Chapter 387 Promotion
Concubine Xian waited until Chu Pan'er fell asleep before leaving.
The sky was covered with heavy clouds, slowly obscuring the bright moon, and the moonlight suddenly became dim.
Back in Tongxin Palace, Jinghua helped Concubine Xian to wash up.
"Jinghua, what do you think?" Concubine Xian suddenly asked.
Jinghua thought for a moment and said, "Master, in my humble opinion, it doesn't seem like the Queen had someone secretly murder the Ninth Princess."
Having been with Concubine Xian for many years, Jinghua could easily guess what she was thinking.
Since Concubine Xian asked this, it is obvious that the first person she suspected was the Queen.
If the Ninth Princess had not said that someone pushed her, they would have subconsciously thought that the Ninth Princess accidentally slipped and fell down the stairs.
But since the Ninth Princess said it, it must be true.
Concubine Xian pursed her lips, did not interrupt Jinghua, and motioned for her to continue.
"I feel it's more like sowing discord. The Ninth Princess plotted against Miss Lu San today, and the Queen was furious. She even took her anger out on you, the Queen. On the surface, you are the most likely person to attack the Ninth Princess. But from another perspective, the Queen is the head of the harem. She has many excuses to torture the Ninth Princess, and she would never do such a thing at this critical moment."
"What you said makes sense." Xianpin pondered for a moment and agreed with Jinghua's statement.
What Jinghua didn't say was that even if the Queen Mother really hated the Ninth Princess and wanted to take action secretly, she would not choose today.
However, the two of them never expected that the Queen did not do it herself, but told Chu Jinyan about the matter, and the person who did it was the maidservant beside Lu Xiang. This was a roundabout way, and they couldn't figure it out even if they had several brains.
"Then tell me, who is using this incident to stir up hatred between me and the Queen?"
Xianpin asked again.
Jinghua undid Concubine Xian's hair, smeared flower oil on her hair, rubbed it gently, and then combed it carefully: "Empress Yi is not on good terms with the master, but I see that she seems to be getting close to the queen recently. I don't know if she really wants to win over the power of the Song family for her son and get close to the queen, or if she does it on purpose to let the queen relax her vigilance against her. It's a good hit. If there is anyone in the harem who is most at odds with the queen, it must be Concubine Shu. But you have always had a good relationship with Concubine Shu, she won't cheat you like this."
The key point is that if it was really done by Concubine Shu, then she did not regard her master as an ally at all, so she could cold-bloodedly push the Ninth Princess off the Yujing Pavilion, breaking both legs and one hand.
"Who knows? Let's have people keep a close eye on these two people. They'll always reveal their true colors." Concubine Xian also thought that Concubine Yi and Concubine Shu were the most likely candidates.
As for the reason?
Let her fight the queen to the death, and then you can sit back and reap the benefits?
snort!
Don't let her find out who is using her daughter to start a war between her and the Queen, or she will skin that person alive.
Even though she and the Queen were already at loggerheads, she would not tolerate anyone else fanning the flames.
However, Concubine Yi and Concubine Shu, who were suspected by Concubine Xian, were dismissive of the matter and were too lazy to guess who wanted to harm Chu Pan'er.
No matter who it is, they just need to watch the fun.
Queen Song conducted a grand investigation for several days but found no clues. Even the palace maids who were tending to the flowers and plants in the imperial garden said that they had not seen anyone suspicious. If the maidservant beside the Ninth Princess had not shouted for help, they would not have known that something had happened to the Ninth Princess.
It was just a pretense. Empress Song went to report to Emperor Chengde: "In my opinion, Pan'er was probably too frightened and had hallucinations. She clearly fell down accidentally, but she was afraid of being embarrassed so she said someone pushed her from behind."
"I have already asked everyone who was in the Imperial Garden that day, and they all said they didn't see anything."
"Even Pan'er herself said that someone hit her on the back of the head and she lost consciousness afterwards."
"I wonder if she bumped into the pillar by accident."
"I am truly incompetent. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me. Otherwise, Your Majesty can ask Commander Wu to investigate this matter."
Queen Song half-knelt in front of Emperor Chengde. The scattered sunlight came in through the window and cast on her fair face, as if it was covered with a layer of golden light, beautiful and resolute.
Looking at such a gentle and docile queen, Emperor Chengde felt a faint warmth in his heart.
Sure enough, it looks much better this way.
"No need, Queen, please stand up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Queen Song said, but she did not stand up. Instead, she continued, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask for your order."
Emperor Chengde asked, "What's the matter?"
"Although Ying'er is young, she is upright and kind, with a bright moral character. This is all due to the good teaching of Concubine Song. Concubine Song has been in the palace for many years, serving the emperor wholeheartedly, and has made great contributions to the birth of the emperor's heir. I would like to ask for an imperial decree for Concubine Song to advance her position."
Emperor Chengde looked at Queen Song with an indescribable look.
After all, wasn't it because Ying'er proved Lu Xiang's innocence a few days ago that saved her from punishment?
It sounds so high-sounding!
But Queen, are you always so direct now?
You can praise anything that is beneficial to you.
Don't you even try to cover it up a bit?
This is such obvious factionalism, do you think I, the emperor, am blind?
"Song was promoted to noble lady when she gave birth to Ying'er. It has been more than ten years now. It is time for her to be promoted. You are the queen, so you are the one who makes the decision. Since you want to promote others, please look for other people who should be promoted. You can draw up a list for me and ask the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to set an auspicious day to confer titles on them all."
Emperor Chengde said with a serious face.
"I, your concubine, would like to thank the Emperor for his grace on behalf of Noble Lady Song." Empress Song bowed, and then suddenly looked at Emperor Chengde with a puzzled look on her face and asked, "Your Majesty, do you have a candidate in mind for promotion?"
Emperor Chengde was stunned by the question: "Why do you say that?"
That's it.
Queen Song: "I am just asking casually."
You have already said that you want to expand your harem, so she must find out if there is any woman in particular who she wants to advance to the top.
After all, she only wants to ban people who are beneficial to her.
Well, it's that obvious.
She wanted to give Zhenpin a position as a concubine, but she had only been in the palace for a short time and had no children, so she could not convince others if she took the position of concubine.
Forget it, let her wait a little longer.
There is no chance for a concubine, forget it, the title of noble concubine or imperial noble concubine is impossible.
She was the empress dowager, and was not as noble as the empress. Even if she was made a royal concubine, she could be equal to her. After all, she had no son. How could she be so depressed to create such trouble for herself?
The news of the promotion of noble ladies in the harem was not spread out, but the news of the promotion of noble lady Rong spread quickly, shocking everyone in the harem.
In Yuhe Palace, Concubine Liang was truly happy for Concubine Rong.
"That's great. When you are promoted to concubine, you will be the master of the palace, and you will be able to better protect your daughter."
Noble Lady Rong was still a little dazed and looked completely stunned.
"This...this...Isn't this concubine dreaming?"
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