PNB Chapter 119 Idiot
Chapter 119 Idiot
Zhou Lingge held the handkerchief and gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes: "Really? Did you see it clearly? If you want, take a closer look, don't make a mistake."
The young eunuch looked at Jin Xin several times again and said firmly, "Yes, it's her..."
Concubine Shu frowned, finally realizing that something was wrong.
Before she could stop him, she was interrupted by Zhou Lingge's smiling voice.
"But didn't you say... that it was Qiao'er who dragged Ling'er to Yijing Pavilion?"
The young eunuch was stunned.
"Yes, yes...Isn't she Qiao'er?"
Concubine Shu's face suddenly turned pale.
She glanced at the eunuch with annoyance on her face.
idiot!
Zhou Lingge sneered, staring into the eunuch's dull eyes and speaking word by word.
"What a pity, she is not Qiao'er, but another maid of mine, Jinxin."
She was completely relieved. After this test, she was sure... the eunuch did not see Qiao'er dragging Ling'er to the attic with his own eyes.
He was bribed and accidentally fabricated the truth of what he witnessed.
Haha, this is really interesting.
The fabricated evidence actually revealed the truth... They had inadvertently grasped a trump card to incriminate her.
Unfortunately, the eunuch they found was too stupid... his brain was too slow to react, and he was tricked by her.
Zhou Lingge raised her eyes and looked at Concubine Shu whose expression had changed.
I wonder if Concubine Shu was involved in today's frame-up?
Shufei could feel Zhou Lingge's gaze on her. She did not feel guilty at all and looked at Zhou Lingge with great frankness.
"The Imperial Concubine is incredibly intelligent. She figured out the strange thing with just a few questions. Even Qiao'er could admit his mistake... It shows that his claim of witnessing something with his own eyes is highly untrue..."
Zhou Lingge raised an eyebrow. She didn't expect that Concubine Shu was so smart. She cleared herself with just one simple sentence.
Concubine Rou also reacted quickly. She immediately agreed: "This dog slave is clearly lying and framing the imperial concubine."
The young eunuch's face turned pale, his eyes filled with fear. He kowtowed and explained, "Your servant... Your servant just said the wrong name. It was Jinxin, the imperial concubine's maid, Jinxin, who dragged Ling'er to Yijing Pavilion."
"Shut up, you idiot." Roupin scolded, her eyes full of coldness.
The young eunuch was so frightened that his face turned pale. He knelt on the ground trembling and dared not say another word.
Zhou Lingge couldn't help but curl her lips and smile faintly. She looked at Concubine Rou's gradually flustered appearance, and couldn't help but have some guesses in her mind.
Perhaps the person behind today's frame-up was Concubine Rou.
Concubine Rou was quite smart and knew how to adapt to changing circumstances. Seeing the situation reverse, she quickly changed her attitude.
The next moment, Concubine Rou knelt in front of the empress dowager.
"This eunuch was a witness I had found. I never imagined he would deliberately perjure us and deceive us. This is my dereliction of duty. Please punish me, Your Majesty."
The Empress Dowager had a terrible headache. She had thought that she could find something to hold against Concubine Yu to weaken her influence, but who knew that there was another conspiracy?
She pondered for a moment, "You've indeed failed in your duty... Fortunately, Imperial Concubine Yu was clever enough to notice something fishy, otherwise, wouldn't we all have wronged her today?"
Zhou Lingge's eyes were filled with grievance, "Alas, this isn't the first time I've been wronged like this. I've long been accustomed to it."
"I can't help it. After all, I am the one who enjoys Your Majesty's favor the most... Therefore, many people are jealous and resentful of me."
After she finished speaking, she glanced at Concubine Shu, Concubine Rou and the others.
Concubine Shu gritted her teeth secretly and couldn't help but complain in her heart. Only Zhou Lingge would dare to say such arrogant, shameless and domineering words.
Her words directly mocked and humiliated all the concubines in the harem.
She was deliberately mocking them and ridiculing their arrogance.
But no one dared to speak out and refute Zhou Lingge.
Now, among all the concubines in the harem, except the queen, who has a higher position than Zhou Lingge?
It's really annoying to compare people to each other!
Concubine Shu was filled with anger, but she finally gritted her teeth and swallowed it.
Today's incident has nothing to do with her, and she must clear herself of it.
Concubine Shu curled the corners of her lips and smiled at Zhou Lingge, with a rare bit of flattery.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine is greatly favored by His Majesty. We, the servants, are only envious, not jealous."
"I was also deceived by what happened today. Most of the investigation was done by Concubine Rou, and I didn't interfere much..."
As she spoke, she turned her head and looked at Concubine Rou: "Concubine Rou, you should explain to me what is going on."
She pushed everything onto Concubine Rou.
Roupin's face turned pale and she tried her best to calm herself down.
"Yes, it's all my fault... I didn't ask carefully before I informed the Queen Mother about this witness. I was too careless and almost slandered the Imperial Concubine. Please forgive me..."
She kowtowed to Zhou Lingge.
Be humble and keep yourself very low.
She only emphasized her carelessness and dereliction of duty.
Zhou Lingge stared at Concubine Rou with a half-smile on her face: "Concubine Rou, you didn't deliberately invite this little eunuch here to slander me, did you?"
Concubine Rou's eyes were filled with fear, and she quickly denied: "I didn't do that. How could I do such a despicable thing?"
"This young eunuch was indeed found by me through interrogation of a nearby palace maid. If the Imperial Concubine doesn't believe me, you can ask him... whether I was the one who ordered him to do so."
The young eunuch kowtowed loudly: "Your servant... Your servant and Concubine Rou have no relationship at all. It's possible that your servant was dazzled and recognized the wrong person."
"It was I who got the matter and the time mixed up. Please forgive me, Your Highness, Your Highness the Imperial Concubine, Your Highness the Empress Dowager..."
The Queen Mother knew that she could not show Zhou Lingge her power today.
She is so smart. In such a situation, she can turn the situation around with just a few words.
To say that she had no plans was absolutely impossible.
Zhou Lingge is definitely not as arrogant, domineering, high-profile and naive as outsiders see her.
She had misunderstood before, but after this incident... she finally figured out some of Zhou Lingge's methods.
The Queen Mother glanced at Concubine Rou with a deep gaze.
With tears in her eyes, Concubine Rou choked with sobs and begged for mercy: "Please understand, Your Majesty the Queen Mother, I was careless and did not carefully ask for the eunuch's confession. I absolutely do not have the courage to frame the Imperial Concubine..."
The Queen Mother actually likes Concubine Rou very much.
Three years ago, she caught a cold, and Concubine Rou took care of her without taking off her clothes.
Thanks to Concubine Rou's care, her body gradually recovered.
Afterwards, she issued an imperial decree to confer the title of concubine Rou on Concubine Rou.
Concubine Rou has always been filial and considerate to her... She certainly couldn't bear to punish Concubine Rou severely.