Chapter 80: The Deep Palace (2)
She sat there for a moment, and then a kind-eyed grandmother came up: "Girl, what's the matter?" We are slaves and maids, and we are born to be angry, and the girl still wants to open a little better. Yuzhu glanced at her, recognized it as someone next to Liu Guiren, smiled with her, and said, "Mama is not outside to have fun, why did she come in?" The grandmother looked at her and said with a smile: "When the masters are in high spirits, there is no shortage of people around them. I heard a long time ago that the scenery of this Huanlou is good, and today I am rarely fortunate to come, thanks to the master's permission, I will come in and have a look. But I don't want to meet a girl! Yuzhu snorted coldly in her heart, and said that you lied to ghosts. The scenery of the Huan Building is indeed very beautiful, but it is to enjoy the scenery upstairs, right? How can anyone casually wander into the master's inner chamber? But I'm afraid you won't come. At the moment, he pretended to believe it and said proudly: "That's! Whether it is the exterior or the furnishings in this house, we are the first in the palace! The prince values our master the most! As soon as she spoke, she covered her mouth consciously and said, "Mama, you have seen a lot of scenes." Don't be surprised that I'm talking about it. The grandmother smiled and said, "The prince likes Concubine Hu, this is something that the whole palace knows." Your master, you are too careful, you don't go out and walk around, stay here all day, no matter how good the scenery is, you will get tired of looking at it every day. No wonder she loses her temper with you. Yuzhu flattened her mouth and said, "We have also persuaded her, but she is just pregnant now." The prince has repeatedly told us to be careful, and none of us dare to make a mistake. The two of them were talking hilariously. But a little palace maid rushed over from outside, pulled Yuzhu and went out: "Sister Yuzhu." The side concubine is looking for you everywhere. Hurry up and go! Yuzhu couldn't, glanced at the jade bowl on the table, and then at the grandmother. Bite one's tongue. The grandmother stood up and said, "I'm going out too, I don't know if the noble man is going to use something now!" As he spoke, he walked out, and Yuzhu strode away.
Looking at the figure of Yuzhu walking away, a figure decorated with blue and white patterns quietly entered the house, and touched the jade bowl unconsciously. By the lotus pond, Huixin looked at Yuzhu with an angry face: "I just said a few words to you, so I will give me a little temperament!" It's really lawless! All right. I can't move you! Xiuzhu, go and bring that bowl of blood swallows, I want to moisten my throat! Yuzhu stood there. It's already a tear on my face. It's just that there are too many people, so I don't dare to cry. Xiuzhu quickly came out with the jade bowl, and Huixin took it without even looking at it. Drink it all.
The news of the accident when the crown princess was enjoying the lotus in the palace was delivered to the queen's palace as soon as possible. The queen was furious. first called the crown princess, reprimanded her for not managing the harem strictly, dereliction of responsibility, and complained that she was infertile since her marriage with the prince, and could not get rid of the suspicion of jealousy of the prince's side concubine. In a word, it is to ask her to hand over the authority to control the six houses. The crown princess naturally shouted grievances, gritted her teeth and resisted the pressure, and refused to take half a step back. Some palace people reported that the people around Liu Guiren had gone to the inner room of the side concubine. Liu Guiren has ill intentions. The queen immediately cleaned up Liu Guiren's henchmen, and Liu Guiren was also grounded. The emperor's eyes have been staring at the northwest recently. The prince was so busy with this that he almost had no skills. When he learned that there was another accident in the palace of the side concubine, the emperor could be said to be furious. At once, he ordered the chief eunuch around him to investigate the matter thoroughly.
Looking at the figure kneeling in front of him, Hui Xin sneered and said, "Don't think that you can get past without opening your mouth!" Didn't the queen just promise to let your brother be promoted to the imperial guard? If I tell the prince, I'm afraid I can cleanse your brother tonight!" The little palace maid opened her mouth and begged: "Concubine Hu spared my brother!" It was Mama Wei beside Liu Guiren who explained, if you don't obey, let me marry Gonggong Meng! A trace of coldness flashed in Huixin's eyes, and she said, "You don't care about the child in my belly for your own sake?" If I spare you, a second person will inevitably come to calculate me! Yuzhu, take her out. Tell Mama Wu, the old rules! Yuzhu responded and ordered the two palace maids to drag the little palace maid out.
When the prince heard the news and rushed to the Huan Tower, he saw Hui Xin sitting there in a good manner. I couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief. Huixin smiled brightly at the prince and said, "Thank you Your Highness for your concern, I'm fine." It's just that I drank a little ice, and my stomach was a little uncomfortable. The queen mother was too careful. The prince glanced at the panicked crowd in the room, waved his hand, and everyone retreated. The crown prince sat down beside Hui Xin, put one hand on her bulging abdomen, and said softly: "In this world, apart from my father, you and the child are my most important people. How can I not be concerned? Remember, next time, don't put yourself at risk. I don't allow it! If I don't have the ability to protect the woman I love, why should I sit in that position and guide the country? Huixin nodded, smiling, tears quietly falling from the corners of her eyes. Based on the prince's words alone, she also felt that her layout today was worth it.
The crown princess knelt in the palace, her knees were already sore, and the pain hit her abdomen one after another, but she maintained a straight posture and did not dare to show any slackness. Mama Xu whispered in the queen's ear: "Niangniang, you see that the crown princess has been kneeling for nearly an hour, and if she kneels again, I'm afraid her body will not be able to bear it!" The queen sneered: "Can't bear it? What she wants is that she can't bear it! The crown princess is tired, and this harem has no energy to take care of! Mama Xu stopped talking, looking at the queen's vicious expression, she finally didn't say a word and quietly retreated.
When the crown princess fainted, the chief eunuch beside the emperor happened to come to the queen's palace. The imperial doctor who was ordered to come to check the pulse of the crown princess showed a panicked look on his face: "Niangniang, the princess is happy!" However, she seems to be too tired, and the fetus has signs of miscarriage! The queen's heart sank uncontrollably, she forced her composure, and said, "You can see it! The crown princess is really pregnant? The imperial doctor trembled and said, "The minister doesn't dare to say anything!" The queen only felt that her silver teeth were about to be crushed. Holding back the anger in his heart, he instructed the palace people around him: "Are you all living dead? Don't hurry up and move the princess to the couch! The ground is so cold, if the crown princess has a good one, I only ask you! Those palace people responded and carried the crown princess to the bed together.
The faces of the emperor and the crown prince who heard the news were surprisingly cold. Mama Xu stepped forward to salute as soon as possible. was kicked by the emperor and ate. What came out of the crown princess's womb was the royal grandson of the lineage, compared with Huixin's pregnancy. Naturally, it's very different. In one day, the two women of the crown prince had accidents one after another. First Huixin, then the crown princess. Huixin's matter was blamed on Liu Guiren by the queen, but the crown princess did have an accident in the queen's palace. And Liu Guiren, after some inquiry, also found out that the grandmother was instructed and bought by Mama Xu. It couldn't be clearer. It is clear that the queen can't get along with the prince.
"You've disappointed me so much! Cherish the summer, it should be given to you. I've already given you enough, what are you not satisfied with? The emperor's eyes were full of loss and coldness when he looked at the empress. The queen knelt there, only to feel cold sweat soaking her back. There was a lot of chaos in my head, and I couldn't say a word. She didn't know when the emperor left, and she didn't know what the emperor said to her again, or. Not a word was spoken. I only know that the emperor is gone, and maybe, he will never set foot in her Kunning Palace again.
Concubine Wei hesitated in the Hehuan Palace. She has been waiting, waiting for news from the queen's side, and then deciding how to report the "illness" of the fifth prince to the emperor, and confirm the crime of murdering the emperor's brother with the crown prince. It's just that she's waited so long. There was no news either. But I heard the news that the palace maid next to the eldest princess came to ask to see her. She didn't have the slightest suspicion, and saw the palace maid named Pei'er for the first time. But I heard a thunderbolt on a sunny day: "The queen has been grounded by the emperor." If you are not summoned, you must not go out of the palace gate. The people who participated in the Bailian Diagram gathering that day were carefully examined to see if it was related to the victimization of Concubine Hu and the crown princess. Her face turned white in an instant. The matter originally made in the name of the five princes, once it is found out, it is very likely that the East Window incident will occur and be implicated by the queen. It's just that she waited tremblingly for several days, and she didn't wait for the news that the emperor had attacked her. Instead, she received a secret letter from home, and Wei Xiang accused her of being too anxious and disrupting the originally good layout. I want her to think long-term.
The family affairs of Zheng Wei's family had already been put on the agenda. It's just a mutation in the palace that General Zheng couldn't help but scold his mother. Wei Xiang shamelessly delayed the marriage on the grounds that his grandson was unwell. What makes him even more uneasy is that his daughter's whereabouts have been strange recently, and she often goes out early and returns at night. He scolded several times, but Guo Pearl turned a deaf ear. When he was grounded, he secretly bought the servant woman of the house and slipped out. Everyone in the family knows that she is the palm bead of General Zheng, and no one dares to really do anything to her. It's just that there is anyone who really refuses, Zheng Pearl is used to being domineering, and no one is willing to consider himself unlucky anymore.
Taihe Building, one of the most famous restaurants in Beijing. In the private room named Lan Xuan, there was a young man with rough eyebrows and a handsome young man in Tsing Yi. "It's not easy to live in the capital. When does the khan plan to return home? There was a hint of ridicule in the boy's voice. The young man glanced at the young man with a smile and said, "Do you think I don't know what you mean?" When you're fine, you can't think of me, and when something happens, you call me to be the wrongdoer. Do you think that we prairie people are so easy to deceive? The young man laughed: "The prince's words are wrong. This time, you know a famous beauty in our capital. And she is also the palm bead of our General Zheng, the niece and nephew of the current queen. How many people can't squeeze their heads and want to hug the beauty! The prince smiled, his heavy eyelids smoothed for a moment, and said, "Such a beautiful girl, how did I hear that Wei Xiangye is disrespectful now?" Could it be that his grandson couldn't stand the girl's whip? The young man smiled, his expression unchanged: "It's not that girl that Wei Xiang values. The prince should value it differently from Wei Xiang, right? How did I hear that the prince seemed to like that girl's whip very much? The prince was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "It is the most difficult to accept the grace of the beauty." To tell you the truth, this girl is really angry with me. If she was favored by General Zheng, it would be better to let her follow me away. On the desert, you can gallop for thousands of miles as you want, wouldn't you be happy! It's much more comfortable than being stuffy in this capital! The young man laughed: "Since the prince has also taken this beauty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is willing to be an adult." It's just that the northwest matter discussed with the prince before, what does the prince think? The prince smiled and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is refreshing, and this king is also a believer." In the northwest, the Xirong country has plundered everywhere in recent years, and has clashed with our country several times, and our people are not vegetarians. You tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and say that I, Harry, am willing to form a friendship with your country and form a border alliance. Let's deal with Sijon together! The boy raised his glass and drank it down. Said: "Thank you for the prince, do it first as a respect!" "Then the prince is also raising a glass and drinking. Said: "Okay, we don't get drunk and don't go home!" β
The news that the Eastern Mongolian delegation had come to the capital to ask for an alliance with the Great Xia Kingdom and to ask for marriage from the princess of the Great Xia Kingdom spread all over Kyoto overnight. Eastern Mongolia is a small country located in the northeastern part of the Great Xia Kingdom, bordering Xirong. Although the country is not strong, its geographical location is wonderful. If it is an alliance with the Great Xia Dynasty, it can be used as a horn for each other and better deal with Xirong. The pacification of the war situation in the northwest has a greater chance of victory. And. The envoy of this envoy was actually led by the lord of Dongmeng himself. Knowing this news, the emperor of the Xia Dynasty attached great importance to it. Ordered the crown prince to personally lead the reception. And the prince actually hit it off at first sight with the lord of Dongmeng, and it is said that the two talked very happily. In the capital, you can see the figure of the prince and the Eastern Mongolian delegation playing together everywhere, for a while. Rumors of a marriage between the two countries are rampant. People have speculated about which princess will marry far away. The crown princess is the queen's concubine. It is also the most favored and has become the object of heated discussion. "Since he wants to show the sincerity of my country, the emperor naturally has to endure the pain of love." Someone commented, "Princess Tianxiang is the most beautiful, maybe the lord of Dongmeng will take a fancy to her at first sight." There are also those who refute this. When the two parties were fighting for each other, someone spoke: "How can the princess of the royal family be chosen at will?" Maybe the emperor doesn't necessarily like which county lord he likes. Isn't there an example of the previous dynasty not making the county lord a princess and then marrying far away? All of a sudden, all kinds of discussions came out. Rumors spread in Beijing.
"What, the emperor wants you to go to the Eastern Mongolia Kingdom to make peace? How does this work? The queen looked at the princess who was crying in front of her. I couldn't help but feel angry. Since being grounded by the emperor, she knows very little about the news in the palace. She has been in charge of the harem for many years before, and she has always been a hot figure in the palace. Once you are left out in the cold, you naturally taste the taste of being left out deeply. Although this taste is very difficult, in the bottom of her heart, there is still a little extravagance, at least, the emperor just grounded her, and did not put himself in the cold palace. At the very least, she is still the nominal queen. It's just that she couldn't imagine that the emperor would let her only daughter, Princess Guanqun, go to Dongmeng and kiss! Eastern Mongolia is just a small country east of Xirong on the northwest border, and the national strength is poor, and it is said that the people there drink blood and are not yet fully civilized. The daughter who has always been holding it in her hands like a jewel, how can she go to such a place? The queen only felt a shock, the princess of the crown group was the first among the princesses in the palace, and this time she was close, but she didn't know which one did it. She hated it in her heart, and looked at her daughter in front of her, who only knew that she was washing her face with tears, and suddenly felt very powerless. All along, he seems to have protected her too well. Now that I've encountered something, it seems that I still only know how to ask myself for help at the first time. As everyone knows, now I am actually a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect myself. She let out a long sigh and asked, "Has your father's edict come down?" Princess Guanqun shook her head and said, "I don't know, the child was reminded by Concubine Wei." As soon as the child heard the news, he came to you, the queen mother. "Concubine Wei, this slut! The queen couldn't help but grit her teeth, she must have seen that she was grounded and lost her momentum, and deliberately provoked in front of the emperor. If the emperor really made up his mind, the will would definitely come down early in the morning. Concubine Wei deliberately spread the news in the harem to form an established momentum. It's just that her daughter has little tendon in her brain, and as soon as she provokes her, she cries and makes trouble to help her build momentum. The queen frowned, looked deeply at the girl who was still sobbing in front of her, and asked, "So, have you thought about what to do?" Princess Guanqun looked confused, and looked at her with big watery eyes: "When the child heard the news, he was scared to death, where else did he have any ideas?" Mother, haven't you always been wise? My father sometimes listens to you, can you help me plead in front of my father and ask him not to let me go to kiss? The queen was even more shocked when she heard this. She looked at the pleading girl and asked sharply, "Who said that my father and emperor listened to me?" Do you know what this means? Princess Guanqun looked at her mother with a serious face in a daze, and muttered, "Hasn't it always been like this?" That's what everyone in the palace said. Didn't you say before that your father only listens to you? The queen only felt a cold back and a blank brain. Did you really say these things yourself? It seems to be, and it doesn't seem to be. But it doesn't matter if you have it now. The point is that everyone in the palace said so, and everyone was golden. What else does she have to say? If the emperor hears this, what will happen? Thinking of the emperor's gradual indifference to himself before, and the current grounding. She finally understood that this Kunning Palace, I'm afraid, she won't be able to get out in her lifetime. An indescribable chill gripped her heart, and she only felt that her chest was getting tighter and tighter. Gradually, he was speechless.
"Father, the queen mother is seriously ill, and the child can't bear to stay away from the queen mother. You let the child live in the harem. Take good care of the queen mother, right? The emperor looked at the princess Guanqun who was kneeling in front of him, and there was a hint of sarcasm in his stern expression, and he wanted to say something. After seeing her eyebrows and eyes similar to those of the queen, she suddenly seemed to remember something. sighed. Nodding. Said: "It's okay, I will fulfill your filial piety." When the queen is seriously ill, you will serve the decoction by her side! β
The night was deep, and a woman's terrifying scream suddenly came from the quiet palace: "Don't come here!" Yes! I'm not afraid of you! Slut! The queen's face was covered in sweat, and looking at her daughter in front of her, who was also panicked, she sighed: "Guanqun, what time is it?" Guanqun said respectfully: "The time has just passed." Mother, are you having nightmares again? Would you like another Soul Fixing Pill? The Queen shook her head. "No need. I also took one before going to bed last night, isn't it just as useless? I'd better stay on my own! The medicinal properties of this Soul Fixing Pill don't seem to be as good as before. Maybe I'm using too much and it doesn't work. The princess's face flickered in the dim light. Listening to the queen's words, she relieved herself, stepped forward to help the queen, and said, "Queen Mother, your clothes are wet, I will ask someone to prepare hot water for you, wash it, right?" The sweaty clothes were cold on her back, and the queen suddenly shuddered, nodded weakly, and said, "Okay, you can go quickly!" Princess Guanqun nodded, turned around to leave, and heard the queen say again: "Guanqun, you are also tired for most of the night, go and rest." I'm here, just let Mama Xu come. Princess Guanqun said: "Mama Xu has been killed by her father's staff. The queen mother forgot again. Don't worry, I'm young, I'm good, I can survive! When the queen heard her talk about Mama Xu being killed with a cane, her face turned pale all of a sudden, and she said dejectedly: "It's okay." You'll be with me! β
"Princess, the queen's medicine, she didn't find anything wrong, did she?" A trembling palace maid stood tremblingly beside the princess and asked her in a whisper. Princess Guanqun shook her head and said, "No." Remember, not a word is allowed to be revealed to anyone! Otherwise, I won't be the first to spare you! The palace maid nodded like pounding garlic and said, "The slave doesn't dare!" Rest assured, princess! Princess Guanqun let out a long sigh and said, "The queen mother has no way to help me anymore. I can't help it, if the queen mother doesn't get sick, I will go to Dongmeng and kiss. Concubine Wei is right, as long as this period of time passes, when the mission of the Eastern Mongolia Kingdom leaves, I will be too peaceful. In the night breeze, the girl's snow-white dress fluttered gently, but it did not bring people a light beauty, but a strange feeling. The palace maid looked at the back of Princess Guanqun and only felt a chill.
"The princess really medicated that slut every day?" Concubine Wei heard the words of the palace maid who reported back before, and laughed happily: "Zheng Xixia, you also have today!" I'm going to give you back the methods you used to deal with my family's Kang'er! Let you also taste the taste of fear and insomnia every day! My good Kang'er, but you almost tossed half of my life! Concubine Wei gritted her teeth as she spoke. She has been in the palace for many years, relying on the strength of her family and her beauty and talent, she finally gave birth to a prince, and her mother climbed to the position of a concubine by virtue of her son. The queen quietly took action, which frightened the five princes day by day, and they couldn't stop crying, no matter how the imperial doctor looked at it, he said that she couldn't take care of it well. caused her to lose her position as a concubine all of a sudden, and was criticized by the emperor for being unkind. Is there a unkind mother in the world? She really wants to cry without tears, and she has always had no place to complain. At this moment, she wants to return it well, let her biological daughter personally drug her, and let her taste what mother-daughter love is!
Concubine Wei's smile didn't last long. Because she heard the cry coming from the Kunning Palace. The clamor of cries caused chaos in the palace. Soon, she knew the reason for the cry. "The queen is broken!" The grandmother who came to report the news in tears was like gold paper, and she was so panicked that she almost didn't say anything. "What do you say? Say it again! When did it happen? Concubine Wei panicked for a moment, and soon, she regained her composure, "Quick, change my clothes quickly, I'm going to take a look!" β
When she arrived at Kunning Palace, the emperor was already sitting there. Tie Qing's face showed his incomparable anger: "Guanqun, you tell the truth, these medicines are really what your queen mother usually takes?" Then how did the imperial doctor say that the queen died of poison? Princess Guanqun's face turned pale, she couldn't have imagined that she was just asking the queen mother to take a few pills that would make dreams, and the queen mother actually went like this. No matter what, that's the person who has loved her for so many years! Before, out of selfishness, she didn't want to go to Dongmeng, but she just wanted to stay by her mother's side on the grounds of her mother's illness. Who knows, the queen mother was actually poisoned. No matter how naΓ―ve she is, she has woken up. Seeing Concubine Wei who came in a hurry, Princess Guanqun immediately pounced: "You vicious woman, you return my mother, you return my mother!" It's all you, it's all you! Those medicines, you asked me to give to my mother! Concubine Wei's face changed suddenly, and while crying, she knelt down in front of the emperor: "Your Majesty, the princess is spewing blood!" The concubine is wronged! β
The emperor's face was extremely ugly, and he didn't look at her, so he ordered: "Bring Wei Shi into the cold palace and send the princess to Tianzheng Temple to practice!" Wei Ming, tomorrow, give me the truth of the matter! Listening to the report of the personal guard to him, the emperor let out a long sigh. It is true that Concubine Wei used Princess Guanqun to drug the queen, it is also true that the princess deliberately changed the queen's medicine, and it is also true that the queen took poison and died. However, what the queen took was the secret medicine she had prepared a long time ago. Looking at the queen's quiet appearance, the emperor couldn't help but think of the first time he saw the jade man, and her face was different from the heroic spirit of ordinary women. is different from the delicate and innocent of Wulanzhu before, and different from Xu Feiyu's true elegance and slenderness, she has always been generous and hearty and quite skillful. Yes, the queen mother took her as the queen at first sight. It's just that out of fear of the Zheng family's power and dislike of her sophisticated skills, he has never been close to her. Now that the jade man had passed away, he suddenly felt a deep powerlessness. In this life, the three women he once had his heart for have all left him. Now, he can be said to be a real loner!
The queen's funeral was very grand, and the emperor gave her the nickname Su. Princess Guanqun, the daughter of Empress Duansu, volunteered to pray for her mother and led the practice in Tianzheng Temple. Pingxi Hou Zheng Shengquan restored the throne, and his daughter Mingyue County Lord was still renamed Mingyue County Lord, enjoying the princess Yulu. After the queen's funeral, the lord of Mingyue married Dongmeng and sealed the princess of Pingxiang. Concubine Wei was offended by the queen during the queen's illness, and was demoted to the palace for the crime of great disrespect, and her son was raised by the noble Liu family in the summer. (To be continued......)
PS: The first update, dear friends, it's really not easy!