Chapter 160: Concubine Lian
Ming Wu walked step by step to the innermost part of the prison. looked at Concubine Lian sitting there with her eyes blank. I felt a lot of emotion in my heart. The queen is right, Concubine Lian has affection for him, but there is a problem with her emotional expression. What she did not make him feel distressed and guilty, but it disappointed him.
"I heard you haven't eaten or drunk all the time?" Ming Wu didn't walk into the prison door, and stood directly at the door and asked.
"Your Majesty? You're finally here! Hearing Mingwu's voice, Concubine Lian quickly raised her head, and when she saw Mingwu appearing at the door of the prison, Concubine Lian quickly stood up and looked at Mingwu in surprise.
"I'm here, I just want to know what you want to do." Looking at Concubine Lian's surprised smile, Mingwu was not in such a good mood. The queen had just passed away because of this person, and he couldn't wait to cut this woman with a thousand knives, how could he not smile at her.
"Your Majesty ......" Concubine Lian heard Ming Wu's ruthless question, and the smile that had just risen disappeared in an instant. After the expression, the whole person became sharp.
"The emperor asked his concubines why did they do this? Why can't concubines do this? The concubine thinks that she is no worse than that woman in terms of appearance, family background or others, but in the eyes and hearts of the emperor, there is only that woman and that woman's child? Staring at Ming Wu, Concubine Lian asked through gritted teeth.
"The queen is my wife, and he and I have shared joys and sorrows for more than ten years before the establishment of this holy dynasty, and I naturally have deep feelings for her." Ming Wu looked at Concubine Lian and said indifferently: "As for you and those who joined later, it's just to win the hearts of those ministers."
"Win people's hearts? Your sentence has won people's hearts, but it has ruined the lives of all the harem sisters. Everyone who has lost their life has put their hopes in your hands, how can you be worthy of everyone's true feelings? Concubine Lian sneered and looked at Ming Wu. I didn't expect ...... I didn't expect ...... After listening to Ming Wu's words, Concubine Lian found that she had tears again, and she shed more tears than before.
"There's no way around it! I don't want them to enter the palace, and I don't even want anyone to enter the palace, but you and their families keep asking me to enrich the harem, and you also send your daughters and sisters to the palace one by one. I don't accept what they have to say, and I accept what they have to say. What can I do? Mingwu sighed and said, "The queen said that you treated her like this, just out of jealousy, it seems that she doesn't understand you." Although I am not as good as the queen after I took you into the harem, I think I am not sorry for you, and even gave you everything I can give, but what are you not satisfied with? ”
"Contentment!" Concubine Lian looked at Ming Wu in frustration, and after a long time, she smiled, and the smile was heartbreaking. A woman who has given everything for a man, but wants to share his feelings equally with so many women, but still wants her to be content? How can she be content?
After laughing, Concubine Lian gritted her teeth and shouted to Ming Wu: "Didn't you want to know what the concubine of Lu Dao wanted to deal with the queen?" I'm telling you, I just don't like you to be so nice to her, and I want to get it all in her place. I also want her to see her beloved husband with other women every day, and I also want her to taste the pain of not being taken seriously. ”
Ming Wu closed his eyes, and after Ming Wu listened to Concubine Lian's words, he was speechless for a long time. He had doted on people for more than twenty years, and it was only today that he could see her true colors.
"The queen makes you jealous, but why do you have to deal with a baby? Ning'er is still so young, why do you want to be so cruel to her? Ming Wu stared at Concubine Lian and asked through gritted teeth. If she hadn't lost Ning'er, maybe he would have found the queen earlier, and he wouldn't have let her spend the rest of her life in such a miserable way.
"I never cared if that little girl lived or died. The reason why I lost her in the first place was because she kept crying, which made me upset. Concubine Lian said coldly.
"She's a princess, how can you treat my child like this?" Ming Wu looked at Concubine Lian in surprise. She is also a mother, how can she treat his daughter like this?
"She is the emperor's child, but not the concubine's child. Isn't the emperor just as ruthless to Shuang'er's biological son? Concubine Lian glared at Ming Wu and asked coldly.
"How ruthless am I? What is wrong with me to treat Shuang'er? Ming Wu stared at Concubine Lian and asked with a sneer.
"Where did the emperor treat Shuang'er? Does the emperor know what is the greatest wish of Dao Shuang'er in his life? But the emperor didn't care at all, and sent him to a far, far away place, and he couldn't return to the palace without a summons. Where is the emperor treating him? Concubine Lian looked at Ming Wu and asked loudly. If the emperor is really affectionate, how can he do this.
"He wanted the last thing he wanted. That position could not have belonged to him in the first place. Mingwu looked at Concubine Lian and said affirmatively: "Shuang'er and Xian'er both want to sit in my position, but no matter which of them does that position, one person must die to be stable." Shuang'er and Xian'er are both my sons, how can I watch their brothers kill each other? You say, what can I do to stop their war but to separate them? ”
"Shuang'er, he is the most capable prince, why can't he do this position?" Concubine Lian asked with a sneer.
"Competent? What else would he do besides calculating his brother? You don't look at it, I just gave him a county, and he governed it in a mess, if I handed over these thousands of miles to him, how long could my Great Holy Dynasty exist? Shaking his head, Ming Wu continued with a heartache: "I also know that Dao Mingxuan doesn't like that position, but only if he sits in that position, it won't cause a war between their brothers, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military will not object." It's just that now that Xuan'er is gone, their war will break out sooner or later. Do you want your son to die? I just lost a son, and that heart-rending feeling is something you don't want to feel. ”
"How can the emperor be sure that the person who loses will be Shuang'er?" Concubine Lian stared at Ming Wu, the winner is king, this is a tradition that has not changed for thousands of years, isn't it?
"The palms and backs of my hands are full of meat, and I don't want to lose any of my sons." Mingwu said sadly. If he knew the truth, his action would cost him his most beloved sons, and he would rather lose those two sons. Only now he doesn't have any chance of regretting it.
"Your Majesty......" Concubine Lian didn't speak, just looked at Ming Wu. They have been together for more than 20 years, and this is the first time they have spoken their hearts to each other. For the first time, she also learned about the helplessness and pain in Mingwu's heart.
I don't know how long it took to say that Concubine Lian wiped the tears from her face and said to Ming Wu: "The concubine knows that the emperor won't believe what she says, but the concubine still has to say that the prince was not killed by the concubine."
"Who else is it not you? Who has the motivation to do this? Who has the power to do that? Ming Wu said in disbelief at all.
"The concubine doesn't know who did it, but the emperor, the concubine has admitted that she imprisoned the queen and discarded the princess, which of these two is a capital crime, the concubine is already a mortal person, and there is nothing that the concubine has done that he dare not admit, but if it is not what the concubine has done, the concubine will not admit it!" Shaking her head, Concubine Lian said sadly. Even if she already knew in her heart who killed Ming Xuan, she wouldn't say it, because even if she said that kind of thing, no one would believe her words, and it would only make her accusations confirmed.
"I've gotten it!" After a long time, Mingwu nodded and said.
The queen also said that it was not done by Concubine Lian, and he was still suspicious at the time, but now that he has listened to Concubine Lian's words, he has accepted that Mingxuan is not the fact that Concubine Lian is afraid of. But if the murderer is not Concubine Lian, who will it be?
"The emperor's concubines know that they are guilty, and the concubines don't ask the emperor to spare their lives, and the concubines only hope that the emperor can spare those innocent people." Knowing that Mingwu had already believed in himself, Concubine Lian suddenly knelt in front of Mingwu and said.
"Innocent people? Who are the innocent people? Mingwu asked with a sneer. Are they those palace maids and eunuchs? I have promised the queen to spare the families of those palace maids and eunuchs. Those of your subordinates will only accompany Ming Xuan to the funeral. ”
"The person who the concubine asked the emperor to let go is the concubine's maiden family. They didn't know about Lu Dao at all, and the concubine ......" Concubine Lian knelt on the ground and kowtowed, but before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Ming Wu.
"Your maiden family can't let go, because without them, there would be no Concubine Lian today. If you don't talk about anything else, let's just talk about those killers, without them, you simply can't have so many helpers, and without those helpers, you wouldn't risk doing a lot of irreparable wrongdoing. You are at fault for everything, but they are your biggest accomplices. ”
"Your Majesty...... The concubine begged the emperor for mercy...... Everything is the fault of the concubines, what grievances does the emperor have on the concubines, they are really innocent! After listening to Ming Wu's words, Concubine Lian kept kowtowing and pleading. Even if she can't save all her family members with this move, she hopes to keep some of her younger family members alive. Even if they will have a hard time, it is better than being wiped out, isn't it?
Seeing Concubine Lian keep kowtowing there, Ming Wu didn't recognize it. "You are indeed guilty, and I will not let you go, but you are right, your family really can't all know what you have done, and I can spare a child under the age of five. Others have to die. ”
"Concubine, thank you to the emperor!" Although it is only a few ignorant children, it is the last hope. Concubine Lian didn't ask for more, because she was afraid that Mingwu would be angry because of this, and even the most desperate hope would be lost.
"Get up! I've returned to the palace. Glancing at Concubine Lian, Ming Wu didn't look back, the relationship between him and Concubine Lian for more than 20 years, didn't it mean that it wouldn't exist if there was none? Even if he gritted his teeth with hatred for her because of what she did, he would still be sad to see her so down. In order not to change his mind so that he would be soft-hearted, Mingwu could only choose to leave. It's just that as soon as he turned around, he saw Zhang Sheng dragging a dragon robe with a tray and walking over.
"Zhang Sheng, what are you ......" Ming Wu asked with his eyes looking at the dragon robe in front of Zhang Sheng. This is a brand-new dragon robe, Ming Wu can see clearly, this is not the dragon robe he wore before.
"Back to the emperor, this is what the minister just found out of a secret room when he was investigating the maiden house of Concubine Chaolian." Zhang Sheng walked into Mingwu, knelt on the ground and replied.
"Impossible...... This must be someone framed the maiden family of the concubine! The emperor must find out the truth! Concubine Lian had been standing at the door of the cell, and naturally she had seen the dragon robe in Zhang Sheng's hand, but she didn't believe that it would be something that her family had.
Ming Wu glanced back at Concubine Lian, turned his head to Zhang Sheng and asked, "It's the secret room, how did you find it?"
"Back to the emperor, this is just an accident, the secret room was built very secretly, and the ministers didn't see it at that time. It's just that when the minister was about to collect the things in the study and bring them back to the palace, there was an oil lamp that said that he couldn't take anything. The minister looked for his subordinates and searched around, only to find that the oil lamp was actually a secret passage entrance. This thing was found in the Chamber of Secrets. There were a few other things in the chamber, but they were all jade, gold, silver and jewelry. The minister has been registered and brought back to the palace. Only this dragon robe, the minister did not dare to dispose of it at will, so he came here to ask the emperor. Kneeling there, Zhang Sheng said respectfully.
"It's impossible to ......" Concubine Lian listened to Zhang Sheng's words and refuted loudly again, but she couldn't say a word of refutation except denial......
Zhilu said that this time, there was no room for maneuver, and Concubine Lian sat at the door of the prison, staring at Zhang Sheng who was kneeling on the ground without blinking......
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