Chapter 492: Father's Thoughts
The palace maid pretending to be a female ghost was escorted up, and was pressed to kneel in front of Liang Shuo, trembling. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Which palace are you from?" Liang Shuo asked lightly.
"Slave maid, slave maid is, slave maid is ......" The little palace maid trembled like chaff, and she was speechless.
Liang Shuo was not in a hurry, just looked at her stumbling appearance, neither urging nor getting angry. However, this silence was even more terrifying, even Su Miao could feel the powerful oppressive force emanating from him, he didn't show an angry expression, but the appearance of not being angry when he should be angry was even more terrifying. The people present didn't dare to say a word, they all held their breath, not even flattery and people who were pretending to be powerful on this occasion, the princes bowed their heads very obediently, stood aside respectfully and obediently, and tried to minimize their sense of existence, even Liang Jin didn't say a word, and stood honestly in the background.
Xue Guifei knelt down silently, silently pleading guilty for her dereliction of duty as the person in charge.
Su Miao felt that only Wei Xinyan was the most calm in the audience, she lowered her eyes, but the corners of her lips were faintly hooked, as if she was mocking someone.
In such an atmosphere, a little palace maid who was only sixteen or seventeen years old could bear it, she trembled so much that she almost fainted, she cried, kowtowed while crying, and stammered:
"Return, go back to the emperor, the slave and maid are, the slave and maid are the palace maid Xiaoxi who is responsible for sprinkling and sweeping in Yong'an Palace."
"Yong'an Palace?" Liang Shuo repeated, a hint of surprise in his tone.
Not to mention Liang Shuo's surprise, as soon as Xiaoxi's words fell, even Xue Guifei and Liang Ao were surprised, Xue Guifei's heart chuckled, relying on her decades of experience in the harem, her first reaction was that she was trapped, but she didn't argue immediately, and it was easier to be silent at this time to put herself in a favorable position.
"Is there such a palace maid in Yong'an Palace?" Liang Shuo asked Qian Dehai beside him.
Qian Dehai stepped forward, looked at Xiaoxi carefully for a while, and replied: "Back to the emperor, this palace maid is indeed from Yong'an Palace." ”
Xue Guifei hung her head and didn't say a word.
Liang Ao didn't speak either.
Liang Shuo took in everyone's reactions, refocused his gaze on Xiaoxi, and asked lightly:
"Who instructed you to pretend to be a ghost in Fengyi Palace?"
"Go back, go back to the emperor, it's Aunt Wen Yuan, who is next to the concubine, who ordered the slave maid to play a ghost here." Xiao Xi trembled like chaff and stammered.
"You talk nonsense!" When Aunt Wen heard this, she almost jumped up, glared at her fiercely, and kowtowed to Liang Shuo again, "Your Majesty, wronged, how could a slave maid let a palace maid pretend to be a ghost in Fengyi Palace, the slave maid never instructed her to do such a ridiculous thing, the slave and maid were wronged, please let the emperor know!" ”
Su Miao felt that even the people around Xue Guifei had been well educated by her, not to mention whether this was slander or not, Wen Yuan was still serious when she was accused, and she didn't scold the other party for being a "slut with ill intentions" because the other party framed her, and sure enough, it was not those slyphing sluts who could survive in the palace to the end, like Xue Guifei, who was invisible, smart, and virtuous and virtuous.
So it really doesn't matter His Royal Highness the Prince, he has one less capable mother than King Wu, although there is still a powerful aunt, but that aunt doesn't seem to be very reliable for him.
Liang Shuo glanced at Xiaoxi lightly and asked calmly:
"Why did Wen Kite let you play a ghost?"
"Aunt Wen Kite called the slave maid three months ago, saying that it was about to come to the first queen's birthday, this year His Majesty especially misses the queen mother, the concubine Niangniang wants to share the emperor's worries, so she invited a very powerful mage into the palace to summon the soul for the queen mother, but the mage said that the queen mother fairy has been dead for a long time, if you want to summon the soul, there must be a girl with eight characters and all yin around the queen's residence to play a little ghost to guide the way for the queen's mother, the slave and the maid are all yin, and the girl and maid are all yin, and Aunt Wen Kite ordered the slave to come to Fengyi Palace every night, pretending to be a spirit-conjuring ghost to guide the way for the queen's mother. The slave maid also listened to the order, and felt that the concubine Niangniang really wanted to share the worries of His Majesty, so she came to pretend to be a ghost. Your Majesty, the slave and maid are definitely not pretending to be gods and ghosts, the slaves and maids are really for the sake of the concubine's heart for the emperor, and the slaves and maids are definitely not pretending to be gods and ghosts, Your Majesty! Xiaoxi cried and kowtowed to show her loyalty, her words were sincere, every word contained feelings, even if she didn't listen carefully to her words, she could be moved by her affectionate tone.
No one thought that the reason for pretending to be a ghost in Fengyi Palace was actually this, if this was really Xue Guifei instructed Xiaoxi to do, then this reason is a little embarrassing, first of all, she is a good intention, not to frame anyone or get rid of anyone, she wants to summon the soul of the deceased wife for the emperor because she has been thinking about his deceased wife and is sad, this is also a kind of virtue of her, but first of all, it has always been taboo to summon ghosts in the palace, and secondly, the concubine conjures the soul of the deceased main room for her husband, also revealed the delicate thoughts of her husband missing his deceased wife in public, not to mention whether her husband will be annoyed and angry, this kind of thing is definitely very awkward, even if the emperor does not punish her at this time, she does this kind of thing, because of the very awkward relationship between the two people, there will be a gap between the two people, and such an estrangement will be difficult to eliminate, which will seriously affect the relationship between the two people, that is to say, as soon as this matter comes out, even if Xue Guifei is not punished, in the emperor's heart, Xue Guifei is very likely to have finished playing.
"What do you say?" Liang Shuo still didn't get angry, he looked at Xue Guifei, who was kneeling respectfully and hanging her head, and asked lightly.
"Your Majesty, it is impossible for a concubine to do this, it is taboo to pretend to be a ghost in the palace, the concubine has been taking care of the harem for decades, and has been strict with herself, and it is impossible for the concubine to knowingly commit it."
Liang Shuo nodded lightly, looked at Liang Ao again, and asked lightly:
"What do you say?"
Liang Ao paused, knelt down, and replied solemnly: "The ministers don't know, but the sons only know that their mother is the strictest self-discipline, and they know that things that are taboo will not be done by their mother for whatever reason." ”
Liang Shuo looked at him lightly for a while, nodded lightly again, spoke calmly, and said:
"That's it, as a subordinate, it is unforgivable to betray the master." He glanced at Xiao Xi coldly, his voice was very soft, very flat, without the slightest fluctuation, "Pull this palace maid down and beat it to death." He said.
The two eunuchs stepped forward and pulled away Xiao Xi, who was paralyzed on the ground.
Xiaoxi never dreamed that such a big case would end so simply, and she was already going to die without trying anything and checking anything, and when she was dragged down, she panicked to the extreme, shouting one after another:
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, the slave and maid are wronged! Your Majesty, the slave and maid are wronged! Help, concubine! The slave is for the mother! Concubine Niangniang! ”
Xue Guifei knelt on the ground calmly, although her face was expressionless, her eyes appropriately showed a little helplessness and compassion, and she behaved perfectly in the expression she wanted to express about this matter, so that people could not find a flaw.
"Xue Guifei is not strict in governing the palace, she is grounded for one month, fined for half a year, and the power to manage the six palaces is temporarily handed over to Concubine Qi." Liang Shuo said.
Xue Guifei's shoulders trembled slightly, and in the face of such a punishment, she did not defend herself, but respectfully kowtowed her head to show acceptance. "The concubine is the order." A slightly younger concubine came out of the ranks, knelt down, and said in a soft voice, This is also a quiet and supple person.
Su Miao paid close attention to observing, these concubines in Liang Shuo's harem belonged to the dignified and gentle, quiet and soft type, and there was no one who had many bewitching words, and I didn't know if Liang Shuo liked this type, or he felt that the harem was full of gentle women, and his life would not be too noisy.
"Okay, let's disperse, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival is a lot more lively than in previous years." Liang Shuo said lightly, glanced at the aftertaste, and said softly, "You can also take the girl of the Su family back." ”
"Yes." After reminiscing, he left first with the three sisters of the Su family.
Xue Ming didn't expect that the ending of the matter would be like this, this was simply a mess, and what he didn't expect was that Xue Guifei was piggyback inexplicably, and then was grounded inexplicably. What he didn't expect was that Xue Guifei did not defend himself, and Liang Ao did not speak out to defend his mother, so the matter was decided. Xue Ming only returned to Liangdu from the border five years ago, and he still can't figure out these twists and turns in the palace, and on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there was a bad homicide in front of the memorial hall to commemorate the former queen, and such a serious and bad thing was actually mixed up like this. What's even more incredible is that there is no one to admonish or oppose, which is unimaginable. Even if the aftertaste is favored, the emperor and King Rui are not very dissatisfied with the girl he brought back, even if this girl can be tolerated because of the aftertaste, but this girl became a suspect in such a big case when she first entered the palace, even if the emperor and King Rui pampered the aftertaste, it is impossible to let it go, at least they should be put into custody first, to what extent do they pamper the aftertaste, why do they value an illegitimate child born in the outer room so much, why he can't figure it out at all.
But he didn't dare to speak, maybe he would be angry with the emperor when he spoke at this time, so he could only watch Su Miao leave with Xue Mingzhu.
This year's Mid-Autumn Festival is indeed lively, first the blood yin sect Yu Dang assassination attempt, Princess Yunluo was frightened and sick, and then one of Xue Mingzhu's maids died tragically outside the Lanxin Hall of Fengyi Palace, and a folk girl brought into the palace for the first time by the third prince actually became a major suspect, and then the palace maid who pretended to be a ghost in Fengyi Palace was caught, and the palace maid insisted that she was instructed by Xue Guifei, and Xue Guifei was grounded and punished and was deprived of the right to manage the six palaces.
The series of events that happened tonight would have been enough for the palace to toss for half a year in normal times.
The main hall of Fengyi Palace.
Those who should go are gone, and those who don't want to go are all back, and only Liang Shuo and Liang Jin are left in the huge palace.
Liang Shuo stood in front of Wei Xinlan's portrait with his hands in his hands, looked at it carefully, and I don't know how long it took, he suddenly said:
"Xinlan and Wei Xinyan's appearance is really a little similar."
"It's not a few points, it's very similar, after all, they are sisters of the same father and mother." Liang Jin leaned on the chair, supported his cheek with one hand, and gently tapped the armrest with the knuckles of one hand, and said lightly.
"No, it's completely different, as long as I think that they are sisters, Xinlan is still protecting her at the end of her life, and the sister who is jealous of her and wants her to die immediately, I am angry." Liang Shuo said, turned around, sat on the chair closest to the portrait, and said with a gloomy face, "Even in the end, my husband is still no match for her sister and her Xue family, and she actually stabbed me in the back for my sister and the Xue family." Although he didn't really stab him, the truth was similar to this, although he wouldn't be resentful about it, but he was a little complaining.
"Sister-in-law, she has done everything she can do, and a woman like sister-in-law can't find a second one in the world." Liang Jin was silent for a while and said softly.
Liang Shuo listened to his words, fell silent, paused, and laughed:
"Xue Yan is a bit like her, but it's a pity that she can't calm down, Xinlan never relies on others, she has always planned by herself, but Xue Yan wants to rely on Wei Xinyan, when will Wei Xinyan that woman make wedding clothes for others and seek skin with the tiger, Xue Yan She is just an ordinary woman locked in this harem, no different from the palace concubines who have been jumping around that old guy. She is understandable for her son, there is no one in this palace who does not pretend, but she obviously chose to disguise but was seen to be flawed, which shows that her ability is no more than that. ”
"Actually, Ah Ao is a good child, but it's a pity that he doesn't have Ah Yi's tolerance and kindness." Liang Jin said.
"That's right, it's not that I don't like Ah Ao, although he is young, he can hone for a few more years, and he will be able to take on great responsibilities, but it's a pity that his temperament is suspicious, not generous enough, and Ah Yi is a little narrow-minded compared to Ah Yi. People are getting older and more selfish, and now his brother can still suppress him, and in a few years no one will be able to suppress him, and at that time, it will be dangerous for him to be a brother. There is only one throne, there is only one prince, I don't want them to win this throne by fighting fiercely, but relying on their ability to make Yueliang country prosperous for a long time, if the ruler of a country just wants to keep his supreme throne, this country is already going downhill, too far away I can't do anything, at least for a hundred years, I don't want Yueliang to have another big war, you and I have been fighting wars for most of our lives, and now this state of recuperation I hope it can last for at least three generations, The current Yueliang Kingdom looks quite calm, but you and I both know that the foundation of this country is almost empty. ”
"I understand." Liang Jin nodded and said, "It's just that there is more and more news about the instability of the prince now, and it is rumored that the emperor has a lot of dissatisfaction with the crown prince, and some people are taking advantage of the opportunity to move, and the harem above the court has begun to become unrestful again. ”
"Ah Yi is a good boy, but unfortunately he is too kind and generous, and he is a little indecisive. His temperament, even if his brother assassinated him a hundred times, as long as he didn't die, he would never pursue it, and even if he knew the truth, he would think that such a thing happened because he was a dereliction of duty as a brother and failed to discipline his brother well. I taught him to be harmonious between his brothers, and as the eldest brother, he must teach his younger brother by example, but I also taught him that the basic way to be a man is to 'return blood for blood and tooth for tooth', but he has no teacher and understands his mother's temperament, and he is really Wei Xinlan's son, his mother wants to be a saint, and his son wants to be a saint. Kindness is a good thing, but how can a person who does not have the heart to kill decisively give me a country to him, the king of the dead country or the emperor who was ousted from the dragon chair by his younger brother, I don't want to see such an ending. Liang Shuo sighed, rubbed his temples and said that he was indeed hesitating. (To be continued.) )