Concubine GL

"The emperor came without notifying in advance, so it's rude to call my concubines." Chen Lai turned out from the back of the hall with a smile, dressed in ordinary casual clothes, looking peaceful and approachable without losing dignity.

"I shouldn't have come to disturb your lunch break, but when I was talking with Yu Guiren just now, I was feeling a little bit emotional when I talked about the things in the past few years, so I wanted to come and see you." Under Yu Tianxi's reminder, he recalled many good things in the past.

"What did the emperor say? Naturally, when the emperor comes, the courtiers are very happy. Qingzhu hasn't refilled the emperor's tea yet." Chen Lai said.

Ru Huai walked back and forth in the hall, as if looking for something, and then asked Chen Lai, "By the way, where is the screen that I gave you on your birthday a few years ago?"

Chen Lai's face suddenly turned pale, and she forced a smile: "Why did the emperor suddenly mention that screen? The screen made of red sandalwood and jade made of Eight Immortals crossing the sea is precious, and it is the emperor's affection for his concubine, so naturally the concubine hid it well. The concubine has made a few new paintings these days, the emperor wants to take a look and give advice to the concubine?" As he said this, he quickly gave Qingzhu a wink, and Qingzhu bent down to get the painting.

"Wait a minute, I just wanted to take a look on a whim. Just now, Mr. Yu said that the screen was so majestic that day that it shocked everyone, and I was also deeply impressed by it. That's why I thought about coming here." Ru Huai said.

Yu Tianxi naturally understood the mystery, and said with a smile to Chen Lai: "Seeing that the empress is talking about him, but she doesn't take out the screen, could it be... that she can't take it out anymore?"

"Yu Guiren, what do you mean by this?" Chen Lai's eyes were full of power.

Yu Tianxi said: "I don't dare to speculate."

Chen Lai sighed and said: "Your Majesty, to be honest, the screen was indeed broken by a clumsy little eunuch in the palace. I was afraid that it would hurt the Emperor's heart, so the concubine did not tell the Emperor about it. I hope the Emperor is not to blame." As she spoke, Chen Lai made a deep bow.

"Oh? That's true?" Ru Huai didn't quite believe Chen Lai after hearing what happened last time.

"Of course, how dare the concubine deceive the emperor, but it happened half a year ago, and the concubine has been heartbroken for a long time." Chen Lai clutched her chest, feeling extremely sad.

"You liar! Father, my son saw with his own eyes a few days ago that many little eunuchs came to move a huge thing! Although it was covered with a black cloth, it looked like a screen. At that time, my son was still surprised Well, I didn't expect it to be a gift from the father and the emperor to the mother." Geng Xuan ran out from the back of the palace, pointing at Empress Chen.

"Gengxuan! What are you talking about!" Chen Lai frowned, and clenched her fists in astonishment.

"It's true? Geng Xuan, you can't lie in front of your father." Ru looked at the two suspiciously, then walked to Geng Xuan's side and patted his head.

"How could I lie to my father, I have indeed seen it with my own eyes." Geng Xuan swore confidently.

Ru Huai stared at Chen Lai, and questioned, "How do you explain?"

Chen Lai spread her hands, and said helplessly: "This... this screen was indeed broken half a year ago, and the concubine will not be able to prove his innocence for a while, Geng Xuan, you boy, what nonsense are you talking about for no reason! You How could the queen mother order someone to carry that thing away!"

"Then call the clumsy eunuch back then, so that you can be cleared!" Ru Huai waved his hand, "Even if you go with me all year round, nothing will go wrong."

Now Chen Lai has lost his way. He didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, he was not prepared at all, and even followed him all year round, it is impossible to explain it in private. What should we do?Chen Lai frowned slightly, pursed her lips and said nothing.

Seeing that Chen Lai didn't move, Ru Huai took Geng Xuan's wrist and walked to Chen Lai: "Queen, you should call someone here!"

"Back to the emperor, the ministers and concubines are dull, and I can't remember which slave it is." Chen Lai hurriedly said, and felt that something was wrong, so she stared at Geng Xuan, "Geng Xuan, why did you frame your mother? Did someone say something behind your back? ?”

"I didn't..." Geng Xuan felt a little guilty.

Ru Huai held Geng Xuan's wrist and took him a step forward: "You said Geng Xuan framed you? What purpose did he have to frame you for such a child? Tell me, where did you take that priceless thing? ?!"

Seeing Ru Huai's tendency to hold onto Ru Huai, Chen Lai had a bad premonition for a while.Before he could think of a countermeasure, Geng Xuan shrank his hands and shouted "pain".

Ru Huai was horrified, and let go of his hand, seeing that Geng Xuan's eyes were full of tears, and his pink face was particularly affectionate.

"What's wrong with you?" Ruhuai asked with concern.

"Father pressed the wound on my son's hand." Geng Xuan said.

"Wound? How did you get hurt?" Ru Huai picked up Geng Xuan's hand and quickly unbuttoned his wrist.

Gengxuan had a long section of black and blue bruises from the back of his hand to his forearm, and his palm was slightly swollen from the beating, and he retracted in pain when touched lightly—of course, most of it was faked, after all, the ruler in his palm The marks have been scratched for several days, and most of the marks on the back of the hand were carefully smeared by Wang Yin with diluted solid ink.

"What's going on here?" Now Ru Huai is really angry, although not very close, but after all, they are connected by blood. Seeing the child hurt, he is naturally very nervous.

Chen Lai was also puzzled, and turned to look at Qingzhu.

Qing Zhu glanced at Geng Xuan's wrist, and quickly explained: "Your Majesty, don't blame him, it is true that Prince Geng Xuan is disobedient. Besides, the Empress has ordered the servants to discipline the prince well. The servants are eager to make the prince successful, so they beat him with a ruler. A few strokes. Naturally it was light, but somehow..." Qingzhu looked at the horrific bruised purple blood and was extremely puzzled - when she looked at it yesterday, it had faded to nothing.

"You lowly maidservant, what are you? Don't think that once you've been around the empress dowager, you can be lawless and dare to beat the prince? You don't want to die?!" Ru Huai scolded angrily, "I haven't finished the last time. Damn, are you going to climb to the top now? If I don’t teach you a lesson, my emperor will be in vain!”

At this point, Chen Lai didn't dare to say much, she just came up and caressed your rising and falling chest: "You maidservant, I just asked you to pay attention to the prince's daily life, when did I ask you to teach the prince a lesson? Hurry up and kneel down and apologize! "

Without further ado, Qingzhu knelt down and stared blankly at the scar on Geng Xuan's hand: "Your Majesty forgive me, this servant didn't do it on purpose. Only the servant looks at this scar strangely, I wonder if the prince can take a closer look?"

Geng Xuan knew in his heart that if he found out, he would not be able to walk around, so he sucked his nose, put down his sleeves, and shrank behind Ru's arms.

"Baby maid! Look at how scared you are to the prince. How dare you argue? Come on, cheap maid. Forty green bamboo boards. You will be fined to three years of hard labor in the clothing bureau!" Ru Huai took Geng Xuan's hand with one hand, Pointing at the green bamboo road with one hand.

"Yes." Lian Niannian waved his fly whisk, and a few eunuchs behind him dragged Qingzhu to go out.

"The Empress, save the slaves! Save the slaves!" Qing Zhu naturally looked at Chen Lai who was on her back and cried.

It's just that at this moment Chen Lai is also unable to protect herself, how can she have the energy to deal with so much, she just closed her eyes and sighed.

"Hold on, Your Majesty." Wang Yin's voice came from the back hall.

As soon as Ru Huai raised his hand, the eunuchs dragging the green bamboo stopped immediately, and everyone turned to look at Wang Yin.

Seeing Wang Yin's smiling eyes, he glanced at the green bamboo, as if full of sarcasm.Qingzhu immediately understood, it was calculated!If you really can't leave this woman for half a step, it's just a femme fatale!At this moment, Qing Zhu felt remorse and hatred, she could only grit her teeth and stare at Wang Yin.

"Why is Concubine Zhao also in Fengxi Palace?" Ru Huai led Geng Xuan, who was wiping tears, to approach, and looked curiously at Wang Yin's hand, "What is that in your hand?"

Wang Yin made a bow calmly: "Back to the emperor, the concubine was just accompanying the prince in Xuanming Pavilion. Hearing that the emperor was coming, he prepared to come over, but when he passed by the accounting room, he found a few people from the Internal Affairs Bureau whispering something, the concubine Hearing it was weird, so I went in to have a look. These servants were terrified when they saw the concubine, and the concubine was even more strange, so they flipped through the account book, only to realize that there was a lot of articles in it. This is what the concubine took It comes from the emperor's ledger." After speaking, Wang Yin handed the two thick ledgers to Ru Huai, and glanced at Chen Lai and Qingzhu with a half-smile.

At this time, Chen Lai felt like being struck by five thunders. She turned around and stared at Qingzhu with frosty eyes. Qingzhu was also very dazed. The accountant was locked by herself, let alone someone from the Internal Affairs Bureau, and the accounts were all in order. Put it in the dark compartment behind the mural, how could it be possible for her to get it?

It is true that Wang Yin made up those words at will, but this account book is as good as gold.

Ru Huai was depressed, and flipped through a few pages, which recorded the inflow of money from Fengxi Palace during these days, and even the income from the sale of many precious jewels and furniture, and also remembered the outflow in batches—into different departments, and even more. There are many workshops and shops.Naturally, these are all under the name of Prime Minister Chen.

"Is this the account book of Fengxi Palace?" Ru Huai held up the account book with an extremely ugly expression, staring at Chen Lai.

Chen Lai had already understood all this at this moment, she smiled instead of anger: "Concubine Zhao, you have such a vicious heart! Your Majesty, this is clearly framed, and this series of things were all designed by Concubine Zhao to frame the concubine! The concubine is loyal to the emperor, how dare she do such a rebellious thing!"

Yu Tianxi, who had watched the play for a long time, finally got up, stood beside Ru Huai with a smile, and looked at the account book: "The emperor hasn't said what is going on with this account book, how did your empress know that it was a treasonous thing? Maybe there is nothing in the account book?" The question is, is Concubine Zhao wrong? It can be seen that you understand it in your heart."

"You..." Chen Lai was speechless for a moment.

"No wonder you always complain in my ears that the Internal Affairs Bureau has no money. It turns out that it has all fallen outside. Naturally, there is no money." Ru Huai walked around the kneeling and standing master and servant with her hands behind her back, her tone extremely Cold, "What else do you have to say?"

Chen Lai's eyes turned red immediately, and she pulled Ru Huai's sleeves earnestly: "Your Majesty, don't you trust my concubine? I have been by your side for ten years! It's been ten years, your majesty, how can you not trust my concubine?" Woolen cloth?"

Ru Huai was so angry that he dropped his sleeves, and Chen Lai took a few steps back in response.

"Yeah, a person like you has been by my side for ten years! Thank God that my life is not in your hands!" Ru Huai held the account book and said to the queen, "You are the queen mother's cousin, I want to respect you!" You are a little old, so I can't touch you for the time being, but this matter is not over." After speaking, he didn't listen to the explanation, and walked out the door quickly with his hands behind his back.

"Empress Chen disrupted the order of the harem and collected money for unknown purposes, which caused the palace to run out of order. I am temporarily grounded in Fengxi Palace and stripped of all powers. Concubine Zhao will handle the affairs of the Six Palaces on her behalf."