Wen Xi sat upright and looked at the two graceful women in front of her. Zhang Jia was delicate in appearance, and her eyebrows were naturally as slender as willows. She didn't look like Ge Ge who was born in the Eight Banners of Manchuria at all, but she looked a bit like it.
The charm of the Jiangnan woman is now showing a look that I feel pity for, with tears in her eyes. As for Mrs. Liu, she is not stunningly beautiful, with average to upper looks, soft face, and frowning eyebrows, and she no longer has the confidence she had just now.
She was very handsome, with a bit of fear in her eyes. Liu had read a lot of poems and books, and was quite proud of herself. Unfortunately, her romantic attitude had turned into a pitiful gesture.
It's a pity that Wenxi is a woman, so she won't show mercy to her! Then she fiercely pushed aside the Buddhist beads on her wrist and said with a sneer: "I think I treat the people in my palace well, but I didn't expect to raise two white-eyed wolves.
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Mrs. Liu hurriedly lowered his head, shrinking, looking pitiful.
Zhang Jia was quite calm. She tried her best to put on a smile that made her look more sincere, and said with doubts in her mouth: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, what are you talking about? I have never disobeyed my Majesty!"
Wen Xi had a look of disgust on her face. Do you still want to treat others as fools now? A cold smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Zhang Jia! Who are you acting for when the emperor is not here?! Do you think you are pretending?"
If you are so stupid, will I let you go?"
Mrs. Zhang Jia forced herself to calm down, hurriedly knelt down and said with a sad look on her face: "Your Majesty, I have misunderstood you. I have entered the Chengqian Palace and have been treated well by you for the past four years. I have always been grateful to you."
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Wen Xi looked down at Mrs. Zhang Jia and said in a deep tone: "Grateful? Are you grateful but repaying kindness with hatred?! I don't know. What benefit can a dead person give you, so that you can come back to bite me?!" What exactly is Concubine De?
How did she bribe the Zhang Jia family? Wen Xi really couldn't think of any benefits that Concubine De could give her!
With tears in her eyes, Mrs. Zhang Jia kowtowed and said, "No, I am not a concubine. I have always been protecting you, my empress!"
"I really don't understand. What's the use of your excuses? It's better to just admit it! At least you can make me think highly of you!" Zhang Jia's attitude was as gentle as denying it.
It’s very annoying to look at!
Her gentle eyes fell on Mrs. Liu who was cowering aside, and said: "You two just played a bad role and the other played a red face. Your acting skills are really good!"
Liu promised to grit his teeth and said: "I don't know what the empress is going to say. I'm just telling the truth about what I saw and heard!"
"According to the truth?" Wen Xi repeated these four words and couldn't help but sneer, "It seems that you two won't shed tears until you see the coffin!"
Song'er, who was standing behind Wen Xi, bent over and said: "Master, Xiaoluzi in our palace is a master at torture and extorting confessions! Why don't we give the two young masters to Xiaoluzi to entertain them? They will spit out everything they keep!"
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Liu promised with a look of horror on his face and said: "It is forbidden to set up private execution chambers in the palace, how could a noble concubine——"
Zhang Jia also hurriedly kowtowed and said: "My humble body is nothing to worry about, but please think about your own reputation! You are still under restraint. If you punish your concubine in private and spread it to others, it will ruin your concubine."
A reputation for generosity!"
Wen Xi sneered and said: "Why don't I know that I have a reputation for being 'forgiving'?!" Starting from punishing Yiermu, everyone in the harem knew Wen Xi's bad temper. Anyone who dared to go against her
People who are gentle will retaliate in person and take revenge if they have any grudges.
"Do you think the emperor really believes what you say? If so, why do you have to accompany me to the grounding? Do you know what this is called? - This is called a sheep entering a tiger's mouth! Isn't this the opportunity given by the emperor to torture me to extract a confession?
?!"
Chengqian Palace is her territory. Isn’t it easy to punish a concubine who has little promise and no status? Setting up a private torture chamber is indeed against the rules. But once the rules are established, there must be disregard of the rules and even overriding them.
Someone who is above the rules!
The master of the first palace is in charge of the concubines and servants of the first palace. Behind closed doors, the master is the local snake! Therefore, few low-level concubines dare to offend the master of his own palace! Don't talk about others, the master can be called whatever he wants.
If someone tells the Jingshifang that someone in his palace is sick, this person’s green card will be removed! This alone is enough to hold him in check!
Wen Xi picked up the newly delivered Pu'er and drank it slowly. She admired the frightened look of the two beauties in front of her, who were sweating coldly. Wen Xi said slowly: "Go and call Xiaoluzi."
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The Hall of Nourishing Heart.
Liang Jiugong bowed and echoed: "Your Majesty, that thing has been dealt with, and no one has seen it." He was talking about the witchcraft doll. If it were leaked, it would cause another big change in the palace that would be stained with blood.
!
Kangxi closed his eyes, rubbed his temples, and said in a low voice: "Secretly send someone to hold the Qiangong gate, and any suspicious ones will be taken down! We must not let any news about this matter spread." Then, he spoke for a long time.
He sighed, opened his eyes and said, "Do you think your concubine can understand what I mean?"
Liang Jiugong smiled sarcastically and said, "The imperial concubine is not a very thoughtful person. But even if she doesn't understand, she will not let go of someone who betrays her master."
Kangxi smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, it doesn't matter if you don't understand. Ask someone to tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs that the expenses of the Qian Palace will be used as usual, and there must be no neglect."
"嗻!"
Xiao Xizi hurried over and said, "To your Majesty, Grandma Su would like to see you."
Kangxi was suddenly confused: "What is she doing here?" The Empress Dowager was seriously ill, but she had been too busy to touch the ground. Could it be that the Empress Dowager had woken up? He said urgently: "Let her in quickly!"
Aunt Sumara brought a little palace maid with her head lowered into the palace to perform a grand ceremony.
Kangxi asked anxiously: "How is Madam Huang?"
When Kangxi asked this question, Aunt Sumala couldn't help but said with tears in her eyes: "The Empress Dowager is getting more and more ill, and she rarely wakes up." Aunt Sumala has been serving Xiaozhuang since she was a child, and she is almost six years old.
Ten years! From the Emperor Taizong's palace to the Qing soldiers entering the country, through three generations of emperors, he has always been regarded as a confidant by Xiaozhuang, so naturally his feelings are extraordinary.
Kangxi rubbed his painful temples, and his tone was particularly heavy: "I. Got it???"
Aunt Sumara wiped away her tears and said, "I am here to report something important."
"Aunt Su, just say it." Kangxi was always very polite to Sumala Aunt. After all, she was the most senior old man around his grandmother. Moreover, when Kangxi was young, it was Sumala Aunt who taught her the Mongolian language.
He was like half a teacher. Naturally, most of Kangxi's respect for Aunt Sumala was based on his strong relationship with Xiaozhuang's ancestors and grandchildren. Only when he and Xiaozhuang were having a cold war would he speak coldly to Aunt Sumala. Ordinarily.
, are all relatively polite.
Sumalagu pointed at the little palace maid behind her and said: "This is the palace maid Payu next to Empress An of the Yonghe Palace. On the day when Concubine De died suddenly and the Yonghe Palace was flooded, she had seen something in Yonghe that should not have been done.
People who appear in the palace.”
Kangxi was suddenly confused. He glanced at the palace maid with phoenix eyes and couldn't help but feel a little confused. There was indeed something that puzzled him about Wu Ya's sudden suicide that day. He just asked the imperial doctor who diagnosed Concubine De's pulse a few months before her death.
Only then did he realize that Concubine De's internal organs were weak, and even if she survived, she would still be on the bedside. Kangxi only thought that she would use her own death to save a way for her people to live. Everyone was dead, so Kangxi naturally didn't want to worry about it so much, and retreated.
The next step is to worry about the fourth elder brother!
The palace maid named Pai Yu was the one who served Concubine An that day. She looked about fourteen or fifteen years old. She was a bit small in stature and had a decent appearance, but her eyes were a bit overdone.
Clever. Paiyu hurriedly knelt down and reported clearly: "Back to the emperor, after running out of water that day, Master An sent all the people around him to help put out the fire, leaving only the servant to serve him. The servant helped Master An out to get some air.
, but saw Miss Qinglan from Chengqian Palace passing by the East Side Palace in a panic."
Kangxi snorted and said calmly: "The imperial concubine sometimes sends a medical girl to diagnose and treat Concubine De. I know something about it."
"But -" Payu raised her head slightly and looked at Kangxi's face before continuing: "But, Qinglan is followed by a small attendant, wearing the clothes of a palace maid, but her hands are different from those of a palace maid, not only
She is much slender and whiter. When performing the Wanfu ceremony, she did not fold her hands like a palace maid, but also unconsciously showed her orchid fingers. This is the etiquette of the concubine Wanfu! And the man's nails were painted with jasmine, which was very colorful.
It's shallow, but it will become translucent in the sun, and palace maids are not allowed to dye their nails."
Aunt Sumala then added to the fire and said: "Your Majesty, the young masters in the palace often use jasmine dandruff. I remember that the imperial concubine also likes to use light purple jasmine kodan. The color is almost transparent, and it is indeed quite shiny in the sun. If it is newly dyed,
The Jasmine Coconut also has a subtle jasmine fragrance."
Nayu said cautiously: "I have never seen that person's face, so I am not sure whether it is the imperial concubine. But I heard that the empress De Fei sent someone to invite the imperial concubine before she died. As for whether the imperial concubine went, I will
I no longer know."
Kangxi fell into silence, saying nothing, and the beads he held in his hands stopped twisting. Observing words and expressions is a science. Observing the words and expressions of the emperor is the most difficult of this science! No one can figure it out!
It shows Kangxi’s mood at this moment.
Sumaragu Fu Shen said again: "Although the blessing and longevity ointment originated from Yonghe Palace, it was recommended by the imperial concubine and had the servants forward it to the Empress Dowager. Regardless of whether the imperial concubine knew it or not, she participated in the murder of the Empress Dowager.
, please make your decision, Your Majesty."
Kangxi took a deep breath and said after a long time: "I will order the Qian Palace to be sealed. The Empress Dowager is still seriously ill. Aunt Su, please don't let this matter be spread outside."
"Hey!" Sumala Gufushen said.
Chengqian Palace main hall.
"Greetings, Master!" Xiaoluzi said quickly.
Wen Xi put down the tea cup, wiped her lips with the silk in her hand, and said with a smile: "If I want people to tell the truth, what can you do?"
Xiao Luzi glanced at Zhang Jia and Liu who were kneeling and standing, and said with a smile: "There are so many ways! Some punishments in the palace can make people miserable without leaving traces on them.
Call it the best! I only know two or three methods!"
Xiao Luzi bowed to Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zhang Jia again and said: "My young master Jin An! I will talk to the two young masters now! The first way is to have a small secret room with doors and windows."
They were all covered tightly to prevent any wind. Then a pot of moist pine charcoal was lit inside, and the room was filled with smoke and dust in a short time. Every time the people inside took a breath, they coughed violently! Of course, you have to handle it properly.
, because it took a long time, and some people died from the smoke!"
Zhang Jia and Liu both looked pale. But Xiaoluzi said very happily, and said with a smile: "This method is not perfect, there are better ones! There is a punishment called 'acupuncture', and it is used
The embroidery needles used by the embroiderers to make needlework are long and thin and can penetrate into human skin and flesh. They can penetrate deep into the bone marrow and cause pain to the point of death, but they leave no trace!"
Wen Xi glanced at the two people who had changed their colors, twirled the beads in her hands and said, "What? Did you bring it on yourself? Or did I force you to confess?" Seeing that the two of them were silent, Wen Xi couldn't help but sneer.
Said: "What? Are you still taking any chances? Now that you have fallen into my hands, I will naturally try my best to tell the truth from your mouth! Otherwise, wouldn't it be in vain that the emperor specially handed you over to me?"
(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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