Chapter Twenty-Three: The Incident of Mama Zheng
In a hidden corner of the palace, two figures were whispering.
"Why haven't you done it yet? Can't wait? ”
"I, I can't do it."
"Then don't blame us!"
"Don't, don't do it." In the anxious voice, there seemed to be some crying, "Give me two more days, I will definitely do it, you let my grandson go!" ”
"After the deed is done, your family will be fine, but if you mess up, you know the consequences."
In the side hall of Fangyi Palace, Mama Zheng looked at the medicine in her hand and muttered to herself, "Niangniang, don't blame me, I can't help myself!" ”
At this time, in the main hall, Mu Kexian was eating flying vinegar.
"Father, the emperor has given His Royal Highness the crown prince two side concubines who are as beautiful as flowers!"
Qi Morui looked at Mu Kexian and was obviously very angry, but he preferred to be a ninja, and it was very funny to pretend to congratulate, so he couldn't help laughing, who knows, it made Mu Kexian even more angry.
Said angrily, "You're still smiling, I'm glad you're not there!" “
"Slim, I'm laughing because of you."
Mu Kexian is such a smart person, and he suddenly understood, "I'm jealous of you, aren't you, hmph, I'll let you taste jealousy." “
Before the voice fell, Qi Morui instantly stepped forward and pinched Mu Kexian's chin, with a serious expression, "I don't know who the princess is going to find to make me jealous, huh?" ”
Sensing the danger in the other party's tone, Mu Kexian was very spineless, he was just tossed by this person who hadn't opened the meat for a long time last night, and he couldn't repeat the same mistake tonight.
He smiled dryly and said, "No one, it's just a joke to tease you." But he was unwilling to accuse, "Why only allow me to be jealous, I can't make you jealous." ”
"Xian Xian, no matter who enters the palace, the only thing I care about is you."
Mu Kexian looked at the other party's guilty expression because of his words, and immediately couldn't bear it, and said comfortingly, "Okay, I believe you." ”
But he added uneasily, "If I have a conflict with your other women in the future, you must support me unconditionally, you know?" “
Qi Morui hugged Mu Kexian, kissed the other party's cheek, and said soothingly, "In the East Palace, no one can cross you." “
Mu Kexian nodded, falling into her own thoughts.
Forgive Mu Kexian for being so spineless, but he was coaxed by Qi Morui in just two or three sentences. It's just because Mu Kexian knows that no matter how rude she is, the result will not change, so it's better to pretend not to care, at least she won't be too sad.
The world has the law of both, and it lives up to its promise. In emotional matters, there is always one party who gives in first, and Mu Kexian understands this truth very well. He is the crown prince, and it is unrealistic to say that he favors one person alone, even if he wants to, the courtiers and even the emperor will not agree, if he ascends the throne in the future, more people will come to the palace.
"What do you think?" Qi Morui pinched the nose of someone who was in a daze, "Are you tired?" ”
Mu Kexian shook her head and said with a smile, "Let's go see the queen mother, I haven't been to say hello to the queen mother for the past few days." ”
Mu Kexian suddenly wanted to meet the queen mother, a woman who had the same experience as herself. Even if you are a queen now, it is also sad.
Qi Morui looked at her embarrassedly, "I don't think I can go, I'll have to go to the household department later." "Yes, since the second prince was imprisoned, the affairs of the household department have been handed over to His Royal Highness the Prince, and the household department has been busy with the finishing work of the Jiangnan flood in the past few days, and the time to accompany Mu Kexian has been specially squeezed out.
"It's okay, you go get busy, I'll just go by myself." Mu Kexian said very considerately.
"Then be careful and take care of yourself." It just so happened that at this time, Wei Zhen came to urge the prince to leave, and Qi Morui left in a hurry.
Mu Kexian said goodbye to Qi Morui at the door, turned his head to hold Shui Ling's hand, and said, "Let's go to Zhongjing Palace and see the queen mother." ”
On the way to Zhongjing Palace, Mu Kexian saw a beautiful woman playing the piano in the pavilion in the Imperial Garden from a distance, and was a little curious, so he asked Shui Ling, "Who is that?" ”
Shui Ling said with a gossip on his face, "It is estimated that it is the emperor's new Wen nobleman, I heard that he is very good-looking, and he is very favored as soon as he enters the palace." ”
"How can I play the piano here, and my father doesn't pass through here."
"I guess it's going to come out and walk around, Niangniang, let's go!"
In Zhongjing Palace, the queen was chatting with Mama Gui, and she happened to talk about noble Wen.
"Queen Mother, this noble woman has just entered the palace for three days, but she is favored by the emperor!"
"Such a beauty, it's difficult for the emperor not to be moved, I just don't know how much hatred she pulls, some people are not used to her, and the palace doesn't have to pay attention to it."
"Niangniang, the crown princess is here."
The queen got up from the soft couch at once, "Go and welcome in, and tell the kitchenette to make some easily digestible pastries." ”
"Queen Mother, Xian Xian is here!" Before Mu Kexian arrived, the voice came in first.
"Greetings to the Queen Mother."
"Hurry up, how are you doing?"
"The queen mother, the sons are all right. It's just that I haven't come to see my mother for a few days, so I want to see her. Mu Kexian said in a slightly coquettish tone.
"You girl, you have a sweet mouth." The queen smiled and said, "Why, reconcile with Rui'er!" “
"Is the queen mother making fun of her son?" Mu Kexian was very embarrassed when she heard the teasing meaning in the queen's tone.
"It's inevitable to stumble between husband and wife, even if it's royal, it's normal."
"Then the queen mother and the father will also be at odds?" Mu Kexian asked cautiously, and seeing that the queen's face was instantly bad, she hurriedly changed her words, "Queen Mother, Erchen didn't mean that." “
"It's okay, there's nothing that can't be said." The queen paused and said, "When Concubine Xian was just pregnant with the second prince, it was the time when the queen mother had the most fierce quarrel with your father, and the queen mother was just pregnant with Rui'er at that time, which was really unacceptable, but then it was fine, and the queen mother got used to it." ”
After the queen finished speaking, she looked at Mu Kexian and said earnestly, "Xianxian, the queen mother was also like you, but she was too disappointed later. ”
"What about the queen mother, sons?" Mu Kexian said at a loss.
"Xian Xian, this is the sorrow of the royal family, and it is also our life." The queen gently patted Mu Kexian's hand and looked at her with pity, "However, it is your own, and you must keep it hard, whether it is your feelings or your own status." ”
Mu Kexian knew that as Qi Morui's mother, the queen mother could say such a thing to herself, and she was very touched in her heart. So he stretched out his hand and held the queen mother, "Queen Mother, you and me and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Xian Xian also has her own children, we will all be very happy." ”
After listening to the queen's words, Mu Kexian obviously felt much better, since it was fate, then accept it. However, what belongs to you must be firmly grasped in your own hands. Mu Kexian touched her lower abdomen and said to the child in her belly, Mother Concubine will definitely protect you and grow up well.
In the household department, Qi Morui was carefully looking through the information of the flood in Jiangnan, and when he saw the final accounts, he couldn't help but sneer, "The flood is not serious this year, the number of victims has increased, and even the disaster relief funds are more than in previous years, this Jiangnan governor is really calculating!" ”
"How's it going?" Qi Morui looked at Wei Zhen on the side.
"Sure enough, as you expected, Qian Shimao colluded with Wang Zhiyou, the household servant who went to the disaster relief, and embezzled a large amount of disaster relief funds together, and also falsely reported the number of victims in an attempt to get more money."
"What about the evidence?"
"Qian Shimao's correspondence with Wang Zhi is here, as well as the yamen's bills."
"Okay, I'll see how the Qian family quibbles this time."
"His Royal Highness the Prince, the situation in Mama Zheng's family that you ordered last time is a little strange. Mama Zheng's family all disappeared a month ago, and their whereabouts are unknown, but during the search, it was found that this incident seemed to be the hand of Concubine Shu. ”
"Go on." Qi Morui's face became more and more heavy.
"In the palace, it was also found that Concubine Shu's people had secret contact with Mama Zheng, the most recent time was last night."
"Go back to the palace!" Qi Morui had a dark face, okay, Concubine Shu's hands are so long, they have all reached out to the East Palace, it seems that it is time for the father's harem to be cleaned up, lest the queen mother have to do it herself.
In the Fangyi Palace, Mu Kexian looked at the black decoction and frowned.
"I still want to drink, I've been drinking it for two days, isn't it good to stop for a day today?"
Shui Ling said disapprovingly, "Niangniang, for the sake of the little emperor and grandson in your belly, just bear with it." This medicine was boiled by Mama Zheng herself, even if you look at Mama Zheng's face, you should drink it! ”
Mu Kexian really can't drink it, God knows that since she was pregnant, she has basically never stopped the fetal pills, the key is that it is too bitter. Mu Kexian has been pampered since she was a child, where has she suffered like this, and now she is talking about the discoloration of medicine.
Picking up the medicine, under Shui Ling's eager gaze, he was about to pour it into his mouth, when a sudden shout came from the door, "Don't drink it!" ”
Qi Morui entered the room and immediately snatched the medicine that Mu Ke had reached his mouth, and fell to the ground with a "snap", and his angry appearance frightened the whole room to kneel.
"Bring it on!"
At the door, Mama Zheng was tied up and fell to the ground, Mu Kexian was frightened when she saw this, and said to Wei Zhen, "What are you doing, she is my grandma." ”
Qi Morui supported Mu Kexian's body, for fear that she would hurt herself too eagerly.
"Qi Yu Niangniang, Mama Zheng poisoned the fetal pill in an attempt to murder you and the little emperor's grandson." Wei Zhen said to Mu Kexian.
Mu Kexian's body softened instantly, but fortunately he didn't fall down thanks to Qi Morui's support. His eyes turned red instantly, "Wei Zhen, what are you talking about, she is the one who has served me since she was a child, how can she harm me?" ”
"Concubine Shu used the lives of Mama Zheng's family to blackmail her and asked her to poison you, trying to use this matter to make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince no longer interfere in the flooding of Jiangnan."
Mu Kexian broke away from Qi Morui's embrace, walked in front of Mama Zheng, and asked softly, "Mama, you say, what Wei Zhen said is true?" ”
Mama Zheng was also full of tears, and her heart was full of remorse, "Niangniang, I'm sorry for you." ”
Mu Kexian's heart was cold in an instant, more than ten years of companionship, love since childhood, no comparison to a threat from outsiders, all fake, all fake.
"Why didn't you tell me? I can help you, I can help you. Mu Kexian muttered to herself, and suddenly there was a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, which made Mu Kexian bend over.