And she could take this opportunity to mention her two dead daughters, which would make Hongli feel pity and promote her to the throne. However, all this was ruined by Wang.
"Master, please calm down. Although Yonggui is pregnant, she is still just a noble. Even if she is promoted again, she is just..." Before Xiao Huazi finished speaking, Xin Bin glanced over and said coldly: "But
She is the sixth concubine and is on an equal footing with me, right? I gave birth to two princesses for the emperor, and that’s why I have the status I have today. How virtuous and capable is she, Wang Yongyi, that she can be on an equal footing with me?"
Xiao Huazi realized the problem in his words and said in panic: "My slave made a mistake, please punish me!"
Xin Bin snorted coldly and said: "Don't think that Ms. Wang is really as docile and weak as she appears on the surface. I once saw her beating a palace official with a duster. The reason was that the palace official accidentally dropped her hairpin on the ground.
That's all. In the past few years, she has often acted coquettishly and foolishly in front of the emperor. Why, she doesn't want to take another step forward and become the sixth concubine with me. Now that she is pregnant with a dragon fetus, she will definitely not miss this opportunity."
Xiao Huazi said nervously: "What should we do?"
Concubine Xin looked at the glazed flower arrangement under the long window and said coldly: "Wang Yongyi, I will never give her a chance to be equal. She will never even think about it in her life!"
Shortly after she finished speaking, she said again: "Xiao Huazi, do you think the emperor...will execute Wei Xiuyan?"
Xiao Huazi thought for a moment and said, "My master has repeatedly spoken, but the emperor still refuses to let go. I'm afraid... it's a bit difficult."
Concubine Xin frowned and said suspiciously: "It's really strange, how could the emperor defend Wei Xiuyan like this? Could it be that he is really interested?"
Xiao Huazi shook his head and said: "It should not be the case, otherwise the emperor should have brought her into the palace and granted her a formal status."
Xin Bin said with some annoyance: "If this is the case, why has the emperor been unwilling to execute Wei Xiuyan? Is it possible that there is some inside story that I don't know about?"
Xiao Huazi lowered his head and thought for a while, then whispered: "Master, I heard that the Emperor intended to put Su to death for plotting to kill the late Queen. However, because Su happened to be pregnant with her fourth brother at the time, the Emperor spared her.
The death penalty should be punished by being sent to the treasury of the guilty."
Xin Bin's expression changed, and she said coldly: "Are you saying that Wei Xiuyan has the emperor's flesh and blood?"
"My servant is not sure, but it is indeed a possibility! My servant remembers that shortly after the Wei family's accident, the emperor left the palace once, probably to Guangxiu Garden." After saying that, Xiao Huazi said: "Master, since
If the emperor refuses, why not... forget it?"
Xin Bin stared at him with a cold face and said: "If Wei Xiuyan is not dead, how can I show my favor to the queen and gain her trust?"
Xiao Huazi shrank from her question, and after a while he whispered: "Actually, Wei Xiuyan's death is not entirely a bad thing for the master. At least... the master can ask her about the article that can make people youthful."
The one that never grows old.”
He knew that Xin Bin had always wanted to get the Taoist teachings. Before planning the queen and others to deal with Wei Jingxuan, she had tried to obtain the Taoist teachings from Wei Jingxuan several times, but Wei Jingxuan was very tight-lipped and refused to give it to her.
Sure enough, these words eased the coldness in Xin Bin's eyes. After a while, she took a deep breath and said: "That's fine, just let her live for a while. You can go out of the palace tomorrow and tell me.
Big brother, ask him to arrange for people to go to Guangxiu Garden to see if Wei Xiuyan is really pregnant, and secondly... try to obtain the Taoism.
The next day, the news that Xin Bin and Yong Guiren were both pregnant with a dragon fetus spread throughout the palace. When Xia Qing went to Kunning Palace to pay her respects, she sighed when talking about the two of them, "Since Princess He Yu was born,
, The palace has not heard the sound of a baby crying for a long time. I didn’t expect that when the good news came, it would be doubled. The two of them are really blessed."
Xianyue took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Maybe."
Xia Qing saw her brows furrowed slightly and said tentatively: "Mother, what's on your mind?"
Xianyue was silent for a moment and said: "Concubine Hui once said that Brother Eleven only remembered the incident after hearing Xiuzhu say that he saw Li Jifeng, right?"
After Xia Qing nodded, Xianyue slowly said: "But I sent someone to check and found that Li Jifeng was not in the palace that day."
Xia Qing was stunned for a while and then said: "Impossible. I sent someone to check. It was indeed Li Jifeng who was on duty that day. But in fact, on that day, Li Jifeng had to change shifts temporarily because of family matters.
In other words, it is impossible for him to appear in the palace."
"But Yongxuan did say that. It's impossible for him..." Xia Qing wanted to say that Yongxuan would not lie to her. Before she said it, she thought of another possibility and said with horror: "The queen is saying... Xiuzhu is here
lie?!"
Xianyue stared at the light yellow tea soup and said in a condensed voice: "Other than that, I can't think of the second possibility."
Indeed, this is the only possibility, but Xia Qing can't understand why Xiuzhu did this. Xianyue saw the doubts in her heart and said: "Think about it again, after Wei Jingxuan's accident, did Xin Bin stay with the emperor?"
Have you ever begged for her in front of me?"
Xia Qing's eyelids twitched, and she said: "Your Majesty is saying... all this is Xin Bin's instruction, but as far as I know, Xin Bin and Wei Jingxuan have always been on good terms, and there is no interest relationship between them. She has no
The reason is to harm Wei Jingxuan."
Xianyue stroked the vine ribs on her sleeves, "I can't understand this either, but the Xiuzhu incident is indeed very strange. If I hadn't had a whim and asked Qi Kuan to check the records of the guard camp, I would have discovered that
No more
This matter. Since yesterday, I have been wondering whether Xin Bin knew about the quarrel between Wei Jingxuan and Li Jifeng, and then deliberately told Yongxuan through Xiuzhu, thus leading us to investigate.
This matter."
Xia Qing blurted out: "This is impossible. Even we have never discovered the affair between Wei Jingxuan and Li Jifeng. How could Xin Bin know about it? She is not a charlatan who can do calculations. Moreover, according to Wei Jingxuan's cautious temperament, even if she is with
No matter how close I am to Xin Bin, I will never tell her about this matter that is enough to confiscate my family and exterminate my clan."
Xianyue looked at her and said slowly: "Actually, we have already had the opportunity to know about Wei Jingxuan's fornication in the palace."
Xia Qing thought for a moment and said, "Is the empress talking about Yongxuan that time?"
"Yes, if Yongxuan told you or me about his encounter with Li Jifeng at that time, we would definitely be suspicious and investigate him. Unfortunately, Yongxuan was still young and did not take this seriously until a long time later.
I was awakened by Xiuzhu's words."
Xia Qing bit her lip and said, "You mean... Xin Bin also met Li Jifeng at that time?"
Xianyue did not speak, but said to Jinping: "Go and invite Brother Eleven to come over." Today, Yongxuan and Yongcun came back from the study room to discuss the strategies assigned by the Taifu.