Chapter Twenty-Eight: Whose Flowers Fall
Being able to govern the six palaces seems to have become the first step for the harem concubines to take the queen's throne, Tang Baolin saw this, and immediately got up and saluted the Empress Dowager Pei and said: "Concubine Xi is right, since the queen mother is in good health now, this matter of governing the six palaces is also entrusted to the concubines and Li Zhaoyuan by the emperor in desperation, and now, it is indeed time to return to Zhao." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Li Zhaoyuan leaned forward slightly, but she didn't stand up, she was still complaining about Tang Baolin in her heart, why did she take the initiative to mention this matter, Concubine Xi glanced at her, and said, "What's the matter? Li Zhaoyuan's sister, unwilling to let go?"
This is to force Li Zhaoyuan to express her position, Li Zhaoyuan knelt beside Tang Baolin a little reluctantly, but she didn't speak, it could be seen that she was unwilling, Empress Dowager Pei only glanced at them, and then looked at Mu Chenghuang, Mu Chenghuang smiled: "Actually, during this time, with the help of Li Zhaoyuan and Tang Baolin, I feel a lot more relaxed. ”
Empress Dowager Pei smiled lovingly: "You are such a lazy person. ”
Li Zhaoyuan glanced up at Mu Chenghuang with a little joy, although Mu Chenghuang was not to help her speak, but to push these things in her favor, Li Zhaoyuan immediately leaned over and said: "Indeed, these days, I have only known how hard Sister Xi and Empress Dowager Pei worked before, although I was still a little unfamiliar with it before, but after a long time, I also feel more and more handy." ”
"Really?" Concubine Xi smiled, "But how did I hear that Tang Baolin was actually supporting Tang Baolin behind this big and small matter, and Sister Zhaoyuan seemed to be here to make trouble." ”
The corners of Li Zhaoyuan's mouth twitched slightly, and she didn't speak, but Zhao Meiren said: "It's not right for Sister Concubine Xi to say this, Sister Li Zhaoyuan is also heartfelt, but she is just powerless." ”
Concubine Xi hid her handkerchief and echoed: "Yes, it's the palace that said the wrong thing." ”
Li Zhaoyuan's face is already very ugly, she is indeed powerless, she is not a woman from a merchant family, and after the Li family, she has always been at ease, those account books, those degrees, how does she know whether there is more or less, and those numbers, she has a headache when she looks at them, but it can't be said that she has done nothing.
After all, when the Queen Mother was seriously ill, everything she had to wear in the palace could not be broken, and she had also helped the Inner Government Bureau and the Inner Chamberlain to import large fabrics and spices several times......
"Ah," exclaimed one of the concubines, "why is this spice so choked?" ”
There will be a small incense burner on each small coffee table, because the weather is hot, there will be some spices with menthol to reduce the heat, this concubine shouted like this, and the people next to her suddenly felt that there was something wrong with this spice, and smelled why they choked their noses here, like very inferior market spices.
When Mama Gu heard this, she immediately stepped forward to check and uncovered the incense burner, and sure enough, she found that the spices in it were emitting a puff of white smoke, and the smell was a little choking, and the original incense cake was only half burning, but the remaining half was about to burn, and it was still smelling of sparks.
Empress Dowager Pei raised her hand slightly, signaling Mama Gu to withdraw these inferior spices.
Immediately, someone said: "Ah, I don't know which slave it is, the spices used by the Queen Mother dare to use their hands and feet, and they use some defective products, and I don't know what about the new spices in my palace?"
The other said: "Don't use it well, I also used the new ones before, but as a result, I don't know how much worse than the Queen Mother's here, they are about to smoke to death, and I don't know how the Inner Government Bureau of this batch of spices is purchased, and I dare to put them in the palace to use." ”
Now the matter seems to be serious, if there is a problem with a whole batch of spices......
Mu Chenghuang looked at Li Zhaoyuan, she knew that not only her, but everyone's eyes should be on her, including the Queen Mother.
Empress Dowager Pei didn't mean to be angry, but her tone was not threatening and angry: "I don't know how Li Zhaoyuan should explain this matter." ”
Li Zhaoyuan naturally knew that she had become the target of public criticism, she just lowered her head and said, "This matter, the concubine will definitely investigate it thoroughly." ”
"I'm afraid it's not good to let Li Zhaoyuan investigate thoroughly. Concubine Xi said, "I heard that this batch of spices was released by Li Zhaoyuan, and let Li Zhaoyuan check it, which is not the same as ...... Let the thief shout to catch the thief?"
"Who do you say is a thief?" Li Zhaoyuan turned back angrily, she is also a person who has used spices, she can still roughly identify the quality of this batch of spices, and this is the only thing that she and Tang Baolin can handle personally after governing the harem, naturally they dare not be sloppy, if it is not for Concubine Xi deliberately making trouble in it, how could this good thing suddenly become an inferior market spice.
But fortunately, she didn't check the spices alone before, as well as the head of the Inner Government Bureau and the internal affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as long as these two people were found to testify for themselves, she didn't believe that she didn't have the opportunity to prove her innocence.
If Mu Chenghuang knew that Li Zhaoyuan had such a simple idea in his heart, he was afraid that he would laugh out loud, Mu Chenghuang lowered his head and tasted tea, this tea was still as good as ever, but Yu Guang kept looking at Concubine Xi, Concubine Xi raised her head slightly, and her face exuded a strong possessiveness in addition to the pride and confidence of being a mother.
Concubine Xi used to hold the phoenix seal on her behalf, what a beautiful scenery, wasn't her goal in her life to ascend to the position of the queen and bring the queen's crown? She and the Empress Dowager Pei blocked her way, so she came up with a plan to kill two birds with one stone, Tang Baolin and Li Zhaoyuan blocked her, and she could easily play Li Zhaoyuan, who had never governed the Sixth Palace, in the palm of her hand.
Concubine Xi lowered her head slightly: "Oh, sister Li Zhaoyuan, this is looking for a witness?"
Li Zhaoyuan was shocked, and she could even guess what Concubine Xi was thinking in her heart.
"Is it Tao in charge of the Inner Government Bureau or Xu Nei from the Inner Chamberlain?"
"Concubine Xi," Empress Dowager Pei said sullenly, "Today, the mourning family is in good health, but I just called you over to talk and relax, if you have to talk about these trivial things, out of the mourning family's Shoukang Palace, then say, the mourning family, I am not in the mood to listen to you about the affairs of the Inner Servant Province and the Inner Government Bureau, as for this spice, since it is not good, it will be changed." Empress Dowager Pei looked like you could toss as much as you like, and Concubine Xi blessed herself slightly and said, "It's the concubine who lost her words." ”
"However, as for the power of the six palaces," Empress Dowager Pei's words made everyone raise their throats, Empress Dowager Pei looked around, and said, "It's still up to the emperor to decide." ”
The emperor's intention must be handed over to the Queen Mother to decide, Mu Chenghuang snickered in his heart, the Queen Mother kicked the ball very well, but looking at Empress Dowager Pei's attitude towards Concubine Xi, let Concubine Xi ********, I am afraid it is unlikely.
Although the matter of this spice is too obvious, Mu Chenghuang thought that at most the result would be on the second day, but he didn't expect that in the evening, the emperor had already ordered Li Zhaoyuan to be sentenced to 20 canes, and the internal affairs and the affairs of the spices were released together, and they were sentenced to 80 and 80 boards respectively, but even his life was gone.
Although Li Zhaoyuan is only twenty boards, but in the end she is a woman with fine skin and tender meat, and she is the most powerful one when she fights, and I heard that during this execution, Li Zhaoyuan has been scolding Concubine Xi's name, saying that Concubine Xi is making trouble from it and deliberately slandering her.
After this incident, no matter whether Li Zhaoyuan is innocent or not, it is impossible to continue to participate in the affairs of the Sixth Palace, the imperial doctor has come to see it, and he will have to rest for at least a month or two, as for the two people, they were already dying when they were dragged back, but I am afraid that they will not be able to last these two days.
Just when everyone was happily watching the jokes of this former favorite concubine, Mu Yuanan went to Li Zhaoyuan to visit him personally, it is said that he stayed all night, Li Zhaoyuan was beaten like that, it was difficult to turn over, and naturally he couldn't sleep, Mu Yuanan really accompanied Li Zhaoyuan for a night, as if telling people that even if Li Zhaoyuan made a mistake, he was also a distressed person.
Mu Chenghuang knew the news, but he didn't know whether it was happy or worried, for the entire harem, Mu Yuanan deliberately did this, obviously to prevent Concubine Xi's family from becoming dominant, and now he is asking Mu Yuanan to forgive Yuan Zishan, and the excerpts of lifting Yuan Zishan's grounding in advance are also endless, but looking at the entire palace, Tang Baolin's position is too low to deter the concubines of the six palaces, Li Zhaoyuan has such a thing again, and the matter of governing the six palaces is naturally no longer related to her, and there is really only Concubine Xi who can count.
Could it be that this harem is going back to the time when Concubine Xi covered the sky with one hand?
In the early morning of the second day, Li Zhaoyuan was still lying on the bed to rest, she can only lie on her stomach all the time, yesterday Mu Yuanan looked at her wounds with no disgust, the white and tender skin was red and red, at that time Li Zhaoyuan was still angry, and deliberately said to Mu Yuanan that Mu Yuanan was really ruthless, and he didn't feel distressed if he hurt her?
Mu Yuanan naturally said some words of comfort, saying that if she didn't beat her, she couldn't explain to others, and she didn't come to see her.
Hearing the movement of Mu Yuanan getting up, Li Zhaoyuan was ready to get up like a conditioned reflex, and dressed Mu Yuanan as usual, but as soon as she used force, her buttocks hurt badly, Mu Yuanan looked at her and grinned in pain, and was busy supporting her, saying: "You don't have to get up if it hurts, there are palace maids to serve." ”
Li Zhaoyuan pitifully held on to the railing of the sour branch carved bed, and said: "In the past, concubines served the emperor, but when they were served, they didn't know if the emperor was used to it. ”
Mu Yuanan touched her little face: "It's good to rest, I'll come to see you in two days." ”
Li Zhaoyuan nodded, very well-behaved, the ** mother Lin outside seemed to have calculated the time, when Mu Yuanan went out, she just brought the pink and tender ninth princess, and the ninth princess saw Mu Yuanan is hugging Mu Yuanan's legs, and shouted her father in a milky voice.
Mu Yuanan was in a good mood when he saw the ninth princess, and hugged the ninth princess and said to Li Zhaoyuan: "Cheng Wan is also at the age of going to the national prison, I see that she has not relapsed her asthma recently, and it just so happens that the eldest son of the Xiang family is also going to school, and she is the same age as Cheng Wan, but she can be a companion." ”... Friends who read books, you can search for "", you can find this site as soon as possible.