The biography of Concubine Lin in the harem

Fine Grass Marks in Bailu Hall (1)

The night passed, and Zhu Chengbi didn't sleep soundly. When she got up in the morning to make up, she could see a faint blackness under her eyes. Forsythia, with a sandalwood comb, slightly dipped in the rose water that had been boiled and let cool, and lightly touched Lin's face. The concubine combed the black hair until the bits and pieces of her hair were covered with lustrous luster, and said softly: "Just now Mujin came in to report, but Suxin hasn't come back yet."

Zhu Chengbi closed his eyes lightly, and just gave a thank you.

Forsythia couldn't help but wonder: "Your Majesty is not in a hurry?"

"What's the rush?" Zhu Chengbi snorted lightly, "I entered the Wei Palace at the age of 16, and the emperor became the throne at the age of 24. During those eight years, I witnessed the nine sons of Emperor Taizong win the throne, and the bloody storm. Until later, the emperor won, I also entered the palace as a noble concubine, so ten years have passed, I have never seen such a big storm, and the disappearance of a small court lady is really nothing."

Lian Qiao sighed slightly: "It's just that Suxin's disappearance, if it has nothing to do with Mi Guifei's miscarriage, that's all. I'm afraid that slaves..."

"It's useless to be afraid. Back then, the empress used He Wanyi and others to plot against me, but the soldiers came to cover up the water and the soil." Concubine Lin said in a deep voice, and Lian Qiao combed her a double-ringed fairy bun before raising her eyes to the mirror , slowly said, "Have I seen Xia Mengxian's tricks too often?"

"What Your Majesty said is the same, it's just that it's different now..." Lian Qiao was about to continue, but Mu Jin came in to greet her and said, "Physician Liang is here to ask Your Majesty for her pulse."

Behind the six pear-blossom screens surrounded by thousands of flowers, Concubine Lin walked out slowly after finishing her make-up, and Imperial Physician Liang was waiting outside the hall.

After Mu Jin took the little palace lady down to prepare tea, Imperial Physician Liang said cautiously: "I checked the ancient books carefully last night, and Migui concubine may have been bitten by a snakeberry spider and gave birth to a miscarriage. In fact, snakeberry spiders are not easy to bite. People, but the sachet was fumigated with snakeberry liquid, so it caused snakeberry spiders." Imperial Physician Liang paused, and then said, "My dear concubine may have residual poison in her body that has not been exhausted, although it may not kill her worry, but it will also be damaged in the long run.”

Zhu Chengbi thought for a moment, and said: "It's all you need to know, I don't need to make it public right now." Zhu Chengbi stared slightly, then turned his head and told Lianqiao, "Put the sachet away."

Forsythia answered yes, and then asked Imperial Physician Liang: "Will the snakeberry smell of the sachet also attract snakeberry spiders?"

Imperial Physician Liang hurriedly said: "Don't worry, aunt, in the current season, it is rare to find snakeberry spiders, and I am afraid that those who are interested are looking for them specially; besides, snakeberry spiders hate wormwood, and I have already made a wormwood sachet. Empress, just put it next to the sachet. And the smell of snakeberry has dissipated a lot, and it won't attract snakeberry spiders."

Zhu Chengbi nodded and praised: "You are as careful as a hair, well, let's go down first."

After breakfast, Concubine Lin took Forsythia to Fengyi Palace to pay her respects, but seeing the emperor was there, she couldn't help feeling suspicious.After a while, all the concubines came one after another. Concubine Shu and Mrs. Yu'er sat at the head of the queen respectively, while Concubine Lin, Concubine Yi and Concubine He sat backwards in turn.After the concubines finished paying their respects, the queen got up and said, "I have gone to see the noble concubine Mi in the morning, but she is still unconscious. The Department of Shen Xing interrogated last night, but found some Duan Mi."

Yi Dan lowered his eyes as if he was thinking, and only said after hearing the words: "The empress has worked hard."

Empress Yingying gave her a blessing: "I don't dare to bother the emperor about the concubine taking the six palaces. It's just that there must be an explanation for the matter of the secret noble concubine. That's why I invite the emperor to come over after the morning, so that I can straighten the harem." Discipline."

Mrs. Yu'er chuckled, her hair full of luxurious jewels was very eye-catching: "Your Majesty, you are taking it lightly. Someone has already done harm in the harem. If you only say that it is for the sake of good morals, it would be too pampering her." After speaking, she Without waiting for the queen to speak, she said sharply, "I also want to know who dares to make trouble in the harem. If I let my concubine find out, I will definitely let her experience the pain of bereavement."

Concubine Shu turned her head to look at him, but Concubine Yi frowned and glanced at Mrs. Yu'e, snorted softly, and turned her face away again.Zhu Chengbi was startled when he heard that, there were four concubines with sons under his knees, but Mrs. Yu'e scolded him too.

The queen didn't think it was disobedient, and after Mrs. Yu'e had finished speaking, Fang Xu said: "Mr. lead to haemorrhage."

Zhu Chengbi's heart skipped a beat, has Doctor Xu already noticed it?Imperial Physician Xu is the confidant of the Empress and Mrs. Yu'er, and he was also ordered to conceive for Concubine Migui, so why didn't the prescription for Concubine Migui last night include the right medicine for the snakeberry spider venom?I was thinking about it, but I heard Concubine He surprised: "Why did the Lanlin Temple enter the Snakeberry Spider? The terrain outside the Lanlin Temple is open, and there are not many plants and trees. Only there are more camphor, and the camphor itself is It won't attract insects."

"Snake, berry and spider biting people is not a natural disaster, but an act!" As soon as the queen said this, the expressions of all the concubines changed.

Concubine Yi said: "What does the Empress mean, someone manipulated the Snakeberry Spider to bite people? Why does the Snakeberry Spider obey this person's order?"

Han Ronghua, who was at the bottom of Concubine Yi, clutched her chest subconsciously, frowned and said: "If this person is not brought to justice, I'm afraid there will be other concubines in the harem who will be killed by him!"

Han Ronghua's name is Han Yajie, she lives in Changxin Palace, she entered the palace in the sixth year of Longqing, she has a bright and beautiful appearance, and she has always been quite doted on, but her family background is inferior to that of Migui, so she is only a fourth-rank Ronghua.

Mrs. Yu'e held a faint smile, and raised her voice: "Han Ronghua is so nervous, with the blessing of the emperor and empress, he and his accomplices will be wiped out!"

"Fellow party?" Concubine He asked in surprise, "How did Madam know?"

Mrs. Yu'e knew she was talking too much, but she didn't panic, she argued strongly: "Do you think there is only one person who did this? It must be that everyone in the whole palace participated. Which concubine is the mastermind, and everyone in the palace is full of people. accomplice!"

The queen coughed, gathered her clothes and knelt down: "Your majesty, my concubine has seized a person who claimed to be ordered to do such a treasonous thing. Now he has revealed everything, and I ask the emperor to make a decision!"

Mrs. Yu'er smiled faintly, held the teacup with blue and white entwined branches, but passed her a cold look, Zhu Chengbi's heart tightened, but not to be outdone, she quietly looked at her.Today, Mrs. Yu'er is very gorgeously dressed, and the double phoenix-patterned gilt jade steps on the temples add a bit of beauty and beauty. In fact, if you count carefully, she is now 36 years old. If you look closely, the corners of her eyes The fine lines on her face are also somewhat clear, but because of the power of her elder brother Bo Linghou, her favor has never diminished. If Concubine Shu had not entered the palace, she would still be the number one concubine in the harem.

Thinking like this, he heard Yi Dan say in a deep voice, "Biography!"

For a moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on the door, only to see a woman in royal blue palace dress bowed her head and walked in, kowtowed and said: "My maidservant respectfully invites the emperor Sheng'an and the queen's empress Jin'an!"

This voice couldn't be more familiar. Zhu Chengbi felt that the pores of his whole body were about to explode, and then a chill poured in through his bones, like the snowstorm blowing on his head and face in the cold winter of the twelfth lunar month. Breaking out in cold sweat, she is not Suxin, who else would it be!

Yidan narrowed his eyes: "You, raise your head up."

Suxin raised her head, she paused for a moment when she glanced at Concubine Lin, but she didn't look sideways, maintaining the posture of a court lady, calm and courteous.

"What's your name?" Mrs. Yu'er tapped the powder on her nose with a handkerchief, and then put her hands on her knees in a demure manner.

"My servant, Suxin, is a maid from Hanzhang Palace." Suxin said neither humble nor overbearing, her words were like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples in circles in an instant, all the concubines turned their eyes to Concubine Lin, Whispered up.

Zhu Chengbi suppressed the rapid beating of his heart, got up slowly, knelt down like a instrument, and said calmly: "Return to the emperor, Suxin is indeed the concubine's maid, but she disappeared last night, and the concubine doesn't know where she went."

"This is very strange." Mrs. Yu'e sneered coldly, and stared at Concubine Lin closely, "Suxin is your maid of honor, since she is gone, why didn't Concubine Lin go to look for it, instead, she was so peaceful that she didn't tell her until now?"

Zhu Chengbi smiled slightly and said, "How does Madam know that my concubine didn't look for Suxin?" Before finishing the sentence, without waiting for Mrs. Yu'e's excuse, she added, "It's Madam who watched Hanzhang Palace day and night to know whether my concubine ordered to find Suxin or not." people?"

Concubine Mu saw Mrs. Yu'e choked for a moment, and hurriedly said: "I am not talented, but I also know that the disappearance of the palace maid should be reported to the empress. Why is it that the empress Lin deliberately concealed it?"

Concubine Lin turned her head, only to see Concubine Mu maintaining a proper smile, the exquisite pine hairpin on her temples was holding the black hair firmly, without moving, she smiled and said: "Sister Mu Concubine is really plausible, but I am just wondering, isn't my sister Do you know that Concubine Migui had a miscarriage yesterday? I just lost a little maid in the palace. Should I spend the night to disturb the queen, so that the queen can't sleep well? Or does my sister think that the palace should panic and search for people wantonly, making it difficult for the queen to sleep? Everyone in the palace knows, so there is no peace?"

Concubine Mu took the time to straighten the jade earrings, and said slowly: "I don't dare to think like this, but if you don't explain it clearly, all the concubines may not be convinced."

Seeing this, Lianqiao hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, the empress did not intend to hide it. Suxin was originally in Hanzhang Palace yesterday. Later, the maid Lingru who was next to the concubine sent the Huai Mi hibiscus cake that the Fourth Highness likes most. The servant took the hibiscus cake and went back, Suxin disappeared."

Concubine He couldn't help sneering when she heard the words: "It's just a coincidence. It seems that if Suxin sneaked out of Hanzhang Palace while Lingru was coming, I don't know. Then, is it possible? What about passing through?"

Ling Ru was startled, and hurriedly knelt down to distinguish: "Mingjian, concubine and concubine, the Huai Mi hibiscus cake was made yesterday afternoon, but because of Migui's concubine's miscarriage, Linhua Palace was in a panic, so it was not made until evening. Send it to Hanzhang Palace."

Seeing this, the queen knelt down and knelt down four people in front of her, feeling very upset: "Okay, get up first except Suxin, what's it like to be chattering before you ask me a question!"

"That's right, Suxin, just explain everything in detail." Mrs. Yu'er picked up the blue and white teacup, and took a sip, "Don't waste your time on details."

Su Xin answered and said conveniently: "Five days ago, Concubine Lin went to the servant girl and asked if she wanted to let the servant girl's family have no worries about food and clothing, wealth and glory. The servant girl thought that there was such a good thing, so she agreed. The maidservant imitated the bedside sachet of Migui concubine and made an identical one, and bribed the maid of Lanlin Palace to secretly exchange the two sachets." Suxin shook her hand and took out a plain sachet from her sleeve. The soft brocade sachet, Gao Qianying, the eunuch next to the emperor, hastily took it on a bucket-colored tray, and respectfully looked at it with Yidan.

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