The most beautiful lady in the harem

Chapter 324 Kneeling in the Ancestral Hall

I have known Concubine Xiao De for such a long time, but she rarely suffers from any illness.

Concubine Xiao De would get up every day to practice sword dancing and exercise, and she had always been in good health. But the fact that she could even scare the Empress Dowager out meant that the disease was quite aggressive.

Qingqing said as she tied the corset of Qin Liuse's outer garment, "This morning, I heard that she is getting better and has no fever. But your Majesty, don't worry too much about this matter. The Queen Mother has already spoken up for Concubine De."

Oh?

The injury still requires someone to step forward. Qin Liuse suddenly felt that there might be something going on here.

"Then what's going on?" Qin Liuse finished tying her waist, turned around and looked at Qingqing and asked.

Qingqing smiled and said, "This time, Concubine Xiao De is under the protection of the Empress Dowager Cixi, so I am here in Zhaoyang Palace. I am very happy to hear the news outside."

The imperial physician diagnosed Concubine Xiao De's illness this time and said it was due to excessive worry in recent times.

Because the depression was not relieved and he was so angry, he fell ill.

But how could Concubine Xiao De, who was a person of simple virtue and who often fasted and chanted Buddhist scriptures, suddenly get so angry? Even if there were people who wanted to make her angry, there were few such people in her palace.

So when the Empress Dowager heard this, she felt that the cause and effect of this matter were not simple.

"Under her questioning, Qiu Gui, who was beside Concubine De, probably reported the incident with General Yan to the Empress Dowager."

Concubine Xiao De was lying in bed recuperating and had no idea what was going on. Qiu Gui naturally reported every detail to the Empress Dowager Cixi.

He informed the Empress Dowager Cixi about the incident a few days ago where Concubine Li Xian and Qin Huaijin falsely accused Concubine Xiao De of having an affair with Yan Shouyu.

Qiu Gui did not go to the Empress Dowager Cixi to complain on purpose. It was because Concubine Xiao De's life was simple and uneventful on weekdays. Apart from dealing with matters in the harem, the only disturbance during this period was this incident.

So after thinking about it, I feel that this is the only thing I can talk about.

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she frowned and immediately became angry, "Reputation is so important to a girl. Li and Qin are not uneducated people, how can they be so vicious? They are plotting to win the emperor's favor by scheming about his concubines. This method is too despicable. How can they be so lawless!"

The old man, who had hardly ever gotten angry, was extremely angry after hearing about this matter. He immediately stood up for Concubine Xiao De and insisted on giving her justice.

Although Emperor Yongjia had demoted Concubine Li and Qin Huaijin.

However, the Empress Dowager Cixi felt sorry for Concubine Xiao Defei, who was not aggressive with the world, but still had to endure such injustice, so she issued an imperial decree, ordering the current Concubine Li and Qin Yunv to go to the courtyard in front of the ancestral hall of Ci'en Temple and kneel in front of the ancestor for four hours.

This kneeling took half a day, from dawn to dusk.

What’s even more terrible is that this was the first time that a concubine in the harem was punished to kneel in the royal ancestral hall since Emperor Yongjia ascended the throne.

If this happened in the common people, it would be a very serious matter and the family members would be punished by being forced to kneel in the ancestral hall.

The Empress Dowager Cixi made such a big fuss, slapping Concubine Li and Qin Yunv in the face, which really gave Concubine Xiao Defei a sense of relief.

Although two days had passed, Qingqing was still secretly happy when she brought it up in front of Qin Liuse.

"Since returning from Ci'en Temple, I heard that no one has seen Li Jieyu and Qin Yu Nu in the harem. The people in their palace said to the outside world that they were recuperating from their injuries. After all, they knelt for a long time, but everyone knows that they just lost face and were too embarrassed to come out for the time being."

Qin Liuse changed her clothes and after listening to Qingqing's words, she went to the west room and hugged her two children whom she had not seen for a long time.

Although they hadn't seen each other for three days, when the two children heard their mother's voice, they seemed to recognize her and immediately kicked their hands and legs frantically.

The brother and sister seemed to be competing to see who could pedal faster, and they were giggling, which made Qin Liuse smile as well.

Qin Liuse spent the morning after returning in Zhaoyang Palace.

Originally, after being tormented by Emperor Yongjia all night last night, I wanted to take a nap when I came back, but when I saw how cute the two children were, I instantly lost my sleepiness.

Sometimes she would take a small wave drum and shake it to amuse her children.

After a while, he hugged this one and that one, kissed and hugged them, and smelling their scent, Qin Liuse felt particularly at ease.

Because the weather was bad today, it looked like it was going to snow outside and there was no sun, so Qin Liuse did not let the two wet nurses take the children out.

I stayed in the house the whole morning.

After lunch, Qin Liuse went to Concubine Xiao Defei to visit her.

It snowed in the suburbs of Beijing a few days ago. After noon today, the imperial city also welcomed the first snow of this winter.

However, the initial snow was still small and scattered, so Qin Liuse put on an extra cloak and did not need to carry an umbrella when passing through Zhaoyang Palace.

In fact, Concubine Xiao De was able to get out of bed and walk around the next day.

When she saw Qin Liuse coming over, she smiled and said, "We two are like fellow patients meeting each other. You just happened to be well, and so did I. I wanted to visit you, but I was afraid that I would pass on my illness to the child, so I didn't go."

Qin Liuse laughed and joked with her, saying that she had just caught a cold, which was not a serious matter and would be fine in a day. But she was afraid of passing the disease on to the child, so she kept the child for a few days and only came out today.

Because I was really embarrassed to tell her where I had been these days.

In the past three days, I have been doing shameless things with Emperor Yongjia. No matter who it is, they would be embarrassed to say it out loud.