75. Deception
My father has been trapped in paralysis for a long time, and recently he has been infected with wind disease, and he does not like people to be noisy, so there are only five of us in the evening banquet, and the sound played is not grandiose, but the new song of the second and third teaching workshops is better than exquisite. The four of them listened with relish, but I was not even in the mood for dinner, so I sat down for a while, and said that I was not feeling well and would go back first. When Li Sheng heard this, he said with concern: "Is it because of the heart disease again?"
When Li Sheng explained to him, I peeked at my mother, and saw her but drank a glass of wine, and did not ask, knowing that my daytime behavior must have been known to her, palpitations, my heart really throbbed a few times, and I held a wine glass in my hand to pretend to be, at this time my hand shook, the wine in the cup spilled out, spilled on my body, I was afraid of causing them to make a fuss, so I hurriedly stabilized my hand, and said with a strong smile: "My son is not strong enough to drink, so I will retire with Aya A-Niang and my brothers." When I got up, I saw my mother also stand up, looked at me, paused, and frowned and said, "Wan'er, you send your son back, and order the imperial doctor to take a look for her." โ
Wan'er came out in response, and sent me out with my mother's step, and I was alone with her for the first time today, so I winked at her and called her to the side of the walk, and said with a smile: "Thanks to you today, I said that I also promised to help in Ruzhou last time, but I don't know how to thank you." โ
Wan'er said: "The concubine does her duty as a minister, and she can't talk about helping or not helping." โ
I thanked her for knowing her intentions, so I didn't say anything, let her send me back, when I entered the door to greet me has been replaced by Song Foyou, I asked her: "What about Wei Huan?" I saw Song Foyou stunned, and replied: "I heard that the lady doesn't want to see her, so she has been sent to manage the treasury." โ
I was anxious in my heart, and I could only say politely on my face: "Annoying Song Niangzi announced that she came to see her." "I never used the word "Xuan" when I summoned Wei Huan privately, Song Foyou also knew, looked at me, Fang withdrew, and soon saw Wei Huan come in, more respectful than when he saw me in public in the past, prostrate in front of me, and said "Cheap concubine Wei, meet the princess".
This title really hurt my heart, and I just wanted to call her up, but when my hand reached out, I touched the scroll in my sleeve, and retracted it again, and called Song Fuyou in with a loud voice, and ordered someone to close the door, leaving only the three of us.
I didn't speak, and the two of them kept kneeling and not making a sound, and even breathing was very subtle. The room was as silent as a tomb.
I pinched out the scroll that had reached my wrist, slowly unfolded it, and threw it in front of Song Fuyou: "Ah Yang teamed up with a few palace people to steal the property in the palace and sell the royal gifts without permission, Song Niangzi already knows about this?"
Song Fuyou was stunned and said: "Your Majesty has sent someone to explain this matter to the concubine today, and the relevant people have been detained by Jinwu and moved to the Yeting Prison, and will be dealt with by His Majesty's order; โ
I looked at her and said, "What are you going to do?"
Song Fuyou said: "The princess has set rules for the affairs of this palace, so she will inspect and visit wรจn according to these rules." โ
I hummed and waited for a while before saying, "Wei Huan, what do you think?"
Wei Huan also paused at me, she was so respectful, I looked at it from this side, I could only see the back of her head, and I couldn't even see the top of her head, so she was mixed, the advantage was that she could hide most of her feelings, and the disadvantage was that she would put herself in a humble position, whether I beat her, scolded her, Or slash her, she is defenseless, and I can also infer her feelings from her body movements and the reactions of the people around her, and I can also gain a sense of dignity from above, and she gets nothing from me, no expression, no respect, even if I sit with my feet crossed now, she has no way of knowing-the person who invented this set of etiquette is really wise, and with a simple action can perfectly combine the king and the minister. The division between the upper and the lower has been drawn, and since then the relationship between people is no longer a simple relationship between good and bad, but has become a situation where you figure out me, I calculate your situation, monarchs, ministers, it is really happy.
Song Niangzi's words are very true. This is Wei Huan's answer, it is simply seven words, without any emotion, but it makes me more irritable, step over, squat in front of her, and shout: "Look at me." โ
Wei Huan didn't look up immediately, I reached out and pinched her chin, forcing her to look up. She resisted a little at first, but suddenly regained her strength, and her head was suddenly moved by me, and then she lowered her head, staring at me with her eyes flat.
I see myself through her eyes. There is no need to disguise, my face is already a little fierce, this fierceness is very unfamiliar, but Wei Huan's eyes are more fierce than mine, like a wounded beast, I unconsciously used force, and saw my hand pinch out marks on her chin, but she didn't feel anything, neither exhaled pain, nor even showed weakness in her eyes.
We confronted each other for a long time, and Song Fuyou moved uneasily in the middle, and said softly: "Princess, Wei Huan is not a palace maid. โ
I glared at her, kicked her out, and only let go when I looked at Wei Huan again. Her chin had been pinched blue by me, I had never known that my hand was so strong, and I regretted it a little, but when I saw her gaze again, I became angry again, stood up straight, looked at her condescendingly, and said, "You did a good thing." โ
Wei Huan smiled mockingly: "The princess has learned a little like her majesty." โ
I was stunned, and immediately said-for-tat: "A-Niang never kills softly, how much do you think I can learn from this?"
Wei Huan was silent. I saw that she had the intention of backing down, and sat back down, the scroll was just kicked by me, and now it has been dispersed, revealing the last signature, Wei Huan saw the three words Qiu Shenxian, his face changed slightly, and he unconsciously reached out, and immediately retracted it, I saw it, and sneered: "It was interrogated by Qiu Shenxian, are you satisfied?" Officials in the DPRK and China, except for the prime minister, there are not many things that I can remember. Qiu Shenqi is one of them. Qiu's family started with martial arts, and he was also relocated to the prince's right guard.
Li Sheng treats the palace people benevolently, and the people who are forbidden in the East Palace are often lightly dismissed, but this Qiu Shenqi is contrary to Li Sheng's benevolent government, once he meets the forbidden palace people, he is often greatly interrogated, and he is very disgusted with him, and he has asked his father to remove him from his official position several times, but because of his mother's guarantee, he is told not to rise but to surrender, and he has become the general of Zuojin Wuwei. He is also famous in the palace, and it is said that the young palace people do not obey discipline, as long as they hear the sentence "send you to General Qiu", they will no longer dare to be naughty.
Wei Huan lowered his head again, and said in a low voice: "Isn't it a matter of course for Jin Wu to guard the palace city, catch the palace people who stole it, and present it to His Majesty after interrogation?
I was really angry with her, I almost jumped up and stood up, rushed to her, and said coldly: "Qiu Shenqian has the name of a cool official, he interrogated and asked, how many people will be implicated, do you know?" Among those people, there are nurses who have taken care of me since I was a child, there are palace attendants who accompany me to play games and have fun, and even guards who have followed me closely, all of them are alive and close to me.
Wei Huan said coldly: "If they behave upright, how can they be afraid of General Qiu's interrogation, and how can they be implicated? You really feel so sorry for them, why don't you strictly restrain them so that they don't violate the ban? Isn't it ridiculous that you yourself indulge in their lawlessness and come to intercede for them when something happens?"
I couldn't suppress my anger, as soon as I stretched out my hand, I swept all the things on the several cases around me to the ground, and the plates and bowls of fruit fell flat and slammed to the ground, Wei Huan was indifferent to my anger, but straightened up and continued: "The palace has its own laws, you are a princess, you can ignore these laws, but we don't have such good luck, if we make a mistake, we will be punished, and no one can escape." โ
I knew in my heart that she was messing around, but I could be anxious in front of my mother, but I was always clumsy in front of her, and I held back for a while before I only said: "This matter could have been decided by me, but if it is not good, it can also be handed over to the palace province or the province of the inner servant, I don't believe that theft can cause death to death..." What did you and your henchmen in the capital say to the person surnamed Qiu?"
Wei Huan was really moved at this time, glanced at me, lowered his eyes and smiled: "You have grown." โ