At this time, Shonan came to report and said that Concubine Liang asked to see her. The two of them glanced at each other, each knowing in their hearts, knowing that she was probably here for this reason.

Sure enough, after getting permission, she hurriedly walked in and presented the secret letter: "Empress Qi, Concubine Fang sent someone to deliver this letter, and the concubine felt that the matter was very important, so she immediately came to report it and asked the queen to decide." ”

Duanmu Youning nodded, and ordered someone to take the secret letter and open it, the content was almost exactly the same as Ke Yuyao's letter, the difference was only that the title at the beginning was changed.

With this moment of effort, Xu Hanyan had already seen another letter on the table, and then saw Ke Yuyao sitting aside, and suddenly knew in his heart: "Could it be that Concubine Niangniang ......?"

"Yes, the intention of this palace is only the same as that of Concubine Liang," Ke Yuyao nodded, "This palace also received a secret letter from Concubine Xian, and the content of these two letters should be roughly the same." ”

Duanmu Youning nodded to confirm: "That's true." ”

Xu Hanyan was stunned for a moment, and then snorted indignantly: "Concubine Xian is too much, she actually ruined her reputation so much, Niangniang, what can I do?"

Duanmu Youning was silent for a while: Now it seems that Mo Yaxi should have also received a secret letter from Zhen Ruxue, but she has not come over until this time, obviously thinking diametrically opposite to these two, I am afraid that she thinks that this is a great opportunity to bring her down as a queen in one fell swoop.

In this way, it seems that among the four concubines who entered the palace at the beginning, two of them were of the same heart as her. The results were already much better than she expected.

"Why didn't the queen mother speak?" Ke Yuyao frowned and asked, "The concubine knows that everything has nothing to do with the queen mother, what does the queen plan to do?"

Xu Hanyan nodded: "The concubine will never listen to other people's rumors and be disrespectful to the queen, but it is absolutely inappropriate for the virtuous concubine to do this, the queen will not just forget it, right?"

"According to the concubine, this matter should be reported to the emperor immediately," Ke Yuyao followed and spoke, "Concubine Xian actually wants to unite with the ministers of the court to slander the queen, this is definitely not a trivial matter, and the emperor should be allowed to deal with it." ”

However, Duanmu Youning obviously had her own plans, and after a moment of silence, she exhaled and said, "This matter will be handled by the palace, you just go back and rest, don't worry." But remember not to mention it to anyone, including the emperor. ”

The queen mother commanded, and the two naturally nodded in agreement, but they were very strange in their hearts: Can't you tell the emperor? Could it be that the queen mother plans to solve this matter secretly? How else can she keep it secret? Isn't she afraid that it will be too late? You must know that if anyone wants to take this opportunity to bring down the queen, they will definitely do it tomorrow morning!

Seeing the worried eyes of the two, Duanmu Youning smiled comfortingly: "Don't worry, this palace can handle it, have you forgotten how big this palace's ability is?"

That's right. The two of them were a little relieved and left.

Duanmu Youning didn't tell Tanglin Guyun about this now, of course she had her own plans, and her plans were not complicated, she just wanted an answer. I just don't know if the answer given by Tanglin Guyun is the one she is looking forward to?

"Ministers see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"

"No rudeness!"

"Emperor Xie!"

The next morning, everyone shouted long live, and after flattening up, they stood on both sides, and then they looked at their noses and noses, and their noses looked at their hearts, and no one spoke.

In fact, as soon as he entered the main hall, Tanglin Guyun felt that something was wrong. All of them stood with solemn faces and bowed their heads, and the whole hall was so quiet that it seemed to be empty, and at a glance you knew that it was absolutely unusual.

Frowning, he turned his head and signaled, and the chamberlain stepped forward and said loudly: "The emperor has a decree, there is a book, and there is no book to retreat!"

As soon as the words fell, Mo Jingxuan, the imperial historian, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a book!"

Tanglin Guyun nodded: "Lord Mo, please speak." ”

Mo Jingxuan coughed: "Your Majesty, I don't know what the emperor's plans are for the current situation?"

Tanglin Guyun frowned: "I don't quite understand what Master Mo means, what's the situation now?

Mo Jingxuan opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to start, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at the person next to him. His move was naturally to ask for support, and the first one was to find Prime Minister Ke Zhengyan.

Ke Zhengyan's face was also a little heavy, and he stepped forward and bowed: "Your Majesty, the drought has lasted too long, the lives of the people are becoming more and more unsustainable, and there are countless people who have died of starvation, so we must not go on like this." ”

Isn't this nonsense? Tanglin Guyun glanced at him lightly, exhaled a breath and said, "I also know that I must not go on like this, but what can I do if the heavens don't favor me?"

Ke Zhengyan hesitated for a moment before continuing: "The ministers think that the reason why God does not favor is still because there has not been an imperial heir born until today. As long as there are successors to the Yulin country, and the people's hearts are stable, God will naturally favor them. ”

"Really?" Tanglin Guyun sneered, "Even so, I have already set up a concubine according to your orders, what do you want?"

He deliberately accentuated the pronunciation of the two words, and the accusation contained in them was naturally understood by everyone, and they couldn't help but glance at each other, and each was silent.

For a while, Ke Zhengyan was also a little speechless, and instinctively turned his head to look at Mo Jingxuan. Seeing this, Mo Jingxuan had already secretly cursed: This damn old man, who usually claims to dare to speak out, what is loyal and contrary to his ears, and he can jump up and down better than anyone else, but when he needs him to come forward, he is a turtle with a shrunken head! What's the matter, you want me to be this wicked person, don't you?

However, it is clear that if they continue to play the side ball like this, they will never really solve the problem. Gritting his teeth, he stepped forward and said, "Since the emperor doesn't understand what the ministers mean, the ministers will say it directly, and ask the emperor for forgiveness first." Although the emperor set up a concubine and finally had good news, it was precisely because someone got in the way that the prince was not born smoothly. If this continues, how can the drought end?"

Very good, did you finally say what you wanted to say the most? The temperature in Donglin Guyun's eyes instantly dropped to freezing, and he smiled coldly: "Someone is making a hindrance from this? I don't know who Lord Mo is talking about? Who has such a great ability to hinder the birth of the prince?"

He repeatedly avoided the important and trivialized, Mo Jingxuan was obviously a little annoyed, and suddenly fell to his knees and said loudly: "Please forgive the emperor for the death penalty! Today, the minister is fighting to the death, and he also wants to say a word for the people of Yulin Kingdom: Your Majesty, if the demon queen is not removed, the country will have no peace!"

"Presumptuous!" Tanglin Guyun was furious, and slapped his palm on the armrest, "The queen has made great contributions to the Yulin country, without her, there would be no Yulin country today, you actually slandered her as a demon queen, what crime should you be guilty of?!"

Although Long Yan was furious, Mo Jingxuan did not flinch, and still stiffened his neck and said: "The minister knows that the queen mother has made great contributions to the country of Yulin, but the merits cannot be offset by the merits, no matter how great the merits she made that day, now she can't stop the birth of the prince and let the people of Yulin Kingdom fall into dire straits, right?"

Tanglin Guyun gritted his teeth and sneered: "Why do you say that the queen obstructed the birth of the prince? Do you also believe those rumors that only fools believe, and also think that the queen turned the prince in the womb of Concubine Liang into a princess?"

Mo Jingxuan was really going to say this next, but Donglin Guyun said it first, and the word stupid was added in front of it, he couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and said with a sneer: "Okay, even if the emperor thinks this is too unbelievable, what about the virtuous concubine? The child in her womb has always been safe, and it is precisely because someone used that rag doll to perform witchcraft that killed the prince." ”

"Whether Concubine Xian's child was killed by witchcraft or not, this is another matter. There was no trace of warmth in Donglin Guyun's voice, "Even so, who can prove that the rag doll is from the queen? As a doctor, the queen has always been responsible for curing diseases and saving people, if you have these idle time, you might as well count them with your fingers, how many people she has saved before and after, and she has never had the intention of harming others!"

Seeing Long Yan's anger, the ministers were naturally terrified, and immediately knelt on the ground together: "The emperor is angry!"

"Calm your anger, how do you let me calm my anger?" Donglin Guyun gritted his teeth and said, "The drought is a natural disaster, and it is not something that can be changed by manpower, but you say that God is punishing the Yulin Kingdom and forcing me to set up another concubine." Well, I listened to you and set up another concubine, but the drought is still not over, and you say that the queen is hindering the birth of the prince. I'm curious to know, what else can you talk nonsense?"

When this question was spoken, the ministers were naturally even more speechless, and there was silence in the hall, but after a while, Mo Jingxuan opened his mouth again: "Your Majesty, the ministers are not nonsense. If other concubines give birth to a prince, the only one who will be threatened is the queen mother, and only she has the motivation to use rag dolls to perform witchcraft, please ask the emperor to be clear. ”

Tanglin Guyun didn't speak, just looked at him quietly, and only after a long time did he smile coldly: "It turns out that the pillars of the country I have chosen out thousands of times are as ignorant as the women in the harem? I have already said the same thing, I might as well repeat it, I have already said that no matter which concubine gives birth to a prince in the future, the queen's phoenix crown will never fall on someone else's head, and she will always be my queen! In this case, what threat will she be subjected to? What is the need to go for those troubles?"

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