Chapter 15: The Power of the Shadows

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The concubine overturned all the plates and food on the table in one go, and the sound of the dishes falling to the ground was loud and crisp, and her expression was hideous. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiao Ping curled up, pretending to be timid and cautiously looking at the concubine with black and white eyes, "Mother, what's wrong with you?" ”

The concubine who fell into madness woke up at this time, she hugged the curled Xiao Ping into her arms, and wept, "My son, the mother concubine only has you, only you." ”

The voice is bleak and desperate, but it also contains hope.

Xiao Ping sighed in his heart, he understood the grievances of the concubine, she had lived a domineering and arrogant life in the harem for more than ten years, and today a one- or two-year-old child actually showed off his might in front of her, provocative and sarcastic, she couldn't do anything to her, how did this not make her feel aggrieved, Xiao Ping understood her, but in order to live safely and soundly, she had to endure the grievances.

He wiped the tears from the concubine's cheeks with his little hands, "Mother concubine, don't cry, don't cry." ”

His worried and ignorant appearance made the concubine forcibly hold back the tears that were about to slip again, she grabbed Xiao Ping's little hand with her right hand, and wiped away her tears with her left hand, "Mother doesn't cry, ah?" Huh"

The concubine burst into tears and smiled, and hugged Xiao Ping tightly, "The mother concubine will not cry anymore, the mother concubine will not cry in the future, for the sake of the family, for Your Majesty, hehe, it is not worth the mother concubine to cry, now and from now on, the mother concubine will only live for herself and for my son." ”

Xiao Ping snuggled in the arms of the concubine with a smile on his face, "It's good if you don't cry, it's good if you don't cry." ”

His smile seemed to be satisfied and proud because he persuaded the concubine not to cry, but there was endless depth hidden in his clear eyes.

After a long time, the concubine let go of Xiao Ping, sorted out Xiao Ping's crumpled clothes, and patted him, "Go play, ah, the concubine will go to Fengyi Palace later, and my son will wait in the palace for the concubine to come back." ”

Xiao Ping looked attached at the right time, unwilling to leave, pursed his mouth, he sighed in his heart, he didn't know when he would grow up, and he didn't have to live so hard.

The concubine wiped the tears that had dried up with her hands, looked at Xiao Ping's dependent appearance, and slightly hooked the corners of her mouth, "Good, go, the concubine will come back in a while." ”

Xiao Ping nodded gloomily, and the concubine patted his little head comfortingly, and then called out, "Ping'er, come in." ”

Then, Ping'er and a few eunuchs and palace maids came in, looking at the mess in front of them, and their faces were not half inconspicuous, and they were not surprised.

"You clean up, Ping'er will dress me." The concubine opened her mouth and commanded, and looked at Xiao Ping with her red and swollen eyes gently, "I'll go too." ”

Xiao Ping looked at the concubine worriedly, but still followed the concubine and said in a childish voice, "That kid has retired." ”

The concubine nodded slightly, and Xiao Ping retreated step by step and returned to his bedroom.

Xiao Ping, who returned to the dormitory, had nothing to do, lying on the bed bored, looking at the void with his eyes open, thinking about his current situation.

More than two months, since the Qianqiu feast, Emperor Qingping has never set foot in Zhaoyang Palace half a step, which shows two points, one is about the public, in Emperor Qingping's heart, since there is a woman from the Murong family who has entered the palace, and has the support of the Murong family, then the concubine has no role in balancing the harem of the court, and has become dispensable, and he no longer needs to show the appearance of being spoiled by the concubine, so the concubine fell out of favor; Second, in the heart of Emperor Qingping, the concubine and his biological son may really have no weight, a concubine who is now useless and does not suit his appetite and a strange prince who he doesn't like or hate, this should be the status of him and the concubine in Emperor Qingping's heart.

Xiao Ping sighed softly, turned around, and lay on his side, now he and the concubine should not think about anything else, they should learn from Concubine Su, be smart and forbearance, should study and concubine, and become the new little transparent in the palace wittily, so that they can sit on the sidelines, Murong Yao and the new show girls who entered the palace fight, and even Emperor Qingping will deliberately favor Murong Yao and the queen concubine to fight, after all, it is better not to have a dominant family in the harem, because that will affect the stability of the previous dynasty, for the emperor, balance is the most important.

Suddenly, Xiao Ping was startled and sat up, Emperor Qingping will be favored by Murong Yao, let her fight with the newcomers who entered the palace, and finally fight with the queen concubine, thinking of this, Xiao Ping suddenly had a ridiculous idea, Emperor Qingping must have hinted at the queen in this draft, let the daughters of the ministers enter the palace, these women represent different forces, and can affect the family behind them to a certain extent, in this way, Emperor Qingping can also balance the previous dynasty in the harem, and even disintegrate the unpleasant, such as the Murong family, maybe this draft, the daughters of the Murong faction will enter the palace, Then Emperor Qingping fanned the flames and made Murong Yao and the daughter of the Murong faction discordant, so that the Murong faction would inevitably have many internal contradictions, and it would be easier to disintegrate.

After Xiao Ping figured out the joint, he smiled, no wonder Emperor Qingping agreed to the proposal of the old prime minister Murong so easily, the spring draft, this draft, the Murong family may have to suffer a dumb loss, originally wanted to find a way out, but did not want to, and accelerated the speed of decline.

But the more Xiao Ping thought about it, his face became strange again, Emperor Qingping sacrificed his hue so much to seek unique monarch power, isn't it like Wu Zetian? He is not afraid of being tired, he will not lift in the future, or he will not feel troubled, the previous dynasty has to balance the courtiers and deal with the government, and the harem has to comfort the women, balance the harem, solve the jealousy, conspiracy and framing, there is no place to relax and relax, this is what Emperor Qingping wants?

Xiao Ping shook his head, saying that he didn't understand the creature of the emperor, maybe people just liked the pleasure of playing with power, maybe people felt excited when they saw others revolving around him, anyway, the emperor was not a normal person.

Xiao Ping lay down again, he is a little more relaxed now, as long as he is low-key enough in the future, obedient enough, and does not get involved in right and wrong, he believes that Emperor Qingping will not tolerate the concubine and him, just live a little more aggrieved.

"Aunt Pei, why are you here?"

The palace maid guarding the door outside the hall stopped Aunt Pei who was about to come in and asked suspiciously.

Aunt Pei held a few delicate silks in both hands, bent down and smiled, "Isn't spring coming, the concubine instructed the needlework room to make suitable clothes for His Highness, I'm not here to let His Highness pick which one he likes,

so that I can go back and tell them to do it. ”

Aunt Pei came to Zhaoyang Palace three years ago and was sent to the sewing room by the concubine, for Xiao Ping, Aunt Pei can only watch from a distance, and can not get close to it, so that the concubine is a little relieved, as for why the concubine didn't directly cut off Aunt Pei, but there is another reason.

The palace maid who guarded the gate frowned slightly, and whispered, "Aunt Pei, it's not me who embarrass you, the palace is sleeping in the afternoon, so it's inconvenient to disturb." ”

"Oh." Aunt Pei stretched her neck into the hall unwillingly, and was pulled and pushed by the palace maid who guarded the door angrily.

"Let her in, His Highness can't sleep, so it's fine."

Xiao Ping, who was in the dormitory, also listened for a long time, and only spoke when Aunt Pei was about to be driven away.

The maid guarding the door answered, "Yes, Your Highness." Reluctantly, he led Aunt Pei, who was happy to walk in.

After Aunt Pei and the two entered the dormitory, Xiao Ping waved his hand and asked the palace maid to retreat, leaving only Aunt Pei holding silk.

The palace maid who guarded the door respectfully bowed and retreated, but secretly cursed in her heart, the old pious woman, even if you see Your Highness, you have to see if you have the ability, whether you can please Your Highness, if you make Your Highness unhappy, the concubine Niangniang has your good looks.

There were only Xiao Ping and Aunt Pei left in the hall, so Xiao Ping asked Aunt Pei to put down the silk and asked her, "Is there anything important?" It's worth Aunt Pei's adventure to come, if the concubine knows that you're here, it's not good. ”

What Xiao Ping said was not a lie, if the concubine knew about today's events, she would definitely wonder if he knew his life experience, and he would directly deal with Aunt Pei, what he could think of, Aunt Pei could naturally think of it, since Aunt Pei knew the consequences and still came, I am afraid that the matter was serious, so he met Aunt Pei.

Aunt Pei knelt down and kowtowed, she raised her head and looked at Xiao Ping, "The slave maid has been thinking about His Highness's situation for the past few days, and the more she thinks about it, the more bad it becomes, so she can only risk death to see His Highness." ”

Xiao Ping was puzzled, so he had to continue to listen to Aunt Pei, "Does Your Highness know why the slave and maid were able to survive, and still live under the eyes of the concubine, by His Highness's side?" ”

This is what Xiao Ping is even more puzzled about, because when the concubine and Concubine Li had a secret conversation, he heard it clearly, and did not mention the slightest Aunt Pei, and the concubine not only did not send Aunt Pei away, but also brought it to Zhaoyang Palace, now it seems that Aunt Pei will tell him the answer, he cheered up and listened attentively to Aunt Pei to continue.

"The reason why the slave and maid can live safely by His Royal Highness's side is because Concubine Li gave the slave and maid a secret force back then."

Xiao Ping was shocked, Concubine Li still left behind the secret power back then?