Quick Wear: The paranoid beauty grabs the waist and spoils her

After hearing Shu Xiuyi's remarks, the concubines had different expressions. Many of them looked at Concubine Li with gloating. After all, she had been scratched by her own cat not long ago. Although she had gained some favor from the emperor recently, everyone knew that her favor was not as high as before, so they were happy to laugh at her.

As for the Queen, although His Majesty has ignored her for five years, he still can't forget her and feels guilty about her.

The Queen is His Majesty's bottom line. No one dares to make up stories or overstep the line. Even Concubine Xu, who is infinitely favored, has to stay away from her.

Look, hasn’t Concubine Li’s “good confidant” offended the Queen?

Everyone was waiting for the Queen to express her opinion. This matter involved the Fourth Prince and the Queen. Emperor Chengming was not in a position to express his opinion. He turned to look at the Queen and asked carefully, "Zi Tong, what do you think?"

The queen had an indifferent expression and drank a cup of tea calmly. She didn't care about the emperor's appearance. She just signaled the head maid Liu Han to let go of the hand of the fourth prince Xiao Mingyu, and her eyes lightly swept over Xiao Mingyu.

Xiao Mingyu immediately stopped and stood still obediently, without any other unnecessary movements. He just looked at Nan Xiang with a hint of worry in his eyes.

Liu Han gently patted Xiao Mingyu's hand, and said with a smile, "Your Highness, the Queen knows her limits."

Xiao Mingyu thought about how the queen had always handled things properly and taken great care of him over the years, so he responded with an "Oh" obediently, but he still added: "Aunt Liu Han, Xiao Nanzi is mine."

Liu Han smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's His Highness's people."

After hearing Liu Han's assurance, Xiao Mingyu finally breathed a sigh of relief and continued to pay close attention to the development of the matter.

Although he is only a five-year-old kid, he is smarter and more sensible than other children and knows his limits.

The intimate interaction between Xiao Mingyu and Liu Han did not attract everyone's attention. At this moment, everyone was waiting for the queen to speak.

Nan Xiang was also a little curious. She slowly raised her head and inadvertently met the queen's eyes with a kind smile. The stone in her heart suddenly fell to the ground, and the plan to escape from the predicament she had thought of before was temporarily shelved.

Indeed, she didn't want to use that trick unless it was absolutely necessary. She could continue to improve the words she had just made up to save people, but now she had to wait for the queen to speak first, so that she could defend herself based on the previous content. Otherwise, she would be overstepping her bounds, which would be exactly what Concubine Li and the others wanted.

After Nan Xiang glanced at the queen, she quickly lowered her head respectfully.

At this time, a soft but majestic voice sounded faintly: "Madam Wei."

It was the Queen who called her head nanny to handle it. Having been in the palace for many years, Nan Xiang knew that when Nanny Wei came forward to handle things, things would be clear and straightforward.

Nan Xiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the result must have come out.

She didn't notice that when the Queen called out to Nanny Wei, the concubines all had different expressions.

There was a glimmer in Wan Zhaoyi's eyes, and then she continued to look with pity at Wen Cairen, who had just fallen into the water and was now ignored and neglected by everyone.

Wen Cairen's delicate body was trembling, her eyes were watery, and she looked pitiful. She looked towards the throne of Emperor Chengming with those affectionate and sad eyes, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

Upon seeing this, Concubine Wan paused for a moment, then she picked up the teacup as if nothing had happened and took a sip. Then she lowered her eyes to hide the emotions in them, and when she raised them again, there was a faint smile on her face, and she looked like an indifferent bystander.

Concubine Li glared at Biling with annoyance without showing any emotion, and was already thinking about how to punish her.

She looked at Wen Cairen's pitiful expression and raised the corners of her mouth in sarcasm.

Concubine Xu's hand, which was originally tightly holding the handkerchief, first loosened, then tightly grasped it again, and then she generously toasted a glass of wine to Emperor Chengming, but no one knew what she was thinking silently in her heart.

The queen calmly took in the looks of the concubines one by one, with a faint yet meaningful smile on her lips.

Suddenly, her eyes fell on Nan Xiang.

I saw a little eunuch, about twelve or thirteen years old, kneeling quietly on the ground with his head lowered. His body was trembling slightly, and he looked pitiful and humble.

The queen couldn't help but think of the time when the child was staring at her just now. There was only curiosity and amazement in his eyes, without any fear or panic. Those eyes revealed vigorous vitality and pure agility and brightness.

But now his body was trembling, like a timid and cautious little eunuch.

The queen guessed secretly in her heart, with a hint of interest and inquiry in her eyes.

But for now, let's deal with these boring and troublesome things.

She glanced at Sun Fuyu and said calmly, "Bring the person up."

Sun Fuyu immediately gave the order.

Soon, several palace servants brought a panicked little maid to the middle and knelt down.

When everyone saw this, they all looked surprised.

"Oh, isn't this someone from Handan Garden?" Shu Xiuyi, who is always quick-witted, frank and straightforward, subconsciously covered her mouth and said in surprise.

When everyone heard the word "Handan Garden", their eyes involuntarily fell on an inconspicuous woman in lake green palace dress sitting in the corner. It was Concubine Chen.

Handan Garden is the residence of Concubine Chen. Concubine Chen is not favored on weekdays and has always been following Concubine Xian. She is relatively law-abiding. Unexpectedly, the Queen's people are now arresting her people. The reason behind this is really intriguing.

Anyone with a bit of common sense had already sorted out their thoughts, and their eyes moved back and forth between the Empress, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Chen.

Some people even watched for fun, like Nan Xiang who was kneeling on the ground.

She was also observing secretly, but except for the Queen who carefully noticed her little movements, no one else noticed the actions of the little eunuch.

"Lady Chen, why were your people brought here like this? Could it be that... you have something to do with Wen Cairen falling into the water?"

Zhang Cairen, who had always been at odds with Concubine Chen, took the opportunity to make sarcastic remarks.

On the other side, Concubine Xu smiled and said gently: "Sister Xianfei has always been kind, and the Third Prince is also lively and active, so it is inevitable that there will be omissions, allowing people with ulterior motives to take advantage of the loopholes."

Xianfei naturally understood the hidden meaning of Concubine Xu's words and tightened her fingers slightly.

Concubine Xu and Concubine Xian were selected to enter the palace for the first time. When they first entered the palace, they called each other sisters. Moreover, Concubine Xian was favored before Concubine Xu and gave birth to the third prince.

However, due to some things, Concubine Xu became more favored than Concubine Xian, and the Third Prince was too naughty. Also, for some reasons, although the two still treated each other as sisters, their relationship was less affectionate than before, and they even felt a little incompatible.

But this is normal.

Xian Fei looked at Concubine Xu's bright and flamboyant smile, while her own face had fine lines and looked a little haggard. The corners of her mouth slightly curved, and she could only reply indifferently:

"Thank you for your concern, Imperial Concubine. It's my fault for being too indulgent towards Hao'er and making him too naughty..."

As she said this, she rubbed her eyebrows helplessly.

Upon seeing this, Concubine Xu stopped talking to Concubine Xian. After all, the most important thing at the moment was Concubine Wen.

She smiled slightly and looked at Emperor Chengming. After being comforted by Emperor Chengming's eyes, Concubine Xu knew that too much is as bad as too little, so she immediately turned back to watch the farce in front of her that seemed like a child's play but was slightly interesting.

Liu Xiuyuan, who was supposed to be in the limelight today, was hugging the fifth prince and coaxing him for a long time before she looked up at everyone and said:

"Your Majesty, the Queen."

Concubine Chen was flustered. She hurriedly stood up from her seat and slapped the little maid hard on the face with a "slap" sound...

But faced with such clear evidence, how could everyone not know that Concubine Chen was deliberately shirking responsibility?

No, Nanny Wei from the Queen's side immediately spoke up and made the corresponding punishment:

"Concubine Chen framed someone and intentionally injured someone. She was demoted to 'Bao Lin' and moved to Qing Ling Pavilion. Cai Die was instructed by someone to deliberately instigate. Bi Ling bit someone at will and carried out personal grudges. She was punished with fifty strokes of the cane. Concubine Li was not strict in discipline and indulged the palace maids. She was punished to copy the palace rules."

The person being punished had already been dragged away, and his cries for mercy were still echoing in Nan Xiang's ears.

As for Wen Cairen, he had already been taken away and comforted. After all, he was the victim of this farce.

Other offenders were also dealt with by the Queen.

At this time, only Nan Xiang was kneeling in the center of the hall.

Nan Xiang still knelt on the ground, lowered her head, and did not look at the expressions of the concubines. She only complained in her heart: Tsk, my feet are numb. I don't have to go down to be beaten. I can go to see Zhou Gong when I can't stand up.

As expected, if you want to live a peaceful life in the palace, you still have to fight. The concubines fight for favor and power, and these palace maids and eunuchs also fight for power.

Only when you stand higher can you be more confident. Nan Xiang secretly made up her mind that she must be careful in the future, follow the right team, and hold on to the right thighs.

The Queen seems like a good choice.

The turmoil at the Fifth Prince’s full moon banquet has temporarily passed.

But Nan Xiang watched a head-on confrontation among the concubines, stood up, touched her neck, and breathed a sigh of relief.

She continued to remind herself in her heart that she was walking on thin ice in this palace and she had to be extremely careful in everything she did.