Chapter Seventy-Three: Time is a Pig-Killing Knife

At the insistence of the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager Hua slowly took off the veil and held it in her hand, the skin that had not seen the sun all the year round was extremely white, and her face began to diverge from the middle of the bridge of her nose like a clown in a burlesque, covering a large area of red spots, the color was deep and shallow, and the edges were pitted. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The palace people naturally didn't dare to look at it, but they were curious.

The Empress Dowager blinked her eyes that had just cried, feeling sticky, and looked left and right, "Tut-tut, the years are a pig-killing knife!" Why do you have crow's feet at the corners of your eyes? I'm still a little fatter, what do you say, Concubine Xian? ”

When Concubine Xian saw the new queen mother, her face turned into a rotten watermelon, and she gloated: "Really! Empress Dowager Hua was a person like a shallot back then, otherwise how could His Majesty crown Princess Yingchen as Concubine Hua as soon as she was born? ”

But the Empress Dowager's words were like an awl, piercing the heart of Concubine Xian: "If I remember correctly, at that time, Concubine Xian, who gave birth to Prince Yong, was just a little Xia nobleman, but I was afraid that I wouldn't even dare to raise my head when I saw Concubine Hua?" So I don't know much what she looked like back then? ”

The Empress Dowager's words were like an awl, pierced into the heart of Concubine Xian, and sneered at the moment: "The concubine didn't dare to look at her at that time, she just relied on the power of her mother's family to seal the concubine early, but that didn't save her, she went to the cold palace for sixteen years, but the concubine relied on her own strength to do it step by step, and now even if it is a concubine, no one feels that the name is unjustified!" ”

Empress Dowager Hua knew that this was actually what the Empress Dowager wanted to say to herself, so she was silent and quickly put on the veil again.

The aunt and eunuch in charge of Shoukang Palace are all old people, naturally some people have seen the Empress Dowager Hua when she was young, but she was seriously ill, claustrophobic and cold palace for 16 years, from a flower-like woman back then, to a slightly chubby woman who was almost forty years old, and for a while she squinted at the faint old eyes and sighed that time passed and the years were ruthless.

"I heard that you replaced Cao Chengrong as the assistant of the Sixth Palace, and this trick was very beautiful. Your Majesty is young, Ying Chen is messing around, and he is a bastard! Cao Chengrong gave birth to an heir for the royal family, and the newly sealed Xiuyi was not yet hot, so he was pushed to the end by you, and he also seized the power of the assistant six palaces, this is not good, the harem is involved in the previous dynasty, you don't look at her, but also take into account her father Cao Bingkun, he is His Majesty's right-hand man, Your Majesty is tantamount to self-harm by doing this, which is very inappropriate. ”

Cao Xiuyi heard that the Empress Dowager was supporting herself, and she was choked up and speechless for a while.

Empress Dowager Hua: "Cao Chengrong can guess a few points with the concubines of the Empress Dowager, but the words of the family are not credible, please listen to the concubines of the Empress Dowager, Cao Chengrong just started beating the eldest princess without saying a word in Yongning Palace, the concubine is not partial to her daughter, it stands to reason that Cao Chengrong is just a concubine, but the eldest princess is the biological son of the first emperor, and she is extremely noble." In this harem, from the master to the slave, there are nearly 20,000 people, His Majesty is kind and easy-going, and it is impossible to poison the harem like the first emperor. ”

"What? Ying Chen was beaten? Come here, mourn the family and take a look......"

Ying Chen put down his chopsticks and covered his face: "The Queen Mother, it's okay, I've already brought ice to my grandson, and when I was first beaten, I thought my ears were going to be deaf, but I can hear it now."

The Empress Dowager blinked her eyes and sighed distressedly......

Cao Xiuyi saw that their mother and daughter jointly sued, and hurriedly said: "The Empress Dowager, the eldest princess is disrespectful to Your Majesty, the concubine is very angry for a while, and she gently beats the eldest princess, the concubine has begun to be happy, vomiting nonstop, can't eat every day, but has to worry about endless internal affairs, where does the strength come from?" ”

There was a trace of displeasure on the Empress Dowager's face, and she said: "It is difficult for the Qing officials to cut off family affairs, and the mourning family is also dizzy by you, so be it, Cao Chengrong is still Xiuyi, but she is not feeling well, and it is really not appropriate to overwork, just hand over the power of the assistant six palaces to the Empress Dowager Hua, in this way, Cao Bingkun has nothing to say." ”

Although Jin Zhaoyi is the head of the concubines and the nominal main harem, she was squeezed aside by Cao Xiuyi at the beginning, and at this time, the harem is dominated by Cao Xiuyi's palace, as if she has the situation of the mother in the world, of course, what she cares about most is this, where is she willing to follow?

didn't thank the Empress Dowager for her to keep the position of cultivator, but hurriedly went over and knelt in front of her: "Your Majesty! The concubine was only more than a month pregnant, and everything was normal. And the concubine has no selfishness, everything is for His Majesty, I just want to govern this harem to be clear and prosperous, in the final analysis, this harem is yours, as long as you open the golden mouth, what qualifications do others have to talk nonsense? ”

The Empress Dowager coughed and wheezed, thinking: In this case, why do you come to mourn here? Can't you finish looking for your emperor's husband?

Zun: "This is not good, I had a hot brain just now, and I have promised the Empress Dowager Hua that she will be the harem in the future, and I will never interfere in it." ”

Cao Xiuyi was dumbfounded: "Your Majesty is just so foolish, where will Princess Yingchen really seek death in front of the first emperor's spirit?" She just joined forces with her fake husband to make a scene, and the concubine who was provoked by words couldn't help but do it, this was all planned, it was really ill-intentioned! ”

Concubine Xian fanned the fire on the side: Your Majesty! You may not know that Tuo Yan Fei is the father of the Empress Dowager Hua Hua Bai Qing Wang An in the palace of a good ling, when the first emperor went to their house to enjoy the camellia, he saw Tuo Yan Fei at a glance, it was all designed.

After that, the two of them colluded with each other and became friends, so that our Jin Liangguo was in the harem, bloody and bloody, if it weren't for the fact that the first emperor hated the Empress Dowager Hua too much, the Hua family would have rescued their daughter from the cold palace.

Now, you have listened to the slander of Princess Yingchen and the Empress Dowager of Toto, and let the Empress Dowager Hua take charge of the harem, which is a trap that has been designed by others a long time ago, which is equivalent to Totoku Yan Fei indirectly regaining the power of the harem.

She said a car of words, saw that the emperor was silent, and said: "Although the things in the harem are complicated and messy, it is a place that reflects the royal system, in the final analysis, you must have reliable people to take care of it, and the person you trust most in this palace now should be Cao Xiuyi, right?" Your Majesty think twice! ”

Cao Xiuyi took advantage of the situation and begged: "Your Majesty! As soon as the concubine enters the palace at first glance, she may not have much experience in governing the government, and she must not be able to cover everything, and Jin Zhaoyi is an idle person who doesn't care about everything, why don't you please allow Concubine Xian and the concubine to assist in the six palaces together? ”

Zun was still silent, and Concubine Xian said again: "Your Majesty, all the concubines of the cold palace were personally ordered by the first emperor to enter the cold palace, only this Empress Dowager Hua is the Empress Dowager's decree, she has been in it for sixteen years, and the one she hates the most is the Empress Dowager, especially Princess Yingchen's marriage is too tragic...... For this, she will also take revenge on Shoukang Palace like crazy! ”

The Empress Dowager looked at Zun and said with her eyes: Your Majesty finally knows how deep the water in this harem is?

Zun seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to understand, and said, "Call me from the past!" ”

Empress Dowager: In the past, who was that?

Empress Dowager Hua: "Back to the Empress Dowager, he used to serve His Majesty's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Xiaoci, and now she is the father-in-law in charge of the concubine palace. ”

"Your Majesty, this ...... If you don't solve the big things in front of you, what are you going to do with a eunuch? Concubine Xian persuaded her, she felt that the emperor's brain was sick.

"It's all him! cough cough cough ...... I accidentally saw him in the cold palace, and after my brain was hot, I heard that his name was cold, and then, when I heard that his name was originally taken by my mother, it was hot again, in short, I seemed to have eaten too much red bean ice, and I was in dire straits, cough cough cough cough ......"

Seeing that the emperor was incoherent, the Empress Dowager put her forehead on his forehead and said in a panic: "Quickly pass on the imperial doctor!" ”

Concubine Xian rolled her eyes: Your Majesty, it's really not the right time for you to get sick!

This emperor doesn't eat oil and salt, it's really a chicken and a duck, if his son Qi Wangyong is so confused? Concubine Xian was so anxious that she stomped her feet.

After waiting for a while, someone from the palace replied outside: "The Empress Dowager Qiqi, the father-in-law of the head of the Ci'en Palace is serving outside in the past......"

The Empress Dowager: "Beat him out for the mourning family!" Did you sneeze at the emperor and pass on the wind and heat cough to the emperor? ”

Zun hurriedly said: "There is another person who passed it on to me, not him, so let him in."

Yu came in and knelt before him.

He waited for a long time before the emperor said, "Do you know what day it is?" ”

"Your Majesty, today is your birthday, and you will be nineteen years old today."

Yu replied in the past and looked up.

Zun saw that the eunuch in front of him was already in tears, and he couldn't cry silently...... (To be continued)