Chapter 35 Sins in the Cold Palace

If he was a bit dumber, he would not have lied to his stepmother and step-sister, saying that sending Jiang Xinyue to the palace was to pave the way for Jiang Yutong.

He said the opposite -

letting Jiang Yutong and Jiang Xinyue enter the palace together was to let Jiang Xinyue use her simple-minded step-sister to pave the way for herself and maximize her beauty.

The Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple had calculated everything, but he did not expect that his concubine, who was so powerful that she could not be used, was also useless. After being favored by Emperor Xuanwu for two days, she forgot her last name after a few sweet words and went to provoke Concubine Li without knowing the consequences.

Who is Concubine Li?

She is the granddaughter of the current Prime Minister, and the first favorite concubine who has been in the harem for ten years and is in the heart of the emperor.

Although Jiang Xinyue, who traveled through time, was favored for a while by virtue of her beautiful appearance and scheming, she was now sent to the cold palace.

The same reason was because of Concubine Li.

"Boom--"

Thunder roared, and thanks to the magpie who chattered with Jiang Xinyue about many things that happened in the Jiang Mansion, she finally fell asleep in a daze in the second half of the night.

"There's a fire! There's a fire!"

Not long after falling asleep, they heard noisy footsteps outside. Jiang Xinyue sat up, and Xi Que rubbed her eyes: "Master, you go to sleep first, I'll go out and take a look."

Without waiting for Xi Que to go out, Xiao Xuanzi knocked on the door outside. After a while, she said: "My dear, are you and Xi Que's sleep disturbed?"

Xi Que put on an outer coat and opened the door: "What happened?"

"There was a fire in Xihe Hall. A side hall was struck by lightning, and the eaves fell into the room. The fire started from inside, and two young palace maids were burned to death."

Jiang Xinyue frowned and thought after hearing this: "It's Xihe Hall again."

It seems that these two palace maids were the ones who secretly replaced Jiang Shunyi's laxative with arsenic.

How could such a coincidence happen?

It was just a man-made disaster that took advantage of the power of a natural disaster to silence the mouth.

"Don't worry about it."

She lay down again: "Close the door, it has nothing to do with us."

The Xihe Hall was in the direction of the cold palace, but there was still some distance between them. Emperor Xuanwu tilted his head and took a look. The direction of the cold palace was pitch black, without even a trace of light.

The next day, Jiang Xinyue stretched and woke up from her sleep.

From outside came the powerful voice of Xi Que: "Here, here... here and here, all need to be cleaned."

"Didn't you eat? There is still dust here. My master has to bask in the sun here every day. The branches here also need to be pruned. Don't block the sun."

"How dare you stare at me? Do you still think you are Jiang Shunyi? You are a slave in the cold palace now. Anyone can tell you what to do, understand? Don't act like a master. If you don't do your job well, you won't have food to eat."

It was a bit like a slave.

Jiang Xinyue put a coat on her shoulders. She didn't need Xi Que to serve her. Estimating her time to get up, a basin of hot water was already on the shelf.

After washing her face, she pushed the door open and went out.

"Xijue."

"Master, you're awake! Xiaoxuanzi has gone to get us breakfast, please sit down first."

The rapid change of expression was shocking.

"Jiang Xinyue!"

Jiang Yuan, who was already in poor health and vomited blood from time to time, had been tortured for a whole morning. When she saw Jiang Xinyue, she threw the broom in front of her: "I am the daughter of the Minister of Personnel after all. You let your maid humiliate me like this, can you..."

"Slap!"

"Pah!"

Jiang Yuan was stunned by the slap, and the person who hit her was just Jiang Xinyue's maid: "Jiang Xinyue, you..."

"Hit again."

Jiang Xinyue yawned, twisted her neck, and said lightly: "Wait until this slave in the cold palace learns to be polite and learns how to talk to this young master before stopping."

"Pah! Pah! Pah..."

Xi Que had been unhappy with Jiang Yuan for a long time. Now that she had received the order from her master, she rolled up her sleeves and started beating her left and right: "I told you not to scold my master! I told you not to poison my master! I told you not to collude with Concubine Li! I told you not to plot against my master!"

While she was being beaten, Xiao Xuanzi had already returned with breakfast. For Jiang Yuan, it was still two cold and hard white steamed buns.

Jiang Xinyue drank half a bowl of porridge, and her throat was aching. She shook her head and refused to eat anymore.

Her leftovers would not be wasted, and would go into Xiao Xuanzi and Xi Que's stomachs.

The golden abalone and sea cucumber porridge exuded a delicious aroma. The magpie paused, and Jiang Yuan had a chance to catch her breath. She covered her face with her hands and said weakly, "Don't... don't hit me anymore. I... don't... I've seen a noble man."

If he continued to hit her, she would have been beaten to death by the magpie instead of being poisoned by arsenic .

It seemed that a few teeth in her mouth were loose, and the corners of her mouth were burning. Finally, a burning pain in her throat could not be dissipated. She vomited a mouthful of blood, which was still black and red. It

was really miserable.

When Jin Chongyi and Wan Guiyi came, they were so scared by the brutal scene that they couldn't move.

"You!"

After Wan Guiyi reacted, she pulled Jin Chongyi and trotted forward: "Mr. Zhen is so powerful. You have been banished to the cold palace, but you still dare to commit such a crime. Aren't you afraid that the emperor

will punish you if he finds out?" Jiang Xinyue was originally sitting under a tree, enjoying her meal while admiring Jiang Yuan's miserable condition. When these two people came, she immediately lay weakly on the imperial concubine's chair: "Please forgive me, my two sisters. I am still very weak, so I will not salute you. I think you are kind-hearted and will not blame me."

She was reminding them that Jiang Yuan was the culprit who poisoned her, and she was just teaching her a lesson because Jiang Yuan almost lost her life. Why were Jin Chongyi and Wan Guiyi so anxious to avenge Jiang Yuan.

Well...

since they are so kindhearted that they let off the person who poisoned her, she would not bother with such a small matter as paying them respects, let alone a patient like her

. Otherwise, it would be too hypocritical.

Wan Guiyi was choked by her and her face turned red: "The emperor has already demoted her to a palace maid. She has accepted what she deserves. If you are not satisfied, you can go and talk to the emperor."

It implies that she is dissatisfied with the emperor's will and is setting a trap for her!

"Yes!"

Jiang Xinyue said without thinking: "She is already a criminal slave in the cold palace."

Just when Wan Guiyi didn't understand what she meant, she suddenly looked at Wan Guiyi coldly: "I am a noble lady, and a criminal slave in the cold palace pointed at my nose and scolded me, and yelled at me. Can't I punish her? This little thing has alarmed the emperor. I don't know whether the emperor will punish me or my two sisters."

It is natural for the master to punish the servant. Has Wan Guiyi never punished the servants in her palace who had made mistakes?

"You have a sharp tongue." Jin Chongyi looked at Jiang Yuan who was about to faint and said, "You saw Wan Guiyi and me, but you didn't stand up to greet me. Can I slap you too?"

Jiang Xinyue stood up: "Since Empress Jin Chongyi deliberately came to the cold palace to embarrass me, I can't do anything about it. I've seen this..."

Before she knelt down, her body tilted and fell on Xi Que.