Chapter Seventy-One: Constrained
Duan Yulin pondered for a while, and listened to Helian Luang's analysis, this case was really full of suspicions. Who is trying to sow discord between the two countries and undermine the harmony between the two countries? With such sinister intentions, I don't want to be peaceful! Is it Juree? Dongying? Or is it another fanbang? Duan Yulin couldn't help but have a headache, he waved his hand at everyone and ordered: "There are still doubts in this case, don't leave the palace until you find out the truth, just stay in Ningxin Xiaozhu for the time being; Luo Qing and Luo Qing, you go back and continue to investigate, and you must find out; In addition, Fang Da sent a decree to bring the envoys of the Juree Kingdom and the Dongying Kingdom to Mengxin Xiaozhu in the palace to live. ”
"The minister (minion) obeys!" And they knelt down to hear the will. After that, Duan Yulin sent them all back because he was unwell.
After everyone dispersed, only Duan Yulin and Fang Da's master and servant were left in the Qinzheng Palace. Fang Da rubbed Duan Yulin's temples, Duan Yulin closed his eyes and recuperated while not giving up thinking, he said faintly: "I laid out a chess game today, but I didn't expect someone to give Dahan Chaobu a 'killing game', I really look up to me......"
"Your Majesty, looking at this situation, there is no doubt that it is framed, but who would be so bold? And that repeated hair ......"
"White hair...... Snowpiercer...... White-haired ......" Duan Yulin muttered repeatedly, trying to get some clues from them, and Fonda seemed to have grasped something from these few words.
"Your Majesty, do you remember? The clues left by the southern robbery Liulizhu implicated a song and dance workshop Maiko, and her confession mentioned that the original owner of Liulizhu was a mysterious woman named Qiuxin, and the colorful Liulizhu was a tribute from the Snow Country...... Will there be any connection between this autumn heart and Snow Country, and this assassination? Fonda is also a bold guess.
"Ghost, door!" Duan Yulin's thoughts coincided with Fang Da, he fiercely said the object of suspicion, and ordered Fang Da to pass on the message: "Inform Xian Yuanhong, and secretly make every effort to track down this mysterious organization called Ghost Gate." Xu Qi's younger brother Xianyuan Shao assisted. ”
"The old slave will go!" Once the incident has the right direction, it is not far from the truth being revealed.
Due to the accidental death of Liao Hai, the envoy of the Moon Kingdom, Duan Yulin postponed the next singing and dancing competitions and mounted archery competitions before the facts of the case were clear. In the past few days without wonderful competitions and various banquets, everyone in the harem feels extremely boring. But there will never be a shortage of "wonderful" in a place like the harem, and women who are not willing to be lonely always have a way to make waves on the ground, which may also be the unique "entertainment" skill of lonely people in the deep palace.
After Mu Zhu was named a girl, he was allowed to move directly to the Jade Pavilion, and the emperor has been busy with the affairs of the Ten Thousand Dynasty Meetings recently, and he has not been to the Jade Pavilion for half a month.
Mu Zhu had nothing to do, so he went to Shen Xiaoxiang's Yilan Hall to talk.
"Mu Zhu asks Sister Xiang Guifei to say goodbye." Mu Zhu obediently saluted Shen Xiaoxiang, who happened to be using embroidery to pass the boring time.
"You came just in time, I called Binghe to stew the tonic and was thinking about sending it to you. Since you came by yourself, you don't have to make a special trip. Ice lotus, put a bowl of tonic medicine and serve it to the bamboo girl! Shen Xiaoxiang ordered Binghe through the door, and Binghe went to the small kitchen to serve it.
"Thank you, sister, for your kindness. But the emperor hasn't come to me for a few days, and it's useless to drink these now! And this medicine is so bitter that it is hard to swallow. When she thought that the emperor, who had been with her two months ago, seemed to no longer remember that there was such a person as her, she couldn't help but feel sad.
"You have to drink it if it's useless. You learn from the queen's mother, the emperor stays in Fengwu Palace all year round only a handful, but the queen still sits on the fetal pills and drinks; There are also countless concubines in this harem, which one is not desperately trying to make up for her body just to have a glimmer of hope of being pregnant with a dragon heir? Why can't you endure this hardship? Shen Xiaoxiang took the medicine bowl brought by Binghe and handed it to Mu Zhu with his own hands and urged: "You just drink it every day, and one day it will come in handy." Drink quickly. Mu Zhu didn't dare to disobey Shen Xiaoxiang, so he could only hold back the bitterness and pour the entire bowl of medicinal soup. Shen Xiaoxiang watched her drink the medicine to the point where there was nothing left, then she nodded with satisfaction, and said bitterly: "It's not that this palace wants to persecute you, this palace is also for your good." If you can conceive the dragon seed as soon as possible, this palace will also touch your light, right? ”
"Mu Zhu understands her sister's hard work, so even if the concubine is bitter, she will drink this medicine." Mu Zhu put down the medicine bowl and wiped the corners of his mouth with a silk.
"It's best if you're sensible, and this palace will cultivate you in vain." Shen Xiaoxiang lifted the embroidered flowers and looked at them, and found that the color of the leaves of the peony flowers was not as good as he imagined, so he couldn't help but shake his head and threw the embroidered bandage aside.
"But...... The emperor is afraid that he doesn't remember the concubine at all now, and His Majesty's soul has long been hooked by the fox Liu Cairen in Jiying Palace! Mu Zhu was quite aggrieved, she couldn't see what was special about Liu Youmeng, her family background was average, although she was quite beautiful, she was not top-notch. And Mu Zhu really can't understand why Liu Youmeng has been an obscure Baolin since he entered the palace for two years, just because he has won the favor of the emperor after serving a few times in the past two months, and he was also promoted to a talented person before.
"Liu Cairen entered the palace for two years before he was favored by the emperor, and he was a late bloomer. But you don't have to worry, I guess the emperor doesn't really like her because she pampers her, maybe her residence is relatively close to Zhaoyang Palace, and the emperor will be busy for the Wan Dynasty, and if you want to be lucky, the concubine will inevitably choose to be closer. "Jingyi Palace, Yunxia Palace, and Jiying Palace are relatively close to the emperor's bedroom, and the concubines of Jingyi Palace are needless to say, the old and decrepit emperor naturally doesn't like it; Luo Zixiao of Yunxia Hall has devoted himself to the child since he had the eighth prince, and the emperor is not as attentive to her as before; Therefore, there is nothing wrong with going to Jiying Hall to "make do" during the Wanchao Meeting.
"Really? Just because of that? "In the past few days, watching a group of Baolin and Cai Nu running to Jiying Hall to stammer, the posture of stepping through the threshold really made her worry for a while.
"Or else? You can watch, when the Ten Thousand Dynasty will pass, she should be silent again. Shen Xiaoxiang glanced at Mu Zhu, who was pat his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, and kindly reminded her: "Don't be too happy, this time the Ten Thousand Dynasties will be different from the past, those foreign princesses are afraid that they will all be filled into the harem, and we will be busy ...... then" After listening to Shen Xiaoxiang's words, Mu Zhu couldn't help but worry, Shen Xiaoxiang saw that she didn't have the heart to chat, so he found an excuse to send her away.
Mu Zhu, who had left the Yilan Palace, immediately put away his mournful expression, and the corners of his mouth curved into a cold and hard arc. Bang Xin, who has now become Muzhu's personal maid, saw that her emotions were wrong, so she cared: "Little master, are you okay?" ”
"Me? I'm fine now, but it may not be the same in the future......" Mu Zhu saw that Bang Xin looked at a loss, so he simply patiently explained: "Don't you see it? Concubine Xiang seems to be good to me, but in fact she just wants to control me. Stewed all kinds of tonic medicine for me diligently, but he just wanted me to conceive the imperial heir as soon as possible, and as soon as the child was born, he would kick me away and take the child for himself! She was willing to help me before, but it was nothing more than that I had no family background and no status to control easily. How could they really look down on me? When I was a palace person, Binghe was quite respectful to me, but after becoming the master, she looked at me with a trace of disdain. Everyone thinks that my title of picking a girl is disgraceful, but who knows that Shen Xiaoxiang is the real wolf ambition? ”
"Then what should the little lord do?" Only then did Bang Xin know why Mu Zhu secretly wanted to drink the Shunzi soup after every time he went to bed, and it turned out that he was unwilling to be used by Shen Xiaoxiang. Once she gives birth to a prince, she will lose her use value, and she will either fall out of favor or die at that time! Bang Xin used to follow Meng Xiruo, and the master and servant were both simple and kind people, and they had never participated in these dirty things in the harem to compete for favor. It wasn't until she was transferred to Lihua Hall that she gradually saw the true appearance of the harem.
"What can I do? I'm just the last girl in the concubine rank, and I'm the swordsman, and I'm the fish. Now I can only survive by continuing to secretly use contraception, and if I can reach others one day, I will definitely get rid of the control of others! Mu Zhu now hates her teeth as long as she thinks that she was being used as a substitute for pregnancy by Shen Xiaoxiang, so much so that she can't wait to spit out all the bitter gall when she smells the smell of fetal medicine now. In order not to make Shen Xiaoxiang suspicious in the Yilan Hall just now, she forcibly endured her nausea and anger and poured the medicine that night. She Muzhu is not a good stubble, for the sake of glory and wealth, she dares to assassinate the old master Zheng Jiye, if she catches the opportunity, she can also bring down Shen Xiaoxiang!
"The little master is in a bad mood, the slave and maid will accompany you to go for a walk, right?" Bang Xin didn't want to get involved in the grievances between Mu Zhu and Shen Xiaoxiang, but she was willing to accompany Mu Zhu for a walk to vent her emotions.
"It's fine." Mu Zhu was really in a bad mood, so he took Bang Xin to the Imperial Garden.
When Mu Zhu came to the Imperial Garden, someone had already taken the lead to occupy this place. Lee Yoon-hee was bored after staying in Ningxin Xiaozhu for five or six days, so he brought Ji-ah and Ji-hye to the Royal Garden to enjoy the flowers.
"I'm so idle in Ningxin Xiaozhu, I come out for a walk, singing, dancing and horse racing are delayed, I don't have anything to do these days, I don't even arrange a play, it's really boring!" Lee Yoon-hee complained while fiddling with the gardenia in front of him with his hand.
"Princess, you see how beautiful and fragrant these flowers are, and the slave and maid will accompany you around again, right?" Ji-hye was holding Lee Yoon-hee's hand, and Ji-ah was playing a fan on the side.
"What's so nice about these broken flowers? It's not that we don't have it. This princess wants to listen to the opera, especially their Dahan Peking opera! ”
"Princess, bear with me, at this juncture, and in the harem of another country, it is impossible for us to come by our temperament." Zhiya was kind enough to persuade her, but unexpectedly made Lee Yun-hee even more unhappy, and glared at Zhiya fiercely, and Zhiya shut up in a sneer. Zhihui was afraid that Zhiya would be embarrassed, so she discussed with her the concubines in Dahan's harem:
"Zhiya, you say, if the concubines in this harem are bored, I don't know what pastime they have?"
"Probably get together for tea and talk, or...... They can invite the troupe to come to the play. Zhiya thinks that the women in Dahan's harem should be no different from Ju Li.
"That's right! If you become a concubine in the harem, you can listen to the play! This princess can't wait for the Wan Dynasty to end soon. The subtext of Lee Yoon-hee is that he hopes to become the emperor's concubine as soon as possible.
"Don't worry, princess, it's a matter of time." Ji-hye understood what Lee Yoon-hee was thinking, and Ji-ah also took the opportunity to propose, "Why don't you go to Ganquan Palace to visit the princess?" The little princess has been running to Ganquan Palace these days, saying that she has made good friends with Princess Yangshun there! ”
"No, no, no! Yuncai, this child is really heartless, doesn't she know that in the future, this palace will become a concubine, and these Hangong concubines will be opponents? Drill into the enemy's palace all day long, and make friends with the enemy's children! She was upset at the thought of Yun Chae wearing the Hangong skirt that Princess Yangshun had given her all day long and turning around in front of her.