"Your Majesty, Concubine Ning's red mandarin duck bellyband is still hanging on that madman's belt. My maid Lu Yin saw it with her own eyes. It is absolutely true and cannot be denied."
In the main hall, the beautiful face of the noble lady Qin was filled with indignation.
"Snap"
The sound of porcelain breaking was accompanied by a majestic and angry voice.
"Bitch, where is Ning now?"
"Your Majesty, Concubine Ning is with that lunatic in Shuqing Palace where she lives."
With the sound of fluttering sleeves, Emperor Yongli Gu Qilan stood up with a big stride and left with a wave of his sleeves.
A group of concubines in the palace, led by the queen, hurriedly followed.
The concubine is having an affair and making the emperor a cuckold. Who wouldn't want to see such a big show?
What's more, Ning Changzai, who had just entered the palace not long ago, was superficial and arrogant. In just two months, she had offended many people and had a very bad relationship with them. Everyone wished her bad luck.
After entering Shuqing Palace, the eunuchs guarding the gate were frightened by the scene. All the masters in the palace except the empress dowager had come. When did Shuqing Palace become so lively? They knelt down in a hurry to pay their respects.
Gu Qilan ignored him and walked inside with a sullen face.
People from far away could hear the blushing and heart-pounding voice, which was gentle and charming, one louder than the other, and occasionally mixed with the man's heavy breathing.
All the concubines blushed, and Gu Qilan's face turned even darker.
When they reached the garden, they saw two bodies tightly intertwined among the flowers and plants.
The two of them were completely unaware of the sudden appearance of a group of people and continued to indulge in each other's love.
The Queen frowned and said angrily, "This is totally outrageous! Someone, go and pull them apart!"
"Yes." Zhou Yi, the chief eunuch beside the queen, waved his hand to signal the two young eunuchs to pull the people away.
At this time, Concubine Qin, who lived with Concubine Ning in Shuqing Palace, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Concubine Ning is shameless and desecrates the palace. She is so audacious that she deserves severe punishment!"
Someone echoed: "Yes, defiling the imperial palace and committing adultery is a serious crime!"
The word "jian" further stimulated Gu Qilan. The cold air around him seemed to solidify into substance, and a storm was about to come on his resolute face.
You could hear a pin drop all around, and everyone was so frightened that they dared not breathe.
In this tense atmosphere, a clear voice suddenly rang out.
"What's going on? Ah! Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I pay my respects to Your Majesty and Your Majesty, to ...
A graceful figure came out from the back palace, supported by a palace maid. Seeing the scene, she knelt down and saluted. Wasn't this person the Concubine Ning who was said to have committed adultery?
Everyone was very surprised to see the newcomer.
Concubine Qin shouted in panic: "Ning Yuxi, why are you here?!"
Who is the person Ning Yuxi is looking for in those flowers?
After she shouted it out, Concubine Qin realized something was wrong and quickly shrank back. She saw the emperor's impatient look and the queen's dissatisfied eyes.
She lowered her head and apologized, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was disrespectful. It was Lu Yin, who was beside me, who just witnessed Concubine Ning committing adultery."
Before the Emperor or Empress could speak, Ning Yuxi exclaimed in shock, "What? Adultery? Lady Qin, I have no grudge against you, how dare you slander me?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Ning Yuxi turned to face the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I have been feeling unwell recently and have been resting in the bedroom. If you don't believe me, please ask the palace maid beside me."
At this time, Ruyi, the maidservant beside Ning Yuxi, also hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, our young lady has been resting in the bedroom since this morning and has not left for a single step."
The two young eunuchs over there also pulled the two people who were entangled together apart and poured a bucket of water on each of them to sober them up.
The two of them looked so engrossed that it was obvious that they had taken medicine.
When the two men regained consciousness, their faces still showed impatience at having their good things disturbed. When they saw the environment they were in clearly, they were terrified and turned pale.
He hurriedly grabbed the clothes to cover his private parts, and lay on the ground shaking like a sieve.
After seeing the two people's faces clearly, Concubine Qin frowned instantly. The woman was Bai Zhu, the palace maid beside Ning Yuxi!
He was also a spy she bribed. Could it be that bitch Ning Yuxi discovered him?
Ning Yuxi seemed to have just noticed the two people in the garden and exclaimed in surprise, "Ah! Bai Zhu! How could you do such a bold thing? You..."
As he spoke, he seemed unable to bear the blow and his body swayed, making his pale and thin body look even more fragile.
"Okay, Zhou Yi, take these two people away first and don't pollute the emperor's eyes here." The queen ordered.
Zhou Yi hurriedly waved his hand and took a few eunuchs to pull the two disheveled people away.
The two people's screams and cries came intermittently.
The Queen spoke tentatively: "Your Majesty, this matter..."
Gu Qilan interrupted with a sullen face, "Anyone who defiles the palace will be beaten to death!"
After saying that, Gu Qilan's heavy gaze fell on Concubine Qin who was standing beside him.
Concubine Qin noticed the emperor's gaze and knelt down with a start: "Your Majesty, my concubine's maid did see Concubine Ning having an affair with the guard."
Lu Yin, who was beside her, also knelt down hurriedly and said in panic, "Your Majesty, I did see Concubine Ning and the guards doing something obscene in the garden. I saw with my own eyes Concubine Ning's red mandarin duck bellyband hanging on the belt of that lunatic."
Feeling the cold gaze falling on her, Ning Yuxi knelt down hurriedly.
Her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, tears in her eyes seemed to be falling: "Your Majesty, I don't know why the maid of Qin Guiren wanted to wrongly accuse me, but I was indeed resting in the bedroom just now!"
Ning Yuxi gently raised her sleeve to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and then said: "Your Majesty, just now Lu Yin said that she saw the madman's belt hanging with my concubine's red mandarin duck bellyband.
But my bellybands are all light pink, light apricot, and I have never worn a red bellyband. If you don’t believe me, you can ask someone to go to my bedroom to check.”
Upon hearing this, Gu Qilan turned to look at the queen.
The queen raised her hand and motioned the senior palace maid He Jun beside her to go to the bedroom to check.
Half a minute later, He Jun led several palace maids over and saluted, saying, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have checked Concubine Ning's bellyband, and it is indeed light-colored."
"We've checked every part of the bedroom, and there's nothing hidden."
Ning Yuxi choked up and said, "I think Lu Yin must have seen Bai Zhu at that time, but I don't know why she wrongly accused me."
The Queen's slightly majestic voice rang out: "Luyin, tell me, was it Concubine Ning's face that you saw at that time?"
Lu Yin shuddered all over. She did not see the face of the person who was entangled with the guard at that time, but this matter was planned by her master.
At that time, she saw a woman having an affair with a guard in the garden, and thought it was Concubine Ning who was being plotted against, so she did not confirm it carefully.
"This, slave, slave..."
"Why are you hesitating so much? Why don't you tell the truth?" The queen said impatiently. Such a thing happened in the harem. The emperor was furious. Who knew he would not blame her, the queen, for improper management.
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