Concubine Mi in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 97

The gate of Chuxiu Palace was opened again because of Kangxi's word "Search Palace". Several eunuchs searched Chuxiu Palace up and down carefully, from everyone's room to every corner of the courtyard.Finally, set your sights on the courtyard of the apse.

Perhaps it was because of the winter, the soil in the courtyard was extremely frozen, but they came here with the emperor's order, no matter how stiff it was, they would have to be smashed, so the young eunuchs were divided into several groups, holding a few shovels in their hands Digging hard everywhere.If you observe carefully, you can see that the hands of the eunuchs holding the shovels are shaking uncontrollably.

Li Dequan stood outside the hall and didn't go in. He glanced at Concubine Cheng who was still kneeling in the courtyard in a daze, and he snarled, secretly thinking that it's bad luck.Fortunately, he is a person in front of the imperial court, and the emperor cannot leave him for a while.Otherwise, he would be able to get in and not get out like the little eunuchs inside.

But, then again, if you serve the emperor, even if you die, you will die with dignity.If Fu Daming escaped this catastrophe, the emperor would still miss them.

After a while, the people inside dug up a sandalwood box under a pear tree in the backyard.Although the top of the box is covered with mud, you can vaguely see the exquisite fine flower carvings around it.

Li Dequan's eyesight was excellent, and he could tell at a glance that the sandalwood box was made inside.He winked, and the little eunuch handed the sandalwood box into the hands of the imperial physician, and the court lady and eunuch kneeling in the corner trembled with fright when seeing such a scene.

At this moment, they more or less understood what was contained in the sandalwood box.Otherwise, how could the well-behaved Yichun contract smallpox, she must have accidentally touched something unclean.

Under the eyes of everyone, the imperial doctor carefully opened the sandalwood box with gloves on, and unexpectedly took out an extremely delicate apron and a red rattle from inside.

Seeing these two things, even the imperial physician couldn't help being stunned, his eyes tightened, he put the apron under his nose and smelled it carefully, then carefully tore open the seam of the apron, his expression changed immediately , It took a long time before he sighed with a gloomy expression.

This harem dispute has always been all-consuming, but this concubine is too cruel and merciless.The scabs in this bellyband were obviously taken from someone who had smallpox.

In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on Cheng Concubine.I saw that Concubine Cheng's eyes were terrified, staring fixedly at the apron in the hands of the imperial physician, there was no trace of blood on her face, and her whole body was trembling uncontrollably.

All of a sudden, before everyone could react, Cheng Concubine rushed up and snatched the apron from the doctor's hand, then gritted her teeth and tore it vigorously.

Everyone was startled when they saw this, but they didn't dare to move rashly because of the acne scab hidden in the stomach pocket. For a while, there was only the rustling sound of the wind blowing in the whole courtyard.

Concubine Cheng's hands were already covered with blood, and now there was a lot of sticky stuff on them, which made people feel sick.A few court ladies covered their mouths with one hand and retched on the spot.

Concubine Cheng tore at the bellyband in her hand as if she was really crazy, stuffing it into her mouth and biting it from time to time.That crazy look stunned everyone in the yard, including Li De who was standing outside the hall!
Soon, the news of Concubine Cheng's insanity spread throughout the harem, and everyone knew about the apron and rattle.

When Wang Miheng heard the news, he was taken aback for a moment, and opened his mouth. For a moment, he felt that this concubine Cheng was clearly looking for her own death.

It turned out that this is how the smallpox in Chuxiu Palace came about, no wonder the first concubine's personal maid was the first to see her.This concubine Cheng is also a bit too courageous. Doesn't she know that Kangxi may tolerate everything, but he can't bear someone sending unclean things into the harem?

Besides, smallpox was a fatal disease in ancient times. Isn't she afraid of contracting it herself?

Wang Miheng couldn't help thinking that she had seen stupid ones, but never seen such stupid ones.Especially since she had exposed the whole thing herself.

It is said that since Chuxiu Palace was closed, Concubine Cheng has been feeling up and down all night, unable to sleep all night, and the maids around her thought that she was chilled by the emperor's decree.After all, it wasn't her, the head of the Palace, who got the disease in Chuxiu Palace. The emperor locked her together with the maids and eunuchs in Chuxiu Palace, obviously not caring about her life or death at all.

Therefore, since then, Concubine Cheng has lost weight rapidly, and people in the Chuxiu Palace contracted smallpox one after another. Concubine Cheng hid in the house all day long in fear.

Otherwise, why would she go to the yard by herself to dig around, and this matter has reached the ears of the emperor.

Wang Miheng picked up a plum from the plate and put it in his mouth, took the tea cup handed over by Qiumei and took a sip, and said with a smile: "Everyone says that you can't live by doing evil, and I don't know how the emperor will deal with it." she."

As soon as Wang Miheng's words came out, Qiumei took her lead and said: "It doesn't matter how you deal with it, anyway, you can't keep it to harm the harem. Master, you said that flowers were avoided by everyone that day, but she deliberately avoided them." If you find it outside the palace, you are not afraid of retribution."

Qiumei babbled on and on, saying for a while that the concubine was vicious and could use any means in order to win favor, and then said that the maids and eunuchs of Chuxiu Palace didn't know what evil they did in their previous life after following such a master.

Wang Miheng listened with great interest, and couldn't help laughing out loud when she heard the funny part. It was also the first time she discovered that Qiumei was also a talkative girl.So, women are born with a gossip mouth, which may come in handy at any time.

"Master, do you think so?" Qiumei turned her head and saw Wang Miheng's sudden words, Wang Miheng immediately fell down on the soft couch with a smile, and Qiumei stopped in embarrassment when she came back to her senses. mouth, awkwardly picked up the empty plate on the table and walked out, not knowing why his master loves to eat such sour food.

Looking at her back, Wang Miheng couldn't help laughing, and then he leaned on the soft couch and ate snacks leisurely.

These few days her appetite has been particularly good, and she asks the imperial dining room to make some snacks for them from time to time, even Qiumei said that these days she orders the imperial dining room a lot more than before.

Qiumei quickly added a plate of plums and brought her over, seeing her like this, she shook her head helplessly and whispered: "I don't know who talked about being fat all day long. "

Hearing her words, Wang Miheng's hand holding the dim sum froze there for a moment, pinched his extra belly with the other hand, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

It seems that there is really a lot of meat.However, not all of them are eaten out, and nine out of ten are still sequelae of having a baby, right?

Wang Miheng blinked and asked Qiumei: "Fat? The emperor also said that your master is not fat."

Listening to Wang Miheng's words, Qiumei blushed as if she had been choked, Wang Miheng glanced at her, held back a smile, picked up a plum from a plate, threw it into his mouth and said vaguely: " I'm thirsty, pour me a cup of tea!"

After half an hour, Kangxi quickly made a decree, ordering the death of the concubine Cheng, and all the palace servants who served the concubine close to him were all killed on the spot, and the rest of the court ladies and eunuchs who were not infected with smallpox were filled into the treasury of Xin Zhe. slave.

When the decree came, the faces of the maids who served the concubines immediately turned pale, and they knelt on the ground trembling, with tears of fear in their eyes.And those who do rough work on weekdays were finally relieved to hear this decree. With the lesson from the past that all the court ladies and eunuchs of Zhaoxia Palace were killed on the spot, it is already a blessing in misfortune to be able to work in Xinzheku.At least one life was left.

At this time, Concubine Cheng was not affected by the imperial decree at all. She curled up in a corner with disheveled hair, holding a bellyband that had been torn into pieces long ago, and stared blankly ahead with her scarlet eyes.

After Li Dequan finished reading the will, he put the imperial decree in his sleeve habitually.Maybe it was the bright yellow color that stimulated Concubine Cheng, and Concubine Cheng suddenly showed a look of astonishment, and then rushed towards the door without hesitation.

Fortunately, the guard had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and took out the scabbard and hit her hard on the neck. Chengbi's body softened, and she fell slowly to the ground.

Li Dequan gave her a disgusted look, and then said: "Let the miscellaneous family settle down, and don't implicate people outside the palace. Don't blame the miscellaneous family for being cruel."

The warning in Li Dequan's words can be heard by everyone.

With a master like Cheng Concubine, I can only blame myself for my bad fate. After all, this is the fate of being a slave. If the master lets you die in the third watch, you will not survive the fourth watch, let alone be the emperor. Personal will.Thinking back to the scene in Zhaoxia Palace a few days ago, the emperor has been extraordinarily merciful this time.

The death in the palace is always at dusk, Li Dequan raised his head to see that it was still early, and immediately turned back to Qianqing Palace.

Yonghe Palace

Hearing first that Concubine Cheng was insane, and now hearing Kangxi's death order, the heart that Concubine De has been mentioning these days finally came to fruition.

Ever since the servants of Chuxiu Palace had smallpox, she hasn't had a good night's sleep.At night, I would also dream about what Concubine Cheng said in front of the emperor. The emperor asked Li Dequan to give her death with white silk and poisoned wine, and even her little fourteen was taken away.

She was crying and shouting, trying to snatch Xiao Shisi back from her mother. At this moment, Tong Jia's face suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, and she was saying, "Sister, I am Xiao Shisi's mother-in-law." Woolen cloth."

She woke up from the dream with cold sweat dripping from her head, and it took her a long time to realize that it was just a dream.

Thinking of the scene in the dream, and thinking about the current situation of Concubine Cheng, Concubine De was afraid for a while.

If those hallucinogenic drugs had no effect on Cheng Concubine, she would be the one bestowed to death by the emperor right now.

(End of this chapter)