Chapter 55: Yuan's Paintings

After hearing this, the queen raised her hand to send the guards away, stared at Mrs. Linglong and asked, "What did you say? Is it Yuan's painting? How could Yuan's work be in your hands? How could it be the painting you gave to Xia?" A gift from the prime minister?"

"Empress, this matter is absolutely true. This painting was really made by Yuan Shi. It was originally given to Prince An by Yuan Shi. The maid who served Yuan Shi that day was bought by my concubine. into the hands of my concubine." Madam Linglong only asked the queen to believe her words, and then ignored everything.

The queen was furious, "Nonsense, how could this painting be given to Prince An? Yuan Shi is already married to the prime minister. You said that she gave the painting to Prince An. Do you mean that she cheated on her husband? You are really dead If you don’t change it, you still want to frame the Yuan family.”

"No, no," Mrs. Linglong saw that the queen was still furious, and quickly explained: "This painting is not a token of love. I heard from the maid next to Yuan that this painting was given to Prince An by Yuan. Tell Prince An that she has found a good branch, so that Prince An does not need to wait for her."

Mrs. Linglong was afraid that the queen would not believe it, so she climbed over and pointed to the kingfisher in the painting, "If the queen doesn't believe it, please look here. This kingfisher is Yuan Shi, whose maiden name is Yuan Cuiyu, and a locust tree that the kingfisher fell refers to The only one is Xiangye Xia Huaijun, and the rest are flowers and plants, whether they are plum flowers or hibiscus flowers, whether there is any theory of subverting the imperial court's conspiracy, I really don't know."

The queen said coldly: "Continue to quibble, you can of course infer that Yuan Shi did it now, just now in the empress dowager's palace, you said you didn't like her, and Xia Zi'an repented of the marriage, you also blamed her, you really deserve it Is Gong a fool? You cannot quibble about this matter, I will take you down first, and then hand it over to the regent to punish you for treason."

Mrs. Linglong was almost terrified. Today, the Prince Regent has spoken out against her twice. If she is handed over to the Prince Regent, it will be a dead end.

She climbed up and kowtowed vigorously, explaining tremblingly: "Your Majesty, my concubine really didn't wrong Mrs. Yuan. It was indeed Yuan's doing. That's right, Xia Zian's remorse was related to my concubine. It's not that the concubine doesn't want to marry Wan'er to the King of Liang, it's just that His Royal Highness likes Wan'er first, so there's nothing I can do as a concubine."

Hearing this, the Queen's eyes suddenly became angry, and she ordered sharply, "You still dare to quibble? Come on, give me a slap in the face!"

Nanny Yang strode into the hall, as if she had been prepared, and took out a flat wooden board from her sleeve pocket. This board is specially used to punish those court ladies and eunuchs who made mistakes. A few boards down, you can give your mouth It's swollen.

Nanny Yang already hated Mrs. Linglong's rudeness to her in the prime minister's mansion, so she was ordered by the empress, grabbed Mrs. Linglong's collar and grabbed her, held a board in her right hand, and hit Mrs. Linglong on the cheek .

That pig-killing howl made Prime Minister Xia, who was watching in the west chamber, feel ashamed. He felt insulted suddenly, and felt that this woman was so stupid that she didn't even see the Queen's tricks.

She had just admitted that the matter of regretting the marriage had something to do with her, and she also bluntly said that the crown prince likes Wan'er. How could the empress not be disgusted by telling this matter under such circumstances?

Prime Minister Xia also understood that the empress dowager wanted to calm things down, but the empress did not.

He had known for a long time that the Queen was narrow-minded and would take revenge if she had a grudge, but what was ridiculous was that he thought this matter just passed away like this.

From the king regent deliberately ordering people to spread the word, to their hastily entering the palace to plead guilty, this series of plans were all within the king regent's expectation, he wanted to stand up for that little bitch.

Prime Minister Xia's hatred for Zi'an deepened further.

After more than a dozen boards, Mrs. Linglong became dizzy and almost passed out on the ground.

Nanny Yang let go of her, and she slid on the ground, her cheeks were swollen and her lips were swollen, with blood oozing from the corner of her mouth, sticking to the loose hair in a bun, she was in an indescribably miserable state.

Zian watched from behind, with no expression on his face.

She didn't do it, and she didn't even feel relieved.

The bloody smell in the palace reminded her of the moment when she first traveled over, the original owner's desperate and miserable cry echoed in her mind, that fresh life was lost in the hands of Mrs. Linglong and Prince Murongqiao in this way.

She swore that she would avenge the original owner.

Mrs. Linglong prostrated herself on the ground, weeping unsightly, "Empress, please believe me, this painting is really made by Yuan."

The queen sneered, "Okay, since you said it was Yuan who did it, I will let her enter the palace to confront you."

Mrs. Linglong groaned inwardly, so how would Mrs. Yuan be willing to admit that the painting was made by her? Moreover, after this incident broke out, Master Xiang would definitely be angry with her for deceiving her.

But, so far, what else can be done?

When Nanny Yang went out of the palace to pick up Yuan Shi again, the empress ordered to temporarily detain Mrs. Linglong, who was plotting against her ambitions, in the violent room.

Prime Minister Xia's face was pale, and even if he could get out alive, he lost half of his life when he entered the violence room.

Seeing this, Concubine Mei already wanted to leave.

Prime Minister Xia gritted his teeth and said: "My Lady, no matter what, she is still a member of my Prime Minister's Mansion. For the sake of this minister, please help me this time."

Concubine Mei looked at him, "What kind of vision do you have? Why isn't Yuan Shi a thousand times better than her? You have loved her like a treasure for more than ten years, but now I can understand Yuan Shi's indifference towards you. gone."

Prime Minister Xia had a gloomy face, "I know, but please look at the future of the third prince and help me this time. If she is accused of treason, I will also be implicated. Therefore, this painting, It is not true or false, it must be painted by Yuan."

"Even if it turns out that this painting was made by Yuan Shi, you will still be implicated." Concubine Mei reminded him.

Prime Minister Xia was silent for a while, "Half of the officials in this court admire her talent, she will not be convicted, someone will help her, Prince An will bear the brunt and will not let her be convicted, because, this time The painting is for Prince An."

Concubine Mei was stunned, she didn't expect him to be able to say this sentence.

Although Concubine Mei didn't like Yuan Shi, she couldn't help but feel sad for her.

"This painting," Concubine Mei couldn't help but said, "You heard what Chen Linglong said, the Yuan family back then thought she had found her home..."

Concubine Mei stopped talking, because she felt that saying this in her capacity was really meaningless.

Just out of a fellow woman's indignation.

Prime Minister Xia didn't speak. He was hit too hard today and couldn't organize his thoughts properly.

He married Yuan Shi, he felt happy, but since Linglong entered the mansion, she has changed, indifferent, indifferent, does she really think that he will only guard her in this life?

Even ordinary men have three wives and four concubines. He is the prime minister of the dynasty, and he only has one wife and one concubine, which is already rare.

She is so dissatisfied!