Chapter 20: Confrontation
20 heads-to-head
"Queen Mother, seeing that your complexion is not very good today, you really don't need to ask a doctor to take a look at your pulse?" Zhao Yanrong took a step forward, her face was like a spring breeze, and her voice was full of false cordiality and ...... It's an uncomfortable self-cooked cook.
"No!" Empress Dowager Zhang didn't like this queen in the first place, she was about to die of illness in Zhaoyang Palace, who knew that she could wake up, and the more she raised, the more ruddy she became! Empress Dowager Zhang felt that Zhao Yanrong was particularly dazzling today, and it was not as good as the cold dead face that she had before, which made people happy.
Of course, it is impossible to make her happy, but compared to the two, the previous queen still looks less heart-wrenching.
The emperor snubbed the empress he had chosen, and of course she liked to hear it. Thousands of choices, choosing such a fool who doesn't know how to advance or retreat, Empress Dowager Zhang is even more angry and unwilling in her heart. Li Rui knows that she doesn't kiss her, and she has no way to do it, but the harem is her world, and she must not tolerate people who are not her own to control the overall situation.
If you refuse to accept the candidate she proposed, then simply don't have a queen.
If Zhao Yanrong dies this time, there will be no more queens in this palace for at least three years. But this woman's life is big, and Concubine Rong's useless goods didn't toss her to death.
Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Li Rui's intimate appearance when she came in with this cheap girl, and she couldn't find a place to vent that evil fire.
If her eyes could set fire, Zhao Yanrong's girl would have become charcoal a long time ago.
"Then forget it." Zhao Yanrong didn't insist, waved her hand to everyone and said, "Then let's all disperse, let the queen mother have a good rest." ”
After saying that, he was about to leave with his skirt in his hand.
The Queen Mother sneered and said, "Since the queen said that the mourning family is not in good health, why didn't she say that she would stay and serve?" ”
Zhao Yanrong turned around, with a surprised face: "Hey, are you not in good health, queen mother?" How can you not ask a doctor if you are not in good health? Quick, go and send a doctor. ”
Where was the Queen Mother willing to mess with her, so she said: "The mourning family is fine, but I haven't seen the queen for too long, and I miss it a little in my heart." It's better to let the emperor take them all back first, and the queen you stay and talk to me. ”
Hehe, Zhao Yanrong won't believe that she just wants to keep herself talking. If she stays at this time, she doesn't know how the queen mother will toss her.
"Mother, you are not feeling well, the concubine should come back to accompany you later. You also know that the concubine was also sick some time ago and couldn't even get out of bed. Although I also want to do my filial piety, but if I am tired, whether you are sick or I fall, it will not sound good to spread out. The concubine is young, and she is not good at serving people, so don't miss it for a while, and do something wrong to make the queen mother angry. Zhao Yanrong smiled and swept around the palace concubines standing behind her.
"Sister Duanfei is your most proud person, it is better to let her stay and talk to her mother to relieve her boredom. She is also familiar with Changle Palace, and she will do better than this palace if she acts in a measured manner. ”
Concubine Duan heard her name be called, and hurriedly stood up and said: "The queen mother is falsely praised, the concubine is rough and clumsy, how can she be as good as the queen mother?" ”
"If the mourners tell you to stay, you will stay." The Queen Mother had a gloomy face, "What, do you say that you dislike me as an old woman and are unwilling to do your filial piety in front of me?" ”
"How can this be?" Zhao Yanrong heard her say this, and simply responded, "The queen mother doesn't dislike me for doing bad things, so the concubine will stay with the queen mother to relieve her boredom." As he spoke, he rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "This palace has never been in Changle Palace, and Sister Duanfei also stayed, so let's take care of it." ”
Li Rui knew that the Queen Mother was not well-intentioned, and there were people from the Queen Mother inside and outside the Changle Palace, and she also knew that the Queen Mother would not be good if she stayed, and she also left Concubine Duan, what did she want to do?
Zhao Yanrong is the queen he chose, although she was not very good before, her performance in the past two days is also remarkable. What's more, if the wife he chose wants to bully, it will not be the turn of the old woman to bully. Li Rui pulled Zhao Yanrong's sleeve, stood in front of her, and said to the Queen Mother: "The queen is recovering from her illness, and the imperial doctor also said that she should recuperate. It is also her filial piety, so she has to come over today to say goodbye to the queen mother. According to my wishes, it is time to rest for two more days. It's better to let Concubine Duan serve here with the queen mother, she is also used to it. ”
Listening to the emperor's meaning, it is clear that the queen is not allowed to stay. Empress Dowager Zhang was angry, patted the armrest and scolded: "You are the emperor, aren't you amazing?" But you can't be reluctant to let the queen serve you? Afraid that the mourning family will eat her or what? As he spoke, he patted his leg and cried.
"Emperor Xian, why didn't you take me with you when you left! What's the point of you clapping your hands and leaving, leaving me alone? Other people's sons are filial and obedient, and what you left for me is looking forward to my early death. Oh my God, this can't live! ”
While patting his legs, he cried out tactfully, and his tone was frustrated.
Zhao Yanrong almost laughed out loud.
No matter how wise and martial the emperor is, if you encounter such an unreasonable and unreasonable middle-aged woman, you will not have a trick.
Who told you to call her Mommy?
The first emperor's trick really killed his son.
"Queen Mother, don't cry, the emperor didn't mean that." Zhao Yanrong glanced at Li Rui, raised her hand and twisted it on his arm.
The emperor has never been twisted by anyone when he is so big, and at the moment Ji Lingling shivered, and felt that his arm hurt, but the person who pinched him was squeezing his eyebrows and playing dumb riddles with him, and in front of the queen mother, of course he couldn't have a seizure. looked at the queen's appearance, it was to ask him to agree to keep people.
Li Rui hesitated, it is definitely not a matter to always let the Queen Mother cry, although the queen looks like she is in her chest, but he has no bottom in his heart, so he whispered in her ear: "You are careful in everything, I will leave two internal guards by your side." ”
The inner guard is the female court guard in the palace, and there are not many of them, but they are all good hands.
In fact, Li Rui's internal guard didn't play much role in her. It is impossible for the Queen Mother to blatantly find someone to assassinate her, and she can't help with other stumbling blocks, and her identity as a guard can't help.
But at best, this is Li Rui's concern and kindness to her, and Zhao Yanrong naturally accepts the kindness released by the emperor.
Seeing the emperor leave Changle Palace with the concubines, Empress Dowager Zhang sneered and asked the queen and Concubine Duan to help her into the inner hall to rest.
Zhao Yanrong obediently supported the Queen Mother on one side, and Concubine Duan went to help her on the other side.
After walking a few steps, Zhao Yanrong's arms tightened, and the Queen Mother was twisting her flesh through her sleeves.
"Ouch!" She screamed, the sound almost piercing the Queen Mother's eardrums.
The Queen Mother scolded angrily: "What are you crazy about! Is the old lady dead? ”
It's not like it's a dead mother! The queen mother's scolding is really to the hearts of the people.
"The daughter-in-law and the old lady have passed away a long time ago, and now there is only one stepmother and queen mother left. In terms of age, the only one who can be called an old lady is the queen mother. If you don't feel happy in your heart and say it, you can't curse yourself! Zhao Yanrong had a bitter face and persuaded the Queen Mother seriously.
"You...... You ......" The Queen Mother was about to burst into foul language again, but before the words came out, she felt that something had been stabbed in her arm, and she screamed in her throat.
Concubine Duan, who was completely defenseless, was almost deaf by the queen mother's voice, and her body shook, so she hung down and fell.
"What are you doing, Queen Mother?" Zhao Yanrong asked innocently.
"How dare you stab me!" The Queen Mother pushed her away, rolled up her sleeves and revealed an arm.
The arm is snow-white, where is the injury?
"Who would dare to stab you?" The queen looked angry, "What a boldness, there are assassins in this palace?" No wonder my daughter-in-law thought someone was stabbing me just now. He rolled up his sleeves as he spoke.
On the queen's snow-jade-like skin, there are two pieces of black green, which are the traces of being pinched out by the queen mother.
"Someone, go and call the commander of the Praetorian Guard on duty in the palace today, someone dares to hurt the Queen Mother, there is no royal law, let him thoroughly investigate the Changle Palace, dig three feet into the ground and arrest the assassin!" The queen was full of expression, but she didn't mention her injuries at all.
The Queen Mother glanced at the queen's scars with mixed feelings, and then glanced at her own arms, which were completely traceless, and silently lowered her sleeves.
"What a! Under the blue sky and white sun, where did the assassin come from! ”
"Didn't you say someone stabbed you, Queen Mother?" The queen asked in surprise, "It's a big matter, so let's call someone to check it." ”
"Shut up!" The Queen Mother glared at her fiercely with a blue face, but she refused to let her get closer, so she took Concubine Duan's hand and sped up her pace back to the inner hall.
I don't know what tricks this used to plot against her.
Empress Dowager Zhang was unwilling in the end, and after sitting down, she exposed her arms again, and put her eyes on her head to find it, and finally she found a small needle eye.
But there was no bleeding or blue, and she couldn't let everyone come close to her arm to see the wound that didn't look like a wound.
The Queen Mother clenched her fists in hatred.
took a deep breath and said to Zhao Yanrong: "The mourning family is thirsty, pour a cup of tea to drink." ”
"Okay!" Zhao Yanrong replied simply, but this tea was still made by the palace people of Changle Palace, so she just handed it over.
The Queen Mother only took a sip and threw the teacup in her face: "Such a cold tea, do you want to make the mourning family have a stomachache?" ”
Zhao Yanrong's body flashed slightly, and the cup with the tea fell to the ground in an arc, and immediately shattered to the ground.
The queen mother kept scolding, and the queen was not filial, and she couldn't even make a cup of tea.
Zhao Yanrong was not angry at all, smiled and asked people to clean up the ground, and personally rolled up her sleeves to make tea.
When she came up with hot tea, the Queen Mother was still scolding, and the more she scolded, the more energetic she became.
Zhao Yanrong sighed at the breadth and profundity of my Chinese language, the Queen Mother wanted to visit teachers everywhere when she was young, and she could scold people with so many tricks.
Seeing her bring the tea, Empress Dowager Zhang's eyes flashed, and she was already planning to start a new round of scolding, but she didn't expect that the person turned her wrist and stuffed the tea tray into Concubine Duan's hand.
"The queen mother is still angry with the palace, so my sister should send this tea over."
Concubine Duan is not the queen mother, the queen ordered her to send her where she dared to refuse, so she had to take the tea tray and walk over.
Empress Dowager Zhang shouted loudly: "The mourning family is to let her wait, what do you make up, let her come by herself...... Yes! ”
Concubine Duan only took two steps, she tripped under her feet, her knees were weak, and she bumped into the Queen Mother with tea.
The tea was brewed in freshly boiling hot water, no one thought of it, and no one could stop it, and a cup of boiling tea was poured into the arms of the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother snorted, was frightened, and fell on the bed.
Zhao Yanrong's foot stretched out so fast and secretively that no one noticed it at all.
Taking advantage of the chaos, she turned around slowly: "Someone, Imperial Doctor Xuan!" ”