Chapter 70: Staying overnight
Zheng Fuhai was guarding outside, and when he saw Song Heng coming out with an angry face, he secretly glanced at the closed palace door, and cautiously stepped forward to serve: "Your Majesty, do you want to drive back to the imperial study first?" ”
He originally wanted to come out and calm down, but after being reminded by Zheng Fuhai, he thought about it for a moment and found that this idea was good. Shen Yin nodded for a moment: "Since that's the case, let's drive it immediately." ”
"The minions obey." Zheng Fuhai said loudly.
Just when Zheng Fuhai secretly breathed a sigh of relief for Shen Nanyan, he thought that Miss Shen would be lucky enough to escape this time, but he didn't expect that people would still have to be trapped here after all Song Heng glanced back at the palace: "Let her rest here tonight." ”
After Song Heng left the house, Shen Nanyan stayed quietly in the dark and listened to the movement outside, and the conversation outside was not deliberately lowered.
She looked up at the dark room, feeling every minute of the night.
Mu Zhao, we can't go home tonight.
If Song Heng simply threatened her with Mu Zhao's life, she could not be threatened by him, and without hesitation, she would draw her sword and kill herself with Mu Zhao, but now she threatened the life of her Shen family, she could only obediently listen to him and stay in the palace at his mercy.
But how could she be so easily threatened by him, in a few days she and Mu Zhao will be able to go home soon, even if she dies, she will try her best. Didn't Song Heng like her, then she would die in front of him and see how he threatened her with her family and lover again.
Suicide is not terrible for her, what is terrible is that she can't succeed in killing herself with a resolute mentality. In the past seventeen years, she has not thought about death, every time she is rescued, Shen's father and Shen's mother threatened her with her own life, telling her not to do stupid things, and let her break this idea from now on. Or they can't find the right opportunity at the right time, in the right place.
But this time, she desperately hoped that she wouldn't die then, at least not leave so soon, because she had someone in her heart.
She wants to be of the same mind with him, share the head, and want to experience the joys, sorrows, angers, and resentments of the world with him. Walk all over the north and south of the river, watch the flowers fall in front of the court, and the clouds are rolling.
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"When the slave heard that the emperor came out of the palace with an angry face, Gonggong Zheng asked the emperor to drive back to the imperial study first, and before leaving, the emperor also specially instructed Mrs. Mu to rest in the Fangxie Palace."
The fingers that were originally holding the teacup tightened slightly, and after the palace maid finished speaking, Concubine Lan said softly: "Don't chew the root of your tongue anymore, it's getting late, the emperor may be worried about the inconvenience of Mrs. Mu going out of the palace now, so he let her stay in the palace for a night." ”
Concubine Lan is considered to be a middle-class person, but she is even gentle and considerate, empathetic, and even treats the palace people in the palace amiably, and has never scolded or scolded her subordinates.
The Great Liang Dynasty has never had a courtier woman stay in the palace, even if the former emperor was mediocre, he sent someone to quietly take the girl or lady he liked to the harem, no matter how the ministers of the court and the central government objected, this matter was not put on the surface. As long as the emperor does not recognize the identity of that woman, who knows which minister's wife or concubine she is.
Now Song Heng's approach is to make it clear that he wants to put this matter on the surface, Shen Nanyan and Mu Zhao have only been married for a few months, the two can be regarded as newlyweds, Song Heng just left Shen Nanyan in the palace, and let her live in the harem, and made a special trip to let her live alone in the Fangxie Palace of Nuoda, isn't this clearly the intention of accepting her as a concubine.
"Niangniang is too good-tempered, Mrs. Mu has such a white face, she doesn't abide by women's morals, and she wants to learn from the Qinglou woman to do those fox things, obviously she has already married Mu Gongzi, but she is not greedy enough to swallow elephants, and she does everything possible to enter the palace to seduce the emperor." The palace maid pursed her lips disdainfully.
Shen Nanyan is considered to be the happiest among the noble daughters of all the families, she was born to the Shen family, one of the four major families of Daliang, there is a father and mother who regards herself as a treasure, and a personable brother, she herself has been a beautiful embryo since she was a child, it can be said that she was the envy of Daliang women before she became a girl.
Now that she is married to Mu Zhao, the most famous woman in Kyoto, she almost broke the hearts of all the women in Kyoto on the day of marriage, and it can be said that Shen Nanyan is enviable just because she can marry Mu Zhao.
But now that there is a man at home who is as gentle as jade, she doesn't want it, but she wants to enter the palace to provoke the emperor, and the palace maid can be said to be extremely disgusted with Shen Nanyan. In other words, if she were Shen Nanyan, even if she wanted to abandon everything and become a beggar on the street, she would unswervingly choose Mu Gongzi.
I didn't expect this Shen Nanyan to be so ignorant, the emperor is good, he has the world, and his appearance is also one of the best, compared to Mu Zhao, who is as gentle as jade, she may hesitate, but in the end it is Mu Gongzi who chooses.
"What else is Mrs. Mu? It's time to call back Miss Shen, and in time we may have to call my sister, who has always been smart and clever, and today is confused. A voice that seemed to be laughing came from behind.
Concubine Lan raised her eyes and saw a woman with too much appearance coming in from outside the hall, wearing a sky blue plum bamboo chrysanthemum pattern flower skirt, covered with a purple sandalwood dark flower plum bamboo chrysanthemum pattern Tianxiang silk round-necked pipa robe, and a golden silk cloud gem head flower weaving silk flower leaf fine silver hairpin was inserted in the phoenix bun, and there was a gold-inlaid azalea jade hairpin on the hairline.
Under the backdrop of Concubine Yu's careful dressing, Concubine Lan's appearance on the side was too bland. Concubine Lan's appearance is not as good as that of Concubine Yu, and her dress is also inclined to be gentle, compared with the bright and moving Concubine Yu, she was completely crushed by her, standing beside her, like green leaves lined with red flowers.
Concubine Lan knew that she was not as good as the first beauty in Kyoto, Concubine Yu, in terms of appearance, so she had to work her temperament, unlike Concubine Yu, and now she heard Concubine Yu tell the truth so bluntly without concealing it. She smiled slightly: "Sister said that she was joking, Mrs. Mu just rested in the palace for one night, why did my sister say this?" ”
After speaking, she stared at Concubine Yu with a smile, her demeanor was quiet and beautiful, she was a gentle and beautiful beauty at this time.
Because of family reasons, Concubine Yu only has a bad relationship with the queen in the entire palace, and she can be regarded as a nodding friend with this old man who follows the emperor, neither evil nor good. Now that she has learned all the truth, looking back at Concubine Lan's behavior is really hypocritical, she can't wait to tear off her ugly mask herself.
She was born noble and had a proud nature. But she was not stupid, knowing that now was not the best time to tear her face, she smiled and sat down on the couch and sat in front of Concubine Lan.
"I've been in my sister's palace for a while, and my sister didn't know that she had ordered someone to serve tea to entertain her sister, didn't my sister feel sorry for your little tea?" After speaking, he smiled and picked up the teacup in front of him.
Concubine Lan was slightly stunned for only a few seconds, and quickly came back to her senses and said with a smile: "It was my sister's negligence, my sister's sudden visit today caught my sister off guard, if there is anything inconsiderate, I hope my sister understands." ”
What she said was really a pun, Concubine Yu took her for not being well entertained, she first pretended to apologize, saying that Concubine Yu came to her palace for no reason, and she didn't know that she had ordered someone to report it, and she came in by herself This faux pas went back, and everyone would think that Concubine Lan was empathetic at the first time, and it was Concubine Yu's sudden visit that caught her off guard and did not prepare tea.
Who is Concubine Yu, I can't see through the various cautions in Concubine Lan's words. She shook slightly, and the teacup in her hand instantly fell to the ground. Shocked and exclaimed, he quickly stood up and apologized: "Sister, I'm sorry, my sister's hand is not very slippery and broke the cup in your palace, I forgot that my sister's family is not rich, and my sister's father has no extra money to help my sister, if my sister doesn't dislike it, my sister will give my sister the set of white porcelain tea sets I brought from home as an apology for me breaking the teacup?" ”
"What does Jade Concubine Niangniang mean by this? My mother and you have been on an equal footing for many years, can't we even afford a set of tea sets in our palace? Before Concubine Lan could speak, the palace maid said angrily.
Concubine Yu looked coldly at the little palace maid who suddenly came out to speak, Tong Xi immediately came out and stood in front of Concubine Yu, glanced at the little palace maid from top to bottom, and her tone was extremely disdainful: "What are you?" My mother-in-law and your mother-in-law are talking about this, how can you intervene here? ”
Concubine Yu looked at Concubine Lan in front of her with a smile, and her lips opened lightly: "Dog slave, you are not worthy to come to our Prime Minister's Mansion to carry shoes for us, how many dare you dare to talk to this palace like this?" ”
As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat the dog, what Concubine Yu said was to slap Concubine Lan in the face, although this palace maid was not disrespectful, she was also a decent palace maid by Concubine Lan's side, Concubine Yu directly said that she was not worthy of going to their prime minister's mansion to carry shoes, wouldn't she be mocking Concubine Lan was destined to be inferior to her.
The palace maid is used to being powerful, how can she tolerate being treated like this by Concubine Yu, she tilted her neck and sneered: "No matter how great the Li family is, in the final analysis, it is still the emperor's servant, our mother followed him when the emperor was still the prince, and she has been favored for many years." Rao is the jade concubine Niangniang is now a saint, and she doesn't have to be equal to our mother, and our mother, as a person around the emperor, is naturally the master of the prime minister. Naturally, the slave maid is not even worthy of carrying shoes for Li's subordinates, but is Lord Li worthy of carrying shoes for our mother? ”
Concubine Yu has been held in the palm of her hand by her father since she was a child, how can she tolerate others talking about her father like this. Although she can't bear it, she will make a big plan, but she is not good at patience when she comes in, and she said that she can endure everything, but this matter cannot be endured.
She coldly instructed Tong Xi: "Tong Xi, kill this dog slave for me, slander the prime minister of the dynasty, commit the following crimes, and be disrespectful to the palace, these points alone are enough to make you die without a place to be buried." ”