The three of them were startled, and saw Ye Nong's phoenix eyes raised, staring directly at the three of them, and said with a sneer: "If the three accompanying concubines are not sleeping with you, who is sleeping with your majesty these days?"
Concubine Mei, Concubine Liu, and Concubine Qin had been mentioned by Lin Xie before. The incident at the Hot Spring Villa was to frame the three of them. The purpose was that someone in the harem was jealous of their beauty and wanted to kill someone with a knife to make them angry. They killed His Majesty Long Yan so that His Majesty could kill them.
So at this moment, in order to save their lives, they can only lie.
Concubine Liu said: "The Queen is joking. Your Majesty has appointed the three of us to go to the Hot Spring Villa. Of course we are the three who will attend His Majesty's bed. There is no one else!"
Concubine Qin nodded and said: "That's right! That's right! I am able to receive His Majesty's favor this time, all thanks to the Queen. If it weren't for the Queen's approval, how would our sisters have the chance to attend?"
Ye Nong sneered and said: "My sister is overthinking it. I don't know about other palaces, but in Zhuilan Palace, I really have no say in who Your Majesty wants to sleep with!"
Concubine Mei hurriedly said: "The Queen is the master of the harem. If the Queen hadn't taken care of our three sisters, we would have no chance to serve His Majesty!"
Ye Nong lowered his head and smiled, gently scooped up a tablespoon of ginseng black chicken soup with a golden spoon, put it to his red lips and blew it gently, opened his mouth slightly and took a few sips, and then said: "The three sisters have always been the most honest and well-behaved. Yes, that’s why I have been favored by His Majesty for so many years, but now I don’t want to learn that glib way and not tell the truth!”
After saying that, he put down the bowl, narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, and stared at the three people with fierce aura. The three people were too scared to raise their heads, but in order to save their lives, they refused to tell the truth.
One by one, they pretended to be stupid and said blankly: "Of course the three of us are telling the truth. If the Queen doesn't believe it, you can ask Eunuch Lin!"
"Eunuch Lin?"
Concubine Mei nodded and said: "Well, that's right, he arranged for us to sleep with His Majesty!"
Concubine Liu said: "That's right, if the Queen doesn't believe it, you can ask Your Majesty in person!"
Ye Nong took out a white brocade handkerchief, wiped the corners of his mouth gently, and then said with a smile: "How dare I ask Your Majesty! Since the three sisters have done their best to serve the concubines in the harem, I also I feel relieved. By the way, I heard that Your Majesty seemed to have caught a cold when he was at the Hot Spring Resort?"
Concubine Qin swallowed her saliva and said cautiously: "Yes, but it was cured after being treated by Pharmacist Chen."
"Oh? Then nothing else happened at the Hot Spring Villa?" Ye Nong picked up the tea cup on the table, scraped the tea on it with the tea lid, and asked calmly.
Concubine Qin thought for a while and then replied: "When we get to the hot spring villa, we just eat, drink and have fun, and then soak in the hot springs. Nothing else happens."
"Oh?" Ye Nong frowned slightly, expressing doubt.
Concubine Liu said: "Does the Queen think something else will happen?"
Ye Nong raised her lips and sneered, and then said: "If nothing else happened, how could His Majesty return to the palace so soon?"
The three of them suddenly became nervous and looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.
Ye Nong let out a long sigh and stared at the three of them, seeming to be making the final decision.
Concubine Mei hurriedly said: "Empress, nothing else really happened. The reason why Your Majesty is in a hurry to return to the palace is because he is concerned about important matters in the court! In addition, he is also thinking about you, the Empress, in the palace!"
Ye Nong raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Oh? Are you thinking about me? I think your majesty is thinking about Qingyi in Chenxi Palace! As soon as he came back, he and Qingyi were stuck together. Why didn't he summon the three of them? Has my sister gone?"
As soon as the three of them heard Queen Ye Nong's words, they immediately pointed the finger at Qingyi, wondering in their hearts, could Qingyi be the one who wanted to frame them?
Mei Fei said angrily: "No wonder His Majesty didn't summon us. It turned out to be Qingyi's fault. I understand. She must be jealous that only the three of us went to the hot spring villa to sleep with her. She couldn't go, so she deliberately pulled the trick. Framing us!”
Concubine Qin was also full of dissatisfaction and nodded: "Yes, she obviously twisted her foot, so she couldn't go to the hot spring villa. Why is this bitch so vicious? She actually wants to kill us!"
Concubine Liu said: "Isn't it the day in the Royal Medicine Department that my maid said a few words to Hua Jue who was serving her, and then she took revenge like this? This woman is really vicious!"
The three empresses began to chatter one by one, but Ye Nong was happy to drink tea and listen. As the master of the harem, how could she not know how to trick them? These three empresses spoke indiscriminately. Color, revealing some details.
However, Ye Nong can already deduce the general picture based on these details.
The three of them cursed Qingyi for a while, and suddenly realized that they had let something slip. They hurriedly turned to look at Ye Nong, who was listening quietly. They were so frightened that three souls disappeared and seven souls disappeared.
Concubine Liu smiled awkwardly, then changed the subject and said: "Queen...Empress, please make the decision for us and punish that Qingyi!"
Concubine Qin also said: "That's right, that's right, Queen Qingyi has vicious methods and ulterior motives. You must treat her well!"
Concubine Liu stood up and saluted: "Queen, please make the decision for us!"
Ye Nong already knew almost what he wanted to know, and didn't want to reveal everything, so he said: "Don't worry, three sisters, I will make the decision for you! The soup is almost cold..."
The three of them immediately looked at the bowl of ginseng and black chicken soup in front of them, and hurriedly picked it up and drank it. They were really frightened by this Hongmen Banquet. In the end, they made many mistakes. They didn't know what would happen to the smiling tiger in the end. Deal with them.
Fu'an sent away the three concubines. When he turned around, he saw Mu Cang standing on guard outside the Tianchen Palace gate and stepped forward with a sneer.
Seeing this, Mu Cang hurriedly saluted him: "Eunuch Fu!"
Fu'an asked: "What's your name?"
Mu Cang felt strange. He had been on duty outside Tianchen Palace for a long time and often saw the arrogant way out of Mr. Fu'an. He would not even look at them. Why was it so strange today that he would ask his name.
Mu Cang replied: "Back to father-in-law, the younger one's name is Mu Cang."
Fu'an smiled and said: "Today during the day, our family passed by Chenxi Palace and saw you and Hua Jue, the maid next to Qingyi, flirting with each other. What were you doing?"
Fu'an looked at Mu Cang with a dead smile. His face was too heavily smeared with powder, making him look like a dead person, which made Mu Cang feel uneasy. But Mu Cang was not stupid and knew what Fu An was asking him. There is another purpose.
Before he knew the other party's purpose, he could only lie: "Back to father-in-law, I mistook Hua Jue for a person I saw outside the palace during the day."
"Oh? Then where have you seen Hua Jue?" Fu'an asked with a squinted smile.
Mu Cang wasn't sure if Fu'an heard their conversation at that time, but he was very surprised when he suddenly saw Hua Jue during the day. There was indeed a lot of commotion between the two of them, and he was afraid that Fu'an was hiding aside and heard something. What, otherwise why would you suddenly ask yourself this?
Mu Cang replied: "Outside the palace, on the Xihua Bridge. However, Hua Jue said that she had never been to the Xihua Bridge. I guess she was mistaken."
As Mu Cang expected, Fu An had actually heard some of their conversation, and was just testing Mu Cang. Now that he saw that what he was talking about was indeed what he just heard on the Xihua Bridge, he thought that Mu Cang in front of him was an honest man. , didn’t lie to myself.
Fu'an added: "Our family also heard you talking about the herring jade pendant, right?"
Mu Cang was startled, thinking that since Fu'an heard about the herring jade pendant, it meant that he had heard everything they said during the day. He was just pretending to be stupid and testing himself. Fortunately, he had foresight. After talking about Xihua Bridge, if he was talking about other places, he would probably be dealt with by this old eunuch.
He nodded and said: "Yes, the girl dropped the herring jade pendant she was wearing on the bridge, and it was picked up by the younger one. The younger one was thinking about returning it, so he suddenly picked up a man and that one in the Zhuilan Palace. People who look like girls get very excited and come up to talk, but unexpectedly, they frighten Hua Jue."
Fu'an smiled and said: "No wonder you are so interested in someone you have met once. It turns out that you picked up the jade pendant on the other person's body and wanted to return it. Where is the herring jade pendant now?"
Mu Cang was shocked, wondering what the origin of this herring jade pendant was? Why was Hua Jue so panicked when he mentioned the herring jade pendant just now? Could it be that this is a treasure stolen from the palace?
But if it was a treasure she stole from the palace, why did she throw it into the river?
Suspicious clouds surrounded the matter, and Mu Cang was afraid that his nonsense words would implicate Hua Jue, so he said: "Eunuch Fu, I'm really sorry. Before I entered the palace, I was very poor, so I mortgaged this herring jade pendant in the pawn shop. I’ll redeem it later when I have money.”
After hearing this, Fu'an suddenly became suspicious of Mu Cang in front of him, but he also felt that everything he said before was not lying to him. Maybe this matter was true. He should not alert the snake, so as not to make this kid think too much, and then he would not Easy to handle.
Fu'an narrowed his eyes and smiled, and then said: "Mu Cang, from today on, you don't have to be on duty outside Tianchen Palace. You can go to Tianchen Palace to do some internal affairs. Follow my instructions!"
Mu Cang thought to himself, it seems that the herring jade pendant is of great importance. This old fox obviously wants to win over him, but then he thought about it, the most important thing is to be useful to others, and only if you are useful will you have a chance. He nodded and smiled, pretending to be very happy: " Thank you, Eunuch Fu! Thank you, Eunuch Fu!"
Fu'an said: "Doing internal affairs in Tianchen Palace is not as good as being on duty outside. You need to be smarter. If your boy is obedient, in the future we can say a few nice words in front of the Queen, and you will still have the opportunity to serve the Queen." !”
Mu Cang was overjoyed and thought that he had seized the opportunity. It seemed that his fate was about to turn around. Ever since he got this herring jade pendant, he seemed to be really turning a corner.
After finishing speaking, Fu'an nodded and smiled, pretending to be amiable, and then turned around with his hands behind his hands. Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he turned to Mu Cang and said, "Do you know the Tianxiang Pavilion by Xihua Bridge?"
