Chapter Twenty-Four: Gong Zhongwei
"What are you talking about, it's so lively." Nan Jian Chi looked at the tense queen and concubine Xian, glanced at the audience, and finally fell on Qiu Moli who was kneeling on the ground. Who is this? ”
"Your Majesty, you came just in time, this is the fourth lady of Qiu Shangshu Mansion, she is a red-eyed demon, and the concubine is trying to punish the Qiu family's crime of deception." Without waiting for Concubine Xian to speak, the queen immediately seized the opportunity and began to accuse Lord Shangshu's family.
Qiu Nan had been in the court for many years, so he naturally knew what was going on in front of him, but he still pretended to be very frightened, and knelt down with a flutter.
"Your Majesty, when the little girl was born, the old minister was out on official business, and the maid in the family was stupid and missed the opportunity to give birth, so that the little girl's eyes were broken by the blood in the lady's belly, and then she had a pair of red eyes, not the so-called demon!"
"Your Majesty, Lord Shangshu lied, how could his bloody eyes turn into red eyes, it is clearly a demon who is doing evil." Liu Jieyu lost no time in opening her mouth, but it was just to refute Qiu Nan's words.
"Yes, according to the concubine, it can be big or small at this time, you must find out." The empress also began to take a stand.
"Your Majesty, since the queen's sister insists that Li'er is the demon, why don't you ask the priest of Tongtian to take a look at Li'er, so that Li'er's name can be corrected." Qiu Lu smiled and spoke, and threw out a solution.
"Concubine Xian's idea is not bad, whether it is a ghost or a human, the priest of Tongtian will know it at a glance." King Chen also stood up, ostensibly helping Qiu Nan, but more with the mentality of watching a play.
The prime minister was in a hurry in place, and kept glancing at the queen, wanting her to bring this matter over, but the queen continued to speak without fear of death. "The concubine also thinks that this method is feasible, come on, don't go to Tongtian Division, please ask the priest."
Qiu Moli looked at this person who didn't know what other reason to use to rectify himself, and his heart was horizontal, so he simply didn't do anything. "Dare to ask the queen, what is a demon?"
"Evil is really a bad omen, the worst one will bring disaster to the country and the people, and the lighter one will destroy people's houses." The queen opened her mouth word by word, with an expression that confirmed that Qiu Moli was a demon.
"Well, since Niangniang said that the demon is a bad omen, the concubine dares to say that from the day the concubine was born, the wind and rain in the Great Zhou Dynasty have been smooth, and there has never been a bad omen. The Autumn Mansion is also glorious, and the grace of the Blessed Grace seems to be inconsistent with what you said! ”
Qiu Moli is not a virtuous concubine, and she doesn't have to consider the queen's feelings when she speaks, even if she offends the queen, it is his Xuanzi who is unlucky, and he has nothing to do with her.
"You mean this palace has wronged you?" The queen narrowed her eyes and stared at Qiu Moli, as if she wanted to stare through Qiu Moli.
"The concubine doesn't dare."
"Don't dare, I see that's what you think in your heart."
"Niangniang, the concubine's different eyes are not voluntary, but gossip kills people invisibly, so the concubines have lived in simplicity over the years, and they never dare to go out lightly, just for fear of being discriminated against.
A few days ago, the general told the concubine that the concubine's birthday banquet and the concubine were also invited, the concubine was both happy and afraid, and she was so happy that there were still people who remembered the concubine, and when she was afraid, she was afraid that others would treat me as a monster again, and she had been hesitating whether to attend.
But when I thought that it was the love of the emperor and the queen, the glory that no matter how many people asked for, and what was the personal face, the concubines came with hope. Who knew that as soon as he finished asking the queen mother to say goodbye, he rushed out of a bunch of guards, held up the concubines, and was scolded by the people for the wickedness of the concubines.
The concubine knows that if the concubine has these eyes, she shouldn't come out to be embarrassed, and she shouldn't come out to be scary, but the concubine is also a human being, and she also likes to see the beautiful scenery of flowers, and she also likes to stand under the sun and live arbitrarily, instead of being bullied and trampled on.
So the concubine is here to fight and ask the emperor for a favor, if the concubine is a demon, she is willing to go to the altar**, in order to calm the anger of the queen and Jieyu Niangniang, if not, the concubine only asks for a fair and just treatment, that's all. ”
Qiu Moli's words all revealed that a little woman who had been bullied for many years was eager to seek a fair and just mentality for herself, although there were some complaints about the queen, but she could still be understood.
"Li'er ......" Concubine Xian revealed a little pain at the right time, and even expressed the pain and sadness in Qiu Moli's heart when he spoke.
Xuanzi watched coldly and listened to Qiu Moli's confession, and the contempt in his heart became stronger and stronger, obviously she was a vicious and vicious woman who killed wantonly, and she actually pretended to be pitiful and sympathetic, which was really shameless.
Qiu Moli felt a gaze hit him, and he didn't need to guess to know that it was Xuan Zixu's gaze, this stingy man, if he didn't help himself, he actually despised himself, did she really think she was a sick cat?
King Zhang looked at Xuan Zixu, who was standing by and watching, smiled mockingly, and spoke.
"The general's wife's experience is indeed worthy of sympathy, this king remembers that his father said when he was alive that Qiu Shangshu sacrificed a lot for the country's society, and even the newborn child was implicated, so my father should have known about it at that time."
As soon as the queen heard King Zhang say that the emperor already knew about this, she knew that she had made a mistake in today's move, so she hurriedly came out and pushed Liu Jieyu out. "Your Majesty, it's all Liu Jieyu, she came to sue the concubine, saying that the general's wife is a red-eyed demon, and the concubine feels that this matter is too involved, and she arrested someone without finding out, it is the concubine's fault, and she begged the emperor to punish her."
"Your Majesty, the concubines are also confused, not intentional!" Liu Jieyu knelt on the ground with a bang, and two lines of tears slipped out of her face.
Nanjian Chi narrowed his eyes and looked at it coldly, from beginning to end, the two who wrote, directed and acted by themselves only felt extremely disgusted, the queen has always been brainless, and he endured it, but today he used this kind of rumor that he didn't even believe in himself to frame Zhongliang, which was really stupid.
"The queen's words and deeds were careless, deducting half a year's monthly money from the palace people in Yanxi Palace, as for Liu Jieyu, she instigated the queen to collide with the general's wife and demote her to a talented person."
"Your Majesty, the concubines are wronged, and every one is a misunderstanding......" Liu Jieyu cried bitterly. It was not easy to be promoted to Jieyu, and she didn't want to return to the position of a talented person who no one cared about.
But where would the emperor give her a chance, and directly let people drag her down.
"Your Majesty, since Liu Cairen said that it was a misunderstanding, now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, shouldn't Li'er be justified?" Concubine Xian followed Liu Jieyu's words, looking at the emperor expectantly.
Nanjian Chi knew that Concubine Xian had always loved her sister, so she didn't think about it, and spoke directly. "Come on, make a decree for me, the general's wife is of good character and smart, just because she has suffered from eye disease since she was a child, and her eyes are different from ordinary people, if anyone discriminates against her in the future, she will definitely be severely punished."
"Emperor Xie!" Qiu Moli lowered his head and buried it even lower.
"Since it's not a demon, this king is curious, what is the heterochromatic pupils of this general's wife? Is it an exaggeration, or is it simply insignificant. ”
As King Zhang's words fell, everyone began to look curiously at Qiu Moli, who was kneeling on the ground with his head bowed.
Qiu Moli only felt that more than a dozen hot gazes were projected on him, and there were banter, inquiry, and even an unknown resentful gaze in those eyes.
Resentment? Why, she and these people hardly know each other.