Chapter 75 Framed

"Think about it again."

Jiang Xinyue pushed her head: "Think about it carefully with your pretty little head. Which concubine in a high position today doesn't have a brother working in the palace?"

Even if there are no biological brothers, there are always one or two brothers from the side branches of the family. Otherwise, how do the concubines communicate with their families? Not

only the Queen and Concubine De have brothers, but also Concubine Liang, Jin Zhaoyi, Ye Baolin, Concubine Li Gui, and Wan Ronghua.

It's just that their backgrounds are different, and their abilities are strong and weak, so their development is also different.

Those who don't develop well are naturally jealous of those who develop well. They finally get an opportunity, who can let anyone go?

Xi Jue looked into Jiang Xinyue's eyes, and felt that her foolish eyes were reflected in the wise eyes of her master.

Jiang Xinyue was not in a hurry, letting her think slowly. She sat in front of the screen window, leaning her elbows on the desk and reading.

"Ah!"

After a long time, Xi Que finally cried out: "I understand. As long as we spread the news that you, the master, stabbed the guard, they will frame each other."

Jiang Xinyue nodded: "Then they will try their best to frame each other and fabricate the wounds that I said were caused by the golden hairpin. Why should I waste my energy? Naturally, someone will cover up for us."

In the evening, the news that Concubine Zhen stabbed the guard in the chest had spread throughout the harem.

Concubine Li grabbed Xia He's hand and said, "Did Concubine Zhen really say this herself?"

Xia He nodded vigorously, "Your Majesty, it was Concubine Zhen who reported this to the Emperor herself. The three imperial doctors were all present at the time. If you don't believe it, you can summon Imperial Doctor Yan to verify it."

"It should be correct." Concubine Li paced back and forth in the hall, looking excited, "I said that the Emperor suddenly mobilized a large number of troops to hold a martial arts competition. It turned out that it was all for Concubine Zhen. The Emperor wanted to find the injured guard."

"It's been two days, and the guards who came to gather haven't finished the competition yet. I don't know if we can find them?"

Xia He's eyes rolled around: "Your Majesty, I heard that the second brother of the Empress's mother's family went back to Chang'an County to visit relatives. It will take a few days for him to come back. He is

a fourth-class guard in the palace." The fourth-class guard belongs to the fifth rank. Although it is not a very high position, there is a lot of room for advancement. Unlike her half-brother from the Song family, he is still only a sixth-rank bird gun guard school.

"Go, write a letter to grandfather and ask them to intercept Zhu Erlang and find out the style of Zhenpin's gold hairpin. This time, I must deal a heavy blow to the Empress."

Zhenpin's status is low, and she can't be compared with her and Empress Zhu at all. No matter how much the emperor likes her, he can only let her stay in the position of concubine for a lifetime. She is just a plaything and not worth worrying about.

The Empress was her only rival in the harem. Only by overthrowing her could she have a chance to ascend to the throne.

Concubine Li Gui could think of this, and so did Empress Zhu, Concubine De, Concubine Liang and others.

For a time, the number of letters circulating from the harem was several times more than before.

Emperor Xuanwu turned a blind eye and only asked Wang Dequan to write down all the guards, palace maids and eunuchs who delivered messages to the concubines. When the time was right, he replaced them all with his trusted palace maids.

In this way, the former court and the harem were all under his control.

"Your Majesty, only Concubine De and Concubine Zhen did not send any letters. Almost all other concubines wrote letters and sent them out of the palace."

Emperor Xuanwu snorted coldly: "Look, is this my harem or the harem of traitors? There are seventy-two concubines in the three palaces and six courtyards, but only two of them are loyal to me."

It's not that he said that. The main reason is that the emperor doesn't care whether the concubines who have not been favored wrote letters or not.

It's just that the emperor has recorded their names here. Only Concubine De and Concubine Zhen did not send any letters.

Wang Dequan could only find out which concubines sent letters, and he didn't dare to open the letters to read the contents.

The more prominent the family, the less likely they are to notice the special codes when communicating.

If he destroyed the secret code after opening the letter, he would be alarmed and ruin the emperor's plan to replace him.

Fortunately, the emperor was not curious about the content of the letter. He just wanted the list and then arranged his own people to replace those people.

"How is the big martial arts competition going?"

Emperor Xuanwu only sat in the Wude Hall for one day on the first day. After not finding the guard with a chest injury, he handed the matter over to the former guard commander and Wang Dequan to look after it.

"In reply to the emperor, there are still more than 30 guards who will not arrive for two days due to various reasons. Those who have arrived have already competed for more than half, and the results will be out in no more than five days."

There are only two results, either the injured guard is found, or not.

If even the emperor can't find this person, then the means of the person behind the scenes are so superb that it is simply chilling.

Concubine Zhen got into trouble with someone who hid so well, I wonder if she can get away with it?

Jiang Xinyue, who was considered "very well hidden", pretended to be seriously ill for two days, and finally got out of bed and walked.

He jumped on her and rolled around, washing her fragrantly, with snow-white hair brushing around her neck, making her roll around on the bed.

"As a concubine, how can you serve the emperor without any manners and cultivation? Concubine Zhen, you should learn the rules well."

Although Hexi Palace is usually relaxed, people outside Hexi Palace will never be allowed to enter casually.

Jiang Xinyue reached out to control her urge to run around, and quickly sat up from the bed, and saw an old lady with a serious face and neatly combed hair, staring at her with a pair of stern eyes.

The door of the bedroom was not closed, and the old lady pushed the door open directly.

Moreover, before Xi Que and Shuang Jiang could say anything, they were covered their mouths by a group of people and forced to kneel on the ground.

It was not just the two of them, but there were people kneeling on the ground in the yard, all with their mouths covered.

Jiang Xinyue understood that it was the minions around the Queen Mother Wu who came to cause trouble for her.

She slowly stood up, walked to the old nanny, raised her hand, and slapped her hard: "Who are you? How dare you break into my bedroom without any reason, and oppress my maids and eunuchs like this? Aren't you afraid that the emperor will chop off your head?" Who

cares?

She didn't introduce herself, so it was normal that she didn't know her.

"You!"

Nanny Gui covered her face with disbelief: "You dare to hit me?"

She was Empress Dowager Wu's trusted nanny. She followed Empress Dowager Wu into the palace at the age of twelve. She was already 45 years old. From an unknown maid to the first-class nanny beside the master of the harem, who would not give her three points of face when seeing her?

Even the queen was polite to her. How dare this Zhenpin hit her!

"I will hit you if I want to. You are a dog slave who committed treason. Do you think I should thank you?"

Whoever let her in would find trouble for her, and she did not even introduce herself. She could only admit her defeat when she was beaten.