The Job of an Imperial Concubine

Feng Jin walked into the room, glanced at the women in the room, and finally stopped on the queen, "Get up."

Going up to the head and sitting down, Feng Jin said expressionlessly: "I heard that the queen is interrogating the slaves today, and I just happened to pass by to take a look, you continue."

The queen was stunned for a moment, not knowing what the emperor meant. She couldn't help but glance at Zhuang Luoyan, or did she mean that the emperor cared so much about Zhuang Luoyan's child?

"Your Majesty, my concubine has already found out that among the five people here, two have been in contact with people in Concubine Shu's palace, one has been in contact with Concubine Rou and people in Xu Zhaorong's palace, and one has been in contact with Concubine Yangui and Zhuang Jieyu. I have been in contact with another person who has been in contact with Concubine Shu, Concubine Yan, Concubine Rou, and everyone in Ye Shurong Palace. There was a slave who refused to plead guilty just now, and has been punished according to the law. That slave was once in Concubine Rou’s palace. Served." The queen explained in detail the powerful relationship between the servants and the palaces, but all the concubines who were named showed expressions of being wronged.

Zhuang Luoyan frowned slightly, the queen's move actually dragged several people into the water, what is the intention of this? Although there are no real good sisters in the harem, they are not too shameless. I wonder if the empress has other plans for this move or is this the only way out of desperation?

"Huh?" Feng Jin listened to the queen's words, and looked at the named concubine with interest, "What does the queen mean, these people are suspicious?"

The queen gave a little blessing: "The concubine feels that all the sisters serve the emperor wholeheartedly, and it is the best choice to clear their suspicions earlier."

"The queen's words are polite," Feng Jin casually pointed to a court lady, "Tell me which servants in the palace she has contacted with?"

"Back to the emperor, this maid is called Xiaoju, who is on duty at the Shangshi Bureau, and she was responsible for serving Zhao Chongyi's food that day," Ming Lu replied, "This maid is related to Concubine Shu, Concubine Yan, Concubine Yan, Concubine Rou, Concubine Rou, Everyone in Ye Shurong Palace had contact with them. The servants also checked those servants who had contact with them, and there was nothing suspicious."

"Everyone is suspicious, and everyone is not suspicious." Feng Jin looked at the queen with a half-smile, "Then, my queen, come and tell me, who killed Zhao Chongyi, or the one who killed Zhao Chongyi?" People are not among these people at all."

The queen didn't expect the emperor to speak so relentlessly, so she knelt down on the ground immediately.

The other concubines didn't dare to sit still when they saw the queen kneeling, they all stood up and held their breath, and of course there were also some who were secretly laughing.

"I just said this, the queen doesn't need to be like this, I understand what you mean." Feng Jin raised the queen with one hand, glanced at the five servants, and said lightly, "Since these people don't admit it, they will all be killed Bar."

All these people were killed, so how should the investigation continue? The queen's heart was shocked, but she didn't dare to speak out against it, she could only watch these slaves being dragged down.

Gao Dezhong led a few powerful eunuchs to drag these criminal slaves out, and as soon as they arrived at the gate of Jingyang Palace, he saw Ye Ronghua and Jiang Xianpin coming here together. Ye Ronghua looked more introverted, no one could see that she was Ye Shuyi who was very favored in the harem a few months ago.

"I've met Jiang Xianpin and Ye Ronghua." Before Gao Dezhong saluted him, Jiang Xianpin excused him.

"Eunuch Gao, is this?" An unfavored concubine Jiang Xianpin dared to put on airs in front of the chief eunuch, she carefully glanced at the servants who were being imprisoned behind him, and vaguely guessed something.

Before Gao Dezhong could answer, he heard Ye Ronghua's exclamation.

"Hey, you're not a fellow of my elder sister's maid of honor, Mu Yue. I remember you were reprimanded for stealing Mu Yue's bracelet last year. What happened today?" Ye Ronghua pointed at Xiaoju, quite puzzled. Looking at Gao Dezhong, "Eunuch Gao, what did she do?"

Gao Dezhong glanced at Xiaoju, and saluted Ye Ronghua, "Thank you Ye Ronghua for reminding me, I still have something to report to the emperor, please allow me to leave." After speaking, he asked the eunuch behind him to leave Xiaoju behind, turned around and walked back to Jingyang palace.

Ye Ronghua was even more puzzled now. Looking at the escorted servants and Xiaoju who was left behind, he turned to Jiang Xianbing, "Sister, do you think this is?"

Jiang Xianbin looked at Ye Ronghua's puzzled face, smiled and shook his head: "Ye Ronghua, I don't understand either."

The two people in this room hadn't walked a few steps when they saw a eunuch running out in a hurry, saying that the emperor wanted to summon the two of them.

As soon as Ye Ronghua and Jiang Xianpin entered the side hall of Jingyang Palace, they saw many people sitting in the room, Xiaoju was kneeling in the middle of the room, all in a mess.

"Greetings, Your Majesty, Empress," Ye Ronghua saluted blankly, seeing that her sister Ye Shurong was also there, and her face was very ugly, she looked at her in puzzlement, but unfortunately she didn't look at her, so she had no choice but to look away.

"Ye Ronghua, just now you said that Xiaoju and the maid next to Ye Shurong are fellow villagers, but is it true?" The queen looked at Ye Ronghua burningly.

"Back to the queen, the two of them knew each other. I didn't know about it at first. It happened that last year I heard the maid next to my sister complain that my fellow villager had stolen my bracelet. I was very angry at the time and asked someone to reward Xiaoju with twenty boards. Concubine I still remember that my sister still blamed my concubine for making a big fuss, saying that it was just a misunderstanding, and then my concubine never asked about it, why..." Ye Ronghua seemed to realize what the emperor and queen were investigating, his face changed, and he stopped talking.

The queen glanced at the emperor, saw that he didn't speak, and said, "Come here, bring Mu Yue to Ye Shurong Palace." After saying this, the queen saw Xiao Ju's complexion changed, and she had a guess in her heart.

Zhuang Luoyan looked at the play in front of her with a sickly face. She did not expect that the relationship between the Ye family sisters was not as good as she imagined. She did not believe that Ye Ronghua was so brainless that he had finished what he should say and what should not be said. , Only then did I realize what was going on in front of me.

But, why did Ye Ronghua treat her own sister like this? What good does such a thing do to her?

Within less than a stick of incense, Mu Yue was taken to the side hall, seeing Mu Yue kneeling on the ground and her pale master, Mu Yue knelt down without changing her expression.

"What a slave, don't you ask why Xiaoju is kneeling here, and why did the emperor and the palace call you here?" The queen looked at Ye Shurong coldly, "Ye Shurong, this is the maid by your side, why don't you let her tell you the truth." The queen I didn't expect this matter to be related to Ye Shurong. Ye Shurong has not been favored these years. thing?

Ye Shurong's lips moved, but she didn't speak, and finally just glanced at Ye Ronghua.

Mu Yue kowtowed: "Your majesty, the empress, the slave girl pleaded guilty. All this is because the slave girl has resentment towards Zhao Chongyi, so she asks Xiaoju from the village to help, and it has nothing to do with my master."

"What is the grudge between you and Zhao Chongyi that made you do such a cruel thing?" the queen asked.

Zhuang Luoyan's brows twitched, is the queen trying to dig out her own black history? She glanced at Mu Yue, and her memory didn't have much impression of this court lady. Not to mention this court lady, even Ye Shurong didn't have much impression of her, and she never thought that Ye Shurong wanted to deal with her.

"A few months ago, because the maid accidentally bumped into Zhao Chongyi, she was slapped by Zhao Chongyi for half an hour and knelt for three hours. That day was once every two years when the palace people visited relatives at the palace gate, because Zhao Chongyi easily If you are not happy, the servant will not be able to see your relatives, how can the servant not hate." Mu Yue gave Zhuang Luoyan a fierce look, "Just because the servant is humble, do you let others trample on you?"

"There are palace rules in the palace. If a slave offends his master, he should be punished. Even if Zhao Chongyi punished him a little harder, you shouldn't kill the emperor's heir!" The queen said sharply, "Aren't you afraid that the emperor and this palace will punish you?" You are from the Nine Clans."

"The servant and the mother depend on each other for life. The mother has gone a few days ago. The servant is alone, so there is nothing to worry about." After Mu Yue finished speaking, she suddenly kowtowed in the direction of Ye Shurong. Crimson blood flowed from the corners of the mouth and from the earholes, and he collapsed limply.

Several eunuchs rushed forward to drag her body away, and some maids wiped the floor, but in the blink of an eye, a life was cleaned up.

Ye Shurong shook her body and slumped on the chair, with no trace of blood on her face.

The whole room was instantly deathly silent, and all the concubines lowered their heads, not daring to look at the floor where Mu Yue had been lying.

"Forget it, since the matter has come to this point, so be it." Feng Jin stood up and said blankly, "Ye Shurong is incompetent under her control, she will withdraw her title of Shurong, and be demoted to a seventh-rank nobleman, and move to the side hall of Jingqiu Pavilion." Zhao Chongyi was conceived meritoriously, and was framed by an adulterer for miscarriage, so he was promoted from a third-rank Chongyi to a third-rank Xiuyi."

After saying these words, Feng Jin looked at the queen again, "There are a lot of affairs in the harem now, and I am worried that the queen is tired. Concubine Shu, Concubine Ning, and Concubine Xian will help the queen manage the affairs of the harem." After finishing speaking, he did not look at the queen. "It's getting late, and it's time for me to deal with political affairs."

"Congratulations to the emperor."

After sending the emperor away, the empress still maintained her majesty on her face, but there was still more sadness in her brows and eyes.

"I'm tired too, let's all step back."

The concubines resigned tactfully, the queen is in a bad mood, they will not be foolish to violate the queen's taboo at this time.

While saluting, Zhuang Luoyan seemed to see Ye Ronghua showing an ambiguous smile to Ye Shurong, but when he looked carefully, he only saw Ye Ronghua's ignorant and anxious face.

Zhuang Luoyan withdrew her gaze, sure enough, there is no one in the harem who can't act.

Although the emperor did not explicitly blame Ye Shurong for this matter this time, the downgrading from a second-rank Shurong to a seventh-rank nobleman is enough to prove the emperor's view on this matter in his heart.

Ye Shurong's demotion is not good for Ye Ronghua, why did she do this?