Chapter 426: Cold and Hard as a Stone
Next to the artificial lake, Concubine Qing is diligently accompanying the queen for a leisurely walk.
Pointing to the red carp that jumped up in the water, she exaggerated and pretended to be surprised: "Niangniang, look at it, the carp in our lake are almost fine, and they know that there is a noble person, so they jump out to welcome it!" ”
"You know, usually the concubines wander around this lake, but they have never seen this wonder!"
The queen has long been accustomed to Concubine Qing's flattery, her face is pale, she can't see the joy, and she said in a quiet tone: "How is Concubine Mei recently?" What's going on? ”
As soon as she heard the queen mention Concubine Mei, Concubine Qing's smiling face immediately became gritted her teeth: "Niangniang, don't mention that little slut!" ”
"Since she moved into the emperor's palace, the emperor has been tighter than her eyes!"
"The degree of clothing, all those that are handled, passed through the mouth, and passed through the body, the imperial doctors will check them one by one and strictly control them!"
"Now in the entire palace, the emperor is the safest, and not even a fly can fly in!"
The meaning of Qingfei's words is obviously easy to understand.
First, accusing the old emperor of excessive favor for Concubine Mei.
Second, it implies that the queen has no chance to attack Concubine Mei at the moment.
The queen's eyes darkened, her red lips pursed, and she did not answer.
What is the situation of Concubine Mei on the old emperor's side, even if Concubine Qing doesn't say it, she has also learned about it from Shuxia.
Because, she had secretly instructed Shuxia to poison Concubine Mei, but after such a long time, the old emperor's bedroom was like an iron wall, and it was difficult for Shuxia to see the needle.
Therefore, the queen could only be both resentful and helpless to keep the piece of meat in Concubine Mei's stomach first.
For the old emperor, she has long been out of love.
It's just that because of jealousy and unwillingness, as well as the possessiveness that women also have, as well as the desire for power, she constantly brutalized the old emperor's concubines and heirs.
In bigoted people, the opposite of love is hate.
How passionate it is when you love, how intense it is when you hate.
"Mother." Just when the queen lowered her eyes and thought about how to get rid of Concubine Mei next, suddenly her arm was gently pushed by Shuxia.
"Huh?" The queen was puzzled, and when she looked up, she saw that Concubine Mei was coming from a distance.
She stood on the stone arch bridge, followed by two little maids.
"Niangniang, it's Concubine Mei!" Concubine Qing's reaction was stronger than that of the queen, just like a hungry wolf who had been guarding outside the rabbit's nest for many days, unable to succeed all day long.
The queen frowned and glared at Concubine Qing unhappily, "It's not promising, why are you so excited?" ”
Concubine Qing restrained a little, but she couldn't help but look in the direction where Concubine Mei was.
With a fierce light in her eyes, she lowered her voice and whispered, "Niangniang, Concubine Mei almost never steps out of the emperor's bedroom now. ”
"It's hard to come out today, if we miss today's good opportunity, it will be even more difficult for us to get rid of her in the future!"
"You said, how could this palace not know?" The queen looked at Concubine Mei coming over here, hooked the corners of her lips, and although she was smiling on her face, her tone was cold: "Concubine Mei appears here, it must be abnormal, you give the palace some peace, don't cause trouble!" ”
Taking a step forward, the queen showed a noble and elegant smile to Concubine Mei, who was about to walk in front of her: "Concubine Mei, what a coincidence." ”
I don't know if Concubine Mei is now in the harem, or if she has been nourishing too well recently, her little face is white and red, delicate like a freshly peeled egg, which makes people feel even more jealous when they see it.
Especially an elderly woman like the queen, in stark contrast with Concubine Mei, this heart is even more uneven.
Concubine Mei couldn't see any of the previous low-eyebrow and pleasing eyes, angry little daughter-in-law, she stuck out her tongue and smiled coquettishly, "It's all because the emperor is too nervous about the concubines, and he has always let the concubines lie on the bed." Not to mention boring, good people have been lying down for a long time, and they are going to lie down with problems. ”
"Prince Ning entered the palace just now, and I sneaked out while he and the emperor were talking about things in the imperial study."
I don't know if it was because of the bright smile that stung her eyes, or the invisible pride and show-off that she unintentionally revealed in and out of her words, which instantly ignited Concubine Qing, making her forget what the queen just said, and sneered unceremoniously at Concubine Mei: "Tsk, the emperor can't wait to take you with him even in the early court, if he knows that you ran out, don't you have to worry about death?" ”
"Hmph, if you want me to say, Concubine Mei, the emperor should tie a chain on you and take you wherever you go."
"In this way, I am not afraid that you will lose it."
The queen feigned anger and glanced at Concubine Qing, but she didn't accuse: "Concubine Qing, the dog is only chained, Concubine Qing is the person at the top of the emperor's heart, how can you use the chain on her in such a rude way?" ”
Concubine Mei's face changed, and she said angrily: "Concubine Qing, you dare to insult me?!" ”
Concubine Qing used to make things difficult for Concubine Mei everywhere, but Concubine Mei never resisted, just endured it silently, but now she dared to question Concubine Qing, how could Concubine Qing bear it?
In addition, Concubine Qing has the support of the queen behind her, and there is no one else here except for the palace maids who are carrying each other, so Concubine Qing pointed at Concubine Mei's nose without scruples, and sneered: "Concubine Mei, you are now proud of the emperor's favor and pampering, and you have enough confidence?!" ”
"Hmph, look at your villainous face, and don't look in the mirror to see what you are!"
"Sharp-beaked monkey gills, thief eyebrows, born with lowly embryos!"
"Smack!" Concubine Mei didn't wait for Concubine Qing to finish scolding, Concubine Mei immediately made another surprising move, and directly shook Concubine Qing's big mouth quickly.
Concubine Qing was suddenly beaten, covered her hot face, and looked at Concubine Mei in disbelief: "You...... You little slut, how dare you hit me?! ”
"You're the one who hit you!" Concubine Mei's eyes flickered with flames, grabbed Concubine Qing's collar, raised her hand and slapped her hard.
Concubine Qing is not an angry master, if she said that the first slap was that she didn't react and suffered in vain, it would be okay, but she couldn't give Concubine Mei a chance to beat herself again.
"You vixen!" grabbed Concubine Mei's wrist with her backhand, and Concubine Qing slapped Concubine Mei.
If Concubine Mei's child falls out during the fight, this is the thing that the queen is most happy to see.
However, although she was willing to watch from the wall and wanted to reap the benefits of the fisherman, she also knew that as a witness, she could not escape the involvement.
As the lord of the six palaces, the queen did not fulfill her duties of managing and teaching the concubines.
The most important thing is that the child fell in front of the queen, which is even more heinous and heinous in the eyes of the old emperor!
"Concubine Qing, Concubine Mei, stop it!" The queen's head turned extremely fast, and while pulling Concubine Qing back, she scolded sharply: "As the emperor's concubine, the two of you beat and scolded, what kind of system is this?!" ”
Concubine Qing was angry, but when she saw that the queen gave her a look, she instantly understood that the queen was worried that something would happen to the child in Concubine Qing's belly, and she blamed herself, so she took advantage of the steps given by the queen and withdrew her hand.
Pulling Concubine Qing behind her, the queen began to play the role of a good person again, pulling the very embarrassed Concubine Mei, and comforted her softly: "Concubine Mei, Concubine Qing is used to being spicy, we are all sisters in our own family, you don't want to meet her in general." ”
"For this little thing, we fought a big fight, and it was spread out, where is the face of our royal family?"
Concubine Mei didn't appreciate it, and said unrelentingly: "What Niangniang said is really light! It's not you who is insulting Concubine Qing, of course you can be so tolerant and generous! ”
"The concubine Su Rili was targeted by Concubine Qing everywhere, slandered and abused, and endured it to this day, but it is actually enough!"
"In the past, I was soft-spoken and timid, and besides, Concubine Qing is your person, no matter what, I don't dare to go against you."
"New hatred and old hatred, today I will definitely not let go of Concubine Qing!"
After that, she glanced at Concubine Qing coldly again: "I want to go back and tell the emperor and let the emperor make the decision for me!" ”
"Concubine Mei, you dare?!" was provoked by Concubine Mei, Concubine Qing became even more angry, and she was about to shout again.
"Queen Mother, you are a fair person, I hope you don't favor anyone in front of the emperor for a while." Concubine Mei's eyes were bright and cold, and what she said was a pun.
The corners of her mouth curled, and she turned to leave.
The queen naturally couldn't let Concubine Mei go to the old emperor, she took Concubine Mei's hand and didn't let go, and said unhappily: "Concubine Mei! What Hongu said, you ......"
"Ahh
"Concubine Mei?!"
The queen only felt an inexplicable pain in her hand, and Concubine Mei suddenly fell to the ground by the inertia of her body.
Almost in the blink of an eye, a piece of red appeared under Concubine Mei's skirt.
"It hurts, it hurts...... Concubine Mei clutched her stomach in pain, her face pale.
"Master!" Concubine Mei's little palace maid was so frightened that she ran to her side and said incoherently, "You...... Wait, slave and maid...... The slave will go to the doctor! ”
When the words fell, she walked like flying, "Whoosh! Suddenly, like an arrow from the string, he ran out of the distance.
"Niangniang, this ......" Concubine Qing suddenly had a bad premonition, and she suddenly became at a loss, looking at the queen nervously.
"Queen Mother, why are you so ruthless and pushed my master to the ground?!" Concubine Mei's other little palace maid looked at the queen with resentment on her face while supporting Concubine Mei.
Concubine Mei gasped for breath and choked up, "The ...... Queen, no matter ...... Anyway, the concubine ...... The children in the wombs of the concubines are all emperors...... You...... You ......"
If the queen didn't know what was going on, she would have really been fighting openly and secretly in the palace for so many years.
Squinting her phoenix eyes, she clenched her fists, and wanted to strangle Concubine Mei to death, but she couldn't, "Concubine Mei, I didn't expect you to wait for this palace here!" ”
"It is said that tiger poison does not eat children, you gave this palace in order to frame it, but you really paid a bloody price!"
"Concubine Mei, you brutalized the imperial heir and slandered the queen's mother, so many people present heard it!" Concubine Qing's first reaction was that Concubine Mei should put the blame on her head, and she was afraid that the queen would hinder the emperor's neutrality, but now Concubine Mei actually shot directly at the queen, and this purpose was extremely clear!
While sighing in his heart that Concubine Mei was not too ambitious, and wanted to pull the queen off the horse, he turned his brain.
Since you don't have anything to do with yourself, it's better to let the queen fight with Concubine Mei!
Anyway, it's none of your business, so you can hang high!
With an idea in her heart, Concubine Qing pretended to be the same enemy as the queen, as if she had been framed, and said angrily: "You framed the queen, no way!" ”
"You wait, I'll tell the emperor about your conspiracy!"
"The emperor is wise and wise, and he will not be deceived by your rhetoric!"
After that, she didn't wait for the queen's permission, so she took the initiative and ran in the direction of the old emperor's imperial study.
Who the old emperor believes, in fact, this is a question that can be figured out with his toes.
Concubine Qing just said that she broke her mouth, and it was impossible for the emperor to believe the queen!
The queen's heart tightened, and she hurriedly said to Qiu Chan: "Go and stop Concubine Qing, don't let her be impulsive!" ”
It's not so much that she is afraid of Concubine Qing's impulsiveness, but that the queen is more afraid that Concubine Qingfei will not succeed enough and will lose more than anything.
Concubine Mei wanted to splash dirty water on herself, but the queen said that Concubine Qing pulled it out as a substitute for the dead ghost.
But if Concubine Qing messes up again, this matter will be even more troublesome!
"Yes!" Qiu Cicada knew the seriousness of the matter, and it was like a gust of wind blowing in front of the queen.
"Queen Mother, Concubine Mei, this is ......" Gu Nianshi, who was patrolling from a distance, saw Concubine Mei lying on the ground covered in blood, and was so frightened that he didn't dare to step forward.
According to Concubine Mei's original plan, she was going to lie here until the old emperor came over.
I didn't expect Gu Nian to suddenly appear, so he had an idea, and said helplessly and pitifully: "Gu ...... Deputy Commander Gu, save ...... Save me! ”
"The queen she ...... She's going to kill me! ”
The queen was stunned that no matter how good her disguise and cultivation were, she had never been framed so blatantly, so she couldn't help but scold: "You slut, you dare to be a slut?!" ”
The little palace maid said at the right time: "Deputy Commander Gu, if the master continues to bleed, he will definitely die of blood loss!" ”
"Please help help the master back first, the master is like this, the slave and the maid are alone...... A person is really afraid of hurting his master! ”
Gu Nianshi hesitated for a while, secretly glanced at the queen with a blue face, and arched his hand: "Queen Mother, right and wrong, presumably the emperor has his own judgment." ”
"Send Concubine Mei back first and say goodbye."
With that, he carefully picked up Concubine Mei horizontally and walked quickly towards the old emperor's bedroom.
In the imperial study, the old emperor was chatting with Qi Hao about the trip to Yunguo, and then talked about Yin Zike's marriage.
"Now the rumors in Jingzhong are very disrespectful to Yin Zike, and I feel that it is better to give him a family affair again."
"First, to quell the rumors in Beijing; Second, to appease the Yin family. ”
"Fourth, what do you think?"
Qi Hao was stunned for a moment, and his heart was very contradictory and complicated.
From a selfish point of view, Yin Zike, like Chen Zexuan and the Eighth Prince, is his rival.
Of course, Qi Hao didn't want Yin Zike to have a little involvement with Gu Jinli, Yin Zike became a family person, and he and Gu Jinli could never be.
But, as a man, or to be fair, no one wants to go against their will to marry someone they don't love.
Just like back then, in order to protect Gu Jinli, he agreed to marry Shen Biyun under the pressure of the old emperor.
At Yin Zike's wedding yesterday, looking at his heart-wrenching and helpless expression, Qi Hao could empathize very much.
After all, he had been through it too.
But then again, the fates of Jiang Qinglan and Shen Biyun are similar.
Both women died violently on their wedding day.
It's just that the only difference is that one died on the way to get married, and the other is better, so he worshiped heaven and earth with Yin Zike, and performed a husband and wife ceremony, even if he died, he could enter the Yin family's cemetery.
Gu Jinli couldn't ask for Yin Zike, if Qi Hao agreed with the old emperor, it would be to push Yin Zike into the fire pit again.
Wouldn't it be too selfish to do that?
Seeing that Qi Hao was silent, the old emperor asked, "Fourth, why don't you speak?" ”
"Father...... Emperor" Qi Hao opened his mouth, and was just about to euphemistically dispel this idea with the old emperor, but saw Gonggong Jia trotting in all the way, sweating profusely and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" ”
"Concubine Mei, you have a miscarriage!"
"What?!" When the old emperor heard this, his old face suddenly became bloodless.
As soon as his eyes darkened, he covered the corners of his eyebrows and was about to lean back.
"Father!" Qi Hao's eyes were quick and he helped the old emperor in time.
The old emperor reluctantly raised his eyelids and said with difficulty: "I ...... I'm going to see Concubine Mei! ”
With that, he stood up with Qi Hao's hand and strong support.
Clenching his fists, perhaps grief and anger turned into strength, the old emperor walked quickly in the direction of the dormitory with his old legs.
Qi Hao and Gonggong Jia were worried about the old emperor and also followed.
In the courtyard, before the little palace maid who was stopped by the autumn cicada from left to right and from the left and the right to complain, the old emperor threw up his sleeves and went away with anger.
Seeing this, several of them also hurriedly followed.
At the same time, Ah Qiao couldn't help but worry when she saw that Gu Jinli had been out of Yin Suwan's yard since she hit Yin Suwan's yard.
She didn't know what Gu Jinli and Yin Suwan were talking about in the house just now, so she had to ask, "Master, are you okay?" ”
Although Gu Jinli shook her head, the expression on her face didn't look like she was fine.
After walking out for a long distance, Gu Jinli suddenly said, "Ah Qiao, I'm going to see my brother." ”
Yin Suwan, a woman, has a bad heart to the point of rotten.
However, Gu Jinli could feel that she really loved and hated Qi Hao.
Since she can even tear off the beautiful face that she has been pretending to be for many years, there is no reason to deceive herself and make up a past for herself.
Through Yin Suwan's words, Gu Jinli can almost confirm that the things about jumping off the cliff and losing the child have nothing to do with Qi Hao.
Many things in the past are different from the memories that Mo Li and Chen Zexuan instilled in them.
Gu Jinli's head was messing up at the moment, and her heart was also a mess, she couldn't calm down for the time being and think about why they were hiding it from her.
In addition, how many things did you hide from yourself?
Or rather, how much of her memory is not true?
There are many questions, and she will definitely not be able to answer them from Mo Li, so she will go to Chen Zexuan.
Anyway, she must ask today!
"Now to see the prince?" Ah Qiao was worried, glanced around, and whispered: "After all, you have just entered the palace, if you run to the old mansion of King Nanyang as soon as you leave the palace, it will make people suspicious." ”
"Otherwise, if you have anything to say to the slave maid, the slave and the maid will ...... for you"
Gu Jinli's tone was resolute, interrupting Ah Qiao's words: "No, there are some things, I can only feel at ease if I ask them clearly in person." ”
Ah Qiao guessed that what Gu Jinli wanted to ask must be something very important, nodded, and no longer insisted.
When the master and servant walked to the imperial garden, they met the eighth prince again.
According to his previous experience, Ah Qiao knew that the Eighth Prince definitely did not appear here by chance, so he walked to the side by himself.
At the same time, Xiao Xiangzi also took a few steps back, leaving room for Gu Jinli and the Eighth Prince to talk.
Gu Jinli was bent on finding the truth, so she was a little impatient with the tone of the Eighth Prince's speech: "The Eighth Prince is waiting here, is there something wrong?" ”
Because the eighth prince realized it, he spoke straight to the point: "Peng Qian is pregnant, and she plans to elope with her cousin tonight." ”
"I see, you don't have to worry about this matter." Gu Jinli didn't want to say much, and just wanted to see Chen Zexuan.
Although he had a lot of things to say to Gu Jinli in his heart, the Eighth Prince had no choice but to say: "Since this is the case, then everything has Prince Laurin." ”
With that, he gave up his hand and planned to leave.
However, he caught a glimpse of the path on the side, the old emperor, Qi Hao, Jia Gonggong, and a group of people following behind them, as if they had been burned by fire, walking in a hurry, and their expressions were very wrong.
"Father, what happened?" The Eighth Prince stepped forward and saluted and asked.
At this time, the eighth prince was as annoying as a stumbling block that suddenly appeared, blocking the old emperor's path and delaying him to see Concubine Mei.
Pushing away the Eighth Prince roughly, the old emperor said without hesitation: "Get out of the way, don't get in the way!" ”
"Father...... the emperor" The eighth prince was stunned, looking at the back of the old emperor and was very puzzled.
"Ouch, Your Majesty, slow down, pay attention to the dragon body!" Father-in-law Jia was worried about the old emperor's body, and he also trotted behind.
The moment Qi Hao saw Gu Jinli and the Eighth Prince standing side by side, a look of injury flashed in Peach Blossom's eyes.
And Gu Jinli, at the moment when Qi Hao looked over, also froze as if someone had been caught in the acupoint.
If she hadn't heard Yin Suwan's words today, maybe her heart would have worked hard and continued to be as cold as a stone.
But now, ...... She couldn't deceive herself anymore and persuaded herself, and she hated Qi Hao as always.
Because, at least half of the things Mo Li said did not match Yin Suwan.
Mo Li said that she concealed her identity and went back to take revenge, and was abused by Qi Hao after she found out, and in Yin Suwan's mouth, it was because Qi Hao mistakenly regarded Gu Jinli as the culprit who caused Yin Suwan's leg to be broken.
Of course, when Yin Suwan told Gu Jinli the truth about the past, because she was too emotional, or she hated Qi Hao and Gu Jinli to the extreme, she forgot to tell Gu Jinli, in fact, Gu Jin back then? is also an unlucky ghost, and the culprit who killed Yin Suwan is "Yin Suxi", who she has called her sister for many years......
Mo Li said that the reason why Qi Hao doted on her and treated her well was because he acted on the scene and stabilized her, and in Yin Suwan's mouth, Qi Hao couldn't help falling in love with Gu Jinli, and he had made enemies with many people for her.
Regarding the child, Mo Li never mentioned it.
Although she hasn't asked Chen Zexuan for verification, Gu Jinli already has an answer in her heart.
And this answer made Gu Jinli's heart very uneasy, so much so that she ran into Qi Hao coldly, and she didn't dare to face him.