Chapter 249: Eventful
It wasn't until the next day that the people in the harem heard the news from outside, and at the same time that the assassins were entering the Cining Palace, many of the ministers' mansions in the court also entered the assassins, causing casualties of various sizes.
Among them, the most serious was the killing of Zhen Shouping, the secretary of Dali Temple, and the arrest of the wife and son of Luo Anzhi, the assistant of the cabinet, and his son who was less than half a year old, in addition to the death and injury of many ministers themselves or their family members and nephews.
The concubines of the harem were all panicked, and they got together to chat about all kinds of news, and it was rare that there was no bickering, let alone sneering at each other, and everyone was stunned by these news.
Zhen Shouping, the secretary of Dali Temple, has a relationship with Su Yinxue's mother's family, and Su Yinxue still has to call him a cousin-in-law, so everyone shush around her and ask for warmth, so that she should not be too sad, Su Yinxue has become more and more low-key over the years, and it is rare to become the focus of vision, and she can't help but be a little overwhelmed.
Of course, there are also happy ones, such as Luo Ping and Luo Guiren.
She is Luo Yan's sister, it is bad enough to have such a sister who is rejected by the emperor, since entering the palace, the emperor has been indifferent to her, although her father has a lot of power, because the relationship between her stepmother is not warm to her, and she has never helped her in the slightest, allowing her to struggle to live in the harem by herself.
Therefore, Luo Ping complained a lot about her stepmother in the past day, and when she heard that she and her son were taken away, she couldn't be happier.
But because of the assassination of the queen mother, many ministers in the court and the central government suffered, the emperor was in a bad mood, and the concubines were panicked, so Luo Ping didn't dare to show it at all, and only secretly prayed in her heart that those gangsters would kill her stepmother and her son simply.
Although the people did not suffer losses, but such a thing happened in the court, they lived at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and naturally they were a little afraid, and they all cowered at home without going out.
The Emperor sent the Imperial Guards to search for the Assassins and their allies in the city, adding to the already anxious capital.
Because the previous dynasty was very busy, Tang Jingchen thought that the emperor would be in the harem during this time, but who knew that he appeared in Tingyuxuan at dusk, and the eunuch did not report at that time, when the emperor walked in, Tang Jingchen was leaning against the window in a daze.
Because of the wind in the evening, she often wears a honey-colored jacket, her long hair is not combed, only simply rolled into a nest of silk, sporadically with a few beads to fix, the plain face is not powdered, the skin is more and more white as jade, and a pair of eyes are clearer than autumn water.
She frowned slightly, looking very sad, the whole person was getting thinner and thinner, her small face was not as big as a palm, her skirt was empty on her, and she looked at it from the side, like a paper man.
The emperor couldn't help but feel pity, dispelled the idea of asking, turned around and wanted to leave, but Tang Jingchen came back to his senses at this time.
"The emperor is here, so he won't let anyone report it."
She stood up and was about to kneel, but was grabbed by the emperor, "I came to see you, I was frightened last night, right?" ”
Tang Jingchen shook his head, "It's okay, but the concubine's sister was frightened, she was frightened for two nights in a row, she had to deal with palace affairs during the day, and she was worried about the ten princes, and the concubine looked at her a little exhausted, if the emperor was free, he should go and see her." ”
Because Fupei ranked tenth, everyone called him the Ten Princes.
The emperor was silent for a moment, but he didn't hide it, "I just came from her, the concubine is in good spirits, and the tenth prince is also very good, you don't have to remember it." ”
Tang Jingchen's eyes flashed, he already knew the emperor's intention, at this very moment, he could not be in the mood to come to the harem to visit the concubines, but he went to Chang Xueli first and then came to himself, there must be a reason.
And for this reason, it is the assassination of the Queen Mother, after all, she and Chang Xueli are witnesses.
Taking a deep breath, Tang Jingchen said: "Last night, the Queen Mother asked her concubine and sister Guifei to stay in the dormitory with her, because there was nowhere to sleep, we made do on the Luohan couch in the corner, and I woke up in the middle of the night and saw the assassin standing next to the Queen Mother's bed. ”
She didn't lie, she told the facts and the truth, she felt that she had done nothing wrong, and there was nothing to hide.
The emperor bowed slightly, "Ali is similar to what you said, she felt very guilty, she said that if she hadn't screamed because she was afraid, maybe the assassin wouldn't have done it, so I went to see her, she cried like something, and bluntly said that she had hurt the Queen Mother, and she was going to ask the Queen Mother for her guilt, but I stopped her." ”
Tang Jingchen secretly thought that Chang Xueli would not be sad because of the assassination of the Queen Mother, at most she was worried that the Queen Mother would not be able to bring her down if she died.
However, since everyone is an alliance, Tang Jingchen will not break it, but said: "Sister Guifei is filial to the Queen Mother, and she naturally feels uncomfortable when something like this happens, but what does this have to do with her, the assassin ventures into the palace, he can't be here to play, no matter whether his sister screams or not, he will assassinate him." ”
She looked up at the emperor, "The harem is terrifying, the queen mother will inevitably think a lot when she is injured, the emperor should dispel the idea of the concubine's sister, don't let her think like this, lest she ......"
Tang Jingchen lowered her head and made a look of not daring to continue, she knew that the emperor would understand what she meant.
Sure enough, the emperor said: "I am the same as you think, I have already appeased her, let her not think nonsense, you have the best deal with her in the past day, if you have to be free to persuade her, now that it is eventful, the harem is all dependent on her to be stable." ”
Tang Jingchen naturally would not refuse, and answered "yes" in a low voice, but he was thinking about the meaning of the emperor's words, could it be that the emperor was suspicious of the queen mother?
"I'm just strange, since the assassin sneaked into the Cining Palace, wouldn't it be good to assassinate you all while you're asleep, and sneak away quietly after you succeed, it won't alarm people, but I have to wait until you wake up before you do it."
"Besides, the subordinates of Cining Palace are not all dead, they want to leave you to serve, and let you sleep in the dormitory with her!"
The emperor's voice was a little cold, and listening to his tone, Tang Jingchen knew that he was really suspicious of the Queen Mother.
Self-directed and self-acting, these four words appeared in Tang Jingchen's mind, and then she thought, if it was really the Queen Mother who was doing a show, and she did two scenes in a row, what was her purpose? And she was really injured, Tang Jingchen saw it with her own eyes, and there would never be a fake.
She pondered and said to the emperor: "When the assassin assassinated, the concubines could see clearly, and Mama Feng and the others came in when they heard the movement and bandaged the queen mother. ”
The emperor snorted coldly, "You have to really pay something to win the trust of others." ”
Tang Jingchen was stunned for a moment, and then became excited, the meaning of the emperor's words was not only suspicious of the queen mother, but also tearing his face.
She didn't know what the emperor had experienced during these days, and he had changed from a filial son to fighting with the queen mother, but in any case, it was a good thing for her.
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