Chapter Seventy-One: Confrontation
Tong Xi came out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and as the son of the Prime Minister's Mansion, hearing this palace maid insulting the Prime Minister so much, her heart was naturally as angry as the Jade Concubine. Hearing Concubine Yu's order, she simply couldn't bear it, stepped forward and raised her hand and slapped the palace maid several times: "These slaps are to tell you the fate of disrespecting our mother." ”
The action was too much, and the palace maid was slapped a few times before she could react, and she was dizzy and her eyes were full of stars. Kiri's strength was not small, and after a few slaps, her face was swollen and swollen, and her face was beaten red.
Tong Xi was still trying to make trouble, but the palace maid turned sideways and hurriedly walked towards Concubine Lan, who was silent on the side, and suddenly knelt on the ground and endured the pain on her face and hurriedly said, "Niangniang, save the slave, save the slave." ”
She slapped Tongxi a few times alive, the pain made her lose her mind, and the whole brain was only left with the feeling of pain, where is there still a way to be aggressive. Besides, what Concubine Yu just said was true, and a few points of evidence listed could make her be dragged down and beaten to death with a stick.
Concubine Lan, who had been standing aside and had not spoken, gently helped the palace maid up, and comforted softly: "Don't be afraid, this palace is here, and no one dares to hurt you." ”
Tong Xi saw that Concubine Lan was in front of the palace maid, and she didn't dare to continue, so she had to return to Concubine Yu.
"Sister, what do you mean by this? I ordered someone to teach this dog slave who doesn't know the height of the sky, could it be that my sister also wants to interfere? Concubine Yu's phoenix eyes flashed slightly, and she said unceremoniously.
Concubine Lan said calmly: "Even if the people in this palace make a big mistake, they should be taught by this palace personally, and I am afraid that it is not good for my sister to act as a substitute."
Her relationship with the Jade Concubine has always been passable, in the harem she can be regarded as sandwiched between the queen and the Jade Concubine to survive, today the Jade Concubine suddenly came to visit, and she was sarcastic in her every sentence, saying that she was born in a small family, and she couldn't even afford a set of tea sets.
Family background and appearance have always been her reverse scales, and compared with the two, family background can be regarded as a thorn in her heart. Concubine Yu said it so unabashedly today, she was angry at first, and she wished to come forward and tear her mouth and smash her face, and make her cry and kneel in front of her to beg for mercy.
But she has been good at forbearance for many years, and when she was about to say something else to bypass this topic, the palace maid couldn't help herself to come out and take out this evil breath for her. This time and again, Concubine Yu spoke more than before, and kept stabbing her with her identity, which had long passed the level of anger, and during the time they spoke, she rarely calmed down to think about why Concubine Yu did this today, and why she suddenly showed malice towards her.
Because of her low status, if it weren't for the emperor's favor, she would probably not have a foothold in the harem. But it is not a good thing to have the emperor's favor, there are many people in the harem whose family background is higher than her, and there are many people who are enemies of her and secretly want to harm her, and Concubine Yu has an arrogant personality and disdains to be jealous of her.
It is better to have one more friend than one more enemy in this palace, and Concubine Yu had no intention of being an enemy with her before, and she was happy to see it. I didn't expect Concubine Yu to tear her face sincerely with her today. She originally wanted to keep one or two, but now that the situation has developed to such a point, even if she pretends to show goodwill, Concubine Yu will not believe it.
In this case, she doesn't pretend anymore, and how can she bear being poked in the backbone and sarcastic about her family background?
Seeing that she was blown up, Concubine Yu could still talk to her so calmly, and she was even more displeased with Concubine Lan in her heart, compared to a real villain, a hypocrite was more frightening, she slowly walked up to Concubine Lan, and a smile rose at the corner of her mouth: "What?" Concubine Lan is not pretending? I thought you were going to be a fake good man and punish that palace maid personally. ”
This is true, if it was before, Concubine Lan would have liked to turn big things into small things, and small things into small things. You have to be tolerant of everything, and you can't wait for others to know how understanding you are.
The corners of Concubine Lan's mouth pulled up a cold smile, and she whispered in her ear: "Concubine Yu is so smart, no wonder the emperor often praises you for your exquisite thinking in front of me, when I saw it today, it was so." ”
"Each other, in front of someone who is so good at disguise, what is my little cleverness, I'm afraid it's difficult to get into the hall of elegance?"
Now that the skin has been torn, there is no need to be hypocritical. The two simply opened the skylight to say bright words, sarcastically mocking each other, and all kinds of sarcasm came out of their mouths.
"Huh! Don't think that you can be satisfied with the big tree of the Prime Minister's Mansion behind you, the current emperor is a good person, and sooner or later one day he will attack your Li Mansion. ”
Now the situation in the court is not difficult to guess, Concubine Lan, as a woman in the boudoir, is not as knowledgeable as the well-informed Jade Concubine who has seen a lot since she was a child, but she knows that things must be reversed, and prosperity must decline. She has followed Song Heng for so many years, and she couldn't be clearer about his temperament. Song Heng is forbearant and black-bellied, and now that the three powers of the DPRK and China are established, how can he be willing to be restricted by others everywhere.
It is only a matter of time before the prime minister is suppressed, if Song Heng has a trace of affection for Concubine Yu, for her sake, he may let the Li Mansion live, and the Prime Minister's Mansion may only be weakened and suppressed, but from now on, they are afraid that it will be difficult to pose a threat to the imperial power, and if they are ruthless, they are afraid that their lives will be lost in the future, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in Kyoto.
"I don't bother you, even if the Li Mansion is suppressed in the future? After all, now the emperor will not attack the Li Mansion. Concubine Lan should think about it for you in the future, but with the emperor's current actions, Shen Nanyan will enter the palace nine times out of ten. I have the Prime Minister's Mansion behind me, but it doesn't matter, the emperor doesn't like me and always comes to my palace, you don't necessarily, the emperor's sweetheart has now entered the palace, is there still a need for you to exist as a stand-in? Concubine Yu chuckled, and her beautiful face was a little smarter: "I'm afraid you're going to fall out of favor in time." ”
After listening to Concubine Yu's words, her originally calm face suddenly turned pale, and her beautiful eyes were still half gentle on weekdays, she stared at Concubine Yu viciously: "How do you know?" ”
Seeing her so angry, Concubine Yu felt indescribably happy in her heart, and gently twisted her hair with her fingernails dyed with impatiens letters, and said in a casual tone: "Concubine Lan is talking about being a stand-in?" Or is it saying that the emperor's sweetheart is Shen Nanyan? ”
Her family background is low, and she became Song Heng's concubine by chance, she looked mediocre, I thought that she would not enter the eyes of Song Heng, who was still the prince at the time, but I didn't expect Song Heng to love her in every way for many years, and as soon as she ascended the throne, she was named a concubine and sat on an equal footing with the jade concubine. Now, how can she accept Song Heng's favor for herself, all because she looks a little similar to Shen Nanyan.
When she first learned the secret, she almost died. I can't wait to scratch this face and erase any traces of resemblance to Shen Nanyan on her face, after so much time, she can almost calmly accept this fact.
Today, Concubine Yu said it so bluntly, her words were full of contempt and ridicule, laughing at her favor for coming so darkly, even if her background is not good, she has to be a stand-in for others, and she has been doing it for so many years.
I don't know if it's because Concubine Yu said this fact in a mocking tone, or because the words in Concubine Yu's mouth made her restless from the bottom of her heart, she swallowed the blood that had just gushed into her heart, widened the distance between her and Concubine Yu, and squeezed out a smile: "The palace is tired today, so I won't talk to my sister, and my sister should go back earlier." After speaking, he looked at the palace maid who was kneeling on the ground and had not yet gotten up: "As for the ignorant palace maid, let my sister deal with it, whether it is life or death, my sister does not need to tell this palace." ”
As the palace maid of the emperor's favorite concubine, she was very angry, and she dared to say such things to Concubine Yu on the offense, not because Concubine Lan and Concubine Yu were at the same level, and the favor of the two was about the same, I thought that Concubine Lan could save him. As soon as he heard this, he hurriedly kowtowed his head on the ground and cried: "Niangniang, save the slave maid, Niangniang, the slave and maid must be more auspicious and less auspicious." ”
She has seen the methods of the jade concubine, and she is ruthless, even if she is a palace maid, she will never show mercy, so it is okay to be beaten a few boards in the palace, once she is handed over to the prime minister for disposal, then is it possible for her to live.
Concubine Lan stared coldly at the palace maid who was kneeling on the ground and begging, her eyes were like looking at a dead thing: "The sins you have done yourself should be repaid by yourself!" "There has never been a moment when she is more disgusted with these lowly and vulgar palace maids, if she hadn't maintained her gentle and kind image in front of everyone, she would have long been eager to punish these lowly and vulgar cheap bones.
The palace maid kneeling on the ground once used her name to speak disrespectfully to several lowly concubines everywhere, saying that even if their appearance was really good, it was not as good as her. This is not to imply that her appearance is useless, only a person with an ordinary appearance can be favored by the emperor.
Concubine Lan has always shown a gentle image, this is the first time she has shown such an indifferent and ruthless side, the palace maid on the ground looked at Concubine Lan with a shocked face, and even forgot to beg for mercy.
Seeing that the palace maid still dared to stare at herself, Concubine Lan felt a burst of disgust in her heart, as disgusting as a poisonous snake crawling on her body, she said to Concubine Yu who was watching the play on the side: "Since this slut is so ignorant of her sister, my sister must not let her go, otherwise the humiliation suffered by my sister will be in vain." ”
The Prime Minister's Mansion is all loyal people, and the subordinates are loyal to their Li family, and their Li family not only gives them better moon silver, but also can give them a place to shelter, even if they are framed, they will not push the subordinates around them out to take the blame.
Concubine Lan's unkind behavior made Concubine Yu and Tong Xi really disdainful, Concubine Yu raised her eyebrows, and said suspiciously: "This girl is the person next to her sister, she has served her sister, and she has no credit and hard work." Is my sister really not ready to save her? ”
"Save? Why save? Concubine Lan exposed her selfish and cold nature: "Since she is so ignorant of the sky and the earth, if she is alive, she will also block the way of the palace, it is better to die, but it will be clean." ”