Jin Ping wrung her fingers and said nothing. She had the same thought in her heart. If these words had not come from Xia Qing's mouth, she would have thought that someone was deliberately trying to drive a wedge between Xianyue and Hu.
Xianyue's expression was quite calm, and she said in a serious voice: "According to what you said, what happened to me yesterday was all a trap set by Mrs. Hu and Concubine Shu?"
"Yes, it's fortunate that your Majesty is a lucky person and can pray for rain from the sky, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous." Saying this, Xia Qing said angrily: "My Majesty, I still remember that she advised your Majesty to accompany the Emperor to pray for rain.
From that time on, she has harbored evil intentions; my concubine..." Xia Qing said angrily: "I don't know whether to say she is cunning or very stupid, she would rather believe Concubine Shu than the empress!"
"Could it be that... Concubine Ying actually has something unspeakable?" Although Xia Qing's words were conclusive, Qi Kuan still found it hard to believe it.
"I also want to think so, but...I heard her say these words with my own ears, and heard her gnashing her teeth and hating the queen. Are they all fake?" Xia Qing no longer remembers herself.
I sighed so many times after learning about this incident, but I just felt that I couldn't sigh enough. I once said that we should help each other and support each other, but it turned out that they were all lies. Mrs. Hu had no trust in them at all.
Qi Kuan was speechless by her question. After a while, he muttered: "Could it be that... Concubine Ying is really so ungrateful?"
"Squeak!" The door was suddenly pushed open, and then a pleasant voice fell into their ears, "Who are you talking about being ungrateful?"
Xia Qing never expected that Mrs. Hu would appear at this time and heard her words. She was at a loss for a moment.
Mrs. Hu walked in with a smile, bowed to Xianyue and said: "In my hurry yesterday, I had time to congratulate my empress. You not only prayed for rain from heaven and relieved the suffering of drought for the people, but also gave birth to twelve elder brothers. It's really true."
This is gratifying!" As she said that, she looked at
He glanced at the sleeping Yong Cang and said with a smile: "I heard that the rain yesterday happened to be when the twelfth prince was born. Maybe the rain was brought by the twelfth prince.
Accumulating such merits at birth will be extraordinary in the future."
"It's just a coincidence. How could the imperial concubine speak so mysteriously? People who don't know about it would think that the imperial concubine is telling some miraculous story when they hear it."
Mrs. Hu pursed her lips and smiled, then looked at Qi Kuan, whose face was a little stiff, "By the way, who were you talking about ungratefully just now? Is it me?"
Qi Kuan came back to his senses, glanced at Xianyue, and muttered: "No...it's nothing, I'm just talking nonsense."
Mr. Hu is a thoughtful person. Seeing Qi Kuan like this, how could he not see something fishy in it? He immediately asked: "Did something happen?"
Xia Qing said coldly: "My queen should know best what happened, so why are you asking about us?"
Mrs. Hu was surprised and said: "I just heard Qi Kuan say this when I came in. How can I know it best?" After carefully looking at Xia Qing, she said: "Is there anything about Concubine Hui?"
What do you want to say?"
"May I ask, Madam, who were you with after leaving the Meridian Gate yesterday?" Xia Qing didn't want to fall out with Mrs. Hu so quickly, but firstly, Mrs. Hu heard their words and was not so easy to prevaricate; secondly,
, I felt really angry when I saw Mrs. Hu being so pretentious.
Mrs. Hu's expression suddenly changed and she stared straight at Xia Qing. The pupils in her almond-shaped eyes were so deep that it was hard to see the bottom. After a long time, she said slowly: "Concubine Hui asked this because she saw me and Concubine Shu together.
Did you even...hear those words?"
Xia Qing sneered and said: "Of course you don't want me to hear it. Unfortunately, paper can't contain the fire, and there is no airtight wall in the world!" Speaking of this, she said in pain: "I really didn't expect it.
, the Queen has treated you so kindly, and you actually... colluded with Concubine Shu to harm the Queen. What kind of delusion did she give you, or what benefits did she give you, so that you have even forgotten the hatred of the ninth elder brother!
"
"I have not forgotten it!" Mrs. Hu said excitedly: "I will never forget Yongyun's hatred in my whole life! But..." She took a deep breath and said sadly: "Hui Fei, how dare you talk about Yongyun's death?"
, has nothing to do with you and the queen?"
Xia Qing's eyes shrank, and there was a hint of sadness in her eyes, like the mist of a winter morning, and her voice was trembling: "She really told you this, yes, it was indeed my concubine who instigated Concubine Shu to deal with the Wei family, but my concubine
She never thought that she would use such a despicable method, let alone that it would cause the death of the ninth elder brother. After the ninth elder brother's accident, I have been blaming myself and feeling guilty!" She endured it.
With tears in her eyes, she choked and said: "I am not saying this to ask for your Majesty's forgiveness, nor am I trying to shirk anything, but... Your Majesty should understand that Concubine Shu is the culprit and the one who deserves the most responsibility for the Ninth Prince.
How could you associate with the person responsible for the death of the Queen and murder her? Do you have a guilty conscience? Or, are you simply ruthless and unrighteous? How could you be a human being?"
Madam Hu smiled and raised her hand to wipe away the tears from her eyes, "So does Concubine Hui think of me this way?"
Xia Qing shook her head and said sadly: "I don't want to, but I heard the conversation between the empress and Concubine Shu with my own ears. Even if I want to lie to myself, I can't do it."
Mrs. Hu sighed and turned her gaze to Xianyue, who had never spoken a word. "Where is your Majesty, do you think so too?"
Xianyue took out a note from her sleeve and said, "If I guess correctly, this note should have been sent by someone from the imperial concubine, right?"
Xia Qing said in shock: "What note?"
Qi Kuan suddenly said: "Yes, yesterday when the slave was helping the master to prepare to go to the Yangxin Hall, Jiang Feng said that someone handed him a note and asked him to give it to the master. As for what was written on the note:
What, the slave doesn’t know.”
Without waiting for Xia Qing to ask, Xianyue had already spread out the note so that everyone could see the words on it. There were not many words, only four - be patient!
Mrs. Hu smiled sweetly, lowered her eyes and said, "I have known each other for a long time, so I can tell that the writing on this is not my concubine's handwriting. How can I say that I sent it to you?"
"I have been thinking about who sent this note. How did this person know in advance that there would be chaos in the Temple of Heaven? If he wanted to harm me, why did he remind me? This series of questions makes
I was puzzled until Concubine Hui told me that the concubine and Concubine Shu conspired to kill me.
At that time, I just guessed that this note was most likely sent by the imperial concubine. As for the words on it..." Xianyue said with a smile: "These four words, although they are stroke by stroke, have no rhyme, especially like the one just now.
It was written by a child who learned to write. Of course the imperial concubine is not a child, but she can write with her left hand, right?"
Mrs. Hu bowed deeply and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is so wise that I admire you so much!"