She really didn't expect that someone would use this most insidious and despicable method in the harem battle on her.
In the previous life, Jiang Xuening married as Princess Linzi, and Shen Jie's harem was also clean; in the early days of entering the palace, her position was stable, and she was in charge of the harem. Who would dare to harm her? It wasn't until Xiao Shu entered the palace that she really began to face a powerful crisis.
But the battle for succession has never been a battle for the harem.
Both she and Xiao Shu knew that the methods of the harem could not affect the overall situation, and were very low-level, so the focus of the struggle was on the front court. It was not as vicious as those small methods, but it was more **** and cruel.
But she didn't expect that what she didn't experience in the previous life, she made up for it in this life.
Jiang Xuening suddenly felt extremely mocking.
But after thinking about it, others want to harm you, and they have thousands of ways to harm you. Unexpectedly, this catastrophe will always come.
Trapped in a sudden crisis, she felt an extreme calmness.
Jiang Xuening withdrew her gaze from scanning the crowd, looked at Wang Quan who was holding the page, and said, "This is not mine."
Wang Quan sneered: "Isn't it yours that was found in your house?"
Jiang Xuening said indifferently: "If Eunuch Wang said that my house is in the palace, this page was searched from my house, and it was found from the palace. Who should be blamed?"
"Excessive words!" Wang Quan didn't expect her to become eloquent when her death was imminent, and immediately became furious, "I think you won't cry when you see the coffin! Today I have to let you know that it is not you who can do whatever you want in the palace. place! Take her away!"
Jiang Xuening suddenly asked in a cold voice: "What right do you have to take me away?!"
Everyone around was a little frightened at the beginning, when they heard that Jiang Xuening's words were openly challenging Wang Quan, they couldn't help showing a frightened expression, thinking she was crazy: Eunuch Wang is the head of the inner palace!
Wang Quan himself didn't expect that she would say that he was not qualified, so he couldn't help laughing contemptuously: "This search is the order of the Empress Dowager, I have already said that all suspicious persons in the palace will be arrested! Don't talk nonsense, arrest her first." Go back to the Punishment Department and wait for the empress dowager to deal with it tomorrow!"
Jiang Xuening said, "I'm not from the palace."
Her voice was too calm and flat, so that it was a bit breathtaking, and the little eunuchs who were about to **** her away were all taken aback.
Wang Quan was also dumbfounded.
Jiang Xuening looked at him firmly and said: "I entered the palace to accompany His Royal Highness the eldest princess. I am the second daughter of Jiang Boyou's family, a third-rank official in the imperial court. I am neither a concubine nor a concubine. It's hard for a woman to resist. But Mr. Wang, please weigh it carefully, if it turns out that I am innocent after the fact, what will happen to me in the Punishment Division..."
How could she not know about the Department of Punishment?
The living go in and give up half-life.
Now even his own house has been searched for "anti-thieves". God knows what it will be like when he enters the Punishment Division! If you get hurt a little bit, if you lose your appearance a little bit, who will you turn to to reason with, even if you come out safely?
So she must not go here.
Wang Quan has been immersed in this palace for many years, and he has helped many worthy masters in the palace, and he is well aware of some tricks.
It's just three fires for new officials to take office.
After finally waiting for the group of people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be unlucky and it was his turn to take the position, he wanted to take this opportunity to perform well in front of the empress dowager, which is why there was such a big battle.
But Jiang Xuening was right.
This is not a Gong'e **** with no background at all, but the daughter of the servant of the household department.
If she is really against the party, then there is nothing to say, and she will be thrown into the Punishment Department if she is thrown into the Punishment Division; They are so high above that nothing will happen, but he himself is the one to take the blame!
Wang Quan is not stupid, she also turned the corner with a thought, and only squinted her eyes to look at Jiang Xuening, like a snake: "Okay! This is the first time our family has done things for the Queen Mother for so many years. Seeing how tough Miss Jiang Er is! You said you didn't want to go to the Punishment Division, and you think our family has no power to dispose of you, so our family is sorry."
As soon as he waved his hand, someone actually released Jiang Xuening.
Jiang Xuening stood still.
Wang Quan beckoned again, ordered a little **** next to him, and said: "Go, pass a message to the Palace of Compassion, and say that they searched for evidence against the party. Resist stubbornly in the corner, and refuse to be detained by the Punishment Department for a while, please ask the Queen Mother to decide."
The little **** took orders and hurried out.
Wang Quan smiled meaningfully, walked in and sat down on an armchair in the left row, glanced at the pale companions around him, and said: "Don't be afraid, everyone, sit down."
Which of the people dare to sit?
Hearing Wang Quan's words, instead of sitting down, he stood upright in the room and buried his head even lower.
Only Jiang Xuening lowered her eyes, with a blank expression on her face, lightly flicked her wrinkled sleeves just now, and sat down directly opposite Wang Quan.
The companions were stunned.
Fang Miao's eyelids kept twitching, she just said that Jiang Xuening didn't make a mistake today.
Jiang Xuening didn't look at them, and even picked up a cup of tea that she didn't finish earlier, and calmly drank half of it.
Less than two quarters later, the little **** who went earlier ran back as if desperately, panting, and said, "Eunuch Wang, the Empress Dowager has something to say, so you will **** him to the Palace of Compassion and Ning immediately, and the empress will inquire in person. During the Yangzhi fasting, the companions must go with them, in case the empress dowager interrogates them."
Wang Quan said quickly, "Okay."
At this moment, Jiang Xuening raised her head and glanced at the rest of the people: when they heard that they were going to the Compassion Ning Palace for interrogation, most of them panicked, the timid ones like Yao Rongrong and You Yue trembled and almost couldn't stand still; Yao Xi, Fang Miao and the others also showed anxiety and tried to be calm; only Xiao Shu, who was still the calmest of them all, frowned slightly upon hearing this.
At this time, Wang Quan treated Jiang Xuening with half a degree of courtesy, and even waved at her, but she smiled subtly: "Miss Jiang, please?"
Jiang Xuening thought to herself, it's almost two minutes away.
She put down the teacup and got up, without the need for people to **** her, she took a step and walked out the door.
It was dark, and lights were lit everywhere in the palace.
But there was no human voice at all.
A group of people walking on the road looked depressed and dead silent.
At this moment, the Compassion Ning Palace was already brightly lit, Empress Dowager Xiao with a cold face was sitting on the top of the main hall, and Empress Zheng who came after hearing the news sat with her head down and looked out of the palace gate from time to time.
Zheng Bao stood behind her with his arms down.
Finally, people came.
If one ignores the slightly chilling and terrifying atmosphere, there is really no difference between the scene at this moment and when Jiang Xuening and others came to pay their respects when they first entered the palace.
Everyone bowed down in unison.
Empress Dowager Xiao had a gloomy face, she didn't even call out to Xiao Shu, she just stretched out her hand to Wang Quan below.
Wang Quan immediately bowed and handed the page of "rebellion against the party" found in Jiang Xuening's room to her hand, and said: "Slaves follow the order of the queen mother to clean up and search in the palace, especially those who entered the palace recently. People in the palace, when they found Yang Zhizhai today, they found this thing from Miss Jiang's room, and put it in a book on the desk, if they didn't search carefully, they might not be able to find it even if it was hidden. "
In the past few days, Empress Dowager Xiao is no stranger to what is said on this paper.
She was not as angry as she was when she first saw Yu Ruyi last time.
But this calm often means more danger.
She even laughed a little, and said: "It's amazing that all the people have come to the palace with evil words. Jiang Xuening, Aijia asks you, what else do you want to say?"
The old hag still condemns people without asking indiscriminately like in her previous life.
Jiang Xuening was familiar with her virtues, so she was not surprised at all, so she saluted again in a neither humble nor overbearing manner, and said, "The minister is only a little girl in the boudoir, how could she collude with the rebellious party? And the writing on this paper is clearly not from my hand , Today, the words written by the ministers in the Fengchen Palace can be used for comparison. Please be careful, the Queen Mother, although the ministers do not know how this page got into the ministers' room, it is definitely not the ministers. "
Empress Dowager Xiao said: "You pushed it backwards cleanly."
Jiang Xuening said: "The Qing is self-cleaning, and the courtiers have no shame in their hearts."
Empress Dowager Xiao suddenly found that the girl's posture at this moment was very different from when she first entered the palace to pay her respects.
She pinched the page, but her gaze sank.
After a pause, he said, "Is your father Jiang Boyou?"
Looking at the posture of Empress Dowager Xiao, Jiang Xuening knew that something was wrong, her heart froze, and she replied: "Yes."
Empress Dowager Xiao said: "Then your Jiang family and the Yongyihou's family should be very close, and you have a good relationship, right? After all, there is nothing wrong with it, you and Yan Lin are short of talking about marriage."
Jiang Xuening was startled!
She suddenly raised her head and looked directly at Empress Dowager Xiao, but she clearly saw the fierceness flashing across her eyes!
Empress Dowager Xiao flicked down the jade lamp in front of the case, and said sharply: "Come here, drag her down with the stick and beat her until she is ready to confess, and see if she is tough with the stick!"
At this moment, Jiang Xuening finally confirmed—
Something happened to the Yongyi Hou Mansion!
It's hard to say who framed her, but what the Empress Dowager Xiao did was to put to death all the people related to the Yongyi Houfu!
An old hag is an old hag!
Jiang Xuening had died in her previous life, and was driven to a desperate situation by these series of incidents. Instead, she went all out, and without any fear, she pulled the golden hairpin off her head and held it in her palm, sternly shouting: "Who dares to fight?" Move me?!"
The little eunuchs who came to arrest her were startled by her sound.
Goodbye holding her golden hairpin in her hand, facing them one moment, but touching her neck the next moment, she almost breaks out in a cold sweat!
Yao Rongrong and the others screamed even more!
Almost all of you accompanying readers who originally came with her backed away in a hurry!
Even Empress Dowager Xiao had never seen such an outrageous scene, she was frightened: "Bold, what are you doing!"
However, Jiang Xuening knew that the situation today was extremely dangerous.
Such a situation stimulated the long-buried hostility in her heart, not to mention that she could not understand this old hag in her previous life!
Controlling her remaining rationality, Jiang Xuening stared at the Empress Dowager Xiao and said, "It is the law of this dynasty that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics! The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager are certainly the masters of the six palaces, and their mother respects the world, but Xue Ning is not a person in the palace. According to the law, if the case of rebellion against the party is involved, it should be investigated by the previous court! Besides, Xue Ning is the daughter of a minister. If a lawsuit against a powerful man should be reported to Jin Yiwei for imprisonment, or to the Ministry of Punishment for investigation and joint trial. The empress dowager only relies on this A piece of paper is about to torture the courtiers, but the courtiers are not afraid of torture and suffering, they are only worried that the empress dowager will be stigmatized by being tortured, which will make the former civil and military ministers uneasy!"
She kept her hands steady as she spoke.
The sharpest end of the golden hairpin was pointed at her neck all the time, if anyone dared to approach her right now, blood would be splashed on the spot!
Empress Dowager Xiao has experienced the ups and downs of the two dynasties, and she also knew that it would be a difficult matter for a minister's daughter to die in the palace for no apparent reason.
Jiang Boyou lost a daughter, how could he not do something crazy?
She originally wanted to torture Jiang Xuening so that she would recognize something, but she didn't want her to be so violent, even though she didn't say anything, she threatened death with her hand, and even brought out the court's law to suppress her!
Recently, there have been rumors in the palace that the emperor intends to appoint his younger brother, King Linzi, as the emperor's younger brother, but the possibility of the rest of the feudal princes being appointed as heirs has not been ruled out. The emperor's mind seems to have not yet been fully settled.
If the vassal king becomes the crown prince, the Empress Dowager Xiao will only have a bright face, after all, the vassal king was not born by her;
But if Shen Jie is established as the emperor's younger brother, this is still her own flesh and blood, and she is naturally the most prominent empress dowager.
She naturally wanted Shen Jie to be made the heir apparent.
But her son who is the emperor may not think so.
Although Empress Dowager Xiao felt that Shen Lang was always filial to her, but the Tian family had no blood relatives, but everything related to the dragon chair was very delicate.
After listening to Jiang Xuening's words, she thought more than the words themselves.
She didn't speak for quite a while, then she let out a sudden laugh, she suddenly relaxed her body, sat back on the high throne again, and said: "What a glib mouth, but you can speak well." That's right. Since you are the minister's daughter, the punishment in the palace cannot be imposed on you. Aijia will do as you wish!"
There was a cold cruelty hidden in her eyes, and she only said to Wang Quan: "Take someone to the yamen of the Ministry of Punishment. They should be busy all night these few days. Before they return to the house, they will call Chen Ying to Ai's family!"
In the case of Yongyihou's Mansion, Chen Ying contributed a lot.
This man knows a lot.
It's nothing more than time to do one more scene. Empress Dowager Xiao didn't care about the time, she just looked at Jiang Xuening after she finished speaking and said, "Chen Ying has been the servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice for less than half a year, and he has already concluded many major cases. He must not be wronged you!"
Jiang Xuening didn't dare to relax.
Her gaze turned to the position where Empress Zheng was, and glanced at Zheng Bao who was standing behind Empress Zheng.
At this time, Wang Quan's eyes also fell on Zheng Bao.
He very naturally made a "go" gesture to Zheng Bao.
Jiang Xuening slowly closed her eyes—
This is the case in the palace.
There is a case in the inner palace that requires the Ministry of Labor and Criminal Affairs, and it is related to the rebel party. It is a big matter, and ordinary eunuchs will never be sent there.
Therefore, there will be no more suitable person in the palace than Zheng Bao.
If only he was sharp enough to see his own intentions.
After dispatching Zheng Bao, the entire Compassionate Ning Palace fell silent.
Empress Dowager Xiao just glanced at Xiao Shu at this moment, and told her to get up and come to her side, and also asked others to get up.
Only Jiang Xuening put down the golden hairpin and knelt on the ground alone.
It didn't take long for the horse to go out of the palace to the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice, and it was even more non-stop to get the urgent order from the Empress Dowager.
Half an hour later, Zheng Bao brought someone back.
Jiang Xuening had already knelt until her legs were numb, she knew that the saddest hurdle was coming, and she also knew that Chen Ying was a cruel official, the old hag must rely on something to let him come, so if she really fell into his hands , the end must be even more miserable.
She closed her eyes slightly.
I only heard a few footsteps passing by her, and then the voice of Greetings to Empress Dowager Xiao—
"Chen Ying, Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, pays homage to the Empress Dowager, and greets the Empress Dowager!"
"Stay flat."
Jiang Xuening's heart turned cold, and she forced herself not to tremble.
Then I heard Empress Dowager Xiao's voice.
It was a little doubtful: "Who is coming with you?"
The man stood behind Chen Yingxie, dressed in a black official robe, even if there were crimson clouds and thunder patterns pressing on the corners, it was hard to lose his coldness and indifference, he only focused his eyes and said calmly: "Mr. , Zhang Zhe, pay homage to the Empress Dowager."
"..."
At this moment, Jiang Xuening's mind resounded loudly, like a flood breaking a dam, but obliterating all the existence around her.
look up.
Then he saw the figure standing obliquely in front, cold and thin, as if he had been in another world.