Let us also say that after the Wu family left Yonghe Palace, they did not disperse separately, but gathered in the palace of the good concubine. The good concubine took the tea handed to her by the palace servants, and while using the lid of the cup to stir the foam on the tea, she said:
"What do you two sisters think?"
Li Bin said angrily: "I get angry when I think of the Xia family. I thought that since the Xia family was in the cold palace, we would be free from her control, but I didn't expect that she would still refuse to let go. You must know that what she committed was private witchcraft.
It was a serious crime to murder the queen and the others. If we hadn't tried our best to save her, she would have died by now."
Wu sighed and said, "Isn't that right? We have done our best to her, but she is still not satisfied." On the surface, they obey Xia Qing's orders, but in fact, they all have their own agendas, and they are not really that loyal.
The good concubine said calmly: "No one likes to stay in the cold palace, and Xia is no exception. She has been refusing to tell us the formula of the medicine, probably just for today."
Li Bin tried to ask: "So, do we really want to save her?"
The good concubine glanced at her and said: "Of course we don't need to save him, but in half a year, we will probably lose the glory and favor we have today and end up alone in the palace."
"No!" Wu said eagerly: "It took a lot of effort to get to this point, but I don't want to be knocked back to my original shape again." After a moment of pause, she tentatively said: "Otherwise... let's find someone to look at the medicine to see if it's okay.
It can be prepared.”
Libi said angrily: "Don't you think I haven't tried it? But there are two kinds of medicine in it, and many doctors said they don't know them. Why don't you tell me how to prepare them if you don't even know the medicines?"
Wu said helplessly: "Then...then do we have to be under her control all the time?"
The good concubine sighed and said: "There is nothing we can do about this. In the past six months, we have tried our best to persuade the emperor to let her go out of the cold palace. Fortunately, apart from the medicine, she is not bad to us and is even kind to us.
"
While they were talking, Xianyue also got the news, frowned and stared at Qi Kuan and said: "You said that the emperor did not kill Xia, but just threw her into the cold palace?"
"I heard that the emperor originally wanted to kill him, but he and Princess Jia threatened her with death. Coupled with the good concubines, Li and the others, they begged for mercy in every possible way. The emperor finally relented and spared Xia's life."
Jin Ping said in disbelief: "Xia is guilty of using witchcraft for private purposes and murdering her master and two elder brothers. Why does the emperor not kill her?"
Qi Kuan sighed and said: "I heard that Princess Hejia had said that if the Xia family died, she would no longer live in this world. The emperor loves Princess Hejia so much, so he would not be willing to part with it. Although the Xia family is not dead,
Since she has entered the cold palace, she must not be able to harm her master again."
"That's what I said, but her life always makes people uneasy. Who knows if something else will happen." Faced with Jinping's words, Xianyue said nothing and only said: "Where is Zhichun, she is fine.
Bar?"
Qi Kuan said hurriedly: "Master, don't worry, I have already told the people from the Shenxing Department that Zhichun will be fine for the time being, but if the emperor does not pardon Zhichun, I'm afraid... it will be in danger." Zhichun is the same as Cuizhu and Xiaoshouzi.
, all of whom were close to Xia Qing. According to Hongli’s wishes, all three of them had to be killed with a stick.
"I will go see the emperor later." After saying that, she asked Qi Kuan: "How is the investigation of the silk and satin shop that I told you about last time?"
Qi Kuan bowed and said: "Chengxiang sent someone to check. At first glance, it seems that it is just an ordinary silk and satin shop. There is nothing abnormal. He has found someone to keep an eye on the silk and satin shop secretly, no matter what happens there.
, we will all know.”
When Xianyue nodded, Mrs. Hu walked in. As soon as she saw Xianyue, she looked solemn and said: "Does the empress know about Xia's matter?"
Xianyue nodded and said, "Qi Kuan told me that the emperor spared Xia's life and ordered him to be deposed into the cold palace to settle the matter."
Mrs. Hu solemnly said: "With my understanding of the Xia family and her hatred for the empress, I will never be willing to live in the cold palace from now on. I will definitely try my best to get back together." As she said this, she said seriously.
He said: "This person...can't stay!"
Xianyue sighed softly and said: "I have also thought about this matter. I will try to arrange manpower in the cold palace." Now that she has decided to deal with Xia Qing, she will no longer be merciful. She does not want to put Yong Yong in the hands of her again.
Cang and Yongyan are not always so lucky when they are in danger.
Seeing Xianyue say this, Mrs. Hu breathed a sigh of relief. She had already thought about it on the way. If Xianyue was really soft-hearted and refused to take Xia Qing's life, she would do it herself. In short, she would never let the latter continue.
Live in this world.
The next day, Xianyue went to see Hongli. With her plea, Hongli finally let Zhichun go and forgive her, and the latter finally returned to Kunning Palace again.
However, when Hejia heard the news, her face was extremely ugly. She had always refused to believe what E Niang said to her yesterday, but today, things turned out as E Niang expected. Not only did Huang E Niang
He interceded for Zhichun, spared her from the death penalty, and even recalled her to Kunning Palace to work.
E Niang... didn't lie to her. Everything was really a trap arranged by Huang E Niang using Zhichun. Although E Niang had done something wrong, her brother also died to save Brother Twelve. How could she... how could she have any sympathy?
I don’t even think about using such despicable means to harm my mother, how is it possible!
He Jia wanted to go to Kunning Palace immediately to find Xianyue and ask for details, but she knew that doing so would not save E Niang from the cold palace, but would put herself in danger.
Now that she is alone and weak, the only thing she can do is to endure all her resentment and wait until she and the good concubines and the others manage to rescue E Niang.
Xianyue didn't know He Jia's thoughts, nor did she know that she had been deceived by Xia Qing's lies and was full of hatred for herself. Half a month after Xia Qing was deposed into the cold palace, under her instruction, Zheng Jiu would
One of his confidants was transferred to the cold palace as an errand.
Xia Qing was unusually quiet in the cold palace, neither noisy nor fussy. She ate when she needed to eat and slept when she needed to sleep. When nothing happened, she would stand quietly in the courtyard and watch the crows sitting on the eaves, or hold a tree branch.
Writing on the ground.
"It's time to eat." Following this voice, a palace servant handed her a tray with food. Xia Qing did not accept it, looked at the palace servant and said: "I remember you, you are in the Ministry of Internal Affairs
I'm on duty, why are you here in this cold palace?"
"The man before was old and confused and often made mistakes, so he asked me to come here to do things. I just came today." After saying that, the palace man passed the tray forward and said: "Hurry up and take it."
Xia Qing reached out to take it. When the palace attendant turned to leave, she suddenly said: "What did you put in it? Is it arsenic or dove poison?"
The palace man turned around in surprise, "What did you say?"