509 There Are So Many Beauties in the South of the Yangtze River
"Use?" Lan Qi thought carefully about Xuan Ye's words, and sure enough, Xi's concubines intensified their bullying of Wang Changzai, even on those days when they went to the garden. Perhaps in their view, the emperor could not think of those new loves at the critical moment, which meant that they were dissatisfied with the emperor.
Words are not important. Concubine Xi tried to bully the Wang family, but the emperor did not respond. Naturally, she felt confident, and Wang Changzai became a lamb at the mercy of others.
Xuan Ye continued: "The letters she exchanged with Cao Yin were all about the secrets of the palace that should not be told to outsiders, as well as my affairs. She was so bold that she openly exchanged letters with her family. I didn't pay attention at first, and I sympathized with her homesickness.
I was so passionate that one day I accidentally discovered that the words in the book that Cao Yin handed over were too solicitous, and I felt that he didn't look like someone from far away in the south of the Yangtze River, as if he was still in the forbidden palace all the time. I checked the guards and eunuchs around me,
No one related to him was found. I remembered that Wang often exchanged letters with her family. I only intercepted them once and found out that she was doing those things secretly. Although she was not plotting against me, she was helping Cao Yin and Li Xu spy.
My privacy is also a capital crime."
Lan Qi listened with her mouth half open. It was unbelievable. She never thought that Wang, who seemed to be a very smart person, would do such a stupid thing. She still remembered that when she and Yuan promised to come to show their kindness, they said that their family wanted them more.
Get close to Concubine De, saying that she will be someone you can rely on in the palace from now on. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she had never been close to the Wang family and the Yuan family, otherwise the situation in Lian Yonghe's palace would have been different.
Will it also be spread to Jiangnan by Wang Changzai?
"Behind them are Jiangnan and Han people. If I deal with them, I will end up distrusting the Han people. However, I am very angry and don't want to say anything to her. In order to let her know that life in this palace is not easy."
In such a situation, she was sent to Qixiang Palace, I know..." Xuan Ye paused and said with a bit of self-deprecation, "What I did is really not what a man would do."
Lan Qi's heart skipped a beat. There was a voice in her heart that was telling her something she didn't want to hear. But after struggling for a long time, she still timidly asked: "The emperor actually likes Wang Changzai, right?"
Xuan Ye looked at her, his eyes were full of tenderness and a little guilty. He stretched out his hand to move Lan Qi into his arms, but the person in front of him knelt down and didn't move. He lowered his eyes and said, "I know, after all that, I have to say this.
I can't agree to it anymore. Whether she is dead or alive, what does it have to do with me?"
Xuan Ye took the initiative to step forward and hug her into his arms, but before he could speak, Lan Qi said, "Your Majesty, don't say nice things to coax people. I just want to feel sad for a while."
"What's that?" Xuan Ye smiled helplessly, rubbed her arm and said, "I'm sorry, when I see young and beautiful people, I always..."
Lan Qi struggled to avoid it, and said sadly: "Don't say such things, I really can't bear it, let's talk about something else, okay?" Suddenly feeling extremely aggrieved, Chu Chu asked Xuan Ye pitifully, "Your Majesty, my lord.
Is I really old?"
Xuan Ye smiled slightly, kissed the corners of her eyes, and said softly: "Are you afraid that wrinkles will appear here? If I kiss you more, there won't be any. Don't be unhappy, you know my thoughts, and I know that
Bad habits."
But Lan Qi laughed out loud, her face that was crying and laughing was really cute. Xuan Ye held her in his arms and asked her why she was laughing. She was told, "I am thinking of my son. Your Majesty, don't look at the seriousness of the fourth elder brother when he is studying. In private
He is a little naughty guy, and his mouth is so sweet. No wonder Queen Xiaoyi was coaxed into running around by him. Now when I occasionally talk to my concubine about Yuxi, she behaves like a man. I always think, you can do whatever you want.
In just one sentence, I will forget who I am, and my daughter-in-law will also be coaxed into confusion in the future. Our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are really pitiful."
Xuan Ye laughed loudly and said: "After all, he is my son."
In addition to sweet words and words to comfort each other, serious matters cannot be ignored. No matter how reluctant Lan Qi is, she must carry out her dignity and responsibility as a concubine. After the two of them were in a good mood, Lan Qi took the initiative and said: "This
Let Chen Concubine come forward in this matter. Let Chen Concubine explain the stakes to Wang Changzai. She is a smart person. She will understand how to go in the future. But Chen Concubine also put down her words.
If the Wang family has another intention and does anything to betray the emperor, the emperor should not blame the concubine for being cruel, such a person cannot be tolerated in the harem."
Xuan Ye said happily: "I know that you will have to end this matter eventually, so I keep it in my heart."
Lan Qi lowered her eyes and said, "Then the emperor will like her less in the future."
Xuan Ye hesitated and said deliberately: "Anyway, there will be new people coming to the draft in two years. I will choose more beautiful and young ones, so I will let her go."
The words made the person in front of her change her face. Knowing clearly that Xuan Ye was teasing her on purpose, Lan Qi still felt uncomfortable. She turned around and grabbed the bulging money bag and hid it in her arms. She lowered her head and muttered: "Silver is better."
Xuan Ye looked at her with a smile: "I can't make up for what I owe you, but I can give you whatever you want, as long as you ask."
"Then I also want a bottle with sky blue glaze." Lan Qi said without hesitation. Xuan Ye had no choice but to agree to her without even asking what she was doing with so many bottles.
That day when the emperor left the Yonghe Palace, Concubine Rong hurried over and asked Lan Qi if she had told her about the king's presence. She said worriedly: "She has not been able to get enough rice and water in the past few days. Concubine Xi will not torment her anymore, but
She doesn’t want to live just looking at her.”
Lan Qi sighed: "I will go to Qixiang Palace tomorrow and say what I need to say. I can't stop her if she really wants to die. Sister Kerong, she can't die. If she dies, it will be difficult for the emperor to deal with her."
The words were contradictory and the mood was tangled, but she had to clean up the mess for Xuan Ye. The two of them seemed to be born not to make up for each other. She would deal with the grievances that Xuan Ye made, and Xuan Ye would deal with the mess that she made.
The ending, occasionally thinking about it, seems to be quite fair.
It was still snowing heavily the next day. When Lan Qi's warm sedan arrived at Qixiang Palace, the top of the sedan was covered with a thick layer of snow. The concubines were waiting in front of the door with their big cloaks and two people in the backyard with their faces.
Lan Qi smiled and said, "What are you doing outside in such a cold weather? If you are so polite, I won't come here anymore."
Everyone bowed respectfully and surrounded Concubine De as she entered. However, when she walked into the courtyard, Lan Qi said unceremoniously: "I don't want to drink the tea in Xi concubine's room in a hurry. I heard that Wang Chang is not well. I want to go and see her."
she."
Concubine Xi looked embarrassed and defended herself, saying, "She hasn't had any rice water these past few days. It's no use even if my concubine's words are worn out."
"Of course you have to work hard. She is young and petty and can't be easily disciplined." Lan Qi smiled slightly, picked up her cloak, turned around and walked towards the east side hall. The layout of the palaces and pavilions in the palace were mostly the same. Even though it was her first time to set foot in Qixiang Palace, she didn't feel the same.
As for walking in the wrong direction, Huanchun Luzhu and a few people gathered around him, gradually leaving everyone in Qixiang Palace behind.
When Empress De Fei entered the side hall of Wang Chang Zai, Lu Zhu went out with a smile and said to the concubines and others who wanted to follow him: "The empress wants to talk to Wang Chang Zai. Please wait in the main hall, empress.
Come and have tea with you again."
They were stopped outside the door. The momentum of Luzhu and the others completely overwhelmed the people of Qixiang Palace. Sure enough, all the servants who doted on the concubines were like half-masters. The concubines and concubines had no confidence. They wanted to retreat to the main hall and live with them.
One of them agreed and said: "Concubine Rong and Concubine De have come to take care of this Wang family one after another. Concubine, have we gone too far? If the emperor likes her again, she will..."
"Shut up." Xi Pin scolded her angrily, her face turning red. "What else can a Han woman do?"
In the East Wing Hall, Lan Qi took off her big cloak, held a stove to warm herself, and walked around the Wang family's house for a few steps. Wang Changzai was helped off the couch by the maids, and the weak man followed him tremblingly to salute.
, Lan Qi couldn't bear to see her looking so haggard, but when she thought of the ridiculous things she had done, and because Xuan Ye was not worth it, she turned around and sat on the warm bed, while Wang was helped by the palace maids to kneel in front of her.
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Lan Qi has never wanted anyone to be too groveling to her. Even when people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs go to Yonghe Palace on errands, most of them stand. She feels that seeing others kneeling from time to time will give rise to arrogance. Her dignity, and
There is no need to rely on other people's knees to maintain it. It is very rare in Yonghe Palace to watch Wang kneeling on the ground from a high position like today.
"You are here, have you thought about yourself?" Lan Qi said straight to the point, "If you send a private message to your family, I will leave a ring of spring fragrance and moon in the room."
There’s no malice, right?”
Wang looked at Lan Qi in surprise and asked in a voice like a mosquito: "Do you know, your Majesty? Your Majesty...have you told your Majesty?"
Lan Qi looked down at her proudly: "I am asking you now, answer me."
Mrs. Wang suddenly burst into tears and collapsed limply on the ground. She cried and said that the things she did were unintentional and that she really didn't know it would be such a big sin.
But Lan Qi was unmoved and said coldly: "If you don't want to tell the truth, I can't help you. If you insist on holding on to your last bit of dignity, then just wait and die in this palace. In your heart
Do you think that the emperor will not kill you, or even dare to kill you?"
Mrs. Wang stared blankly at the people on the seat. Lan Qi's eyes were sharp and she said straight to her face: "There are so many beauties in the south of the Yangtze River. Who do you think you are?"
"Empress?"
"Are you unintentional?" Lan Qi pressed again.
"No, it's not..." Wang suddenly collapsed and cried on the ground, "I am guilty, but I beg you to believe me. I have no bad intentions or malice. I am just..."
"What's the use of explaining now?" Lan Qi signaled Huan Chun to pull up Wang, dragged a chair and put the limp person on it. Wang held on to the armrest and said sobbing, "My dear, please save me, my concubine.
I can't live happily in Qixiang Palace, and the concubine Xiang wants to strangle me to death."
Lan Qi glanced at Huan Chun. Huan Chun bent down and lifted up Wang Changzai's skirt and rolled up his trouser legs. However, she saw that on Wang's fair and slender legs, the purple and black spots on her knees were very frightening. As expected, it was rumored that she had been raped.
It is true that concubines are punished by kneeling.