Liu Xing did feel tired, so he planned to take a nap on his stomach like this for a while. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoSo she chatted with Azhu for a while, then closed her eyes and fell asleep silently.

Under the candle flame, Azhu's eyes were cold and indifferent. Fortunately, Liu didn't know until she died, she had been demoted from Fanghua to Chengxun.

"Dead?" Yuan Ge frowned and asked, "How did she die?" ”

Mama Liu replied: "Liu Chengxun hanged himself. ”

Yuan Ge felt that something was wrong when he heard it, although Liu Chengxun's injury was not light, it was not very serious, because she quickly made people stop. And in such a situation, can she still hang herself?

Not to mention the palace maid who should be guarding by her side, can she climb on the stool herself and throw the strip of cloth over the beam?

"But have you checked it?" Yuan Ge couldn't help but ask again.

Mama Liu knew what she was suspicious of, and immediately said: "If something like this happened in the palace, it was all handed over to the Ting Division for investigation, and the people from the Ting Division have already investigated, and there is no suspicious discovery." ”

"Has the waiting maid interrogated?" Yuan Ge asked with a frown.

Mama Liu said: "After the trial of Mr. Liu, he handed over the confession without saying a word, and it was said that the two palace maids who were keeping vigil were negligent, and when they found it the next day, Liu Chengxun's body had already stiffened. ”

"Now those two palace maids have been taken by the court division to ask for guilt, and the other people who serve in Miaoyin Xuan will be punished by Niangniang."

"Then let's hit thirty boards and send them back for reuse."

"Yes."

Yuan Ge became silent after speaking, a person who is only trained from the sixth grade, is dead or dead, and he is not even qualified to be buried in the imperial tomb. Although Liu Chengxun was confused and lost his life, she would not sympathize with it at this time.

What she wanted to know was who did it and what would happen next. Will the people behind the scenes plant this matter on her, saying that she killed the concubine?

"Mama, what are the rumors in the palace?" Yuan Ge asked coldly: "For example, this palace is jealous and can't tolerate good-looking concubines, so it secretly starts or something?" ”

"Not really." Mama Liu said: "Everyone in the palace thinks that it is normal for Liu Chengxun to hang himself, because a face is ruined like that, but any woman will not survive." ”

"If that's the case, it couldn't be better." Yuan Ge sighed in his heart, the danger this time is not in the harem, so where will it come from?

Will it be in the court?

It's unlikely, because even if that person is in the harem, he has some means, but he can't call it up to the court.

Today's court is divided into Li Xiang's faction, Qingliu's faction, and the nobles' faction, and finally the nouveau riche faction. The upstart family is naturally an official promoted by Emperor Qiyuan, and they are loyal to Emperor Qiyuan.

Although the number of Qingliu faction is small, this faction has an excellent reputation, and if anyone doesn't want to take on the name of a traitor, they will not easily attack them.

Although the aristocratic faction of the family is clearly separated from the Li Xiang faction, their interests are always in contact. This is the reason why Li Xiang's faction can cover the sky with one hand in the court.

Because of the actions of Li Xiangyi's faction in the court, Yuan Ge was able to be sure that no matter who was behind it, he did not have the ability to let the courtiers impeach her.

Even if someone dares to do this, they will definitely not be able to reach the front of Emperor Qiyuan, and they will be pressed down by the people of Li Xiang's faction!

Liu Chengxun's death made the concubines in the palace fall silent all of a sudden, and the lively atmosphere was no longer the one before.

Just when Mo Fuxue was about to get better day by day, Ye Qiluo in the Ye Mansion outside the palace was also getting more and more nervous. After they left the palace a few days ago, Ye Qiwei made a marriage contract almost immediately.

Now Ye Qiluo originally thought that she would wait for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet to find an opportunity as her mother said. As a result, news soon came from the palace that on the ninth day of August, the palace was going to hold a birthday banquet for the imperial concubine. Not only the concubines in the palace will arrive, but even those who have orders from various families have also received invitations.

It is said that this is the birthday banquet prepared by the emperor himself for the imperial concubine. Although Ye Qiluo was very happy that she didn't have to wait any longer and would soon be able to enter the palace again, she was immediately unhappy when she heard such a statement.

"It's really arrogant, but the imperial concubine actually asked the emperor to hold a birthday banquet for her, I don't know what to do!" Ye Qiluo kept complaining in front of Second Mrs. Ye.

Second Mrs. Ye looked at her daughter with a smile, shook her head and said, "You have such a mouth, you really can't hold it at all, you can say what you want, how can you wait until you enter the palace?" ”

"Even if you want to say it, you should hold it in your heart and say it, don't let others hear it!"

Ye Qiluo immediately lay on the shoulders of Second Mrs. Ye and shook coquettishly: "My mother is not someone else, what does it matter if I tell my mother!" Luo'er didn't say it in front of others. ”

Second Mrs. Ye had no choice but to nod her forehead and said, "That's what I said, what if I accidentally leak my mouth?" If you say it, it's the water that you spilled, and you can't get it back. ”

"From today on, you have changed this habit for me, and you have to pretend to be humble in front of people."

Ye Qiluo blinked her eyes and said lazily: "Okay, okay, Luo'er will change, don't talk about it now." ”

Second Mrs. Ye smiled with satisfaction when she heard this, and she would do what her daughter had promised. She looks delicate and has no city on her face, but no matter what it is, she knows it in her heart.

She is a woman, so she naturally knows how difficult it is to enter the palace. So after the imperial concubine did not allow the Ye family's daughter to enter the palace, she also understood that statement. It's just her daughter, but she revealed the truth in one word.

Yes, whether a woman enters the palace or marries, the path she takes is almost the same. How lucky is it to be able to marry into a family that doesn't have to fight for anything?

It's just that the road to the palace is more cruel. But there is one thing that no one can compare, that is, the children who are born are born to be superior.

In that case, why not enter the palace?

After hearing this, Second Lady Ye didn't think long before agreeing to her daughter's idea of wanting to enter the palace. is that the imperial concubine in the palace is selfish, as long as her daughter enters the palace, it is impossible for her to stand by and watch everything happen.

Because, they all represent the Ye family.

After receiving the invitation this time, Second Mrs. Ye immediately asked people to find out who else had received the invitation to the imperial concubine's birthday banquet. Some people are in the right place, while others are unexpected.

It is said that the in-laws of the Prime Minister's Mansion are the Zhou Town Mansion, and it is enough to invite the female dependents of the Town Mansion, but in fact, the Gao family, who is only a five-rank official, also received an invitation. This move means that it is for the sake of the imperial concubine and let her see the outsider.

The emperor's favor for the imperial concubine, is it really pretentious?

Second Lady Ye was deeply suspicious, the imperial concubine was only a concubine before, and now although she has not made a holy decree, she already knows that the imperial concubine is the candidate for the queen.

Now, it's hard to say whether the favor is true or not.

Second Mrs. Ye looked at her pampered daughter and quickly laughed again. Even if it's true? The emperor is also a man, and his nature of liking the new and hating the old can't be changed, so the imperial concubine will soon become an old person.

And her daughter will become a newcomer!

In the Gao family, who also received the invitation, in a room, an old woman about 50 years old was crying bitterly. This old lady is Mrs. Gao, she beat her chest and scolded in a low voice: "Why, why has so many years passed, even the sky above my head has changed, why does the daughter of my Dong family still become a concubine." ”

Gao Shen looked at his wife wordlessly, and persuaded softly: "It's just a coincidence, don't take it to heart." Besides, after so many years, no one remembers the Dong family back then. ”

"Moreover, if there is anything in the future, others will only say that it is the daughter of the Li family, the daughter of the Gao family, and they will not think of the Dong family."

When Gao Shen was young, he was just a child of a poor family, and he couldn't even afford to eat, let alone study. Later, with the help of the Dong family, he was not only able to enter Beijing to take the exam, but also married the daughter of the Dong family as his wife.

This Dong family is the maiden family of Concubine Dong back then.

The death of Concubine Dong back then not only carried the name of the adulterous concubine, but also reminded people of the gorgeous and unbearable statement.

Because, Concubine Dong was stripped of her clothes by the palace concubines and thrown into the rose bush. And when Dawu's army attacked the palace, although Concubine Dong was already wounded, she still didn't breathe.

Concubine Dong, under the dirty, strange, or sympathetic gaze of those men, shed all the blood on her body, and slowly swallowed her last breath in humiliation and despair.

The Dong family was scolded and raised an adulterous concubine, and then it was even more out of control. After that, the daughter of the Dong family became the talk of the people, and its content was naturally obscene.

At that time, the daughters of the Dong family, who had already married, were all divorced and returned to their parents' homes. The woman who has married into the Dong family is either taken back or cut off the relationship with the family.

At that time, the Dong family had women who were looking for death and hanging themselves every day, but in a short period of time, there were only men left in a small family, only a few women and a few young children.

The daughters of the Dong family are all dead.

In the end, the Dong family disappeared from the capital.

The Dong family hates, the Dong family resents, but they don't know who to hate and who to blame. It's obvious that the world is wrong, but in the end, they can only swallow all the bitter fruits.

The Dong family did not bury this past, but told every descendant of the Dong family, let them remember the shadow of the Dong family, and how many relatives they lost.

For so many years, the Dong family has been waiting for those past to be forgotten by the world, and then the Dong family will appear again, standing at the top for everyone to look up.

The Dong family's family motto, the daughter of the Dong family, is not allowed to enter the palace as a concubine.

Every daughter of the Dong family has been taught to be dignified and not to have any frivolous behavior. It is really raised in the deep boudoir, and the door is not out of the door. If there is a bad behavior, there are three choices, death, ordination, or expulsion from the family.

Because the Dong family does not allow it, because of one person, the rest of the Dong family is affected.

And Mrs. Gao is the daughter of the Dong family, Gao Dong.

Gao Shen's persuasion did not play a role, and Gao Dong still cried bitterly. When she learned that her granddaughter had entered the palace as a concubine, she was already panicking as if the sky had fallen, but now she wants to enter the palace to celebrate her birthday?

"At the beginning, I shouldn't have married my real mother to Li Qingzhi in the first place." Crying and crying, Gao Dongshi raised his hand and pointed at Gao Shen, and scolded angrily: "Not only did the real mother die so early, but now Brother Yuan has also entered the palace and become a concubine." ”

"If people know Brother Yuan'er and the relationship between the Dong family, then how should the Dong family deal with themselves! And how should I explain to the Dong family! ”

For so many years, Gao Shen has always regretted that he should not have lost his mind for a while, and in order to take advantage of power, let his only daughter marry and give birth to children. So for so many years, he refused to be promoted no matter what, and he was still a five-grade petty official.

"Calm down!" Seeing that the old wife looked excited, Gao Shen hurriedly said: "Didn't you already send a letter to the Dong family, the Dong family will come soon, not to mention that you can't be blamed for this, it's just a coincidence." ”

"Not ...... Brother Yuan may not bear the infamy of a traitorous concubine. Gao Shen said happily: "Moreover, didn't I say that our Yuan Ge'er will be made the queen, that is the middle palace of the mother world, and there will be no infamy no matter what." ”

Gao Dong wiped his tears and choked up: "Even so, as a daughter of the Dong family, I will never step into the palace in this life." "Because the tragedy of their Dong daughter started from that palace.

Gao Dong still remembers his cousin, a proud and lonely woman, but because she attracted the eyes of a noble girl, she was found to have something to do with Concubine Dong's family. In the end, in order not to be implicated by the Dong family, she bowed her head and knelt in front of the noble girl to apologize and beg for mercy.

Then, she was turned into a cold corpse.

Every daughter of the Dong family is careful to maintain her own reputation, for fear that if she is not careful, she will let the Dong family repeat the tragedy of a hundred years ago.

They hated the palace, the place where the tragedy began.

When the gentry heard this, he had to say: "Okay, if you don't want to go, then you won't go." You just say that you are sick in bed, let Zhang show up for you. "His heir's wife is Zhang.

"Okay, don't cry, you're all old." The gentry saw that the handkerchief in his wife's hand was soaked, so he took out his own handkerchief and handed it over.

Gao Shen saw that the old wife had collected her tears, but the sorrow between her eyebrows did not dissipate at all, so she sighed in her heart. Since the holy decree arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion a few months ago, the old wife has been like this.

If she continues like this, she doesn't have to wait for the day when what she is worried about happens, and her body will not be able to hold on.

Gao Shen thought for a while and said, "Now that I'm this age, it's time to say goodbye and return to my hometown." Why don't I resign and take you back to my hometown. "Far away from the capital, far away from the palace, it will probably be better.

In fact, he has always known that after his wife entered Beijing with him, he has been worried and panicked. For so many years, only she, the daughter of the Dong family, stepped into the capital.

He owed her so much. (To be continued.) )