Chapter 44: The Concubine Intercedes
"Yes." The little eunuch raised his head, looking like the one who bumped into Tang Ningnan that day.
"What are you all doing, Concubine Yi failed to introduce Zhang Jieyu to the emperor, and you were almost found out when you took the next medicine, and now you actually let the three of them go together and form a party, what do you say I want you to do?" Concubine Hua opened her closed eyes and said with anger on her face.
"Niangniang forgives the sin, it's the slave who is incompetent, and the slave will definitely find other ways to help you get rid of that Xiao Guifei"
"Forget it, I see that you steal chickens and rice every time, and you have almost been implicated in the palace many times, and you have gone to Bai Shao to receive some reward, and you don't need to mention me doing things after that."
"Minion, minion, thank you Concubine Hua." The little eunuch hurriedly kowtowed three times on the ground, followed Yuji out the door to get the reward.
"It's hard to do errands, are you?" Outside the hall, Bai Shao asked.
"No, no, I don't find it difficult to do things for my mother, but I haven't succeeded in these few times." The little eunuch said to himself, as if it was because he did a good job, the reward would be more.
"When you take the reward, you can do your job with peace of mind, and don't talk about these things, you know."
"Father-in-law, don't worry, my aunt knows the severity, and she won't open her mouth easily."
As soon as the words fell, his neck was strangled by Yuji, who was following behind, with a rope.
"I'm sorry, the mouth of the living cannot be closed, only the dead will not be able to open their mouths." The strength in Yuji's hand grew stronger and stronger, and he didn't let go until the little eunuch stopped moving.
The days passed quickly, and it was the end of August in a blink of an eye, Tang Ningnan's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and she needed someone to support her every day, but she still couldn't sit still in the palace, and she had to run out every day for a walk.
On this day, Tang Ningnan was going to go to Xianyue Pavilion to have fun, and he specially asked for the telescope in Feng Feihan's hand.
When she was on the way, the concubine walked anxiously towards her.
"What's wrong with you? So flustered? Tang Ningnan asked when he saw her like this.
Concubine Yan grabbed Tang Ningnan's wrist and asked, "Sister, sister is going to Xianyue Pavilion."
"Yes, you just came, let's go together, you see I also specially came with a telescope!" The telescope in Tang Ningnan's hand was raised and shaken.
"Sister, don't go, Xianyue Tower is in danger."
"Why, I've been there many times before, and I've never been in any danger?" Tang Ningnan was puzzled.
"Sister, you just believe me this time, you come to my palace, let's go play chess, it's better than Xianyue Pavilion."
Seeing that Zhao Tangxi's anxious face didn't look like he was lying, Tang Ningnan followed her to Huaishuyuan in disbelief.
The two of them were halfway frightened when they were playing chess, when they heard the palace people outside shouting: "It's going to be water, Xianyue Pavilion is going to be out of water, come and put out the fire." ”
Tang Ningnan put down the chess pieces in his hand, looked at Zhao Tangxi incredulously, grabbed her wrist and asked, "How do you know?"
The concubine said that she saw someone doing something sneakily in Xianyue Pavilion, and she was afraid that there would be danger, so she didn't let Tang Ningnan go.
"No, I have to tell the emperor that these people have framed me once or twice." Tang Ningnan got up to leave, but the concubine grabbed her.
"Sister, don't go, okay, don't go?" There was a taste of pleading in the concubine's words, Tang Ningnan saw tears in her eyes, and felt that there must be something inside, so she asked Bizhu, who followed, to wait outside first.
"Sister, sister is sorry for you." As soon as Bizhu went out, the concubine knelt in front of Tang Ningnan, no matter how she helped, the concubine just couldn't get up.
"What's the matter, it's because you told me I couldn't go, I wasn't hurt, why am I sorry I just said?"
The concubine kowtowed on the ground before she got up and said: "Niangniang, in fact, the concubine didn't see someone doing anything in the Xianyue Pavilion, the concubine overheard the conversation between her father and the eunuch, and only then did she know that they were going to set fire to the Xianyue Pavilion."
Niangniang don't tell the emperor if it's okay, if you investigate like this, you will definitely be involved in the concubine's father, and the concubine's father has been following Prime Minister Sima Cheng and standing on Concubine Hua's side, so she will naturally regard Niangniang as an enemy.
But the father will not harm people's hearts, it must be forced by the pressure of the Sima family to do this, the concubine promised that this kind of thing would not happen in the future, please don't tell the emperor. ”
Hearing this, Tang Ningnan felt that she had taken her away in time because of Tang Xi, and she had not been harmed, and felt that as long as her father would never do anything to her in the future, this matter could also be turned over.
With Tang Ningnan's consent, the concubine was helped up from the ground by Tang Ningnan.
There was a sound of slamming the door outside Huaishu Garden, and Bizhu opened the door to find that it was Qi Yue's guards beside the emperor.
"Concubine Xiao, are you okay, the emperor heard that you went to Xianyue Tower and was worried about it, you go back quickly, let the emperor gradually you." Qi Yue said anxiously.
"It's okay, the palace is fine, the palace didn't go to Xianyue Tower at all, but went to the concubine to play chess, and you also saw that the palace was safe and sound." Tang Ningnan comforted him.
After saying goodbye to the concubine, he told her to rest assured that he would not forget the agreement with her, and turned back to Rongxun Palace.
Feng Feihan saw Tang Ningnan walk in, got up violently and hugged her into his arms, refusing to let go for a long time.
"Your Majesty, the concubine is here, the concubine is fine." Tang Ningnan said softly.
According to the agreement, Tang Ningnan did not tell the original story, but only said that he met a concubine halfway, so he temporarily changed his mind and went to her to play chess with her. So the fire in Xianyue Tower was treated as an accident.
But none of them knew that Zhao Tang's father Zhao Ke had been in contact with Miao Jiang Chen Zhan for a long time, and his real purpose was actually Feng Feihan.
In mid-September, the weather was no longer so hot, so Feng Feihan decided to leave for the palace.
So the group walked on the way back to the palace.
The concubines who stayed in the palace all appeared at the gate of the palace to welcome the return of Feng Feihan and his party, and everyone dressed up in flowers, hoping to attract Feng Feihan's attention.
But when the group of people arrived at the gate of the palace, Feng Feihan personally helped Tang Ningnan, whose belly had obviously become bigger, to get out of the carriage, their faces changed significantly.
After a period of red tape and saluting each other, Tang Ningnan finally returned to Rong Yuxuan after a long absence, Xiao Gardenia was already waiting at the gate of the palace, Chang Geng, Qiming and Si Liang Sanxiao had not been sent away by Weeping Dew, and they were also neatly squatting at the door of the dormitory waiting for Tang Ningnan to come back.
After meeting Zhao Tangxi, a new friend, in the Water Imperial Palace, came back, Tang Ningnan not only went to the emperor and queen, but sometimes went to Qingren Palace, where Zhao Tang lived, but most of the time Zhao Tangxi was not there, but stayed in the library to study poetry and books.
Tang Ningnan also ran over and said that he wanted to read a book with her, but he was still drowsy after reading a few pages as before.
Not long after I came back, the Mid-Autumn Festival arrived, and the palace was prepared early, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, Feng Feihan set up a family banquet in the palace, and the concubines all attended, but Concubine Hua was not present for a long time.
During the banquet, Zhang Jieyu looked at Concubine Hua's empty position and asked, "Why didn't Concubine Hua come today, is it because she is not feeling well?" ”
Although Concubine Hua didn't come, Bai Shao beside her came to the table and replied: "Thank you Zhang Jieyu for your concern, my mother will be praying for the child in Concubine Xiao's womb in Bodhi Garden, and she won't be able to come for a while." ”
"So that's the case, Concubine Hua is really a kind-hearted person, when the concubines are all in the Water Imperial Palace to escape the summer, Niangniang is also not afraid of the heat every day to go to Bodhi Garden to pray for the child in Xiao Guifei's womb, Xiao Guifei, you are really blessed." Zhang Jieyu said, her eyes turned to Tang Ningnan.
Tang Ningnan, who was suddenly lifted, hurriedly put down the pastry in her hand, smiled stupidly at Zhang Jieyu, and when she turned her head, she immediately smiled again, and continued to eat the dim sum in front of her.
mentioned the annoying spirit of Concubine Hua for no reason, I don't know what kind of play I want to play! Tang Ningnan thought in his heart while eating.
Sure enough, Concubine Yi took over and spoke: "Your Majesty, Concubine Hua is so sincere in praying for Concubine Xiao Gui's blessing, she didn't even come to the family banquet, and the concubines and others are really ashamed of themselves, but they go to pray every day, and they kneel down for an hour."
The concubine was afraid that this would be bad for Niangniang's health, and the concubine persuaded Niangniang a few times, but Niangniang said that this was also accumulating blessings for herself, and now the emperor still had to speak, so that Concubine Hua Niangniang stopped praying for blessings, so as not to hurt her body later, and the gains outweighed the losses. ”
Feng Feihan ignored it and drank all the wine in front of him.
But Tang Ningnan himself spoke: "Concubine Hua Niangniang prayed for the child in the concubine's womb, which was originally the blessing of the concubine and this child, but if the concubine hurt the mother's body, it is the concubine's no, the emperor, you should open your mouth and let Concubine Hua Niangniang stop chanting and pray for blessings." ”
Seeing Tang Ningnan say this himself, and thinking that the punishment of more than three months was enough to make Concubine Hua have a long memory, Feng Feihan said: "Bai Shao, you go and invite Concubine Hua back, the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, how can she be absent as one of the concubines?" You tell her that you don't have to go to Bodhi Garden to pray again. ”
"Yes, slave and maid will go." Hearing this, Bai Shao hurriedly saluted and ran out quickly.
After a while, Concubine Hua came to the banquet, and after saluting the emperor and queen, the banquet continued.
"Congratulations to Niangniang, congratulations to Niangniang, now the emperor has exempted you from daily chanting and praying, but I think the emperor doesn't know that the poisoning is related to us, now as long as we think about regaining the emperor's favor, we won't be afraid of that Tang Ningnan." At the end of the banquet, Concubine Yi and Concubine Hua walked on the way back to the palace.
"Hmph, Tang Ningnan, this palace has never taken her to heart, what if she is pregnant with a child, this palace's father is powerful in the previous dynasty, even if she has a child, it will not endanger my status." Concubine Hua was exempted from daily chanting, and she was very happy, with a smile on her face and a contemptuous tone.
The two talked and went back to the Moon Pond Palace.
As the month gradually got older, Tang Ningnan didn't go out and walk around every day like usual, and more often sat at the door of his dormitory.
The queen came to Rong Yuxuan to chat with her every day, and the concubine also came to see her every day or two, if they hadn't come, Tang Ningnan would really be bored to death.