old friends return

Gao Jin's letter was about the harem matter, in fact, it has nothing to do with him, but the letter also mentioned Concubine Yan, although the specifics are not clear, but in the end it was the person who indirectly killed his mother , Cheng Muzhi had to go back and have a look anyway, even if he knew that he couldn't intervene in anything.

It's time to go back and see Brother Huang, why did you forget this matter right here?No matter how you say it, it is necessary to arrange a farewell banquet for the emperor. After all, it has been a long time, when will we see you again?After much deliberation, Cheng Muzhi decided that he was going back tomorrow, so he asked his subordinates to make arrangements in advance to prepare for the return trip.

The atmosphere in the harem is really bad now. Emperor Hengde is also sitting in Concubine Yang's Palace of Joy, and Concubine Yan is sitting in the lower seat with her.Concubine Yang started, there were some yellow and black letter papers scattered on the ground, with words and paintings on them, but the paintings were erotic pictures that everyone in the harem had but would never admit or talk about, and the words on them were in color. Concubine's words are "dirty things", and the flirtatious sentences in the foul language are really unbearable to look at.And it's obvious that these things come and go, and it's obviously the different tones of two people. In the harem, this is a serious crime.

"Where did these things come from!" Emperor Hengde's face was so dark that he was already getting angry. The teacup in his hand fell directly in front of Concubine Yang. Concubine Yang lowered her head even more, trembling. He replied in a low voice: "Your majesty... Your majesty, I don't know, I really don't know about this matter... Your majesty."

"Concubine Yan, come and tell me, where did this come from!" Emperor Hengde picked up the tea that Su Wenxin served just now, took a sip, and suppressed his overwhelming anger. "The concubine doesn't know much, didn't she just come here..." Concubine Yan said in a soft voice that she didn't know, but she turned the conversation back to Concubine Yang, "Concubine Chen listens to the people under her It is said that these things were found from Huaqiao, the maid in charge of Concubine Yang's Palace."

"Did anyone see it?" Emperor Hengde asked.

"Lanxi happened to be looking for Huaqiao this morning, so she must have seen it." Concubine Yan gave Lanxi a wink as she answered, and Lanxi immediately knelt down in front of Emperor Hengde and said, "Your Majesty, this servant has seen it. "Concubine Yang, who was kneeling below, was ashen-faced at this time, and she was still crying and defending in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, this matter is really..." Before she could finish speaking, Emperor Hengde forcefully interrupted: " Shut up!" The court lady Huaqiao was so frightened that she was about to pass out at this time, and she couldn't even speak a word of defense.

"Go ahead." Emperor Hengde said to Lanxi.

"Yes." Lan Xi glanced at Concubine Yan again, and Concubine Yan nodded, and then Lan Xi said, "I have something to do with Huaqiao today, and before I entered the door, I looked at the wild cat that came from nowhere and was on top of Huaqiao's house." The window ran in, and it was very common to have wild cats in the palace, so the servant didn't care, and walked over, but after a while, he suddenly heard the sound of something being knocked open, and then Huaqiao suddenly yelled, and the servant returned Thinking something happened, I hurried in to check it out, but...the result..."

Speaking of this, Lan Xi obviously looked embarrassed, and he hesitated for a long time before continuing: "In the end, I saw that Huaqiao's dressing box was scattered and things were scattered all over the floor. Most of them were hit by the wild cat. These things, the servants came back quickly and told the empress, and the empress knew that this time was no small matter, but she and the empress concubine Yang were in the same position and could not be directly held accountable, so that alarmed the emperor."

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly backed away, and stood behind Concubine Yan, with his head lowered, looking very fearful.Concubine Yang could no longer justify herself at this time. She was not willing to believe that Huaqiao was really having an affair with someone. After all, she was an old man in her palace. The evidence is solid, what else can she do?Besides, isn't she herself in danger now?

Huaqiao, which was already black in front of her eyes, struggled to climb forward a few times at this time, while glaring at Lan Xi who was standing behind Concubine Yan, she cried and begged Emperor Hengde: "Your Majesty, slaves are wronged. ...The servant is really wronged..."

Emperor Hengde slapped the table heavily: "You bastard! Who wronged you? But someone deliberately went through your things? Can a wild cat wrong you?" Turning around, he reprimanded Concubine Yang: "Your palace Do the maids in charge look like this? One can imagine how neglected you are to them! Concubine Yang, Concubine Yang, you have disappointed me too much!" Concubine Yang naturally knew Huaqiao when she heard this. If he can't keep it, and he must be implicated, if he pleads with Huaqiao again at this time, he will not be a kind master, but a fool who wants to push himself into the fire pit.

Immediately changed his words: "The emperor, it is the fault of the concubine. It is the concubine who is too indifferent to them on weekdays, so what happened today. The concubine begged the emperor to give the concubine a chance to find out what happened to Huaqiao. Whoever is responsible for such nasty things should be dealt with severely, so as to correct the atmosphere in the harem."

Then he cried again, "Your Majesty, please trust me once, and I will definitely not show favoritism in this matter." Emperor Hengde sneered, still very displeased: "Concubine Yang, this You don’t need to investigate this matter, you can manage the other people under your command before you talk about it, as for Huaqiao, take it to the Sixin Office first, I want to see if she will tell the other person.”

"Concubine Yan," Emperor Hengde finally turned the conversation to her, and Concubine Yan was overjoyed, and hurriedly responded, "The concubine is here." Emperor Hengde's anger was half gone at this time, and his tone eased a little. Some: "Leave this matter to you to investigate."

Concubine Yan was overjoyed, everything was going step by step according to the plan, did Xu Buyun know Emperor Hengde too well or Emperor Hengde really didn't believe Concubine Yang?But no matter what, it was she who benefited. Concubine Yan suppressed her joy and pretended to evade: "Your majesty... naturally, my concubines are willing to share some of the burden with the emperor. Besides, this is a matter of the harem, and it shouldn't bother you, your majesty." , it's just..." Concubine Yan deliberately paused, biting her lower lip lightly.

"Huh? What?" Emperor Hengde asked her.

"It's just that the concubine and the elder sister are in the same position, not to mention the elder sister is stronger than the concubine in terms of seniority. The concubine is afraid that the concubine will handle this matter and it will be difficult to convince the public." Concubine Yan's words are very serious, let's listen Concubine Yang felt a "thump" in her heart, what does Concubine Yan want?What does this mean?I hadn't connected this incident with Concubine Yan before, but now it seems that she might have done something.After all, she benefited a lot from this incident.

Naturally, Emperor Hengde could understand the meaning of Concubine Yan's words, so he didn't say anything. He just asked Su Wenquan to go to the palace of the first empress, took the phoenix seal, and handed it to Concubine Yan in front of Concubine Yang. Li: "I will hand over the Phoenix Seal to you for the time being, and you have the right to intervene in all matters in the Sixth Palace. You have to investigate this matter thoroughly for me! I want to see it, but there are still people here. What nonsense to say!"

Concubine Yan naturally did not dare to shirk at this time, for fear that Emperor Hengde would take back the Phoenix seal if he regretted it. After all, he had learned such a lesson before, so she immediately knelt down and thanked the emperor: "My concubine thanked the emperor, please rest assured , the concubine will definitely do her best to investigate this matter clearly."