Phi-Fic Chapter 269 Reversal
Chapter 269 Reversal
Resistance was futile, and Shen Tang was carried to the study. At that time, Ginkgo and Qiu Tong had gone downstairs to sleep. The next morning, they came to help Shen Tang get up as usual, but they waited outside the door for a long time and heard no movement in the room.
Shen Tang waited for Ginkgo and Qiu Tong in the study, but no one showed up. It was the little maid in the yard who told Ginkgo that the prince and his wife had spent the night in the study.
ginkgo,"……???"
Qiu Tong, “…???”
Although there is a bed in the study, it is not as spacious as the inner room. Why should I sleep in the study instead of the large carved rosewood bed in the inner room? Will the bed in the study be more comfortable to sleep on?
The two maids wanted to ask but didn't dare to. They helped Shen Tang get up. There was no dressing table in the study, and Shen Tang didn't want to go back with a messy hair, so she sat on a stool and asked Qiu Tong to do her makeup. When Xie Guimo came back from morning exercise, she didn't see anyone through the screen, but she felt like a knife was flying towards her.
Shen Tang must be brought to the study. How could he sleep peacefully? A man who has just started eating meat would like to have three meals a day.
After combing her hair, she went back to the house to wash up. Breakfast was brought from the kitchenette and the two sat down to eat breakfast.
Seeing Shen Tang's angry look, a certain master deliberately angered her, "Are you still sleeping in the study tonight?"
Shen Tang was so angry that he picked up a meat bun and stuffed it into his mouth.
Ginkgo and Qiutong's hearts were beating fast when they saw this scene.
But the gentleman was not angry at all. He ate the buns with a doting look on his face.
There's no need to worry.
After breakfast and a quarter of an hour's rest, Shen Tang took Ginkgo to pay his respects to the princess. Thinking that it was still early, he strolled in the garden for a while. Almost on time, Shen Tang arrived just as the princess returned from Wutong Courtyard.
Although the princess said that Shen Tang didn't need to pay her respects every day, she was always happy when Shen Tang went. She said, "Tomorrow you will accompany your mother to the Zhenguo Mansion."
Shen Tang nodded in agreement.
When I came back from the palace yesterday, the maid named Bitao in Concubine Ye's palace also had stomach cramps like Concubine Ye. There was no news about her for the whole afternoon. Shen Tang really wanted to know what happened next.
Shen Tang sat with the princess for a quarter of an hour and was about to return to Chenxiang Pavilion. Just as she was about to get up, a maid hurried in and said, "Princess, it's bad. Concubine Ye has been punished by the emperor..."
The princess's brows furrowed, "Why did the emperor punish Concubine Ye?"
The maid said, "They said they offended the Queen..."
This is a long story, and it starts with the outburst of Bi Tao, the maidservant of Concubine Ye yesterday.
As the mistress behind Empress Xu, Concubine Ye was also the emperor's favorite concubine, so she dared not ignore it. She was about to go to Changchun Palace to inquire about it, but was stopped by Shen Tang, who told Empress Xu that Bitao and a eunuch around Empress Xu were from the same hometown.
After all, Empress Xu had been fighting with Concubine Ye in the palace for almost twenty years. What Shen Tang told her made her feel shocked. She was shocked at how deeply Concubine Ye's spies were hidden, and she was also surprised that Shen Tang even knew about this.
Out of trust in Shen Tang, Empress Xu was also afraid that Bi Tao would team up with the eunuch in her palace to frame her, so she immediately asked the nanny to go back and search for the eunuch, while she herself went to Changchun Palace to delay the emperor and buy time for the nanny to search for the eunuch.
Thanks to Shen Tang's reminder yesterday, the nanny rushed back and searched. As expected, she found a small packet of medicine powder from the eunuch's residence. Not sure whether it was the poison that caused Concubine Ye's constant abdominal pain, the nanny quickly put it away.
As soon as the search was completed, Concubine Ye's men arrived.
Concubine Ye suffered from constant abdominal pain. They checked everything she ate, drank and used, but they couldn't find out where the poison came from. Bi Tao also showed the same symptoms, which made the investigation much easier. At the same time, the palace maid in the laundry department who was responsible for washing Concubine Ye's clothes was also poisoned. Obviously, the poison was on Concubine Ye's clothes.
Because Concubine Ye was exposed to the poison the earliest and for the longest time, the poison took effect quickly. The other two palace maids only touched it, so the poison was mild and the onset was slow.
Knowing that the poison was on the clothes, anyone who touched Concubine Ye's clothes became a suspect. Then, following the clues, they quickly found the eunuch in the Queen's palace.
Concubine Ye was convinced that it was the Queen who had ordered the eunuch to poison her and prevent her from accompanying the Emperor to the Prince of Ning's mansion for the wedding. She wanted to search the eunuch, but Queen Xu was not there at the time. The nanny tried to stop her, but was held down by Concubine Ye's men. Concubine Ye's men turned the eunuch's residence upside down, but found nothing.
When the Queen learned in the Imperial Study that Concubine Ye's men had gone to her bedroom and searched her, she immediately accused Concubine Ye of disrespecting her as the Queen and asked the Emperor to take charge of the matter.
The emperor knew that Concubine Ye and Empress Xu did not get along, but this was the first time it had reached this level, so the emperor went to the empress's bedroom.
When they arrived, Concubine Ye's men had just finished searching, and Empress Xu asked, "Did you find anything?"
Concubine Ye's people were in the wrong and were hesitant.
Empress Xu knelt down and asked the Emperor to make a decision for her. She said, "A maid in Noble Concubine Ye's palace suspected someone in my palace and sent people to search for me. She didn't take me, the head of the Central Palace, seriously. I have reason to suspect that the maid is trying to turn the tables. I ask the Emperor to send people to search for the maid named Bi Tao!"
Concubine Ye's men searched the eunuch's room to find evidence. Empress Xu had nothing to say. Now that they haven't found anything, Concubine Ye's crime of disrespecting the empress is confirmed.
Now Empress Xu wants to search the eunuch's room. If the Emperor doesn't allow it, it would be too biased towards Concubine Ye.
The emperor approved.
As expected, during the search, poison was found in the interlayer of Bitao's pillow.
The imperial physician examined the body and found that it was the poison that Concubine Ye had been poisoned with.
Well, Nanny Zhao was afraid that the poison was on her. If it was found, she would be accused of poisoning Concubine Ye. But she was not at ease leaving it anywhere in Fengluan Palace, so Nanny Zhao had the poison sent to Changchun Palace.
Concubine Ye enjoyed the emperor's favor for more than ten years, but she was unable to shake Empress Xu's position as queen. Empress Xu was not so easy to bully, and she also had her people in Changchun Palace.
Before Empress Xu asked the Emperor to search Bitao's room, the poison was stuffed into Bitao's room.
The situation reversed in an instant. It was Queen Xu who was supposed to be speechless, but now it was Concubine Ye.
Concubine Ye poisoned herself, prevented the emperor from going to Prince Ning's mansion for the wedding, and framed Empress Xu. However, because the poison was found in Bitao's room, the crime could not be charged against her. The only accusation was that Concubine Ye did not control her subordinates well, and that someone around her poisoned her, and that she was led by the nose by the palace maids and offended the empress.
It is a fact that Concubine Ye ordered people to search the room of Queen Xu's men. Even if the emperor dotes on Concubine Ye, she cannot escape punishment.
Concubine Ye said that she did such a wrong thing because she was sick and confused. Then she coughed incessantly and almost fainted.
The emperor reprimanded Concubine Ye several times, fined her one year's salary, and then rewarded Empress Xu with a lot of things on the grounds that the Empress had been wronged. As for the palace maid named Bitao, she was beaten to death in public.
Bitao kept saying "My Lady Concubine, please save me" and was dragged away by the nanny who covered her mouth with something. Empress Xu wanted Bitao to confess the identity of Concubine Ye, but Bitao was loyal to Concubine Ye and did not reveal a word.