Concubine Mi in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 89

As soon as Wang Miheng stepped into the Zhaoxia Palace, he felt an inexplicable chill. Looking at the noble man sitting on the bed with dull eyes and no blood on his face, Wang Miheng suddenly thought of the day when the nobleman had a miscarriage last time. scene.

At that time, she was also like this, blankly, without a trace of life on her face.

Speaking of which, this noble man is also pitiful.She wasn't favored much in the first place, but she finally got pregnant, but had a miscarriage.After that, Kangxi never turned over her sign.

Every day when I came to Chengqian Palace to greet the imperial concubine, I never saw her say a word.Occasionally reply a few words, but also carefully flatter.

"Come here, pass on to the imperial physician!" Seeing this scene, the imperial concubine frowned slightly, and ordered casually.

It is a felony for a noble person to commit suicide, and no one dares to go to the imperial hospital to ask for an imperial doctor.After the imperial concubine gave this order, someone ran out.

"Did you tell the emperor?" Concubine De asked.

"The emperor is still in the early court at the moment, and the slaves dare not disturb the emperor." The maid who served the nobleman knelt on the ground and replied cautiously.

"Well, then I will report back after the emperor goes to court." Concubine De glanced around at the court ladies and eunuchs kneeling in the palace, and said in a deep voice: "Tell me, what's going on?"

The maids and eunuchs all lowered their heads, knelt on the ground and shivered, and some even had their teeth chattering.

"Why, didn't you hear what I said?" Concubine De turned a deaf ear to all this and asked in a cold voice.

"My lord, please forgive me. The servants really didn't expect that the master would..." a court lady kneeling on the far right trembled.

Before she could finish her sentence, she couldn't help shivering when she saw the coldness in Concubine De's eyes.

"Come here, let me pull this useless slave down and beat me hard! I don't believe you can't tell the truth!"

The palace maid was so frightened that she knelt down in front of Concubine De, and kowtowed continuously: "My lord, spare my life, my lord, spare my life!"

Concubine De gave her a cold look, then ordered: "Drag on!"

As soon as she said this, the maid's complexion paled instantly, and she glanced at the noble man sitting on the bed in a panic.

Before she could open her mouth, two eunuchs stepped forward, each holding an arm and dragging her out.

The court lady was pressed on the torture bench and took off her clothes, and after a while there was a heart-piercing cry.

Every time she yelled, the body of the court lady and eunuch kneeling on the ground trembled, and her eyes were full of unconcealable fear and horror.

"My lord, forgive me, my lord, I have been in poor health since the last miscarriage. A few days ago, I sent the imperial doctor to see her. The imperial doctor said that the young master hurt her body, and I am afraid that she will not be able to conceive again in the future. "The court lady kneeling at the front replied word by word, suppressing the fear in her heart.

As soon as she said this, there was a moment of silence in the hall.The concubines in the harem rely on their offspring to win the favor of the emperor. If they are injured and cannot conceive, their lives will be ruined.

Thinking of this, everyone's eyes were either sympathetic or gloating.

It's useless for Qingui to keep her own child, and she deserves it for hurting her body now.

Wang Miheng raised his eyes and looked at the noble man sitting on the bed. Well, she admitted that she could not conceive as Kangxi's concubine. The feeling of despair would really make people think of suicide.

However, if Qingui wanted to seek death, why not on the day when she knew that she could not conceive.

People can do anything when they are under great pressure, but as time goes by, they will gradually regain their sobriety and rationality.It's not like Qingui is now, as if he has just been stimulated.

Just as Wang Miheng thought about it, he heard Concubine De ask, "Really? Then why did your master seek death today?"

Concubine De asked what Wang Miheng wanted to know.

Obviously, Concubine De believed some of what this court lady said, and her eyes fell on the court lady who was being punished by the stick outside the palace.

After the heart-piercing shouts, the maid's voice became smaller and smaller, only the dull sound of the board hitting the person came in one after another.

Horrified, a slightly crying voice rang out: "Mother, the young master has been depressed because of the miscarriage. Yesterday, the servant accompanied the young master to the imperial garden to relax, but on the way back, I heard two The maid said that the young master was wrong. She said that the young master had a miscarriage that day because she was not lucky enough to keep the emperor's heir. She also said that although the young master is the master, her life is not as good as that of a decent slave. Spread the word." At the end of the sentence, her voice became smaller and smaller, as if she was concerned about something.

As soon as she finished saying this, the atmosphere in the hall became extraordinarily weird.

If you think about it for a while, you will know that someone did it deliberately, otherwise Qingui would not have heard it sooner or later, why did you go to the Imperial Garden to hear these unpleasant words.

It was the Imperial Garden again, Wang Miheng remembered that Qingui accidentally fell down in the Imperial Garden and had the misfortune to have a miscarriage. Could it be that the three words of Imperial Garden are the nemesis of Qingui?

There's just one thing that Wang Miheng really can't figure out, Qingui is docile and always timid.On weekdays, he is used to swallowing his anger. How could such a person commit suicide after hearing a few words of ridicule from the servant?
Really unable to figure it out, Wang Miheng also put aside his thoughts, and looked at the court lady kneeling on the ground without saying a word.

The maid bit her lips, as if she had made up her mind, and said in a low voice: "They also said... that there was a eunuch in the little lord's palace who married a court lady... that if this matter got to the emperor's ears, ..." At the end, the palace maid was flushed, but restrained herself because of fear.

Her words were like a thunderclap on the ground, and all the concubines in the palace were stunned by these words.

The maid said it tactfully, she only said that she was married, but no one could guess the deep meaning in it, she just wanted to say that the maids and eunuchs were indiscreet and messed up the palace.

After thinking about this, Wang Miheng couldn't describe it as shock anymore.

Eunuchs have no wives and court ladies have no husbands. They are lonely and form partners, which is called "opposite food".From the Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, this abnormal phenomenon in the palace has always existed, and it has even been recognized by people.The difference is that when the Manchus entered the customs in the Qing Dynasty, this bad habit was banned.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has a Punishment Department. If a court lady and eunuch breaks the rules, they will be dealt with by the Punishment Department.And the scandal of eating this kind of filth and chaos in the palace can be regarded as a serious crime of beheading.

For a while, Wang Miheng somewhat understood.

No wonder Qingui wanted to seek death. If this matter really reached Kangxi's ears, it would not be as simple as being outraged.

Besides, the slaves in his own palace did such dirty things, the master would lose face, and the noble man was unfavored, and the miscarriage hurt his body that day.After much deliberation, it seems that the only way to go is suicide.

However, he couldn't commit suicide, but he was rescued by others.

In this way, what kind of result is waiting for her?

The rule is not strict, and the slaves are allowed to mess up the palace. Even if Kangxi doesn't deal with her, she will have no face in this harem in the future.

The palace maids and eunuchs kneeling on the ground turned pale with fright, and looked at each other, seeing despair and horror in each other's eyes.

Concubine De winked, and several people went to search the residence of the court ladies and eunuchs.

Not long after, a sandalwood box was presented.

The nanny whispered a few words in Concubine De's ear with some embarrassment, and immediately everyone felt the embarrassment and embarrassment on Concubine De's face.

Don't even think about it, you know what's in it.

"The emperor is here!" At this moment, Li Dequan's shout came from the courtyard, Wang Miheng turned around, and at a glance he saw Kangxi in bright yellow court clothes walking towards the hall.

There was silence in the hall, and everyone knelt down to pay their respects.

"The concubine pays respects to the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

Wang Miheng knelt down behind the imperial concubine and concubine De to say hello, Kangxi asked, "What is this?"

As soon as he said this, everyone's heart skipped a beat, and even the normally calm Concubine De couldn't help but change her face.

What he looked at happened to be the sandalwood box that had just been found from the eunuch's room.

Kangxi didn't call out, all the concubines continued to kneel on the ground, only heard footsteps, Kangxi stepped forward, stretched out his hand to open the sandalwood box.

Kangxi's complexion was livid, the veins on his forehead were twitching one after another, and a gloomy look flashed in his eyes, and he covered the wooden box with all his might.

Seeing his fury, the people kneeling on the ground dared not even make a sound.

Did Li Dequan serve Kangxi for so many years? He looked at Kangxi's face and said cautiously: "Your Majesty..."

Kangxi's face was gloomy and frightening, but he said lightly: "Pull it out and stick it to death!"

As soon as he said this, the faces of the court ladies and eunuchs kneeling on the ground immediately turned pale, and some of them collapsed uncontrollably on the ground.

Everyone's heart was shocked, what the emperor meant, but... all of them were killed?
Li Dequan had been with Kangxi for many years, and he was the best at guessing Kangxi's intentions. He was only stunned for a second, and then winked outside.

After a while, a guard came in from outside the hall.

Some court ladies and eunuchs softened on the spot, and kept begging for mercy: "The emperor spares my life! The emperor spares my life!"

Perhaps the fear of death gave birth to an instinct to survive, and when the guards dragged them around, the maids and eunuchs began to struggle instinctively.

At this time, there was a dead silence in the hall, no one made a sound, and no one dared to raise their heads to take a look.

Wang Miheng knelt on the ground, with a chill running down his back, there were four court ladies and four eunuchs serving the dignitary, this one blow would cost eight lives.

In just one hour, all the maids and eunuchs in Zhaoxia Palace were killed.

(End of this chapter)