Chapter 185: Old Things in the Palace
In the second year after Lin Luo's death, Emperor Ping made the eldest prince the crown prince. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Although the Ye family has been working hard to wander around and has used all the power in the court, Emperor Ping has insisted on going his own way. Even if the civil and military officials knelt down to the emperor for a whole day, Emperor Ping still insisted on canonizing the eldest prince as the crown prince.
"Queen Mother, this is a letter brought by Ye Gongzi." Cui Sleeves whispered that the queen has been closed since the day the crown prince was canonized. Emperor Ping didn't ask, it seems that no one in this palace cares about this queen of the middle palace.
Seeing Cui Sleeve come in with a letter, he smiled quietly. It turns out that there are still people in this world who remember her as a queen.
The queen stretched out her hand to unfold the letter, and the dense words gave the queen a headache. The Ye family is now under attack, although the power has become greater, but this Jingmo is not a good person. In the past few days, the arrest and closure have suffered a great setback for a while.
"Queen Mother, now the Ye family needs the support of the palace. If the Xiao family is allowed to rise again, there will really be no place for the Ye family. Cui Sleeve's words were anxious, and seeing that the queen's face was very bad, she knew that this letter was not good news.
"This palace knows, but what can be done. Concubine Xiao Guifei is alive and well. The prince's surname is Xiao, how can he be surnamed Ye. The queen said viciously, placing the letter on the candle and watching it slowly burn out. Even if it burns your fingers, it seems that you can't feel it.
"Mother, don't be discouraged. There is no one outside the Xiao family now, even if he is dead, no one will pursue it. Last time, didn't Ye Jieyu's matter not be investigated. "Cui Sleeve is talking about strangling De Nian, after the child died. Ye Hongxiang has been fasting, and now she has been eating for a while.
"What's the matter, where has the palace done something?" The queen was a ghost that day, and she regretted it after doing it. Ye Hong's makeup is her cousin, how could she be strangled to death by her own mistake because of her good appearance.
The queen was resentful in her heart, and when she went to see Denian, she couldn't get angry. strangled the child to death by mistake for a while, Ye Hongxiang seemed to be crazy, and tightly choked the queen's neck, as if she was going to strangle the queen to death. If it weren't for the timely opening of the green sleeves, the queen would have been strangled to death.
"Yes." Cui Sleeve nodded, looking at the queen's gloomy face, and didn't dare to speak.
In the past few years, the queen has become more and more gloomy. It's really a little unpredictable, and even an old minion like Cui Sleeve, who has been with him since childhood, doesn't dare to speak.
"Be careful when you talk in the future." The queen said in a hoarse voice, and stood up. She hadn't been out in a long time. Looking at the sun outside, it's summer again.
"Cui Sleeve, you go and bring some oranges to the palace to eat." The queen said with a smile, she hadn't eaten oranges for a long time. The sweet and sour feeling of oranges really makes the queen miss it very much.
"This year, there was a disaster, and the oranges were gone." Cui Sleeve said cautiously, a flood in the spring, the oranges of the whole country were affected, and it was easy to send some to Beijing, but it was bad for heavy rain and was instantly damaged.
"It's a pity." The queen shook her head, now is not the time to eat oranges. But if you want to eat on weekdays, you can't have it anywhere. Cui Sleeve said this, just to make himself feel at ease. Now I am not as good as before, even if there is, where is there willing to send it.
The moon rose in the palace, but Xiao Guifei was peeling oranges herself. Today is the day of the prince's holiday, and he sees him all day long to study in Qingmo Pavilion. It's easy to come back, Xiao Guifei is happy like something.
Concubine Chen was also embroidering things on the side, but she still had scars on her body. Crawling from the neck to the ears, there are also some small lines on the face, and a face is considered a waste.
I have been bedridden for a few months, and I have aged a lot. Now she is even more old, but she is more and more like the Empress Dowager Dezhuang.
"Sister, why don't you say this prince has come back?" Concubine Chen raised her head and turned her neck, it was really a little sour. I've been waiting for three hours, and it stands to reason that this prince should have come back a long time ago. This kid has always been obedient, but now there is something unusual.
"Mr. Jin'er has left a mission. He said that he could only come back by making poems. Presumably, the child was stumped by a poem. Xiao Guifei shook her head, she knew the reason. So don't worry, this kid learns everything very quickly, even in this literature, he is really like a donkey.
"I see, he followed your sister." Concubine Chen also laughed, Concubine Xiao Guifei was notoriously unfond of reading. Although the prince said that he read obediently, he was still not very talented. Emperor Ping was also worried, but the way to govern the country was still clear, so he didn't interfere too much.
"Mother." While he was talking, the prince stepped in. The kid was sweating all over his face and had a big smile on his face.
"You're back. Is the poem you made today okay? Xiao Guifei stepped forward with a smile and handed the tea in her hand to the prince. The prince's appearance and eyebrows are very similar to Emperor Ping, and it is simply carved out of a mold.
Although he is only four or five years old now, the old man on his face already disdains Emperor Ping.
"Well, Mr. criticized two sentences." The prince said very embarrassedly, lowered his head and took the teacup, but it was not a matter of criticism at all, and the gentleman almost beat him. Because the poems he made were really incomprehensible, Mr. hated that iron could not be made of steel, and he was almost forbidden to come back.
"It's okay, your mother and I don't understand words either." Xiao Guifei saw that the prince's expression was very unhappy, so she stretched out her hand to stop the prince. Whispered gentle reassurance.
"But mother, you know martial arts, I can't even learn martial arts." The prince was even more sad, and he was always extra vulnerable in front of his mother. Those old adults are just pretending to be shown to others.
became a prince at a young age, and he really couldn't support it.
"Who says you can't learn. Didn't you learn the swordsmanship you learned before? Xiao Guifei knocked on the prince's head and whispered, "Okay, don't think about these unhappy things." Finally, I came to my mother and had something to eat. ”
"Yes." The prince had already seen the oranges on the table. He has liked to eat oranges since he was a child, and now he has long been a bit of a lacker.
"Chen Niangniang." When the prince saw that Concubine Chen was also there, he bent over and greeted him with a milky voice.
"Come on, the child has grown up a lot." Concubine Chen said with a smile and showed the prince what she was embroidering in her hand. "These are the little shoes I made for you, you like this color."
"Well, Chen Niangniang's hand is really skillful." The prince nodded, he liked to wear the clothes and shoes made by Concubine Chen, which were beautiful and comfortable, much better than the embroidery girls in the palace.
"My hands are not coincidental, your dancing ink is the real skillful hand." Concubine Chen covered her face and quipped, the prince had little confidence.
Because he knew that he had no mother's family to rely on, and the queen was often provocative. If the current prince continues like this, I am afraid that he will develop a cringe-like temperament.
"Thank you, Lady Chen." When the prince heard Concubine Chen praise himself like this, he was happy in his heart. I didn't think about those troublesome things for a while, and I took the orange in my hand and ate it slowly.
"Niangniang, Ye Jieyu is outside." Bai Yao suddenly walked in and said in Xiao Guifei's ear.
"Well, let her in, it's weirdly hot outside." Xiao Guifei hurriedly said, I didn't expect Ye Hongxiang to come over. Since De Nian's death, Ye Hongxiang has never gone out. Even Emperor Ping went to see her, but he never opened the door. Now that it suddenly came out, it really surprised Xiao Guifei.
"Sister Red Makeup, it's so hot, why did you come out. Come on in. Xiao Guifei was not at ease, so she also went out, and saw Ye Hong's makeup dressed in plain clothes, green silk lightly, and a tired face. The eye sockets are sunken, and she really doesn't look like a young woman.
"I had a headache in the palace, so I wanted to go out for a walk. I heard that the prince is here today, and I want to see it. Ye Hongxiang said weakly, there were already tear stains in the corners of her eyes, even if she didn't cry, she also had a sad face.
"Well, come in." Concubine Xiao nodded hurriedly and brought Ye Hongmakeup into the inner room.
The prince saw a slender plain-clothed woman come in, her eyes blank. I haven't seen it before.
"Come on, this is your red-makeup lady." Xiao Guifei didn't say the word Ye, which made Ye Hong's makeup a lot more comfortable.
The prince greeted him very obediently, it turned out that this was the Ye Hong makeup lady who lost her daughter. The prince silently thought in his heart that if he was gone, his mother would be sad too.
"Get up and show me." Ye Hongxiang hurriedly pulled up the prince, and rubbed his hands on the prince's face. If Denian was still alive, he would be three years old. Ye Hongxiang thought in her heart. "You're growing so fast. The first time I saw you, I was still holding you in my arms. ”
Ye Hongxiang said with a smile, looking at the prince with a pair of eyes, not wanting to move away.
"I brought a lot of things today, I made them for the prince." Ye Hongxiang suddenly let go of the prince and said with a smile. Take a sachet from your bosom. The sachet contained the pills made by Ye Hongjiao herself.
"This is what Qixin told me, some pills to avoid poison. I don't need it now, I'll give it to you now. You have to protect yourself, and don't let the queen hurt you. Do you understand. Ye Hongxiang solemnly handed the sachet to the prince.
A pair of black eyes stared at the prince, looking forward to it.
"Thank you, the lady with red makeup," the prince obediently took the sachet over, looking at Ye Hong's eyes, feeling extremely warm.
"Uh-huh, that's what I'm supposed to do. You really should look at De Nian, she looks a lot like you. Ye Hongxiang said with a smile and said to the prince.
"Don't be sad with the red makeup lady, I will also be your child in the future." The prince was very well-behaved and lay in Ye Hongxiang's arms, he knew that Ye Hongxiang was sad, so he should be happier. The prince thought of it, and wrapped his hand around Ye Hongxiang's arm and patted it gently.
"Thank you." Ye Hongxiang nodded and gently kissed the prince's forehead. It's also a little comforting.
"I didn't come out today to give this thing, I still have a lot of things to tell my sister." After the prince went to bathe, Ye Hongxiang whispered.
"What's the matter?" When Xiao Guifei saw Ye Hong's solemn face, she felt a little depressed in her heart. Ye Hong's makeup lowered her eyes.
"The Ye family treats me like this, and I don't have to do anything for them. As for the queen, I've already thought about it. I'm going to kill her, this vicious woman. Ye Hong said calmly, without any emotion. It seems like she's just talking about someone else's business.
"I'll help you." Xiao Guifei took Ye Hong's hand and said. "Now my child is also a thorn in the queen's side, whether you want to deal with her or not. I'm going to get her a little bit like that, too. "Concubine Xiao Guifei is right, you have to start before the queen, otherwise you really can't guard against it.
"Now the Ye family is about to be driven crazy by Jingmo, and they want to kill this new pavilion elder." Ye Hongxiang nodded, and analyzed the situation in a low voice. "You must know that Jingmo is wholeheartedly supported by Emperor Ping, and the Ye family is tantamount to grabbing power with the emperor."
"The Ye family really has such courage." Concubine Xiao frowned, she didn't expect the Ye family to be such a vicious tiger.
"Yes, yesterday my mother handed me a letter. The time and place are all written on it, and I need you. Go and give this to the emperor. Ye Hongxiang took out a letter from her waist and handed it to Concubine Xiao. This is a good opportunity, as long as someone is caught, the Ye family will be defeated. ”
"Your mother?" Xiao Guifei took the letter suspiciously.
"My mother hated them so much." Ye Hong's makeup smiled, and two lines of tears fell involuntarily. Her mother knew that if this leaked out, she would die. It is to have the mind of self-judgment.
At the end of this letter, she has already written about the aftermath. This is also the last trace of love that this grandmother has for her granddaughter.
"I will definitely hand over this letter to the emperor in good condition, don't worry." Xiao Guifei took Ye Hongxiang's hand and said solemnly. Seeing Ye Hong's calm face, he felt that something was about to happen, but he didn't know what it was.
"Thanks, I'll go first." Ye Hongxiang wiped away the tears on her face and smiled. Get up and want to go out. was pulled by Concubine Xiao.
"Live well and watch the Ye family fall. Promise me. Xiao Guifei said a little nervously, looking at Ye Hong's face, she seemed to be able to understand what was going to happen.
"I know, don't worry." Ye Hongxiang tore Xiao Guifei's hand away, without any emotion. Turning around and leaving, Xiao Guifei looked at Ye Hong's back as her makeup faded away.
The touch of gloom, the green silk that has been floating in the wind, seems to imply the disappearance of life.
Concubine Xiao stomped her feet and took Xuanwei Palace in person. handed the letter to Emperor Ping, who took the letter and immediately found Yan Yi to prepare people. Yan Yi also knew that the matter was arduous, so he quickly rushed out of the city with his people.
Today, Jingmo will routinely go outside the city to burn incense, where there is an immortal tablet for Lin Luo. Emperor Ping also knew, but did not blame. The Si people are gone, so why bother anymore.
And the Ye family was planning to kill Jingmo in front of Lin Luo's ranking, and placed people and horses in ambush early.
Jingmo came to this temple alone. He dismounted from a distance and walked all the way. He had nothing to lose, and even his sword was on his horse. (To be continued.) )