Chapter 153: Concubine Min's sin is so unjust
readx;? Emperor Xia Jing was very strange, he found that he was only one person, strolling in the open peach blossom forest, looking up, the spring sun was bright under a pleasant pink, the petals were flying without wind, but the peach blossom forest could not see the end. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Suddenly, there was a crisp laugh like a wind chime, which seemed to be ethereal and distant in the ears, not only not scary but desirable.
The sound was both familiar and unfamiliar to him, and an eager desire drove his steps towards the ringing of the bell, and miraculously, the originally endless peach blossom tree only walked a few steps before coming to an end.
The wide field of vision is a disc stone table, but Xia Jingdi's eyes are firmly attracted by a woman in a light pink pleated palace dress.
She was holding the delicate medicine pestle in her hand, pounding all kinds of herbs carefully, the crystal slender earrings swayed slightly with her movements, as if she felt a fiery gaze, she raised her head and was stunned in the direction of Emperor Xia Jing, and then put down the medicine pestle in her hand, Tingting stood in place, blooming a bright and sweet smile, and called: "Your Majesty." ”
A wave of joy suddenly rose in Xia Jingdi's heart, he hurriedly walked forward, and was about to answer, when suddenly he stopped and wondered.
Who is she? I like her so much, why can't I remember? Emperor Xia Jing became flustered.
Seeing Emperor Xia Jing's hesitation, the woman's sweet and carefree smile suddenly became bitter and resentful, "Has the emperor forgotten his concubine?"
No, no, no, he hasn't forgotten, what he should know is on his lips, just ...... Emperor Xia Jing opened his mouth, but he still couldn't call out the name.
The surrounding blooming peach blossom forest suddenly became far away, and the bright spring light seemed to be covered by a black curtain in the dark, and it was pitch black except for himself, only the woman opposite, and the peach petals from nowhere were still fluttering, continuously.
Tears slowly left in the woman's eyes, crossed her cheeks, and dripped down, like heavy stones falling on Emperor Xia Jingdi's heart.
"Why don't you believe me?" the soft and mournful voice sounded, with an endless sense of desolation and helplessness, "My family has practiced medicine for generations, just to save people, how have you ever thought of poisoning others, that vicious poison does not come from nowhere, I am willing to try to find a solution myself, so that people will no longer suffer from its torture, the despair of no cure, but how have you ever thought that it will become evidence of attack...... Your Majesty, why don't you believe me, don't believe me!"
The woman's eyes showed sadness and despair, and she hid her face and turned to cry in pain.
Emperor Xia Jingdi's suppressed heart was sad. He believed her, how could she use "Leng Mei" to harm people with her kind heart.
The doubts in his mind suddenly became more and more profound, why did he know that it was "Leng Mei", who was this woman?
"No, Zhao Ye! You know it wasn't me who did it, it was that slut! She framed me, she hurt your child! Your concubine! It's not me!"
A poignant and sharp voice came, the pair of white jade-like hands that hid their faces suddenly put down, and when they raised their heads, there were a pair of blood-red eyes on the soft and sad face, and the bright red and piercing blood flowed down the traces of tears, flowing through the corners of the curved bright red lips, and the slightest black gas gathered on her body, and suddenly turned into a hideous and distorted ghost face. The elegant light pink dress was suddenly stained with a little blood......
"You killed me!
Emperor Xia Jing was shocked, his blood flowed back, his body was cold, he trembled his lips and turned to flee for his life, his steps were flustered and he shouted while running: "Come to someone! Come to Fu, come to people! Help, help, help-"
He suddenly found that no matter how he ran, he couldn't get out of this darkness, no one else came even if he was hoarse, and when he turned around, he saw the female ghost tilting her head and looking at her panicked self mockingly, her hands were skinny, the bone joints were protruding, the nails were long and sharp, and the dark fingertips were shining with ghostly light, and she rushed straight towards Emperor Xia Jing.
"Zhao Ye, give me a funeral!"
Seeing that Fan's black and green fingertips touched his neck, Emperor Xia Jing was so frightened that he was about to vomit out his bile, and he suddenly came to his mind and shouted, "Don't, Minmin-"
Suddenly, everything was shattered and drifted away like a mirror......
"Emperor, Emperor!"
Suddenly, Emperor Xia Jing opened his eyes, and the blur in front of him gradually became clearer, only to see that there was a bright yellow curtain above his head, and then he turned his face hurriedly, and saw the Queen Mother with a worried face.
The Queen Mother was holding a towel in her hand, as if she wanted to wipe it for him, but now she paused.
After a moment of stalemate, the handkerchief fell on Emperor Xia Jingdi's face and wiped it gently, "Emperor, you have a nightmare, and your face is covered with sweat." ”
In one sentence, Emperor Xia Jingdi, who was still holding his breath in fright, suddenly took a deep breath, and his stiff heart beat rapidly, "Queen Mother, I ...... I dreamed of Concubine Min...... She hates me......"
The Queen Mother didn't speak, just sighed deeply, gently wiped away the fine cold sweat on his forehead, and did not urgently summon the imperial doctor to come in for treatment.
How could the events of that day escape the ears of the Queen Mother.
The harem is full of unjust cases, countless unjust souls, and there is only one Amitabha.
"Queen Mother, how many days have I been in a coma?"
"Two days. ”
Seeing that the Queen Mother did not have a trace of eagerness and anxiety, it was obvious that everything was fine inside and outside the palace, and Emperor Xia Jing was also relieved.
The emperor's prestige gradually recovered, and Emperor Xia Jing summoned his father-in-law to come in, and said coldly: "The concubine is derelict in her responsibility, takes the position of the concubine, demotes herself to a concubine, gives her a good title, and receives the right to supervise the harem, which is temporarily managed by the concubine." Concubine Xian......"
Emperor Xia Jingdi's voice was suddenly as cold as ice, "If you enter the cold palace, you will not be forgiven for life." ”
"Yes. "The father-in-law immediately knelt on the ground, regardless of the virtuous concubine or Zuo Meiren, in short, there will be no more mothers of Lizheng Palace in the future.
The Queen Mother called, "The emperor ......"
After Xia Jingdi finished speaking, he seemed to have exhausted his heart, and just waved his hand, "Queen Mother, this is already for the sake of the fifth child, otherwise a white silk will be fine." ”
"It's only good if you don't regret it. A soft word made Emperor Xia Jing almost burst into tears, he was blindfolded by anger and fear eight years ago, and he was in the same scene, the same as not listening to advice and insisting on going his own way.
In the end, I found that I was the most stupid.
"Min Min ......"
Emperor Xia Jing was so angry that he vomited blood and fell into a coma, which really scared everyone, fortunately there was the Queen Mother in the harem, and there was a forbidden army guarding it, so there was no big mess.
And in the capital, Zhao Jingyi sat in the Rui Wang's Mansion, and did not see anyone, although he did not move, but his sharp eyes stared at people, and naturally no one dared to move.
Finally, two days later, the emperor woke up, but the first thing that was surprising was to dispose of the concubine with the highest ranking in the harem, the once hot concubine was demoted, and the virtuous concubine went directly into the cold palace, and there was no day to come out, and even the status of the two princes has obviously changed.
King Liang barely moved, and King Shu never even saw his mother's last face. He knelt outside the Heart Cultivation Hall and begged for two days, and he fainted from heat stroke in the summer hunting and did not see his father, but was directly sent back to the Shu Palace, and then a three-month grounding decree blocked all possibilities.
When he woke up, the Anping Marquis Mansion had collapsed and he was imprisoned, and when he got out of the palace, the ground at the entrance of the vegetable market had been newly painted, and it had changed overnight.
Concubine Shu's poison was not heavy, and it was gradually cured by Lin Xi and the Nine Emperor Princes.
It is also a blessing in disguise, and the power of the harem just happened to be in charge of the harem when he was seriously ill, and in the blink of an eye, this woman who was not from a high background because of the emperor's whim became the most noble woman in the harem step by step in addition to the queen mother.
The top and bottom of Yijing Palace suddenly raised their eyebrows and became the target of being stammered, and even the palace people who swept up seemed to be superior.
And Lin Xi's task has also been completed, it is time to leave the palace.
Zhao Jingyu sent him back, but stopped when he was ten steps away from the palace gate.
"Uncle Lin. ”
Zhao Jingyu stopped Lin Xi and suddenly said, "My mother is wronged." ”
Eight years ago, many people knew about the unjust case, and the harem was a place to listen to all directions, and it could spread to every corner on the second day, until it became a topic of conversation in the teahouse in the capital.
Although Zhao Jingyu is no longer in turmoil, he will inevitably be affected.
He has struggled in the harem since he was a child, and he has become accustomed to all kinds of contempt and ridicule in the open, bullying and scolding in secret, and silently enduring who calls him the son of the concubine!
Emperor Xia Jing was so angry that after vomiting blood and fainting, he recruited him to him within a few days, and he called him a sick man, but in fact it showed the emperor's fatherly love.
The face that suddenly became much older, looking at the medicine bowl sent by Zhao Jingyu, lovingly made him terrified. has always ignored his cold gaze, but now he is warm, and he tells him about Concubine Min's kindness and beauty, gentleness and thoughtfulness as if he is reminiscing, all of which makes Zhao Jingyu embarrassed and uneasy, and he can't help but feel resentful.
Zhao Jingyu was six years old when Concubine Min was afraid of sin, and he already remembered, if he really felt that his mother was gentle and kind, then why didn't he believe her and directly gave him the death penalty? Who will this gesture of affection show after death? He has ignored himself for eight years, let him struggle to survive, and now what is this fatherly love?
Zhao Jingyu wanted to ask, wanted to shout, but after all, he couldn't say anything, just silently listened to the emperor's repeated recollections, quietly accepted any reward, and obediently played the role of a filial son in front of the hospital bed.
It's just that no one told about this grievance, and today when Lin Xi left the palace, he finally asked Emperor Xia Jing for a decree, "Uncle Lin left the palace today, and his son wants to send him off." ”
"Lin Xi?" Xia Jingdi thought for a while, as if recalling this person, and then he smiled, "It's okay, this kid can be an official when he joins the office, and he can seek medical treatment when he leaves the court, he is a rare talent, and contact is not a bad thing, especially his teacher, Master Bai Rusong, will definitely visit more when he has time, if he can teach him, it would be better." ”
"Yes, my son knows. Zhao Jingyu lowered his eyebrows and stepped back respectfully.
"Wait. Emperor Xia Jing suddenly stopped him, Zhao Jingyu looked up puzzled, and saw Emperor Xia Jing summoning his father-in-law to come in, and ordered: "You go to the Internal Affairs Office to find some good things for Xiao Jiu, and I will give you another hundred taels of gold, ten horses of silk, and a set of four treasures in the study, which will be given to Lin Xi together." ”
Zhao Jingyu left the Heart Cultivation Palace with the reward, picked up Lin Xi, and sent him to the palace gate, and couldn't help but tell Lin Xi before leaving.
"Do you hate it?"
Lin Xi turned around and looked at Zhao Jingyu quietly, with compassion in his eyes.
Who do you hate?
But now that she has been imprisoned in the cold palace, she will never be able to get out, and the days of the cold palace, others don't know him, but it is clear. He couldn't forget when he slipped into the cold palace when he was a child to escape the bullying of the palace maid, and saw the hopeless eyes of the women imprisoned inside, dead and silent like a walking corpse. There is no daylight, no time away, lonely and zero, slowly staggering to death, it is simply torture.
Life is better than death, what else can he hate? The relevant palace people and slaves have already killed batch after batch, and people are dying like lights going out, and he doesn't know which one to hate.
Perhaps as long as the emperor who insists on adjudicating the holy decree......
Zhao Jingyu's pupils shrank.
As if to see through his thoughts, Lin Xi stepped forward, faced the young man who was already like him, revealing the outline of youth, and said lightly: "If you really feel guilty, will the emperor give Concubine Min a grievance?"
Gently, a few steps visible, Zhao Jingyu shook his head.
The most ruthless for the emperor.
Lin Xi looked back at the most majestic palace in the palace, and then asked, "What is the crime of the Lizheng Palace?"
interfered with the government and assassinated the concubine.
This concubine is not the two pregnant palace concubines who suffered eight years ago, nor is she Concubine Min who was a substitute for the dead, but the concubine who is cold and plum.
Obviously, Emperor Xia Jing did what all emperors of previous dynasties would do, making up for it but not overturning the case.
Even if everyone knew that Concubine Min was wronged, the emperor would never be wrong.
Zhao Jingyu smiled, but it was more ugly than crying, "The mother hanged herself not to commit suicide in fear of sin, she was determined by death." ”
Lin Xi's heart suddenly twitched, and blurted out, "Do you want to avenge her?"
"Yes!" Zhao Jingyu said categorically.
Lin Xi looked at this young man who trusted him, hid the sadness in his heart, forcibly suppressed the guilt in his heart, and said calmly and solemnly: "Then be a filial son first, under the grace of Concubine Min, the emperor's guilt and pity will be infinitely magnified, as much as possible to absorb power and status, and plump his wings, as long as you remember not to touch the bottom line of his supreme imperial power, the rest doesn't matter, now you can easily get his favor and tolerance." The king of Shu has been down, the king of Liang cannot be dominant, and the emperor will definitely support you to balance with the king of Liang. As long as that's the case, the possibilities are endless. ”
Zhao Jingyu looked at Lin Xi's handsome face in a daze, his dark eyes were like the light of a dark star, he just stood with his hands in his hands, and his tone was cold, but it exploded in Zhao Jingyu's brain like the sound of winter thunder.
"Uncle Lin, do you think I can ......" Zhao Jingyu also forgot to look at the highest hall, and the restlessness under the forced press, the expression of composure that he tried to maintain was a little distorted.
Lin Xi looked at Zhao Jingyu's secretly clenched fists, and still said coldly: "Although I am offended, I still want to say that now is indeed the best time, one by one the hole cards are given to you, and you can have everything if you grasp it." Concubine Min is the eternal pain in the emperor's heart, an inadvertent stab, he can give you what you dare not think, and then there is the wind blowing on the pillow of Concubine Shu, you can hold the things that you dare not think about. ”
"But except for the harem, I don't know any of the officials above the court, unlike the two royal brothers who also have their mothers and wives to help outside, and my eyes are black as soon as I leave the palace. ”
Hearing this, Lin Xi suddenly smiled lightly, "What is there to worry about, when you can leave the palace and open the mansion, His Majesty the Emperor will always be ready for you, and then develop on this basis Isn't it justified to change the name? Now all you lack is time." ”
Zhao Jingyu's eyes lit up, and he suddenly looked at Lin Xi and asked happily, "Uncle Lin, are you willing to help me?"