Chapter Ninety-Five: Substitution

"Don't!" Zheng suddenly let out a terrible cry, pounced on the package, his eyes were closed, his face was as yellow as wax, and his body kept trembling.

Although Empress Dowager Dou said that no matter how big or small things in the palace were, she was not as relieved as she seemed, or rather, she had no intention of delegating power, and secretly she was still observing every move of the concubines in the palace.

After she heard the report that the Yin nobles refused to sleep several times, she became suspicious in her heart, and found out that the nurse Zheng had been in and out of the palace frequently recently, so she asked someone to guard the palace gate. Sure enough, she reported that the Zheng family was out of the palace again, she calculated the time of each time the Zheng family went in and out, and rushed to the palace gate, and sure enough, something went wrong.

Zheng's face quickly darkened, as if a big tree was withering and dying due to the loss of water, "Pull her away!" Empress Dowager Dou ordered, while glancing at the loyal, tall and handsome Zuo Tianqi, she suddenly had a good impression, "What's your name, why hasn't the mourning family seen you?" ”

"Empress Dowager, the minister's name is Zuo Tianqi, she is the new Weiwei Temple, and today is the first day of taking office." Zuo Tianqi saluted again.

"Okay, neither humble nor arrogant, polite and courteous, loyal to duty, the emperor didn't see the wrong person, you step down first!" Empress Dowager Dou looked at Zheng, who was dragged aside, and was so frightened that her whole body was weak and weak, and said: "Open the package, the mourning family wants to see what is inside!" ”

"Whoa!" Several maids had already gone to open the package, and sure enough, they saw that there were only a few clothes inside, and there were small clothes, only the bottom of the package, and there were two bamboo tubes, so they ordered someone to open it, but there were medicinal herbs inside.

"What a guts!" Empress Dowager Dou sneered and said, "Do you know that it is a capital crime to bring drugs into the palace privately?" ”

"The slave knows!" Zheng was shaking like malaria.

"This medicine was asked by the Yin nobleman to bring it, say it quickly, isn't it?" Empress Dowager Dou lowered her voice. Everyone knows that she is like this every time she goes violent.

At the mention of Yin nobles, Zheng's whole body trembled and bit her lip, she knew that she must not say. Speaking out is not only going to kill you. Even Yin Li can't escape.

"No, it's not, the slave brought it herself." She thinks it's the end of the story. It's better to bite to death by yourself, and there is still a glimmer of hope, but you are not afraid and stand up.

"Oh! That's right. Take her to Yongxiang Ling and torture her severely. The mourning family doesn't believe her, she doesn't say it! Come on, take the evidence to the Tai Hospital, check it, what kind of medicine is it? She looked at Zuo Tianqi again and said, "Lord Zuo." You worship a hundred guards to surround the Chengfu Palace, and no one is allowed to be spared. ”

She looked at the sky, it was nearly dusk. The mood got better for no reason, and suddenly smiled. It was even more dazzling than the brightest sunshine in summer, and a thought inexplicably flashed in Zuo Tianqi's mind, this woman, when she was young, should be so bright and radiant, it seems that she is not inferior to Sui'er!

"When you go to Deyang Palace, the mourning family wants to talk to the emperor!" Empress Dowager Dou got on the sedan chair, and the group walked towards the palace, and poor Zheng was dragged away, and even his steps were very weak.

Yin Li is sitting in the west chamber reading a book, recently taking a lot of medicine, feeling bitter mouth, so he often eats some fresh fruits, just now the middle palace confessor order to bring fourteen middle palace confessors to report the use of each palace, she listened to the annoyance, so they let them present the table, put it on the desk, and wait for themselves to be free to look at it. Only a batch of people were withdrawn, and the private government order of the middle palace came to report that there were too many people in the palace, and there were not enough people, so Yin Li became angry, and said: "You ask them, why are there so many clothes to be washed, a group of maids, what are they for, the master's things have to be sent to be washed, and their own things have to be sent to be washed, what is the use of asking them to be these people." You tell the palaces that in the future, you will take turns to worship the maids to help in the private house, or you will send fewer things. ”

"Whoa!" The private government decree promised to turn around and go out.

Yin Li sighed, why are there so many things in the palace, reluctantly picked up the report, felt that those bamboo slips were very heavy, and put them down angrily, stood up and walked around the West Chamber, uneasy, thinking that the Zheng family had not come back yet, he was even more upset, and shouted: "Cui Huang! ”

Cui Huang trotted in and asked, "Nobleman, what do you order, do it!" ”

"It's nothing, the nurse has been out for a long time and hasn't come back yet, you go to the palace gate to see if there's anything going on?" Yin Li commanded in annoyance and waved his hand.

"Whoa!" Cui Huang retreated, and ran back before a pillar of incense arrived, "Nobleman, it's not good, a team of soldiers suddenly appeared in the palace and surrounded the Chengfu Palace!" ”

"What?" Yin Li was like being struck by lightning, his heart suddenly tightened, and he stared at Cui Huang with a miserable expression, "You said yes but it's true, did you ask, why do you want to surround the Chengfu Palace?" ”

"The small one asked, the soldiers didn't say, the leader was a man named Zuo Tianqi, I heard that it was the new Weiwei Sicheng, he pulled his face, and refused to answer my question, and the little one is really out of line." Cui Huang had a bitter face, and his heart was also beating a drum, last night, the emperor just went out from here with a smile, how could he not suddenly send troops, this matter can be big or small, and I don't know what the nobles have done to make the emperor so angry. He didn't know that this was an order from the Empress Dowager Dou.

Yin Li frowned and waved his hand impatiently, "Go down, think of a way, if it really doesn't work, just try the silver!" ”

Watching Cui Huang go out, Yin Li sat on the couch in a daze, lost his soul.

She thought that something must have happened to the nurse, and she knew what the consequences of doing so would be, and she hesitated, but for the sake of the future, she had to take a risk, how is the nurse now? She didn't have any bottom in her heart.

Liu Zhaogang slept for a while, felt full of energy, and was patient with the criticism, and after a while, he was almost done, stretched his waist, and was just about to continue the criticism, when he suddenly heard the official report of the Yellow Gate at the door, "The Queen Mother has arrived!" ”

Liu Zhao was stunned for a moment, stood up and came to the door to greet him. I saw that the Empress Dowager Dou's face was serious, and she didn't talk to him when she entered the door, she sat on a few couches and asked, "Your Majesty, do you know that something happened in the palace?" ”

Liu Zhao's heart trembled, could it be that the palace that had just calmed down had an accident again, it was really a wave of unsettled waves, who was it this time? He frowned and asked, "Queen Mother, what is the matter?" ”

Empress Dowager Dou sighed and said, "Your Majesty, the mourning family doesn't care about the affairs in the palace during this time, but it is not that they don't know anything, and they have also asked the female official about your daily life, and I heard that the Yin nobles refused to sleep several times, and the mourning family asked people to check, do you know what happened?" ”

As soon as Liu Zhao heard that the matter involved Yin Xiaohe, his heart suddenly struck, and he also remembered the strange appearance of Yin Li in the past few days, but he always felt that although Yin Li was a little small, he was kind and would not do harmful things, so he also asked with a relaxed heart: "I don't know, please show the queen mother!" ”

"Your Majesty, the Yin nobleman has a nurse Zheng, do you know?"

"Erchen knows, how?"

"How many times has she been out of the palace and brought drugs privately, do you know the consequences?"

Liu Zhao's heart moved, and he suddenly felt that his body was soaked in cold, "Bringing drugs privately is a capital crime, doesn't this slave want a head?" I don't know what kind of medicine I bringed? “

Empress Dowager Dou heard the meaning of protection in his words, and sneered slightly: "My son, the queen mother is old and in poor spirits, so she shouldn't care about these things inside and outside, but this matter is related to the safety of the people in the palace." Now this palace is several times larger than that of Emperor Ming, and there are more than three times as many palace eunuchs. The outside language does not enter the inside, the inside language does not go out, the palace guards are guarded, and many palace people bring outsiders in, if you are not careful, who can afford the reputation of the word "filthy"? It's inevitable that there will be a lot of trouble again. One of the medicines, although any one is non-toxic, it is difficult to protect each other. The emperor has been very favored recently, and it is difficult to ensure that any concubine will get pregnant again, which will have nothing to do with pregnancy, and it will inevitably be suspected of harming life. ”

"That's what the Queen Mother said!" As soon as Liu Zhao heard the words of the inside and outside, he knew that the father of the Yin nobleman begged Feng Youbao Song Jun's father and brother, and Liu Qing had already informed him of the original matter, he had pity Song Jun in the cold palace at that time, so he moved his heart of compassion and approved the proposal of King Qinghe, and it seems that this matter was not hidden from the Empress Dowager Dou. Because he said with a smile: "Queen Mother, Erchen also heard some gossip, but Yin Guiren is innocent and innocent, so I want to come and have nothing to do with this matter, and don't listen to those crumbs and tricksters who can't describe it." This is the transgression of "entering the inside with the outside world". A woman of the Zheng family, if she has a relationship with an outsider, she will not know if she has a private meeting in the palace. These things are messy and let the sons deal with them, and the queen mother can only entertain herself. The country is in the scorching period, you are not afraid of making silver, as long as you are happy, you have to work hard to be filial to any minister, and the quasi-godmother Hou Le Tao Tao lives to be a hundred years old. ”

Liu Zhao was articulate, and said sweet words that made the Empress Dowager Dou's heart warm, she was a tricky person, she would never be indispensable, and her scheming was also very deep, but after all, this is also the emperor's family affair, and she seems to be in too much control of the queen mother, so she relaxed her tone and said: "That's it, since the emperor said so, the mourning family will be relaxed, but I must not forgive and let such a person live in the world." ”

Liu Zhao had no choice but to say: "Yes, the sons must find out and find out, and have an explanation to the queen mother, so that the queen mother can rest assured." "Just as he was talking, Zhongguan Yongxiang Ling took Yongxiang Cheng to report, "The Queen Mother, the Emperor, the ministers have tortured it, Zheng is very stiff, and only said that the medicine he brought into the palace to take is a home remedy from her hometown, and she can't cure children, it is her son who died outside, and she wants to renew the incense for her husband's family, but unfortunately she is getting older, so she has to eat some supplements." The Yin nobleman only knew that she went home to see, and nothing else knew! ”

The Tai Hospital also sent someone to report that this medicine is a thing that regulates menstruation and dispels cold, and is suitable for giving birth to children, not poison.

Liu Zhao's heart really let go at this moment, and said to the Empress Dowager Dou: "Queen Mother, it seems that this matter is purely a matter of this woman, and it has nothing to do with the Yin nobles, only blame her for not interrogating her, so she gave birth to such an incident." It's better to kill this minion with a rod to set an example! ”

Empress Dowager Dou's heart is white, this Zheng family is the fault of the Yin noble, if so, why did the Yin nobleman refuse to sleep, to say that there is nothing in this, and I don't believe it if she is killed, but the matter has come to this point, it can be regarded as a lesson to the arrogant Yin noble, so she said: "That's it, that's it, according to the emperor's will!" Rod! (To be continued)