Chapter 66 Watching a joke
Wang Dequan didn’t say anything, but Xiao Xuanzi had to.
But he was a servant of Hexi Palace, and what he said would definitely be biased towards his master. Wang Dequan didn’t mind doing him a favor, and maybe he could earn a favor in the future.
He chose the time very cleverly. Emperor Xuanwu had already walked out of the palace gate of Hexi Palace, and Xiao Xuanzi said: "Your Majesty, Ye Baolin seemed to be poisoned last night. Empress Liang said that she was very noisy and insisted that Your Majesty go to visit her. But I thought that the Empress was drunk yesterday and must be unable to wake up. I didn’t dare to disturb Your Majesty’s rest, so I waited until now to tell you, please punish her."
Punishing the eunuch who was used by Zhen Zhaoyi for Baolin, wouldn’t that be a slap in Zhen Zhaoyi’s face?
Emperor Xuanwu waved his hand: "If you are poisoned, why don't you ask the imperial physician to diagnose you? Why do you come to me?"
Yesterday, Zhen Zhaoyi was already jealous and hurt because of Ye Baolin, whose face he didn't even remember. He couldn't hurt Zhen Zhaoyi's feelings because of her again.
He kept getting on the dragon chariot, and seemed indifferent to Ye Baolin's poisoning.
Jiang Xinyue opened her eyes, and there was no trace of confusion in her eyes. She was so clear that she could kill a tiger: "Ye Baolin was poisoned?"
Xi Que helped her get up and wash up: "Xiao Guizi was tired of running here in the middle of the night. I don't know what she was thinking. She just let Concubine Li get into trouble yesterday, and she wants to
provoke us again at night. Does she really think she is the most favored person in the harem?" If it weren't for
her prominent family background, the emperor couldn't offend Concubine Li's maternal grandfather, the Pei family, her grandfather, the Song family, and Concubine Li's father, the Prime Minister. I'm afraid she wouldn't even have this little favor on the surface.
The old lady of the Pei family is the Minister of the Central Secretariat, the head of the civil officials in the world. Minister Pei is the grandfather of Concubine Li, and the old lady of the Song family is the Prime Minister of the Inner Cabinet. The six ministries of the court must obey his orders .
Prime Minister Song's son, Concubine Li's father, is also the prime minister of the dynasty. It can be said that all the civil officials in the court are their people.
In the past, the emperor doted on Concubine Li. Who can say it well? Was it because he really liked her or because of interests?
But no matter how glorious she was in the past, what happened yesterday was enough to change the direction of the palace.
Jiang Xinyue sat on the sedan chair, supporting her forehead with one hand, closing her eyes and thinking.
No...
The Empress is always thinking ahead. She was able to poison her and frame Jiang Yuan before she rose to power, and she didn't leave any evidence. She is so cunning that it is hard to imagine.
How could such a master of palace fighting who has left no traces find someone like Ye Baolin who is spoiled and has no brains to seize her favor and have children?
What other tricks does she have?
"Ah——"
A scream came from Changxin Palace. Jiang Xinyue opened her eyes and saw the Empress leading a large group of people hurriedly coming from a distance.
Xi Que helped Jiang Xinyue get off the sedan chair, and seeing that a large group of concubines followed by Empress Zhu all entered Changxin Palace, she followed them in.
"Pa pa pa..."
The harsh whipping sound accompanied by screams rang out. When Jiang Xinyue entered, Concubine Li's bedroom was already in a mess.
Jiang Xinyue looked at Ye Baolin and Concubine Li rolling on the ground, as well as the eunuchs and palace maids who were trying to stop them, and her eyes widened in surprise.
"What... happened?"
Concubine Liang suppressed her gloating expression and said, "It's because Ye Baolin is stubborn. She thinks that Concubine Li Guifei poisoned her. The imperial physician induced vomiting in her last night, making her suffer a lot. The emperor didn't visit her, so she went crazy early this morning and rushed into Changxin Palace and said she wanted to kill Concubine Li Guifei!"
Jiang Xinyue's eyes lit up with a gleam of light. Suddenly, a scene from when she was still in Chuxiu Palace flashed through her mind. She nodded in understanding, "No wonder Ye Baolin has such a bad temper. After all, she is the legitimate daughter of the general who conquers the west. A tiger father will have a dog daughter!" The
legitimate daughter of the general who conquers the west entered the palace, but her status was just a lowly concubine. Only after she became the emperor's favorite was she given the title of Baolin.
The general did not want his daughter to enter the palace, so he was blocking her "future", but Ye Baolin was obsessed with the emperor and had to show her face in front of the emperor.
The girl who bullied Ye Baolin in Chuxiu Palace was also ordered by the general of Zhengxi, who wanted Ye Baolin to give up and go home to marry the young talent chosen by the family.
Unexpectedly, she was saved by Jiang Xinyue who lived with her, and by mistake, Ye Baolin stayed.
In the days before Chuxiu Palace was favored, the two of them always learned the rules together because they shared a room.
Since Jiang Xinyue became favored, she has never forgotten her good sister in Chuxiu Palace, so she took the initiative to find the Empress Dowager and wanted to cooperate with her, imitating everything Jiang Xinyue did to attract the emperor's attention.
Facts have proved that she is very successful.
However, Jiang Xinyue did not know about the deal between Ye Baolin and Empress Zhu. Before today, she didn't even remember the existence of Ye Baolin.
"Quickly pull Ye Baolin and Concubine Gui apart, how can this be?"
The indecency has made everyone laugh. Concubine Li Guifei finally escaped from Ye Baolin's hands, and her hair and clothes were already in a mess.
Ye Baolin, who was held down on the ground, even had a whip mark on his face, which was red, swollen and purple, and oozing blood particles.
After a period of chaos, the emperor was finally alarmed. The Song family and the Ye family, one is the head of civil officials, and the other is a victorious military general. Favoring either one will cause dissatisfaction from the previous dynasty.
Therefore, Emperor Xuanwu took the most brutal method-helping no one.
Concubine Li was suspected of poisoning Ye Baolin, so he ordered the Suspension Mirror to investigate. Ye Baolin committed insubordination and offended Concubine Li, so he was confined to copy the palace rules.
The plot development is different from Jiang Xinyue, but in the end they all copied the palace rules. Ye Baolin really copied Jiang Xinyue to the end.
When Ye Baolin was helped down by the palace servants, he passed by Jiang Xinyue and glared at her fiercely.
Jiang Xinyue didn't feel much. Ye Baolin loved the emperor deeply. No matter how close their relationship was before, it was impossible for them to be good sisters now.
There was only one emperor, and all the women in the harem were rivals in love.
No matter whether they loved each other or not, they would fight to the death.
But Ye Baolin probably felt that she was betrayed by her good sister and her beloved man was taken away.
Empress Zhu came to mediate early in the morning, and she was no longer in the mood to let the concubines pay their respects. After the emperor returned to his study, he asked the concubines to disperse.
Concubine Liang and Concubine De agreed to go to the prince's residence together. Jiang Xinyue had something on her mind, so she let the sedan chair return to Hexi Palace first, and took Xi Que and Shuang Jiang to wander around aimlessly.
"Hiss--"
Shuang Jiang suddenly took a breath of cold air, squatted down, and covered her ankle: "My queen, I twisted my ankle." They
had already walked to the edge of the artificial lake with misty waves. The cobblestone path was bumpy, and Shuang Jiang slipped and twisted her ankle.