Chapter XXXVIII
"The emperor hasn't returned to the palace yet?"
The shadow of the sun is slanting westward, hitting the high eaves of the Zhaoyang Palace, casting a layer of heavy shadows, in the dim light in the hall, you can vaguely distinguish the slender figure sitting in front of the window, on the high palace bun, the light of the hairpin between the hairpins flashes away in the shadows. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Back to the mother, the emperor hasn't returned to the palace yet." The little palace maid standing in the hall knelt down upright and replied softly.
"Today is the New Year!" The queen's voice was subtle and inaudible, and her eyes looked faintly at the white plums blooming outside the window.
The small year is after the winter solstice and before the big year, which is also a big solar term. According to tradition, the emperor and queen will accept the palace concubines to congratulate them on the day of the new year, and hold a family banquet in the palace to celebrate.
But Li Zhi was absent on this day!
Thinking back to the meaningful eyes of the palace concubines who knelt in front of her to greet her before the big banquet, Queen Wang shuddered a little.
At that moment, she seemed to see the concubine of the first emperor hidden behind the door in the Ganye Temple, and her face was not even revealed, and all that echoed in her ears was the morning bell and dusk drum in the Ganye Temple.
The emperor and queen are not in harmony! These four words were like a heavy burden on her heart.
The queen is not allowed to be favored, and it has long been a well-known secret in the palace! Now, Li Zhi no longer has any scruples about even this most basic face!
Queen Wang's hand was hidden under the wrinkled skirt, and she pulled the jade jue that pressed the skirt fiercely, this jade jue was her dowry, she has always regarded it as a treasure, and she has never left her.
But right now, the ridiculous gap on this jade jue is like a villain with a wide open mouth, mercilessly laughing at her innocence and stupidity!
"Why? Why would you do this? The queen's eyes flashed with resentment.
"! The King of the Ministry of Rites asks to see you! Taozhi hurriedly walked in from outside the door, blessed the queen with a blessing, and said softly.
Since Xingrui and Tsubaki Ya left, the palace maids around Queen Wang were left with Willow Leaf and Peach Branch, and Peach Branch picked up the burden left by Xingrui after leaving, and took on the work of close service and important information transmission around Queen Wang.
Queen Wang came back to her senses under the report of the peach branch, let go of her hand and straightened the folds of her skirt, and said hurriedly: "Please!" ”
The palace gate is about to be keyed, and when my father comes in at this time, he must have something important to tell.
Taozhi answered, but after a while, a middle-aged man of medium stature with a few locks of long hair flowing under his chin followed her and stepped into the Zhaoyang Palace.
Wang Renyou knelt down five steps away from Queen Wang, and exclaimed: "Minister Wang Renyou see Niangniang Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose!" ”
"Flat! Throne! ”
Without waiting for his father to kneel on his knees, Queen Wang opened her mouth to stop the momentum of his kneeling, and waved her hand to signal Taozhi to take a spring stool for him.
The little palace maids in the palace withdrew from the Zhaoyang Hall at the signal of the queen, but after a while, only the father and daughter of the queen were left in the Zhaoyang Palace.
"Father is in such a hurry to enter the palace, why is it the matter?" Queen Wang asked bluntly without waiting for Wang Renyou to speak.
"Can the queen know the whereabouts of the emperor?" Wang Renyou did not answer Queen Wang's question, but asked rhetorically.
"My daughter doesn't know!" The expression on the queen's face fell lonely.
As a wife, being ignorant of her husband's whereabouts cannot but be said to be a failure.
"The emperor went to Jiuzhi Mountain." Wang Renyou's eyes were calm.
As early as when the emperor left the city gate, Wang Renyou already knew the emperor's whereabouts, but he was not in a hurry to enter the palace to tell his daughter.
"Nine Mountains?" Queen Wang frowned slightly.
She really didn't think that Li Zhi would go to Jiuzhi Mountain on the day of Xiao Nian!
So, didn't he deliberately not give her face? Thinking of this, Queen Wang's heart saved a trace of luck, and the expression on her face seemed to be relaxed.
Taiyuan Wang has always had the habit of intermarrying with the royal family, the eldest princess of Gaozu's sister Tong'an is the grandmother of the queen, and her mother Liu's uncle is the grandson of Gaozu, and the most proud of the noble Wang family is undoubtedly the daughter of this mother!
But because of her preciousness, this daughter lacks one of the deadliest things!
That's the gift of being a woman!
Wang Renyou looked at his daughter's expression and couldn't help but shake his head slightly and sigh.
As a wife, it was her fault that she could not grasp her husband's preferences in the first place; As a queen, it was another mistake of hers that she couldn't put the entire harem in her own hands! But no matter how wrong she is, she is also his daughter of Wang Renyou!
As long as he is there for a day, he can't let his most beloved daughter fall into other people's calculations!
"Your Majesty, have there been any strange things these days?" Wang Renyou looked at his well-mannered daughter and reminded softly.
"Strange place? Father refers to ......" The queen looked at her father in confusion.
Although she is the queen, Li Zhi does not seem to have this consciousness, and her eyeliner in the palace has also developed very limited under the suppression of Li Zhi's attitude, and she is really powerless about Li Zhi's whereabouts.
"Yan'er! What a disappointment you have for your father! Wang Renyou was a little angry.
"Father! Yan'er knows that she is wrong! I hope my father will teach me! The queen looked at her father with tears in her eyes.
Although Wang Renyou is in the court, how can he not know his daughter's difficulties when he looks from the sidelines, but the powerlessness of Queen Wang really makes him a little annoyed.
"Why doesn't Yan'er want to take this harem in the palm of her hand? It's just that the emperor has always favored Concubine Xiao, and the palace has always been a place of right and wrong, and her daughter is really unthinkable. Queen Wang said in a low voice aggrievedly.
A woman, if her husband doesn't support you, then how can she live well in her in-law's house? Small families are like this, let alone in the palace with complicated personnel?
"Why have you been going to Ganye Temple so often lately?" Wang Renyou ignored Queen Wang's cry and asked directly.
Although he no longer has hope for his daughter's ability, Wang Renyou still wants to ask.
"My daughter felt that the concubines of the first emperor were very bitter in their cultivation in Ganye Temple, and wanted to discuss with the abbot to redo and repair the meditation room." Although Queen Wang was a little strange, she still didn't say the little precautionary thoughts in her heart.
If people know that a dignified queen is actually worried about her future destination, wouldn't it make people laugh off their big teeth? If my father heard this, he would be even more angry!
"Humph! Bring sand to the beach! Wang Renyou snorted coldly, I really don't know how this daughter of mine can be so stupid? You yourself run to Ganye Temple one by one, why don't you know that our emperor is also running there one by one? ”
"Your Majesty? Go...... Ganye Temple? The queen couldn't turn her head for a while.
What did the emperor do in Ganye Temple? It is the place where the concubines of the first emperor cultivated, if you want to incense or pray for blessings, there are not Xiangguo Temple and Ci'en Temple? How did you run to Ganye Temple?
Wrong! There is no record of the emperor's honor guard going to Ganye Temple in the palace, which shows that the emperor is out of the palace in micro-clothes, and Ganye Temple is a nunnery, is the emperor ......
The queen was startled by the thought that came to her mind, and looked at her father sitting in front of her in disbelief.
Wang Renyou looked at his daughter who came back to his senses and nodded affirmatively.
"Father! You...... Isn't it a joke? ”
Queen Wang looked at Wang Renyou with a pale face, this news is too amazing!
"Do you think I'm joking?" Wang Renyou looked at his daughter angrily.
Although he was a little unconvinced when he first heard the news, the facts again and again proved this fact mercilessly.
"The emperor has entered the Ganye Temple several times, and now it's just ...... I don't know which one it is! Wang Renyou looked at his daughter's devastated face, but he had to be ruthless to break her illusions.
"How so?"
As if she had completely lost her strength, the queen suddenly collapsed, leaning weakly on the couch, looking at her father who was still talking in front of her with blank eyes, but there was a buzzing roar in her ears, and she couldn't hear anything.
"!" Wang Renyou talked for a long time, but he didn't wait for Queen Wang's reaction, and couldn't help but feel anxious.
"Say it! I'm listening. Queen Wang said weakly.
Now that the matter has come to this, what else can she, the queen, do?
's husband, the current emperor, would rather risk the world's disapproval to have a private meeting with the first emperor's concubine than look at her more!
"From the minister's point of view, for today's plan, we must first find out who the emperor is going to Ganye Temple for, and know the goal, so that we can make the next move." Wang Renyou looked at Queen Wang's unruly appearance, and couldn't help but feel distressed again.
Knowing this, it was better not to agree to this marriage in the first place! It's not like the daughter of his royal family can't get married! But now that the wood has become a boat, for the sake of this daughter and the future of the Wang family, it can only go all the way to the dark!
"Do what you think you need to do! I'm a little tired. Without waiting for Wang Renyou to continue, Queen Wang interrupted him with a wave of her hand.
"Peach Branch! Send the king out! "The queen commanded the peach branch standing at the gate of the palace.
Wang Renyou looked at Queen Wang's face and stopped talking. Finally, he didn't say anything, only sighed lowly, and followed the peach branch out of the palace gate.
Queen Wang sat alone on the soft couch in front of the window, and returned to the way she was when Wang Renyou did not come.
Taozhi sent Wang Renyou back, and what he saw was Queen Wang's expressionless look out the window.
Recalling that Gray Yoyo returned to the Wang family's Xingrui and Tsubaki Ya from Jiuzhi Mountain, Taozhi couldn't help but sigh.
I don't know what Queen Wang thought, how could she think of giving two concubines to that Li Gongzi? With this leisure, it is better to think about how to capture the emperor's heart!
It's okay now, I don't want to stammer, but I offend people, why bother?
"Peach Branch! You said...... Isn't Hongu stupid? ”
The voice of the queen sounded in the empty room, and the hollow voice echoed in the gradually darkening room, which was terrifying.
"! You're too careful! Peach Branch took the cloak from the sandalwood frame and draped it lightly on the shoulders of the queen and queen. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )