Chapter 199: Assassination
"Alright, everyone's hungry, let's have a meal."
With the voice of the Queen Mother, a steady stream of exquisite dishes were presented, Chang Xueli smiled: "This menu was drawn up by the concubine and Concubine Jing's sister, I don't know what the Queen Mother and the emperor think?" ”
The emperor smiled: "Good, very good. ”
The Queen Mother smiled kindly, "You are all capable and good children, with you to assist the queen, the mourning family will be relieved." ”
Tang Jingchen didn't have the heart to listen to these praises, let alone eat, she realized more and more the horror of the Queen Mother, killing the enemy quietly and invisibly, making people indefensible and unable to turn over, she only knew at this time how lucky she was to return to the harem.
It is said that the first emperor's harem was able to produce many people, and the fighting methods were extremely cruel and bloody, but the queen mother was able to stand out from it and win the final victory, which should not be underestimated.
Tang Jingchen felt that whether it was herself or the rest of the harem, or even the emperor, they all looked down on her, although she didn't care about things for so many years, but once she made a move, she was thunderous, and ordinary people couldn't resist.
The palms of his hands were full of sweat, and Tang Jingchen didn't know what the result would be of finding the Queen Mother and Duolun for revenge.
Just thinking about it, Chang Xueli tugged at her sleeve, "What do you think, the Queen Mother asked you." ”
Tang Jingchen quickly came back to her senses, and saw the Queen Mother and the Emperor looking at her, the Queen Mother's eyes were probing, but the Emperor's expression was full of concern, "Concubine Jing, your face is not very good, is it because you are not feeling well?" ”
"Uh......" Tang Jingchen involuntarily touched her face, and looked at the Queen Mother's inquiring and puzzled eyes, she became more and more nervous, she hadn't done anything, had she already been suspected by the Queen Mother?
Chang Xueli smiled, "Emperor Qi, Empress Dowager Qi, these days for the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, Concubine Jing has worried a lot and come up with a lot of new ideas, but now that she is relaxed, she is naturally a little tired." ”
The emperor bowed his head, "This birthday banquet is indeed a good one, and you both deserve to be rewarded." ”
The Queen Mother's eyes flashed, "Concubine Jing is bothered, if she is tired and sick, but it is not the mourning family, come here, bring the thousand-year-old snow ginseng that the mourning family collects, and make up for Concubine Jing." ”
Tang Jingchen hurriedly left the table and walked to the center of the hall, knelt down and thanked him, "Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother, it's just that thousand-year-old snow ginseng is rare, and the concubines don't dare to let the Queen Mother cut her love." ”
Chang Xueli said with a smile: "Queen Mother, don't bother Sister Jing, she doesn't deserve to eat the thousand-year-old snow ginseng, you can reward her with something else, anyway, everything you have there is good, and it is beyond our greed." ”
The Queen Mother laughed so much that she almost sprayed rice, and pointed at Chang Xueli and said to everyone: "Listen, just now I praised her for being honest, and in a blink of an eye, she was better than that monkey, this is blatantly asking for something from the mourning family." ”
"But it's not," Chang Xueli laughed more and more wantonly, "You have so many good things, you can't give them all to the emperor and queen, and it hurts us anyway." ”
"I love you, I love you." The Queen Mother burst into tears with laughter, and instructed Mama Feng while wiping it, "When you go back, you will open the box, find out all the moldy and unwanted things that the mourning family has collected and send them to Changchun Palace, so that the concubine can pick them well." ”
Mama Feng agreed loudly to make fun, "Yes, the old slave will obey the Queen Mother's decree." ”
After a gag, the scene became lively, and the concubines were busy slapping the queen mother, asking her for things to please her, and no one paid attention to Tang Jingchen's face anymore.
Tang Jingchen breathed a sigh of relief, and admired Chang Xueli again, if she hadn't heard her say those past events with her own ears, who would have thought that there would be such a bitter hatred between her and the Queen Mother, and at the same time, Tang Jingchen once again deeply realized that he was really not the material of Gong Dou.
"What's wrong with you?" Seeing that the Emperor and Empress Dowager were surrounded by concubines and had no time to pay attention to anything else, Chang Xueli asked in a low voice.
Tang Jingchen's voice was extremely low, and she said her worries, Chang Xueli sighed, "If it was before, I would never dare to fight her, and I could only swallow it dry after suffering such a big loss, so I haven't taken the slightest action over the years." ”
"But it's different now, we already have a little clue, and the most important thing is that," Chang Xueli glanced in the direction of the Queen Mother, "she's old." ”
Tang Jingchen's heart was shocked.
Yes, the Queen Mother is old, no matter how capable people are, they can't escape the laws of nature, when they are old, all aspects of their functions will decline, and their minds will inevitably be less sharp than before.
She took a deep breath, "What my sister said is that Fang is my sister's negligence. ”
Halfway through the dish, the troupe began to perform, first singing two excerpts ordered by the Queen Mother, and then juggling.
The emperor said with a smile: "The emperor wants to see the folk opera troupe, which was found by the sons and daughters, and their juggling is said to be extremely good-looking." ”
When Tang Jingchen paid attention, he saw that there were more than ten or twenty people in this vaudeville troupe, most of them were beautiful girls, all of them with thin waists and long legs, and their clothes were exposed.
The rest are all strong men, with muscles criss-crossed, and during the performance, they lift the girl up and throw it high and then catch it, and the petite and delicate girl rotates flexibly between their hands like dolls, and the concubines are amazed.
The Queen Mother was kind and compassionate, "These children are not easy, and they will be rewarded again when the performance is over." ”
At this moment, things changed.
The people who had performed the excerpts before did not leave the main hall, but stood in the corner of the door and waited, and just as everyone was watching the juggling, one of them suddenly burst out, and at some point he turned out a long sword in his hand, and stabbed at the emperor.
Because of the suddenness of the incident, everyone didn't react at first, thinking it was a arranged performance, and even the emperor looked at it in amazement, until the long sword came to his chest......
At this moment of lightning, a eunuch behind the Queen Mother suddenly moved, he was extremely fast, and there was a "ding" sound, I don't know what was used to hit the long sword, and the long sword was deflected.
At this time, everyone finally reacted, I don't know which concubine let out a miserable scream, driving all the concubines and palace maids and eunuchs to scream in unison, and the hall suddenly became a mess, and everyone instinctively began to scatter and flee.
Chang Xueli was about to run, but was pulled by Tang Jingchen, and quickly retreated to the root of the main hall wall, Tang Jingchen said: "Don't run around, beware of being injured by mistake, let's hide here." ”
"Yes...... Someone stabbed ......" Chang Xueli had no color.
"It's going to be fine." Tang Jingchen looked at the chaotic crowd in the main hall, "The inner guards will come in a blink of an eye, and these assassins will be arrested soon." ”
Although she is not the material of Gong Dou, she is very adaptable and reacts quickly, thanks to the fact that she has experienced so many changes.
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