Chapter 164: Forgiveness
Hui'er, who was shocked again, really gave Concubine Lan a headache, Concubine Lan knew that her son was wise and resourceful, and he always had more eyes than others in everything. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info If it weren't for Hui'er's repeated disqualifications, Concubine Lan would have been able to follow King Zhao's temperament to accompany him, but Hui'er's eye-piercing actions have clearly become King Zhao's test stone.
Concubine Lan began to regret - why did she choose such a maid who could not withstand the wind and waves, and kept her by her side for many years, but it became a stumbling block for her at the critical moment. If Concubine Lan had changed her mind at that time, it would have been better to choose a shrewd and capable person than Hui'er's useless loyalty.
King Zhao squinted at Hui'er, his face was quite funny, he looked at Concubine Lan and teased:
"Mother, what's wrong with Hui'er today? It's rare to see her absent-minded when she does things, isn't she doing something wrong, and you punished her? What caused her to tremble like this? ā
Concubine Lan forcibly suppressed her anger towards Hui'er, and planned to wait for King Zhao to leave, so that she would be trained - otherwise, if there was a slight accident in the future, not only would she not be able to point out how Hui'er would help, but it would be good for the other party to show her feet again and again.
"Where did the king speak? Hui'er has been with me for many years - even if she does something unacceptable, I can't bear to punish her......"
Concubine Lan's sentence came out of nowhere, and she deliberately pointed the finger at Hui'er, hoping that King Zhao would pay attention to Hui'er - after all, she was not the only one living in this Yi Lianxuan.
King Zhao pondered for a moment when he heard this, and he set his eyes on Hui'er again. I have to say that Concubine Lan's mind is very powerful, and there are only a handful of people who can lead King Zhao's nose away.
But Na Hui'er was not angry, she looked at Concubine Lan with a confused face - that look seemed to say: Niangniang, what do you let the slave and maid take care of, so you can give the slave and maid a breath in advance, so unclear, how can the slave and maid be able to figure it out?
Concubine Lan's expression at this time was even more ugly than eating something extremely unpalatable, and King Zhao withdrew his gaze with a smile and focused on Concubine Lan again.
It can be seen that Concubine Lan's trick of transferring flowers and trees, in front of Hui'er's sincerity and uprightness, did not work at all. And it made King Zhao even more convinced that it must not be easy to let Concubine Lan start playing tricks.
Concubine Lan could be regarded as lifting a stone to shoot herself in the foot, so as not to expose her carefully woven lies in a daze again, so Concubine Lan had to send Hui'er as far away as possible.
"Hui'er, how did you get on an errand today? It's all here to disgrace the main palace! Provoke the king's joke for nothing! According to the main palace, you don't have to wait here, go back to the roof of the bedroom and think about the past-"
"Yes."
After Hui'er responded in a muffled voice, she inevitably felt aggrieved - she didn't know that King Zhao would come to greet Concubine Lan tonight, and when Qi Sheng visited before, Concubine Lan had never told Hui'er a little bit about Qi Sheng. At this time, she will be in a mess, isn't it reasonable, after all, she really doesn't know anything, but she is involved for no reason.
After Hui'er's sullen face made Concubine Lan see it, Concubine Lan was very speechless, and simply stopped talking to Hui'er, so as not to be angry.
After Hui'er was completely driven away, only King Zhao and Concubine Lan were left in the house.
King Zhao didn't want to play tricks with his mother, so he was ready to take advantage of the fact that the mother and son were not disturbed by outsiders to pick up and talk about what Concubine Lan was hiding. King Zhao didn't want to be estranged from Concubine Lan because of anything, and even thought that if Concubine Lan was in trouble, he didn't know that it was true.
Therefore, King Zhao got up and paced back and forth in the room - he was afraid that if he got too close to Concubine Lan when talking about things that made Concubine Lan secret, the other party would inevitably feel depressed:
"Mother, there are no outsiders at the moment. The retainers said bluntly......"
King Zhao paused for a moment, hinting that Concubine Lan should have sent someone to investigate, and Concubine Lan had no need to cover it up for anyone.
After Concubine Lan understood what King Zhao meant, her heart jumped suddenly, and with how peaceful Concubine Lan was, she couldn't restrain the turbulence in her heart.
King Zhao quickly stared at Concubine Lan and continued:
"At the palace banquet that night, the mother concubine sent all the palace people in Yilian Xuan to Huaqing Pond to choose cotton wool, leaving only Hui'er alone as a care. According to the guards in the palace, Qi Sheng entered Yilian Xuan for at least half an hour. When Qi Sheng returned to the Chengqian Palace, his hands were empty, and there was no hangover medicine that his mother said. Erchen wants to know - who is Qi Sheng? Did he sneak into the barracks just to see his mother? Why did the concubine help him hide it? And why did he completely disappear into the sun after seeing his mother? ā
The evidence that King Zhao elaborated and the series of questions he raised overwhelmed Concubine Lan.
Concubine Lan originally thought that Qi Sheng would not let people hold the handle, who would have thought that King Zhao had already discovered that Qi Sheng was not simple, which Concubine Lan did not expect.
But Qi Sheng, who was far away in the Great Xia Kingdom, knew that he could not easily deceive King Zhao, and King Zhao would definitely be suspicious of his sudden departure. But the reason why Qi Sheng didn't think all the details properly, such as coming up with a seamless excuse to leave the military and then leave - with his current strength, this is simply insignificant.
But he didn't want to do this, he just wanted to leave a lot of doubts so that King Zhao, who was delicate and wise, could explore it on his own - it was best to find out the head of Concubine Lan, which Qi Sheng was very happy to see.
When Concubine Lan accepted that King Zhao had dialysed everything, to say it or not to say it? How so? These questions bothered her to sort it out. She muttered for a long time, but finally did not make a sound.
King Zhao stood far away from Concubine Lan, and he couldn't bear to see his mother in such pain, but there was nothing he could do, after all, he had found out here, and he didn't want to bring great disaster to Rizhao because of his temporary protection and tolerance.
King Zhao frowned, and persuaded Concubine Lan softly:
"Mother, if Qi Sheng is just an ordinary little person, he may believe it if he mistakenly broke into Yilian Xuan's son. But all kinds of signs show that Qi Sheng's purpose in the coming day is ill-intentioned! My mother has always been a kind person, and I don't believe that my mother will have any unsavory things to do with the thieves, I don't believe that my mother can't bear to ruin the peaceful and prosperous world run by my father, and I don't believe that my mother chooses to favor the latter between me, my father and the thieves! ā
King Zhao's title for Concubine Lan changed from "mother concubine" to "mother", and he hoped that the two of them would put aside those titles and names, and just sit there and talk calmly and heart-to-heart. Starting from the small family formed by them and the King of Rizhao, it involves feelings for the entire country of Rizhao. King Zhao hopes that his mother can face himself with a clear head and not be stupid.
King Zhao's straightforward questioning made Concubine Lan speechless, how could she tell Qi Sheng that he was the brother of King Zhao's mother; how did she tell Qi Sheng that his hatred for her after being abandoned by her was more than a feud; How dare she tell Qi Sheng's revenge plan to swallow Rizhao.
How could she confess all these unspeakable secrets to King Zhao calmly. She couldn't say, she couldn't say that she was also the famous Lan Concubine of the Great Xia Kingdom before she married the Sun Zhao King; It cannot be said that she was in love and harmony with the former king of the Great Xia Kingdom and had a son; It can't be said that Qi Sheng's hatred for her after seeing her has involved King Rizhao, King Zhao, and even the entire country. (To be continued.) )