Chapter 176: Entering the Palace
"What about the rest of the Cao family, what about Xiaoxiao?" asked Red Fox in a hurried tone, worried.
"When the subordinates arrive, there will be Master Cao who is about to mutate in the Cao Mansion. The others were all gone. "Hongyi told the truth.
As soon as he heard this, the red fox immediately ordered, "Mama Tang, arrange the carriage, I want to enter the palace." ”
"Yes. ”
"Master, take the medicine first. Ah Jun fed the medicine to the red fox and looked at his master worriedly.
Although the master didn't look like anything on his face, Ah Jun knew that the master and Lord Xiao had been like sisters for so many years, and their relationship was very deep. Now that the life and death of Lord Xiaojun are unknown, the master's heart is only afraid that he will be worried.
"Xing'er, is something wrong?" Seeing that the atmosphere here was not quite right, the two Situ brothers walked over and asked curiously.
"Mama Tang, you come and explain to them. Ah Jun Axun, follow me into the palace. After the red fox gave the order, he and the brothers nodded and left.
Sitting in the carriage, the red fox opened the package, took out a booklet, and quickly browsed it.
"Master, are we going to the ancestral hall or the palace?" When we were about to reach the fork in the road, the coachman asked for instructions in advance.
The red fox counted the time and said to the coachman, "Go to the palace." ”
The palace gate guards didn't expect that the red fox would come suddenly. Hurry up and let the carriage in.
"Isn't that the carriage for raising the princess?"
"Didn't you say that you were sick and didn't even attend the palace banquet? Why did this suddenly enter the palace. ”
"What's sick. I think she is afraid that she will be embarrassed when she meets the seven princes and seven princesses at the palace banquet. ”
"Sisters, don't say it, in case you let that one hear it and annoy her again. Start crazy, start your hands, who can stand it. ”
"My sister is just timid. We are all the emperor's women. Besides, we didn't do anything wrong, I'm afraid that she will do something to her adopted daughter. ”
"What a bold man, dare to talk about the princess of the Great Sage behind his back. Come, bring them down. Wait for the emperor to return to the palace and let the emperor deal with it personally. Xianghe happened to be passing by, heard the conversation of the three people, and immediately stood up and reprimanded him.
The three of them quickly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
"The concubine spares her life, it is the concubine who is speechless, please spare the concubine and the three concubines. ”
Who doesn't know that the emperor favors the adopted princess, if the emperor knows, then it's okay. Therefore, the three of them immediately knelt on the ground, admitting their mistakes and begging for mercy, without ambiguity.
Xianghe glanced at them coldly, and after a while, he said: "For the sake of your sincere attitude of admitting your mistakes, and today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, this palace will spare you first." If in the future, let this palace hear it again, you have the slightest disrespect for Princess Renshan, and this palace will not spare it!"
"Concubine Xie spared her life, and the concubine didn't dare anymore. ”
"Go down!"
"Yes. ”
Because the emperor has not come back yet, the red fox will rest in a side hall first. Think about it, how to explain this matter to the emperor next.
"Xing'er. ”
As soon as the red fox looked up, he saw Xianghe walking in with the maid.
"Your face still doesn't look very good, why did you suddenly enter the palace at this time?"
"Something happened, come to the emperor to discuss. ”
"Do you need my help?"
"Not yet, if needed, I will definitely not be polite to you. ”
Xianghe took the initiative to take the red fox's hand and said gratefully: "Xing'er, Yu'er told me everything. Really, I've always wanted to see you and thank you in person. But I can't get out, and you don't come. Today, you finally came in, you must come to my palace to sit, let me thank you well. ”
"Between the two of us, where else do we need to be thankful. If you are doing well in the palace, it is the best reward for me. ”
Hearing this, Xianghe was very moved.
"Princess, Your Majesty has returned to the palace. While the two were talking, someone from the palace reported at the door.
"Xianghe, I'll go see the emperor first. ”
"Good. ”
When the red fox came to the Heart Cultivation Palace, he saw the Grand Duke outside the palace, looking very worried.
Seeing the red fox coming, the grand duke kindly reminded: "Princess, when the emperor worships his ancestors, the incense is extinguished once. The emperor is in a bad mood because of this, don't mess with the emperor. ”
The red fox thanked the Grand Duke for mentioning the point and agreed. Someone opened the door and let the red fox enter the temple.
As soon as I came in, I saw Mo Jinghuan with his hands behind his back, staring at a pair of words on the wall, and he was fascinated.
This word, Red Fox also knows, was written by Emperor Shengwen when he was alive, "Dragon Teng Jiuxiao, Hong Fu Qitian" eight big characters.
"Xing'er, is my father still blaming me? Hearing the voice, Mo Jinghuan knew that it was the red fox who came in. He didn't turn around, but still looked at the words, and said in a sad tone.
"Fourth brother, I don't think my father is blaming you, he is reminding you. As he spoke, he stepped forward and stuffed the burden into Mo Jinghuan's hand.
"What is this?" Mo Jinghuan asked in surprise as he looked at the baggage.
"Because in the dream, Xiaoxiao begged me to save her. So, worry in your heart. Send someone to visit. When my people arrived, they found that everyone else in Cao's mansion was gone. This is the burden that Master Cao handed over to me when he was about to mutate.
To the southeast, several places are occupied by monsters. Officials in many places defected. This is the seal of those traitors that my people stole out. In order to prevent the seal from being in their hands, there are other changes. ”
Mo Jinghuan's eyes were full of incredulity. He opened the baggage, and sure enough, there were more than a dozen seals and a few booklets.
When I opened the booklet, Mr. Cao's notes came into view.
It records what happened in the city on a certain day, month, year.
It can be seen that at the beginning, Mr. Cao was doing idle chores and writing like a diary. Later, it seemed that something unusual was discovered, and only then did it begin to be recorded in earnest.
There was the first exotic landing. There are lost corpses, and many homes ask the master to practice. Also, monsters have been seen roaming the streets.
There is an adult who secretly accepts bribes from whom, there are foreigners who collude with officials, and so on.
After Mo Jinghuan finished reading, his whole face was already black to the bottom of the pot. He never imagined that the officials chosen by the Great Sage would collude with others, do many things that oppressed the people, accepted bribes, and finally betrayed the Great Sage.
The red fox has been by Mo Jinghuan's side, watching him because of anger, his forehead is bruised, his hands are clenched into fists, and he doesn't say a word.
At this time, the queen suddenly came with her stomach up.
The Grand Duke glanced at the palace, walked up to the queen, and said respectfully, "Say hello to the queen." ”
"I heard that something happened during the ancestor worship, and the palace came to see the emperor in person. ”
Looking at the queen's angry face, the grand duke knew that it must have been the queen who heard that the princess had entered the palace, so she hurried over and stared at the two of them.
In the past, the emperor favored the red fox, but because of the love between the red fox and the seventh prince, although the queen was not very happy, she could bear it.
But now, the red fox and the seventh prince have separated. Last night, the emperor broke up the banquet early, left the palace, and didn't come back all night. Today, the red fox suddenly entered the palace again. The queen couldn't help but alarm bells in her heart.
"Empress Qiqi, it is inconvenient for the emperor to see you at this time. It's freezing this day, so please go back and rest. ”
"Hmph, what's the matter with the emperor and benevolence, and you still have to avoid the palace?!" When she said this, the queen's tone was obviously saying that the emperor had an adulterous affair with the red fox.
The eldest duke's face was not good, and before he could speak, he saw the queen with a big belly, kneeling straight on the ground, and shouted to the palace: "The concubine brings the prince in the belly, please the emperor." ”
"Niangniang, be careful of the dragon fetus in your womb, you can't kneel here. The Grand Duke hurriedly stepped forward to support and carefully comfort.
Mo Jinghuan inside was simply annoying. Hearing the movement outside, he didn't move. Obviously, he wanted to let the queen kneel.
Seeing this, Red Fox Shili said: "Since the queen mother is here, then I will go back first." The red fox said, and Shi Li retired.
"No, I have something to tell you. As he spoke, he commanded, "Let her in." ”
When the outsiders heard the emperor's order, they opened the palace door and let the queen in.
The smugness on the queen's face flickered. She touched her belly and entered the temple very respectfully. Seeing the red fox saluting herself, she just nodded casually.
The queen saluted the emperor. After getting up, he walked to the emperor's side and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, the concubine hasn't seen you all night, but I'm worried about it." ”
"Do you have anything else?" Mo Jinghuan still looked at the booklet in his hand, and asked coldly with an expressionless face.
"Your Majesty, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. The sisters of the palace and the families of the princes are still waiting to meet them. ”
As he spoke, he glanced at the red fox and pretended to be unintentional and said, "Why did the Seventh Princess come first, the Seventh Prince is still in the palace."
Ah, this palace forgot, the current Seventh Princess is the granddaughter of Lord Murong. Look at this memory of Hongu, I'm sorry. ”
"It's fine. You originally had a small brain capacity, but now you have been stupid for three years of pregnancy, and your brain is even whiter. Benevolence and understanding. ”
After speaking, he looked at Mo Jinghuan and said, "Since the emperor still has something to do, Renshan will retire first." ”
After saying that, he saluted again and turned to leave.
"Xing'er. Mo Jinghuan shouted from behind.
But the red fox only pretended not to hear and left.
The eldest duke wanted to stop him, but seeing that the red fox's face was wrong, and then looking at the queen, he had no choice but to give up.
"Queen, you were presumptuous just now. ”
After Mo Jinghuan finished speaking, he put down the booklet, didn't look at the queen, and left directly.
"Niangniang, what did Princess Renshan mean by what she said just now?
In front of the emperor, she didn't dare to say anything. The queen swore solemnly.
Mo Jingsa heard that the red fox had entered the palace, but after waiting for a long time, only the emperor and queen came, and the disappointment in his heart almost overwhelmed him.
After the salute was completed, Mo Jinghuan sent someone to investigate what the red fox said.
In the new garden of the Hui faction, as soon as the red fox came back, Situ Junwen stepped forward and asked, "What did he say?"
"Didn't say anything. The red fox lay on the sofa with a big grin, holding a plush toy, and said lightly.
Mingyue didn't feel any surprise, he explained: "This matter is so big, I think he has to send someone to investigate it first, and then discuss countermeasures with the ministers."
What we can do has been done, and the emperor will take care of the rest. ”
Red Fox reached out and took a small snack from the coffee table and put it in his mouth. As if nothing happened, there was no trace of anxiety.
"Ah Xing, your mental quality is really. Situ Junwen seemed to be envious and said as if he didn't understand.
"It's happened, even if I'm so anxious to die, crying and fussing, it's already happened. It's better to calm down and think about what to do later. ”
"You've been busy all morning, are you hungry?" Mingyue asked with concern when she saw the red fox eating snacks one by one.