Chapter 461: A show of force
Chapter 461: A show of force
Huipin realized that she had overreacted. It was broad daylight, and even if Rongfei wanted to do something, she would not choose this time.
As an ally, she is indeed wrong.
Huipin hurriedly chased after him and explained:
"It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that I was terrified by what happened last time. Who could have imagined that a dead man could have so many tricks up his sleeve? It almost cost Yinzhen his life."
Ji Nai sneered: "You hurt him like that, didn't you consider that he might retaliate?"
Huipin had naturally considered this, and she had been on guard for a long time. Even when Concubine Liu was seriously ill and on the verge of death, she didn't let her guard down until she was truly dead. Who knew...
Ji Nai knew what she was thinking without even looking. After all, she was not the real Nara. To some extent, this Nara was the same as Yuan Xu.
Before, Yuan Xu learned that it was the backup plan left by the deceased Concubine Liu, instigating Concubine Wu to attack Yinzhen by tampering with Concubine Wu's clothes, which frightened him so much that he trembled.
In Yuan Xu's opinion, how can someone harm others when they are dead and have already owed him a debt?
But what's so scary about this?
Nara was resentful of Liu for wanting to become her son's adoptive mother, and she tortured her in every way, causing her to be injured and unable to even survive a cold. Isn't this murder?
It’s just that Nara used a soft knife, so no blood was drawn directly.
As for Liu, since Nara wanted her life, would she just swallow her anger?
The reason why she never resisted during her lifetime was because Liu knew it was useless.
Nara was the mistress of the Yanx Palace, and Liu had to make a living under her. One was a concubine and the other was a concubine. What could Liu do?
Moreover, the source of this matter was that Liu wanted Nara to die in childbirth and raise Nara's child. It can be said that the one who seduces first is the one who is lowly, so Kangxi and the Empress Dowager would not care even more.
Perhaps, at the beginning, Liu thought that as long as she was patient, Nara would always let her go.
What was Liu thinking after learning that she had no hope of survival?
She hated Nara and also hated Yinzhen.
Liu wanted to retaliate, but Yinzhen was outside the palace and Liu's hands could not reach that far, so she chose to lie low and leave a backup plan before her death.
But in fact, this method is not safe. After Liu's death, it is not certain whether those people will continue to follow his orders. Isn't Liu worried that he will not be able to take revenge?
If it were Ji Nai, she would definitely perish together with her enemy before she died.
So, the water here is very deep!
However, Ji Nai could explain it to Yuan Xu and let her understand the ins and outs of it, but he would not bother to teach Nara. Just giving her a few pointers was already the most he could do.
"You and I both had the attitude that the person from Kunning Palace would never be forgiven, but how come you forgot when it happened to us?"
Huipin's face was very ugly, and she continued to speak after a long while:
"I was too naive before. I thought that since Liu was dead, those servants would be masterless."
She shouldn't have kept those servants. It would have been better to ruthlessly wipe them out completely. At worst, she could have thrown them into the Xinzheku.
Since she is already like this, why should she still care about her reputation?
"There are not so many loyal servants in this world." Seeing that Nara had not yet reacted, Ji Nai said meaningfully.
"What does the Empress mean?" Huipin was startled and looked at Ma Jia, not wanting to miss any details on her face.
"I don't mean anything. If Yinzhen wasn't so close to my Saiyin Chahun, I wouldn't have said a word."
Therefore, Ma Jia really knew something, and she reminded herself because she was worried that if something happened to Yinzhen, it would implicate Saiyin Chahun.
It’s just that, even after saying it, he still refuses to explain it clearly.
Although she felt a little uncomfortable, Huipin was not angry. She and Ma Jia were not on close terms. If the other party really said it too clearly, she would doubt her intentions.
What's more, Ma Jia has always spoken like this, and Huipin is used to it.
At first, Huipin thought that Ma Jia was pretending and spoke like this on purpose to appear unfathomable. Later, after suffering several losses, Huipin suspected that the other party was just trying to avoid giving others a handle.
What a cunning guy!
Huipin had a headache, so what on earth did Ma Jiashi mean? She was thinking so hard that her brain was about to explode.
Ji Nai looked at Nara's distressed expression with disdain and suddenly felt very wronged. Kangxi and Yuan Xu always thought she was stupid! She was obviously not stupid.
It’s just that one of them is too smart and the other has a God’s perspective, so sometimes, occasionally, they appear not so smart.
"Where's Aunt Wu?"
Huipin was stunned, and hadn't yet reacted to why Ma Jia asked this, but she still answered subconsciously:
"I was worried that something might happen to Yinzhen, so I asked Nanny Wu to go to his side."
It can be said that among the servants around her, the one Huipin trusted the most and felt most at ease with was only Nanny Wu, even though she had "betrayed" her before.
"Let's find another experienced nanny." Ji Nai was really worried that Nara in this life would not be able to withstand even a single move from Concubine De and Concubine Yi.
Huipin was silent. Was Ma Jia looking down on her intelligence? Right?
Cheng Qiangong
Ji Nai and Huipin took a look around and saw that everything had been arranged properly and the palace servants were in order.
But it's no wonder. After all, even if Tong Jia was not the future queen, she was still the emperor's cousin. No one in the palace dared to neglect her.
On the contrary, the Yiku Palace of the Niuhuru clan did not dare to offend Ebilun because of the incident, but they also did not dare to please the Emperor too much because they did not understand His Majesty's intentions.
Huipin followed Rongfei with a frown.
"Didn't we arrange Chengqian Palace together? And Wei Zhu comes to take a look from time to time, so there's no way anything could be overlooked."
In fact, Huipin just couldn't stand Rongfei's concern for Tonggiya. Everyone was the same. Why should she be special? Even in the Yiku Palace of Nianhulu, Rongfei didn't do this.
"Concubine Niuhulu seems to be a good-natured person. Even if there are any omissions, I think she won't take them to heart.
But...if nothing goes wrong, it's fine. But if there is a problem, do you think everyone thinks Tong Jia is incompetent, or doubts us?"
Although Ji Nai's meaning was very obscure, Huipin still understood it.
Yes, Niuhuru was such a smart person that she could naturally control the Yikun Palace firmly, but what about Tonggiya?
If there is any problem in Chengqian Palace and Tong Jia is not capable of handling it, will Tong Jia be embarrassed in the end, or will she and Ma Jia be suspected?
I'm afraid that by then, even for the sake of her own face, Tong Jia would put the blame on them, saying that she and Ma Jia deliberately planned this to intimidate Tong Jia.
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