The Job of an Imperial Concubine

"Your Majesty, the slaves have checked those servants. They had contact with several slaves in the womb of the Lord before, but they were found to be ordinary contacts, and there seems to be nothing suspicious."

"The more unsuspecting, the more problematic it is," the queen said in a cold voice, throwing down the chess pieces in her hand and messing up the game of chess in front of her, "Since this happened in the harem, Heyu, let other empresses come to accompany me to interrogate those few A daring slave. When everyone gathers firewood, the culprit will be caught soon."

"Hi Ma'am," He Yu saluted, then hesitated and asked, "Do you want to tell Zhao Chongyi?"

"Since it's related to Zhao Chongyi, it's natural to say something," the queen picked up a white chess piece and played with it in her hand, "It's rare that a child is missing, so I should know why."

"I'll go now, servant girl." Heyu sneered in her heart, wondering if Zhao Chongyi could accept the reality of having no child now, it's not easy to have a child in this harem. It was also fortunate that the emperor had left a child for her, but she was unable to keep it by herself, and the empress was so tired that the emperor scolded her.

When He Yu entered the Xihe Palace, she felt an indescribable depression. Thinking of Ye Zhao Chongyi's blood-stained fox fur, she straightened her face to make herself look sad enough before walking towards the eunuch guarding the gate. go.

"Isn't this Aunt Heyu, I'm here to greet you." Seeing Heyu coming in with two palaces, Fu Bao hurriedly smiled and stepped forward to greet him, "What kind of wind brought you here today?"

"Eunuch Fu, you are being polite. I also came to see Zhao Chongyi at the imperial edict of the empress." She paused, and asked with concern in her eyes, "How is Zhao Chongyi?"

Seeing that the two little maids behind her were holding things in their hands, Fu Bao knew that this was a gift from the queen, so he led them in, but with a bit of bitterness on his face, he sighed and said, "Oh, what can I do? What a happy thing, how could it be like this." He looked around and said in a low voice, "My master hasn't eaten well in the past few days, and he has lost a lot of weight. The slaves feel distressed when they look at it."

"As servants, we just look forward to the master." Heyu also sighed, "The empress is also very worried about Zhao Chongyi these days, so she let me visit. If the empress is not busy these days Seeing Zha Zhaochongyi's miscarriage, I came to visit myself."

"I'm tired of empress, I'm here to thank my empress," Fu Bao said, and made a big gift to the Empress Jingyang Palace before getting up and continuing to bring Heyu into the house. In the outer room, Fu Bao smiled at He Yu, "Aunt He Yu, sit down and have a sip of tea first, and I'll go and inform the master right now."

"Eunuch Fu, do as you please." Although Heyu was the aunt in charge in front of the empress, she didn't really dare to sit and wait in the lord's uterus, but just stood and waited in the outer room. She casually looked at the decorations around. Although these decorations did not violate the rules, it was not difficult to see the emperor's love for her from the exquisite decorations.

"Aunt Heyu," Yun Xi came out from the inner room, and exchanged greetings with Heyu, "Master, please go in with Aunt Heyu."

Entering the inner room, He Yu saw Zhao Chongyi lying on the bed at a glance, with black hair hanging behind her back, against the pale face, it was a little less gorgeous but a little more weak.

"I've seen Zhao Chongyi," Heyu said, stepping forward and saluting.

"Thank you, Aunt Heyu, Yun Xi, take a seat."

"Xie Zhao Chongyi," Heyu dabbed a little on the embroidered pier, not daring to sit still. Seeing Zhao Chongyi maintaining an ugly smile, Heyu talked about the queen's reward, and then said, "The empress has always cared about Zhao Chongyi." Regarding the miscarriage, a few suspicious eunuchs and court ladies were caught two days ago, and they will be interrogated today, whether Zhao Chongyi can go with her."

Zhuang Luoyan's complexion turned pale when she heard the word Xiaochan, and when she heard that several suspicious eunuchs and maids were caught, her eyes changed, she stood up and looked at Heyu, "Who are they?!"

He Yu met each other's eyes, and there seemed to be a fierce beast hidden in those black pupils, which could tear people apart at any time. She slightly staggered this line of sight, and said respectfully, "I'll know as soon as Zhao Chongyi is gone."

"Aunt Youlao tell the empress, I'll go right away." Zhuang Luoyan managed to maintain her composure, but she couldn't hide the resentment in her tone.

"The interrogation will start after half an hour, and this servant will report to the empress." He Yu got up and bowed to Zhuang Luoyan, admiring the empress's foresight in her heart, Zhao Chongyi really couldn't help but go, the matter is temporarily It doesn't matter if you don't know, at least it can disgust her.

After Heyu left, Zhuang Luoyan wiped the sweat off his forehead with a handkerchief, took out Mrs. Tang from the quilt, raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Yun Xi, do my makeup for me, I have to watch a good show later."

"Yes," Yun Xi smiled and took Mrs. Tang from Zhuang Luoyan's hand, not knowing who was plotting who.

Concubine Shu sat in front of the mirror, looking at the face in the mirror, "Lingsha, who do you think the empress wants to blame for this matter?"

"My servant is stupid, I can't figure it out," Lingsha pinned a thin plum hairpin on her, "It's just that this servant thinks, even if the empress casually planted the spoils on others, the emperor must believe it and show evidence."

Concubine Shu sneered: "She lost such a big person before, and she may be holding back a lot of anger in her heart. Let's go and see what she will do. Zhuang Luoyan has no children, and at least she has won the emperor's love. She has lost face. I hope she will frame her, otherwise I will find something against her."

In Qianzheng Palace, Feng Jin was copying a piece of calligraphy, when he saw Gao Dezhong coming in, he put down his pen and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Back to the emperor, the empress is going to interrogate criminal slaves today, and she has called several empresses to interrogate them together." Gao Dezhong glanced at the calligraphy and paintings on the table, his strokes were sharp and indescribable.

"She's smart," Feng Jin thought of something, and then asked, "Has Zhao Chongyi gone?"

"The servant heard that the empress specially asked the aunt in charge to inform Zhao Chongyi. Not long after the aunt in charge left, Zhao Chongyi rushed to Jingyang Palace."

Frowning involuntarily, Feng Jin called someone to wash his hands, "Since that's the case, I'll go and have a look."

In the side hall of Jingyang Palace, several concubines sat down one by one according to their grades. Looking at the six eunuchs and court ladies kneeling below, none of them spoke, even Concubine Rou, who had had a feud with Zhuang Luoyan, was also watching. The appearance of looking at the heart through the nose.

"Empress, masters, these six people are those bold slaves," the father-in-law of Jingyang Palace bowed to everyone, "Please interrogate the empress and all masters."

The queen glanced at Zhuang Luoyan, as if she wanted to see her performance, but she only saw that the other person's face was pale, as if she didn't even have the strength to ask, so she had to turn her gaze to other people, "What do you think, sisters?"

"Naturally, it is up to the empress to make the decision," Concubine Shu said in a respectful tone, completely refusing to accept the empress's move.

The other concubines were silent. As for Ye Shurong and Yangui, who had never attended the state banquet, they were even more careful, who knew who would be responsible for this matter.

"You all raise your heads, I want to see what kind of hateful face it is that dares to murder the emperor's heir." The queen didn't force it, and turned to the person kneeling on the ground sharply, "If you are so good as to reveal the mastermind behind the scenes, This Palace will punish you lightly, if not, mutilating the emperor's heir is enough to condemn you to punish the nine clans."

The six raised their heads tremblingly, Concubine Xian exclaimed softly: "Hey, isn't this the court lady Lianqiao who was serving by Concubine Rou?"

Concubine Rou's face was a little ugly, "I've already demoted this maid to the Shangyi Bureau to do laundry because of her poor service. It has nothing to do with me."

Concubine Xian smiled lightly: "I didn't say that she had a relationship with my younger sister, but I just thought it looked familiar. My younger sister is overthinking."

Concubine Rou snorted coldly and stopped answering, she knew in her heart that Concubine Xian belonged to the Queen, and it would not be good for her to start a fight now. But whoever instigated this Lianqiao, if the queen acted according to this words, she might be in some trouble.

"Your Majesty, this servant was wronged, I don't know what's going on, this servant didn't harm Master Zhao, please enlighten me." Lian Qiao didn't dare to look at the crowd, she just kowtowed, and soon her forehead was stained red with blood.

"Come here, hold her." The queen looked at Lianqiao who kept kowtowing expressionlessly, and said coldly, "If she faints, who should I ask for questioning?"

Concubine Shu sneered in her heart, the queen no longer put on her charitable face. Looking coldly at Forsythia whose face was covered with blood, Concubine Rou probably suspected that she was a spy sent by other palaces when she kicked out this court lady, but whose handwriting was it?

She looked up at the crowd, but she couldn't see anything suspicious about anyone. Now, she must not be missing from the queen's list of suspicions. It is a good way for the black hands behind the scenes to plot so many people.

"Xiao Jing'er, I remember that you have two younger brothers, the old father and the old mother." Ming Lu, the chief eunuch next to the empress, waved the whisk on his hand, and said in a serious manner: "If you confess honestly, the empress empress is kind. , I will definitely save your life, if you don’t say it, don’t hurt your old parents.”

The lady named Xiao Jinger listened to this, her face was pale and she kept calling for injustice, "Your Majesty, the slaves really don't know that there are unclean things on the tableware used by Master Zhao, and the things presented to the masters are all allocated, slaves Where do you dare to act on your own initiative?"

The queen rubbed her forehead and waved her hands, and the eunuch called Xiao Jing'er dragged her down.

Hearing Xiao Jing'er screaming for grievances when he was dragged out, the remaining five people trembled all over, because they all knew that Xiao Jing'er would not come back after being dragged out.

"You still don't want to say, is it possible that you all jumped out of the cracks in the rocks, and you are not afraid of hurting your parents?" Ming Lu raised the corners of his eyebrows, speaking with sarcasm.

The queen was about to say something when she heard footsteps outside.

"The emperor is here!"

The queen was surprised, the emperor is here?