The person who was criticized was Xiao Meiren from the side hall of Shun'an Palace. She used to be a little transparent person that no one noticed. After Concubine Yu got the Queen's Golden Book, she started to show off.
Concubine Yu was the head of Shun'an Palace, so Xiao Meiren's move was just to please her master.
It seems that there is someone else who is dissatisfied with Concubine Xian!
"Shut up, everyone."
Concubine Yu knelt in front of everyone and turned around to reprimand: "You are tired of making noise in front of the Queen's coffin, aren't you?"
Although this sentence was talking about two people, her eyes were only looking at Jiang Zhaoyi, as if she was warning her alone.
"The Emperor has arrived——"
The concubines who were kneeling neatly under the mourning hall automatically divided into two sides to make way for the emperor.
Concubine Yu looked up and found Jiang Xinyue following the emperor, and her teeth itched with hatred.
Logically speaking, since one of her and Jiang Xinyue holds the Phoenix Seal and the other holds the Golden Book, both of them should be able to handle palace affairs.
But she can make the final decision on trivial matters in the palace. Whenever something big happens, it must be stamped with the phoenix seal. She seems to have become Jiang Xinyue's female official, specially doing miscellaneous tasks for her.
Even if Jiang Xinyue didn't want to host the funeral ceremony of the Queen, it could be left to her to take care of it. She was happy to use this to let everyone see clearly who really cared about the Queen and was a suitable successor.
As a result, Jiang Xinyue said: "Concubine Yu's rank is too low, and she seems not qualified to preside over the funeral ceremony of the Queen Mother."
The emperor handed over the matter to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which arranged for highly respected members of the royal family to handle the matter.
That bitch Jiang Xinyue killed the empress, but she still can't see her well. The emperor has been blinded by that vixen.
Jiang Xinyue is here, and the position where Concubine Yu was kneeling just now should be given to her. Who made her the first of the four concubines, the rightful and virtuous concubine!
No matter how unconvinced Concubine Yu was, she could only retreat quickly when she looked over.
Jiang Xinyue didn't give her an extra look, lifted up her clothes, and knelt down at the head of the table upright.
The atmosphere in the mourning hall was solemn. After a while, the Queen Mother also came.
She and the emperor were on the left and right, and they were clearly different from each other. She was not even willing to maintain the illusion of being a loving mother and a filial son.
After the concubines knelt down to worship, and the ministers who had not knelt down in the previous few days needed to come to the mourning hall to offer incense, the concubines went to the back to rest.
Before leaving, Jiang Xinyue glanced at the Queen Mother and the Emperor, and intuitively felt that something must have happened between them.
The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor frequently, as if she wanted to ask for peace, but the Emperor didn't even give her the slightest glance.
When the Queen Mother looked over with resentful eyes, Jiang Xinyue cleverly seized the opportunity and lowered her eyes, pretending not to notice the alienation between their mother and son.
Among this group of women, the Queen Mother is the most noble, but Jiang Xinyue is vaguely the most respected.
All the concubines present have been in the palace for less than two years, and they know a little bit about everything they should know and what they shouldn't know.
The discord between the Queen Mother and the Emperor has long been an open secret in the harem.
The back hall of the Hall of Supreme Harmony has already been properly decorated, with pastries, fruits and tea placed for the enjoyment of the noble masters.
The dragon well at hand exuded a faint fragrance, and several concubines and the queen mother took a few sips to quench their thirst.
Jiang Xinyue stared at the white smoke coming out of the Qilin Incense Burner, with no intention of drinking tea.
The Queen Mother suddenly attacked: "Come here, chop off the hands of the palace maid who made tea for Concubine Xian. She is useless and can't even do such a small thing as making tea. The tea she brewed is not to Concubine Xian's liking. What's the use of keeping her?" ?”
"thump!"
The little palace maid standing behind Jiang Xinyue was shaking all over, kneeling on the ground, and said in horror: "The Queen Mother, please spare your life!"
The nun beside the Queen Mother immediately went to pull the little palace maid away. Jiang Xinyue knew that she was targeting her, but she did not immediately plead for the little palace maid. Instead, she looked at Pei Wu behind the Queen Mother.
The girl dressed plainly and elegantly pointed at the teacup, then at the incense burner, and shook her head.
Jiang Xinyue immediately understood that it was no problem to drink the tea alone, and it was no problem to smell the incense in the incense burner alone. But when the two were mixed together, problems would arise.
The ones closest to the incense burner were Concubine Yu and Beauty Xiao in her palace.
"stop!"
"Bang!"
As soon as the old ladies and the little palace maids came to Concubine Yu, the cup in Jiang Xinyue's hand hit the incense burner heavily.
The tea cup exploded, accompanied by the exclamations of the surrounding concubines. The tea in the cup mixed with the aroma from the incense burner, exuding a faint and strong fragrance of tea.
Jiang Zhaoyi sniffed and felt that the smell was a bit weird, so she covered her nose and stepped back.
Concubine Yu screamed in surprise. Instead of retreating, she took a few steps closer to the incense burner. She pulled the hem of her clothes and asked loudly: "Xian Concubine, it's okay for you to be late for the Queen's funeral. Are you still messing around and making noise behind her mourning hall, don't you think too little of the Queen? People like you... uh... uh..."
Concubine Yu's eyes opened wider and wider, and she pointed at Jiang Xinyue in horror: "You..."
She tried hard to speak, but she couldn't form a complete sentence in her throat. She was so suffocated that her whole face turned red, the veins on her face were exposed, and her face looked horribly hideous.
"Snapped!"
"Wow!"
Immediately afterwards, several concubines around the incense burner suffered from dizziness, headaches and speechlessness to varying degrees.
Jiang Xinyue's action was beyond everyone's expectations. Even the Queen Mother did not expect that she would suddenly become angry. She covered her nose and backed away in fright.
Jiang Zhaoyi quickly walked to Jiang Xinyue and pulled her back: "This is the incense from the Western Regions, it will drive people crazy."
Concubine Yu picked up a vase in her hand and threw it at Jiang Xinyue.
Behind Jiang Xinyue was the Queen Mother. She grabbed Jiang Zhaoyi and knocked it aside. The vase exploded at the Queen Mother's feet with a "crash". The sharp fragments scratched the Queen Mother's cheek, causing her to scream in pain: "Someone is coming! Everyone!" Are they dead? Hurry and arrest them to the Aijia, they are crazy."
Emperor Xuanwu in front was also a little tired and was about to go back to Qianqing Palace to rest. As soon as he got up, a young eunuch ran over in a panic and said something in Wang Dequan's ear.
Wang Dequan opened his mouth in surprise, walked quickly to the emperor, and whispered a few words in his ear.
The emperor stood up with a loud bang and headed towards the apse.
The remaining ministers looked at each other in confusion, wondering if something big had happened in the harem again.
The back hall of the Palace of Supreme Harmony was in a mess. Concubine Yu, Meiren Xiao, and several concubines who had been poisoned had all regained consciousness under the diagnosis and treatment of the imperial doctors.
Only Concubine Yu was so angry that the poison invaded deeply, so she still had some sequelae of vomiting.
She pointed at Jiang Xinyue: "Your Majesty, she must be a virtuous concubine. She was the one who poisoned my concubines and others. Please punish her severely."
