Chapter 48 The Punishment of the Heart
When he got closer, he saw the image of a gentle and loving mother. Li Huaiyan gave his hands quite calmly: "The son visits the mother concubine"
Mama Lai, who was on the side, looked at King An's behavior, and a sentence suddenly floated in her heart: There is more than respect, but not enough kindness.
Mama Lai is the female official in charge of Yihua Palace, and she has been by Ran Guifei's side for the longest time, so it can be said that she grew up watching Ran Guifei, and she is not clear about the awkwardness of their mother and son. Both of them have very similar personalities, and they both want to take everything and people into their own hands, including those closest to them.
I don't know if it's preconceived, Concubine Ran Guifei looked at King An's saluting and intuitively felt that he was very impatient, she looked at him fixedly: "......"
Li Huaiyan saw that Concubine Ran didn't say a word, and he was indeed a little impatient in his heart: "What is the important matter for the mother concubine to urgently call her sons to come?" ”
Ran Guifei also held her breath in her heart, and said as softly as possible: "Lin Anhou's case... No, it should be said that there is also the previous Pingxian incident, how much of this is your handiwork, and what role do you play? ”
The corners of Li Huaiyan's mouth hooked up a touch of mockery: "Where the mother concubine said, Lin Anhou is killing herself, hurting the heavens and ignoring the law and discipline." Naping County is even more obsessed with evil spirits, what does it have to do with Erchen? ”
Concubine Ran lowered her eyes to hide her disappointment, "Then do you know that the Ye family's father and son came back from the West Daying today?" Do you know that they are talking secretly with the emperor and Li Moyan in the imperial study at this moment? Even so, do you still want to talk like this to your mother? The hard work is up to you, but you are still complacent about it.
Li Huaiyan was shocked, how did he know this, after retreating from the early dynasty, he received the order to go to Kedali Temple, and they didn't hear any news before that.
Seeing his surprised appearance, Concubine Ran was half happy and half distressed: "When you were complacent and thought that you were pressing, you didn't know that the emperor did this in order to protect Li Moyan."
Li Huaiyan didn't believe it and refuted: "Everyone knows the relationship between Lin Anhou and Li Moyan, my father doesn't trust Li Moyan, he trusts his sons, and his father wants to punish them, so he handed them over to his sons."
Ran Guifei raised her eyebrows: "Hehe...... Lin Anhou was only supported by the emperor in front of Li Moyan. What does it matter, Lin Anhou just sees it too clearly before he takes risks. If Lin Anhou's case is handed over to Li Moyan, the most serious thing is that he is ruthless and ruthless, and his six relatives will not admit it; If it is light, it is the benevolence of the woman and perverting the law for personal gain. Do you think there will be fewer lives involved in this private mine? ”
Li Huaiyan's hands behind his back couldn't help but clench into fists, and his lips trembled.
Ran Guifei didn't seem to see it: "And leave it to you to handle it, all the bad mistakes will fall on you alone, the heavy one is your wolf ambition to suppress the prince, and the light one is that you are not good at doing things and are afraid that the prince will not be able to bear the heavy responsibility." Son~ You are being pushed to the forefront and you don't know it."
Li Huaiyan patted him on the shoulder as if he had been entrusted by his father this morning, and his eyes were full of affirmation and trust. How ironic it is to think about it now.
Once this power and wealth are obtained, how many people are willing to give it up? Ran Guifei continued: "Ye Guogong's family plays a pivotal role in Great Xia, how many people try their best to win over half of it, they are loyal to the emperor, and the emperor also trusts the Ye family very much. And the father and son of the Ye family came back from the West Daying, but they didn't let a few of you meet from the side, leaving Li Moyan alone. What does this mean? From beginning to end, the emperor only kept Li Moyan in his heart"
Li Huaiyan's heart couldn't be restrained, and he couldn't help but vent to the table and chair next to him: "My father is too partial, he is also his son, why is he so fond of Li Moyan in every way?" Thinking that he was still proud in his heart before, he thought that the day had come for him to come out.
"Huaiyan, does this matter have anything to do with you? But you're ......"
Li Huaiyan carefully restrained, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Where does the mother concubine want to go?" Is it possible for a retainer to do these things? Erchen will be angry with you again, and he will know that his mother and uncle are the biggest support for Erchen, and there is no need to have a gap with his uncle for Fang Yanzheng! What's more, this salt administration is not stupid. Although he is not the person behind these things, he does promote the development of things, otherwise how could the peony and them be dragged to be saved by Li Moyan's people.
Ran Guifei half-squinted: "It's good if you know"
Li Huaiyan smiled bitterly: "If Erchen really had this kind of ability, he would not have fallen into this situation", after all, his skills are not as good as others, but at least this time everyone is not much better.
Ran Guifei was quite distressed and said: "Huaiyan, don't be afraid, the mother concubine will help you and will not let anyone hurt you."
The more Li Huaiyan thought about it, the more he felt that it was a chore, far from being as good as everyone thought, and he was not a person inside and out: "That concubine, this matter of Lin Anhou, the son has already taken it, how can the minister throw this hot potato out?"
Concubine Ran said what she thought in her heart: "Doesn't the emperor believe in the Ye family very much? Since this is the case, let the people of the Ye family try the case of Lin Anhou, this palace wants to see if Li Moyan and the Ye family will be as harmonious as the emperor hopes", and how many people have been harmed by these four words from ancient times to the present.
Li Huaiyan's eyes lit up, this is really a lot of things, one is to keep himself out of the matter, and the other is to make a big fuss from the inside to make Li Moyan dissatisfied with the Ye family. Third, the Ye family has a very high status in the hearts of the people, when the truth of Lin Anhou's case is revealed, the people praise it, and the corresponding people will inevitably not be disappointed in Li Moyan, and even make the father and emperor jealous of Li Moyan and the Ye family, and then they can make some plans. "However, Ye Guogong and they won't be stupid, how can they take this mess well?"
Ran Guifei thought it was best to do this: "This concubine has her own way, so she doesn't have to worry about it, just listen to the good news of the concubine after the sacrifice." Take a break for the past few days, you just have to cooperate well when the time comes", the people arranged around Huaiyan were taken away by him one by one, she didn't know how many fine works were placed around Huaiyan, so she thought it was better not to say it, so as not to do bad things.
Again, Li Huaiyan was bored with this. But his face was not obvious, and he was quite moved and said: "Son-in-law Xie Mother Concubine"
Concubine Ran knew her son's temperament, and she ate soft rather than hard, and she could only say softly when she saw Mama Lai's signal: "Huaiyan, you haven't been in the palace for a long time to accompany your mother."
Looking at the expectation in Ran Guifei's eyes, Li Huaiyan couldn't bear it in her heart, in the end, everything she did was for him, "Erchen has important things to do these days and can't get out of it." When the son-in-law is free, he will definitely accompany his mother well. ”
Ran Guifei was quite disappointed and said, "Okay, then Huaiyan will leave first if you have something!" She suddenly coughed as if she couldn't hold back, and she covered her mouth with a handkerchief.
Li Huaiyan retracted his foot and asked, "Mother, what's wrong?" He hurriedly stepped forward to hold on.
Ran Guifei said weakly: "It's just an occasional cold, it's not a big deal, which makes Huaiyan worried."
Li Huaiyan raised his voice and said: "The wind and cold can be big or small, and there are ...... people coming."
Ran Guifei stopped it loudly: "Wait, the concubine has already let the imperial doctor take a look." Huaiyan doesn't have to worry about it. If Huaiyan really feels sorry for his mother, he will talk to his mother for a while, okay? ”
It was difficult to hide the meaning of the request, and the first time Li Huaiyan saw Concubine Ran treating him like this, he felt indescribable in his heart, and he was stunned for a while.
Ran Guifei poked Li Huaiyan's heart in the most pitiful tone: "Huaiyan still remembers that your mother and concubine asked your father to marry you and the Yue family back then?" ”
Li Huaiyan looked through Ran Guifei's apologetic eyes, and his thoughts went back to three years ago.
A long time ago, he had a good impression of Wang Huanting, who often entered the palace and was known for her embroidered mouth and brocade heart. It's just that because of the difference in their positions, Li Huaiyan is restrained. But for Li Huaiyan, he won't give up so easily what he wants to get, the more impossible it is, the more he wants to get it. He understands that Wang Huanting is a chess piece carefully cultivated by the queen, and if her hard work is made to come to naught, he will be very happy when he thinks about it.
On the day of Wang Huanting and Ji, he could have made her lose her innocence and had to marry him. However, his mother, who he trusted and relied on the most, stabbed him sideways, making it not only impossible for him to marry Wang Huanting, but also had to marry Yue.
"Erchen doesn't dare"
At this time, Mama Lai fell to her knees with a puff, "Your Highness, the old slave really can't stand it, what happened back then was not what you thought at all"
Ran Guifei seemed to know what she was going to say, and stopped her sharply: "Mama~"
The two behaved like this, and Li Huaiyan frowned slightly: "What did the mother concubine hide from her son?" ”
"No... It's nothing, it's the mother who can't stand you, can't let you go well"
Li Huaiyan saw Ran Guifei looking at Mama Lai with pleading eyes, Mama Lai had no choice but to swallow her words back, knelt on the ground and lowered her head. "What is this doing, Princess? Could it be that the mother would rather let her sons complain about you than tell the story? ”
Ran Guifei said with pity: "Huaiyan, after all, it is the mother concubine who can't stand you, if you are not born in the womb of the mother concubine, maybe you are the rightful prince." It's the mother concubine who can't stand you......"
Li Huaiyan knelt in front of Ran Guifei: "Mother concubine don't say this. Mother, Erchen has grown up, and many things need to be faced by Erchen himself, just tell Erchen~"
Ran Guifei turned her head away, unable to bear to close her eyes.
Li Huaiyan turned his head to look at Mama Lai.
"Niangniang, what our Highness said is that you don't want Your Highness to be sad, but the Jingyue County Lord is not worthy of His Highness's concern at all."
"Huh, ......", Ran Guifei opened her eyes when she heard this, but her hands were held by Li Huaiyan, so she had to give up. Alas......"
"Your Royal Highness, when the mother knew that you liked the county lord of Jingyue, although she was unhappy at first because of the queen, she still chose to fulfill your highness. Niangniang once found the queen in private and promised her that if she was willing to promise the county lord of Jingyue to you, if it was successful in the future, she would be willing to be in a biased position and respect the queen all her life, but the queen did not believe it, and even humiliated Niangniang. At that time, the county lord of Jingyue was also there. ”
"Mother", Li Huaiyan was shocked, he had a deep understanding of the mother's dedication to the posterior, but the mother was willing to give up what she cared about most for her.
Mama Lai continued: "Although Niangniang was humiliated, she still thought about Her Highness. At first, I thought that the county lord of Jingyue had to express his position because of the queen, and then he went to look for her in private, but the county lord of Jingyue said that Your Royal Highness, you... You have a gloomy temperament, arrogance, and you are a businessman, and at that time, Niangniang found out that the county lord of Jingyue was poisoned when he was five years old in order to be able to raise him in the name of his mother... poisoned her biological mother, how old was she at that time? Niangniang really didn't want such a woman with a heart like a femme fatale to become His Highness's pillow person, when she knew His Highness's plan, this Li Dai Tao stiffened, and let the Yue family replace the county lord of Jingyue? ”
Li Huaiyan stood in place like five thunderbolts, the grievances of the mother concubine and the sincerity of Mama Lai's affection all seemed to be true, but did he want to admit that he liked a woman who disdained him so much?