Chapter 169 People Speak Humanly
Cuizhi stepped forward to stand in front of Xie Rongying, staring at the eunuch vigilantly.
"What Empress Chen? Do you know that impersonating a palace eunuch and falsely conveying the noble's instructions will cost you your life?"
The eunuch took out a token from his sleeve, raised his eyes slightly to glance at Xie Rongying, and said to Cuizhi, "No one in Bianjing dares to spread the false order of the Empress Chen."
When Cuizhi was about to say something, Xie Rongying whispered, "Cuizhi, even if it's fake, they wouldn't block the gate of Xie's house so blatantly."
Cuizhi took a step back.
Xie Rongying continued, "Go tell the guard at the gate to tell my grandmother that I didn't return to the Marquis of Yongyi's mansion, but went to see the Concubine Chen in the palace."
Hearing this, Cuizhi turned around and walked back.
The eunuch also took another look at Xie Rongying.
Cuizhi walked back to Xie Rongying and said, "Young Madam, I've already said it."
Xie Rongying then smiled and said to the eunuch, "Sir, I wonder if the Concubine Chen will meet me outside the palace or inside?"
"Inside the palace." The eunuch made a "please" gesture and said, "The carriage has been waiting for the young lady over there for a long time. Please come in."
Xie Rongying looked in the direction of the eunuch and saw a carriage parked not far away. On both sides of the carriage stood people dressed in the same clothes as the eunuch in front of her.
The eunuch saw that Xie Rongying was worried and said, "Young Madam, you can bring your own people with you to the palace."
"Then I'll trouble you, father-in-law." Xie Rongying said to Gu Xun who was sitting in her carriage.
Gu Xun threw away the reins, jumped off the carriage and walked towards Xie Rongying.
The eunuch nodded slightly and walked ahead towards the carriage not far to the right.
Xie Rongying distanced herself from the eunuchs and told Cuizhi and Guxun, "Just wait and see what happens. Be careful with your words and actions and don't let others gossip about you."
"Yes." Cuizhi and Guxun said in unison.
Xie Rongying was not very clear about the situation in the court and the palace, but because of Feng Qing and Xie Jing's affairs, she could vaguely guess that the existence of the Xie family must have blocked the way of the person behind the scenes.
If the person behind the scene was the Shi family, Xie Rongying would also be a little confused.
The Shi family and the Xie family are not just superficial friends, but old friends.
The Shi family had been in contact with the Xie family since the Xie family was still in Chen County. Later, after the Xie family came to Bian Jing, they were also able to benefit from the care of the Shi family.
Over the generations, the Xie family and the Shi family have been tied together.
He let Feng Qing deceive Xie Jing, and then quickly sent someone to silence him after the matter was exposed.
Is it not just the Shi family behind this?
So why does the Shi family want to destroy the Xie family?
About half an hour later, the carriage entered the palace from the East Gate.
Because the eunuch was carrying a token, he was not intercepted.
Xie Rongying lifted the curtain slightly and looked at the high wall swaying on the side as the carriage moved. She felt indescribable in her heart.
The Concubine Chen, who was favored by Emperor Ren De, wanted to see her.
She vaguely felt that it had something to do with romance.
Could it be that Feng Qing was arranged by Concubine Chen?
About a quarter of an hour later, the carriage stopped and the eunuch's voice was heard: "Young Madam, please get off the carriage."
Xie Rongying stood up and walked out of the carriage with a bent back.
She looked at the palace road between the high walls on both sides with a slightly gloomy expression.
With Cuizhi's help, he got off the carriage.
"Young Madam, please." After the eunuch made the "please" gesture, he led the way forward.
Xie Rongying looked back and saw that the carriage had been taken away by other eunuchs.
Gu Xun followed closely beside Xie Rongying vigilantly.
"Gu Xun."
"master."
Xie Rongying slowed down his pace, put some distance between himself and the eunuch in front of him, and asked, "Do you know anyone who is in the same line of work as you?"
Gu Xun hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes."
"How many."
Gu Xun glanced at Xie Rongying's profile, then quickly looked away and said, "How much does the master want?"
People in their line of work don't care about their lives.
As long as there is money, it doesn't matter how many lives are killed.
"I'll take whatever you have." Xie Rongying stared ahead. The situation had changed. The Xie family had become a thorn in the side of certain people. "Once you leave the palace and return to the Marquis of Yongyi's residence, use your methods to contact these people. As long as they work for me, they will have endless silver."
Gu Xun raised his eyebrows slightly, his gaze fell on Xie Rongying's profile again, and for the first time asked in a tone of doubt and disbelief: "Master, do you trust me so much?"
Xie Rongying glanced at Gu Xun and chuckled, "What are you talking about? If I didn't trust you, would I dare to bring you with me?"
Gu Xun didn't say anything, but there were some complex meanings in the depths of his eyes.
In his eyes, Xie Rongying had done him a favor, so he would do his best to protect her and do things for her.
But Xie Rongying had obviously treated him as one of her own.
One of our own.
The corners of Gu Xun's lips curled up slightly, and his eyes seemed to be more determined.
He had never been so firmly believed in and chosen.
*
After passing through several palace gates, we arrived at Changle Palace.
The eunuch and Xie Rongying told him to go in and report, then left.
After about a cup of tea, the eunuch came out of the main hall and said to Xie Rongying, "Young Madam, the Empress wishes to see you."
Xie Rongying's mind was slightly lifted as he walked towards the main hall.
Gu Xun and Cui Zhi were stopped: "The Queen has ordered that only the young lady be seen."
Xie Rongying turned around and gave Gu Xun and Cuizhi a look, and the two of them went to wait by the side.
"Young Madam, please."
There were no palace maids or eunuchs in the hall as Xie Rongying had imagined, only a woman in gorgeous clothes sitting high above the main seat.
She only glanced at him briefly, then knelt down and saluted: "Your Highness greets Her Majesty the Concubine."
Perhaps the woman in a high position was looking at or examining Xie Rongying who was kneeling and paying her respects, and she did not speak quickly.
Xie Rongying was slightly nervous. Unlike the ladies in the inner chambers, the nobles in the palace had long been consumed by power and ambition. If, as she suspected, the person behind the amorous feelings wasn't from the Shi family, but rather the high-ranking Consort Chen...
Just as Xie Rongying was speculating, a cold voice came from above her head: "Raise your head and let me see."
Xie Rongying's tense mind relaxed inexplicably after hearing this voice. It seemed that the voice was not meant to accuse her, so she straightened up and raised her head.
He met the slightly gloomy eyes of the woman in the high position.
"She's quite good-looking." Concubine Chen looked at Xie Rongying deeply and said, "Stand up and sit down."
Xie Rongying overturned what she had just thought at this moment. The Concubine Chen was not the one who instigated the affair.
"Thank you, Madam."
After Xie Rongying sat down on the left, the cold voice came again: "Young Madam, aren't you curious about why I asked you to enter the palace?"
Xie Rongying hesitated for a moment and replied respectfully, "This, your Highness, I really don't know. I hope Your Majesty will speak frankly."
"I heard that your father was bewitched by a woman from a brothel and was even willing to go to war with you. Have you found out who is behind that woman?"
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