Queen's scheming

Chapter 110 Accountability of the Empress Dowager ([-])

"Hongqiao! Everyone is saying that you poisoned the emperor's heir, so you should also say it!" The queen mother pointed at the maid behind Duanjing.

Hongqiao hadn't said a word since the beginning, as if she was listening carefully to what they were saying to slander her. At this moment, the Queen Mother spoke, Hongqiao stepped back a few steps, came out from behind the rose armchair, and gave respectfully to her. The concubines present greeted Ann, and said: "During Hongqiao's dinner the day before yesterday, she served decoctions in front of the Empress Dowager. The imperial doctor Wang of the imperial hospital and the people from the Cihui Palace can testify that she will definitely not appear in the small kitchen of the Purple Glass Palace! "

As soon as Hong Qiao said this, Shen Qingwan and the others were dumbfounded, unable to say a word.

The Empress Dowager looked at Shen Qingwan coldly, and said: "The Ai family can also testify that this Hong Qiao is the newly appointed personal maid of the Ai family. The Ai family knows best whether she is in front of the Ai family!"

Before paying my respects, the maid accompanying Duanjing had a stomachache and fainted in the apse. The Queen Mother pointed to Hongqiao and followed, but Shen Qingwan and the others bumped into her by mistake.

"Why don't you talk anymore?" The queen mother glanced at the crowd and said: "Isn't it just that you were noisy just now, do you want the Ai family to give an explanation? The Ai family has now! This Hongqiao is now the first-class maid next to the Ai family. By poisoning the emperor's heir, does that mean that the Ai family is going to poison her own grandson and granddaughter? Is the Ai family confused? I don't know who is closer?"

"Tell the two of you to the Ai family! Didn't you just say so firmly? You can see it clearly and clearly. Is this the maid?" The Queen Mother pointed to Zheng Nanny and Douyuan who were kneeling on the ground.

Nanny Zheng and Douyuan were shaking like sifting chaff at the moment, lying on the blanket and not daring to breathe.

Shen Qingwan was in a daze, not knowing what to say, pointing at Madam Zheng and Douyuan, she said, "Queen Mother, concubine, don't know what's going on? It must be this slave who cheated concubine!"

"Tricked you?" The Queen Mother turned cold, "Who was the one who insisted on Noble Concubine Duanjing just now? Why didn't your son say that it was Aijia who asked Hongqiao to poison you?"

Shen Qingwan got up immediately, supported her lower back with one hand, and pushed her stomach hard, hoping that the queen mother would look at the child in her belly and spare her this time.But Shen Qingwan miscalculated this time, the Queen Mother didn't even bat an eyelid.

Shen Qingwan knelt down helplessly and said: "Queen Mother, the concubine really doesn't know! The concubine was distracted when she saw the poison, and after hearing what they said a few times, she took it seriously, and then made trouble in Ningsu Palace. Concubine The concubine really didn't intend to frame the noble concubine Duanjing, the poison is real, the concubine can't use the poison to hurt herself!" Shen Qingwan's son really cried at this moment, even his makeup was gone.Only now did she understand that the Queen Mother just called her Concubine Wan, not because she forgot, but because she did it on purpose.

"These days you are pregnant, you have been so nonsense that the Ai family can bear it. From the looks of it today, you are used to being a white-eyed wolf! Today's matter, Ai's family does not want to pursue it. How did your poison come from? You What's the matter with these two people in the palace? The Ai family didn't even ask! I think you know it clearly in your heart!" The Empress Dowager looked down at Shen Qingwan and said.

Shen Qingwan's expression relaxed, her knees kneeling on the peony blanket softened, and she felt proud that as long as there was this child in her belly, no one would be able to touch her!
Looking at Shen Qingwan, the Empress Dowager's expression changed a few times, and in the end she said majesticly in front of the concubines: "Concubine Wan has lost her virtue, and the House of Internal Affairs will take back the imperial concubine's gold book, gold seal, and court clothes. Concubine Wan, mourn the family Do you agree with this treatment?"

Shen Qingwan's imperial concubine's seat was taken back after only one day. She can be regarded as the first in the harem since the founding of the Dali Kingdom.

But at this moment, Shen Qingwan couldn't allow Shen Qingwan to say a word, so she could only say with tears in her eyes: "Concubine, but the empress dowager will punish her!"

The Empress Dowager looked at Shen Qingwan's aggrieved and weak expression, and said sharply: "Put away your pear blossoms with rain, pitiful, I don't like this. As a concubine in the harem, it is your responsibility to continue the bloodline of the royal family, not yours." Chip, you'd better remember clearly for the Ai family, before you give birth to a dragon heir, keep your part, otherwise the Ai family will never let you go!"

"The concubine knows it's wrong, the concubine doesn't dare to do it anymore!" Shen Qingwan was completely terrified this time. They all said that the queen mother won the honor of the queen mother with iron and blood, and she only felt that the queen mother seemed to have put a knife on her neck. up, will be cut down at any time.

The queen mother glanced at Concubine Duanjing, her tone slowed down, and said: "I have wronged you, because you are the niece of the Ai family, and you did not get any real benefits, but were treated as a sore foot instead! The cost of the Purple Glass Palace does not always exceed Is it like this! You don’t need your Qinzhu Palace, nor the Queen’s Ningsu Palace, Concubine Xue’s Zhaoyang Palace, and Zili Palace. If there is any more silver than the quota, you can go directly to the Aijia’s Cihui Palace to ask for it. Go, the Ai family wants to see if the position of the second-rank concubine is not enough for the concubine Wan, plus the Ai family's share, is it not enough!"

Shen Qingwan didn't dare to show her grandeur this time, if the expenses of the Purple Glass Palace dared to exceed the limit, the Empress Dowager might not even let her become a second-rank concubine.

Shen Qingyi personally held the teacup with azure-glazed peony embossed patterns, handed it to the Queen Mother, and said softly: "Queen Mother, calm down."

Concubine Duanjing saw Shen Qingyi looking at her, and said: "The Empress Dowager's phoenix body is very important. The concubine is protected by the Empress Dowager, and nothing will happen. It is important that you take care of your body. The concubine heard you cough earlier. A few times, I have ordered someone to go to the imperial hospital to get the loquat dew. After a while, the concubine will serve you with medicine."

Concubine Duanjing's words were sincere and sincere. As long as there is a Queen Mother, her position will be stable. Once the Queen Mother dies, she will have to rely on her own size. The status of a concubine in the Fuguo Duke's Mansion is really embarrassing!
The Empress Dowager also heard what Concubine Duanjing meant, and sighed. The Fuguo Palace is now supported by her. Once she goes away, the status of the Fuguo Palace will be in jeopardy.

The Empress Dowager thought of this, looked at Concubine Duanjing, then looked at Concubine Shen Qingyi, and said seriously: "If it wasn't because Ai's family happened to be in Ningsu Palace today, and pointed the maid to order Concubine Duanjing, Concubine Duanjing would have For the crime of poisoning the emperor's heir, she was beheaded for public display. Concubine Duanjing has suffered such a great grievance, but she can still care about Aijia's body, Aijia's heart is really sad!"

Shen Qingyi felt that the Queen Mother was holding her hand tightly, she immediately understood, and said dignifiedly: "The noble concubine Duanjing is a dignified and virtuous concubine, she is indeed a model for all concubines, she will be conferred the title of imperial concubine, and keep her title!" Shen Qingyi looked at her gently. The Empress Dowager said: "Your Majesty, do you think this arrangement is okay?"

The Empress Dowager nodded in relief, and said to Shen Qingwan, "That's good, so that some people with bad intentions won't worry about that seat!" One concubine each, one from Yipin's wife.Mi Yurou was promoted to be the noble concubine of the Duanjing Emperor, and Shen Qingwan never thought of passing her. For Mi Yurou, a concubine of the Fuguo Duke's mansion, who has not conceived royal blood, she is absolutely supreme. rewards and punishments.

(End of this chapter)