The Empire and the Kingdom

Chen Chongyi smiled wryly, "What your mother said is true. The concubine deserved to die back then. I pushed Li Jieyu to be the scapegoat. She died without knowing it."

Concubine De clenched the handkerchief in her hand, "So you remember?"

"Yes. The concubine thought she could forget about this matter, but she never forgot. It was the concubine who was sorry for Li Jieyu, and the concubine who harmed her, but the concubine was also forced to do so! Back then, the concubine saw the empress give Lu Rongrong The poison, the concubine also didn't intend it!" Chen Chongyi was not reconciled, she was obviously innocent, she just didn't want to die. "The concubine doesn't want to harm Li Jieyu, but the concubine also wants to live. The concubine also has a pair of young children..." Chen Chongyi lowered her head and sobbed softly.

"So you let the queen think that Li Jieyu ran into her, and let the queen send someone to poison Li Jieyu. You have kept your mouth shut for so many years, and you want to be an outsider and live as if nothing happened. Chen Chongyi, You can't bear to part with your two children, so what about Li Jieyu? How old was Yun Yi at that time? They were all mothers, how could you look at Yun Yi alone and helpless, and see their mother and daughter separated forever? ?”

Concubine De thought she would be very angry, but now she is just chilling.If Chen Chongyi could tell the truth at that time, at least she would have a chance to protect Li Jieyu. Even if she couldn't fight the queen, at least the two of them had worked hard, and at worst the sisters would die together.But what is this now?What exactly is Li Jieyu's life?

"The concubine didn't want to! But my lady, who in this palace is not thinking of themselves? The queen is the master of the harem, how dare the concubine say it? The concubine didn't expect the queen to be so vicious!" Chen Chongyi will always remember seeing Li Jieyu's inexplicable fear in her heart after she died of an illness, for so many years, she went to worship Li Jieyu every year just to make her feel at ease.

"Bengong is really vicious." The sudden voice made the two people in the room turn their heads at the same time.

Chen Chongyi screamed and shrank under the quilt, forgetting even the etiquette.

Concubine De was very calm, stood up and bowed gently, "I have seen the empress."

The person who came was the queen, she found a chair and sat down, looked at Chen Chongyi, then at Concubine De, and said with a smile: "Do you know why this palace doesn't allow people to seal the Youxia Palace?"

Concubine De nodded, "Your Majesty wants to know who is plotting against you, against the Cheng family."

The queen looked at Concubine De approvingly, "I really underestimated you."

Concubine De smiled coldly, "The concubine has not been out of the Antai Palace for many years, how can the empress see the concubine?"

Chen Chongyi shivered for a long time, and found that the two people didn't see her at all, as if she was already a dead person.

"Concubine De, are you admitting it all?" The queen couldn't find out who was behind the plot of the Cheng family, so she had to release Chen Chongyi as a bait.She felt that Chen Chongyi's exposure was too sudden, and it must be related to someone.What she was looking for was this person who had contact with Chen Chongyi.Concubine De entered the Youxia Palace with her front foot, and she arrived behind her.

"What did the concubine admit? Chen Chongyi invited the concubine to come over, but the concubine doesn't know anything." Concubine De remained calm.

The queen was not annoyed either, "Speaking of which, you and Yun Yi's biological mother, Li Jieyu, were best friends before entering the palace. After Li Jieyu died of illness, you were the one who persuaded His Majesty to send Yun Yi to the academy, but Yun Yi went back to the palace with you. Nothing to do." She shook her head, "Yun Yi is very skilled in martial arts, if she wants to meet you while avoiding the eyes and ears of others, no one will know, right?"

Concubine De raised her eyebrows, "If Your Majesty wants to know, why not tell Yun Yi to sneak into Fengde Palace and have a try."

The queen suddenly shouted: "Bold!"

Concubine De was not afraid at all, she raised her chin slightly and looked at the queen.

"Concubine De, you are so confident, don't you care about General Qi?" Threats are the queen's most common tactic.

Concubine De pursed her lips, "Your Majesty, my brother-in-law has already got married and started a career, so I don't need a concubine, a woman in the palace, to worry about him. But the Seventh Prince was injured just now, I wonder if this leg will take care of it?"

The queen frowned, why didn't she know that the concubine was a ruthless character?Dare to threaten her with the safety of the Seventh Prince, is this crazy?

"Come on, concubine De ordered foreign ministers to frame Zhongliang, immediately take him to the Palace Bureau for interrogation!" the queen said loudly.

Concubine De took a deep breath and didn't say a word.A few nuns came in, but they didn't make things difficult for Concubine De, they just took her to the palace.

After Concubine De left, the queen looked at Chen Chongyi on the bed, "Have you said everything you need to say?"

Chen Chongyi was shaking all the time. "Niang Niang, I beg you to spare my concubine, I promise not to talk nonsense, please spare my concubine!"

The queen smiled lightly, "Don't talk nonsense? Then what did you say to Concubine De just now?" She sat on the side of the bed and stretched out her hand to help Chen Chongyi comb her messy hair, "I heard that Princess Wenchun ate badly , has been vomiting, and I don’t know if it’s okay or not.”

Chen Chongyi raised her head suddenly and saw the queen's cold eyes, "Mother, Wen Chun is still a child, please don't embarrass her!"

The queen shook her head, "Chen Chongyi, I have always thought you are a smart person. The person who made things difficult for Wen Chun is not Bengong, but you." After saying this, the queen got up and left.

Chen Chongyi finally understood that from the moment this matter was uncovered, she had no way out.The sad thing is that he is not the main target of the other party.She laughed, laughed, and laughed until tears flowed. "Queen, do you think you are much better than me? I will wait for you on Huangquan Road, I will wait for you, and you will definitely come to accompany me!"

Concubine De was led by the nanny to the Palace Bureau.The Gongzheng Bureau is the department in charge of law enforcement in the palace, and if the concubine makes a mistake, it is also under the control of the Gongzheng Bureau.

Halfway there, they met Wang Guifei. "Sister Defei, it's rare for you to go out, where are you going?"

Concubine De laughed, "The empress is going to escort me to the official court."

Wang Guifei showed a surprised expression, "Why?"

Concubine De spread her hands, "Sister Guifei doesn't know about the Cheng family?"

Wang Guifei nodded, "I know about this, but what does it have to do with you?" After she finished speaking, she suddenly realized something, "Because of Brother Ling?"

Concubine De didn't say a word, which was her acquiescence.

At this time, several nuns bowed their heads and said, "Mrs. Defei, please."

Leaving aside that the harem is already in chaos, Feng Jingsu was caught by the eunuch just as soon as she came out of the Antai Palace and returned to her Shenhe Palace.The emperor wanted to play chess with Feng Jingsu, but there was no one in the garrison mansion, so he asked the eunuch to come into the harem to have a look.

Feng Jingsu was playing chess with the emperor. By the way, when he was talking about government affairs, someone came to report that the empress had put Concubine De into the palace.

Feng Jingsu stood up all of a sudden, only then did she realize her gaffe.She sat down again and waited for the emperor to speak.

"Concubine De? How long has it been since she went out?" the emperor asked strangely.

The eunuch who came to report couldn't tell, so he called Le Xin who reported the letter.Le Xin asked Chen Chongyi to invite Concubine De to talk, and the queen came in halfway, and said everything about escorting Concubine De to the palace.

The more the emperor listened, the more confused he became. It's normal for women in the harem to visit, why did he arrest Concubine De?Besides, as a Concubine De, even if she wanted to be arrested, she should at least communicate with the emperor, how could she handle it on her own?

"The empress is getting more and more unstable." The emperor said angrily.

Feng Jingsu stood up again, "Father, my son will go and have a look first, lest the Concubine De concubine also 'suicide'." She said the word suicide very emphatically.

The emperor immediately thought of Zhuang Ruoshui's matter, and nodded, "Must ensure the safety of Concubine De, I will go right away."

Feng Jingsu flew away as soon as she went out.

In fact, at this time, Concubine De has not yet entered the gate of the Palace Bureau.She met Concubine Wang Guifei on the road and stopped to chat for a few words, and then she met Concubine Tang Shu, of course she also had to chat for a few words, and after that, there were concubines from various palaces, and everyone went out one by one as if they had made an appointment. , small talk.

Concubine De didn't go out for many years, everyone thought it was rare to meet her, so of course they had to have a good chat.They walked all the way and chatted like this, until finally the queen caught up with her, and Concubine De had just walked to the gate of the Palace Bureau, and then Feng Jingsu fell from the sky and landed between the queen and Concubine De.

Concubine De met Feng Jingsu's worried gaze, smiled and shook her head, signaling that she was fine.

The queen said angrily: "Yun Yi, what are you going to do? Don't you dare to disobey my imperial edict?"

Feng Jingsu saw the ceremony, "Don't dare. Yun Yi is ordered by his father and emperor to ensure the safety of Concubine De."

The queen is angry, she doesn't intend to kill Concubine De for the time being, she just wants to detain Concubine De and force Qi Yuanhai to turn against him, so that the Cheng family still has hope.As long as she doesn't move Concubine De, nothing will happen to the emperor, she knows this very well.

A group of people entered the palace bureau, and An Lian, the maid in charge of the palace bureau, felt her head was getting bigger when she saw the queen, concubine De, and a princess.She didn't dare to speak either, and silently retreated, leaving the room for the three gods to fight.

Concubine De and Feng Jingsu didn't speak after they came in, but the queen couldn't help but speak. "Concubine De, how did you collude with Qi Yuanhai to frame the Cheng family?"

Concubine De didn't speak at all, she was too lazy to waste words with the queen.

The queen said angrily: "Concubine De, you didn't answer my question? But you knew you were guilty, so you just acquiesced?"

Concubine De smiled and said: "Empress, since you have already convicted the concubine, why bother to ask again? Whether the concubine is guilty or not, you can't decide, and the court affairs can't be decided, only your majesty can decide." .”

Concubine De is right, although the empress is the lord of the six palaces, her rights are also restricted.In the final analysis, this harem is still the emperor's harem, and as a concubine, the empress must ask the emperor for instructions.

There are several tricks that the queen plays very well, one is bitter tricks, and the other is time difference.It was like this when he killed Zhuang Ruoshui back then, and it's the same when he's dealing with Concubine De now.She miscalculated and underestimated Concubine De.Concubine De has been in the palace for so many years, she has never had any sense of presence, but she has seen the queen clearly in the dark.So she let Le Xin go out from the moment she entered Chen Chongyi's dormitory. Le Xin knew that the situation had changed when the queen arrived. The palace reported to the emperor without delay.

As for the time wasted by the concubines on the road, this is more understandable. Of course, if something happens to the Cheng family, the concubine Wang Guifei will step on it, and other people also have various selfish intentions. They dare not make big moves. Come out. It's okay to watch the excitement.

Concubine De is just one person, why dare to fight hard in the harem with the queen?It's not because she has Feng Jingsu, it's just because she has seen through the intricate situation in the harem.These people may not help her, but the queen is unlucky, these people will definitely step on her, it has nothing to do with right or wrong, good or evil, it is just a means of self-protection.