Chapter 2245: Fighting for credit
Upon hearing these words, Concubine Xi's face turned pale.
She was already angry that Dou'er dared to show up at Sishan Gate and steal the credit from Deli. She never expected that he would tell the emperor the whole story.
All the illusions he had created before were exposed to the world!
It wasn't that he intentionally took care of Sishanmen, but it was Chen Lianxiang's reminder.
In this way, all the credit will be hers alone!
She was so angry that her teeth were chattering. She turned to look at Chen Lianxiang, but saw that the latter was just kneeling on the ground with her forehead touching the ground, not even raising her head, as if this matter had nothing to do with her.
But, if she hadn't ordered it, how could her subordinates dare to speak like this in front of the emperor?
"you--"
She was about to point at Chen Lianxiang and curse, but at this moment, Huipin got angry.
Li Pan'er knelt upright and said to Dou'er in a deep voice, "How dare you! You unruly servant! How dare you discuss the master's affairs?"
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"What's unfair? What's the point of grabbing credit? The concubines in the harem are supposed to be like family, so what's there to grab?"
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"How could you say such words and pollute the holy hearing?"
After she finished speaking, she looked at Shen Lianxiang and said in a deep voice: "Shen Jieyu, this is the person you taught?!"
Chen Lianxiang was originally listening quietly to Dou'er's words, waiting for the emperor's decision, but she didn't expect that Huipin would suddenly appear again.
Moreover, her words did not support either herself or Concubine Xi, nor did she care who should receive the credit for Sishanmen. She simply spoke of the matter at hand and gave both herself and Concubine Xi fifty lashes each.
In this way, I am also guilty.
She suddenly panicked.
She knelt down hurriedly and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me."
“…”
"It's all my fault. I'm not strict enough in my management. There's nothing wrong with my teaching."
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"I beg His Majesty and Concubine Hui to forgive Concubine Xi and only punish me."
When Huipin heard her words, her brows furrowed.
After all, she had been in this palace for many years. Although she had not been promoted or demoted, she had seen many people being promoted or demoted over the years, and had witnessed the occurrence and end of many things. She could see it.
It seemed that Shen Lianxiang's words were putting the blame on herself alone.
But in fact——
It just made her look more innocent.
Now, her people have attributed all the credit of Sishanmen to her alone. In other words, from the beginning to the end, it was Concubine Xi who stole the credit, and she even used private punishment here, beating the imperial concubine and the palace maid. The fault lies entirely with Concubine Xi.
She became a person who was not affected by a single leaf.
But only Huipin understood that these words were of no help in solving the current problem and would only make things more confusing.
In particular, just across the wall were the princes and ladies who were keeping vigil over the body.
What's more, they saw the ugly behavior of the concubines in the harem competing for credit and even beating people during the funeral ceremony of the late queen, which was a complete disgrace to the royal family!
Unfortunately, both she and Concubine Xi were only concubines. She could neither completely suppress Concubine Xi nor had a say in front of the emperor.
The situation can only remain deadlocked.
Zhu Feng looked at them coldly without saying a word.
But his expression was already very ugly.
Just then, they heard footsteps behind them, and a familiar voice said, "What's going on that's causing so much noise that it's even disturbed Sishanmen?"
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