Chapter 166: Getting an advantage and still acting cute
Yanzhi was frightened by the disrespectful compliment and almost fainted. At this moment, she had no time to think about why the jade bracelet was on her: "I dare not do that. I am innocent. Ninth Princess, please save me. I have always been by your side. It is impossible for me to take the Queen Mother's jade bracelet."
"You keep saying you're innocent, but the stuff was actually found on you. Yanzhi, don't be so arrogant just because the Ninth Princess likes you."
"No, the servant doesn't have it."
Queen Song: "Quibbling."
Chu Pan'er was shocked and then she pleaded for Yanzhi: "Grandmother, is there any misunderstanding? Yanzhi grew up with me, and she is not that kind of person."
"Empress Dowager, there may be something fishy about this matter." Concubine Xian said immediately.
Queen Song stared at her and said, "What's so strange? Please explain it clearly, Concubine Xian."
Concubine Xian looked at Queen Song in panic, anger surging in her eyes.
Don’t you know what she wants to say, Your Majesty?
Something must have happened in Jingren Palace for you to take the opportunity to put the blame on Yanzhi.
But Concubine Xian knew that she could not say anything like this without evidence, otherwise she would be slandering the Queen.
So frustrating!
Queen Song looked at Consort Xian who dared to be angry but not to speak, and a sneer appeared at the corner of her lips: "I heard that Chu Pan'er liked this pair of jade bracelets very much. Who knows if it was because the Queen Mother did not give them to her and she secretly asked Yanzhi to steal them."
As soon as she finished speaking, Concubine Xian and Chu Pan'er knelt before the Queen Mother.
Concubine Xian: "Empress Dowager, the Queen's guess is pure fabrication. The Queen Dowager clearly said that she would give it to Pan'er. If Pan'er really wanted it, she should have just accepted it. Why did she take it secretly after the fact? The Queen's words are making Pan'er and I unable to hold our heads up in the future."
As she spoke, she kowtowed to the Queen Mother.
Chu Pan'er was so frightened that her face turned pale. She kept defending herself: "Grandmother, you know Pan'er's character best. How could Pan'er ask the palace maid to do such a sneaky thing? If the Queen Mother wants to slander me like this, I am willing to die to prove my innocence."
Queen Song: "Then prove it."
He looked as if he would believe you only if you died, which made Concubine Xian so angry that she gritted her teeth.
Lu Xiang lowered his head, pursed his lips tightly, and tried hard not to laugh out loud.
The people in the palace are fighting with each other secretly, but the Queen is different. She will fight with you openly, making people wonder how to proceed with the next plot.
Chu Pan'er was completely stunned. She stared at Queen Song in a daze, her face pale.
How could the Queen Mother do this? She was just trying to express her innocence. She must be crazy. She should die.
But after this conversation was released, and he was provoked by Queen Song, he suddenly felt suffocated and unable to back down.
It seems that Bu Si is the jade bracelet that Chu Pan'er ordered Yanzhi to steal.
After weighing the matter over for a moment, Concubine Xian made a decision immediately.
"Empress Dowager, Pan'er and Yanzhi have always had a good relationship. It is hard for her to accept that a maid she trusts has committed such a serious mistake. Not to mention her, even I dare not believe that Yanzhi would be so bold as to steal the Empress Dowager's things. However, since she has made a mistake, she should be punished. I and Pan'er have failed to discipline her properly, so we should be willing to be punished."
It wasn't necessarily the Queen who did it, but she had to sacrifice Yanzhi to resolve the matter, otherwise Pan'er's reputation would be affected.
After this incident, she and the queen could no longer maintain superficial peace.
Concubine Xian had a look of self-blame and guilt on her face. Queen Song sneered in her heart but didn't say anything more.
Today's incident was a setup by the Queen Mother, and she was also clear that it had nothing to do with Concubine Xian and Chu Pan'er, so dealing with Yanzhi was already the limit, and Queen Song didn't expect to drag anyone else into it.
The Queen Mother held the jade bracelet in her hand and swept her calm gaze across Queen Song's noble face. Although she had no emotion at all, she made people feel a chill running from the soles of their feet to their hearts.
Queen Song looked back without fear.
If Lu Xiang hadn't been alert, I would have really fallen into your trap this time.
The Queen Mother wants to intimidate her?
Haha, was Song Nanyue brought up in fear?
"The virtuous concubine ruled strictly, and she was fined three months' salary and executed by beating."
"Thank you, Queen Mother, for your grace." Concubine Xian bowed her head and expressed her gratitude.
Chu Paner opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but finally kowtowed to express her gratitude, her body trembling slightly with anger.
Yanzhi was so frightened that she was stunned. It was not until she was dragged away that she came to her senses and begged for mercy: "Queen Dowager, please spare my life, Queen Dowager... Princess Nine, please save me. I am really innocent. I don't want to die. Princess, please save me..."
Yanzhi's sharp voice was particularly harsh in the palace, and then disappeared in the Cining Palace.
The eunuch who carried out the execution naturally did not dare to kill Yanzhi in the Cining Palace. If that happened, it would be a disgrace to the empress dowager's residence.
The virtuous concubine's body went limp, and she seemed to have collapsed.
She looked towards Lu Xiang suddenly. His black eyes, as gentle as a landscape painting, seemed to hide several poisonous snakes at this moment. She felt depressed.
I have been in the harem for decades and have never been plotted against by anyone, but today I fell into the hands of this little girl.
The Queen Mother failed in her plan today, and she didn't know if she would vent her anger on her.
The Queen Mother gave the bracelet to Wang Fu and put it away. Then she looked at Lu Xiang with a gentle expression and said, "I was almost deceived today. I am sorry that you were wronged."
Lu Xiang bowed and said hurriedly that he dared not.
The Queen Mother said again, "Come here, give Miss Lu my jadeite and ruby headpiece."
"Thank you, Queen Mother." Lu Xiang kowtowed and thanked her. "The Queen Mother is a wise person. I believe that she will give me justice. But I don't understand one thing. Why did someone insist that they saw me steal the Queen Mother's jade bracelet?"
What does it mean to be ungrateful after getting an advantage?
That's it.
The Queen Mother gritted her teeth secretly.
This damn girl is so unreasonable and as annoying as the queen.
At this time, a palace maid knelt down and kowtowed: "Queen Dowager, please calm down. Perhaps I... I was wrong."
"It's not a big deal that you made a mistake, but you almost caused Miss Lu to suffer injustice, which makes me feel very sorry."
The Queen Mother scolded in a pretentious manner.
Queen Song suddenly said, "If you didn't see it clearly, don't make random guesses. You can't control your mouth. Go to the Ministry of Punishment and suffer for it."
The maid's face suddenly turned pale with fear: "Queen, please spare my life. I know I was wrong. Please forgive me this time. I will never dare to do it again."
Queen Song waved her hand indifferently, and the palace maids she brought with her understood and immediately stepped forward to take the palace maid away.
Queen Mother: “…”
She is not dead yet.
"Empress, you are just a servant in my palace. I will deal with you."
Queen Song looked at the Queen Mother and said, "I am in charge of the harem, so it is my natural responsibility to discipline all the palace maids and eunuchs. The Queen Mother is kind and cannot bear to criticize, but this trend cannot be encouraged. Who knows if I will make a mistake next time and say something nonsense that will cost someone else's life."
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