Chapter 6 — Noble Concubine, Is It Your Turn to Be a Nun?

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The five flower pickers were escorted by prison car to Ninh Vuong palace. They were tied up and kicked and kneeled by the soldiers in front of Ninh Vuong. Hoa Ngoc Nghien was not ashamed, standing in front of the group of thieves. Ninh Vuong asked:

“Tell everyone, is your sixth accomplice the woman in front of you?”

The leader frowned:

"Who is this? Not familiar!"

Everyone cheered. Hoa Ngoc Nghien laughed loudly and pointed at me:

"Tong Cam Chau, you're done! You slandered this palace, wanted to turn this palace into a flower picker, this time you will definitely die!"

Big brother was also panicked:

“Cam Chau, are you really wrong?”

The crowd immediately erupted:

"What's going on? Did you arrest the wrong person?"

“This woman is not a flower picker, is she really a noble lady?”

"Did Tong Cam Chau draw it wrong? Impossible! Do you really dare to plot to harm the Noble Concubine?"

Hoa Ngoc Nghien was extremely pleased. She couldn't wait, so she rushed forward and ordered:

"Where are you? Arrest this bad guy Tong Cam Chau for this palace!"

“Wait!”

A tall and thin flower picker suddenly changed his words:

"Big brother, you're old and your eyesight is bad! That's clearly our Sixth Sister!"

The leader stretched his neck, looked closely at Hoa Ngoc Nghien, then suddenly laughed and changed his tone:

"It's big brother with blurred eyes! Little sister, your fake skin has been stripped off, big brother almost can't recognize your real face!"

Hoa Ngoc Nghien was frightened:

"What nonsense are you talking about! How could this palace collude with people like you!"

The flower picker said:

"Sister, stop pretending. I know that you admire the current noble concubine who also comes from a wandering background, but you can't go crazy enough to say that you are a noble concubine!"

Ninh Vuong stepped up to block Hoa Ngoc Nghien and questioned:

“What do you mean?”

The tall and thin guy said:

"Our sixth sister is the best at translating. Sometimes she pretends to be the girl next door, sometimes she pretends to be the old woman in the village. She is clever and clever, and can always trick honest young ladies to come and enjoy them for us."

"For a long time, even we forgot her true appearance."

The leader raised his hand wrapped in chains, pointed at Hoa Ngoc Nghien, and said to the people:

"Do you know why we have never been able to capture our Sixth Sister? It's because no one knows her true face!"

“The day the Song family threw the hydrangea to welcome us, our brothers had already targeted the Song palace, so we told the Luc sister to transfer to the Vuong family!”

"Anyway, Vuong Ninh wears a mask all year round, impersonating someone is the most convenient! The handsome young man you saw that day, in fact, even his hair is fake!"

Another flower picker chimed in:

"Sixth sister was born ugly, had a birthmark on her face, and had no hair, so since she was a child, she has practiced the art of translation hard. The woman you see today is just her real face, what's strange?"

Having spilled such a large pot of dirty water, Hoa Ngoc Nghien frantically stamped her feet and screamed:

"You talk nonsense! You speak nonsense!"

"Once our group is caught, there is only one way to die. Sixth sister, more than twenty of the lady's lives are bloodied on your hands. Don't expect to pretend to be a noble concubine to clear your name!"

The flower picker stared at Hoa Ngoc Nghien:

"Be good sister, follow your brothers and go down to the yellow spring. When you get to the underworld, you will lure the female ghost to come for us to have fun. Is that Okay?"

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A confession from the flower pickers explained all the previous suspicious points. All the onlookers were angry, and the people's resentment soared to the sky!

“You beasts, give the lives of innocent women!”

Seeing that the people were angry and out of control, Ninh Vuong also panicked. Big brother, who hates evil like an enemy, said solemnly:

“Your Majesty, the witnesses and evidence are all complete! Please reconsider, you absolutely cannot be deceived by this female thief, and you should not cover up serious criminals!”

There was a flash of panic in Ninh Vuong's eyes, but he still instinctively wanted to protect Hoa Ngoc Nghien - because he was really sure that this was the Noble Concubine!

“King!”

I looked straight into Ninh Vuong's eyes:

“The royal family only protected her because he thought she was a noble lady. But think carefully, when the Emperor returns, will you accept such an ugly woman as your Royal Highness? The birthmark on the female thief's face will never be erased for the rest of her life!

Ninh Vuong protected Hoa Ngoc Nghien only because he knew that she was the Emperor's favored concubine. Protecting her also benefits him in front of the Emperor. But I reminded him - in the past, the Emperor favored Hoa Ngoc Nghien, half because of his life-saving grace in the past, and half because of her appearance. Currently, Hoa Ngoc Nghien's face is covered by a black patch, and her head is bald, looking really extremely ugly. Hoa Ngoc Nghien comes from a chivalrous background, with no family background behind her. For the past three years, she has roamed around freely, without any children under her pillow. A woman who has lost her appearance and is caught in such a storm has no clan behind her to support her, nor any descendants to support her. Even if the Emperor returns to Beijing to accept her, how long can the favor he has for Concubine Hoa Quy last be maintained? A woman who is destined to fall out of favor, is it really worth the trouble that Ninh Vuong Palace, which has always been wise to protect, puts all its efforts into protecting? Ninh Vuong clearly calculated the dangers and immediately sobered up. He walked out in front of Hoa Ngoc Nghien. Hoa Ngoc Nghien was frightened and quickly pulled him back:

“Your Majesty! What are you doing?