coobybook Chapter 176: Being Beaten in Front of the Palace
Chapter 176: Being Beaten in Front of the Palace
As soon as Concubine Xu De entered the palace, she lived in the Yiku Palace. The palace was extremely luxurious. Even the steps were made of white jade and carved with exquisite patterns.
There are countless peonies under the corridor.
It is said that they were all brought from Changchun Palace.
As soon as she stepped through the door, Ning Xianyun greeted Concubine Xu De, who was sitting at the top of the table: "I greet Concubine De and wish you eternal youth and a long life."
Concubine Xu De looked at the person in surprise: "Are you Ning Xianyun?"
"It is me." Ning Xianyun lowered her eyes: "I am stupid, I wonder if Concubine De summoned me for any reason?"
This sentence made Mrs. Bo's heart rise to her throat. She was stunned. She really didn't expect Ning Xianyun to ask so directly.
Concubine Xu De frowned: "Are you saying that I summoned you?"
Ning Xianyun pointed at the maid beside her without any hesitation. The maid was already trembling with fear and kneeling on the ground, at a loss as to what to do.
"Concubine Ning...Concubine Ning must have heard it wrong. I came here with you. It was you who took the initiative to pay respects to Concubine De."
Ning Xianyun opened her eyes wide innocently, full of doubt and confusion. Concubine Xu De asked coldly: "Whose maid are you?"
The maid didn't dare to look up at Mrs. Bo.
Madam Bo had no choice but to stand up and say, "Your Majesty, it belongs to me."
"Slap her!" Concubine Xu De gave the order, and the palace maid immediately stepped forward, grabbed Madam Bo's collar, and slapped her twice in a row with both hands.
Mrs. Bo was stunned and her eyes widened in disbelief.
Concubine Xu De raised her lips and sneered: "I have heard that the Bo family's education is not good. Today, I see that it is true. Who allowed you to interrupt me before I even asked a question?"
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Bo trembled with anger.
Then Concubine Xu De stood up nonchalantly and came to Bo Yan'er. She lifted her chin with her bright red fingertips and shook it left and right, saying, "I thought you were so beautiful..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Bo Yan'er couldn't hold it in any longer, so she bent over and vomited, and a ball of filth landed on Concubine Xu De's body.
Concubine Xu De’s brows were so furrowed that they could pinch a fly to death.
Bo Yan'er was panicked and her legs were shaking.
"Empress Defei, please spare my life. Concubine Bo must have been framed. Please investigate thoroughly." Mrs. Bo knelt on the ground and kowtowed, regardless of the pain on her face.
Concubine Xu De let go of her hand, took two steps back, and went to the side hall with a sullen face to change her clothes.
The maid squatted on the ground and wiped the soiled carpet.
The palace was quiet.
Old Madam Bo suddenly approached Ning Xianyun and lowered her voice, "Concubine Ning, you and Concubine Bo are both from the Third Prince's Mansion, and Concubine Bo came out with you. To outsiders, you are one and the same. You can't just stand by and watch."
Ning Xianyun glanced at Old Madam Bo and didn't respond.
"Your status is not as high as the Bo family, and Concubine Bo is the cousin of the Third Prince. If Concubine Bo is punished today, the Third Prince will definitely hold you responsible." Old Madam Bo said, "I am doing this for your own good." "As long as you are willing to kneel down and beg for mercy, take the blame for Concubine Bo, and save the face of the Third Prince's Mansion, the Third Prince will definitely look at Concubine Ning with a new eye."
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Ning Xianyun almost couldn't help laughing. With such little ability, he had the nerve to fool people. Did he think she was a fool?
She looked at Old Madam Bo seriously, "Concubine Bo and I do represent the Third Prince's Mansion. If we prosper together, we prosper together. If we suffer together, we suffer together. If the Bo family admits the crime, wouldn't it be easier to clear the Third Prince's Mansion?"
Old Mrs. Bo was choked with speech.
"If I plead guilty, and Concubine De investigates, the Third Prince will lose all face." Ning Xianyun was not fooled at all, and raised her hand to touch her belly: "If the child in my belly was frightened by Madam Bo's words today, and His Highness took his anger out on the Bo family, wouldn't that implicate Concubine Bo?"
These few words choked Old Lady Bo to the point of being speechless. She was shocked to realize that the Concubine Ning in front of her was not easy to fool at all, but rather very cunning.
Madam Bo raised her head and glanced at Ning Xianyun: "Concubine Ning is really selfish. She doesn't care about Concubine Bo. The Third Prince will definitely blame you when he knows the truth."
Ning Xianyun smiled with her hands covering her mouth: "What truth? Madam should think carefully about how to explain to Concubine De about the frame-up just now. If she can't make it up, I'm afraid Concubine De will get angry and start beating people again."
"You!" Mrs. Bo was furious, but she couldn't do anything about Ning Xianyun. When she lowered her head, a trace of vicious resentment flashed in her eyes.
Ning Xianyun pretended not to see it.
After a while, Concubine Xu De changed into a smoky purple dress, walked in with a stern face, sat in the main seat, stared at Madam Bo and asked, "Where did you get the word frame-up from?"
Madam Bo's eyes rolled around, and she was about to speak when she heard Concubine Xu De say, "I'm going to make this clear. If anyone dares to cause trouble under my nose today, I will definitely smash her mouth. If she is framed, I will definitely support her."
Mrs. Bo was so frightened that she hesitated for a while.
Concubine Xu De raised her eyebrows: "Mrs. Bo?"
After being reminded, Madam Bo swallowed and made up her mind, pointing at Ning Xianyun. If she could take the opportunity to pull Ning Xianyun down from the position of the Third Prince's Consort today, then Yan'er would be able to take her place.
She just didn't believe that the daughter of a sixth-rank official who had never entered the palace had the ability to refute it.
"It must be Concubine Ning who deliberately framed Concubine Bo. She was jealous of Concubine Bo's favor and deliberately framed her." Madam Bo pointed at Concubine Bo's clothes and said, "Just now, I smelled a disgusting fragrance from Concubine Bo's clothes. Not to mention that a pregnant woman would have a reaction to it, even I feel uncomfortable when I smell it."
Ning Xianyun couldn't help but laugh, what a despicable move.
"Go and get the imperial physician." Concubine Xu De raised her voice and ordered.
Mrs. Bo was stunned.
Shouldn't Ning Xianyun be interrogated?
Soon the imperial physicians arrived, there were three of them in total, and they began to thoroughly check Concubine Bo's clothes according to Concubine Xu De's instructions.
"In reply to Her Majesty Defei, Concubine Bo's clothes were not stained with anything unpleasant," said the imperial physician.
Mrs. Bo was stunned: "This is impossible!"
Concubine Xu De waved her hand and asked the other two to test together. The result was the same. The clothes were just ordinary clothes.
Mrs. Bo lost her composure and pointed at several imperial doctors. Just as she was about to say something, Old Madam Bo quickly pulled her sleeve to remind her.
The imperial physician was hired by Concubine Xu De, and questioning the imperial physician is the same as questioning Concubine Xu De.
Mrs. Bo came to her senses and forced herself to calm down and find a good excuse.
"Come here!" Concubine Xu De pointed at a few palace maids and said, "All of you surround Concubine Bo and smell her hard for me. Today I want to see if I can smell something special!"