Chapter 345 Confrontation (Part 1)
Concubine Qin had not received any news yet. The people from Qinyan Villa who came to report the news were blocked outside the palace gate and were anxiously waiting for Concubine Qin's people to come.
At this time, Eunuch Zheng had already arrived at Yongfeng Palace.
All this happened just as Shangguan Nanxing said, they had to act quickly in order to catch Concubine Qin off guard.
"The Emperor has ordered that Imperial Concubine Xuanqin come to the Imperial Study to see you."
Eunuch Zheng shouted loudly, causing Concubine Qin, who was pruning flower branches, to tremble with fear. A bright red flower was cut off by her and fell to the ground.
"I obey your command." Concubine Qin glanced at the red flower that fell to the ground. Her right eyelid twitched unconsciously. She turned her head to look at Eunuch Zheng not far away and replied.
"Follow me now, the Emperor is waiting anxiously."
Seeing that Concubine Qin did not move, Eunuch Zheng urged her again.
"Does Eunuch Zheng know what happened?"
Although Concubine Qin was domineering in the palace, she knew who she could offend and who she could not offend. Eunuch Zheng was always by the emperor's side, and his words carried some weight in the emperor's eyes, so she naturally would not offend him.
"Your Majesty will know when you go there. Let's go." When Eunuch Zheng heard Concubine Qin's question, he naturally would not tell her what happened in the imperial study.
Not long after, Su Yue saw the father-in-law who had just run away in a hurry come back, and behind him walked a graceful and elegant middle-aged woman, but this woman was in very good condition.
Her black hair was combed meticulously, and she wore a pair of gold hairpins on the side of her head. There were pearl flowers made of gold thread and pearls inserted in her hair. A purple peony silk flower was inserted diagonally on her high bun. With black hair and fair skin, she must have been an extremely beautiful woman when she was young.
Concubine Qin was walking behind Eunuch Zheng. Perhaps she noticed Su Yue's gaze, so she looked up and met his. She was shocked to see that a little girl was looking at her so rudely. Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly saw Eunuch Yu in the crowd.
Concubine Qin was stunned. She subconsciously thought that something must have happened at Xiaoyaozhu's place, and she swallowed the words she wanted to say to teach Su Yue a lesson.
She glanced around and saw many young women there. She guessed that her act of bathing in the blood of young girls had been exposed. However, these were trivial matters to her as long as the Crown Princess was not discovered.
Concubine Qin looked at Eunuch Yu for a while, and seeing that he kept his head down, she turned around and followed Eunuch Zheng into the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, the imperial concubine is here." After Eunuch Zheng reported this, the emperor looked up at the door of the imperial study.
He just watched Concubine Qin walk in, and saw her look of surprise for a moment when she saw the Crown Princess was there, and then she immediately returned to her normal expression.
"I wonder if the emperor has summoned me here for some important matter?" Concubine Qin spoke softly to the emperor, and her voice sounded a little more charming than before.
"The Crown Prince told me that you have imprisoned the Crown Princess, is it true?"
Although the emperor did not miss the astonishment in Concubine Qin's eyes, he was not sure whether that astonishment was because she saw that the Crown Princess was now able to stand, or because she felt that the Crown Princess should not be here.
"Your Majesty, I am innocent. How dare I imprison the Crown Princess?"
The moment Concubine Qin saw the Crown Princess, she knew that her affairs had been completely exposed. However, she was confident that she had not left any evidence after imprisoning the Crown Princess. The most important thing now was to see if she could withstand the interrogation.
"Father, Imperial Concubine Qin has indeed imprisoned the Crown Princess. She is threatening me with her life, asking me to convince you to allow me to personally lead the troops to the border to fight a decisive battle with Dongyou!"
When Mo Jingchen heard Concubine Qin's words, he knelt down again and told Concubine Qin her purpose.
"Prince, do you have evidence for what you said? You can't just slander me without any evidence."
Concubine Qin looked at Mo Jingchen. She knew, of course, that Mo Jingchen could not produce any evidence. All the previous communications were conveyed by her closest people. She did not use letters because she was afraid of this situation.
"You know very well that I can't produce any evidence!" Mo Jingchen met Concubine Qin's gaze and replied through gritted teeth.
"Your Highness, you can't frame me just because the Queen doesn't like me. I know what it means to imprison the Crown Princess. How dare I do that?"
What Imperial Concubine Qin said was extremely clever. If you think more deeply about it, it was about the infighting in the harem. The Queen couldn't stand the Imperial Concubine and instigated the Prince to frame her.
First of all, it says that the queen is jealous, and secondly, it says that Prince Mo Jingchen listens to the queen too much, which will not be a good thing if he becomes the emperor in the future.
"You're talking nonsense. It's obviously you who imprisoned the Crown Princess..."
Mo Jingchen did not hear the deeper meaning in Concubine Qin's words, but the Crown Princess did. She looked at the Emperor, and sure enough, the Emperor's eyes were lingering between the Crown Prince and Concubine Qin, as if he was deciding whose words to believe.
"Your Majesty, let's not talk about my imprisonment for now. The evidence is irrefutable that Concubine Qin bathed in the blood of young girls."
The Crown Princess interrupted Mo Jingchen and brought up the second plan. Then she looked at Mo Jingchen and signaled him not to continue the topic of imprisonment. After all, they really could not produce any evidence.
"What do you mean by taking a blood bath?" The Emperor was obviously stunned when he heard the Crown Princess' words, so he asked.
"Father, the witnesses are all outside. You can call them in." Mo Jingchen noticed the Crown Princess's gaze and changed the subject.
"Summon him in." The emperor glanced at Mo Jingchen, then at Concubine Qin, his tone cold.
When Concubine Qin heard Mo Jingchen blaming her again, her mind started working quickly, trying to think of a way to deal with it.
Soon, the imperial study was packed with people. It was the first time for those young girls to see the emperor, and they were so frightened that they shrank back desperately.
"These girls..." The emperor glanced at the twenty or so young women in the room and his tone became hesitant.
"Father, these are the servants I captured in Xiaoyaozhu. I believe that if we separate them and torture them severely, the truth will come out.
As for these women, they were captured by Concubine Qin from Dongyou. As for why they didn't capture people from Mo Country, it was probably because they were afraid that if they captured their own people, things would get out of hand. ”
Mo Jingchen looked at Eunuch Yu and others, and said loudly that hot spring bathing was not a secret in Xiaoyaozhu, so Mo Jingchen was very sure about it.
"Empress Qin, what do you have to say?" The emperor looked at the concubine whom he loved very much, and his tone was hesitant.
"Your Majesty, this is the recipe I inquired about for maintaining youthful appearance. I have indeed tried taking a bath in fresh blood."
Concubine Qin became ruthless and confessed everything herself. At least compared to imprisoning the Crown Princess, this little thing was nothing.
The most important thing is that almost all the people in her Xiaoyaozhu knew about her bathing, and they knew the girl who was killed very clearly. If she really listened to the prince and dragged her out for torture, the consequences would be much more serious than if she admitted it herself.
When Su Yue heard Concubine Qin admit it so readily, she couldn't help but look up and take a few more glances. Is Concubine Qin really so easy to deal with?
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