in the hall, crying and shouting came from the hall, Su Mi walked into the hall, the servants guarding the door were all at a loss and didn't know how to stop them.

Su Mi entered the outer hall, and saw Qi Long in disheveled clothes, Shi Rouer kneeling on the ground with scattered hairpins, Concubine Ni Gui and Concubine Li Xian were both in the room.

Shi Rou'er was pulling Qi Long's lapel and begging bitterly: "Your Majesty, my concubine is wronged. There is no such thing as a concubine who loses her chastity. There is a lesson from heaven and earth..." The voice was melancholy and moving, that of Tie Shi Heart-hearted people will melt when they hear it.

Qi Taki's face was full of disgust, Concubine Li Xian was helping him tidy his clothes, her movements were respectful and quick.The Yaming Palace where she lived happened to be next to Shuyu Palace, so it was the closest, so the news was naturally the best.

"Sister, don't worry," said Concubine Ni Gui next to her with a smile, "If my sister is really wronged, the emperor will naturally advocate for you. It's not good to let the palace people hear it, because it's not proper to cry like this. Has my sister learned all the etiquette and palace rules for nothing this month?"

Su Mi took a glance, and through the translucent embroidered screen, she could vaguely see the red quilt scattered on the bed, with a corner of white silk faintly visible inside, which was the plain satin used to test the chastity of the concubine.

Qi Long looked up and saw Su Mi coming in, and asked, "Why is Mi'er here too?" His expression was annoyed and depressed, obviously still in anger.

Su Mi hurriedly saluted and said: "The concubine is about to go to the garden to enjoy the moon and eat the night. I didn't expect to hear the noise of people here. I'm afraid there are assassins or something, so come and have a look."

While talking, he looked in front of him with a puzzled expression, and asked: "Your Majesty, but the younger sister Jade Concubine has offended the Emperor. The Emperor thought that she was new to the court and didn't know the etiquette. This is the first time she has been favored. But don’t really care about it.”

Shi Rou'er's mournful weeping came intermittently, and she was already hoarse from crying.

"What Sister Lian said is true. It is still unknown whether the jade concubine is having an affair with others. The emperor must not be arbitrary." Concubine Ni said with a bit of schadenfreude.

"Fornication?!" Su Mi's complexion changed, "This... How could Sister Yubi..."

"Today is the first time a concubine has been favored by a concubine, but she has not become popular," Li Xianfei said from the side, and she might also feel a little embarrassed to talk about this kind of private affairs in the boudoir, so she said instead: "The concubine also looks strange about this matter. , Sister Yupin passed the physical examination to enter the palace, how could this happen?"

Qi Taki's anger had calmed down a little, but his flushed face still didn't recover, his eyes swept over Shi Rou'er who was kneeling beside him, with indescribable disgust and contempt, as if he was looking at something dirty.For his proud and sensitive personality, such an act of losing virginity by the concubine whom he valued the most was a slap in the face.

At this time, there was another rushing sound at the door, and without waiting for anyone to report, the figure of the queen hurried in.

She had obviously gotten the exact news, she took a look at Shi Rou'er who was kneeling on the ground in a daze, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this matter..."

"What else is there to say about this matter, such a thing, since the founding of Da Qi, there has never been such a shameful incident in the harem!" Seeing the queen coming, Qi Long's anger rose again: "The queen sees that according to the palace What should the rules do?"

"Your Majesty, please calm down. This matter is still inconclusive. How can you easily deal with sister Yubi? Maybe you will wrong a good person. On weekdays, courtiers and concubines think that Yubi is also a courteous and righteous person. How could she do such a thing?" It's..." Concubine Ni advised half-truthfully.

"Quickly call the person who went to Jin Palace to come over and take her directly. Don't let me see her again." Qi Long said with a disgusted face, and was about to go out with his sleeves.

"Your majesty, please appease your anger first." The queen quickly knelt down on the ground, stopped Qi Long from going, and said calmly: "The emperor knows that Yubi is a normal person, she is respectful and courteous, gentle and graceful. I am afraid that my concubine will look at this matter." There is another strange thing, you must not wrong a good person just because of a moment of anger."

"I'm afraid there is something strange about this matter," Concubine Ni took over the conversation and said, "All beautiful women have to pass a strict physical examination before entering the palace, so how could they allow unclean people to enter the palace? When she was born, she must have been a complete body, but now it has become a broken flower and a willow, isn't it within this month in the palace..." Concubine Ni glanced at the palace people of Shuyu Palace who were kneeling on the ground, "Your Majesty, according to my concubine's opinion, it is better to torture the servants around me, and I will definitely be able to get clues."

Everyone's face changed. This sentence undoubtedly means that Shi Rou'er had an affair with someone after she became a concubine. No matter which country, dynasty, palace, or room she is accused of, it is a crime. It is an undeniable death penalty, and the palace servants around him must be executed together.

The court ladies and eunuchs kneeling around were all shocked and knocked their heads and shouted: "Your Majesty is wronged, and the servants don't know about it."

"Your Majesty, since entering the palace, Empress Jade Concubine has always kept herself clean and kept her etiquette. It is absolutely impossible for her to do such a lewd thing. Please learn from me!" the Hongxian who was close to Shi Rou'er shouted in a mournful voice. Once the charges are established, there will be no way for them to survive.

The queen said: "The law in the palace is strict. All the palaces have always strictly guarded the time of the palace gates, and the servants are all internal eunuchs. There are no men around, so how could there be a chance..." She looked at Qi Long and said: "The emperor cuts the door to the door. Don't be impatient, if you wrong a good person, I'm afraid you will regret it in the future, think twice, Your Majesty."

"The empress's words are wrong. Although there are no men in the palace to serve her personally, there are quite a few men going in and out." Concubine Ni said seriously: "I have heard before that Yubi's fiancé is in this harem. Guard, I don't know..."

"Fiance?!" Qi Taki asked suspiciously, apparently not knowing about it.
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The first half of Jinzhi is Gongdou, and the second half is mainly government affairs and wars. There are not many scenes of court struggles. I will update all the remaining scenes of Gongdou in the public version today, which can be regarded as the ending of the first half. up.In this way, all the people who enter the VIP are the scenes of the political war. If everyone thinks that they are still interested, it is of course good to have a show, but it doesn't matter if they can't.As long as the lifting standard of the starting point is met, I will apply for lifting the ban.Just have to wait a while longer.

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