But after entering the house and seeing the emperor, the queen mother, a room full of imperial doctors, and Mo Zihan lying motionless on the bed, the faces of the five concubines turned pale with fright.
"Kneel down!"
Before the five people had time to realize what was going on, they were frightened by the scolding and immediately knelt down.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
When everyone turned their attention to them, the five concubines knew that they had been framed. As for who framed them, they could not know.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
The leader Xun Fei reacted first and asked.
"Hmph! I thought that women in the grassland have always been brave enough to take risks, but now it seems that they are quite good at pretending to be crazy and acting stupid."
Although Tuoli was smiling when he spoke, his sneer that could instantly freeze people made people dare not compliment him.
"Your Majesty, it's not that the concubines are pretending to be crazy, it's that we really don't know what the Emperor is talking about."
Seeing that Concubine Xun repeatedly challenged the emperor's patience, she was about to explode into a rage. Fearing that the situation would become irreversible, the Queen Mother intervened and said:
"Concubine Xun, what did you do to Princess Heshuo? Now that the princess is unconscious, the emperor is extremely anxious. If you take out the antidote now, the Ai family will convince the emperor to let him forget the past."
"Empress Dowager, we haven't done anything. Please believe us!" Concubine Yu, the youngest among the five, said.
"Your Majesty, we really didn't do anything. We did come in without permission just now, but we stayed here for a short time and left without even sitting down." Concubine Rou also said.
"Do you think I'm a fool?" Tuoli said coldly.
"Your Majesty! Everything we say is true, do you believe it or not!" Concubine Zhuang, who had the most violent temper, saw that this matter had already been framed by others, so she didn't bother to say anything more.
"Your Majesty, Sister Zhuang is impatient and quick to speak. I hope your Majesty will forgive you. But please think about it, Your Majesty, no matter how stupid we are, we will not be stupid enough to shoot ourselves in the foot!"
Xun Fei's words made Tuoli's eyes narrow slightly, almost invisible.
In fact, he had been staring at the expressions of these five people since they came in just now. It could be said that he had not missed any detail.
At this time, the words may be false, but these five people have different personalities, different courage, and different expressions on their faces. So you can get a general idea from their expressions.
But what made him even more angry was that this incident seemed to have nothing to do with these five people. It was obvious that someone deliberately framed it.
"According to what you said, you are coming with such force that even the Queen Mother's maid can't stop you. Now that you're here, why did you leave so quickly?"
"Your Majesty, we did have the intention of looking for trouble at first, but after we got here, the princess said a few thoughtful words to us, so we left." Concubine Xun answered truthfully.
"What did she tell you?" Tuoli asked.
"The princess said that outsiders are not allowed to come in here. If the emperor finds out, we will definitely be punished. So we left."
After Concubine Xun answered, all the concubines nodded sharply.
"Why are you so ignorant? Even now, you are still telling lies!" Concubine Xun's answer made the Queen Mother unable to listen, and she scolded.