Chapter 19: The Unexpected Culprit
Concubine Zheng has been concentrating on giving birth in the Yanlan Palace ever since she announced the news of her pregnancy, with the permission of Empress Dowager Ji to exempt her from paying her respects. Whether it was a summer feast, or participating in the competition for Yi Xing'en and other outstanding women in the past two days, they never showed up in person.
Today, this one actually came out of the Yanlan Palace...
Concubine Shu and Concubine Xin glanced at each other, leaving Yun Fenghuang and Jia Jieyu behind to greet them.
"I am very quiet and want to move, and I suddenly want to come out for a walk." Concubine Zheng did not get off the chariot because she was pregnant, so she raised the curtain to talk to them, and said softly, "Besides, there is a newcomer in the palace, and I also want to take a walk." Join in the fun."
She has that kind of dignified and beautiful appearance, perhaps because of Youxi, her complexion is not as fair as before, she has a yellowish look, and her spirit is just average. Combing a cross bun, wearing a few pieces of red gold jewelry, a pair of inch-long golden gourd inlaid green earrings swaying slightly with the movement, the inlaid green water head is very good, but a little big, but the color is blue , A layer of light emerald green was reflected on the neck by the ears.
Concubine Shu noticed it and smiled slightly: "Sister Guifei's pair of earrings, my sister seems to have seen it at the empress's place."
"This was rewarded by the Empress Dowager." The imperial concubine smiled, "The Empress Dowager has a similar pair... It is said that when Emperor Shenzong was in the palace, he accidentally got a piece of high-quality jadeite in the palace, and gave it to craftsmen to make two pieces of jade. set of jewellery, and this earring is one of them."
"It's been a long time since there was such a fine jadeite in the palace." Concubine Xin also said, "The emerald green on this earring is truly flawless."
The three concubines chatted about jewelry and hairpins for a while, before the noble concubine bowed her head in a respectful gesture not far away and asked the two Jieyu what was going on?
"It's said that there was some trouble." Concubine Shu told the story in a few words, without obvious favoring anyone, and intuitively repeated the arguments of both parties, "My sister and sister Xin came late, and I didn't see what happened. What do the people in the two palaces fight like..."
Concubine Zheng frowned slightly, and sighed: "So, it's all caused by Huanxier? This is really my palace's fault. If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have sent it back to Feihan Palace."
Huanxi'er is probably the name of the tortoiseshell tabby.
"How can I blame my sister?" Concubine Shu said, "No one would have thought of such a thing. Besides, the weather has been so hot these past two days, and we are wearing such thin clothes. We can't bear it. Let alone Huanxi'er's hair, can you Are you irritable? Actually, it's not a big deal, in the final analysis, Mao Jieyu is too impulsive."
Concubine Xin said: "The key is for a dignified concubine, what kind of messy exorcism do you believe in...Mao Jieyu is usually quite prudent in her work, but this time she is really a bit sloppy."
The words were not harsh, but their attitudes showed that they supported Jia Jieyu.
It can also be said that she supported the imperial concubine to suppress Yun Fenghuang.
When the third concubine spoke, no one else dared to make any noise to disturb her, so even though Yun Fenghuang and Jia Jieyu stood some distance away, they could hear clearly.
Jia Jieyu showed a little joy when she heard the words, but immediately became vigilant, and quickly showed a wronged and resentful look.
When she did this, she peeked at Yun Fenghuang next to her, wondering what the face of the new Jieyu, who had never kept a low profile since entering the palace, would be at this moment?
There was no expression on Yun Fenghuang's face.
Jia Jieyu was a little disappointed and disdainful, she felt that Mao Jieyu must be faking.
You can still force yourself to be calm right now, let's see if you can hold it back later!
Soon the three concubines finished their conversation and decided to take the people from Xuanqing Palace and Emerald Cold Palace to Chongchang Palace to talk. Firstly, I am afraid they will not be late; secondly, this matter should be handled by the empress.
The group set off in a mighty way, and when they arrived at Yanfu Palace, Empress Ji had already come out, frowning and listening to a court lady whispering.
Yun Fenghuang quickly glanced up from the crowd, guessing that the palace lady was reporting the disturbance.
"What's the matter with this palace, the dignified Jieyu, in front of many palace people, made it like this, and even dragged the newly recruited girls into the water, what a bastard!" Concubine Shu took the lead in entering the palace, and took the lead to plead guilty, Take the lead in reporting the ins and outs...followed by Jia Jieyu's cry, and Yun Fenghuang's nonchalant excuse...
After the farce, Empress Ji, who was obviously a little impatient, said without expression, "Jia Jieyu has no way to control her. Those many palace people can't even look down on a civet cat, and even hurt the appearance of the newly promoted girl. Punishment! It's nothing for Mao Jieyu to protect the people in the palace, but you shouldn't ignore the palace rules, beat the concubine in public, and even take the lead in instigating group fights...You two, I don't know what to say, there is no rules!"
After scolding lightly, the queen directly made a decision to ask Jia Jieyu to go back to Feihan Palace to reflect on it. The time limit was ten days; After paying respects, he knelt outside the Chongchang Hall for an hour as a warning to others.
The court lady who was holding Huanxier was sent to the Clothes Bureau, and the girl Cai who was scratched was compensated by an imperial doctor and being promoted to Fengyi.
After the queen announced the decision, she waited to end the matter and led the crowd to Mianfu Palace.
But at this time Zheng Guifei said: "Wait a minute!"
"Is the imperial concubine uncomfortable?" The queen glanced at her after hearing the words, and asked calmly, "I have told the queen mother that the emperor's heir is important. During the pregnancy, the imperial concubine does not need to come to pay her respects. The imperial concubine must not be just because of Juli, hurt your body."
"Your Majesty." Concubine Zheng turned slightly sideways, and said, "I also asked the imperial doctor to look at my body, and said that my fetus is stable now, and I can move around, so I came out."
So she didn't disregard the safety of the emperor's heir in order to maintain her reputation of keeping rituals.
"Originally I just came out to get some air, but I didn't expect to rush Mao Jieyu to have an argument with Jia Jieyu. Speaking of it, I blame my concubine, and I shouldn't bother Jia Jieyu with Huanxier." The noble concubine sighed, "Now it happened. This kind of thing... the concubine is really uncomfortable."
The queen said lightly: "I know that you have always been kind and magnanimous, but don't think too much about it. It has nothing to do with you. You should concentrate on conceiving and give birth to a strong and intelligent little prince for me and your majesty." important."
The implication is that you are kind and generous, so don't make troubles.
But Concubine Zheng went out in person, obviously she didn't intend to make such a big deal into a trivial matter: "Madam, I just find it strange that Jia Jieyu gave Huanxier to my concubine two days ago, and I kept it by my side After raising it for four or five days, seeing it was sleepy all day long, and even a little bad, I just missed the Emerald Cold Palace, so I sent it back to be raised by Jia Jieyu for two days... Huanxier is really very gentle, otherwise the concubine would be born How can you keep it in front of you now?"
Empress Ji said "hmm" and said, "What do you mean?"
"Moreover, Mao Jieyu's behavior also makes me puzzled." The noble concubine continued, "Although Mao Jieyu is young, it is inevitable that she is a bit impatient, but she has never been a person who has no sense of propriety. Even if she loves the people in the palace, But not to mention that when the incident happened, it was not too far away from Yanfu Palace. No one in the palace knew that the empress doted on her. Apart from other things, Yicai and Qucai didn't even allow the concubine to speak to her, so she insisted on splitting up. Xuanqing Palace... Once Fan Maojieyu tells you about this matter, can you still let her make the decision?"
"What does the imperial concubine think, what's going on?" Empress Ji asked thoughtfully.
The imperial concubine glanced at the crowd, and said: "I was not there at the time, and I don't know what happened, but I met Mao Jieyu, Jia Jieyu and Shufei Xinfei from my concubine, and came to the empress. On the way, Yi Cainu kept supporting Cainu who was scratched, which shows that the two have a good relationship. Now that all the Cainu have not served in bed, they have the same status, and they line up with the master when he leaves the palace. They must be familiar to walk together, but is that so? "
Empress Ji looked at Yunfenghuang, Yunfenghuang... Yunfenghuang looked at Yi Xingen, she knew that Yi Xingen and Qu Hongzhuan followed behind Yun Qingman, but she really didn't notice how the other Cai girls left .
"Responding to your mother's words, the concubine was indeed walking with sister Ling at that time." Yi Xingen came out to answer, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Actually, when Huanxier rushed over...it was originally towards the concubine. But the concubine was frightened, subconsciously hid, and it caught Sister Ling."
Hearing this, everyone's expression is a little subtle...
Although the palace road was quite spacious, the guard of honor of the two concubines was already blocked tightly as they walked side by side.
The civet cat is so agile, what kind of reaction is this, so that it can avoid Huanxier's sudden grab, and instead make the companion behind it suffer?
Or... have no inside story?
However, Ling Cainv, who was scratched, lowered her head and wiped her tears without saying anything, and the concubines didn't intend to play the role of Lord Qingtian at the moment. They only heard the noble concubine say: "This is even more suspicious. Although Yi Cai's status is low, but Who doesn't know in Liugong now? Everyone around me can testify that Huanxier likes to play with girls the most, and she is very gentle and well-behaved with girls, especially beautiful girls... How can she hurt Yi when she is so good? Cai girl?"
The queen asked her to continue speaking calmly.
The noble concubine continued: "The concubine sent someone to find Huanxi'er just now, hoping to find some clues. After all, this is related to the two Jieyu, who are sisters in the palace. It's suspicious, but it's better to find out the truth, so that the two Jieyu will not have a quarrel in the future, which will cause trouble for your majesty and your empress. What do you think?"
These words were righteous, of course Empress Ji would not refuse, but just counting the time, she ordered a palace servant to go to Mianfu Palace to speak, because something happened here, so she had to go there later.
So everyone simply waited patiently, and not long after, the people under the imperial concubine came outside the hall holding Huanxier to ask for an audience.
Of course, Empress Ji summoned the imperial physician to come over for an examination, but before the imperial physician arrived, Huanxi'er, who was peacefully in the palace man's arms, began to get irritable and kept looking towards Cainu of Xuanqing Palace, Struggling, and even uttering an extremely sharp cry, Yi Xingen and the others backed away frequently in fright, startled and frightened, begging for help from all the concubines: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"
"It seems that there is indeed an inside story in this matter!" The queen's face darkened slightly. Like Yun Fenghuang, she knew that Yi Xingen and Qu Hongzhuan went to Xuanqing Palace yesterday. It is impossible for a high-ranking concubine who failed to get her wish to remain silent.
So listening to what the concubine Shu concubine said just now, they only told Jia Jieyu to trouble Yun Fenghuang in private, but Yun Fenghuang refused to give in, so the fight broke out.
So I didn't pay much attention to it, and just planned to deal with it casually to fool it... As a result, looking at it now, I'm afraid the imperial concubine has some other plans?
Well, the Empress would never believe that Concubine Zheng Guifei made an exception to pay her respects during her pregnancy. It just so happened that she happened to meet the two Jieyus arguing with each other, and even more coincidentally, she saw the flaw and revealed the truth with her piercing eyes.
She was just a little annoyed at herself because the imperial concubine has been staying in the Yanlan Palace these days, and Chunjia took office, Ji Muzi was demoted, the empress dowager was bedridden and many other things happened. Relaxed a bit, but the Zheng family started to do things unambiguously? ? ?
After this incident, it's time to take care of Yanlan Palace!
When the queen was thinking about it, a palace official from outside came to report that the imperial doctor had arrived.
Then the imperial physician easily found the traces of fenugreek from Huanxier's paws and the hairpin rings of some of the girls in Xuanqing Palace.
This fenugreek [note] is not the native fenugreek in the country, but it has a name for various reasons, but it was passed down from Weihe, and it has the effect of relieving heat and stopping bleeding, so it is planted in the country. This thing also has a function that many people do not know, which is to attract the attention of civet cats, lynxes, leopards and even tigers.
The reason for Huanxier's sudden rage and injury was found, so finding out the real culprit was a matter of course-but to everyone's surprise, the culprit was not Yun Fenghuang who Jia Jieyu and others thought was a certainty, but, Yun Qingman!
【Note】According to Encyclopedia, fennel is one of the other names of catnip, but directly Baidu fennel looks different from catnip. After reading a series of other names for catnip, I feel that this is the most pleasing to the eye, so I will explain it here.