Of course, Liu Zhien is not the first time to come to Qianqing Palace, although after the emperor ascended the throne, he was transferred to Yong'an Palace to serve, but in the past few years, he has not served Concubine Zhuang to serve in Qianqing Palace. These close guards know best.

"The slave has seen the emperor." He bowed very obediently and knelt down under the kang table—the emperor was drinking tea and snacks cross-legged on the kang, and he was reading a book in his hand.

There was no sound on the kang for a while, and Liu Zhien couldn't rashly look up: this is a taboo to be a slave. The emperor didn't make a sound, he could only wait, if the emperor didn't give instructions for two or three hours, he didn't pay attention, he could only kneel here and boil. Otherwise, this eunuch's knees are not his own, and when he kneels, it is best not to think that those legs are his own.

The emperor didn't speak, and Liu Zhien was not in a hurry, he just stared at the gold brick in front of him, pondering the emperor's thoughts: Xiao Wu Meiren, he was just acting on orders. However, the emperor's mind may be able to figure out a thing or two from the orders he ordered. ――Others may not be able to, but how long has Liu Zhien been serving the emperor closely? He naturally has experience in the emperor's temperament.

In fact, he has already brewed a lot of plans to deal with the situation that he may encounter this time, and Liu Zhien knows very well in his heart that this time he has the opportunity to ask the right question alone, and if he misses it, he will not come back. If you want to knock nails and foreshadow, you have to build up your whole body, see the stitches, and act at the opportunity.

"Yoo Ji-eun." Just thinking about it, the emperor had already spoken, his voice was lazy, but with an indescribable majesty, not so much like to the ministers, a bit like the ministers to the outside. ――In the palace, talking to the close chamberlains, sometimes the emperor is really like a buddy, you and mine, there is no fight at all.

"The slave is here." Liu Zhien immediately came back to his senses, he forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and replied calmly. "Grandpa, please."

"The whole thing is going on, in detail." There was a sound of paper, and then, as if something had been thrown onto the kang table, Yoo Zhien felt two eyes aimed at him, as if two fires were burning along the invisible line of sight.

It seems that the emperor still attaches great importance to this matter, and he didn't even watch it, but just wanted to listen to his narration.

Liu Zhien's heart was racing, and he replied, "Yes, this matter has to start with Ma Shi coming to me." Ma Shi told me that my grandfather wanted to see the character of Xiao Wu Guiren......"

It's not so much that I want to see Xiao Wu Guiren's temperament, but I want to understand whether Xiao Wu Guiren is really so stupid that he can't even pay attention to his menstrual affairs, or he is so shrewd that he specially arranged this matter to Changning Palace to expose it. Of course, this is a bit unpleasant to say, so Liu Zhien embellished it.

This is indeed what the emperor meant, but such a trivial matter, there is no need to consume his precious brain power, after Ma Shi took this matter away, he discussed it with Liu Zhien, Liu Zhien sang a few days with a black face, and pretended to go out again, claiming that he was sending spring clothes to Concubine Zhuang - in fact, he did send clothes, the weather was getting warmer, Xu Xun needed to replace light clothes, Liu Zhien packed a big box, and then escorted him to Nannei, and after handing over to Ma Shi at the door, he didn't even enter the door and went home. Go back and go to Xiao Wu Meiren for a while, point out the matter, and the rest of the things, cling to Xiao Wu Meiren who is eager and showing kindness, is already busy for him.

It's not a big deal, but since the emperor specified that he wanted to talk about it in detail, Liu Zhien also described Xiao Wu's beautiful expression to him eloquently, "After the noble man heard about it, his expression was dark......"

The Emperor laughed as he listened, and he waved his hand, "Well, there is no need to say any more. ”

It's like watching a good show and listening to a good drum song, the tone is a little unsatisfied, but it doesn't stir the real emotion after all. Liu Zhien is not surprised - the personnel relationship between several cabinet elders is called an intricacies, everyone can raise a big net behind him, as a leader, the emperor does not eat the network of his subordinates to each other, then it is difficult to distinguish rewards and punishments, and when doing these homework, with the help of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, what subtle means can not be seen? These battles in the harem, in comparison, are not even at the level of children playing at home, and the emperor was unwilling to care about it before, so there will be chaos. As long as you want to manage it, where is there anything you can't understand and can't manage?

"Where did you say she got this arsenic?" Sure enough, what the emperor was most interested in was not Xiao Wu Meiren's motives, but this seemingly insignificant little issue. He seemed to be talking to himself, and he seemed to be asking Yoo Ji-eun. "Don't just want it, you can get it the next day, right?"

Even during the reign of Emperor Wen, when the harem palace ban was the most relaxed, he did not do so. Entering the palace from the Shenwu Gate, you have to go through at least three checkpoints, and they are not subordinate to each other, most of the eunuchs and palace maids will break in front of the first line of guards and sink into the sand. Liu Zhien said, "The slave and maid are brave—"

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." The Emperor's tone was warm.

"Xiao Wu Guiren is a native of the capital who entered the palace during the reign of Emperor Wen." Liu Zhien said, "Long before the Yulu Rebellion, when the capital was not moved to Nanjing, he was already a member of Taisun Palace. ”

At that time, all kinds of prohibitions in the palace were indeed in vain, and Emperor Wen's Concubine Quan Xian seemed to have died of arsenic. The people who committed the crime were just colluding with the eunuchs around them, and they found a pharmacy to buy arsenic, and when they said to bring it, they brought it in. It is very likely that Xiao Wu Meiren got some arsenic at that time, and has been collecting it ever since.

For a person who does not have any chance to leave the palace, such an inference makes a lot of sense. But if you look at it this way, it is easy to make people completely doubt the temperament of Xiao Wu's beauty. Because after all, what Liu Zhien has always hinted at is that she will be treated coldly by Concubine Zhuang because of her unauthorized behavior of falling to Changning Palace, and Xiao Wu's beauty dog jumping over the wall in a hurry cannot be said to be without hidden intentions. But the question is, if you say Xu Xun wants to jump off the wall in a hurry, can she get this thing with arsenic? The possession of arsenic is in itself the greatest ironclad evidence of uneasy kindness.

The Emperor was not surprised by this, he nodded, "It makes sense, she is the one who did such a thing. ”

In this sentence, Xiao Wu's beauty's temperament can be regarded as a final conclusion. Yoo Ji-eun lowered his head and said nothing: there is no need to say more at this time.

"With someone like her stirring up trouble between the two palaces, it is ......difficult for the Sun family and the Xu family to not have a disagreement," the emperor seemed to be talking to himself, as if he was asking Liu Zhien's opinion, "You say, what should I do with this little Wu family?" ”

Liu Zhien still didn't speak-the emperor was amused by him, "I asked you to talk back, and I didn't let you die, what are you doing so quietly?" I don't believe it, you haven't inquired about Nannai's situation...... Don't pretend to be like a prisoner, I don't know your temperament yet? ”

"The matter between grandpa and aunt, the slave and maid really can't guess it." Liu Zhien followed the emperor's words and said, and a little smile was injected into his voice, "If the emperor wants to ask the slave maid, the slave and maid must have the same opinion as the aunt: although Xiao Wu Guiren has made some mistakes, but after all, he is a double body, and he should also focus on the emperor's heir." ”

"Oh?" The emperor was a little interested, "You know your Aunt Xu like this?" ”

"Dare to ask grandpa, do you think your aunt will have a second statement on this matter?" Liu Zhien asked with confidence.

The emperor smiled, and was silent for a while, and after a while, he sighed, "It's hard to say, Liu Zhien, I know people and faces but don't know my heart, I am now in people's hearts, but I don't have as much confidence as you." ”

It seems that the Queen Mother's persuasion still has traces in the end...... No, it should be said that the emperor's own mind could not tolerate such an insult, he was not the kind of fool who was manipulated at will. The change in the Queen Mother's rhetoric is difficult not to attract his attention.

Liu Zhien was not surprised, but when it came to the end, it was inevitable that there would be a little reluctance and a little unspeakable melancholy.

It seemed as if many faces flashed in his mind, his mother and sister, who had been diluted by his memory, all of whom had gone away from illness long before he had been cleansed, and the eldest sister who had lived the longest was his eldest sister, who had been covered with abscesses, and who had been sent to the Church as an official prostitute, and a guest who had come from nowhere, who had given her the sickness of the incurable flower willow, and whose relatives had left him only a few old clothes that had been washed and turned white; The righteous father who retired in Nanjing, Mecca and Allah, was his lifelong faith, and the old man said many times that such dustless and immaculate people as they were suitable to believe in pure Allah, but Liu Zhien never believed in God and Buddha, he did not believe that he was a sin in the past life, and he was born to repay his debts; There is also a fellow who swept the floor in front of the celebrant when he first entered the palace, and he can't remember his name Liu Zhien can't remember clearly, but he remembers that he has a sweet dream all day long, looking forward to which of the celebrant eunuchs saw that he was smart, so he transferred him to his side to serve. But before he could get his wish, he contracted the epidemic and died. At that time, Liu Zhien never dreamed that he would recognize the stepfather of the Three Treasures Eunuch by chance, and when the stepfather accepted him, he said: "When all the eunuchs are hard-working people, who doesn't have a story." "Yes, who doesn't have a story, and if he doesn't, who will be willing to give up his roots and be a mutilated person from now on......

When serving by the side of the grandson, several palace maids who were eye-to-eye with him ...... Liu Zhien has never said it to anyone, and now Xiao Wu Meiren has also sent him Qiubo, at that time she was only in charge of cleaning up the study for her grandson, who loves martial arts, and rarely sees him a few times a year. Xiao Wu's beauty was just open, and she also wanted to find a match in the little yellow door, help her say a few good words, and push her to the dragon bed of the grandson. Liu Zhien choked her to cry with a few words at that time, at that time, he had not yet experienced the current city government after all......

There is also Aunt Xiao Xu who came in for the first time to sleep, at that time she was still Taisun Jieyu, her eyes were as clear as a stream, she was wearing a jade-colored jacket, a gauze skirt with blue water, and walked into the house with a slight smile, like a spring breeze blowing in, she looked curiously left and right, walked to the uncle, squatted down to see him fighting crickets, he gave her some space, she smiled at him slightly, as if to express her gratitude...... At that time, where did he think that he would be here today, saying such things and doing such things for Aunt Xiao Xu?

But Liu Zhien didn't regret it at all, he wasn't even very upset, here and now, he was really very happy in his heart.

"Others, slaves and maids don't dare to protect it." He said, his attitude was as calm as ever, "Only Aunt Xu, the slave and maid dare to protect." ”

"Oh?" The emperor was a little interested, "Liu Zhien, you have been with me for more than ten years...... I remember that you went to serve the Xu family for just over two years, right? When I went there at that time, I was reluctant, why, this has already become her diehard, and I didn't think about Qianqing Palace at all? ”

"The emperor knows clearly, the slave doesn't say good things to Aunt Xu......" Liu Zhien didn't have to be pretentious, so he sighed very sincerely, "Aunt Xu's temperament is pure, and her defeat is pure." If that's not the case, how can it anger you...... And if she hadn't seen this clearly, the slave wouldn't have been so worried that day that she would have returned to the house and eavesdropped on your conversation with Aunt Xu. ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the room seemed to freeze for a moment, Liu Zhien was determined, looking at the floor tile in front of him - his heart was calm, and his five senses were particularly keen, and the emperor's every move, although he couldn't see it, couldn't escape his ears.

The Emperor's breathing sharpened, and the sound of his quick and shallow breathing seemed to indicate his change of mood, however, this change only lasted for a while, and then it was replaced by a calm breath, and after a while, he said slowly, "Sure enough, it's you." ”

"The emperor guessed?" Liu Zhien pretended to be moved.

Everyone in this world likes to show off, it just depends on how you tease his emotions. Filming the emperor's sycophants in the matter of Xiao Wu Meiren will only have the opposite effect, but the surprise at this time will naturally make the emperor complacent about his own insight, even if this young emperor is wise and martial, he can't escape this set of tricks.

There was a little more smugness in his voice, "Except for you, a slave and maid, who else in Yong'an Palace would be so bold?" Liu Zhien, you have been with me for more than ten years after all! ”

Liu Zhien kowtowed again and again, "The slave and the maid are guilty of capital crimes, the slaves and maids are capital crimes, the emperor is aware of everything, and the slaves and maids ...... The slave knew that she had committed a capital crime, but she was really worried that day—"

"Worried about what?" The emperor pressed forward step by step, "Worried that something bad will happen to your master?" ”

"Yes...... If the situation was at that time, the slave maid was afraid that the mother would talk back to the emperor, or even say that it was ......" Liu Zhien did not say any further, the development of the matter has proved how correct his prediction is.

"Oh?" The Emperor seemed to be intrigued by him, and there was a slight interest in his voice, and he did not get angry for a moment—in fact, he had not shown the slightest anger so far. "How did you guess she would be angry?"

"The emperor is from Qingning Palace," Liu Zhien said, "as soon as he came, he mentioned the matter of succession, and his attitude was by no means like he was serious about making Concubine Zhuang Niangniang the queen." With the slave's understanding of the emperor, you have made up your mind, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to change, and you are full of desire to change the concubine Niangniang, how can you say this at this time? The slave maid concluded that it must be the Queen Mother who wanted to establish Aunt Xu, which attracted your suspicion. It's just that Aunt Xu didn't know anything about this beforehand, and she never had ambitions for the queen's position. You quickly see this. Suppressing his temper at the moment, it seems that he has other important matters to discuss with Aunt Xu. - The Queen Mother wants to establish Aunt Xu, you want to set up a concubine Niangniang, the mother and son have different opinions, and you are extremely filial, so you must not want to be openly angry with the Queen Mother. This discussion, I am afraid that it is to persuade Aunt Xu to withdraw from the dispute after the establishment, which is also a reasonable arrangement, but with the temperament of, it ......"

And this reasonable arrangement, Xu Xun will never accept it. The Emperor sighed, "Reasonable...... It seems that you still know a little bit of reason, and you know that the fault this time is Xiaoxun. ”

Here's your chance.

Liu Zhien took a deep breath, and he kowtowed to the emperor heavily, "The emperor is ...... Slave maid, slave maid really has something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not. ”

"You speak." The emperor happily gave permission.

The most important thing is to lie three points falsely and seven points true.

"It has been more than ten years since the slave maid entered the Taisun Palace to serve you, and she summoned concubines for you in the past, and she can often serve by your side later...... It can be said that except for the current queen and slave maids, who have not taken a face," Liu Zhien raised his head and looked at the emperor, and said earnestly, "The rest of the ladies and maids, the slaves and maids are a little familiar, and they can also see a little bit of their temperament. ”

With a nonchalant smile on his face, the emperor raised his eyebrows, as if to signal Yoo Zhi-eun, 'Go on'.

"Sun Niangniang's strong temperament and He Niangniang's cold temperament are all impressions left by the slave maid in the years of contact." Liu Zhien carefully considered the words. "Only the, Su Ri smiled kindly and gently, and the slaves and maids also arrived at the Yong'an Palace to serve, and over time, they discovered the temperament of the...... are very stubborn! ”

In Nanjing, a prince and concubine dare to fight with the minister, and in Yong'an Palace, a concubine dares to fight with the emperor, what Liu Zhien said is of course absolutely correct, but it is absolutely correct nonsense. He didn't wait for the emperor's reaction, then continued, "have never refused to show weakness in front of others, even if they are extremely bitter in their hearts, they have to make a calm and breezy appearance on their faces. Although the bottom of my heart ...... I have always minded that Sun Niangniang is more favored by the emperor, but are self-disciplined with female commandments, and never refuse to show the slightest envy of Sun Niangniang in front of people. Only that time, you said that the queen mother was not in Yong'an Palace, and when you forced the not to choose a side between the queen and the grandmother, the only blew up once. Afterwards, although refused to admit it to anyone, the slave could see that she would be so stubborn, in fact, a large part of the reason was because were ...... I care...... Sun Niangniang. ”

"As a concubine, of course, this idea should never be had, in the prima, the mother around the mother is often persuaded by morality, besides, the mother has been favored, this is also a lot, she has always persuaded herself to be content, and she is not stingy to promote the sisters below, but she has a grudge against Sun Niangniang. Although the slave maid has been pure since she was a child, she does not understand the idea of love in this mortal world, but she looks at it coldly, but she feels that this knot in Niangniang's heart is precisely because her grandfather is in her heart, and it is indispensable and unique, but she knows in her heart that in her grandfather's heart, she is only second at most, but there is one in front of her. Liu Zhien sighed, "The reason for promoting others is because others are insignificant in Grandpa's heart." But in my heart, I really hope that she can take the first ...... in my grandfather's heart."

If you love someone, of course, you will hope that you are the first in his heart, how can this instinct be restrained by such a norm as the fourth book of women?

"The mother is pure and not good at hypocrisy. It's okay on weekdays, and grandpa and you are alone, and it's talking about things like that, it's almost impossible not to have a seizure. The slave was so worried that she had no choice but to make this decision. -- I also knew that I was guilty of a capital crime, and I didn't think about escaping from the law of Zhaozhao, but before I died, the slaves and maids had to say something, and the mother confronted the emperor that day, and it seemed to be ruthless, but it was really like this, the more sad it was, the more casual it was on the face, and the more unwilling you to see a clue, the more it hurt you in turn...... In fact, in my aunt's heart, I don't know how much she cares about her grandfather, and the slave maid serves her aunt all day long, don't you understand? Only when you appear in the Yong'an Palace, Niangniang's eyes are lively, she is like a sunflower, only when you come out of the sun, can you show a happy face......"

Liu Zhien couldn't go on, he kowtowed to the emperor, "Please grandpa don't lie to your aunt, forgive her little temperament, don't be cold to your aunt...... If you can resolve the misunderstanding with your aunt, the slave will die, and you will be able to turn a blind eye without regrets! ”

He also said that she was pure and not good at hypocrisy, and she couldn't help but be dissatisfied with the emperor's love for Sun. also said that she was hiding her sadness deeply, and she showed that she didn't care just to cover up the loss in her heart, Liu Zhien's statement is really contradictory, and it can't stand scrutiny. But the emperor couldn't help but listen, he seemed to have even stopped breathing, and he had already put down the senseless disguise, half-leaned over, and tightly held the small inkstone on the kang table with his left hand, and unconsciously, he had already held a hand of ink. It wasn't until the moment when Liu Zhien's words stopped abruptly that he seemed to realize his gaffe, fell backwards suddenly, and leaned on the pillow again.

"Oh?" He said, clearing his throat again, and his voice returned to normal. "Oh--you don't have to say that...... I can save my heart, your Aunt Xu told me herself. ”

Liu Zhien never expected this, and he showed a genuine shock.

The emperor seemed to have a little more composure in his eyes, and he smiled, "Didn't you say much...... I can see it myself. ”

He thought thoughtfully, "However, without a confession from a delicate person like you, there are some things that will not be ......."

Something? What's up?

Won't it, won't be what?

Liu Zhien wants to ask, but who in the world can ask an emperor? In any case, he was very satisfied that things were going in the direction he had planned, and that they were even better than he had expected. He took another deep breath and lowered his bow.

"The emperor is aware of everything, and the slave and maid really can't think of it anymore. but they are vain in their fears, for the sake of this illegal thing. And your great mercy and mercy actually gave you a special grace, so that the slave and maid understood that Aunt Xu's mind would not be wronged. The slave and maid are now satisfied, but they can close their eyes and wait for death...... eavesdropping conversations, spreading news in vain, slaves and maids know the law and break the law, and the crime should be increased by one degree, and the emperor is also asked to be sentenced to death! ”

This attitude of admitting mistakes can be said to be extremely sincere, but sincerity still cannot change the seriousness of the situation. Liu Neng just had one more mouth in the past, and he ended up with a Ling Chi, what he committed was actually not a lot of mouths, but secretly receiving the benefits of others, or secretly leaning towards others outside the Qianqing Palace. Liu Zhien is not only talking a lot today, but also eavesdropping first, such a dishonest eunuch, it is light to kill it immediately.

Although the emperor still had a smile on his face, and although his tone was still very gentle, the words he said made people's hairs stand on end, "Yes, according to the rules, you have no way to live." Even if Xiao Xun begs for mercy, he can't indulge you, otherwise, if he indulges you today, he will make trouble tomorrow, and he will be affectionate, and I can't indulge it? ”

Liu Zhien kowtowed again and again, "The slave understands that the slave and maid only have self-pity and self-regret in their hearts, and there is no resentment!" ”

"However, after all, you are loyal, and you were afraid that Xiao Xun would say something wrong at that time." The emperor changed his words, "It is understandable to act impulsively by chance...... In fact, as long as you don't say it afterwards, no one can know about it. ”

He lifted his foot and pushed up Yoo Zhien's chin, and Yoo Zhien followed the line on the shaft of his boot and was forced to go all the way up to meet the emperor's eyes.

"I'm just a little weird." The emperor smacked his lips, tilted his head sideways and narrowed his eyes, looking at Yoo Zhien with great interest. "You are such a meticulous and intelligent person, didn't you think of the consequences of saying this? As early as when you took the initiative to send a message to the Queen Mother, you should have thought of this day. ”

"Yes." Liu Zhien did not hesitate and admitted it. "As soon as the slave heard you say, 'I know the face but the heart', and I know that you have some misunderstanding about the. Although I also have the intention of luck-"

"Don't fool me." The Emperor smiled. "Fluke? You don't have a fluke in your head, you're just looking for a suitable opportunity to say it...... You're not wrong about telling the truth, but Yoo Ji-eun, I'm going to ask you. How can Xu Xun make you so loyal to her, and you don't want to help her so much? You tell me that you-weishenme are going to help her like this. ”

His eyes were like a knife on fire, although he was smiling, but his eyes were digging into Liu Zhien's eye sockets again and again, as if he wanted to dig into the back of his head from here, dig out his brain and see, see if he would be so benevolent to Concubine Zhuang - there are more selfish people in the palace, but I am afraid that Liu Zhien is the only one who is so self-sacrificing. Of course, he needed a very good reason to explain his motives.

The emperor was suspicious of him, Liu Zhien thought, his mind was still absolutely calm, even a little indifferent—this is also human nature.

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Go write about the little daughter...... I'm so tired 55, I ran outside for a day today, and I was half frozen to death......