==Chapter 178==

Temple of Manna

With the muffled sound of the torture rod hitting the flesh and skin, many palace people standing on the side couldn't help but shrink their necks, and all of them lost their faces.

Under the corridor, a group of people stood, divided into two groups.

One of the groups was led by Mama He and Lianzhi, and Lianfang and Xia Liu stood aside. The other group of people was led by a middle-aged female official, and there were also several palace people standing behind them, and from the resentment on the faces of these people, it could be seen that they seemed to be not in opposition to Mama He and the others.

"Mama He, as a senior, we naturally don't want to question it. But is it a bit too much to start so hard? The middle-aged female officer said.

This person's surname is Chen, known as Chen Nushi, who was specially selected by the Shang Palace Bureau to wait for the new queen, and the palace in charge of foreign affairs. To put it bluntly, this Chen Nushi is responsible for the transmission of life between the new queen and the sixth game, and she is an errand messenger. But because of its special status, its status among female officials is not low, and it belongs to the low-ranking and powerful kind.

After all, it was the master who was waiting, even if it was a dog, it was superior to outsiders.

Chen Nushi, as an inconspicuous female official in the sixth bureau, has been conscientious for decades, and this time she was selected to serve by the side of the new queen, she was very surprised but surprised, and felt that good luck had fallen from the sky, and she was going to come out this time. After coming to Xinhou's side, she found that things didn't seem to be as simple as she imagined.

First of all, the new queen does not seem to play cards according to the card, which dynasty and which generation of the queen does not live alone in a palace, but this new queen is relying on the favor of Emperor Chu, and his majesty Xià lives in the same palace. The officials of the DPRK and China have repeatedly made comments, and she did not take this matter seriously.

It stands to reason that where the queen lives has nothing to do with these female officials, but the new queen moved to live with His Majesty.

What is the Temple of Manna? That's the Emperor's land! As the saying goes, which mountain song is sung on which mountain, since it is the holy land, it naturally has its own set of teams. Generally, the emperor waits around, and most of them are mainly internal attendants, supplemented by palace people. And the queen's side is just the opposite, but mainly female officials and palace people, supplemented by internal servants.

This is a bit contradictory, there must always be a leader in a place, if it is in the queen's own palace, how can Chen Nushi take a big head, but in this manna hall, she can only be a small low. Now the head of this manna hall is Chang Shun, the inner chamberlain of the Inner Servant Province, and let her fight with Chang Chief, unless she doesn't want this little life.

Therefore, Chen Nushi was extremely aggrieved.

That's it, the new queen moved from the East Palace, and naturally she also has her own team around her, headed by Mama He and Lianzhi. Although due to the busy time during this time, the new queen has not had time to take over the sixth bureau, but as Jiu Niang's henchmen, He Mama and Lian Zhi and others naturally have to strictly guard all the affairs around Jiu Niang. These things don't need to be taught by others, they will do them, and therefore they have formed a state of confrontation with Chen Nushi.

Chen Nushi was unwilling to be seized of power, but she couldn't resist at all, and she found that these people around Xinhou had a very good relationship with the people around Xindi, sandwiched between the two, although no one was going to embarrass her and exclude her, but it also made it difficult for her to move an inch in the Manna Palace.

It wasn't until this time that Chen Nushi found out that what kind of errand was this, obviously those people in the sixth game specially sent her to top the cylinder.

But since she sat in this position, she naturally didn't want to go back to the sixth game in a gloomy way, so there was this scene in front of her.

Hearing Chen Nushi's words, Mama He smiled indifferently, and her eyebrows did not move: "The slave maid also acts in accordance with the queen's will, so I don't have to worry about Chen Nushi." ”

Then you don't need to be so ruthless, right? As soon as the post-sealing ceremony was held, the queen dared to kill a palace person in public in the Ganlu Palace. The palace people are small, but the things behind her are not small, there was just a speech official over there in the previous dynasty to ask His Majesty to recruit the daughters of the world and fill the harem, and the queen here seduced His Majesty because of a palace person, and killed her in public, she didn't want to be famous? !

Chen Nushi was so blocked that her face was red, and just as she wanted to say something, she saw the palace man named Lianfang next to Mama He stand up, and rushed down and scolded: "Such an unruly slave and maid, if you are killed, you will be killed." You can all show me, this is the end of the rules. ”

As she spoke, she looked around at the scene.

Looking at his face, he is not too old, but he has a temperament full of fox and fake tiger power.

No one dared to question it.

The muffled sound of 'popping' continued.

It stands to reason that if you want to kill this person with a cane, a few canes are enough, but after hitting dozens of canes, the person has not yet seen his breath. Experienced palace attendants all know that this is deliberately not wanting to kill people immediately, this is killing chickens and setting an example.

For a moment, the people standing below were silent.

Mama He and the others were also very angry.

These days are too busy, and the people around them, the queen, are also so busy that they are dizzy, plus they are new to the situation, and they are not very familiar with a qiē affair, which will inevitably make people take advantage of it. What happened in the soup pond just now reached their ears through the mouth of the lotus branch, and everyone was shocked and angry. was so shocked that he betrayed the queen's trust, and he was so angry that he didn't take precautions or failed to prevent the thief.

Yes, thief.

Almost as soon as she heard the ins and outs of the matter, Mama He knew that this must have been done by a thief. If there was no one behind this palace to help, she would not have broken in so coincidentally.

Absolutely no one in their own people dared to do this, and it was impossible for Chang Shun to do it, so needless to say, it was this Chen Nushi.

Mama He is very aware of Liu Nushi's situation, and she also knows the small actions over there in the sixth game. When the new queen first took charge of the palace, they inevitably had to test one or two, and to put it bluntly, this Chen Nushi was the rafters that others put out.

Of course, these are all trivial things, and when the new one takes action, the sixth bureau will naturally be obedient.

It's just that I never thought that this Chen Nushi would dare to do such a thing. As soon as the ceremony was held, the new queen was afraid of her reputation, so she made a little ant come out.

If he succeeds, His Majesty's new favorite will naturally be in the spotlight, and Chen Nushi can be regarded as finding a new path for himself. Even if it didn't work out, it wouldn't involve her. Since she dared to do it, she naturally left a way back, this is the usual measurement of these women in the harem, Mama He has been in the palace for so many years, so she naturally understands the key to this.

The plans are very good, but unfortunately the only miscalculation of Chen Nushi is the temperament of the new queen, Mama He has been waiting for Jiuniang for many years, so she naturally understands the ruthlessness under her peaceful face. She has never been a person who swallows her anger, and if she doesn't make a move, she will either die or be injured.

Chen Nushi's plan was disrupted, but the superficial work that should be done still had to be done, she held up a smile, leaned towards Mama He, and said: "The queen mother is still young, Mama He, as an old man, you should also persuade it. "That's a bitter mouth.

Is this hinting?

Mama He looked at her with a smile on her face: "The slave maid naturally listens to the queen's mother, Liu Nushi is really troubled, I will help you convey your hard work to the queen." ”

These words, this expression, and this look were like a slap on Liu Nushi's face, making her face suddenly purple and red. But does she dare to question it? Naturally I don't dare.

The so-called killing of chickens and monkeys is to kill the chicken below, and it is the restless monkey in the entire harem here and outside, but at this time it is her face.

After this incident, I am afraid that the little people under her will not be as obedient as usual.

But Liu Nushi can't leave at this time, she still has to continue to watch, even if she is holding on.

With a muffled sound, the people on the torture bench gradually stopped struggling, and more than a dozen canes went down, and the palace people who were executing stepped forward to touch her snort, and said, "The person is already out of breath." ”

Mama He nodded, glanced around the scene, and said in a deep voice, "Drag it down." ”

Then he led the people away.

During this period, except for Lianfang's two words of demonstration, she almost didn't say anything, just to show others. That's why it's so strong.

It seems that this new queen is also a bad one to mess with.

……

This incident did not cause much turmoil in the palace.

Of course, this is also on the surface, but in fact, this matter quickly spread throughout the palace, and everyone knows that this new queen is not a good stubble.

Linked to the style and reputation of the princess of Chu before the new queen, and then linked to the new queen Ming Huanghuang killed a palace man who dared to seduce His Majesty, and His Majesty didn't do much of it, and still stayed with the new queen day and day, and the relationship was even more than before. What else is there to think about? It is time to take refuge in it, it is time to show goodwill, as long as there are no new people around your majesty for a day, they will have nothing to jump on, and the left is just the family affair of the husband and wife.

Gong Dou, Gong Dou, now that the palace is so dominant, what else is there to fight, they who are slaves and maids should rest as soon as possible.

*

It wasn't until the dust settled that Mu Yuanzhang led his daughter An An to Emperor Chengyuan.

Emperor Chengyuan was furious, and he had a lot of fire, and finally got better and fell ill again. Fortunately, there is no big problem, otherwise Mu Yuanzhang will blame himself for the rest of his life.

When Emperor Chengyuan woke up again, he didn't reprimand Mu Yuanzhang, he just said in a dejected manner, and the matter had come to this.

He still had a fire in his heart, but Mu Yuanzhang led An An to see him every day, and he didn't lose his temper in front of this lovely granddaughter.

Only then did everyone know that it was not that King Hui could not give birth, but it was extremely difficult to have an heir, and he had worked hard for many years to get such a daughter. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, it is futile to talk about anything else, so it is better to let some things go away with the wind.

When Emperor Chengyuan's health was better, Mu Yuanzhang proposed to take the Emperor Taishang to live with Penglai Mountain, but the Emperor Taishang did not refuse, moved out of the Zichen Palace, and moved into the Penglai Mountain Immortal Palace.

Since then, he has been teasing his grandson, fishing and playing chess in his spare time, and his life has been smooth and happy. After a period of time, the emperor's body got better day by day, although half of his body could not move, it was not as good as the previous dying appearance. And the same is true of King Hui, who has a pale face all the year round, a weak body and bones, and can only walk in a wheelchair, but now he can walk a few steps by himself.

Seeing this qiē, the Emperor Taishang, who put down a qiē, was relieved, and suddenly felt that such a day was also very good.

……

Unlike the ease on Penglai Mountain, Mu Jinting has not stopped there recently.

Without him, as an emperor, he always had to face all kinds of problems. There is a drought here, a flood there, corrupt officials here, and some people form a party for personal gain. All in all, things keep going. However, since as an emperor, these are all things that must be faced and dealt with, Mu Jinting has never been a person who is easy to be swayed, he has the kind of heart that a monarch should have, and it is natural to deal with this qiē, but it is inevitable to be troubled.

He will come to Penglai Mountain every few days to ask the Emperor Taishang, who is now living a relaxed and comfortable life, and he can't help but have some jokes about this son. Although he didn't say it explicitly in his mouth, his eyes and expressions were full of schadenfreude, and he just said that this emperor is not good to be a good person, and now that Lao Tzu has retired, you kid is worried.

Mu Jinting was very speechless.

But what can he say, the road is his own choice, and he must continue to walk. It's just that when I saw my son Mumu, I couldn't help but have some thoughts in my heart. Mu Mu, who is only four years old, is now going to study with the prince and Taifu every day, and he is so miserable that the key to being a mother can't say anything.

Yes, Mu Mu has been crowned the crown prince.

As the crown prince, the future prince, he has gained a lot, and naturally he has to lose a lot. Jiuniang understands this truth, so naturally she can't question Mu Jinting's cultivation of her son.

At the same time, the dispute between the DPRK and China over the vacancy of Mu Jinting's harem has never stopped.

As an official in the court, no one wants to go further, and the best way is to combine the two dynasties. The temptation of relatives is too great, don't look at the queen who is favored now, but Emperor Chu is still young, who dares to say what will happen in the future? As for the crown prince, there are few who can safely become emperors from the crown prince.

So many people are eyeing Mu Jinting's empty harem, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, favors are prone to evil, and the queen should be virtuous and virtuous, and other topics have been brought out countless times, but Mu Jinting really still ignores them.

Not only him, but even Jiu Niang, who is the queen, didn't seem to hear it. You all said that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, how can you know what happened in the previous dynasty as a harem lady, even if you know, you can't say anything, isn't it that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics?

The courtiers were made lose their temper by the couple.

Naturally, the Emperor Taishang did not miss this matter, and when he was chatting with King Hui once, he said with a complicated expression: "This kid insists." ”

After talking for half a while, King Hui heard the meaning, and the Emperor Taishang thought of his own time.

However, it is a matter of the emperor's private affairs, and King Hui is not easy to say.

After that, the emperor ordered people to refuse the request of some old ministers to see him, and said that since he was already in the throne, he would no longer care about the affairs of the world, let alone the emperor's private affairs.

This is because some ministers saw that they couldn't convince Emperor Chu and didn't dare to force persecution, so they moved their minds to the Emperor Taishang, intending to use the identity of the Emperor Taishang to suppress Emperor Chu, so that he agreed to accept the daughters of the world and fill the harem.

However, the Emperor Taishang didn't take their stubble at all, so naturally this play couldn't be sung.

When the news reached Jiu Niang's ears, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in her heart.

*

It's spring again, and it's time for the grass to grow and the warbler to fly.

In the 'Changxin Garden' on Penglai Mountain, Jiu Niang and Ruan Ling'er were sitting in a pavilion, and the two were gossiping. On the grass outside the gazebo, there are three children playing happily.

One is the crown prince Mu Sheng, who is five years old this year, born with pink carving, more and more like the trumpet Mu Jinting. The other is the second prince Mu Zhang, he is two years old this year, he is still a small meat dumpling, born snow-white and cute, what does not match his face is his character, he is completely a naughty and mischievous little demon king. There is also a little girl, who is the only daughter of King Hui, the lord of Anxi, she is half a year older than the second prince Dudu, three years old this year, born lively and cute, and she must be a beauty embryo after looking at her face.

At this moment, Dudu is teasing An An, An An's personality is not as supple as her mother, and she naturally wants to bully back when she is bullied, so she runs after Dudu to bully back.

And Mu Mu is a peacemaker on the side.

But it's just a pinch of the face, as for that?

Now that Mu Mu prides himself on being an adult, he naturally disagrees with some childish behaviors between his younger brother and sister. However, even if he is an elder brother, he naturally wants to lead by example, so he also walked on his short legs and persuaded him to fight, for fear that the two would fight.

Yes, Dudu is a domineering person, and An An is not a submissive person, and the two have fought more than once. But children fight, what can they do, but you ignore me and I ignore you, and after a few days, they will be reconciled again, and the adults will have fun watching it.

"You're about to give birth again, congratulations in advance." Ruan Ling'er said softly.

Jiuniang stroked her stomach, glanced outside the pavilion, and said with a smile: "It's going to take two months." ”

"I hope you get what you want this time."

Jiuniang envied Ruan Ling'er more than once for giving birth to a lively and lovely daughter, and more than once in front of her that she also wanted to have a daughter. After this pregnancy, she thought about it in her heart, and prepared the clothes for the child in her belly after birth on weekdays, most of which were female babies, and now it depends on whether God rewards her face or not.

"I wish it was like this, my majesty also wants a daughter. People don't all say that their daughter is their mother's little padded jacket, seeing that you have such a lively and cute little padded jacket, I also want one, so as not to be all stinky boys, and people will be annoyed to death in the day. ”

Ruan Ling'er smiled: "Okay, don't say something sour, everyone hopes to win a man in one fell swoop, the more the better, but you are tired of it." If Dudu knows about this, it's time for you to cry. She covered her mouth and smiled.

Dudu is indeed too skinny, Jiuniang feels that she has always been a relatively calm person, and it is really impossible to meet such a skinny son. It's useless to reprimand and spank, no matter how much Jiuniang can't bear it, she can only watch this stinky boy live day by day.

Who is Dudu afraid of? What he was most afraid of was Mu Jinting, a glance swept over, he was sure to be as honest as a quail.

"I can't control it now, but fortunately my father is in charge."

Ruan Ling'er said enviously: "You and Your Majesty have a really good relationship. ”

Jiu Niang glanced at her with disgust: "Aren't you and King Hui?" ”

With that, the two looked at each other and smiled, and then set their eyes on the grass outside.

At this time, Lian Fang walked in quickly and said, "Niangniang, Your Majesty is here." ”

Jiuniang was stunned for a moment, thinking to herself that he didn't deal with court affairs, why did he come at this time?

However, Ruan Ling'er peeked through the mystery and said with a smile: "Okay, I won't keep you, is it possible that Your Majesty is busy, go back quickly." ”

Ruan Ling'er smiled narrowly, Jiu Niang couldn't help blushing, and she didn't refrain in the end, so she hurriedly said goodbye to Ruan Ling'er and went outside.

At the end of the line of sight, a tall and slender figure stood in front of a flower garden, his hands behind his back, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, majestic and extraordinary.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, he turned around and saw a handsome face like jade, narrow eyes dark, Ruoliu long eyebrows into the sideburns, handsome and beautiful.

"Why is Your Majesty here?" Jiu Niang walked up to Mu Jinting and asked.

He took her hand, "I just finished reading the excerpt, and I heard Chang Shun say that you came to Penglai Mountain, so I came to pick you up." ”

The two walked slowly forward hand in hand. One has a big belly, the other is strong and slender, but it is so harmonious when seen from behind.

"Was she naughty today?"

"It's okay, it didn't hurt me. Mu Mu and Dudu are still playing over there, do you want to ask them to go back together? ”

"Regardless of them, the weather is very good today, I will accompany you to disperse."

"Hmm."

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