Concubine De, who had a spring-like expression just now, now had a dark look on her face, and the corners of her mouth were raised forcefully: "Lu Yin, return to Yanqing Palace. This congratulatory gift from me must be exchanged for a bigger one."
Originally, she wanted to go to Hexi Palace to send congratulatory gifts and visit the Sixth Prince on the way. However, after hearing the discussion among the palace people, Concubine De had to change her gift to a more expensive one.
Lu Yin was not as calm as Concubine De, and she was so angry that she shed tears: "Empress... Your Majesty, he is too..."
"Shut up!"
Concubine De looked at her angrily: "Is the Emperor something that a slave like you can discuss?"
She looked at the group of palace maids and eunuchs who were talking animatedly, took a deep breath and walked over: "What are you talking about? Come and tell me, too."
"Ah! Concubine De! This slave deserves to die!"
Several lazy palace servants did not expect to be caught by Concubine De, and they were so frightened that they knelt on the ground. But they are actually not very afraid. Concubine De is the most tolerant and generous and never embarrasses her slaves.
"You are not on duty in your own palace right now, and you came here to talk about Concubine Zhenxian. Do you think your head has been stuck on your neck for too long?"
"Slaves (servants) don't dare!"
"I see how brave you are."
Concubine De's eyes were cold: "Come here, take them to Hexi Palace, let them kneel at the entrance of Concubine Zhenxian's palace and slap your lips. The emperor loves those who are dear to his heart, and I don't dare to say anything about them. Can you allow slaves like you to gossip here?"
Concubine Zhenxian did not have the compassion of Concubine De, and several palace maids and eunuchs cried and begged for mercy, but this time Concubine De showed no mercy and had people escort them to Hexi Palace.
The emperor stayed with Jiang Xinyue in Hexi Palace for most of the day, and finally left after she and the child fell asleep.
"Who is he? He's here to cause trouble for my mother-in-law."
"Just punish them to wash the bucket. There is no need to disturb the queen. Just wait until the queen wakes up and then report to her."
Magpie and Shuangjiang were talking outside. Jiang Xinyue, who had woken up from a long sleep, happened to hear: "Magpie, Shuangjiang, what happened? Where is the Sixth Prince?"
The two people outside heard the sound and hurried in: "Reply to your Majesty, the Sixth Prince drank milk and fell asleep. The wet nurse and Aunt Li were afraid that he would shock the Madam, so they took him down to take care of him. The Fourth Prince and Eunuch Sheng are both here, Madam, don't worry. .”
Jiang Xinyue is in much better spirits, but her coccyx is still sore that she can't even walk.
When she was dealing with the good concubine, she wasn't completely faking it. The bones in her lower back were really painful.
It was probably because I pushed too hard when giving birth and my bones were injured.
"Who did you just say you were going to punish by washing the bucket?"
What happened while she was asleep?
Mentioning this, Shuangjiang felt a surge of unknown anger in his heart, not to mention the magpie who couldn't hide anything: "Empress, I originally thought that Imperial Concubine De was not such a bad person. Ye Jieyu also caught Shuangjiang's The family threatens her to harm the empress. The good concubine is also very bad. Everyone in the palace says that the concubine De is a good person. It’s good for me to see her today."
"How is she doing?"
"It's better for her to be alone!"
Magpie rolled her eyes: "Everyone who goes against Concubine De is a bad person. She is the only one who is kind, beautiful and unpretentious. She knows that you have just given birth to the sixth prince and you have been named the first of the four concubines by the emperor, yet you do this. A few gossiping servants knelt and slapped each other at the entrance of our palace. When someone inquired, they said they were talking about the empress. Those who didn't know better thought it was the empress who punished them. They would inevitably be called arrogant and domineering again."
As soon as she took the throne, she was eager to deal with the palace servants who said she was not worthy.
Doesn't this just prove that Concubine Zhen Xian is guilty? Didn't the position of Concubine Zhen Xian be snatched from Concubine De?
Shuangjiang also said: "When the slaves went out, those people had been kneeling for a long time. When others asked, they said that they were punished by Concubine De to kneel at the entrance of our palace to admit their mistakes because they made irresponsible remarks about the master. There must be people in the harem now. Everyone is saying that you are proud of your favor and are no longer worthy of being a concubine."
She also gained a good reputation and held her status as a victim in high esteem, making them the worst.
Jiang Xinyue smiled: "Why are you angry? Being able to provoke Concubine De, who is a kind-hearted Buddhist and a good person, to take action means that the anger in her heart will soon be uncontrollable. If she takes action, I can catch her fox tail. "
After saying that, she said to Shuang Jiang: "Don't punish those palace people, be gentle to them, give them some medicine to remove redness and swelling, and tell them... I don't like corporal punishment of palace people. Today, Empress Dowager De is in a bad mood. , just to take it out on them and tell them not to bear grudges against Empress Dowager De, you know, Empress De is the most kind-hearted and doesn’t want to see the palace people getting hurt, she definitely didn’t mean it.”
She just told people openly that Concubine De was jealous of her being the first of the four concubines, so she deliberately vented her anger on the palace people and wanted her to take the blame.
Magpie and Shuangjiang's eyes lit up after hearing this, and they carried out Jiang Xinyue's words with evil smiles on their faces.
At the entrance of Hexi Palace, there were many palace maids and eunuchs watching the excitement, whispering to the slaves who slapped each other.
"I think they are doomed this time. Concubine Xian, as the new official, will definitely use them to establish her authority."
"Whoever told them not to work hard and go get together to gossip about their masters deserved it."
"But what they said is true! Good concubine... no... no matter how bad Concubine Yu is, there is still Concubine De, so why can't Concubine Zhen be promoted to the position of Concubine Xian! Concubine De is kind-hearted, and she still has I'm afraid that Concubine Xian will punish them severely if she finds out about it later, so let them confess their guilt first. It would be great if Concubine De was promoted to the throne. She is a good person and will be good to us."
"It's so pitiful. Isn't the life of the palace maids and eunuchs life? Look at some of them, their faces are all swollen. If such a person is allowed to be the head of the four concubines, we will lose our lives if we do even the smallest thing wrong in the future. !”
"Stop talking, stop talking...the people from Hexi Palace are coming out."
Magpie pretended to look around casually, sighed and shook his head and said: "You poor thing, please get up quickly. Our queen has a happy day today and I won't argue with you. But next time you want to talk about it, you need to find the master." A more private place, don’t be caught by Concubine De.”
Shuangjiang took out the medicine: "You guys came here and slapped yourself on your knees without any explanation. Our empress was frightened when she heard about it. She asked me to give you some medicine to treat your injuries. Don't bear any grudge against Concubine De, she is like this." He must be in a bad mood for a while, if you see him, just stay away to avoid disaster."
She seemed to be saying: You all heard it! It has nothing to do with our empress. It was Concubine De who caught them and beat them. Our empress does not want to see blood on her happy day.
Those who had praised Concubine De for her kindness just now were all blushing.
