Chapter 851: Who Should Give the Poison?
Chapter 851: Who Should Poison Be Given?
Shi Zhongchen didn't come forward, just stood at the door of the hall, and didn't even move his footsteps. The little eunuchs put down their chariots and helped Queen Wang get out of the car, and Wu Meiniang also came down and walked towards Shi Zhongchen together.
Shi Zhongchen smiled, with the same expression on his face as the elders looked at the juniors, and he said, "Queen Mother, you are here, the old slave still thinks that you are not coming!" "He called himself an old slave, but he didn't have the slightest consciousness of being an old slave, and he didn't even bow down.
Wu Meiniang thought to herself: "There is a problem, there is definitely a problem, I don't know what Shi Zhongchen is going to do tonight!" ”
Queen Wang was very unhappy in her heart, no matter how powerful Shi Zhongchen was, he couldn't treat himself like him, after all, he was the master of the harem, not an old guy like him.
scolded the old immortal in her heart, Queen Wang smiled at Shi Zhongchen, nodded and said, "I have been waiting for a long time!" "No way, this old eunuch leader really can't afford to offend!
Shi Zhongchen's status is to put it bluntly, that is, there is only one internal minister, unlike the prime ministers of the DPRK and China. And in the entire Tang Dynasty, only Shi Zhongchen is the only one who dares to stare at the eldest grandson Wuji face to face, even the emperor Li Zhi does not dare to stare at his uncle, no matter how hard other people work behind their backs, no one dares to turn their faces with the eldest grandson Wuji, and regardless of the consequences, he is not afraid of retaliation, but Shi Zhongchen dares and is not afraid of retaliation. He is the only person in the whole world who can not buy the eldest grandson's Wuji account, and it can be said that he is the only one who survives.
Back then, without Shi Zhongchen as an internal response, the Xuanwumen Incident would not necessarily be successful, and after a series of results, Queen Wang is not necessarily the queen now, to put it bluntly, she still owes Shi Zhongchen a favor, the kind of adult favor that she can't pay off in her life.
Shi Zhongchen saw that Queen Wang "knows how to be polite", and said with a smile: "I didn't have to wait long, the old slave also just came." ”
Queen Wang thought to herself: "If it weren't for the fact that you were about to lose your breath, with your arrogant and arrogant attitude, I would have to tell the emperor and sue you severely...... It's just that, alas, the emperor doesn't necessarily take my complaint seriously, let alone punish this old gelding! ”
Shi Zhongchen looked at the little eunuch who followed behind, he waved his hand and said: "You don't need to serve here, let's all go out of the courtyard, wait at the gate of the courtyard, close the gate too, if we don't call in, we are not allowed to come in!" ”
Wu Meiniang thought to herself: "No, there is really a problem, why don't you let people stay in the palace?" ”
Queen Wang thought: "It should be like this when we meet and hand over things in private, but I don't know what he got from Xiao Fox, it is so solemn." ”
She turned around and said to the little eunuchs: "Listen to the orders of Chief Shi Da, go out and wait." ”
The little eunuchs left the gate of the palace, and they all went out of the big courtyard, closed the gate, and waited obediently outside.
Shi Zhongchen said at this time: "Queen Mother, why did you bring outsiders here?" Who is this little teacher? ”
Queen Wang hurriedly said: "Her name is Yang Chunhua, and she is the substitute for the Buddha in the Ganye Temple, just because she entered the palace a few days ago to do things for the palace, and she doesn't want to ...... with the emperor Well, she is a well-behaved and clever person, and the palace likes it very much, so she took advantage of this change in the enlightenment hall to ask for a name for her in front of the emperor, and she will enter the palace as a concubine in the future. ”
Shi Zhongchen sighed, looked at Wu Meiniang, and said, "Queen Mother, it's not the old slave who said you, it's not in accordance with the rules for you to do this!" When a concubine enters the palace, the procedures are very cumbersome, at least three generations have to be checked, how is your little nun from here? Report to our family and listen to it! ”
He looked like an elder to Queen Wang, and he didn't know Wu Meiniang, and he opened his mouth to teach a lesson, especially now that he was blocking the entrance of the palace and not letting them in, how annoying it would be, how annoying it would be!
But no matter how annoying he is, others can't do anything about him!
Wu Meiniang was covered in cold sweat, and her body trembled involuntarily. What is she afraid of, what she is most afraid of is to check her origin, and Shi Zhongchen mentioned this matter when they met "for the first time", how could she not be afraid?
Queen Wang was not happy in her heart, and said, "Manager Shi, this matter is not in a hurry, right?" Besides, this palace wants her to enter the palace as a concubine, can this palace not check her origin! ”
Shi Zhongchen laughed dryly twice, thinking: "Foolish girl, if you really find out, it's too late to regret it!" He nodded and said, "It's really not in a hurry, then let's put it first, as for her background, it must be recorded, and this matter will be handled by patriotism in the future." Come, let us come into the temple and speak. ”
Queen Wang glanced at Wu Meiniang proudly, and thought: "What's the matter, no matter how arrogant Shi Zhongchen is, he has to listen to what I say." "With Wu Meiniang, we entered the hall together.
Shi Zhongchen followed in from behind, and when he turned around, he closed the door of the palace. He said: "It's hot, there are too many mosquitoes, and the bite is terrible!" He took the candle fork and lit it one by one, and even the glass lamp directly above the main hall was lit, and after a while, the hall was bright.
Shi Zhongchen looked at the hall and said: "It's okay to tidy up here, it's the best utensils to change, it's even more gorgeous than when Concubine Xiao Shu was there, it's the only place in your palace for the queen mother!" ”
The queen looked at the gorgeous palace, and her heart was even more unhappy, but this matter was also ordered by her, and she couldn't talk nonsense.
Wu Meiniang's heart trembled even more, what's going on? Shi Zhongchen is full of rules, but what he is doing in front of him is completely unruly, this enlightenment hall is so luxuriously arranged, it is obviously a transgression, it is absolutely unruly, why does he want to do this? There must be a reason.
Wu Meiniang looked at Queen Wang and saw that there was injustice on her face, but she didn't have the slightest doubt! She was really annoyed in her heart, this queen was too wasteful, how could she not even see this, how could she not ask!
Shi Zhongchen looked at Queen Wang and said with a smile: "The old slave got the queen's hand, and immediately sent someone to sort it out, it took a lot of effort, this can be regarded as the old slave deliberately pleasing the queen, is the mother still satisfied?" ”
The sycophants have been photographed on this, can Queen Wang say that she is not satisfied, she had to nod and said: "Manager Shi has done a good job, and the palace is naturally satisfied." She was a little impatient, she wanted Shi Zhongchen to hurry up and get down to business, she didn't want to stay here longer, the better the palace was arranged, the more unpleasant she looked!
Shi Zhongchen was not in a hurry, and he did not mean to ask Wu Meiniang to avoid it, he stretched out his hand and asked Queen Wang to sit down by the big case, and he himself sat down.
There are a lot of expensive furnishings on the big case, and there is a small tea stove, on which tea is boiled, and there is a set of tea sets next to it, especially the teapot, which has a strange shape, it is a strange animal, maybe some kind of Rui beast, I can't see what it is.
After Shi Zhongchen sat down, he picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of tea first, looked at Queen Wang, and then at Wu Meiniang, as if he was comparing something, but the hand holding the teapot stopped, and put the teapot back on the small stove.
He didn't pour tea for the queen, which was simply disrespectful. Wu Meiniang felt even more wrong, and her intuition told her that something big would happen tonight, but she didn't dare to make a sound, and Queen Wang was not happy in her heart, but she didn't squeak, but she kept cursing in her heart, scolding Shi Zhongchen for being too arrogant, cursing him for dying early, and it was better to die now!
Shi Zhongchen looked left and right, and said something inexplicable, not knowing what he wanted to express. He said: "The old slave is a person buried in the loess, and as soon as a person is old, he always thinks about the past. Looking at this Enlightenment Hall, the old slave remembered Lingyan Pavilion! ”
Lingyan Pavilion? How did he bring it up? Queen Wang only felt the second nun and was confused, so she had to ask, "What's wrong with Lingyan Pavilion?" Isn't that the place where the first emperor commemorates the heroes, there are images of twenty-four heroes hanging in it, and when the first emperor was there, he always went there to recall the career of the horse. ”
Shi Zhongchen said with a smile: "Yes, Lingyan Pavilion is indeed hung with portraits of meritorious heroes, and at the beginning, it was arranged by the old slave himself, and those portraits were also hung by the old slave one by one." Speaking of which, the old slave has never decorated the house with his own hands since. In a flash, how many years have it been! ”
His fingers tapped on the table, just like Li Shisheng's life, snapping, as if he was remembering something.
Queen Wang looked back at Wu Meiniang, and Wu Meiniang also looked at her, both of them were inexplicable.
Queen Wang turned her face and said, "Chief Manager Shi personally arranged the Enlightenment Palace, thinking that it is also because of the care of the emperor's young son, and when the young son grows up, he will remember the benefits of General Manager Shi." Well, Hongu will remember it too. She was reminding Shi Zhongchen to get down to business and stop wasting any more time.
Shi Zhongchen smiled, stopped knocking on the table, and said: "If our family is not a eunuch, there must be twenty-five portraits on the Lingyan Pavilion, but I don't know how many old slaves will be ***!" ”
Queen Wang didn't squeak, and thought: "You are a dead eunuch, be honestly your loyal minister, if you want to be a hero, in the next life, remember not to be stabbed, you can still have a little hope!" ”
Shi Zhongchen looked at the two of them and thought: "It's a pity that there is only one pill of poison, and it can only poison one person, I didn't know that this Wu Meiniang could follow, I didn't prepare in advance, and I miscalculated!" But it doesn't matter, whoever has the most strength will poison whoever is left, and the one with the little strength is left, I will do it myself, and I am afraid that I will not be able to kill a woman! ”
Looking at the hall again, Shi Zhongchen suddenly said: "Hey, that candlestick is not a place, it is too close to the curtain, so it is easy to catch fire!" Those palace people are so disrespectful, they can't even do this little thing, they really damn it! He got up and walked towards the candlestick.
The menorah he was talking about was a floor-to-ceiling candlestick with nine candles lit on it, and the branches had a veil on the outside.
The Tang Dynasty paid attention to all the gorgeous, and this candlestick is one of the most gorgeous royal supplies, so it is made extremely strong, it is made of the best rosewood, and the base is aggravated to prevent the candlestick from falling to the ground, so the base is made of pure copper, polished to the tile, and the light can be seen.
This kind of large floor-to-ceiling candlestick is placed with great care, not like a small candlestick, which can be placed anywhere. Large floor candlesticks should not be placed next to the tent, nor should they be placed next to the desk, and there should be no flammable materials around. And the placement of this floor candlestick, there is no problem, the palace people don't know the rules, there is always common sense, such a dangerous utensil, how can it be placed wrong?
But Shi Zhongchen said that it was not placed correctly, that is not right, and it is not right, because he has a big mouth and is qualified to say that the white is black!
Shi Zhongchen walked to the candelabra, moved it with his hands, sighed, and sighed: "I'm old, I'm old, I can't move it." As he spoke, he looked at Wu Meiniang and Queen Wang, and said, "Queen Niangniang, there are ...... What's your name, come and help! ”
Wu Meiniang dared not to obey, immediately agreed and walked over. But the queen didn't move, and the anger in her heart had reached its peak! This Shi Zhongchen is too unspeakable, he dares to let the dignified queen move things, he still doesn't understand the difference between up and down, is there any rules, he is looking for death...... He's so unkind, if he does this again, I'll be gone!
She was angry again, she didn't dare to do anything to Shi Zhongchen, this queen is really a wreck!
Shi Zhongchen saw Wu Meiniang coming over, and he said again: "Hey, what's under this candlestick?" Looks like there's something! ”
Queen Wang was stunned, could it be that he put things under the candlestick? Ah, I see, he deliberately put it there, and when I saw it, he burned it. If you eat it, you can use it like this!
But when she thought of what Concubine Xiao Shu left behind, of course it was evidence, and Queen Wang didn't care whether Shi Zhongchen had eaten too much or had his head caught by the door panel, so she immediately stood up and said, "Manager Shi, don't bother you to do it, let the palace come." ”
When she walked to the candlestick, the queen wanted to help carry it, but as soon as she reached out to move the candlestick, she sighed and said, "Why is this candlestick so heavy!" ”
The floor candlestick, or the copper base, is seventy or eighty pounds, and it is definitely not a light thing, how can she move it? Even if she moves with Wu Meiniang, she can't move! Although she is not powerless, let alone a chicken, she can move two or three chickens, but if she is asked to move this big candlestick, then forget it, don't talk about it!
Shi Zhongchen didn't move, he glanced at Queen Wang, smiled without squeaking, and looked at Wu Meiniang again.
Wu Meiniang had to move alone, she was in the Ganye Temple, was repaired, she could carry water with a flat shoulder, and she could move a large candlestick, although it was difficult, but it was not how far she moved, and it was not difficult to move the position. Alone, she moved the candelabra a few steps away.
Shi Zhongchen said: "Okay, okay, that's it, you can put it here!" He looked at Wu Meiniang and said, "You, you are quite energetic, much stronger than our family, I can't see that you are a little woman, you can have such strength, our family almost looked away." As he spoke, a strange smile appeared on his face, fleeting, and full of kindness.
Wu Meiniang hurriedly said: "I, I...... Chunhua often does rough work, so this strength is still a little bit. She thought, "Why do I have to carry the candlestick, does it matter if I have the strength or not, whether it is greater than his?" He...... Hey, he seems to be trying my strength on purpose, what does he want to do? ”
But the queen didn't think much of it, she looked down at the ground, and thought, "There's nothing under the candlestick!" ”
Shi Zhongchen said: "Come on, let's go and drink tea, Chunhua, you helped our family move the candlestick, our family is very happy, please have a cup of tea, after drinking the tea, you go out, our family has something to say to the queen." ”
As he spoke, he walked to the back of the case, picked up the teacup, pressed his fingers on the beast's head on the handle of the teapot, and poured out another cup of tea.
The cup of tea poured out first on the table has a clear color, but the cup of tea poured out later has a slightly turbid color.