mesbooks Chapter 317: Confrontation, Confession, and Falling in Love with Concubine Xian
Chapter 317: Confrontation, Confession, and Falling in Love with Concubine Xian
The commoner Hesheli who was escorted here had disheveled clothes and messy hair.
Kneeling on the ground, she saw the emperor sitting above her with a panic-stricken look on her face. She did not look at all like the arrogant and domineering Concubine Ping in the past. It was quite sad to see.
But after the guards escorting Hesheli reported the process of searching the cold palace and tremblingly took out a little man covered with needles from his sleeves, the whole hall immediately became as quiet as a cold pond, and everyone knelt on the ground.
Everyone lowered their heads, wishing they were blind, it turned out to be a voodoo doll. The most taboo thing in the palace was witchcraft, which was evil and strange, and involved a lot of consequences. Once discovered, it would be severely punished.
No one expected that Concubine Xian's unexplained coma was related to witchcraft. Everyone buried their heads in their chests, trying to avoid being seen by others.
Kangxi looked at the doll, which was only the size of a woman's palm. Its face was about 60% similar to that of a little girl, and the girl's name and birth date were written on it. More importantly, the little person's body was covered with dense needles, making him look weird and scary.
So the little girl was harmed by this strange voodoo doll.
After coming to this conclusion, Kangxi was furious and shouted:
"How dare you, commoner Hesheli, practice witchcraft in the palace!"
Hesheli, the commoner kneeling on the ground, shook her head subconsciously when she heard this, her expression terrified. She didn't know why someone suddenly rushed into the cold palace. She was tired of making the dolls at that time, so she hid the dolls in the box beside the bed and rested.
But when the guards came in, they controlled her without saying a word, and then searched everywhere regardless of her attempts to stop them, turning the entire cold palace upside down. Naturally, the little man hidden in the box beside the bed was soon found.
But now was not the time to think about these things. She absolutely could not admit to practicing witchcraft, otherwise her life would be truly hopeless, so she kowtowed and cried out for justice.
"Your Majesty, I am innocent. I don't know what happened!"
Kangxi didn't believe it at all. He looked at Hesheli Shuren as if he was looking at a dead person, with a gloomy expression.
"You said you were wronged, then what about this voodoo doll?"
Commoner Hesheli looked at the little man held in the hands of the guards and didn't know how to explain for a moment.
It was too sudden. The guards came too suddenly. She had no chance to destroy the voodoo doll. She could only say in panic:
"Your Majesty, I am truly wronged. That voodoo doll, that voodoo doll was not made by me. It was, it was made by Nanny Shang. Yes, it was Nanny Shang who made it."
As Hesheli Shuren was speaking, he suddenly thought of that hateful old woman and immediately put all the blame on her.
Kangxi had a blank expression on his face. He did not believe what Hesheli said. How could a nanny be so bold as to perform witchcraft on the empress in the palace?
However, seeing that Kangxi didn't say anything, Hesheli thought that the emperor believed it, and he was sure in his heart, so he spoke more and more smoothly.
"Your Majesty, what I said is true. After I was sent to the cold palace, I felt uncomfortable everywhere. I did curse Concubine Xian, but it was all verbal. How dare I practice witchcraft? Please understand, Your Majesty, I am innocent."
After Hesheli Shuren was arrested, Nanny Shang was also brought here.
He was kneeling behind Hesheli Shuren at this time. When he saw the guard take out the voodoo doll, he was frightened. After hearing what Hesheli Shuren said, he almost fainted.
She had no idea what a witchcraft doll was from beginning to end, and she never thought that commoner Hesheli would dare to use witchcraft on Concubine Xian, which was a heinous crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of the clan.
She never expected that the crime would be pushed onto her. She immediately disregarded her status and kowtowed heavily to protest her innocence.
"Your Majesty, I am innocent. I know nothing. I have no grudge against Empress Xian. How could I use the voodoo doll to murder her? I have been recuperating in my room recently and have not left the house at all!"
When Hesheli heard what Shang Ma said, she turned around, with a threatening look in her eyes, and said bitterly:
"How could you not know? It was obviously because you saw that I hated Concubine Xian, and you made the voodoo doll with the intention of sharing my worries."
After saying this, Hesheli Shuren turned to look at Kangxi again, his eyes became innocent and pitiful, and he kowtowed and said:
"Your Majesty, I am innocent. This servant acted on his own initiative. She lived with Xinyue in the shawl room, so it was difficult to hide. So she hid in my bedroom. I had no idea. Please investigate."
When Nanny Shang heard this, her eyes were bloodshot and she wished she could eat Hesheli the commoner, but now she could only kowtow and plead her injustice.
Kangxi, who had been looking at him without saying anything, suddenly spoke:
"Why do you, commoner Hesheli, call Concubine Xian "Noble Concubine Xian"?
This question was asked too suddenly. Hesheli Shuren was extremely nervous at this moment and replied subconsciously:
"Didn't Concubine Xian just get promoted to Imperial Concubine at her birthday banquet? Naturally, I have to call her Imperial Concubine Xian."
When she said the last few words, Hesheli Shuren's tone became heavier, and her expression was full of jealousy and anger that she could not conceal, so she did not notice the gloom on Kangxi's face after she finished speaking.
The next moment, with a "bang", Hesheli Shuren was hit hard on the forehead by the teacup, and blood immediately gushed out. She screamed, covered her head and looked at the emperor, meeting Kangxi's dark phoenix eyes, which were full of disgust and murderous intent.
"The imperial decree for Concubine Xian's promotion to Imperial Concubine has just been issued. How did you know about it so quickly when you are in the cold palace..."
As he spoke, Kangxi looked at Hesheli Shuren's dilated pupils and said coldly:
"It's because you have a spy outside the cold palace, so you knew the news as soon as Concubine Xian was promoted to Imperial Concubine. You were jealous and angry, not only did you smash the entire palace, but you also used a needle to poke the voodoo doll and curse Concubine Xian, so Concubine Xian suddenly fell into a coma for no reason. You really deserve to die."
At the end of his speech, Kangxi stood up suddenly, and before anyone could react, he kicked Hesheli Shu in the chest.
The commoner Hesheli flew two meters away and fell heavily to the ground, spurting out a mouthful of bright red blood.
The atmosphere was as quiet as a cold pond.
When Hesheli Shuren reacted, he felt pain all over his body, but the pain in his body was not as great as the pain in his heart.
Hesheli Yunna entered the palace at the age of ten, and it has been eleven years already, but in the emperor's mind she deserves to die.
Thinking of this, Hesheli Shuren suddenly laughed out loud like a madman, laughing so hard that he fell backwards. No one at the scene made a sound, and the only sound in the quiet house was Hesheli Shuren's laughter. When Hesheli Shuren finally stopped.
She no longer looked as frightened, crazy and insane as before. She raised her hand to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth, looked at Kangxi standing in the center of the hall, and a strange arc appeared at the corner of her mouth. She suddenly confessed her guilt.
"Your Majesty is indeed wise and powerful. Yes, I made that witch doll. I will curse that bitch, Concubine Xian. How could a sickly and weak girl like her enter the palace and become Concubine Xian? How could she occupy your exclusive harem? And how could she be promoted to Concubine in less than a year? She deserves to die."
As she said this, she curled the corners of her mouth and looked at Kangxi with a happy expression.
“Hearing what the emperor said, that bitch is actually unconscious for no reason. God has eyes. This is… too good to be true. Hahahahaha!”
Seeing Kangxi's increasingly ugly expression, Hesheli Shuren laughed even more happily:
"Is the emperor anxious and sad now? I didn't expect that the heartless and cold-blooded emperor would have such a day. Could it be that the emperor has fallen in love with Concubine Xian?"
Seeing the emperor's expression change, Hesheli Shuren covered his mouth exaggeratedly and said in surprise:
"But how long can the emperor's love last? A few days, a few months, or even a few years. He may love her so much today, but he may discard her tomorrow. I really feel sorry for Concubine Xian. She is so pitiful! Hahahaha!"
The only sound in the silent hall was the crazy laughter of Hesheli commoner.