mesbooks Chapter 331 Musk hidden in the ball Nanxi went to complain
Chapter 331 Musk hidden in the ball Nanxi went to complain
Soon the time for paying respects arrived. Apart from changing the time for paying respects to the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, Shi Nanxi allowed everyone to discuss the upcoming grand ceremony of enthroning the six palaces.
Among these people, only Concubine Nianhulu had a dark face. She was lifted up by Concubine Yuan's kneeling, and finally had to shoot herself in the foot.
"Okay, it's getting late, let's go!"
After he finished speaking, all the concubines stopped talking, stood up, bowed and left. Noble Concubine Nianhulu took the lead and was the first to leave quickly.
Shi Nanxi didn't care. After all the concubines left, Hongying called the palace servants to clean up the flower hall, and she followed the empress to the inner room.
As soon as Shi Nanxi arrived at the inner room, he saw Xixi licking a glass ball. Hearing the noise, he looked over and saw it was the hostess, and immediately let out a soft meow.
Seeing this, Shi Nanxi walked forward with a familiar look and hugged Xixi in her arms, and gave it the glass ball.
Xixi narrowed her cat eyes and meowed twice, then lowered her head and held the glass ball and started licking it. Shi Nanxi curved her eyebrows slightly and stroked Xixi's back. At this time, her peripheral vision once again swept over the glass ball that Xixi treasured.
After a little thought, she remembered that this glass ball was a gift from Concubine Xi on her birthday. She looked at it carefully and suddenly exclaimed, then put Xixi down, picked up the glass ball from under its claws, and looked at it carefully against the light.
Xixi's glass ball was suddenly taken away. She immediately widened her eyes and meowed. Shi Nanxi scratched Xixi's chin soothingly with one hand, but her eyes did not move away from the glass ball at all.
Xixi soon began to enjoy the tickling on her chin and stopped meowing. Shi Nanxi also looked at it more attentively and saw that the glass ball in her hand appeared scarlet in the bright light, transparent like crystal and dazzling.
But Shi Nanxi narrowed her eyes as she watched, and suddenly said:
"Madame Yang, come and look at this glass ball."
Upon hearing this, Madam Yang looked puzzled. She stepped forward to take the glass ball from the Empress's hand and put it under the light to observe it intently. After a long while, her hand holding the glass ball suddenly tightened, her pupils suddenly shrank, and she blurted out:
"My lady, there is musk in the glass ball. The red here is the wrong color."
"Musky?"
Hongying cried out in surprise, looking at the glass ball in Yang Ma's hand, and quickly remembered something. She carefully snatched the glass ball from Yang Ma's hand and walked away from the Empress, cursing angrily with a red face:
"People with these dirty things should stay away from the Majesty, lest they harm the Majesty."
Nanny Yang pursed her lips, ignored the glass ball that was taken away, turned her head and knelt down to apologize to the empress who was holding Xixi.
"My lady, this glass ball was given to you in public by Concubine Xi at your birthday banquet. I checked it once and found nothing unusual, so I gave it to Xixi to play with. Now I find that this glass ball has musk. I almost harmed you. Please punish me."
Shi Nanxi sat on the couch holding Xixi with a calm expression, not showing any anger that she should have felt after finding musk in the glass ball. She touched Xixi and said:
"You were indeed negligent in not checking carefully, but the musk in the glass ball must have been there not long ago, so the color didn't change. That's why you didn't notice it when you checked it. I can't blame you entirely. I will fine you one month's salary for both offenses as a warning to others. Get up."
Upon hearing this, Nanny Yang immediately accepted the punishment and stood up. Hongying, who was holding a glass ball in the distance, watched the scene. She looked around and carefully placed the glass ball on the antique shelf beside her. Then she walked over and said angrily:
"Your Highness, I never thought that Concubine Xi would dare to give you a glass ball containing musk as a birthday gift in public. She is so bold. Fortunately, I have seen her speak well to you many times before, but I didn't expect that you can only judge a person by his appearance and not his heart."
Then he said angrily:
"We should throw this glass ball in front of Concubine Xi of Jingyang Palace and ask her to give an explanation!"
Shi Nanxi held Xixi in her arms and did not answer Hongying's question. Instead, she said to Nanny Yang:
"Madame Yang, can you tell me the amount of musk in this glass ball?"
At this point, he paused:
"You can smash the glass ball."
After hearing this, Madam Yang walked towards the antique shelf and picked up the glass ball again to examine it. After a while, she pursed her lips and said:
“When I first got the glass ball, it was originally cinnabar red, but just now I noticed that the cinnabar red inside seemed to be dyed black.
It is still very red, but the color is a little darker. If you don't look closely, you can't see it at all. I think the amount is not very large with my naked eyes, but just in case, it is more accurate to break it open and check it carefully. "
Shi Nanxi nodded slightly, signaling Nanny Yang to break it open for inspection. Nanny Yang responded solemnly, raised the glass ball high, and smashed it open for inspection on the spot.
After a long while, Nanny Yang finished her inspection and stood up. Then Shi Nanxi's voice rang out:
"how?"
Nanny Yang looked serious:
"As I just said, the amount is not very large, but if Your Majesty is exposed to it for a long time, it will cause Your Majesty to use contraception all year round."
After the words fell, the room fell silent. At this moment, Shi Nanxi's voice broke the silence first. Her voice was gentle and emotionless.
"Not bad. I didn't think of ending my pregnancy."
"Madam?" Hongying's eyes turned red with anger: "Madam Xi has already schemed against you like this, and you still say she's good!"
Shi Nanxi chuckled, shook her head, looked out of the hall with a distant gaze, and said lightly:
"It may not be Concubine Xi's method."
The tears in Hongying's eyes suddenly withdrew when she heard this. She was not stupid. She thought of the hidden meaning in the queen's words and said with some doubt:
"Your Majesty, are you saying?" She didn't say the rest of the words, but her eyes pointed in the direction of Yuqing Palace.
Nanny Yang frowned even more deeply, her expression becoming more solemn. Shi Nanxi, on the other hand, relaxed and leaned on the pillow beside her after she finished speaking. She placed Xixi in front of her, reached out and touched Xixi's head, and said calmly:
"It's hard to say what his temper will be like in the future. He probably won't be like that now, but the people behind him are worried."
Xixi was disturbed by the cold atmosphere and meowed. Shi Nanxi lowered her head and stroked its head soothingly, saying in a light voice:
"It's human nature. Although I intend to reveal the news that I will not have children for the time being, others may not believe it if I just say it verbally. So the person behind me took the opportunity of Concubine Xi to give this glass ball, so that they can feel at ease."
"Then should we just accept this?" Hongying thought about it and still felt unwilling.
Shi Nanxi raised her eyebrows:
"Of course not. It's my own business if I don't want to get pregnant at this time. It's not anyone else's business. Isn't the Emperor going to confer titles on the six concubines?"
The corners of her mouth curved slightly:
"If I'm not mistaken, Hesheli will definitely promote Xipin to Xifei this time to replace the deceased Hesheli concubine."
Hongying's eyes lit up:
"Your Majesty, are you trying to stop Concubine Xi from being promoted?"
Nanny Yang also looked over.
Shi Nanxi shook her head:
"The other party left a way out, and I will not kill them all, so I will not stop Concubine Xi from being promoted. But I remember that Concubine Xi and Concubine An lived together in Jingyang Palace, and Concubine Xi lived in the back palace. That place is not bad, and Concubine An has always been low-key and kind. I think the two of them have become very familiar with each other after living there for so long. If they move to another palace, I think Concubine Xi will be reluctant to leave."
As soon as these words came out, Hongying started laughing. Nanny Yang then asked:
"What about the broken glass balls?"
Shi Nanxi glanced at the smashed glass ball with a calm expression:
"Send it back to Concubine Xi. She is a smart person and knows what I mean. I don't want this kind of thing to happen again, otherwise it won't be resolved so amicably next time."
It just so happened that she didn't want to have any contact with anyone related to the prince, so this incident gave her an excuse.
"Yes, your majesty." Nanny Yang responded solemnly.
After Shi Nanxi finished speaking, she stood up and walked out holding Xixi. Hongying subconsciously asked:
"My lady, are you going out?"
Shi Nanxi held Xixi in her arms without looking back:
"Well, I'm going to file a complaint."