Chapter 35: The Way Out
Wen Yue was helpless, and said tremblingly: "Back to Niangniang, the concubine expected that the concubine Niangniang would hold a banquet today, and she must not slack off, and she carefully groomed her makeup, but she didn't think that she missed the time." ”
"Dress up carefully will be timely, didn't all the nobles here not take the palace in their eyes, and came here by smearing some fat powder indiscriminately, the excuse of the Lan nobles seems to be a little inappropriate." Yin Guifei sneered.
The hall was quiet for a while, everyone's eyes fell on Wen Yue, and the Qi Zheng who was kneeling with Wen Yue on the side seemed to have escaped from Yin Guifei's eyes.
Yin Guifei retracted her gaze, raised her hand to play with the ring on her hand, and said lightly: "No matter why you are late, I just hope you remember your identity, this palace is a concubine, and you are just a little nobleman, even if the emperor favors you again, this palace is also above you, who is inferior or inferior, this palace does not remind you, you must also understand." ”
"Yes, the concubines will follow the teachings of the mother, and I hope that the lady will have a large number of them, and don't worry about the concubines." Wen Yue kowtowed slightly.
As soon as Wen Yue's words came out, Qizheng suddenly tightened her heartstrings, and the bad things contained in it followed.
Yin Guifei stood up suddenly, and said sharply: "Presumptuous, you dare to say that this palace is scheming with you, do you know that with your words, this palace can give you a charge for the following crimes." ”
Qi Zheng hurriedly opened his mouth to defend Wen Yue: "Niang Niang forgives her sins, Lan Guiren is quick to talk for a while, what she said is just unintentional, Niang Niang is the master of a palace, how can she worry about us like a palace concubine." ”
Everyone's eyes moved to Qi Zheng, Qi Zheng calmed his head, although he was a little apprehensive in his heart, he thought that it should be no big problem, 'Yin Guifei is only targeting Wen Yue, a disgraced concubine like me, it is like no injustice or hatred for her, and she may be able to find a chance to get out of the predicament. ’
Yin Guifei raised her hand and pointed at Qi Zheng: "You, raise your head." ”。
Hearing this, Qi Zheng slowly looked up at Yin Guifei, Yin Guifei mocked with a trace of disdain: "Who should this palace be, it turned out to be Fu Xiaoyi, who has been in a hurry recently, I haven't seen it for many days, and this palace can't recognize it, Sister Hua, don't you say?" He smiled and looked at Concubine Hua.
Concubine Hua Guifei, who was sitting on the side, was already a little displeased, and looked at Concubine Yin with a smile: "It seems that my sister's memory is not as good as before, maybe it is because she gave birth to the eldest prince, my sister has to live well, otherwise, in the future, such an annoying banquet, the palace is too lazy to take care of it, only my sister can do it so relish." ”
Yin Guifei sat down slowly, and raised the corners of her lips: "Sister rest assured, the palace is still healthy, such a noisy banquet, people like my sister who have always liked quiet, will definitely not want to, this palace is just to express the meaning to your sisters who enter the palace, after all, this palace does not have fragrant dew and hairpins to give to your sisters, only this tea and a glass of wine." ”
"I am grateful for the beauty of the concubine Niangniang, Xi Ying hereby thanked the two concubines, I wish the grace of the noble concubine Niangniang, and the health of Yin Guifei Niangniang and the eldest prince." Xi Ying picked up the wine glass, looked at Yin Guifei with a smile, and drank all the wine in the cup.
When Hua Guifei heard this, she smiled slightly, and raised the wine glass in front of the table: "Then borrow my sister's auspicious words." ”
Yin Guifei's face sank, and when Hua Guifei spoke, she slowly picked up the teacup: "Yes, just borrow Chen Fangyi's auspicious words, but the eldest prince is the eldest son of our Daning, and with the blessing of his ancestors, he will definitely be able to grow up safely when he turns evil into good fortune." With that, he lifted the lid of the cup, blew the tea foam, drank lightly, and dropped the tea cup.
Xi Ying slowly sat down, looked at Concubine Hua, and smiled lightly.
Yin Guifei's eyes swept to the two kneeling people in the hall, and said with a smile: "This palace and Hua Guifei are talking and laughing here, but they have snubbed the two concubines, since everyone is here today, this palace will spare you for the sake of all the sisters, but since this mistake was made, the punishment will be punished, as for how to punish it, Lan Guiren, you can tell me about it yourself?" ”
Wen Yue calmed her head, her hands trembled slightly, and she didn't speak for a long time, Qi Zheng looked at her for a while, frowned slightly, and saw that Wen Yue still didn't mean to answer, Qi Zheng lowered her eyebrows and said: "Back to Niangniang, this is Gyeongbokgung Palace, it is the place where Niangniang is in charge, how can we be punished by ourselves." ”
"Bold, this palace is asking Lan Guiren, Lan Guiren doesn't have a long mouth herself, I want you to answer on her behalf." Yin Guifei scolded, paused, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her lips, and replied: "Okay, since Lan Guiren himself refuses to say, then the palace has the final say." ”
Qizheng hurriedly lowered her head, Wen Yue's slightly sobbing voice came, Qizheng was uneasy in her heart, and she didn't know what Yin Guifei would do.
Yin Guifei thought for a moment and said lightly: "I'm afraid that Lan Guiren's careful grooming is not for the palace and the sisters to see, but unfortunately, the emperor didn't come, and Lan Guiren's head was in vain, and Lan Guiren was late because of this dress, where did the mistake start, naturally punish her, take off the hair ornament on her head, wipe off the fat powder, and eat without makeup." ”
"Yes." The two palace maids beside Yin Guifei answered, stepped forward and took off the ornaments on Wen Yue's hair one by one, and finally only the white orchid step was left to tie up the Dai hair, and the palace maid was about to reach out to pick it off, Wen Yue suddenly protected it with her hand, raised her eyes to look at Yin Guifei, and begged: "Don't, the concubine begged Niangniang, don't move this step."
Yin Guifei looked at Wen Yue, snorted, and said coldly: "What this palace said, there is no room for negotiation, so don't do it quickly." ”
The maid of the first palace hurriedly stretched out her hand to take off the step shake, and the green silk suddenly scattered and slipped off her shoulder.
"Bring the step to Hongu." Yin Guifei glanced at the two palace maids and ordered.
When Wen Yue heard this, she hurriedly stood up, snatched the step shake from the palace maid's hand, and slowly knelt down: "Niangniang can take away all the things of the concubine, but this step shake is rewarded by the emperor to the concubine, and Niangniang can't take it." ”
"Presumptuous, you dare to rob what this palace wants, it seems that you don't know what to do, just because you have committed the following crimes, you will be severely punished today." Yin Guifei said sharply.
Qi Zheng couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart, "The things that were snatched away by Wen Yue in Yin Guifei's words, I'm afraid it's not this hairpin, but the emperor." When he came back to his senses, the word 'heavy punishment' echoed in his ears, "The following crimes are not light in this palace." Without thinking about it, he raised his eyes and looked at Yin Guifei: "If the noble concubine wants to punish the Lan nobles, then the Lan nobles will not only commit this crime below, but the mothers might as well be punished together." ”
Everyone was a little surprised when they heard what Qi Zheng said, the most surprised should be Yin Guifei, she had been thinking hard about not being able to grasp Wen Yue's handle and treat her well, but now Wen Yue not only made a mistake, but her good sister also added a crime to her, it seems that the palace is just warm and cold, and asked with interest: "What other crime did Lan Guiren commit?" ”
The hall was silent, waiting for Qizheng to speak, Wen Yue knelt on the ground, looked back at Qizheng, Qizheng bowed slightly to her, turned her head, looked at Yin Guifei, and accentuated her tone: "Naturally, it is the crime of bullying the king." ”
As soon as Qi Zheng said this, the people present were even more surprised, Qi Zheng glanced at the hall, looking forward to her move, at this critical juncture, to win the turnaround, seeing that Yin Guifei did not speak for a long time, he lowered his eyebrows and said: "Hui Niangniang, Lan Guiren often mentions Yin Guifei Niangniang's virtue in the emperor's ear, since we entered the palace, we have never embarrassed us because of trivial things, and now because Lan Guiren is late, Niangniang will be entangled, isn't it a let Lan Guiren commit the crime of bullying the king, and please Niangniang Ming Emperor, Let the emperor come up and deal with the crimes of the Lan nobles and the king. After speaking, he slowly raised his eyes to look at Yin Guifei.
With a 'snap', Yin Guifei slapped the table and said angrily: "Fu Qizheng, you are so bold, you dare to blackmail this palace." ”
Qi Zheng saw that Yin Guifei was furious, and she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, "My words must have angered Yin Guifei, but she should also understand the meaning of her words, if she punishes Wen Yue, it will be equivalent to telling the emperor that she is a person who is calculating and jealous of Wen Yue, and now she is so angry, it seems that I won for Wen Yue in this move." But I seem to have forgotten to leave a way of my own, retreat......