Chapter 48: The Trap
It has entered May, the sky is getting hotter, and Chu Xiangwan has also changed into a gauze coat. Huangfu Jingwen has been watching over Chu Xiangwan for more than half a month, and the situation inside and outside the palace is calm, and no one has made any moves. Xu saw Jiang Liyu's fate, and saw Huangfu Jingwen's attitude, some people didn't dare to act rashly, or perhaps, someone was brewing a bigger turmoil.
On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the Dragon Boat Festival was held in the palace again. Originally, Huangfu Jingwen wanted to exempt this year's Dragon Boat Festival family banquet, Chu Xiangwan may give birth at any time, he didn't want anything to happen at a critical moment, but the Queen Mother said that for the sake of a concubine, she would change the rules set by her ancestors, which was unreasonable and insisted on doing it, and Huangfu Jingwen could only do it. So, Chu Xiangwan was left in the palace, and Huangfu Jingwen was afraid that there would be too many noisy people, so he specially ordered Chu Xiangwan to stay in the palace to rest.
Today's family banquet made the Queen Mother very happy, and the two thorns in the eyes of Chu Xiangwan and Huangfu Jingyao appeared, which made the Queen Mother feel much more pleasing to the eye. One night, the concubines all toasted to the Queen Mother and said auspicious words, and the Queen Mother laughed from ear to ear. I have to say that although the Queen Mother is nearly fifty years old, she is properly maintained and has delicate skin, and she looks like she is only forty years old. The concubines all gathered around the Queen Mother and asked how to maintain and dress up, all night, this banquet became a special venue for the Queen Mother alone, how could the Queen Mother not be happy?
Before the dinner was over, the Queen Mother was helped back by Concubine Yun and Mama Li because she had drunk too much.
"Queen Mother, you drank too much tonight, the concubine went and boiled you a dose of soothing tea." Fang Xiaohan helped the Queen Mother to lie on the soft couch in the dormitory.
"No need, you can go back to the palace." The Queen Mother waved her hand, and after lying down, she stroked her head and never spoke again.
After Fang Xiaohan exited the dormitory, he heard the queen mother in the hall instruct Mama Li: "You go and call Xiao Xunzi." ”
"Queen Mother, it's still early, it's too eye-catching to call him, besides, you're already drunk, why don't you do it another day?" Mama Li carefully persuaded.
"The mourning family asked you to go, so you can go, what are you talking about. The people in the harem are all at the banquet, so they can't care about the mourning family. "The Queen Mother is drunk and has a bigger temper.
Mama Li saw that she couldn't disobey, so she reluctantly withdrew from the dormitory. Fang Xiaohan also immediately and quietly left the Cihe Palace. As soon as he left the palace gate, Fang Xiaohan instructed Xiaojun beside him: "You go to a miscellaneous eunuch from Cihe Palace, give him some money, and let him go to Guanju Palace to pass the decree, saying that the Queen Mother wants to see Chu Xiangwan." ”
"What does Niangniang mean-" Xiaojun didn't know why, I didn't know why Concubine Yun wanted to trick the imperial concubine into coming to Cihe Palace at night.
"You don't have to ask, the more you know about some things, the less chance you have of survival." Fang Xiao said coldly.
Xiaojun didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly entered the Cihe Palace again. Fang Xiaohan looked back at the translucent candle flame in the room of Cihe Palace, and smiled terribly, she said in her heart: Chu Xiangwan, the stage of the palace has been set up, just waiting for you to appear.
As soon as Chu Xiangwan finished dinner in the palace, Zizhang came in and reported: "Niangniang, there is a eunuch who said that he is from Cihe Palace, and he came to deliver a decree that the Queen Mother will send you to Cihe Palace immediately." ”
Since the last time Chu Xiangwan was tortured and questioned by the Queen Mother in Cihe Palace and almost died on the spot, Chu Xiangwan has never been to Cihe Palace again, and now the Queen Mother should be attending the Dragon Midnight Banquet, I don't know why she was suddenly summoned again.
"What about the little eunuch?" Chu Xiangwan asked.
"He's still waiting at the door." Zizhang also felt puzzled, could it be because he was a person in the Queen Mother's palace, so he couldn't live like this?
"Okay, then you can help me freshen up and go to Cihe Palace with me."
"Miss, do you want to report to the emperor when you go to Cihe Palace at this moment?" Qian'er is not at ease, every time the young lady goes to Cihe Palace, it is a lot of trouble, she is about to give birth soon, but nothing can go wrong at this time.
"No need, the night banquet is not over yet, you are going to report like this, and you will make a storm in the city, maybe the Queen Mother just has nothing to say, don't make a fuss." Huangfu Jingwen said first, Chu Xiangwan thought to himself, the Queen Mother should not do anything out of the ordinary.
"Then the young lady will go early and return early." Qian'er instructed that what she thought was that if something happened, she had to go to the emperor for help as soon as possible.
Chu Xiangwan helped Zizhang's hand into the sedan chair, and when he arrived at the door of Cihe Palace, the little eunuch stopped Zizhang's way and said, "The Queen Mother let the imperial concubine go in alone." ”
Zizhang wanted to argue, Chu Xiangwan shook her hand and said, "Let the sedan chair drivers go back, you just wait for me here, and we will walk back in a while, just as the imperial doctor told me to walk more before giving birth." After speaking, Chu Xiangwan entered the Cihe Palace alone.
The hall was empty, and when Chu Xiangwan turned back, he found that the little eunuch who had delivered the decree was gone. She was standing in the middle of the main hall when she suddenly heard the sound of laughter coming from the dormitory behind the main hall, so she walked step by step towards the source of the sound with her stomach straight.
"Queen Mother, your skin is as smooth as satin, and the minions don't dare to blaspheme. Your figure is no different from that of a young girl in her twenties, and it is a pity to be wrapped in heavy clothes. There was a man with a hoarse and deep voice.
Chu Xiangwan walked to the window outside the hall, looking in through the gap in the hidden window, she held her breath tightly, not daring to make a little sound. The scene in the hall made Chu Xiangwan break out in a cold sweat, the men and women on the bed were upside down, sweating profusely and wearing rough clothes, the female one lay on the bed and laughed a few times, until she sat up, only a thin veil was draped on her body, Chu Xiangwan saw it really, the woman was actually the queen mother. And the man, from beginning to end, was not a single thing on his body, at this time after the two of them, the man was lying next to the Queen Mother flatteringly.
This man looked a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, but Chu Xiangwan couldn't remember for a while, the fact that the Queen Mother was raising a male pet in the palace was like a thunderclap on the ground, she stood at the moment, her lips were pale, cold sweat was dripping, her legs didn't seem to obey the call, and it was difficult to move half a step.
The Queen Mother raised her eyes, she was dignified in front of the concubines, and at this moment it was indeed another style, so that Chu Xiangwan and the unsmiling Queen Mother in her memory could not be pieced together into a person. The Queen Mother stretched out a finger and poked the man's head, and said with a smile: "You are a little thing that will please the mourning family, and only you serve the best, so that the mourning family feels that they are still young and energetic." ”
"The slave has already said that the Queen Mother is twenty-eight years old, and she is in her prime."
"Little thing, just say good things, and there will be your benefits later." The Queen Mother laughed, and took the opportunity to hook the man's chin with her fingers.
"Queen Mother, the slave doesn't value gold and silver, as long as he can always kiss the beauty of Fangze." The man began to wrap around the Queen Mother's body again, and the heavy panting sound made Chu Xiangwan not want to look at it anymore, and the picture at this time made her almost nauseous. She was about to leave the Cihe Palace quietly, and after thinking deeply, she knew that tonight's Cihe Palace summons must have been deliberately framed, and if someone found out, she might not be able to leave the Cihe Palace today.