The Job of an Imperial Concubine

"Master!" Tingzhu stood outside the tent, Zhuang Luoyan couldn't see her expression clearly, but it seemed that something bad had happened to Tingzhu.

"What happened?" Zhuang Luoyan took a deep breath, let Tingzhu set up the curtain, listened to the sound of rain outside the window, lightning and thunder made this night extraordinarily terrifying.

"I seem to have heard screams coming from outside," Ting Zhu frowned, "I don't know what happened."

"It's thunderous and rainy tonight, we didn't hear anything," Zhuang Luoyan pondered for a while, "No one needs to go out tonight." Regardless of whether it was related to her or not, she made up her mind not to go out . Wiping the sweat off his forehead, "Go to sleep too."

"But, if someone intentionally..." Ting Zhu was still worried.

"There are no fools in this palace. Right or wrong is in the eyes of the emperor." Zhuang Luoyan was very satisfied with Tingzhu's carefulness. She didn't even have a lamp at the moment, so she didn't want to cause trouble. "It's raining so hard, it's okay Who will go out."

Tingzhu nodded, glanced out the window where the lightning flashed and thundered, and retreated softly.

Lightning flashed and thundered all night, and the next morning finally cleared up. Gao Dezhong got up early and waited outside the emperor's bedroom, just waiting for the emperor's summons. At this moment, he saw a little eunuch running over with a panicked expression.

"Director Gao, three corpses were found in the peach grove at Master Zhao's side. Master Zhao and the accompanying maids were all terrified. Now it's about the imperial physician."

When Gao Dezhong heard it, his brows were twitched together, what happened to Taolin these two days, did some people die?

Just at this time, Gao Dezhong heard movement in the room, Gao Dezhong said in a low voice: "Don't say anything about this, tell the empress quickly." This kind of thing can be big or small, it is really difficult to handle. "After finishing speaking, he led a group of court ladies and eunuchs into the door.

After changing clothes, Gao Dezhong bowed to straighten the corner of the robe for the emperor, but at this time the emperor spoke.

"What happened outside?" Feng Jin stretched out his arms, and let the female officer beside him straighten his sleeves.

"My servant heard that Master Zhao was frightened, and the imperial physician has already gone to Taoyu Pavilion." Gao Dezhong said cautiously.

"Scared?" Feng Jin frowned, "What's going on?"

"The servant heard that Master Zhao got up early this morning to visit the Taoyuan, but he saw three dead bodies, so he fainted from fright." Gao Dezhong straightened his robe and stepped aside.

"How come there are three corpses outside the garden for no reason." Feng Jin sneered, "This matter will be dealt with after I am in court."

"Yes." From what the emperor meant, he wanted to intervene in this matter. I'm afraid this matter is not that simple.

"Empress, these are the three corpses." Sitting in the main hall, the empress glanced at the three corpses covered with white cloth, and did not intend to let anyone lift the white cloth. She covered her nose with a handkerchief, "But Have you found out who it is?"

"Back to Empress, because these three people were struck by lightning, their faces are a little hard to identify, but after a careful inspection, the officials found that one of the three was Xiao Fangzi, the eunuch of Dianzhong Province, and two of them were Xiao Fangzi. Hongzhu and Jinguo, the cleaning maids of Chengtian Palace, Jinguo is the elder sister of the palace maid who was killed with a cane a few days ago." The guards of the imperial forest army glanced at the three corpses, and understood what was going on in their hearts, "The lower officials also found that, There is still unburned diamond yarn around Jin Guo's neck."

The queen glanced at the tray brought up by the eunuch. On the tray with a white cloth base, there were some scorched pieces of cloth. Some of the corners were blackened, but people could still tell what it was for.

"This is interesting. Could it be that Jin Guo is going to hang himself outside the peach forest because his sister is gone, but he also brings two companions with him?" The queen waved the eunuch back with the things, with a mocking expression on her face Suddenly turned to the other concubines in the hall, "Listen, is there such an interesting thing?"

Concubine Xian covered the corner of her mouth and said: "Where is such a strange thing, I'm afraid that someone with a heart will want to find some trouble."

If this golden fruit was hung alone in the peach grove last night, no matter in the eyes of anyone, they would think that this golden fruit wanted to turn into a ghost and would not let Zhao Chongyi go. It's a pity that the person who came up with this plan probably didn't expect it. Those who do such bad things will be struck by lightning.

The commander of the Imperial Forest Army ordered someone to lift the body down, cupped his fists and said, "Empress, this Jin Guo's neck bone has been broken. If the officer did not predict wrongly, Jin Guo was already dead before the lightning struck."

The corpse was carried out, the queen and the others were obviously more at ease, Concubine Shu said with a sneer: "There is nothing more to investigate, it's just that it can't be framed."

"Of course we still need to investigate, who is the person who framed him, and why he framed him," the queen sighed, "I just pity Zhao Chongyi, who was frightened so early in the morning, and I don't know what's going on now ?”

"Going back to Empress, Zhao Chongyi took medicine and will not wake up for a while," the imperial doctor standing in the corner replied, "But recently Zhao Chongyi must not be frightened anymore, otherwise it will hurt her brain and it will be bad."

The queen nodded, and asked the imperial physician to treat her well.

All the concubines present expressed concern on their faces, but who really cared on their faces. It's just a pity that Zhao Chongyi was so lucky that even if he was framed, God would help him, otherwise the thunder would not have struck sooner or later, and it would have struck when the two servants carried the corpse to the tree.

"The emperor is here."

The queen and other concubines got up and saluted one after another. Seeing that the emperor's expression was not good, the queen also knew that the emperor didn't like these messy things in the harem, so she didn't know how to speak for a while.

"How is Zhao Chongyi?" Along the way, Feng Jin had already understood most of the matter, and said with a gloomy expression, "This palace is getting more and more lively, something happened here today, and someone died there tomorrow, so there is no quiet time. !"

"Please calm down the emperor, the imperial physician came to see him and said that Zhao Chongyi was just a little shocked, and it's not a big deal if he's been resting for a while." The queen replied cautiously.

When Gao Dezhong heard this, his heart skipped a beat. In the harem, all the concubines who need to rest will probably end up resting forever. Is this intentional or unintentional for the empress?

"Can this place be used for rest?" Feng Jin sat down at the head, picked up the teacup, and looked at the general of the Imperial Forest Army who was standing in the middle of the room, "You should check this matter carefully, I really want to Let's see how many thoughtful people there are in this harem." After speaking, his eyes swept over everyone in the room.

Even if the concubines were not exhausted, at least they were calm and calm, but after the emperor's sweep, none of them dared to look up, even the empress slightly averted her gaze.

"Empress, you should clean up the harem too." Feng Jin looked away, put the teacup down heavily, stood up and said, "I'm going to see Zhao Chongyi."

"Yes," the queen hurriedly got up, and after seeing the emperor leaving with a cold face, she turned around and looked at the concubines, "you listened to what the emperor said today, if there are any dirty hands and feet in the palace, they will be sent away." Go ahead." This is not telling them to dismiss their slaves, but warning them to stop thinking about it. However, she didn't mention Zhuang Luoyan's resting anymore, as if she didn't say these words just now.

When Feng Jin entered the inner room, he saw the two girls who usually served Zhao Chongyi standing beside the bed with worried expressions, the corners of their eyes were still a little red and swollen, they seemed to have cried.

Tingzhu saw the emperor, hurriedly tried the tears from the corners of his eyes, and knelt down.

"Get up," Feng Jin went to the bed and sat down, looking at the pale woman on the bed, "The imperial doctor said, when will your master wake up?"

"Back to the emperor, the imperial doctor said it would only take half an hour, but now it's almost an hour," Ting Zhu said with a sob, "Originally, the master got up this morning with a headache, so the servants persuaded the master to go out for a walk. For this kind of thing, I beg the emperor to come down."

Feng Jin stared at the person on the bed without even looking at Tingzhu, "Get up, go and send the imperial physician in."

Tingzhu kowtowed, and then she wiped away her tears and retreated. When she reached the porch, she turned her head and saw that the emperor was twisting the quilt for the master, she lowered her head and walked out.

The skin touched by the fingertips was a bit cold, Feng Jin looked at this face, it was beautiful but not as beautiful as Concubine Shu and Concubine Yan. After the beautiful and lively eyes were closed, he actually felt a little pity. Such a pair of eyes should be open vividly instead of closing the pale eyelids.

While he was staring, the person on the bed suddenly opened his eyes, and there was still a bit of fear in his bewildered eyes, seeing him grabbing his sleeve robe with one hand, completely forgetting all the rules: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

"Aifei, I'm fine now," Feng Jin sighed in a low voice, took him into his arms pitifully, patted his back lightly, and could still feel the person in his arms trembling.

Ting Zhu, who had come to the door, saw the scene inside the house, and retreated outside with the imperial physician behind him, and even Yun Xi also retreated quietly.

After a while, they heard low sobbing sounds from the room, and it seemed that there was still the emperor's low voice.

Listening to the movement in the room, the imperial doctor continued to take a few steps back, burying his head lower and lower, wishing that he could not hear the movement in the room, no one knew who the emperor was comforting so gently.

Ting Zhu was secretly startled, fortunately he didn't go out to watch last night, otherwise things might turn out to be different. Fortunately, God blesses those slaves with evil intentions and killed them, otherwise the harem would not be able to stop the mouths of today.

In the outer hall, the empress and a group of concubines were drinking tea from cups, as if nothing happened today.

The queen glanced at the bright sunshine outside the hall, put down the teacup lazily, and tried the corner of her mouth, "The sun is getting brighter now, let's go back earlier, with the emperor here, Zhao Chongyi will be fine if he thinks about it." event."

"What the empress said is true," Concubine Shu stood up, "I remembered that there are still some good medicines for calming the mind in the palace. After returning to the palace, I will ask the servant to bring it to sister Zhao Chongyi."

Concubine Xian also stood up, "That's right, I'll take a look too, I don't know how long it will take for sister Zhao Chongyi to recover from the scare today."

Gao Dezhong walked into the inner room and said softly to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the empress and the other masters are about to return to the palace. What's your wish?"

"Let them go back," Feng Jin grabbed Zhuang Luo's rouge and did not return, "The traitors in the harem framed Zhao Chongyi, fortunately God blesses it, it is also a fate, you ask someone to go to Chonghua Temple to donate a hundred taels to Zhao Chongyi For the golden sesame oil, I thank the gods for the protection of Zhao Chongyi."

"Yes." Gao Dezhong was also amazed in his heart, could it be that God blesses Zhao Chongyi, such shameful things will also have a turning point, even if he is frightened, it is better than getting ink all over his body and not being able to wash it off .

Zhuang Luoyan, who was lying in Feng Jin's arms, sighed, don't hide under the tree in thunderstorm weather, you may be struck by lightning.