[Red House] Harem Road in Spring

"It is the crime of a concubine not to restrain the family well!"

There's never been a more crisp confession than the queen.

The queen knelt down in the hall with a submissive face, even though she knew all along that the Cui family was greedy for glory and wealth, but correspondingly, they were also extremely timid, and they would not dare to do murder and arson even if they gave them ten guts.

But what about hiding this time?Will the next frame-up be more ruthless than this time?

So, while she can still control it, so be it!

The emperor frowned, "There are such evil things in the capital?"

Three more ministers came out from the banquet, knelt down on the ground, and said, "Please the emperor punish the ministers for their negligence and plead guilty."

It seems that these three people are the officials in charge of public security in the capital.

"One month of contemplation behind closed doors, one year's salary fine."

"Thank you, Your Majesty," the three returned to the table gratefully.

"Your Majesty, the concubines have been away from the Cui family for several years. I don't know if anyone in the Cui family will do what the lord said. However, the concubines know that the state-owned state has family rules. If the Cui family really does such a bad thing ,The concubine asked the emperor to investigate and deal with it in accordance with the law." The queen's expression of understanding righteousness caused many people in the hall to show admiration.

Not only that, the queen pleaded guilty again.

"If this is true, the matter of the Cui family is also due to the negligence of the ministers and concubines, and the crimes of the ministers and concubines. I beg the emperor to punish the crimes of negligence of the ministers and concubines."

The queen played very slickly and retreated to advance. From the beginning, she confessed her guilt to appease the emperor's anger, and then slowly said when she regained her senses after she was furious. Is it true that Ruo Cui's family matter?

The queen is so careful, if there is someone more capable in the Cui family, it is not impossible to resolve this conspiracy.

And to be able to resolve the conspiracy against her to this state of waiting to be found out, the queen took a lot of trouble.

But will things really go as the queen wishes?

"Your Majesty, this is the album drawn according to Miss Chen's description." The minister took out a piece of paper from his sleeve.

The eunuch stepped forward to take it and handed it to the emperor.

When the paper was handed to the emperor by the eunuch, because of the angle, Yingchun saw the appearance, material and age of the jade pendant.

If the description of the jade pendant hadn't been faked, then that item was indeed priceless.

"Huh?" Concubine Xian who was beside Yingchun suddenly uttered in doubt, and after realizing that she was being impolite, she quickly lowered her head as a gesture of respect.

"Why did Concubine Xian speak up? Could it be that she has other opinions on this jade pendant?" The concubine interrupted and asked.

"No, Sister Concubine is wrong." Concubine Xian shifted her gaze to other places with a guilty conscience, but she didn't dare to look at Concubine Gui.

"What's going on? Why are you whispering?" The emperor turned around and asked Concubine Xian.

Obviously, the emperor was startled by what they said just now.

"My Majesty, when Concubine Xian's younger sister saw this piece of paper just now, she had a strange expression on her face. This concubine thought that Concubine Xian knew something, so she asked." The concubine stood up and answered.

All of a sudden, everyone turned their attention to Concubine Xian, that jade pendant, that jade pendant was related to the case of the Chen family extermination.

Concubine Xian's eyes flew wildly, obviously she knew something but was unwilling to say it, and because all eyes were drawn to Concubine Xian, no one except Yingchun noticed the sudden change in the queen's face.

"Concubine Xian." The minister below suddenly shouted excitedly, "This jade pendant has disappeared since the Chen family was wiped out. As long as we find out where the jade pendant is, the murderer behind it will have nothing to say. Seeking Concubine Xian For the sake of the tragedy of the Chen family that was exterminated, open your mouth and tell what you know about this jade pendant."

The ministers kneeling below prayed earnestly, really looking like a parent official who hurts the people's pain and is anxious about the people's urgency.

"Bengong...Bengong...I don't know anything." Concubine Xian said in a hurry, after she finished speaking, she carefully looked at the emperor's expression.

"Your majesty..." The minister seemed to have realized that in order for Concubine Xian to speak, the emperor must give orders, so he begged the emperor instead.

"Concubine Xian, if you have anything to say, just say it, tell the truth. I'm here to watch!" the emperor said.

Concubine Xian bowed her head in response, with uneasiness in her voice, she hesitated to look at the queen, and then said hesitantly, "The first concubine went to Fengzao Palace to meet the empress, and saw the empress playing with her." A piece of jade pendant is somewhat similar to the jade pendant that the adult presented and painted on paper."

Concubine Xian seemed to want to excuse the queen after she finished speaking, and said, "There are similarities in things, maybe the concubine misunderstood."

"Concubine Xian, don't spit blood!" The queen said angrily.

Concubine Xian quickly gave in and said, "Empress, please forgive me, it's my concubine talking nonsense, after all things are similar."

This time it seemed that the queen was aggressive, and the concubine Xian was afraid of the queen's power and did not dare to speak.

"You..." The queen wasn't stupid, she just felt even more angry.But when he opened his mouth, all the words poured into his throat, but he couldn't speak.

"Your Majesty, the jade pendant has been found, and the injustice of the Chen family will be revealed to the world!" The minister said excitedly, obviously ignoring the queen's rebuttal, and determined that the jade pendant was in the queen's hands.

This time, the queen became even more anxious. Her previous calmness was naturally because it was just a guess without any evidence, but now, not only was a piece of evidence created, but this evidence also appeared in her palace.

"Your Majesty, there is indeed a jade pendant in the hands of the concubine, but that jade pendant was a congratulatory gift from the Cui family to the concubine when the concubine entered the palace as the queen half a year ago.

And what this lord said, the loss of the jade pendant of dragon, phoenix and acacia of the Chen family was only a matter of these few days, no matter how capable the concubine was, it was impossible for the concubine to travel through time half a year ago to get the jade pendant that the Chen family had just acquired in the past few days hands.The objects are similar, not to mention that they are not the same jade pendant, if it is really the same jade pendant, the concubine should suspect how the Chen family got the dragon and phoenix acacia jade pendant from the imperial palace to his house. "

The queen cut off all possibilities with one sentence, no matter whether the piece of jade pendant presented is the same as the one in her hand, it has nothing to do with her, no!There are relationships!It's okay if it's not the same piece, but if it's the same piece, then please tell the Chen family how they got her, the mother of a nation's jade pendant!

After all, he got that jade pendant more than half a year ago, but the Chen family only got the jade pendant during this time.

"Your Majesty, can I ask the Empress to find that jade pendant for my ministers to compare." The minister suggested.

"Queen?" asked the emperor.

"Yes, the concubine will be taken by someone." The emperor spoke, and the queen naturally would not refuse.

"When people outside the palace send things to the palace, they will be registered in the register, so let your palace lady bring the register." The emperor said.

If it can be proved that the jade pendant belonged to the queen half a year ago, the queen's suspicion can always be cleared.

"Yes"

In order to show fairness and to avoid taboo, two maids from Fengzao Palace and two eunuchs from Daming Palace went with them.

How far is the distance between Daming Palace and Fengzao Palace?Not far away, behind Daming Palace is Fengzao Palace, so, soon, the people sent to Fengzao Palace came back.

It's just that their expressions don't seem quite right.

"How?" The Queen's attitude changed from confident to apprehensive.

"My Majesty, the account book is placed in a storeroom in the East Side Hall. Because the house is leaking, the handwriting on the account book has long been blurred, and I can only vaguely see that it says a certain year, month, and day. The Cui family has a jade pendant. As for What kind of jade pendant, it is no longer reliable." The eunuch of Daming Palace who also went to Fengzao Palace answered.

"How could it be?" The queen was full of disbelief.

"The jade pendant has been found, and after identification, it is exactly the same as the blueprint presented by Mr. He." The eunuch said again.

"No...impossible..." The queen couldn't accept this ending, and couldn't help but take a step back.

Things seem to have become clear here, the queen said that she had the jade pendant half a year ago, but she couldn't find any evidence to prove it.Moreover, the jade pendant in her hand is exactly the same as the one worn by the Chen family.

It seems that the jade pendant of the Chen family was indeed obtained by the Cui family and presented to the queen. Now that the incident happened, the queen was afraid of implicating herself, so she made an excuse to say that she had obtained the jade pendant half a year ago, hoping to get rid of the crime.

"Perhaps what the empress said was true. The Chen family had known about certain characteristics of this jade pendant long ago, so they framed the empress. Since the empress got the jade pendant half a year ago, someone should have seen it The empress has worn it, right? The registration book has an accident and cannot be seen clearly, but someone has seen it worn by the empress, which is also a proof to the empress." The minister kindly suggested.

"This... the maids around me can prove it." The queen said such unbelievable words.Everyone knows that the ones who can't prove a certain thing are the slaves around the master, because the slaves don't dare to resist in front of the master, and the master will do whatever he says.

The queen's complexion can be said to be quite ugly, this dragon and phoenix acacia jade pendant was indeed obtained by her more than half a year ago.

At that time, she had just become a queen for the first time, and the Cui family was so excited and smug, so they searched for this jade pendant at a huge price, in order for her to wear this jade pendant at the queen conferring ceremony, which would raise her price by a hundred. Increase the prestige of the queen.

However, later on, the empress ceremony that she and the Cui family expected did not come, even if everyone called her a queen, even if she lived in Fengzao Palace, her name was not right.

She fell out of favor as soon as she entered the palace, but she was called a queen without the glory and real power of a queen.

The dragon and phoenix acacia jade pendant was actually intended to be worn by her at the empress ceremony, but since there was no empress ceremony, the jade pendant never had a chance to wear it.

In fact, she can also wear it in private, but as soon as she sees that jade pendant, she remembers the original intention of preparing that jade pendant. Naturally, she can't wait to get rid of the disturbing things, so why would she wear it in private to embarrass herself? ?

Therefore, except for the maids around her, no one knew that she had this jade pendant.

This made her now covered in mouths but unable to speak clearly.

"How can the maid beside the master be trusted?"

I don't know whose voice sounded in the quiet hall, but it also spoke out the hearts of everyone.

"Since the concubine Xian saw the empress wearing the jade pendant of dragon and phoenix acacia the day before, I don't know if the concubine noble and concubine Shu have seen this jade pendant? If they saw it, when was it?" the minister asked again.

The minister looked as if he would swear to prove the queen's innocence.

The imperial concubine looked at the emperor, saw the emperor nodded, and then replied, "I have never seen the empress wearing the dragon and phoenix acacia jade pendant."

Seeing everyone's gazes on her, Yingchun also said honestly, "I have never seen a queen wearing a dragon and phoenix jade pendant."

She will not perjure the queen, nor will she frame the queen, so she has never seen that jade pendant in the queen's palace.

Speaking of this, Yingchun suddenly discovered that she seemed to have never found anything around the queen that symbolized harmony between husband and wife, flying together, but she was never hypocritical, and there were several embroidered quilts on the bed that were mandarin ducks and flatbirds. , Lianlizhi and other patterns, but the emperor did not have any of them.

The queen's eyes turned from anticipation to numbness, heh, what evidence?Concubine Xian said that she saw the dragon and phoenix acacia jade pendant at her place before, huh?That piece of jade pendant has been locked in the box since she entered the palace, and she has never worn it and never seen the sun, where did Concubine Xian see it?

The corner of the emperor's mouth couldn't help but sneer, no wonder Concubine Xian wandered to her Fengzao Palace for no reason the day before yesterday, it turned out that she had been setting up a situation since that day.

The position of empress is really tempting, let the concubine Xian and the concubine concubine concubine concubine concubine Xian make many calculations for this, who knows that one day she will step down from the back position, and the concubine concubine and concubine Xian who work together will fight to the death.

It's just that she, Cui Jiayide, is not so easy to calculate, she still has to guard the position of queen, Yan Shi and Lu Shi, just go and envy them!

It is very painful for a strong man to break his wrist, but it is very effective, and he can also hold the most important step.

The empress knelt down on the ground full of desolation, "I don't know why the dragon and phoenix jade pendant of the Chen family is exactly the same as the one I got half a year ago. Maybe the concubine remembered it wrong. Please punish the emperor."

The queen never admitted that the Chen family matter had anything to do with her, but she was willing to accept the emperor's punishment, as if she had to plead guilty for the sake of the overall situation, or because she had nothing to say.

"Your Majesty, if this matter is really done by the Cui family and the empress is implicated, then the empress is really unbearable as the mother of a country. However, it is unreasonable to declare the guilt of the empress and punish the empress without convincing evidence!"

Elder Lu Ge came forward and said, as if he was pleading for the queen, but the queen didn't appreciate it, at least on the surface.

"Lu Ge said that my palace is not suitable for the position of empress, so who is worthy? Lu Guifei, Lu Ge's daughter?" the queen said clearly.

At this time, many people also thought that this old Lu Ge's daughter is a noble concubine in the palace, she is only below the empress and above all concubines, so if something happens to the empress, Concubine Lu Guifei may also win the posthumous position.

Old Lu Ge didn't look at the queen, he seemed to disdain women's quarrels, but he said mercilessly, "I said that if the matter of the Lin family was done by the Cui family and the empress, then the empress can't bear it." The mother of the country, but what happened to the Lin family was done by the Empress and the Cui family?"

Queen:  …

So, the angry queen seems to have become angry from embarrassment!

Empress, "Of course it wasn't my palace's fault, but Lu Ge, once a high-ranking minister, has his eyes fixed on this harem woman, don't you think it's too lenient?"

A man who casts his eyes on the concubine will inevitably make people feel that his hands are too long. As long as he is an emperor, he will be angry!

Elder Lu Ge hadn't spoken yet, so there were naturally people who would charge for Elder Lu Ge.

"The queen's words are wrong! The queen's mother is the mother of a country, and she doesn't give up to men, so how can she be called a girly generation! The queen is humble!" A minister said with a look of praise for the queen.

There is always a word, the emperor has no family affairs!

"Okay!" The emperor stopped impatiently, as if he was a little annoyed.

At this time, the empress solemnly knelt down on the ground and paid her respects, making the atmosphere in the hall solemn for no reason.

"Your Majesty, since the concubine entered the palace as a queen, she has always been entrusted by the emperor. She failed to manage the affairs of the harem for the emperor, coordinate the relationship between the concubines, and never gave birth to a son and a half for the emperor. Now it is even more serious. For this kind of scandal, the ministers and concubines are ashamed of the royal ancestors, and even more ashamed of their holy face."

The queen cried, and the sound was tearful.

"The concubine is willing to live in the Jingfo Hall of the harem forever, praying for the emperor, praying for my Daming country, may God bless my emperor, God bless Daming!"

Willing to use my whole life of freedom in exchange for a piece of clarity in front of the Buddha, the queen's words, from the love of her children to the country, are so soul-stirring, and also make some passionate people excited and infinitely admired!

As for the emperor, didn't some people covet her as queen and wanted to pull her down?Then she will live in the Buddhist hall, praying for the emperor and Daming, to see who dares to hit the idea of ​​abolishing the empress on the empress who gave up her life to pray for Daming.

Xianfei, Guifei, so what if they are greedy for the position of empress, don't try to take it away from her.