Concubine Yi was already shouting: "Empress Dowager, no matter how honest and responsible we are, we can't control the people below who are doing evil. Look at those young people, who are charming the emperor with their looks, and the emperor is coaxed by them.
If they have the Five Mysteries and Three Ways, naturally they want the wind and the rain, and we can’t say anything about it.”
Even Concubine Tong couldn't help but coughed slightly to signal Concubine Yi to shut up, but she said unconvinced: "These days, can't we even tell the truth?"
The Queen Mother sitting there had changed her expression, sighed helplessly, and said: "You don't need to worry about things in the palace anyway, so just leave it alone. Just live happily in Yikun Palace."
Concubine Yi was so choked that she couldn't speak, and she couldn't point her finger at the Queen Mother to get angry. Her eyebrows were tangled together, and she held back a sentence for a long time: "Sister Huifei, does this count as shooting yourself in the foot?"
After Ningshou Palace dispersed, in the past when encountering such a thing, the Queen Mother would always leave Concubine De behind to whisper a few words, but today they all left together. Concubine Yi turned pale because she was snatched by the Queen Mother, so she left everyone behind.
So she left with the palace maid, complaining all the way that she didn't know when the house would be cleaned up, and it seemed that all the things she had kept privately had been dug out.
Concubine Tong's sedan was delivered to the door. Before she got on the sedan, she also sighed: "Your Majesty is really serious this time. The Eighth Prince led those people without any kindness and turned my house upside down."
She is settling down everywhere, and the noble lady is timid and thin-skinned, so she is very frightened, and I still have to comfort her."
After seeing off Concubine Tong, Lan Qi and Concubine Rong walked back together because they were close to each other. Concubine Rong was surprised that the Queen Mother did not leave Lan Qi to talk today, and even asked her: "You don't know anything about this matter?"
Lan Qi shook her head and said: "If I wanted to hide it from you, I would say I was hiding it. I really don't know anything. My Yonghe Palace has also been rummaged through. But they gave me face. There was nothing in my house. Sister
Where is it?"
Concubine Rong smiled bitterly: "Aren't you watching people serve food? I didn't move there, I just turned over a few rooms outside, so I didn't dare to say anything when Concubine Yi and Concubine Tong complained like that." After that, she sighed again, "
The eighth elder brother came with his people, and I saw him standing there with a tall and heroic posture. Thinking about our Yinzhi, his elder brother has long been outclassed by his younger brother."
"Eighth Prince, this kid has been lovable since he was a child."
"It's a pity that his background is not very good. His mother-in-law is a weirdo, and Concubine Hui will not treat him equally. This time he personally found out that there is a problem in Changchun Palace. I don't know if there will be any quarrel between mother and son." Concubine Rong sighed,
"After all, it's the children who are in more difficult situations who are more promising. No one is helping them. This child can only recover on his own."
Lan Qi knew that Concubine Rong knew everything inside and outside the palace, but she always stood on the dry shore and fought for everything she wanted within her own limits. She would not fight to the death for things that did not belong to her, but she
She can see through everything. Which of the princes is excellent and which is mediocre is all in her heart. When she says this at this moment, there is obviously something in her words.
Concubine Rong said again: "I told you not to mix things up before, but now I really don't need to mix things up. When I look at the emperor, I want to handle the matter neatly. As for the final result, we can just wait and see."
Lan Qi nodded, then changed the topic and talked about Xing'er's death and some related etiquette memorials, as well as the marriage of the prince and princess that had been put on hold. Finally, she mentioned that the Queen Mother was nearly sixty years old, and next year will be her sixtieth birthday. Before the emperor
I mentioned that I would like to celebrate the Queen Mother’s birthday. If we really hold a birthday banquet, we will have to hold one after the first month of next year. People from Horqin and other tribes will arrive in the capital to celebrate their birthdays one after another, and next year it will not be their turn to have such a leisurely time.
Walk and talk.
"Sister, you can't have a headache and just blame it on me next year."
Before the two separated, Lan Qi said this with a smile. Concubine Rong said that as long as her son and wife don't cause trouble for her, she can live a long life. Of course, this is all a joke. Back to Yonghe Palace, things have not been cleaned up outside. It was as good as moving, so many things had been dug out, and it was not easy to stuff them back one by one. Not long after we sat down, someone from Qianqing Palace said that the emperor wanted to eat the dishes cooked by Yonghe Palace, but There is no need to trouble the queen to send it there, just send the food.
Lan Qi didn't think much and just ordered Huan Chun, but Huan Chun said with a thoughtful smile: "Long live the Lord, please ask your servant to go and inquire. If there is something that I can't tell you, I can inquire. If they are tight-lipped, If you don't tell me, your slave will run away in vain. If Manager Liang is willing to reveal something, it is probably the emperor's intention. The emperor doesn't want you to get involved, so you can just watch the show in the room."
Lan Qi cautiously ordered: "Be careful. If he is in a bad mood, he won't tolerate your asking."
But Huanchun was thick-skinned and well-connected. He quickly cooked the emperor's favorite side dishes and took them to the Qianqing Palace in person. There was no second person with a fake hand. When they were delivered to the emperor, the eunuch who tasted the food tested the poison and found out the emperor's appetite. Not bad, I just answered a few words and said it was fine that my wife was at home, and then left.
Eunuch Liang followed him out and sighed: "If something like that is discovered in the Changchun Palace, I'm really afraid that the emperor will lose his temper and refuse to eat. The cooks in the imperial kitchen have changed several times, and they can't cook anything that suits the emperor's taste. "
Huan Chun covered his mouth and smiled: "Long live the Lord must be thinking that if you eat food from Yonghe Palace, even if you are not with the empress, you will still be eating the same food, and of course you will be very popular."
Eunuch Liang said oh, and thought it made sense. While going out with Huan Chun, he accidentally let it slip: "You really can't be careless when eating and drinking tea. Look at Concubine Hui, she almost fell into the hands of Yuan Wenwen. ." He came closer to Huan Chun and said softly, "Yuan promised not to have the guts, and was so frightened when he caught her that he moved. But what she said was completely different from what the emperor found out. She said that she was just feeding Concubine Hui day by day. She is poisonous and wants Concubine Hui to die without leaving a trace. The matter between eldest brother Fu Jin and Concubine Min has nothing to do with her. Who knows whether it is true or not."
Huan Chun was surprised when he heard this, but Eunuch Liang made a gesture of silence, coughed dryly and said, "I didn't tell you anything."
But Huanchun couldn't help but ask: "But Yuan promised not to be popular in the palace, so where can he get that dirty thing?"
Eunuch Liang said disdainfully: "When she followed Concubine Hui to the south, her family members also came to greet her. The emperor granted her permission to meet her, and she met her again when she came back to stay. Who knows if it was that way? What’s going on later?”
However, although Eunuch Liang told Huan Chun this way, and Huan Chun reported it back to Lan Qi word for word, things actually developed in another direction.
Three days later, the royal family concluded that Yuan promised to be jealous and had tampered with Concubine Hui during the drinks and snacks of the eldest brother and his wife. Concubine Min was innocently involved in the trouble. Yuan agreed to convict her. Naturally, The price was to be paid with one's life. One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and word of mouth spread in the palace. It always felt that the matter was sudden and far-fetched, but Yuan promised that the evidence was conclusive and she admitted it herself. The emperor approved the death penalty, and there was no room for change.
This can be regarded as the biggest scandal since the emperor took charge and established the harem. Concubine Hui's own people in the Changchun Palace wanted to murder her son. Yuan promised that although the crime was unpardonable, others would still criticize him. Why did he force Yuan to commit such a crime? He even implicated Concubine De inexplicably. After all, it was the princess's engagement party that day. Apart from such things, Concubine De was also embarrassed.
On this day, the Crown Princess came back from Ningshou Palace to pay her respects. She saw Suo'etu from a distance following the eunuch to Qianqing Palace. She had always been very wary of the Crown Prince, her uncle, so she pretended not to see her and turned back to Yuqing Palace. When she entered, She saw Wen Fujin playing with the children in the yard. When they saw her, the big ones and the little ones were like mice seeing a cat. The princess felt uncomfortable and didn't know what to say, so she simply walked past calmly.
I heard that the prince was in the study, and wanted to take a look. But in front of the door, he saw Yin Reng beaming with joy in front of the scroll of filial piety that came from nowhere. He obviously didn't care about so many things happening in the palace. He couldn't help but feel a sinking heart, and even the door was closed. I don't want to go in.
She used to not be able to see through what the prince wanted, but now she understands the prince's rebellious mentality. He doesn't seem to care about his status at all. He can cope with it in front of the emperor, but privately he has completely given up on making progress. Playing life is his biggest priority. The Crown Princess was hesitant more than once, always feeling that she might not be able to be the true mistress of the Forbidden City in the future.
At this moment, in the study room of Qianqing Palace, the emperor was playing a game of chess with a chess record. Suo'etu saluted after entering the door. He originally thought that the emperor would let him play chess together, but the emperor just asked Mr. Liang to bring a stool and ask Mr. Suo to sit there. Since the recent climate After getting colder, I asked him if his body and bones were still strong, and then he talked about the harem.
The emperor angrily threw the chess score in his hand on the chessboard. Many chess pieces were shaken and scattered on the ground. Amidst the crackling sound, Suo'etu heard the emperor say: "Yuan promised to insist that it was you who colluded with her to betray Da A." Brother poisoned her and promised her family a career and official positions, and even promised her a future as a concubine."
Suo'etu's old face looked as dull as if it was smeared with paste, but the emperor continued to hate her: "How could I believe her? The bitch is really hateful. She has done such a treasonous thing and wants to involve you. She is so Do you want me to leave this matter undisturbed for the sake of you and the prince?"
"Long live the Holy Ming." Suo'etu slid down from the stool and kowtowed to the ground. When he really faced the Holy Emperor, no matter how much he underestimated the emperor's courage, he would still be nervous and uneasy. He couldn't figure out what the emperor was. mean.
He found someone to inject the poison, but he couldn't do anything with Yuan Zheng. When the palace search found Yuan Zong, he was confused. Now the emperor turned to be a good person and said that Yuan Zong would bite them out. This matter There are only two possibilities. One is that the emperor knew everything and deliberately disgusted him; the other is that Yuan promised to be really mad and bit him. But no matter what you think, it is the former.
But the emperor suddenly said: "Yuan promised that there is still a pot of this wine to be delivered to me. If the eldest brother dies and I die, the prince will be able to ascend the throne earlier."
Suo'etu was frightened out of his soul, and he trembled and said angrily: "Long live Yuan, who promised to slander and poison the prince, and please the emperor to bring her to justice."