Harem Daily Life

In Fengyi Palace, as soon as Nanny Fang received the news from outside, she hurriedly reported to the Queen: "Your Majesty, this is not good!"

The queen glared at her and said, "How dare you talk like that? Slap me in the face!"

Nanny Fang knew that she had spoken out of turn and offended the Queen, so she slapped herself twice before saying, "Your Majesty, there's news from outside the palace that the Fuyan Temple... has been sealed off!"

The queen, who was lying on the couch, sat up in shock: "What did you say? Why was it sealed?"

Nanny Fang shook her head. "There is no news yet. It is said that Fuyan Temple spread rumors to confuse the people. All the monks were arrested by Jingzhao Yinfu. That person... was also arrested."

Nanny Fang was at a loss, sweating profusely from anxiety.

The queen's face turned pale, and she was at a loss for a moment: "Do you think His Majesty is suspicious? Did anyone see you when you went in to buy medicine?"

At that time, the Queen went to Fuyan Temple to pray for blessings. She disguised herself as an official's wife and did not reveal her identity. It was Nanny Fang who went to the backyard to buy medicine, and the Queen did not go in.

Nanny Fang thought about it carefully and said, "No one saw it. At that time, there was only the monk in the backyard and I, the maid, never revealed my identity."

The queen felt relieved a little, and calmed herself down and said, "Go and check where the monk is being held, and find someone..." The queen made a gesture of wiping her neck, and Nanny Fang was so scared that her legs went limp.

"My lady, he is a Buddhist after all. If we kill him, will we offend the Buddha?" Nanny Fang resisted in her heart: "Besides, no one saw me buying medicine. As long as the monk can't recognize me, there will be no evidence."

But the queen still felt that only the dead could keep secrets.

She narrowed her eyes and said, "Madam Fang, you have been with me for more than ten years. You have served me since I was still in the boudoir. Later, I entered the Eastern Palace as the Crown Princess, and then became the Queen. You have accompanied me all the way. You should know that even the smallest flaw may lead to irreparable consequences!"

The Queen raised her eyes and looked at Nanny Fang: "That monk will definitely tell you that someone bought the medicine. Your Majesty only needs to show him your portrait and he will know that you went to buy it."

Nanny Fang was so frightened that she fell to her knees. "Madam, we were all in disguise that day. I think... I think we can't recognize you just by looking at the portrait."

The queen smiled, but the smile did not reach her eyes: "It's good that he can't recognize it, but wouldn't it be better if he couldn't tell directly?"

The Queen's voice was cold: "Tomorrow, ask the Duke's wife to come to the palace to see the Third Princess. When the time comes, you will take the initiative to step forward and say that you acted on your own and ask the Duke's Mansion to come forward to settle it."

Nanny Fang looked at the Queen in disbelief and begged for mercy, "My Majesty, spare my life, please! I suggested that you go to Fuyan Temple, but I didn't expect that what he meant by changing fate was to give people drugs! My Majesty, I am devoted to you, please don't let me take the blame for serving you for more than ten years, okay?"

Nanny Fang was really panicked. She was only 30 years old this year and had given up a great opportunity to leave the palace and get married. She had dedicated more than ten years of her youth to the Queen and had been with her for so many years. She was the Queen's most trusted servant and she didn't want to die!

The Queen sighed, "Madam Fang, if you don't step forward, do I have to? I am the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Guo's Mansion, and the Crown Princess appointed by the late Emperor. It was not easy for me to become the Empress. Are you just going to watch me lose my position? Don't forget, your niece and nephew are all working in the Duke of Guo's Mansion. If you take on everything, I will take care of them for the rest of their lives. But if you can't even take on this, don't blame me for being rude. I will deal with them first."

When Nanny Fang heard about her nephew and niece, she dared not say anything. They were the only two children of the Fang family left after their brother and sister-in-law passed away. How could she bear to watch them being implicated?

Nanny Fang nodded as if she had lost her soul. "Yes, if the monk reports it, I will stand up and admit that it was all my fault. Please, Madam, have mercy on me and don't hurt my nephews and nieces."

Nanny Fang kowtowed and begged for mercy, her palms clenched tightly, her eyes bloodshot, revealing overwhelming helplessness and hatred.

The queen said calmly: "Don't worry, as long as you settle this matter, your nephew and niece will live a good life in the future and enjoy endless wealth and glory."

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!" Nanny Fang shed a few tears, which dripped onto the ground, spreading a little and soon leaving no trace, just like her, a servant who lived like an ant beside the Queen. Even if she enjoyed glory for a long time, she would eventually fall into the dust like these tears and disappear without a trace.

Qi Yizheng didn't expect that the monk would confess everything after just one night.

When he received the news from the jailer, he disguised himself again and went to visit the monk with a food box.

This time he brought a vegetarian dish and two steamed buns. After placing them one by one, Qi Yizheng, who was pretending to be the prison boss, looked around and whispered, "Have you remembered anything? If there is anything I can help you with, just tell me."

The monk was in great pain, he clasped his hands together and recited a string of scriptures, then said: "I hope the donor can go to that family and burn a stick of incense for my concubine who has passed away."

Qi Yizheng rolled his eyes in his heart and said, "She is just a concubine. I am afraid she didn't even have a funeral and was buried long ago. If you want to atone for your sins, you should send the antidote to her as soon as possible. It's too late now. If you take a few more lives, I am afraid that even the Buddha will not recognize you in the future!"

The monk regretted his decision, but after hesitating for a long time, he said, "I really don't have the antidote! This medicine was passed down to me by my master before I became a monk. The quantity made was not much, just a dozen pills, and once they are sold, they will be gone. I used this medicine before and saved many couples. As long as the husband takes it, he will definitely obey his wife and have no thoughts about other women. I have sold it more than a dozen times and never encountered such a serious situation as this time."

Qi Yizheng snorted coldly: "So what do you say we should do now? This family is quite powerful, and the lady has killed the concubines. If we don't solve this problem, I'm afraid there will be several more lives waiting to be killed."

The monk was so frightened that his face turned pale. He tried hard to recall what his master had said, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not remember the antidote.

"Donor, I have no other choice. Otherwise, I plead guilty and use my life to atone for my sins!" After saying that, he wanted to bang his head against the wall and die.

Qi Yizheng hurriedly stopped him: "Even if you want to die, don't you have to explain everything clearly before you die? At most, you sold medicine, and the person who bought the medicine was the murderer who eventually forced the concubine to death. In my opinion, you might as well confess who the person who bought the medicine was, when and where he bought it. That would be the best policy. You, don't think that you can stop if you die, you should also think about the other monks in Fuyan Temple! It's easy for you to die, but how can they clear their grievances when they are imprisoned for no reason?"

When the monk heard this, he realized that his sins were so numerous that they had implicated the entire temple, so he immediately asked the jailer to arrange for him to confess.

Qi Yizheng directly had the monk taken to the interrogation room and wrote down all his testimonies.

Seeing the words "The lady who buys medicine has a mole behind her left ear", Qi Yizheng wrote it down. He quickly left the cell, tore off his beard, and ran straight to the palace.