"Think more about it."
Jiang Xinyue pushed her head: "Think carefully with your pretty little head. Among the concubines in high positions nowadays, which family does not have a brother serving in the palace?"
Even if there are no biological brothers, there are always one or two branches of the family. Otherwise, how would the concubines communicate with the family?
Not only the empress and concubine De, but also concubine Liang, Jin Zhaoyi, Ye Baolin, concubine Li, and concubine Wanronghua.
It's just that the backgrounds are different, and the abilities are strong and weak, so their development is also different.
Those who are not developing well will naturally be jealous of those who are developing well. After finally catching an opportunity, who can let it go?
Magpie looked into Jiang Xinyue's eyes and felt that her master's wise eyes reflected her stupid eyes.
Jiang Xinyue was not in a hurry and let her think slowly. She sat in front of the screen window and read a book with her elbows on the desk.
"ah!"
After a long while, the magpie called out: "I understand, slave. As long as we spread the news that Master, you stabbed the guard, they will frame each other."
Jiang Xinyue nodded: "At that time, they will try their best to frame each other and fake the wound that I said was stabbed by the gold hairpin. How much effort will it cost me? Of course, someone will cover the lie for us."
In the evening, the news that Concubine Zhen stabbed the guard in the chest had spread throughout the harem.
Concubine Li grabbed Xia He's hand: "Did Concubine Zhen really say these words herself?"
Xia He nodded vigorously: "Your Majesty, this is what Concubine Zhen personally reported to the Emperor. Three imperial doctors were present at the time. If your Majesty doesn't believe it, please send Imperial Doctor Yan to come and confirm."
"It should be unmistakable." Concubine Li paced back and forth in the hall, looking excited: "I said that the emperor suddenly mobilized troops to hold a big martial arts competition. It turned out that it was all for the sake of the precious concubine. The emperor wanted to find the injured guard. .”
"It's been two days, and the guards who came to gather haven't finished the competition yet. I don't know if they can be found?"
Xia He's eyes rolled: "Empress, I heard that the second brother of the Queen's mother's family has gone back to Chang'an County to visit relatives. It will take a few days to get back. He is a fourth-class guard in Da Nei."
The fourth-class bodyguard belongs to the fifth rank. Although it is not a very high position, there is a lot of room for advancement. Unlike her younger brother from the Song family, who is still only a sixth-rank shotgun guard military academy.
"Go, write a letter and give it to your grandfather, asking them to intercept Zhu Erlang and find out the style of Concubine Zhen's golden hairpin. I will seriously injure the empress this time."
Concubine Zhen was of low status and could not be compared with her or Empress Zhu. No matter how much the emperor liked her, he could only let her stay in the position of concubine for the rest of her life, nothing more than a plaything, nothing to worry about.
Only the queen is her only opponent in the harem. Only by defeating her can she have a chance to ascend to the throne.
Concubine Li could think of this, and so did Empress Zhu, Concubine De and Concubine Liang.
For a time, the number of letters circulating from the harem was several times greater than at this time in the past.
Emperor Xuanwu turned a blind eye and asked Wang Dequan to write down all the guards, maids, and eunuchs who sent messages to the concubines. When the time was right, he would replace them all with his own confidants.
In this way, the former harem was under his control.
"Your Majesty, only Concubine De and Concubine Zhen have not sent letters. Almost all of the other empresses and mistresses have written and sent them out of the palace."
Emperor Xuanwu snorted coldly: "Look, is this my harem or the spies' harem? Of the seventy-two concubines in the three palaces and six courtyards, only two are devoted to me."
That's not what I said. It was mainly the concubines who had never been favored. The emperor didn't care whether they wrote letters or not.
It's just that the emperor's name was recorded here, and only the Concubine De and the Concubine Zhen did not send a message to the outside world.
Wang Dequan could only find out which concubines had delivered the letters, but he did not dare to open and read the contents of the letters.
The more prominent the family, the less likely they are to notice the unique codes in communication.
If he destroyed the code after opening the letter, he would have alerted the enemy and ruined the emperor's plan to replace him.
Fortunately, the emperor was not curious about the contents of the letter. He only wanted a list of names and then arranged for his own people to take their places.
"How's the Dawubi going?"
Emperor Xuanwu only sat in the Hall of Wude for the first day. After he didn't find the guard with an injured chest, he handed the matter over to the commander of the imperial guard and Wang Dequan.
"If we go back to the emperor, there are still more than thirty guards who will not arrive in two days for various reasons. More than half of those who have already arrived will be able to get the results in five days at most."
There are two outcomes, either the injured guard is found, or he is not found.
If even the emperor can't find this person, then the skill of the people behind the scenes is simply chilling.
Concubine Zhen is provoking someone who hides so deeply. I wonder if she can hide from him?
Jiang Xinyue, who was considered to be "hiding deeply", pretended to be seriously ill for two days and finally got out of bed and walked around.
He came over and jumped on her and rolled around. She was washed fragrantly, and the snow-white hair swept around her neck, making her roll all over the bed with itch.
"As a concubine, how can I serve the emperor well without any manners or manners? Concubine Zhen, it's time for you to learn the rules."
Although Hexi Palace is used to being loose on weekdays, it will never let people outside Hexi Palace break in casually.
Jiang Xinyue reached out to control Sahuan, and quickly sat up from the bed. She saw an old lady with a serious face and meticulously combed hair, staring at her with a pair of stern eyes.
The door of the dormitory was not closed, so the old woman pushed the door directly in.
Moreover, before Magpie and Shuangjiang had time to speak, a group of people covered their mouths and forced them to kneel on the ground.
Not only the two of them, but everyone in the courtyard was clearly kneeling on the ground, and their mouths were covered.
Jiang Xinyue understood that it was the minions around Queen Mother Wu who came to cause trouble for her.
She stood up slowly, walked to the old nanny, raised her hand, and slapped her hard: "Who are you? How dare you break into my bedroom without permission, and press down on my maid like this for no reason. And the chamberlain? Aren't you afraid that the emperor will chop off your head?"
who cares?
She didn't tell her where she was from, so it was normal that she didn't know her.
"you!"
Aunt Gui covered her face with a look of disbelief: "You dare to hit me?"
She is Empress Dowager Wu's confidant. She followed Empress Dowager Wu into the palace at the age of twelve. Now she is forty-five years old. From an unknown palace maid to a first-class maid beside the master of the harem, anyone who sees her will not give three seconds to her. Disregarding?
Even the queen was polite to her when meeting her, but this precious concubine dared to hit her!
"I will beat you if I want to. If you are a dog slave and do something worse than a slave, do you still need me to thank you?"
Anyone who lets her in will be unhappy with him, and she doesn't even tell her where she belongs. She has no choice but to admit defeat when she is beaten.
