Chapter 90: Giving a Helping Hand
The Taoist priest held a burning talisman paper in his hand and circled it around the top of Liang Xi's head a few times, and kept muttering in his mouth. Suddenly, the Taoist priest threw the runic paper that was about to be burned out in his hand into the bowl of another Taoist priest, and the black ashes floated on the water, looking disgusting.
At this moment, Liang Xi's thin body knelt on the ground and trembled, and his face should have turned a little pale with fear. Suddenly, he sent the runic water of that night to Liang Xi's mouth, and said expressionlessly: "Please take this holy water from Your Highness." ”
Liang Xi looked at the terrible filth on the water, and the fear in his eyes intensified, and he shook his body violently, trying to ask for restraint from the eunuchs.
And Shen Zhen couldn't cry at the moment, so she could only watch a group of people firmly grasp her son and force Liang Xi to drink the rune water. Seeing that the bowl full of sewage had reached Liang Xi's mouth, Shen Hao closed her eyes in pain, not daring to look at what was about to happen in the next moment.
Suddenly, a clear female voice came from the gate of the palace, and the timbre was as cold as iceberg spring water, with a refreshing coolness. "Stop!"
Mu Qing walked slowly into everyone's sight, looking at the entire courtyard with indifferent eyes, but there was no joy or anger on his face. Zhu Yu followed behind Mu Qing and was silent, her fists clenched, as if this was the only way to suppress the anger in her heart.
The moment Tang Meiren saw Mu Qing, a panicked look flashed in her eyes, but she immediately returned to her normal appearance, stepped forward and saluted: "See Concubine Chen." ”
Mu Qing smiled very calmly, looked at Shen Zhen who was kneeling on the ground, and asked, "Sister Zhen is so lively here, even Tang Meiren is here, I don't know what happy event happened?" ”
Tang Meiren raised her chin, "Concubine Chen doesn't know yet, after the incident in Yunyi Palace last time, there have been rumors in the palace that His Royal Highness the Great Prince is as evil as his body, so my sister invited a Taoist priest to come here to exorcise evil spirits." ”
Mu Qing snorted coldly indifferently, "In the palace, it has always been strictly forbidden to talk about strange forces and gods. Sister Tang not only rashly brought people into the palace, but also turned Yiqian Palace upside down, did she put the emperor in her eyes? ”
In the face of Mu Qing's questioning, Tang Meiren was not timid at all, but said disdainfully: "Today's matter is the order of the queen's mother, and the concubine is just acting on orders." ”
"Oh? The Queen's orders? Mu Qing looked at Tang Meiren coldly, and the question in his eyes was like a steel knife, "Then does the emperor know about this?" ”
"After the palace banquet that day, the emperor decreed that in the future, all the qiē related to the Yiqian Palace would be decided by the queen." Tang Meiren smiled proudly, and her arrogant appearance made people want to step forward and slap her.
Mu Qing bent the corners of his mouth, as if he sneered contemptuously, and the tone of his voice was a little colder than Fang Cai's. "So that means the emperor doesn't know?"
Mu Qing's words made Tang Meiren stunned, and her original arrogant look suddenly froze on her face. At this time, Mu Qing slowly said again: "This palace guesses, the emperor must not know that the queen mother also invited a Taoist priest outside the palace, and made such a big move in Yiqian Palace, so much trouble, right?" ”
"The concubine only obeys the queen's orders, and for the rest, please forgive the concubine for not knowing anything." Although Tang Meiren's heart is like a deflated ball, she has always been arrogant, so the shelf on her face is still very good, "If the mother thinks that this matter is inappropriate, you can go to the emperor and the queen to discuss, once the emperor or the queen mother gives an order, the concubine will immediately take the people away from the Yiqian Palace." ”
Mu Qing lowered her head and sneered, even if she went to the emperor to complain now, she was afraid that after she persuaded the emperor to give an order, Shen Zhen's mother and son would have already been tortured to the point that they were not human, and Tang Meiren was also able to dare to be so fearless because of this. However, Mu Qingzhi did not get angry because of the other party's attitude, and the changes many years ago developed her temperament like she is now. Mu Qingfu raised his eyes again, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was even worse, but Zhu Yu, who had followed Mu Qing's side for many years, knew this kind of smile best, and the more harmless the smile looked, the more dangerous Mu Qing was at this time.
"Since it is the order of the queen's mother, then those of us who are sisters should obey our orders. But..."Mu Qing paused deliberately, and the fierceness in his tone became more and more obvious, "But I think the queen mother should have just ordered Sister Tang, and didn't say that she would lynch Concubine Zhen and the eldest prince, right?"
"Lynching?!" Tang Meiren's eyes widened and she retorted eagerly, "Who lynched them?" My sister just saw that Sister Zhen and His Royal Highness the Great Prince were overreacting, so she ordered someone to take good care of them, and Sister Concubine Chen must not be alarmist. ”
Mu Qing tilted his head inexplicably and asked knowingly, "Oh? Several eunuchs worked together to suppress the two women and children who were powerless, and it was inevitable that the strength was not good, and they hurt Concubine Zhen's sister and Her Royal Highness, isn't this a lynching? ”
"Hmph, it's just a gentle tug on their hands and feet, where will there be any injuries?" Tang Meiren was made to laugh and cry by Concubine Chen's inexplicable words, and thought: It seems that Concubine Chen has nothing to do, and she is incoherent.
"I can't see it for a while, but it's hard to say in two days." Mu Qingyu said quietly, a sour and sneering smile appeared on his face. As he spoke, Mu Qing glanced at Shen Zhen who was stunned in place without a trace, and his ghostly eyes were full of light and darkness, as if conveying some kind of information.
Shen Zhen's body trembled suddenly, and she seemed to understand the meaning in the other party's eyes. The next moment, Shen Zhen took advantage of the relaxation of everyone, vigorously broke free from the surrounding eunuchs without warning, picked up the dust whisk in the hand of the Taoist priest, and held the dust whisk with lightning speed, and knocked the tail himself. The pain hit and spread all over the body, Shen Zhen was so painful that she half-squatted down, and her delicate facial features were squeezed together because of the pain.
Everyone was stunned by this sudden moment, and Tang Meiren was even more stunned and stood upright in place like a puppet, and her body couldn't stop trembling.
At this moment, Liang Xi also broke free from the Taoist priest beside him and rushed straight in the direction of his mother. The mother and son hugged each other tightly, hugging and crying.
"Yo! I was worried about what injuries my sister would have just now, why did she really get hurt in the blink of an eye? Mu Qing pretended to be surprised, and then looked at Tang Meiren, and the hypocrisy on her face made Zhu Yu want to laugh when she saw it. Sister Tang, look at it, how is this good? I don't think Fang just hit it lightly, and it will definitely get a big bruise in two days, right? ”
"Nope! I didn't! She did it on purpose!! Tang Meiren exclaimed in a panic.
"Deliberately? Who saw it? Mu Qing asked rhetorically, but a chill froze on her lips, and Qing Yue's voice suddenly fell to freezing. This palace didn't see anything except the eunuchs holding on to Concubine Zhen! (To be continued.) )