Yongzheng period

Gradually, the words choked up, and I couldn't help but look unbearable.

Baochai was the best at observing words and expressions, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine is begging so much, do you want to see her?"

"No need," Yongzheng said in a low voice, "I saw you because I didn't want to see her—" Fu pondered for a while, and said, "Forget it, you go down first. Su Peisheng—"

Su Peisheng quickly opened the curtain and came in, "Your Majesty."

Seeing this, Baochai glanced at Yongzheng's face, but couldn't see anything, and felt uneasy, so she said, "Your maidservant will leave."

Seeing that Gong agreed to retire, Yongzheng signaled Su Peisheng to take the memorial on the table, and said calmly, "Please go back, noble concubine, and tell her: If you want me to get angry, just go and make trouble. Besides, the noble concubine doesn't seem to know her brother's great achievements." , show her this brochure."

Su Peisheng couldn't figure out what Yongzheng was thinking, so he said in a low voice, "Yes, this servant invites the noble concubine back to the palace."

After a while, the cries of the imperial concubine could no longer be heard outside the Nuan Pavilion.Yongzheng stared at the Buddhist beads in his hand, and heaved a long sigh.

*

Kunning Palace

The queen sat on the top and slowly sipped the new tea served by the House of Internal Affairs, while the nobleman on the bottom was fidgeting while holding Princess Wen Yi.

The queen looked at the one-year-old Wen Yi who was quietly lying in the arms of the nobleman and smiled slightly, "It can be seen that you have raised the princess very well." Then there was something in the words, "It's just that you were able to do so because of the noble concubine's advice. The princess was brought up as a nobleman, but now that the family has been convicted of crimes, the noble concubine has also been implicated by him, the poor princess is still so young, but she will be disliked by her Ama for no reason."

The Xiang nobleman was uneasy when he heard the words, and was even more panicked when he thought about the scene where he used Wen Yi to see Yongzheng to help the noble concubine to speak, and quickly knelt down and said, "It is really helpless for a concubine to attach herself to a noble concubine, and the harem is inevitable. What does the princess have to do with these things when she is young!"

Seeing that the queen was still unmoved, the nobleman gritted his teeth and said, "The empress is the master of the harem, and the concubine is willing to advance and retreat with the empress."

The queen's eyes flickered slightly, but her tone was quite friendly, "Although you are not favored, you are the one who gave birth to the princess. If you can do something in this matter, I can persuade the emperor to promote you as the main concubine—" Wouldn't it be a good plan for the princess?"

Xianggui was silent for a while, and then saw Wen Yi's innocence before he made up his mind.

"...The concubine has the handle of the imperial concubine. The reason why the imperial concubine uses most of the luxury things in the harem far beyond the rules in the palace is because she accepts bribes from foreign officials, and then transfers the gift-giving officials to Nian Gengyao. The power is introduced forward."

【22】

Kunning Palace

"... Concubine Hua's elder brother disrespected the emperor and was demoted and blamed," the queen said indifferently, "So I also know that you have always disliked the concubine's temperament, but after all, you are also sisters in the same palace. At this time, please comfort me a lot. She is."

"Yes, empress." All the concubines replied respectfully.

"Speaking of which, although the noble concubine is pitiful, it is her brother Nian Gengyao's fault. He is used to being arrogant and domineering." The minister participated in the play."

Daiyu listened to the queen's high-sounding words and thought deeply, thinking that today might be a little more lively.The noble concubine was just about to be pushed. How could the queen, who had been overwhelmed by the noble concubine from the palace, miss this good opportunity?It's just that I don't know whose hand the queen will borrow.

Sure enough, Mr. Xianggui solemnly knelt down and pleaded guilty with Yinxiu, "Your Majesty, forgive me, my concubine is guilty."

"It's fine, what's the matter with you?" The queen looked concerned.

Xianggui buried her head even lower, and said with remorse, "My concubine knows this very well, but has kept it a secret until now, and now I dare not not say it."

"What's the matter, tell me."

"The emperor asked Nian Gengyao to accept Zhao Zhiyuan's 20 taels worth of jewelry twice, and half of them were sent to the Yikun Palace!" The nobleman said eagerly, "That's why the noble concubine ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make luxurious gold and silver. Jewelry, and this is not the first time that a noble concubine has done so."

"What! Accepting bribes from foreign officials is a serious crime," the queen asked scoldingly, "Since you know about it, why did you hide it until now?"

"The concubine didn't know about it!" the nobleman cried, "It was just that one day the concubine took the princess to the imperial garden to play, and then I bumped into it by accident, but the concubine threatened the concubine with the princess, saying that if the concubine dared to say anything Second, besides the concubine, the biological mother, the princess will be captured and raised!"

Yingchun couldn't bear to hear the words, and said in a low voice, "The princess is still young, how can the noble concubine behave like this?"

"Hmph, you haven't been in the palace yet and you don't know the behavior of noble concubines," Xingui said kindly, "Does she do such domineering things too often?" Then she sighed, "The concubine really understands Xianggui's feelings, which mother is not afraid of her own feelings?" The child was taken away by someone else."

The queen suddenly scolded Concubine Duan, "Concubine Duan, the emperor entrusted you and the noble concubine with the palace affairs. Don't you realize that there is a mistake in the imperial concubine's role in the palace?"

"This..." Concubine Duan had a troubled expression on her face, "The noble concubine was so aggressive a few years ago, it would be good if the concubine was willing to take a look at the account books in the palace on weekdays. However, the concubine can't do anything about the big and small matters of Yikun Palace. I can see what the imperial concubine has done."

"That's right, empress," Concubine Yu chimed in, "Sister Concubine Duan never likes disputes, but Concubine Gui..."

Everyone knows what Concubine Yu said, so Daiyu thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, what Mr. Xiang said is nothing more than your own, may you please ask your concubine to confront you?"

"Alright," the queen nodded, "Jiang Fuhai, go and invite the noble concubine over."

On the palace road, Zhou Ninghai walked beside the imperial concubine's chariot, hesitant to speak but stopped, "My lady, there is a new order regarding the general."

After reading the dozens of major crimes listed in the memorial, Concubine Hua no longer begged Yongzheng, she was already prepared.At this time, seeing Zhou Ninghai's appearance of fearing that she would be stimulated again, he couldn't help but said dejectedly, "Just say what you want, there is nothing else I can't say."

"The emperor issued a decree to blame the old man for teaching his son, and removed the two young masters, Nian Fu Nian Xing, from their positions."

"My brother was punished for his mistakes, how could it affect my father and the family." Nian Shilan felt sore, "The emperor doesn't intend to show any kindness."

Looking up, he saw Jiang Fuhai rushing over, "The imperial concubine is safe."

Nian Shilan adjusted her mood and said coldly, "What's the matter?"

Jiang Fuhai replied respectfully, "The Empress wants to see you immediately, please go to Kunning Palace."

"Okay, I also want to see the queen." Concubine Hua naturally refused to lose face in front of her old enemy for many years, "Let's go——"

*

The nobleman in Kunning Palace still kowtowed to the ground, "My lord, forgive me, there is one more thing I dare not say about my concubine."

The Queen's voice was majestic, "You can speak boldly."

"At the time when Xue Chang had a miscarriage in the palace, it was the imperial concubine who ordered people to do this!" The nobleman said convincingly, "The concubine saw with her own eyes that the imperial concubine ordered Songzhi to put something in Xue Changzai's medicine, but afterwards she didn't know why I put the blame on Mrs. Fang's maidservant, and that's why the two of them became enmity."

"It's actually like this," the queen sighed when she heard the words, "It's just that both of them were thrown into the cold palace, and Mrs. Fang was already insane, and Xue Changzai also killed the heir in Mrs. Fang's belly, otherwise it would be fine. It's a case."

The Xiang nobleman was still crying, "The concubine is domineering, and the concubines dare not fight against her, so they have to hide it until now. After having a princess, they will be coerced by the concubine everywhere!"

As soon as the words fell, Nian Shilan brought someone in. She stared at Cao Qinmo, who was kneeling on the ground, with fierce eyes, kicked him, and said bitterly, "Bitch!"

"Ah!" Cao Qin fell to the ground in embarrassment.

"Master Nian! What are you doing!" the queen scolded, "How can you be presumptuous in Kunning Palace!"

Concubine Hua Guifei sneered, "I don't allow this palace to be presumptuous and presumptuous many times!" She looked at the queen's sullen expression, and said word by word, "Is it still worse this time?!" The son went to beat the nobleman, "Slut! Slut! How dare you betray me! Have you forgotten who brought you to this position! And who tried every means to please me! It's a waste of Bengong's trust in you!"

"Everyone heard it, it was the noble concubine who said it herself!" The queen pointed to Nian Shilan, with a tone of complacency, "I have a close relationship with the nobleman Xiang, so everything the nobleman Xiang said is credible!" Then she ordered Said, "Jianqiu, go and inform the emperor, order the Punishment Department to scrutinize the servants of Yikun Palace!"

"No need, I came here by myself." After Yongzheng said that, he walked into the inner hall from the outside, and he didn't know how long he had been watching outside.

The queen was greatly surprised, and hastily stepped forward to salute, "Concubines/concubines, etc. respectfully welcome the emperor's peace."

"Excuse me, how dare I be safe." Yongzheng snorted coldly, glanced at the nobleman Xiang covering his face and the concubine who was anxious, and said slowly, "My beloved concubines gave me a good show. "

"Your majesty," Concubine Yu said slowly, "Let's not talk about the old affairs of the mansion, the imperial concubine is extremely daring in accepting bribes! I wonder how the emperor will punish her?"

"Your Majesty! My concubine—" Concubine Hua was about to defend herself, but she was stopped by Yongzheng's eyes. "Young concubine, please go back to the palace first. As for the people of Yikun Palace, I will send someone to interrogate myself—"

Yongzheng's tone turned cold, "Since the queen blamed Concubine Duan for her mishandling, let the palace affairs be returned to the queen, Concubine Duan will assist you." Before the queen could be happy and thank her, Yongzheng looked at the queen and said word by word, "Queen, it's best Don't make me think you're incompetent."

The queen's heart trembled, and she hurriedly said, "The concubine will definitely rectify the harem."

Yongzheng took one last look at Nian Shilan, who was trying to keep himself calm, and walked out in silence.

*

At the beginning of February, Nian Gengyao was finally sentenced to death for 92 serious crimes.