Chapter 252: A secret affair
Concubine Cheng saw the Imperial Concubine and said those words to provoke Concubine Liu.
She knew that Concubine Liu was impulsive and irritable, and never thought before she spoke. She timed it so that Concubine Liu could hear her treasonous words.
Concubine Zhang and Lady Zheng looked at Concubine Cheng in surprise, but they were no longer trusting and close to each other as they were at the beginning, but were a little defensive.
According to what the Imperial Concubine said, Concubine Liu was beaten, and not a single slap was wasted.
She was giving Concubine Liu a warning!
Thirty slaps can help you see through a hypocritical person, and you won't be fooled by her in the future.
Just now, Noble Lady Liu scolded the Imperial Concubine for being lowly, but the Imperial Concubine, regardless of past grudges, gave her advice, saying that the Imperial Concubine was a good person.
Noble Lady Liu's confused mind was also cleared up a little, and she looked at Concubine Cheng with a murderous look.
Jiang Xinyue took back her hand, and Xi Que immediately handed over a handkerchief to wipe her own hand, complaining that the powder on Concubine Cheng's face had stained her hand.
"If you want to fight, then come and challenge me openly. Don't always hide behind Lady Liu and use her to charge and break into your formation. She is stupid, but I am not. I pretend to be a little white rabbit, but I am actually a white-cut black. I am tired of using these tricks of yours. Don't play them in front of me. Be quiet and we can go our own way and keep out of each other's way. If you insist on being a bitch in front of me, I will let you know clearly why I am the Royal Consort and you are just a little concubine."
A group of people came and left with great fanfare.
Jiang Xinyue couldn't let this little episode affect her mood for visiting the garden.
The screams and noises of women came from behind her, and she ran away as fast as she could.
None of them were good people, so let them fight each other.
"Cheng Nianhe, I'm going to tear your mouth to pieces, you black-hearted scumbag. I took such good care of you in Chuxiu Palace, and now you treat me like this. Don't stand in my way. I'll tear up anyone who stands in my way."
"I want you to return every one of these thirty slaps! You owe me this!"
Jiang Xinyue expected the crisp slaps and Cheng Jieyu's screams.
Cheng Jieyu wanted to use Liu Guiren to hurt her, so wouldn't she use Liu Guiren to make Cheng Jieyu suffer the consequences?
The palace fighting champion is no joke.
Walking to a quiet bamboo forest, the bamboo leaves rustled in the wind, and the vast expanse of green was refreshing.
Suddenly, a flute sound came from the bamboo forest, the tune was melodious and gentle, indicating the good mood of the flute player.
Jiang Xinyue, a modern person, has not undergone the rigorous training of those noble ladies in ancient times. She knows a little about poetry, singing, playing chess, calligraphy and painting, but she is not proficient in them. There
are thousands of words to say, but she only silently says in her heart: Wow! It sounds so good!
The sound of light footsteps came, Xie Chenghui opened his eyes, and the flute sound disrupted the beat.
He immediately stopped playing and saluted with a red face: "I am honored to meet the Royal Concubine."
Jiang Xinyue smiled, and the bad mood she had just been scolded disappeared because she saw the handsome man who was pleasing to the eyes: "It turned out to be Painter Xie. I thought it was some concubine playing here! I didn't disturb Painter Xie, did I?"
If she had known that Painter Xie was here, she would still come. Who doesn't like to see a little milk dog?
Look at it, this is her nature as a woman, and she won't have any bad thoughts.
Although she always yelled in her heart that she wanted to get rid of the father and keep the son, and fantasized about a beautiful life surrounded by handsome men, but for Emperor Xuanwu, the man who doted on her and gave her everything she wanted, even if she didn't love him, she was grateful.
If he didn't pamper her and didn't favor her, then today she would be a nobody with nothing, just like Concubine Cheng and Lady Ye, who had to struggle and scheme at the bottom.
"The Royal Concubine is here, and this cold and secluded place is also full of splendor. How can it be said to be a disturbance?"
An honest man can speak nice words in a pleasant way.
Jiang Xinyue looked at the flute in his hand and saw that it was made of jade, which was a bit rare. She had never seen anyone playing a jade flute.
Xie Chenghui saw that she was looking at his flute curiously, so he took it out and handed it to her.
"No need, I just..."
"What are you doing?"
He just received a secret letter in Jiuzhou Qingyan, saying that the Royal Concubine and Xie Chenghui had an affair, and he didn't believe it.
But the letter swore that Xie Chenghui had secretly kept a portrait of Jiang Xinyue. He sent people to search the garden where Xie Chenghui lived. There was indeed a portrait of a woman, but the woman in the painting did not have her facial features painted. Only her clothes and body shape were somewhat similar to Jiang Xinyue.
Now seeing the two of them standing together, harmoniously matched, Emperor Xuanwu felt a strong anger and inexplicable bitterness surge in his heart.
It made him feel like his internal organs were burning in a raging fire, and he wanted to burn everything he saw.
"Your humble servant..."
"Shut up!"
Emperor Xuanwu roared, strode over, and stared at Jiang Xinyue with a charming look: "I'm asking you, what are you doing here?"
Jiang Xinyue was stunned by his roar, and looked behind him, and saw that the palace servants she had left outside had all followed in, lowering their heads and not daring to face the emperor's anger.
She looked at the emperor's expression, a little annoyed: "You don't think..."
"What do you think?"
Concubine Yu, who shouldn't be here, came with a group of concubines from the harem: "
Do you think you and Painter Xie have an affair?" She snorted and laughed, and threw the faceless beauty portrait confiscated from Xie Chenghui's residence at Jiang Xinyue's feet: "Look for yourself, if there is no affair, would Painter Xie paint you? Your Majesty, when I asked Painter Xie to paint my portrait, he clearly said that he would not paint portraits. "I used to be a man , but now I found the portrait of the Imperial Concubine in his place. How do I explain this?"
The concubine seemed to have finally caught Jiang Xinyue's handle, and said excitedly: "You two are alone in the dark, leaving the servants outside and running here to meet secretly. If you don't have an affair, what else can you do? Your Majesty, please severely punish the Imperial Concubine and don't let this kind of evil spirit pollute the harem."
"Your Majesty, please severely punish the Imperial Concubine and clean up the palace!" "Your Majesty, please punish the Imperial Concubine and clean up the palace!"
"What the concubine said is really convincing, as if you saw it hiding under my bed.
" "So many eyes have seen it, do you still want to make excuses?"
"What did you see?"
Jiang Xinyue also became angry, with two small flames in her eyes, staring at Emperor Xuanwu: "Did you see me and Painter Xie hugging each other, or did you see us kissing each other, taking off our clothes and lying on the same bed? Your Majesty, tell me, what did you see?"
Yes!
When they came in, there was still a distance of two people between the Imperial Concubine and Painter Xie, and it looked like they were just having a normal conversation.