When the rumors were indeed pointing to Concubine De, the Queen Mother took action to deal with the gossiping palace officials.
She had already determined that the other party was here for Concubine De, and Xiang'er was only implicated. Concubine De was pregnant after all, and the Queen Mother did not want her to be frightened. Those palace officials who gossiped were all sent to the Sentence Department.
It's just that the Queen Mother acted very quickly and missed the people around Concubine De.
The person who told Concubine De the rumor was her confidant, the eldest palace maid Bixia. Bixia was the personal maid brought in by Concubine De when she first entered the palace. She naturally trusted her confidant who had been with her for many years more than the maid assigned to her by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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Bixia looked worried, "This must be someone deliberately trying to frame the master."
Concubine De's eyes were red, "Even before the child was born, some people already thought he was an eyesore. If he was born, there would be many open and covert attacks. Who did this?" Hers
Holding Bixia tightly with her hands.
Bixia's hands hurt from being caught. She tried her best to endure it and said: "This harem seems to be harmonious, but people's hearts are far apart. No one knows what conspiracies they are thinking in private. Master, you are now the most powerful person besides the Queen."
A beautiful person. After giving birth to a dragon son, she will definitely become a noble concubine. Even Concubine Li will not be able to compare with you. I am afraid there are many people in this palace who are jealous of you."
There is still a difference between a concubine with children and a concubine without children.
Concubine De also felt that this was true and said, "I'm afraid they all want to pull me down from this position."
Especially during this period, there were so many people who admired her. Even Concubine De had to admit that she could no longer be as gentle and submissive as before. After realizing the change in status, she could not go back.
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"Could it be a low-ranking concubine? Could it be Xie Yunzi? I have humiliated her so badly before. Will she openly send a white jade Guanyin to please me, but secretly want to plot against me?"
A legitimate daughter of an aristocratic family like Xie Yunzi must be very good at intrigues and intrigues.
Bixia whispered, "It may also be Concubine Li and the Queen. Concubine Li was the first person under the Queen before... She is also suspected of this. As for the Queen, she may take action to ensure the status of the eldest prince. The second prince's
The biological mother was a palace maid, and she aroused the disdain from the superiors. The second prince was adopted as soon as he was born. His existence cannot threaten the eldest prince, but you are different. The son of a noble concubine is only slightly worse than the legitimate son.
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Concubine De couldn't help biting her lower lip, her eyes turned red with hatred, she just felt that all the beauties in the harem were snake-hearted.
She will never let these people get their wish!
"And the eldest princess... I have never seen any eldest princess living in the palace all day long. It's not like she doesn't have her own princess mansion? She is very sick. What does it have to do with me?"
Concubine De couldn't help but turned her anger on the eldest princess Rong Xiang.
So what if she is a princess? She should not live in the palace all the time after being divorced from her. There is a future prince in her belly, and she may even be a future emperor.
The emperor and the queen mother indulged her too much, and it was because of her that the incident affected her this time.
Concubine De's face was filled with anger, "Let's go, let's go see the emperor."
Her grievance must be made known to the emperor! And the emperor must be allowed to investigate the matter, lest her child be scapegoated before anything happened.
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Concubine De was pregnant now. She wanted to see the emperor, but the emperor naturally would not refuse. Concubine De appeared in front of him with makeup that was so light that it was almost invisible. She cried so hard that she said, "Your Majesty, if
It’s true that the child in my belly has hindered the eldest princess, so I am willing to take the child to the temple to pray for the eldest princess.”
Concubine De naturally did not say this to go to the temple to live a poor life, but simply to retreat in order to make progress and let the emperor take action to seek justice for her. She is now rich and precious, and neither the emperor nor the queen mother can leave her alone.
Living a hard life in the temple.
The emperor frowned. Naturally, he couldn't hide what happened in the palace in the past few days. The eldest sister's body was fine after taking the medicine given by Yueling. It can be seen that the so-called rumors of mutual conflict are just nonsense. He has been in the palace for the past few days.
He also used palace personnel to investigate the matter, but unexpectedly Concubine De ran in front of him.
Rong Ji said: "Stop crying, what does this matter have to do with you? Didn't I give you an order not to upset you with such annoying things?"
His eyes fell on the palace servants serving beside Concubine De. Those palace servants were glanced at by his sharp eyes. Their legs suddenly felt weak and they knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
Those who came with Concubine De were all her confidants. Concubine De said hurriedly: "They also care about me and don't want to see me being kept in the dark..."
Rong Ji's voice was serious, "You are pregnant now. If you are so angry about the news that you get pregnant, can they afford it? They are really good to you, so they shouldn't let you know about it."
"I think they did it on purpose!"
The Queen Mother immediately stopped the rumors, but the words still reached Concubine De's ears, which meant that someone was deliberately planning to let Concubine De know about it.
After hearing this, Concubine De suddenly felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen. She subconsciously looked at Bixia - Could it be that Bixia had betrayed her? But Bixia had been with her for many years, and her sister had become her brother's concubine.
Shi. Bixia shouldn’t betray her?
Maybe Bixia didn't expect this?
Rong Ji followed her gaze and guessed something. He said in a deep voice: "Send this palace maid to the Criminal Punishment Department."
The blood on Bixia's face faded, and she looked at Concubine De pleadingly.
Just as Concubine De was about to plead for mercy, Rong Ji said: "There is no need to have a fetal contraction for her. If she is really innocent, I will compensate her when the time comes and let her go back to you."
After hearing this, Concubine De thought that the emperor was always kind and kind. Although Bixia would inevitably suffer some pain when she went to the Sentence Department, it shouldn't be too serious. She was indeed not careful this time.
If something happened to her child, her ten lives would not be enough to compensate her. She should also pay some price for her recklessness.
So she stopped begging for mercy.
Rong Ji said: "Sister Huang's body has nothing to do with you, so you don't need to be nervous. I will definitely give you an explanation for this matter. The Queen Mother also knows that you have been wronged. You should take good care of yourself in the palace. I will ask Aunt Gu to do it later."
Come to you and take care of you."
Concubine De's heart that was hanging in the air finally returned to its original place. She was afraid that the emperor and the queen mother would turn their anger on her child. As long as they believed that she was a victim, they would definitely protect her and compensate her. Aunt Gu
Mammy is the Emperor's servant and is loyal to the Emperor. With her here, her baby will be able to be born safely.
She said with a trusting look on her face: "I, my concubine, can only rely on the emperor."
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After some interrogation by the Criminal Division and the use of secret guards, the preliminary results have come out.
The palace servants who spread the rumors in the palace once received ten taels of gold as reward, and it was the palace servants of Yanchun Palace who gave them the gold.
The maid Bixia and her sister who were beside Concubine De died of miscarriage half a month ago. It is said that it was because of the dispute in the back house, and Bixia's family also left the capital and disappeared.
Someone once saw the Xie family meeting the mage enshrined by the Queen Mother, and they also found a banknote in their house. The banknote did have the seal of the Xie family. However, the mage kept saying that the Xie family only asked them to say thank you in front of the Queen Mother.
The concubine's good words did not bribe them to do other things. They did not deliberately discredit the concubine, what they said were the results of their divination.
All clues point to Xie Yunzi, who has always kept her peace in the palace.