Chapter 394: The Repentant Concubine
I don't know if Ying Zheng didn't tell me that Tian Tianyu exposed me, or if Tian Tianyu himself gave up and didn't say anything, in short, Ying Zheng didn't say anything more about this matter?
If the two possibilities are compared, I would rather believe that Ying Zheng didn't tell me that this level is possible, because Tian Tianyu once swore so seriously, and she had no reason to let me go.
Ying Zheng asked me to go out for a walk, and the imperial doctor also said that I couldn't be too bored in the palace, so I stepped out of Qixi Palace, which had not been out for several days, under the invitation of my grandmothers one after another.
The weather was really much warmer all of a sudden, the rape flowers on the roadside were budding, and even the butterflies were attracting some.
"Madam," Luo Cong suddenly stepped forward and grabbed my arm, and whispered, "Mrs. Zhongli." β
was reminded by Luo Cong, I raised my eyes and looked into the distance, and sure enough, I saw the end of the road from the opposite side. Walking slowly on the path under my feet, I no longer looked at where she was, but deliberately paid attention to where Zhong Liwen went, and sure enough, she came towards me.
"Lady Creek Kang'an!" In the end, Li Wu walked up to me and took the initiative to talk to me Shi Yi, saying, "The slave concubine has never had the honor to say hello to Mrs. Xi, and today she finally got what she wanted." β
As she spoke, she bowed with her arms in a squat.
"Congratulations to Mrs. Creek for her pregnancy, wish Mrs. Creek's mother and son good health, and pray for Mrs. Creek's blessings and eternal enjoyment!"
Approaching on her own and being courteous, this is really different from the final Li Wu in my mind. Especially the smell of garlic that she exudes at the moment is even more suspicious.
I watched all this she did and thought to myself. If she had been so polite and had no bad intentions, then we could have coexisted peacefully, and I could still have abandoned my previous suspicions and treated her peacefully, butβhey. Non-interference is also a peaceful life, isn't it?
"Mrs. Zhongli has a bad nose, why does she have such a heavy garlic gas on her body?"
I asked Zhong Li. I secretly hoped that what she said to me about her garlic was not the justification I had in my heart.
"The slave concubine has been bitten by mosquitoes recently, and she has been greedy for garlic poison. Before Mrs. Yixi drove, she hoped that Mrs. would forgive her sins. β
But she replied to me softly, and the words I didn't want to hear could be used to cover up my lies.
"What kind of sin are these, compared to the stumbling blocks you did earlier, Mrs. Li. But it's much lighter. I said in a light tone: "I heard that during the war of the Qin Dynasty, the gossip about the palace against the palace passed through the mouths of many people, and you in the palace just blessed your lady Zhongli, but you have contributed to the blessing of the palace forever." β
I'm going to be blunt and quick to force her out as soon as possible, of course, if she doesn't have bad moves, it's best.
Hearing this, the squatting lady raised her head slightly, as if she was very dissatisfied with my sarcastic words. But she soon fell back into self-discipline and behaved deferentially to me.
"The slave concubine didn't dare to hide what Mrs. Xi said, Mrs. Fang Caixi. Indeed, the concubine was not wronged. All kinds of grievances in the past are the fault of the slave concubine, and the slave concubine does not dare to ask for Mrs. Xi's forgiveness, but the slave concubine is also forced to be helpless in those incidents. She sighed silently, and her breath was weak.
Zhong Liwen suddenly said this to me, which one is it singing?
"So are you going to settle your old suspicions with this palace now?" I sneered. "But why?" Could it be that they don't persecute you anymore? β
In order for me to disappear. She can take out her own daughter, and she is not going to show favor for any reason today, saying that she knows that she is wrong, does she think I will believe it easily?
Expecting that I would question the general, finally Li Wu endured this doubt helplessly and apologetically, she continued to maintain a squatting posture with a sad look, and opened her mouth timidly.
When the concubine entered the palace, she relied on the favor of the king and did not put anyone in her eyes, and later saw that Mrs. Xi's favor was even greater, and she felt that her heart was unsettled.
However, the world is unpredictable, although many people are unwilling to let go, Mrs. Xi is still in the high position of the seventh son, and the children have not been decided to get the king's unparalleled grace, the slave concubine has suffered the disaster of losing her daughter's grace, has seen through a lot of world affairs, and knows that she is unable to compete with Mrs. Xi, so she has come to ask for sin. β
It is a good way to show weakness and self-suffering to lower the vigilance of the opponent, that is, I have not eliminated my worries when I know in advance that there is something wrong in her palace, but I also think that maybe she is really seeking peace and peace.
But it was precisely because of the bitterness she said that I felt more and more that she did not have a reason to submit to me suddenly and without warning.
If it were me, I don't think I would be able to give up.
"Speaking of Mrs. Zhongli, you lost your daughter, this palace can't help but want to ask more, according to what you said, it was this palace that killed Liman, and you, as Liman's biological mother, would you bow to this palace like this?"
I had the intention of satirically testing her attitude, and also questioning her purpose of suddenly giving up her temperament to show favor to me, and the always shrewd Zhong Li must have understood what I meant.
Zhong Li took a deep breath, looked up to me with tears in her eyes, and then deliberately looked at the servants beside me. I knew that the people who knew she didn't want Yingzheng to listen to us, so I told them to back down to help the end of the drama.
"This palace has a few chats with Mrs. Zhongli, and you serve in the surrounding area."
The leading grandmother hesitated slightly, I turned my eyes to look at this person who almost didn't leave me an inch, and said coldly: "Does Mama think that Mrs. Zhongli will be unfavorable to the palace?" β
This question seems to be reprimanding Mama's prudence, but in fact, the main purpose is to warn Zhong Li's bad intentions.
Grandma could hear that it was I who had spoken, and she insisted on restricting my freedom, so she led someone back, but she didn't take a few steps back before she stood still.
Seeing that only Luo Cong was left to take care of me, finally Li Wu spoke.
"Liman's matter is the most regrettable thing the slave concubine has ever done, although Liman is too weak to survive, but the slave concubine should also hold her until she leaves the slave concubine.
At that time, the slave concubine was bent on clinging to the powerful, and she felt that without Mrs. Xi's concubine, she could get the king's favor, so she lost her heart and let Xiao Liman be short of breath in Qixi Palace..."
Tears welled down her cheeks and she fell to her knees.
"The slave concubine is guilty!"
Regardless of whether her plea is true or not, the heart of this mother who participated in ending her daughter's life as soon as possible must be very sad, even if I have never seen a child, it is unbearable for me to think about it, not to mention that doing this must be the end of regret every day.
I looked at Zhong Li's wife who was kneeling on the ground, and my heart was bitter and full of pity, and I couldn't help but step forward to help her.
Pity is accompanied by heartache, I pondered, if Zhong Li's sadness at this moment was deliberately done to show me, then she is really hopeless, and I don't have to sympathize with all the disasters she has to encounter.
"Who is the person who asked you to sacrifice your daughter's few lives, the person you rely on with all your heart, and the person who made this palace leave a small life several times to survive?" I asked in a cold voice.
Who it is, I think I know in my heart, I have experienced the situation of her and Mrs. Li Ji Wan more than once, but I want to ask this, so as to see whether Zhong Li was instructed by her again, or whether she really counted Liman's death on her head and borrowed my hand to deal with her.
Being used as a gun against me and using me against her is a dangerous choice for Zhong Li.
Because if Zhong Li came as a gun, then I will definitely not let Zhong Li go out; And if Zhong Li Wan betrayed her, then she would definitely not let Zhong Li go out, and after that, Zhong Li Wan's chance of survival would depend on the outcome between me and her.
Finally, Li Wu was crying uncomfortably, and it took a while to gradually stabilize her mood, only to see her gently look left and right, pause her gaze in the pavilion not far behind her, and then invite me to come in and talk in detail.
"If Mrs. Xi doesn't dislike it, can you let the concubine sit with you for a while?"
It seems that the main event is coming, either she is going to make time to expose her behind-the-scenes, or she is going to carry out another plot against me.
I lowered my eyebrows and thought for a moment, and then exchanged a look with Luo Onion by looking at the pavilion and the eyes of the grandmothers behind me, indicating that I decided to agree with this, she may have paved the way for the arrangement of this trap, and mustered up the courage to take the child to gamble on this.
"This palace will go to the pavilion to sit with Mrs. Zhongli, you don't have to come along."
I commanded, and walked to the pavilion with the help of Luo Onion; The crowd did not dare to disobey the order, but they also followed a few steps forward and gathered around the perimeter of the pavilion.
The pavilion is very clean, a table with four piers, talc material, because it is not in the hot weather, in line with the good training of spring and autumn frost, so the pier is also covered with cotton pads. I slowly entered the gazebo and looked at the stone piers; Luo Cong took advantage of the change of scenery to turn his eyes to inspect the top of the pavilion and the pavilion pillars.
According to the rules, I should sit on the main seat on the north side or the high seat on the east side, and if I sit on the west or south side, then I can only stand. Therefore, when I came in from the west, I first looked at the west pier, and then I took the opportunity to go around to the east to see the south side, because I had to find out first whether I could tell from the surface that this was a conspiracy against me.
The cotton pads on the piers on the west and south sides are not abnormal from the outside, and there will be no accident in the end, so it seems that if this is a soft kill, it is also the arrangement of the tip of the sword pointing directly at me.
I only glanced at the pier on the east side, because I was worried that the trailing lady behind me would detect my excessive vigilance, so I sat down directly.
I looked at Zhong Li's wife, and saw a flash of joy on her tense face when she sat down, and my heart was seven or eight points deeper, and then I took advantage of the time when she was in place to take a closer look at the dun cloth in the north next to me. (To be continued) >