After hearing this, Yuwen Ruichen's handsome face tensed up, like a dark cloud, and he didn't say anything. This matter is big or small. If there is really a man in Concubine Hui's palace, then he will definitely not take it lightly.
At this time, outside Huining Palace, there were eunuchs and maids kneeling on the ground. Yu Wenrui looked at Yun Jingchu and asked coldly: "What's going on? Why don't you stay in front of the empress? Why are you standing outside this palace?"
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"This slave is just guarding the door as ordered by the empress. I don't know the reason." Yun Jingchu lowered her head and said respectfully, without any emotion in her tone.
At this moment, a report interrupted Yu Wenrui's footsteps, "Your Majesty, this servant has discovered a suspicious person."
Soon, eunuch Xiaohai was seen bringing up the intercepted Eunuch Gui. Behind him was a man in black. He was covered in wounds, his face was swollen, his mouth was whining, but all his teeth were broken.
Halfway through, I was speechless. Although the appearance of this man could no longer be discerned, I could tell from his appearance that he was not from the palace.
Yu Wenrui's face was ashen. Before he could speak, Situ Yan looked at Qingyun aside and said coldly: "Tell me the whole story."
Qingyun immediately said respectfully: "Just now, the servants heard Sister Jingchu's voice and rushed into the empress's chamber. Then they saw this man being subdued by Eunuch Gui to the ground..."
As Situ Yan listened, her eyes fell on Yun Jingchu who was kneeling beside her. She saw that her face was calm, like a piece of cold jade sinking in the water. She couldn't help but wonder in her heart. How could she protect such a loyal slave?
His expression was calm.
Such an expression made the fire in Situ Yan's heart burn even brighter. The thin hands under Yun's sleeves were tightly held. Yu Wenrui always loved face, and I believed that no one could save Concubine Hui this time.
"Is it possible that this man came to have a tryst with Concubine Hui, but was mistaken for a thief, so he was beaten up?" Situ Yan frowned and looked at Yu Wenrui to express his suspicion.
Yu Wenrui's always handsome face was covered with coldness, the veins were protruding, twisted and deformed, and he looked hideous and terrifying. "Can any of you tell me why this man appeared in Concubine Hui's palace?"
"Back to the emperor, this is a myth. I believe that Concubine Hui will never do such a thing. Besides, if we really want to have a tryst, we can't let you stay outside the palace. Aren't we afraid of causing trouble?" Yun said.
Jingchu looked at Yu Wenrui, her eyes as black as paint and shining: "The fact is that this man suddenly broke into Concubine Hui's bedroom. As soon as the slaves heard the sound, they immediately took Eunuch Gui in to subdue the man.
, prepare to hand it over to the Ouchi guards."
Situ Yan secretly gritted her teeth, never expecting that Yun Jingchu would be guarding the door tonight.
Seeing what Yun Jingchu said, Yu Wenrui relaxed his frown slightly, but Situ Yan's voice sounded again: "What are you talking about? Concubine Hui is also the empress. This famous man entered the palace late at night. This is really not good for Concubine Hui's reputation."
Okay." She stroked her beautiful khaodan-coated fingers and continued to say softly: "Besides, before you entered, there were only Concubine Hui and him in the entire palace, and no one knew that anything happened between them.
whats the matter."
Indeed, Concubine Hui is as beautiful as a flower no matter how beautiful she is. There is no guarantee that this man will not have evil intentions. Thinking of this, Yu Wenrui's face darkened and his brows furrowed deeply.
Situ Yan turned sideways, looked at Yun Jingchu, and continued: "This is not something that a slave like you can answer, so please quickly ask your master to come out and explain it to everyone..."
"Why is it so lively tonight? Why do so many people come to my Huining Palace?" A soft voice sounded, instantly interrupting Situ Yan's words. Concubine Hui Yingying walked in from the door, holding a basket in her hand.
It seemed that she was coming back from outside. When she saw the Emperor and the Queen, she walked up to them with graceful lotus steps, blessed her body and said, "I send my regards to the Emperor, and to the Queen."
Everyone present looked at Concubine Hui with wide eyes. Wasn't Concubine Hui lying in the house? They all saw it with their own eyes, so how could they come back from outside Huining Palace?
How could she come back from outside the palace? Situ Yan couldn't help but be stunned. It's impossible. Someone clearly saw her entering the palace with her own eyes. What went wrong?
Seeing Concubine Hui walk in from the door of Huining Palace, Yu Wenrui's original anger immediately receded by half, but thinking about this farce, he still felt uncomfortable in his heart. He said coldly: "Concubine Hui, why aren't you in the palace at this late hour?"
"The Queen Mother has been coughing recently, so I went to the Imperial Garden to pick some epiphyllums to make tea for the Queen Mother." Concubine Hui approached slowly, opened the basket in her hand, and said softly: "This epiphyllum blooms at midnight.
I went all the way to wait, no, I just took it off..."
Looking at the fresh epiphyllum in the basket, everyone had nothing to say. The anger in Yu Wenrui's eyes receded instantly, and he liked Concubine Hui even more in his heart. He reached out to hold Concubine Hui's hand and said softly: "Now I finally know that the queen
The reason why I like Huier so much, Huier is so thoughtful, I almost misunderstood you.
Concubine Hui pretended to be confused, looked at Yuwen Rui and asked, "Misunderstanding? What happened?"
Yu Wenrui suddenly raised his head, glared at Situ Yan, and said coldly: "Queen, can you explain to me what is going on?"
Situ Yan looked at Concubine Hui in disbelief. When she heard the emperor's scolding, she immediately nervously wanted to explain: "Your Majesty, I am just..."
An evil smile gradually appeared on Yun Jingchu's calm face. She smiled softly at the corner of her mouth and flashed her eyes. Situ Yan, do you think this is all?
"Your Majesty, I just found this on that man, and I would like to ask Your Majesty to take a look at it. As for the Xiang Ling written on it -" Yun Jingchu took out a piece of paper unhurriedly, which read: I only hope that your heart will be the same.
My heart will definitely live up to my love." The content of the note was still the same, but the handwriting was different, and there was an additional signature, Xiang Ling.
Yu Wenrui's expression changed as soon as he saw it. He was not unfamiliar with the name Xiangling.
When Situ Yan saw this scene, her face suddenly became ugly. She pretended to be calm and sternly swept through everyone, then turned to Yuwen Rui and said unjustly: "Your Majesty, don't listen to this slave's nonsense, this must be her
He deliberately framed the people in my concubine’s palace.”
Yun Jingchu's expression remained unchanged and she said: "Empress, everyone in Huining Palace can testify that they all saw it with their own eyes. This note was found from this man."
Situ Yan glanced at everyone with a cold look: "Which of you saw it?"
Looking at her with such terrifying eyes, no one dared to say a word. Situ Yan pointed at a palace maid in Huining Palace and asked coldly: "Did you see it?"
The palace maid was frightened by the queen, and a flash of panic flashed in her eyes. She lowered her head and said in a low voice, "The scene was too chaotic. I, my slave, don't remember it either..."
A satisfied smile flashed across Situ Yan's face, but she heard Eunuch Gui stand up and say, "Your Majesty, I saw this with my own eyes."
"Your Majesty, Queen, and servants have never written such a note." Xiang Ling could not conceal her inner eagerness and immediately knelt down. She was honest and a little panicked.
"Shut up!" Yu Wenrui actually didn't want this matter to be publicized, so he snorted coldly: "Someone, pull this man down and wait for him to be punished."
Yun Jingchu stood aside quietly, lowering her head and eyes, but Situ Yan was stunned for a moment and made no move. It was true that the emperor doted on her before, but now it was even more true that he was angry.
"Queen, how do you discipline the slaves in your palace?" Yu Wenrui said angrily to Situ Yan: "I am really beginning to doubt whether you are suitable to be this queen!"
As soon as these words were said, Situ Yan was already stunned. Until now, Yu Wenrui would only say that she would be his queen, but this was the first time she heard her say that she was not suitable to be the queen. Her pale face suddenly froze, and a pair of watery eyes
Looking at the emperor, she cried pitifully: "Your Majesty..."
Yu Wenrui glanced at Situ Yan, looking at that alluring face, which looked extremely weak. His heart softened, and he wanted to go forward and wipe away her tears, but at the same time he felt an uncomfortable gaze, and he went to
Looking forward, he saw Yun Jingchu looking at her intently, with an inexplicable look in her beautiful eyes, which made him startled for no reason. With this look again, that figure flashed across his mind inexplicably again.
, which surprised him.
"Xiang Ling openly invited a man from outside the palace to enter the palace, and even broke into Concubine Hui's bedroom by mistake. The crime is unforgivable." Yun Jingchu looked at Situ Yan, her slightly red face seemed to remind Situ Yan of what happened today.
, she pronounced the last sound of each word very neatly, and said coldly: "The Queen, you said that slaves should be punished if they do something wrong. The Queen has always been fair and strict, so she won't protect you, right?"
As soon as she said this, everyone understood what she meant. At this moment, Situ Yan was completely startled. She kept saying that she was fair and strict, but in fact, she had a deeper meaning. She stared at Yun Jingchu with a pair of beautiful eyes, hating in her heart.
He was dying, but he knew very well that if this matter was pursued to the end, he would be implicated sooner or later.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, your servants have been wronged..." Xiangling sensed something was wrong and kowtowed in fear.
Yun Jing glanced at Xiang Ling for the first time, sighed and said, "Your Majesty, all the personal and material evidence are available. Please clarify."
The eyes of Concubine Hui, who had been silent all this time, flashed with dark light, and she said with some sadness: "Your Majesty, if I hadn't happened to be away from the palace tonight, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Please ask Your Majesty to seek justice for me."
Hearing Concubine Hui's words, Yu Wenrui's face turned gloomy and ugly, his lips tightened, and he said coldly: "What Concubine Hui said is that I will leave this matter to you."
Xiang Ling's face turned pale as paper with fright. She glanced at Situ Yan and saw that her master looked embarrassed, so she continued to kowtow and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
Concubine Hui turned her head and looked at Yun Jingchu, then said slowly: "Since she has such a tough mouth, I'm afraid she won't be able to move if she doesn't give her some color. Jingchu, go slap her!"
Yun Jingchu responded, her eyes sharp and sharp, and she narrowed her eyes slightly in a beautiful arc. After the guard held Xiang Ling down, Yun Jingchu rolled up her sleeves, raised both hands, and faced Xiang Ling's face mercilessly. She slapped her hard, the first two slaps were for herself in the morning, and the last two slaps were for the green clothes she slapped before.
Suddenly, the whole space could only hear loud slaps and Xiang Ling's begging for mercy.
"enough!"
Yun Jingchu finally couldn't help scolding, but there was such a piece of paper, which made Xiangling mute unable to express the pain of eating Coptis chinensis. Situ Yan clenched her fair hands into fists in her sleeves, gritted her teeth, and Also knelt down——
The whole scene was silent and eerily silent.
Yu Wenrui looked at Situ Yan, his eyebrows furrowed and he said nothing.
Yun Jingchu stopped immediately, with a hint of ridicule on her lips, but Situ Yan couldn't hold it in anymore.
Situ Yan looked at Yu Wenrui and begged: "Your Majesty, this scandal happened because of my poor discipline. Please punish me." Xiangling has taken care of her for many years. She is not a stone. Look, I really couldn't bear it, not to mention that Xiangling knew that she had too many things to do, so she had to protect her.
Yu Wenrui looked at Situ Yan kneeling on the ground and felt very surprised. He didn't expect that she would do this for Xiang Ling.
Everyone was silent, looking at the emperor with a solemn expression, waiting for him to make the final decision, whether to protect the empress or to give justice to concubine Hui.
Yu Wenrui frowned and glanced at Concubine Hui and Situ Yan respectively, feeling that both sides were in a dilemma——
Finally, Yu Wenrui dodged Concubine Hui's expectant eyes, strode to Situ Yan's side, and said slowly: "Queen, you are not in good health, you'd better get up first."
Concubine Hui's heart suddenly became cold. At this moment, everyone knew Yu Wenrui's final decision.
"I have decided to order that man to be executed tonight. No one is allowed to reveal this matter." Yu Wenrui glanced at Xiang Ling coldly and said, "As for Xiang Ling, Gu Nian is your first offender, so I will forgive you just once." , but you will still be fined and deducted three years of bonus—"
His words seemed to be deliberately favoring Xiang Ling, but Yun Jingchu had already foresighted what he thought about Yu Wenrui. She knew that Yu Wenrui would eventually choose Situ Yan, and Yu Wenrui was not really anything. No one knew that he was just protecting Situ Yan and protecting her as always.
Situ Yan's face also showed uncontrollable joy. The emperor still loved her after all, so he protected her like this.
"I thank you, Your Majesty." Situ Yan said to Yu Wenrui with a smile, then glared at Xiang Ling and said, "Why don't you thank Your Majesty for not killing me?"
Xiangling had been beaten to the point of losing her momentum. She kowtowed several times in a panic and said with tears streaming down her face: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty. Thank You, Your Majesty -"
Situ Yan glanced at Concubine Hui without leaving any trace, with a proud look on her face, and smiled secretly in her heart. The emperor's heart was still with her, and that was enough!
Concubine Hui's face darkened slightly, but she didn't say anything else. Yun Jingchu looked at Situ Yan with a cold smile in her heart, and her eyes fell on Yu Wenrui, who was frowning, with a pair of beautiful eyes like water in a glacier. The cold air is everywhere, Situ Yan, don’t be too happy, unknowingly you have pushed Yu Wenrui further and further away...