Chapter 5 The Decree of Entering the Palace
Yiye's eyes were shocked when he heard the cat, the torture methods in the palace have always been insidious and not exposed, especially this Huang Gonggong, relying on the identity of the chief manager around the emperor, usually likes to torture and play with the little eunuchs under him when he is not satisfied. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
When Yi Ye was just sent to Huang Gonggong's side, he bumped into Huang Gonggong holding a thin soft whip and whipping a little eunuch again and again, every time the whip was whipped, a large blood stain would appear on the little eunuch's body, but the strange thing was that although the little eunuch's face was distorted in pain, he didn't make a sound at all, but strangely it was that small cat meows could always be heard around.
Yi Ye glanced at it a few more times, and admired the backbone of the little eunuch a little in his heart.
But afterwards, when she inadvertently bumped into a group of eunuchs carrying a gray-white sack to the back mountain, the sack slipped out of a hand, and the hand was stained with blood, and she heard the group of frightened eunuchs keep saying, It's terrible, Huang Gonggong actually let the cat scratch his internal organs, and in order not to make a sound to attract attention, he actually let people directly pluck his tongue.
Yi Ye learned that the little eunuch was first tongue plucked, and then put a cat in his clothes, and every time Huang Gonggong used the soft whip to whip, it was actually whipped on the cat's body, and the cat would continue to bite the little eunuch's body when it was in pain, but no matter how the little eunuch's face was twisted in pain, he couldn't scream, and finally was scratched by the cat and died.
Yi Ye's eyes deepened when he looked at Qu Jiang, Huang Gonggong actually wanted to use this despicable means on himself, and when he noticed that Huang Gonggong and his party had gone away, Yi Ye gave a few orders to the leader and guard, and turned around and walked towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.
In the north of Liuyun Road, in a wide alley, a black golden silk nanmu plaque hangs on the red vermilion lacquer gate, with three majestic characters inscribed, "Prime Minister's Mansion." ”
A green silk soft sedan chair stopped in front of the prime minister's mansion, and the sharp-eyed little man pushed open the two vermilion lacquer doors, and Steward Zhang hurried out of the house and shouted to the green silk soft sedan chair, "Master, the old lady is angry!" ”
Meng Shenyun, who was sitting in the soft sedan chair, opened his eyelids, and waited for Steward Zhang to lift the curtain before holding Steward Zhang's right arm with one hand and slowly standing up from the soft sedan chair.
"Who has been to the old lady's room today?"
Mrs. Meng is 80 years old this year, and she has seen too much blood in her boudoir mansion, and she has begun to be particularly obsessed with the Buddha.
Now the power of the Prime Minister's Mansion has long been handed over to the eldest lady, Meng Shenyun is not the only son of Master Meng, he also has an elder brother on his head, named Meng Shenshan.
It's just that Meng Shenyun is the sister-in-law of Mrs. Meng, and although Meng Shenshan is three years older than Meng Shenyun, he was born to a concubine in the house, and there is a gap between these identities.
If it weren't for Meng Shenyun's wife in the main room who died of illness last year, except for a few noisy concubines in his room, there was no one in charge, and Mrs. Meng would not have given this right to Meng Shenshan's wife.
However, although the eldest lady did not manage the family affairs of Mrs. Meng back then, she also managed the Prime Minister's Mansion in an orderly manner, so although Meng Shenyun was disgusted in her heart, she didn't say much.
However, recently, because of a holy decree to enter the palace, the Prime Minister's Mansion was stirred up like a mess of porridge.
"There is the eldest lady, the third aunt and the fourth aunt, and the big"
Meng Shenyun interrupted Steward Zhang's words irritably, and hurriedly entered the door.
Steward Zhang followed closely behind Meng Shenyun, and the two strode towards Old Lady Meng's courtyard.
Since Mrs. Meng recited the Buddha, she asked her subordinates to clean the flowers and plants in her yard and plant some plants with plain colors such as pine trees and bamboo.
Now that the snow has just stopped, there are three or two maid rings in the yard, shaking off the snow from the pine trees, and seeing Meng Shenyun hurriedly stopped the movements in his hands one by one, knelt down and saluted.
A girl ran in to inform Mrs. Meng, and after a while, someone picked a curtain and invited Meng Shenyun to go in.
After Meng Shenyun entered the house, he sat down directly beside Mrs. Meng, swept a piece of the warbler Yanyan in the house, and finally stared at the eldest lady Meng Wan irritably.
The eldest lady, Meng Wan, was born to the eldest lady who passed away last year.
Meng Wan felt her father's eyes, and the arrogance in her eyes suddenly lit up, she looked at Meng Yun who was sitting in the corner proudly, and snorted softly in her mouth.
Meng Yun shrank his body, lowered his head, and twisted his hands together, but there was a hint of loneliness on his face. Although it is his mother who is in charge now, in the end, his father's identity is inferior to that of the second uncle, and this opportunity to enter the palace is Meng Wan's.
Mrs. Meng held the Buddha beads tightly in her hand, her eyes closed and she didn't say a word.
Meng Shenyun poured a cup of tea and said for Mrs. Meng, "Mother, who made you angry, you just have to punish it, don't be angry with yourself in your heart." ”
Hearing her son speak, Mrs. Meng was relieved, she opened her eyes, glanced at Meng Wan and Meng Yun, and took a sip of tea, "You have also read the holy decree, the emperor let the concubine of the Prime Minister's Mansion enter the palace to participate in the palace banquet, who do you think is appropriate?" ”
Meng Shenyun was thinking about his daughter Meng Wan entering the palace, how could he give up this great gift to his eldest brother's daughter, but although his mother looked at Meng Wan and Meng Yun at the same time just now, the deep meaning in her eyes was different.
Obviously, her mother has a great prejudice against Meng Wan in her heart.
Meng Shenyun remembered that his daughter's temper was also a headache, although Meng Wan was beautiful and talented, but she had always been above the top and willful.
And although Meng Yun is the daughter of the eldest brother, she is far superior to Meng Wan in terms of appearance and talent, and since the eldest lady took charge, Meng Yun has become more and more liked by her mother.
Meng Shenyun couldn't make a choice, but he had already figured out a set of ways to deal with people after being an official for many years, and just wanted to say that the current power of management is in the hands of the eldest lady, why should my mother listen to the meaning of the eldest lady, so I heard a maid ring come in and report, "Master, old lady, Yi Chitose asks to see." ”
When Meng Shenyun heard the word Yi Chitose, his eyes widened a little wider, his mouth opened a few smiles, and he hurriedly said, "Please let her in." ”
Although Mrs. Meng has been in the boudoir all the year round, she also heard that the chief administrator of Yi was promoted to Yi Chitose, and she specially asked the people in the palace to give her a gift.
Steward Zhang respectfully led Yi Ye to the main hall, but he had some calculations in his heart, today the old lady was angry for whether the eldest lady Meng Wan entered the palace, or the eldest lady Meng Yun entered the palace, and Yi Chitose was a person in the palace, and it would not be that there was any other will in the palace if she chose this time.
When Yi Ye entered the mansion just now, he heard a few small servants whispering beside him, as if he was still mentioning something about entering the palace.