The Job of an Imperial Concubine

Zhuang Luoyan was sleeping on the imperial concubine's couch in her own palace, when she heard Yun Xi's panicked voice, she opened her eyes, "What happened?"

"Your Majesty, the eunuch in charge of the Queen's Empress is here. He said that Mr. Ye Gui is gone, and he wants to call you to ask some questions." Yun Xi stepped forward to put on embroidered shoes for Zhuang Luoyan, "I heard from the eunuch in charge that the Emperor is also In the queen's palace."

Ye Guiren is gone, Xuan her to ask? Zhuang Luorou frowned, but she didn't stop, stopping Yun Xi's move to touch up her makeup, "Let's go like this."

Yun Xi glanced at the pleated skirt inlaid with pearls that her master had worn several times. Although she was wearing a cross lily bun on her head, there was only a gold-plated butterfly hairpin and a gold-inlaid butterfly wing on it. It must have looked a little cleaner.

Walking to the outer hall, Zhuang Luoyan saw that the eunuch in charge of the Queen's Palace was still standing, and knew that he might be involved again in this matter.

"My servant greets Empress Zhaoxian Rong," the eunuch in charge saw her simple appearance and knew that she had come out in a hurry, "The Empress invited Empress Zhaoxian Rong to Jingyang Palace to discuss some small matters, please hurry up."

Although the eunuch in charge spoke politely, there was a sense of urging in his words. Zhuang Luoyan didn't bother to ask him what happened, so he got on the chariot and rushed to Jingyang Palace.

In Jingyang Palace, the emperor and the empress sat on the left and right. The empress observed the emperor's expression intentionally or unintentionally, only to find that the expression on the emperor's face was as calm as ever, and he didn't even have the slightest intention to ask for Zhao Xianrong.

For some reason, the empress somehow sympathized with Zhao Xianrong, the emperor had loved many women, Zhuang Luoyan was not the first one, nor would she be the last. That's why the emperor won't worry about her at this time, let alone worry about her.

"Zhaoxian has arrived."

The queen looked up and saw Zhuang Luoyan hastily entered the room with plain makeup, her footsteps flustered as if she didn't expect anything to happen.

"The concubine has met the emperor and the empress." Zhuang Luoyan stepped forward to greet the two, although she didn't know what happened, but from the serious expression of the eunuch in charge along the way, it can be seen that today's matter is not simple .

"Queen, just ask, I'll just listen to you," Feng Jin closed his eyes and meditated after saying this.

The queen glanced at Feng Jin, then turned to look at Zhuang Luoyan, pointed to the tray in the hand of the eunuch next to him and said, "Zhao Xianrong, look at this thing, do you know it?"

Zhuang Luoyan looked at the tray, and saw a crumpled piece of cloth inside, with a peacock tail painted on it, which looked a lot like the tail on her peacock paper kite that eloped with Tianma, but take a closer look , I feel that some places are slightly different.

No one would fail to recognize what she drew, so she knew at a glance that it was drawn after her paper kite, "Hui Empress, this seems to be the tail of a peacock."

"It's just the tail of the peacock painting. I see that this painting is quite similar to your painting style. When Ye Guiren was discovered, this piece of silk was hidden in his skirt. What do you think is the reason for this?" The queen drank Take a sip of tea, waiting for Zhuang Luoyan to explain.

"Back to your empress, although this picture is similar to the pattern of the paper kite that my concubine put out a few days ago, the paper kite was let go by my concubine. It wasn't drawn by my concubine." Zhuang Luoyan was a little baffled, with just a piece of cloth being able to hold the shit bowl on her head, the queen was too unreasonable.

The queen glanced at Zhuang Luoyan, but waved her hand without any excuse, and saw a court lady being ushered in. Zhuang Luoyan turned her head to look, it seemed that she was one of the court ladies Ye Guiren often brought with her.

"My servant Bitan pays homage to the emperor, the empress, and the empress Zhaoxian Rong."

"At this time, you don't need to stick to the etiquette. You have been waiting by Ye Guiren's side, and tell me what happened to Ye Guiren." The queen took a sip of tea, and her tone was calm, as if she was not talking about a person's death, but a meal. .

"Going back to Empress, my servant picked up a paper kite in the yard a few days ago, but I couldn't figure out who it belonged to. Later, the master said that the one who can put a paper kite in the palace must be the master, so I told the servant to keep it safe. Yesterday the eunuch from Zhaoxian Rong's palace came to ask if he had seen a peacock paper kite, the master asked the servant to fetch it, but unexpectedly the paper kite was bitten by the rats in the palace several times, and even the tail fell off. The slaves in Empress Xianrong's palace looked very unhappy, and after saying a few words in a sly manner, they left without asking for a kite." Bitan's eyes turned red, and she kowtowed to the queen, "I didn't expect that the master would be here last night. No more, I beg my mother to thoroughly investigate the murderer and give my mother justice."

After Zhuang Luoyan heard this, she immediately said: "Your Majesty, the concubine did not order anyone to find any paper kites yesterday, let alone... let alone the paper kites flew away, why should I go looking for them again? Even if the concubine If you want to find it, why don't you ask about any palace, but go to Jingqiu Pavilion?"

"Didn't Madam Xianrong hate my master for causing you to have no children? Otherwise, why would our Jingqiu Pavilion be confiscated by the Shangshi Bureau? Madam, of course you are not here to find paper kites, but you just want to embarrass the master." Bi Tan looked at Zhuang Luoyan bitterly, "If the master didn't want to mend the paper kite overnight last night, how could he be murdered inexplicably? If this matter has nothing to do with you, empress, why did the master hide this piece of cloth?!"

Zhuang Luoyan has done public relations, so naturally she has some knowledge in observing people's faces. This maid named Bitan's hatred for her is not a lie, so who is the servant who went to Jingqiu Pavilion yesterday?

A pale face appeared on Zhuang Luorou's face at the right time, "Although I hate Ye Guiren for causing my miscarriage, I definitely can't do such a bold thing. I beg the emperor and empress to see clearly."

"You all hold your own opinions on this matter, and it's not easy for me to make a decision," the queen looked at Zhuang Luoyan, "You have suspicions about this matter. If it has nothing to do with you, you have to give a convincing reason."

Zhuang Luoyan glanced at the sleeping emperor, he seemed hesitant, but finally shook her head, "That painting was not made by my concubine, and my concubine didn't send anyone to find Zhiyuan yesterday, someone is trying to frame my concubine!"

The queen was about to say that even if she was framed, she had to find evidence, when the emperor, who had been feigning sleep, spoke.

"Since Zhao Xianrong said that she was framed, and this court lady also said that the eunuchs in Zhao Xianrong Palace asked about it," Feng Jin tapped his index finger on the table, "pull all the eunuchs in Xihe Palace to the outside yard, let this The maid will know it once she recognizes it."

Now that the emperor said this, no one dared to hesitate at the moment, and soon all the eunuchs of Xihe Palace were dragged into the garden of Jingyang Palace and asked Bitan to identify them.

Bitan looked carefully several times, but did not find the two eunuchs at that time, and finally had no choice but to say that the two eunuchs were not among these people.

"Could it be that someone framed Zhao Xianrong?" The queen looked surprised.

"Your Majesty, even if there is no one here, how can Zhao Xianrong guarantee that no other eunuchs will do it?" The Emperor and Empress of Bitan Dynasty kowtowed several times, even their foreheads were broken, "Mistress Zhaoxian Rong has always been favored by the emperor. I don't know how many slaves in the harem want to please Zhao Xianrong, but I can't think of anyone else who would beg for a paper kite, if Zhao Xianrong didn't harm my master, why did my master hide a paper kite tail before dying?"

"Concubine Shu is here, Concubine Xian is here, Concubine Ning is here."

Feng Jin heard the report from the eunuch, and opened his eyes to look at the queen, "Why are they here?"

"Back to the emperor, I think that the three of them are also assisting in palace affairs. This matter is important, and multiple people have multiple ideas." The queen smiled.

Feng Jin didn't speak anymore, seeing three women coming in, he just ignored them, and then continued to watch what happened in front of him silently.

"Your Majesty, this matter is so important that I can't figure it out for a while, why don't we investigate it slowly?" Concubine Xian Gui said, "We can't let Zhao Xianrong take the blame for the murderer for nothing, and we can't let Ye Guiren disappear for nothing. "

"Your Majesty, what Concubine Xian Gui said makes sense, you see..." The Empress looked at the Emperor, waiting for him to make a statement.

"I have already said that the empress will handle it at this time." Feng Jin glanced at the empress, and then at Zhuang Luoyan, who was standing in the middle of the room with a pale complexion, "but we must thoroughly investigate this matter."

The queen blessed the emperor, "Zhao Xianrong can't fully prove that he has nothing to do with this matter, and this matter has not been specified to be related to Zhao Xianrong, so until the matter is clarified, Zhao Xianrong will not have to serve the emperor for the time being." , after the matter is clarified, you can serve the emperor with all your heart, after all, you can't serve the emperor well if you have something to divide your heart." After the queen finished speaking, she looked at the other Shu, Xian, and Ning, "What do you think?"

"Since the empress has said so, the concubine naturally has no objection." Concubine Shu looked at Zhuang Luoyan, "Zhao Xianrong's complexion has not been very good since Ye Guiren caused a miscarriage, it's better to rest more."

Why emphasize that Ye Guiren caused her miscarriage? Zhuang Luoyan lowered her head, did it mean that she hated Ye Guiren, that's why she murdered her?

Feng Jin silently looked at the queen and the other three concubines, then shifted her gaze to Zhuang Luorou, and finally landed on those slightly red and swollen hands.

"It's good for Zhao Xianrong to rest more, my heart hurts when I look at your body," Feng Jin stood up, "I'm back to the palace, queen, you must investigate clearly and carefully about this matter."

The queen clicked, and looked at the emperor's back. What does the emperor mean by this?

After leaving Jingyang Palace, Zhuang Luoyan sat on the chariot, looking up at the blue sky, who wanted to frame her? Did this person think that she was so rare about the kite that she flew with the emperor, that's why she deliberately looked like yesterday? out?

It's a pity that this person must not know what the emperor said when the kite string was cut. As she secretly liked the emperor, she naturally wanted the peacock and the peacock to be together freely, so how could she pick it up on purpose?

The emperor was present, and it was hard for her to say what the emperor said that day, so she never mentioned it. But what does the emperor's silence mean? She doesn't believe that the emperor can't remember what happened that day, so what does the emperor's silence mean?

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry. The Emperor comforted you when he left. He must have believed you." Seeing that Zhuang Luoyan was silent with her head down, Yun Xi had no choice but to comfort her.

"I know," Zhuang Luoyan sighed, "It's just that Ye Guiren was framed on my head by someone with a heart, so I don't know what the Queen Mother will think."

Unconsciously looking at the green tiles and red walls beside the road, who is trying to frame her?

From the Taolin incident in Taoyu Pavilion, the lotus pond incident, to the current Ye Guiren incident, someone framed her one after another. Who in the harem hates her so much?