Chapter 97: Stubbornness

Master Jiang is a direct descendant of the Jiang family in Yizhou. According to the seniority, Jiang Xinyue has to call him "grand uncle". The direct descendants of

the Jiang family are not close to the side branches, but apart from occupying all the resources in the officialdom, they have never treated side branches like Jiang Yankun harshly in terms of money.

Therefore, the Jiang family's life is not difficult. The financial resources of the Jiang family, the richest family in Yizhou, are not vegetarian, so they will not be so ugly.

So when Jiang Yanxi came to the Jiang family in Beijing, exhausted and haggard, Jiang Yankun had no choice but to keep him in the Jiang Mansion.

This really touched the heart of Concubine Li Guifei.

Outsiders did not know what was going on in the Jiang family, but when they saw Jiang Yankun taking in Jiang Yanxi, who reported the corruption and bribery of the prefect of Qinzhou, they subconsciously thought that the harem struggle had spread to the former dynasty.

The emperor was furious and ordered the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Personnel to go to Qinzhou to jointly investigate the case. The Minister of Personnel, Jiang Jia, was the father of Jiang Yuan, a criminal slave in the cold palace.

"My queen, Jiang Yuan was named a concubine and came out of the cold palace."

Xiao Xuanzi still had connections in the cold palace, so she got the news at the first time.

At that time, Jiang Xinyue had just drunk a bowl of nourishing black chicken soup, wiped the grease on her mouth and said: "Jiang Yuan is the daughter of the Minister of Personnel. The emperor wants Lord Jiang to go to Chenzhou to investigate the corruption case. It is definitely not a simple investigation. Lord Jiang can give the emperor what he wants, so what's wrong with letting her daughter out of the cold palace?"

"Then why don't we let her in, provoke her a little, and let her deal with the Empress and Concubine Li!"

She thought she would be praised, but she got a slap on the head from her own queen: "This palace finds that you are more and more likely to be a vicious villain!"

"Hehe..."

Xi Que scratched her head in embarrassment: "How could that be? I just want to use Jiang Cainu to avenge the Empress!"

Jiang Xinyue took a sip of tea, and the taste of black chicken soup faded between her lips and teeth. She then handed the teacup back to her, holding her chin with one hand and chuckled: "When Jiang Cainu was Jiang Zhaoyi, she couldn't even beat a noble like me. Do you still expect her to make the Empress and Concubine Li suffer?"

That's true.

If she was smart, she wouldn't be used as a gun by Empress Zhu.

"Let her go back! I'm pregnant now, and the most important thing is to take good care of myself. Everything else can be postponed."

It's important to be careful of the concubines in the harem who might harm her child.

In fact, not meeting Jiang Cainu is the wisest choice. Otherwise, if Jiang Cainu goes crazy one day and assassinates Concubine Li or Empress Zhu, the emperor will investigate and find that Jiang Cainu has met her after being released from the cold palace. Wouldn't that be the end of him?

Even if it doesn't matter, he will have something to do with her.

Jiang Chuan respectfully bowed to Jiang Cainu: "Jiang Cainu, please go back! Our queen is under house arrest by the Empress Dowager. It is reasonable that she cannot see anyone or come out. Please forgive me, Jiang Cainu."

Although Jiang Yuan did not have stunning beauty and could only be described as a pretty girl in the harem full of beauties, she was actually not ugly. She was just not outstanding in the harem. When she went out, she was still a pretty little beauty.

But looking at her now, the spirit she once had was gone, her face was sallow and haggard, and even her straight back was bent a lot.

The jade-like fingers that had been used to grind ink when the emperor was painting, now had swollen joints and were covered with hideous marks left by frostbite.

After Jiang Xinyue left the cold palace, the abuse and harshness she suffered had worn away all her resentment and self-confidence.

All that was left was hatred.

She glanced behind Jiang Chuan, then raised her head to look around the entire Hexi Palace, and then smiled and said, "Then I won't disturb Concubine Zhen from resting. I still have to pay my respects to Yikun Palace and Changxin Palace." She

didn't even go to those two places, and came directly to Hexi Palace.

Jiang Xinyue sneered: "She has a really good plan. She is directing the anger of the Empress and Concubine Li towards me. If she commits a crime in the future and I don't save her, she can use today's incident to blame me, and I won't be able to explain myself even if I have ten mouths."

"Ah?"

Xi Que frowned: "Why doesn't she change her bad habits? I will chase her and beat her up."

Jiang Xinyue stopped her: "How can you argue with such a shameless person? Wait until the emperor comes tomorrow, and then complain to him. Go and see if Shuangjiang has woken up?"

She still had a lot to ask Shuangjiang!

In the side room of the back hall, two young palace maids stood in front of the medicine stove and whispered in each other's ears: "It was only because of our queen

's kindness that Shuangjiang was spared. If it was another master, she would have been wrapped in a roll of tattered mats and thrown into the mass grave." "I think Queen Zhen is too soft-hearted. How can she use someone who betrayed her? I'm really afraid that she won't know how she died, and we palace maids will be sent back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for reassignment."

"I heard that Noble Ye's father won another victory, and the emperor is going to promote Noble Ye to Concubine Jieyu! General Ye has made great achievements in the war, and Noble Ye will be made a concubine sooner or later. Should we use our connections to serve in Shun'an Palace?"

"Bang!"

The door was roughly opened by Xi Que. She stepped forward and slapped the maid in the face: "The Queen is kind to Shuangjiang, so is she mean to you? You take the monthly salary of our Hexi Palace, but you are thinking about Shun'an Palace in your heart. In this case, you don't have to go through any channels. I will send you to the noble lady Ye in Shun'an Palace and let her take you in as a scumbag."

The maid was beaten to her knees on the ground, not daring to make a sound.

Xi Que grabbed the other maid and pushed her out of the ear room: "Kneel here, wait for the Queen to ask for your permission, and then I will deal with you."

In the room, Shuangjiang had a thick white towel wrapped around his head, and his face was pale as if he was going to die at any time.

Her lips and hands were trembling, and tears were falling from her eyes. It was obvious that she had heard the conversation between the two little palace maids and was very angry.

Xi Que was angry and distressed. She gently helped her sit up, but the expression on her face and the tone of her voice were fierce: "Cry, cry, cry, you just know how to cry. Why don't you go and tell the queen who is trying to harm her! Do you understand how to redeem yourself by doing good deeds? Have you really thought about being sent back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the future?"

Servants who were "returned" by their masters in the palace, whether they were palace maids or eunuchs, would have no good place to go from now on.

Shuangjiang's final fate was to return to the days when she was bullied in the past.

No!

She was "returned" by Concubine Zhen, and having offended the Emperor's current darling, her life will only become a hundred times more miserable than before.

Shuangjiang smiled bitterly: "Xi Que, with Concubine Zhen's current strength, she cannot defeat her. If I tell her, and Concubine Zhen shows the slightest bit of defense when facing her again, she will notice it. I won't tell her... at least not now." Is

there anyone in the harem who hides so deeply?