The purge of the palace was quietly going on, and the tortured palace people were all gagged, so the people outside the palace did not know that the horrific movements were taking place in the palace, and the night in the capital was still calm and peaceful as usual.

Except for a dead wind lantern swaying at the entrance of the Korean government, the other lanterns were extinguished, and it seemed that the people in the mansion were also asleep. However, in the deepest study of the mansion, there was a glimmer of candlelight, and the silhouette of the activity reflected in the window clearly indicated that someone was still talking at night.

Li Shanchang personally poured a glass of wine and handed it to Hu Weiyong, and said with a smile: "There has just been news in the palace that Concubine Sun had a miscarriage, and the imperial physician on duty drowned the imperial liquid pool, and the emperor was furious and ordered to kill the palace people in the imperial dining room and the nine clans of the imperial physician on duty. ”

Hu Weiyong stood up flattered, took the wine glass with both hands, and said with a smile: "It seems that tonight is another bloody night." ”

Li Shanchang glanced at him and said, "Your plan has delayed hundreds of lives." ”

It turned out that what happened in the palace was actually due to the strategy of Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong.

Guo Hui was jealous of everything Ma Xiuying had, and because she didn't have the support of her mother's family, she had always hoped to find a powerful foreign aid, so when Li Shanchang contacted her and faintly revealed her intention to cooperate with Ma Xiuying's plan, she immediately nodded and agreed.

Li Shanchang is Zhu Yuanzhang's confidant minister, ranking first among the three princes, and his influence in the court is not trivial, and with his support, Guo Hui is confident that he can bring down Ma Xiuying. She is not as smart as Ma Xiuying, but she is not stupid, she knows that smart people should be dealt with by smart people, so she often asks Li Shanchang for advice, and obeys everything she says.

Wooing concubines and raising obscurity was Li Shanchang's first idea for her. She did what she said, and sure enough, there were many concubines on the Internet. It's a pity that she couldn't hold her breath, and within a few days, her true form was revealed, and she wanted to seize power from Ma Xiuying, but she was defeated by Ma Xiuying, and her relationship with Guo Ninglian deteriorated.

Li Shanchang repeatedly warned her to take it slowly.

She couldn't wait, she had to deal with Guo Ninglian immediately. She has been on an equal footing with Guo Ninglian all these years, why did Guo Ninglian throw her face and don't teach this woman a lesson, she can't eat.

Li Shanchang was afraid that she would make a mess of her own ideas, so he discussed with Hu Weiyong this strategy of killing three birds with one stone, which not only hit Guo Ninglian but also did not arouse suspicion, and also involved Ma Xiuying. As for how many people will lose their lives because of this, it's none of their business. They have only one purpose, which is to pull Ma Xiuying off the horse!

The muscles on Hu Weiyong's face twitched, and he quickly recovered as before, and calmly drank the wine in the cup, "The teacher said and laughed, students can't afford such a big responsibility." It's only their own bad life to blame. ”

Li Shanchang looked at his casual expression, and suddenly felt a little chill in his heart. In order to eradicate Liu Ji and Ma Xiuying, I don't know how many lives have been lost in their jokes, will one day he also lose his life in Hu Weiyong's jokes?

"I don't know how the emperor arranged for the ladies in the palace?"

Hu Weiyong's voice interrupted Li Shanchang's thoughts, he stabilized his senses, and said: "The emperor is indeed unwilling to make a big move, and did not continue to investigate, in addition to the execution of the palace people, Concubine Ning and Concubine Hui were grounded for three months and half a month respectively, and the Ma family returned to control all the affairs of the harem. ”

"Teacher, everything is as you expected, the emperor really has a deep affection for the Ma family, and such a big thing in the harem has not affected her. Fortunately, we still have countermeasures, as long as we insist that no one will benefit from this incident except her, there must be a cat in it, and even if she jumps into the Yellow River, she will not be able to wash it away, even if the emperor doesn't doubt that he can block Youyou's mouth?" Hu Weiyong laughed gloomily, paused, and said: "Our people have to speed up their actions to build momentum, and impeach Ma Xiuying before the queen's canonization ceremony begins, so that even if she becomes the queen, her virtue has already been criticized, and it will not be easy to abolish her in the future." ”

"Don't worry about this, the prime minister has asked the official to prepare a recital, and it will be presented to the emperor tomorrow. Concubine Hui will also post rumors in the palace. Hehe, the old man wants to see what kind of face the queen has in the world. As soon as he thought of being able to make Ma Xiuying stumble and make her unable to seal it smoothly, Li Shanchang's face bloomed. Ma Xiuying is unlucky, and Liu Ji's life will not be easy. Just like Hu Weiyong said, these two people can only blame their own bad lives, who told them to stand in their way.

In the early morning of the next day, the harem concubines went to Kunning Palace to ask for peace according to the custom, but they did not see Ma Xiuying. The concubines asked where the queen went, and were told that the queen of the Qing Dynasty would take someone to Chenggan Palace to visit Concubine Sun.

Concubine Han rolled her eyes and said, "Concubine Sun must be very sad when she loses her child, my little sister plans to go to see Concubine Sun too, which sister will go with her?"

The concubines had their own concerns, some went to Chenggan Palace with Han Concubine, and some people didn't like the excitement and left alone.

Concubine Han also ignored the departing concubines, and only said to a few people who were traveling with her: "The queen mother is really kind, there are many things in the palace waiting for her to decide, but she put the matter of Concubine Sun first." It is a blessing for our sisters to have such a queen. ”

All the concubines knew that she had always been good friends with Concubine Hui, but Concubine Hui was not very close to the queen, and suddenly when she heard her say good things about the queen, a strange feeling rose in her heart, and she didn't know if she saw that Concubine Hui was grounded and began to slap the queen or because of other reasons.

While not ashamed of Concubine Han, the concubines also had their own plans: there was such a big thing in the palace, and the queen had no responsibility at all, but took back all the rights without showing the mountain, in the end, the queen is still powerful, and when you meet the queen, you must be closer to the queen.

Although Guo Hui was grounded, Ma Xiuying's every move was told to her, and she laughed mockingly after hearing it: "Who can't be a showman, but it's a pity that no matter how well she does, it won't help." When she knew that the ministers in the court were impeaching her, she would see if she was still in the mood to continue pretending. ”

There was a smell of medicine in Chenggan Palace, Concubine Sun wore a light brown gown, her bloodless face looked even paler, her cheeks were deeply sunken, and her cheekbones came out like an awl. She leaned back against the head of the bed, the pillow behind her crumpled into a ball, apparently bearing the full weight of her master.

Hearing Ma Xiuying's footsteps, Concubine Sun's eyes moved slightly, and her head turned slightly to the door, revealing a bleak smile, "The queen mother, please forgive the concubine for not being able to get up to greet her." ”

Ma Xiuying hurriedly said: "You are like this, what kind of false etiquette are you talking about." In the future, you don't have to salute when you see this palace, and if you need anything, just call someone to inform this palace. ”

"Thank you for your concern. After Concubine Sun finished speaking, she stopped making a sound, and the room was quiet, quiet and depressing. Her personal palace maid Xiao'er wiped her tears silently beside her.

Ma Xiuying called the imperial doctor to inquire about Concubine Sun's condition. Originally, she wanted to ask the imperial doctor outside, but Concubine Sun said calmly: "The queen mother doesn't have to shy away from it, the concubine woke up in the middle of the night and asked the imperial doctor about the situation." ”

The male fetus in Concubine Sun's womb has been formed, and the miscarriage in such a large month has caused fundamental damage to her body, and her pregnancy is more difficult than ordinary people, this time it is completely cut off from the possibility of her childbirth, and all the imperial doctors in the palace have come to see it, and they are all helpless.

Ma Xiuying sighed and sat at the head of the bed, not knowing what to say. For a woman who has lost her child and lost her ability to have children, all the comfort is so pale.