Concubine Wen Xi has been confined for a month. During this period, the most anxious one is An Bin of Yonghe Palace. Although she has not moved into the main palace, she has become the head of the house. However, An Bin is not happy at all.
On the contrary, she became even more upset. That slave of Pai Yu really caused her a lot of trouble!!
Mrs. An Bi kept pacing back and forth in the room, her steps as chaotic as her heart. Now she was like a bone stuck in her throat, unable to go down or up.
, can only be used up!
Today is the third time that Concubine Cheng has come to visit. She has said a lot of things, but she cannot tell her that the concubine has not fallen out of favor. If she does not lend a helping hand before the concubine is released from confinement, she will definitely offend the concubine completely! This is why Li
I also understand that she always only wanted stability and did not get into any trouble. She had originally made up her mind to pretend to be deaf and dumb about the matter of De Fei, but she didn't expect that Paiyu would leak out!
Concubine An has announced that she is praying for the Empress Dowager and has been staying behind closed doors for a long time. She has buried her head in the sand like an ostrich, but this is not the solution after all. Concubine De was involved in the matter of longevity ointment, and everyone in the clan was given to Ning Guta.
, even the funeral was just in accordance with the concubine's specifications, and she was hastily buried in the concubine's mausoleum.
Concubine Cheng has visited again and again. Dai Jia's status is higher than that of Concubine An. At the beginning of this year, Concubine De was granted the power to co-manage the Sixth Palace after Concubine De claimed to be ill. She should not be offended easily. But Concubine Cheng is from the imperial concubine's side.
She has been secretly plotting for the imperial concubine, and she, a key figure, has been visited and persuaded many times. As long as she comes out to deny Etama's words, then there will be no connection between the imperial concubine and the death of the imperial concubine.
Paiyu was transferred to Cining Palace by Aunt Sumala. The meaning was already obvious, and the meaning became even more obvious with Concubine Cheng’s many visits! An Bin knew that she had to make a decision as soon as possible! Otherwise, both parties would be offended!
At this time, Nanny Lin, who was next to Concubine An, came to report: "Master, there is new news from Chengqian Palace. The imperial concubine asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs for all the remaining hair oil this month, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has rushed to deliver it.
went."
An concubine secretly shuddered, such a request was weird, and what was even weirder was that the Ministry of Internal Affairs actually complied with it! She knew that without the emperor's permission, this matter would definitely not happen! She thought to herself, how could this be a forbidden concubine?
, as long as the necessary expenses are not lacking, and even complying with such a weird request, I think only Concubine Wen Xi is treated like this. Although An Bin can't figure out what the concubine wants so much hair oil, she is very interested in it.
She also gained a deeper understanding of Rong Chong.
Nanny Lin smiled and said, "Master, has you made a decision?"
A smile appeared on Concubine An's lips. She said slowly: "A noble concubine is a noble concubine after all. The Empress Dowager is seriously ill. No matter how decent Aunt Sumara is and how respected she is by the emperor, she is still just a slave."
Nanny Lin nodded and said: "It was the imperial concubine who proposed the idea of 'releasing the dead' before, and the emperor immediately agreed. The imperial concubine's favor has been evident from a long time ago."
"The previous 'letting go' can be attributed to the emperor praying for the longevity of the empress dowager. Now, even though the imperial concubine is in confinement, she still gets what she wants. This is something that should not be underestimated!"
She couldn't help but feel a bit sad and desolate, since she entered the palace, she had never received such favor. Because she was not favored, she could only seek stability in everything, not to offend anyone, not to cause any trouble, but now
She had to make a choice between Cining Palace and Chengqian Palace.
"Mother Lin, please dress up for me. I'm going to the Nourishing Heart Hall." Concubine An bowed her body and said calmly.
Nanny Lin hurriedly said: "Master, it's already evening now, why not wait until tomorrow!"
An Bin shook her head and took a deep breath: "Now that you have made up your mind, it is better to do it sooner rather than later, and you can't delay it for a moment!"
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The Hall of Nourishing Heart.
"Concubine, please be safe and sound, may your Majesty be safe and sound!"
Concubine An suddenly came to say hello. Kangxi didn't want to see her at first, but after thinking about Mrs. Li sincerely praying for the Empress Dowager behind closed doors for more than half a month, he felt relieved and asked her to come in. After looking at Mr. Li who was dressed in a rather solemn attire,
Kangxi was also a little confused and said: "You have never set foot in the Yangxin Hall, why are you here today?" It was already evening, and Kangxi had almost finished approving the papers and was about to rest. He had already turned over the signs.
The concubines were all sent over.
Concubine An looked dignified and solemn, and said sternly: "Concubine, I have been praying for blessings and never paid attention to anything else. Until I came out today and the concubine came to visit, I did not know that the maid next to me actually followed Aunt Su from Cining Palace to expose the concubine.
There is a suspicion of murdering Concubine De, so I didn't dare to waste a moment and came to explain to the emperor in a hurry."
"Oh? You mean that the palace maid slandered the imperial concubine?" Kangxi suddenly understood the meaning of An Bin's words.
Concubine An knelt down again and kowtowed: "Payu is a new palace maid from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. She has always loved to work in the camp. It was because I was not strict with my concubines that this happened! On the day when the Yonghe Palace burned down,
Payu has always been with me, but I have never seen the medical woman from Chengqian Palace or anyone else coming to Yonghe Palace!"
Concubine An raised her head and continued: "I don't know why Payu said such things, and I don't even know who promised Payu what kind of benefits to make her slander the imperial concubine! She also made up such a perfect lie!"
An Bin's words were extremely sincere, and her tone became more intense, with too much doubt and confusion.
Kangxi stared at Concubine An for a long time, and couldn't help asking angrily: "In this case, why not report it earlier!"
Concubine An hurriedly kowtowed and blamed herself: "Concubine is at fault! Concubine has been worshiping Buddha behind closed doors. She didn't even know that her personal palace maid Payu was transferred to Cining Palace by Aunt Su, let alone what happened in front of the emperor.
Oh! If the imperial concubine had not informed me, I might still be in the dark as to why the imperial concubine was grounded!"
Kangxi looked at Concubine An for a long time, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief. He couldn't help but have a smile on his face and said: "Liang Jiugong, hereby declares: The palace maid Payu has committed the crime of deceiving the emperor and slandering the imperial concubine. She is an unforgivable crime. She is like a staff."
Kill!" Kangxi had no intention of asking Sumala Gu and Pai Yu to confront Concubine An, and directly issued the decree.
"As for Aunt Sumala -" Kangxi hesitated a little, as he was an old man after all, and sighed. "Let her stay in Cining Palace and serve the Empress Dowager well, and she is not allowed to go out."
"嗻!" Liang Jiugong hurriedly called Qian'er and asked: "Where is the imperial concubine——"
Kangxi frowned and said, "Let's talk about it tomorrow." Even though the matter of Concubine De had nothing to do with her, the reason for the witchcraft doll has not been found out yet, and Wen Xi has not given him an explanation.
. She couldn't help but frowned. Both the Zhang Jia family and the Liu family were under her control, yet they still hadn't gotten the result by questioning them? Or had she really done something to stop them from questioning them?
At this time, Xiao Quanzi lost his usual composure and rushed into the Yangxin Palace in a panic. He stumbled to the ground and shouted: "Oh no, the Chengqian Palace is in trouble!"
Kangxi stood up and said angrily: "How can the water leak?!" It was winter. The weather was wet and cold, and there was never any fire!
An Bin hurriedly covered her face, as if she suddenly thought of something, and said in surprise: "Those hair oils -"
When Concubine An said this, Kangxi immediately understood that osmanthus oil is a very burning thing. It is as useful as strong wine! Without saying a word, he strode out of the Yangxin Hall. Liang Jiugong hurriedly asked the eunuchs to follow him.
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Because the fire started burning in the innermost bedroom. The palace attendants waiting outside discovered it too late. By the time they realized it, the fire had already engulfed most of the main hall!
When Kangxi thought that a large amount of hair oil had been sent to Chengqian Palace for two hours, he didn't even sit down with Luan Yu, and walked in such a hurry that the group of eunuchs behind him were panting from exhaustion and almost didn't catch up.
The eunuch who was responsible for holding the door of Qian Palace hurriedly knelt down. He hugged Kangxi's legs and begged: "Your Majesty, you can't go in. It's been more than an hour. The fire is too big!"
"You bastard!" Kangxi was furious and kicked the eunuch away, "It's been burning for so long, why didn't you report it in time?!"
The eunuch hurriedly kowtowed and pounded the garlic, crying: "Your Majesty, have mercy on me! The fire started from inside, and a lot of hair oil was sprinkled on it. It was impossible to notice it at first. By the time the slaves noticed it, it was too late to put it out!"
"Where is the imperial concubine?! Has the imperial concubine been rescued?!" Kangxi hurriedly glanced around, but only saw many palace maids serving the imperial concubine Wen Xi in the main hall.
Wu Lu came forward and knelt down and said: "Back to the emperor, after today's dinner, the imperial concubine sent all the servants out and did not allow them to approach the main hall. Only Miss Qinglan was left to serve."
After Kangxi heard this, his feet suddenly gave way and he was about to fall backwards. Xiao Quanzi hurriedly stepped up to support him and said, "Your Majesty, please take care of your dragon body!"
Is this her so-called method of proving innocence?! Why, why must she die to prove it?! Kangxi's eyes darkened, and he almost fainted, and immediately bit his tongue to keep himself awake! The main hall was covered in fire, and the raging flames
It was rolling, burning people's skin, as if it was going to burn this winter! Kangxi looked at the blazing fire, he had never been so scared in his life! Even when facing Obei and San Francisco, he had never been afraid! But at this moment
, but my hands are trembling with fear! Even my heart is trembling!
Kangxi pushed Xiao Quanzi away and rushed towards the fire with big steps.
Xiao Quanzi rushed forward and hugged Kangxi's legs, while Liang Jiugong and Xiao Xizi pulled Kangxi on the left and right. Liang Jiugong cried and begged: "The emperor must put the comfort of the dragon body first!"
"Get out!!" Kangxi kicked Xiao Quanzi away, suddenly broke away from Liang Jiugong and Xiao Xizi with great force, and rushed towards the fire again!
Suddenly, a tongue of fire rolled over, and Kangxi subconsciously blocked it with his arms. The flames immediately wrapped around his sleeves, and the bright yellow sleeves embroidered with a five-clawed dragon started to burn.
Liang Jiugong was so frightened that he trembled all over. He hurriedly grabbed a basin of water for extinguishing the fire from the hand of a rough eunuch. He didn't care and poured a basin of cold water on Kangxi's arm. After pouring it, he went up and hugged Kangxi's arm.
Legs, tears streaming down her face, she begged: "Your Majesty! The fire is too great! We can't get any closer!"
Kangxi's right arm was sore, the dragon's robe was completely charred after being burned, and his right hand was also severely burned. However, Kangxi couldn't feel the pain at all. He looked at the fire, maybe the smoke was too strong, and the fire was burning.
Tears flowed uncontrollably from Kangxi's eyes. Both cheeks were wet, and they hit the dragon robe, leaving clear traces of water.
Kangxi stood there numbly, like a statue, watching the flames swallow up everything, and then slowly fade away, gradually turning white from the night to the east, until the huge palace was burned down to only a shelf, pitch black.
The pillars and roof beams were emitting blue smoke, and the magnificence of Chengqian Palace no longer existed, leaving only a broken scene after being devoured by Zhu Rong????
Snowflakes were falling from the sky, and they fell on the ruins of the ruined palace that were still scorching hot. They were fumigated by the heat and turned into water vapor before they even had time to hit the ground.
At this time, suddenly another eunuch exclaimed: "Look! Swan! There is a swan!"
In the east, a swan flew up from nowhere. It was all white, like snow in winter, without a trace of dirt. It flapped its wings and flew towards the distant sky.
Kangxi had been standing outside Chengqian Palace all night, looking up at the swans flying higher and farther, and murmured a few words with his dry and pale lips: "Ga Luo, Ga Luo???"
Galo means swan. Is she gone?
The chief eunuch of the Cining Palace suddenly ran over, dressed in plain clothes, knelt down and kowtowed and shouted: "The Empress Dowager is dead!"
Finally, Kangxi felt dizzy before his eyes and passed out straight away. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation.)