Chapter 1130 Trust Without Any Reason
Suddenly, the singing and dancing in the hall stopped abruptly.
It was eerily quiet inside and outside the hall.
Everyone held their breath and focused, stretching their heads to look at Ruoyin.
Ruoyin didn't care about eating either, and looked down at Concubine Yugui who was lying on the ground.
She frowned, and with the help of the maid, she struggled to get up.
There was also an airy sound like "hiss... ha..." from his mouth, as if the fall was not light.
However, at this time, a servant next to Concubine Yu screamed: "My lord, you are so popular!"
Ruoyin saw that Concubine Yugui's flag really had a touch of bright red the size of a palm.
It's just that Concubine Yugui didn't speak, but her complexion was distorted, and she looked like she was in unbearable pain.
It seemed that every movement was a huge torture to her.
And Ziqing beside her pointed behind Ruoyin, and said, "You maid, what's going on, you know that my imperial concubine wants to be convenient, but you still stretched out your feet to deliberately stir her when she got up .”
Hearing this, everyone present was in an uproar.
All eyes looked behind Ruoyin in unison.
Even Ruoyin looked back.
She found that Ziqing was not pointing at someone else.
It was Qiaofeng, her personal dowry maid!
I saw Qiaofeng faltering, and replied with a guilty face: "Where... how can there be..."
But such an answer, it is better not to say.
After hearing this, everyone felt that she was even more suspicious.
After hearing this, Ruoyin had an ominous premonition.
She held her lips and said, "Qiaofeng, what's going on, tell the truth."
Under the table, her handkerchief was tightly held between her fingertips.
However, Qiaofeng pursed his lips tightly after hearing her words.
Not only that, Qiaofeng's lips are protruding, like a tongue sticking out.
"No, hold her down quickly, she's going to bite her tongue and kill herself." Zi Qing said sharply.
Then, the servant beside Concubine Yu stepped forward to hold Qiaofeng down, and clasped her chin vigorously, preventing her from clenching her teeth.
Concubine Yu Gui, who had been silent all this time, said tremblingly: "Empress Empress, what kind of grudge does this concubine have against you? You actually instigated your servants to trip me over with my legs and feet when I have such a big belly."
"I don't have any." Ruoyin replied calmly.
However, Concubine Yu covered her heart with her handkerchief, shook her head and said, "But I ask myself, I have been careful and respectful to you since I went to the mansion, why did you not let me go? I have already lost three children, Don't you even want to let this child go?"
As she said that, she still pretended to kneel down, "Empress, I beg you to be a concubine, okay? I beg you to be merciful and let me go, let the child in my belly go, as long as you let me go, In the end, I am willing to do whatever you ask me to do, even if the child is brought up under your lap, I don't care..."
When Concubine Yugui was speaking, she shed tears and pleaded loudly.
A noble concubine, kneeling in front of so many people, has already abandoned her image and dignity.
And the way she babbled, she looked like an innocent woman who was driven to a desperate situation.
Seeing Concubine Yugui was about to kneel down in front of her, Ruoyin was worried that she would touch porcelain again, so she took two steps back.
For a moment, there was a stark contrast between her and Concubine Yu.
Concubine Yu Gui became a poor innocent and fragile woman.
And he is a vicious woman with a vicious heart.
"Master, why are you doing this? You are already popular, so don't bother." Ziqing carefully supported Concubine Yugui, and turned to Ruoyin: "Queen, you still said that you didn't instigate Yes, in this case, why did you ask this servant to tell the truth, and she would bite her tongue and kill herself, isn't this what you are trying to force her to do?"
At this moment, Ruoyin was in a daze.
All this happened too suddenly.
"Queen, what's going on here." After hearing some one-sided words, the queen dowager finally spoke in a deep voice.
Ruoyin pursed her lips, looked calmly at the queen dowager, and replied, "Mother of the Emperor, the concubine was eating dinner just now, and Concubine Yugui suddenly said that she was going to pay her respects, so the concubine agreed to her, and followed her to collapse like this gone."
"Empress, what do you mean by falling down like this suddenly? It was clearly the servants around you who tripped my master." Ziqing said angrily.
Hearing this, the Queen Mother looked at Ruoyin: "Queen, is that so?"
"No." Ruoyin shook her head with a frank expression.
"Emperor Niang, the Empress has always treated the harem generously, and treated you with filial piety and humility. How could she do such a thing?" Fourth Master spoke for Ruoyin.
At first, he didn't know the situation.
Now, although everyone insists on their opinions, he chooses to believe in the queen without any doubt, the kind that doesn't need any reason.
The queen mother was planning to play the rhythm, but after listening to fourth master's words, she didn't know whether she had concerns or remembered Ruoyin's impressions in her heart over the years, which caused her to pause a little.
Seeing that the queen mother had lost her mind, fourth master was speaking for Ruoyin again.
At this time, Aunt Cui who was beside the Queen Mother spoke.
"Empress Dowager, when this servant was standing beside you just now, I did see the servant next to the Empress. She raised her foot and touched Concubine Yugui, but soon she withdrew her leg. At that time, the servant thought she was fooling around, until Concubine Yugui fell Only then did the servant realize the seriousness of the matter."
"Why didn't you say so earlier?" the Queen Mother asked.
"I thought it was someone close to the empress, so I didn't dare to say anything about it because it involved too much. But then I thought about it, you hate this kind of situation in the harem the most, so I still have to tell you." Aunt Cui replied.
As soon as the voice fell, Fourth Master said coldly: "Nonsense."
After hearing this, Aunt Cui quickly knelt down beside the Queen Mother.
"Emperor, don't jump to conclusions." The queen mother didn't just listen to Aunt Cui's words, but said to the fourth master: "The Ai family knows that you have always doted on the queen, but when you interrogate a matter, you can't just listen to the queen's one-sided words. , jump to conclusions, and listen to the voices of the victims and all parties.”
"Emperor Mother, why don't you only listen to the one-sided words of the mother around you." Fourth Master said lightly.
After the Queen Mother heard this, her neck stiffened slightly.
For a moment, there was a smell of gunpowder that spread between the two most distinguished members of the royal family.
After pondering for a moment, the queen mother took a step back and said, "Well, since you said so, then listen to the answer from the maids around the queen, and then listen to the people around the table to see if anyone has seen it. If they all say they didn't The Ai family will not meddle in the affairs of the maids around the empress who tripped Concubine Yu. But if there is a problem, the Ai family will take care of it!"
In this Qing Dynasty where filial piety is emphasized, today is the Empress Dowager's birthday, guests from all walks of life are here, Fourth Master's attitude is not good and he is too tough.
You can't speak badly in front of everyone, and quarrel with the queen mother, that's too disrespectful.
Moreover, the queen mother's request is also reasonable. If something like this happens, you really need to ask clearly.
Especially with so many people around, it is even more unreasonable.
After being silent for a while, he replied lightly: "Success."
After the Queen Mother heard this, she turned her gaze around behind Ruoyin, and said in a deep voice, "Bring that maid to Ai's family."