Chapter 130: Zhao Xiang

Even if there is red mud on the sole of Gong Xiangxiao's boots, which proves that he has indeed come from the Changling Pass, it is not enough to prove that what he said is true.

Not to mention that the so-called concubine Xian who didn't see it clearly is just Yi Xingen's one-sided statement. The court lady who was testified by Yi Shi was not married to Concubine Xuan. Maybe she mistakenly chose someone else's eyeliner to be by her side... But Chunjia didn't pay any attention to these words, the meaning behind the words was that she believed it directly, and suspected Concubine Xuan together with Concubine Xian.

Concubine Xuan was frightened and upset at the same time, she choked up a few times before she could speak: "Your Majesty, this concubine has absolutely no intention of targeting the concubine Xian..."

"I'll talk about this later, and you said that your palace servants followed Yishi to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, what happened?" Chunjia glanced at her, and said calmly, "Who gave you the idea?"

Speaking of this, Concubine Xuan also realized that it was not as simple as she thought. If the emperor asked directly, she would definitely tell the truth. But it happened that after Yun Fenghuang slapped her twice, the emperor followed the words of this concubine to ask, which made Concubine Xuan unable to swallow her breath!

She then said, "Just to deliver something to Ye Ziyuan and then..."

Before she could finish speaking, Chunjia suddenly leaned over and stretched out her hand——Because of Yun Fenghuang's previous actions, Concubine Xuan shrank back subconsciously, fearing that the emperor would also beat her like Concubine Xian, but this action was too late. He half remembered that the person in front of him was not a concubine Xian, the thunder, rain and dew were all the grace of the king, how could she have the qualifications to dodge?

After all, she was not as deviant as Yun Fenghuang, she didn't have the guts to stop it abruptly.

It was just that I was wronged, and tears immediately fell.

However, Chunjia just stretched out his hand to pinch her chin, forced her to look up, and said softly, "Say it again?"

The emperor seldom gets angry, and he is especially gentle in front of his concubine. Although he did not speak harshly at this moment, his expression was slightly cold, but he was not angry. Concubine Xuan was secretly timid, but her heart was hard to calm down, and she insisted: "Yi Ziyuan..."

"All the concubines live in Yeziyuan, and I don't remember the names of many of them." Chunjia interrupted her, and said calmly, "It's worth sending someone to deliver things when it's getting late in your dignified concubine Xuan? Let me check, were you so attentive to Ye Ziyuan before?"

With tears in Concubine Xuan's eyes, she said angrily: "...The concubine suddenly remembered, sending the palace people to go, don't they dare to take trouble?"

"The palace people don't dare to take trouble, but are you sure that they followed Yi Shi to the Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion?" Yun Fenghuang who was standing beside him said slowly, "After you think about it, you can answer?"

Concubine Xuan felt that something was wrong, but she said that just now, and now she could only bite the bullet and continue: "Yes! Of course! Otherwise? Is the concubine just looking for trouble for you? Who doesn't know your concubine Xian The empress is amazing, she is obviously not from a high family background, and she is not the youngest and most beautiful in the palace, but she is very fond of you! Even the noble concubine Shufei is your defeat, what kind of concubine dares to go against you?!"

"From Bianyue Xiaozhu to Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, there is a road that must be passed through, and it is Yazhangpo." Yun Fenghuang suddenly sneered, "Yi Ziyuan is near Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, and it is similar. Good Coincidentally, at dusk yesterday, I asked someone to cut some duck-footed maple leaves to put in a bottle. The ordered palace man accidentally knocked over the powder box in his bosom, and left a lot of powder on the ground. Originally, he wanted to clean it up immediately. The next one, but I was afraid that Ben Gong would be in a hurry, so I hurried back."

"Should I send someone over there now to verify whether many people have stepped on it after nightfall?"

She stared at Concubine Xuan, whose face paled instantly, and said slowly, "You can't let the people under your hands walk there at night, and still notice the powder on the soles of their feet, and sprinkle it back?"

"..." Concubine Xuan pursed her lips and remained silent.

Chunjia frowned, let go of her jaw, and said softly: "Your father and brother are all people who work hard for me, so I don't believe that you will deliberately oppose me... What's going on?"

"...So in His Majesty's view, if you don't follow the concubine Xian, you are against you?" Concubine Xuan finally shed tears from her eyes, and said with a choked voice, "Then why do people like concubines come into the palace and promise to be the successor?" What? Anyway, coming into the palace, it’s just an obstacle to you and the concubine Xian’s eyes!”

After all, being young, being stimulated one after another, Concubine Xuan lost control and yelled out what was in her heart, "Why ask again now? After all, no matter what my concubine says, His Majesty has a conclusion in his mind, and he always hates Xian Concubine, you deliberately framed her, didn't you?!"

Chunjia looked at her expressionlessly.

"Don't tell me you seem to be wronged." Yun Fenghuang straightened his sleeves, stroked his temples, and said calmly, "You and I know in our hearts that the people in Jiangwuyuan didn't just happen to see Yi Shi and followed him. Go up, but received the news early in the morning, and specially ambushed near the Night Rain Pavilion in Lanzhou. Do you dare to say that you did this because you hate me?"

"Don't talk about your majesty's preference, you use your brain to think about it, the current situation in the temple: the regent is assisting his majesty to target the Ji family, and now there is an affair between the regent's son and the concubine , who benefits the most, and who embarrasses the most?!"

"If you can get an irrelevant outsider to come in and frame me, I will respect you for your skill."

"The result is that he lied to the Prince Regent's son... I wonder if the Luo family sent a civet cat to replace the prince and raised the enemy's daughter? As for cheating your natal family like this?"

"You are talking nonsense!!!" Concubine Xuan shouted excitedly, "I don't even know that person is the prince regent's son! Otherwise, how could I call those many people..."

It was only when she said this that she woke up. She gritted her teeth and said directly, "Yes, I got the news that you will have a private meeting with someone in Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, so I asked a group of people to go over and stare at you. But I never knew who that foreigner was! If I knew it was the Prince Regent's son, how could I have made such a big move?"

As for why she didn't take the initiative to calm things down just now, one reason is that Yun Fenghuang's attitude is too arrogant, and the other reason is that she has made trouble like this, she can never admit that she is wrong, and she can only make mistakes.

Chunjia ignored the quarrel between the two concubines, and asked calmly: "How did you get the news? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Your Majesty's heart is all on the concubine Xian. As the old saying goes, you can't be close. If you don't have any proof, how dare you tell your majesty?" If you think that you want to slander, don’t you want to follow in the footsteps of the former imperial concubine?! It is only safe to ask Your Majesty to investigate after you have obtained ironclad evidence."

After saying this, he said, "This news... was told by Zhao Yuwan."

Chunjia said: "Which Zhao Yuwan?"

"It's Zhao Yuwan who entered the palace last year." Concubine Xuan reminded her like this, but Chunjia still couldn't remember it, but Yun Fenghuang said: "Among the concubines selected to enter the palace last year, there was a very special one named Zhao Xiang." Beautiful, she is on the same level as Qu Shi in the concubine's palace, only slightly inferior to Yi Shi... Is this Zhao Yuwan?"

Concubine Xuan glanced at Chunjia with a complicated expression, then nodded: "That's her."

Yun Fenghuang explained to Chunjia: "The Zhao family entered the Yanlan Palace at the discretion of the empress after a fight among the concubines. After that, they didn't hear much about it."

This is because Zheng Shangchu has implicated Zhao Xiang, because the emperor doesn't like a group of concubines who enter the palace when they get married, and he still has to deal with it before taking office. Don't go - if Zhao Xiang is assigned to another palace, even if it is a place without the main seat, maybe it will be better.

But in Yanlan Palace, the emperor didn't want to take a step at all, and there were very few opportunities to face the saint, let alone be favored.

It was thanks to Yun Fenghuang that she was able to be promoted to Yuwan. Yun Fenghuang killed the former noble concubine, and the Yanlan Palace was distributed to the new concubine Xuan. Relying on his youthful beauty, he had to go to bed a few times, and then he was barely promoted to two levels.

Compared with Yi Xingen Qu Hongzhuan who entered the palace together, it was really a tear of bitterness.

"This palace concubine..." Chunjia frowned and asked Yun Fenghuang, "What does she have to do with you? Why does Concubine Xuan trust her in such a big matter?"

Yun Fenghuang looked at Concubine Xuan with a smile that was not a smile: "I don't know much about this Zhao family, but I have to ask Concubine Xuan for advice."

"It's always just that I don't know people well, and my skills are not as good as others." Concubine Xuan bit her lip, gave her a hateful look, turned her head, and said, "Zhao Xiang said that the news is from Yi Shi under Concubine Xian's hand." Said."

Yun Fenghuang said: "This is very strange, you actually believe in this Zhao Xiang so much? Besides, who doesn't know how generous I am to Yi Shi, why Yi Shi betrayed Ben Gong?"

"No matter how generous you are to Yishi, why don't you want Yishi to give you children?" Concubine Xuan sneered, and said, "Ishi is now a concubine, only one step away from Jieyu who is a concubine. She wants to raise her daughter herself, and even more wants to be the lord of the first palace... So through Zhao Xiang's negotiation with me, she should help me to ruin your reputation as a concubine Xian. Personally raise Princess Zhaoqing..."

Speaking of this, a flash of unwillingness and resentment flashed in his eyes, "Who knew that this lowly maidservant is actually!!!"

"This is wrong." Yun Fenghuang shook his head and said, "I don't believe it. Among the many concubines in the palace, how many of them have not received the grace of promotion from this palace? If you want to be a concubine, just tell me personally. The high positions in the left and right palaces are now more full than before, and there are still no vacancies. Whoever does it is not doing it. How can this palace treat the people in the palace badly? As for raising Zhaoqing personally, it is of course impossible, but Zhaoqing is still in the palace. When has Bengong ever been wronged? Wouldn't following one of the four concubines of Bengong be better than following her biological mother?"

"Or does she think that she has the ability to sit on the fourth concubine's position?"

"As the so-called parents love their children, they have far-reaching plans. Yi Shi is not stupid, so why don't you understand such a little truth?"

"I advise Concubine Xuan that you should tell the truth honestly and stop making arrangements here!"

Concubine Xuan was furious: "Anyway, this is the truth—there is a letter written by Yi Shi in this palace—and you keep saying that you will not treat your own palace people badly, but is Yi Shi an ordinary palace person? In terms of beauty, she is still above you, you will rest assured that she will preside over the first house?"

"Aren't you afraid that she will steal your favor?!"

Yun Fenghuang sighed, and said: "Your words show that you are talking nonsense, and you don't even think about Yi Shi's background? She was separated from her family during the Sanzhou Rebellion, and after being adopted, she drove the flower and bird envoy passing by. She was selected through layers of selection based on her peerless beauty... Do you think she can read? Let alone write you a letter!"

Concubine Xuan obviously didn't think about this question at all, she was startled immediately, and after a while, she reluctantly retorted: "Maybe she accidentally learned a few words from her father and brother..."

"Then why don't you take out the letter and see if someone who can read a few words by chance can write it?" Yun Fenghuang asked kindly.

"..." Concubine Xuan was in a daze, and murmured, "Who wrote that letter?"

Yun Fenghuang didn't bother to analyze this question for her, and just said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, it seems that Zhao Xiang has to be called over to ask."

However, it was too late to call Zhao Xiang at this time - this man had already swallowed gold and committed suicide.

Before she died, she left a suicide note, accusing Concubine Xuan of persecuting her in various ways, the point of which was forcing her to collude with Yi Xingen, a good sister she met during the selection process, and the empress Yun Fenghuang who murdered Yi Xingen... This letter Compared with the so-called Yi Xingen's letter of surrender in Concubine Xuan's hand, the suicide note is much more realistic.

The handwriting throughout the text is crooked like a child who has just learned books, and the wording is also full of mistakes, even slightly complicated words are written wrong.

Very agreeable to the level of the palace concubine who learned some characters by chance after entering the palace.

With no witnesses, Yun Fenghuang naturally would not let go of the opportunity to make trouble, and in front of Concubine Xuan, he spoke to Chun Jia, saying, Your Majesty, if you look at it like this, no one can prove that Concubine Xuan did not intentionally frame the concubine. , why don't we lock her up first, and then discuss the crime?

Concubine Xuan had heard about the downfall of the previous owner of Yanlan Palace. Zheng Shangchu was imprisoned in the cold palace first, and then died quickly. How could she agree?

It's just that Yun Fenghuang lightly dismissed the several rebuttals he racked his brains, and even said that her suspicion was a little deeper. In the end, Chunjia said: "I said before, I believe in the Luo family, and the daughter of the Luo family will not have any intentions." Find something for me. Concubine Xuan has not been in the palace for a long time, why should my concubine be as knowledgeable as her?"

Let Concubine Xuan say, "Take care of the people from last night. I don't want a single word to spread out about this matter, understand?"

As for her dowry, not to mention that the whole army was wiped out, at least most of them could not be kept... Concubine Xuan moved her lips twice, but in the end she didn't say anything to beg for mercy from the dowry, she held back her tears and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness, my concubine obeys! "

Chunjia seemed a little tired, waved her hand and said: "Go down, be careful when you encounter problems in the future, and stop being so naive and ignorant."

Concubine Xuan resigned both ashamed and thankful, Yun Fenghuang looked at the sky outside and advised the emperor to rest for a while: "Your Majesty has nothing to do in the middle of the night, why don't you go to the Xingxin Hall after taking a nap."

"I can't sleep." Chunjia turned her head to look at her, and said calmly, "Concubine Xuan's thoughts go back and forth only a little bit, and I can guess it. However, I can't be sure about Concubine Ai's thoughts, so this matter Son, I have to come to my concubine personally to clarify my confusion. What does concubine Ai think?"