Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 374 A Nosy Person

Cheng Qian glanced at the Queen Mother and whispered, "Of course." She gathered a group in the side hall and came in, kowtowed, drank a cup of tea, sat for half an hour, and left quickly.

"Let's gather another group in the side hall.

"The princess really acts like a queen mother, and is so good-tempered that she lets those ladies from outside the family come and go as they please, just like they are strolling around teahouses and streets?"

Daiyu was speechless and laughed out loud: "I really thought the Queen Mother would be willing to endure this morning every year!"

The Queen Mother glared at her and said, "Stop talking. The rouge on your lips will fall off when you turn around."

Then he ordered Cheng Qian: "Pass it on."

Dozens of women who had been granted imperial decrees, according to age, entered the main hall respectfully.

Daiyu, Tanchun and Hongchang hurriedly stood up and moved to the side.

Led by Princess Tongyi, all the imperial edicts knelt three times and kowtowed nine times to wish the Empress Dowager a happy new year. After saying auspicious words, they were called to "stand up and take a seat."

Everyone sat down, exchanged greetings and praised the young girls to each other, and then drank some tea to moisten their throats.

All the established procedures have been completed.

At the last moment, Princess Tongyi could no longer contain herself and looked at the empress dowager's expression to inquire about the inside information of what happened in the main hall of the Linde Palace last night.

"What happened yesterday?

"As soon as you left, within half an hour, the Queen dismissed the banquet.

"I said it was still early, so I came over to kowtow to the Supreme and talk to him, but they wouldn't let me in. They just kicked us all out.

"Such a big thing, and there is no explanation?"

The empress dowager looked at Princess Tongyi's silly face and felt that she was 70% similar to Concubine Yang Lifei who had gotten up earlier.

I couldn't help but blurt out: "What explanation? Who will give an explanation? Give an explanation to whom?!

"You?

"Tongyi, the sun is in the sky. Put your hand on your chest and ask yourself if you are worthy of asking such a question?!"

It actually pushed Princess Tongyi straight to her throat.

Princess Duncheng's expression gradually turned ugly.

Just now in the side hall, Princess Tongyi grabbed her daughter and kept asking her about what happened in the main hall of Linde Hall yesterday.

Anchang wanted to evade the question, but Tongyi grabbed his daughter's ear and forced her to tell him everything.

From childhood to adulthood, although Anchang was not the most favored child in the family, no one had ever touched her.

Now this one, relying on the fact that she is the eldest princess, has actually pulled her precious daughter's ears until they are red! She really doesn't take her mother seriously at all!

But Anchang is too cowardly.

He actually told us everything about the main hall!

The King of the East invited the Supreme Lord to come down from the imperial steps and drink with his ministers. The Supreme Lord almost shared a wine cup with him.

But the wine cup was poisoned, and the King of East was poisoned and almost died!

Soon after, the King of the West was also poisoned!

Fortunately, the imperial physician can cure the poison.

Later, the Emperor and the Supreme Lord both suspected that the poisoned wine cup was actually for the Supreme Lord to use by the King of East, so the poisoning was intended to kill the Supreme Lord, which was a conspiracy of treason!

Such an important matter should be kept silent no matter what, but Tongyi forced his daughter to tell it all in front of so many people!

Princess Duncheng felt dizzy when she thought of this.

She thought that the interrogation was the end of the matter today. Who knew there would be another twist?

Although I knew that the matter of the side palace could not be concealed, I couldn't just let Tong Yi expose everything to the Queen Mother. What if she put the blame on me? !

Wouldn’t Anchang be unjustly killed?

Nope!

Can’t be used as bun filling in vain!

Princess Duncheng forced herself to put on a smile, looking at Princess Tongyi, who was blushing and angry, and suddenly spoke:

"Don't be upset, Queen Mother. Have you forgotten? Princess Tongyi has loved to gossip since she was young!

“I still remember that at that time, all the noble ladies had just started to learn needlework.

"Once at a banquet for flowers, Princess Tongyi took a bag of embroidery needles and asked where the birthmark on the daughter of a minister of the Ministry of Works was.

“Later, we all read together.

"Tong Yi used an inkstone to force the daughter of the then Chief Housekeeper of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to hand over the list of the escorts who accompanied the Emperor on the autumn hunt that year.

"Later, she got married and was pregnant. She only walked back and forth twice in the main hall and the side hall, and she was able to find out all the resume and family background of the top three candidates that year.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk! It's really amazing!"

Princess Leping recalled the past and laughed with great joy: "There is more! I remember there were vassal kings at that time.

"Once it was the Dragon Boat Festival. The prince of a western vassal king's family came to race dragon boats. Tongyi was said to be trying to arrange a marriage with the prince and send her to the vassal.

"Tongyi was furious, so he used 100 gold coins to buy the boat he had hidden under his real name, and then ordered his men to drill a hole in the bottom of the boat!"

Everyone originally thought that Princess Duncheng was telling a joke, so they just laughed to join in the fun, but who knew that the more they listened, the more secrets they discovered!

Everyone's faces became forced.

Tong Yi's face flushed red, and he glanced at Princess Leping, who hadn't understood what was going on yet, and then glanced at Princess Duncheng, sneering:

"Princess Duncheng, what does this mean?!"

"Nothing. Just a little respect.

"Just now, Princess Tongyi twisted my daughter's ear and interrogated her in the side hall, but she didn't get any surprising private information out of her.

“That’s all.

"I thought you were just bullying the weak and fearing the strong, which is human nature.

"But now, you have the guts to ask the Queen Mother! Who is my daughter? You can ask whatever you want.

"I really admire you so much!" Princess Duncheng's eyes were like ice.

An Chang's face turned pale, and he immediately left his seat, kneeled on the ground with weak legs, and started crying: "I was wrong! Empress Dowager, please forgive me!

"But my ears hurt so much! Aunt Tongyi almost pulled my ears off!"

The Queen Mother looked at them coldly as they pointed at each other's faces and yelled.

But when he heard Anchang say this, he couldn't help but frown and turned his head to look.

Sure enough, Anchang’s right ear turned red!

Hongchang was startled and subconsciously ran down, holding Anchang's shoulders to look closely at her ears——

I saw a trace of blood seeping out from the earlobe where the earring was worn!

I couldn't help but scream and hurriedly called her, "Sister, don't move!"

Then he took off the earrings for her gently and asked with regret, "Are you stupid? Can't you run away?

"Your ear hole is torn, bleeding, and swollen! If you don't heal it, you definitely can't wear earrings anymore!

"How can we go out? It's New Year's Day..."

The Queen Mother looked at Princess Tongyi coldly and said in a steady voice: "Tongyi, tell me, why do you want to know about the main hall of Linde Palace?

"On a festive day, you insist on asking about unlucky things. Are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for me, or are you trying to do something else? You must know the outcome of this matter."