Yongzheng period

Looking at Yongzheng who was striding forward, he lowered his head and motioned to Huichun who was on the other side, "Go and see Concubine Qi."

Jian Qiu whispered, "Your Majesty, could it be that the Emperor..."

"It doesn't matter, at most, my palace is incapable of governance," the queen was not impatient, "this palace has never been involved in this matter from the beginning to the end."

It's just that the emperor's eyeliner method this time makes her quite afraid.

In the back hall, nobleman Cao was still asleep, and the imperial physician, Yinxiu, Xiaoxiazi and two other young eunuchs were all standing by.

As soon as Yongzheng entered, he asked Zhang Mi, "How is Cao Guiren?"

Zhang Mi replied respectfully, "My lord had faint signs of premature birth. Today, I was frightened and my lower body turned red, but fortunately the emperor's heir is fine. After the minister prescribed the medicine, nothing happened."

"Signs of premature birth?" Concubine Hua wondered.

"Yes, I'm afraid there is something unclean."

Concubine Qi got a little angry when she heard the words, "It seems that sister Hua Concubine has to check your Yikun Palace carefully, otherwise Cao Guiren's child will disappear for no apparent reason—"

"Shut up!" Yongzheng raised his hand and threw the teacup on the table onto Concubine Qi's face.

The other concubines were all stunned by Yongzheng's actions. It was rare for Yongzheng to directly shame a concubine—let alone attack the old concubine Qi?I'm afraid I was really angry.

Concubine Qi blushed and knelt down, the tea was hanging on the flag head, the tea flowed down the side of her face, she looked very embarrassed.

Yongzheng said in a deep voice, "Zhang Mi, is the main cause of Mrs. Cao's fetal gas being slipping and falling from the stone steps?"

"That's right."

Concubine Jing glanced at Concubine Qi and said, "The stone steps are rough, how could Mr. Cao slip?"

Xiaoxiazi knelt down when he heard the words, "Your Majesty, I saw two people sneaking around and went up to check. After saving Cao Guiren, I found that someone had smeared fresh fish oil on the stone steps."

"Fish oil? What a delicate idea." Yongzheng smiled instead of anger, "Can you see who those sneaky two are?"

"The slave is following Eunuch Su to do business, and he will have some impression after walking around a lot." Xiao Xiazi quickly glanced at Concubine Qi and He Changzai who were silent behind him.

"One is Xiao Wenzi from Concubine Qi's palace, and the other is Luo Mei who is by He Chang's side."

【Eight】

Jiangnan Weaving Mansion, Zhen's family.

Zhen Yingjia was hosting a banquet in the main hall, when he saw Bao Yong hurried up and said, "Several adults from the Inspectorate are here, and the leader is Mr. Zuodu Censor Nalan, and he brought a lot of officers and soldiers. The servant said he would introduce him, Several adults said 'no need' - it is already outside the main hall, and those officers and soldiers are guarding outside the mansion."

The wine in Zhen Yingjia's heart was immediately withdrawn. Zuodu Censor Nalan Kuixu was Mingzhu's second son, a die-hard member of the Eighth Lord Party, and came to Jiangnan without any news from thousands of miles away.

A while ago, when Lin Ruhai returned to Beijing to report on his duties, the emperor had already shown his attitude towards the Jiangnan officialdom because of the great rewards given to him by the emperor. Mrs. Zhen wanted to use the Jia family to save the Zhen family from fire and water—as Zhen Yingjia expected, she gave away several gifts one after another. The gifts of the car are like sinking into the sea.Jia Wang's Lions opened their mouths to get the benefits, but showed hypocrisy on the face but did not take any action.

Zhen Yingjia knew in his heart that the Jia family was a generation with no successors but a follower of power, and he didn't want the Jia family to go through fire and water—but he never thought that they would simply give up their face!

Or did the Jia family think they could swing left and right?

Zhen Yingjia didn't show her face, she walked out of the main entrance to meet Nalan Kuixu, and said respectfully, "Master Nalan, please, it happens that the banquet is not over yet, Your Excellency has some palace affairs coming? You might as well go inside and have a talk."

At this time, I will find myself a step down.Kui Xu sneered in his heart, "Excuse me, Ming people don't speak dark words, Mr. Zhen should also know why I came here today." Kui Xu turned and ordered, "Send two teams to guard the front and back doors, and the rest Enter the mansion and search carefully—this Zhen mansion has been 'picked up' four times, so don't miss anything."

"Yes!"

The servants of Zhen's mansion were astonished by this scene, and Du Baoyong led people in to protect the old lady, lady and young masters.All of a sudden, officers and soldiers came and went in and out of the main hall, and the exclamation of the women's servants kept coming and going, and Zhen Baoyu also curled up in Mrs. Zhen's arms at a loss.

Rao Zhen Yingjia had made preparations in his heart before, and seeing this scene, he could hardly stand firm - the foundation of the ancestors will be destroyed today!

Zhen Yingjia forced himself to speak, "My lord, Rong Bing, I would like to hand over all the correspondence—may the emperor read it for the sake of the Zhen family's loyalty to the late emperor—"

"Master Zhen has a good plan," Nalan Kuixu sighed with a half-smile, "It's just that your lord seems to have forgotten the shortfall of millions of taels of silver in the weaving mansion—the emperor has always hated those corrupt and illegal exploiters the most." A sycophant who is fat and anointed by the people. Does Master Zhen say so?"

*

The Zhen Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River was gloomy, and the tense atmosphere in the Old Summer Palace was no less.

Xiaoxia pointed out that the two servants who harmed Cao Guiren were Concubine Qi and He Chang in the palace, and all the concubines had some signs in their hearts-Xiaoxiazi was Su Peisheng's apprentice, but the emperor's man.

"Your Majesty, no... my concubine..." Concubine Qi shook her body and opened her mouth to explain something, but He Chang reacted and knelt down in front of Yongzheng with a plop, and opened her mouth to cry out for grievances.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty Mingjian, all of these are the concubine's mastermind who instigated this concubine to do this! The concubine was coerced by her to—"

"Shut up!" Yongzheng got up and looked down at Mrs. He, "I still have to quibble - Su Peisheng, bring someone here."

"Yes."

"Slave ordering emerald greens, greeting the emperor and the empress, I have met all the empresses and young masters." A thin little maid came in and knelt down and kowtowed, it was the maid who was bullied by the He family every day.That day when He Shi and Concubine Qi discussed getting rid of Cao Qinmo's fetus, they never shy away from her.

He Chang understood in an instant, and she rushed forward regardless of the scene, "Bitch! How dare you betray me!"

Dian Cui struggled in horror, "My lord! Murdering the heir is a serious crime, slave, slave, I don't want to die!"

"Okay, let's pull He Changzai down soon," Yong said with a serious expression, and looked at Diancui again, "tell me the whole story."

"Yes, the young master has been in a 'depressed' mood since he was demoted, until the day when the concubine Qi came to visit." Diancui glanced at the concubine Qi, "The concubine Qi is worried that if the nobleman Cao gives birth to a prince, the status of the third elder brother will be endangered. Then he said that it was Cao Guiren who caused her to become like this, so he wanted to take revenge on Cao Guiren..."

Yongzheng glanced at He Shi who was put on the ground and gagged, "He Shi, do you want to argue again? That being the case, those two slaves were killed with sticks, He gave white silk, and as for Concubine Qi—"

"Your Majesty, there are still doubts about this matter." Concubine Yu said slowly, "The imperial physician Zhang just said that Cao Guiren had signs of miscarriage before, and it was due to the use of unclean things. Who gave this medicine? And Why does the Concubine Qi think that Cao Guiren's child will threaten the third elder brother for no reason? Let alone whether the child Cao Guiren conceived is male or female, it is not clear, even if the elder brother is born, it is still a baby. If it is a threat, Wouldn't the fourth elder brother raised by the concubine Duan and the fifth elder brother born to the concubine become even more of a threat? Let's take a step back and say that the medicine is what the concubine Qi and He Changzai did, and He Changzai fell out of favor. As a concubine, her every move attracts people's attention, where did the harmful medicine come from? Or is someone instigating Concubine Qi?"

Hearing her words, all the concubines had their own guesses.Concubine Duan, who was silent from the beginning to the end, was most surprised. Concubine Yu has always been indifferent to the world, neither competing for favor nor fighting.How did you get involved today?

"Concubine Yu really thinks too much," the queen comforted in a gentle voice, "Concubine Qi and Concubine Hua are at odds with each other, and Mrs. Cao is on good terms with Concubine Hua. Concubine Qi may be angry for a while and think about it. As for the medicine, why not?" It must not be difficult for Chang Zazeng to frequently go in and out of Yikun Palace."

The queen's words condemned the two concubines Qi to death.Concubine Yu did not take the ladder that the Empress descended from, "If we talk about friendship, the Empress and Concubine Qi also have a very good friendship? The third elder brother also received the teachings of the Empress Empress in the early years, and the Empress Concubine Hua has 'no intention' You have offended the Empress many times in the movie, I think you also remember it in your heart? The concubine remembers that the Empress is the one who is most proficient in pharmacology—she even protected the fetus of the former Empress.”—and eventually the nurse became dystocia.

This is to bluntly suspect that the Queen used Concubine Qi to eliminate dissidents.

The queen was stabbed in the scar, almost became angry from embarrassment, and snapped, "Concubine Yu! Don't talk nonsense here, trying to confuse the saint!"

"My harem is so wonderful, I only know today." Yongzheng said coldly.

"Your majesty..." The queen was eager to defend.

"In the past, it was the concubine who didn't know how to speak and offended the empress," Concubine Hua said suddenly, "The concubine apologized to the empress, but she didn't know that the empress hated the concubine so much that she angered Cao Guiren, and even refused to let go of the fetus in her womb. Pass."

"You, Concubine Hua!" The queen was so angry that she was about to vomit blood.

Yongzheng added insult to injury, "There is discord in the harem, is this the ability of your empress?"

These words were so serious that the queen didn't dare to refuse any more and just knelt down.Yongzheng wanted to reprimand him, so he heard the little eunuch outside the door shout, "The Empress Dowager is here—"

【nine】

Yongzheng saw the Empress Dowager rushing over to greet her, "Why is the Empress Dowager here?"

"Cao Guiren's child was almost killed by Concubine Qi. Of course Ai's family has to come after such a big incident," the queen mother swept across the kneeling queen, and made a final decision. Your lord, why did the Ai family just hear that Concubine Yu said that she suspected the Queen?"

"The concubine just feels that there are still doubts about the matter, so she boldly speculates." Concubine Yu replied meekly.

"Conjecture?" The Empress Dowager looked at her with vague eyes, "Concubine Yu said it lightly." The Empress Dowager looked back at Yongzheng again, "The Emperor