The night before yesterday, after Hu Yumei was refined by Huang Xue with Samadhi True Fire, Queen Jiang, who was anxiously waiting for news in the East Palace, suddenly felt as if she had been hit with a heavy hammer in her head, and she fainted.

The next morning, Queen Jiang woke up, she had already gotten rid of Hu Yumei's charm, and she was a little shocked when she thought of her actions in these days. She sent someone to summon Hu Yumei to see her, but was told that Hu Yumei was missing, and she had already guessed that Hu Yumei had been killed. She sent the chief administrator Yang Rong out of the palace to inquire about the situation, but was told that Huang Xue was safe and sound, but the king of Shang was assassinated, and he immediately lost his inch.

The governor Yang Rong is not a fool, he was ordered to lead five outsiders into the palace during the day, and the king of Shang was assassinated by five assassins that night. But he followed the queen for many years and was loyal, so he bowed to the queen and said, "Niangniang, the old slave has followed you for many years, and his loyalty to you is visible every day. Today, the old slave is brave, and only begs the mother to tell the old slave, why do you want to send someone to assassinate the king?"

When the queen heard Yang Rong say sincerely, she also burst into tears, and said, "Since you ask so much, the palace will inform you of the whole story." A few days ago, the palace was charmed by Hu Yumei with a spell, and she was bent on killing Su Daji, and when she was confused, she led the assassin into the palace to assassinate her. Hongu really didn't know why the assassins would assassinate the king. ”

Yang Rong was puzzled when he heard this: "Niangniang, could it be that the assassin went to assassinate the king, not by your order?"

The queen said: "This palace and the king have known each other for many years, and there is no suspicion, how can they bear to hurt him?"

Yang Rong asked, "Niangniang, I don't know that the assassin was sent by Hu Yumei?"

The queen shook her head and said: "Speaking of this, this palace feels even more strange, Hu Yumei and this palace just wanted to kill Su Daji at that time, and they did not have any hostility towards the king. The assassin was sent by Wen Huan and made a special trip from Donglu. Could it be that he wants to assassinate the king, but Wen Huan can't do it?"

Yang Rong was able to climb all the way to the position of the head of the East Palace, and naturally he was not a stupid person, he lowered his head and thought about it, and he already believed in his heart that the assassin must be sent by the Dongbohou Mansion, so he kowtowed again and said: "Niangniang, the old slave said something disrespectful, presumably Niangniang was used by the Hou Mansion and Hu Yumei to do this rebellious act." Now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, it is difficult to hide the fact that the old slave led the assassin into the palace after all. The old slave is willing to go to the king today and completely admit the matter, only saying that the old slave did it alone, and everything has nothing to do with the mother. But please Niangniang can take care of the old slave's family outside the palace after the death of the old slave. ”

When the queen heard this, she was immediately moved inexplicably, and she personally got up to help Yang Rong up, and sighed: "You are the head of the East Palace, how can the king believe that this matter has nothing to do with me? ”

Yang Rong knew that what the queen said was right, so he sighed helplessly, so he didn't say anything more.

The queen and Yang Rong both knew that the King of Shang would find the East Palace sooner or later, but they didn't expect this time to come so quickly. The next morning, a group of servants came and surrounded the East Palace, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, but the queen was brought to interrogate.

Half an hour later, the queen met him in the palace of the king of Shang who was still recuperating from his wounds.

King Shang's face was still a little pale, which should be the reason for the excessive blood loss the day before yesterday, he sat on the bed and looked coldly at Queen Jiang who was escorted over and knelt on the ground.

Seeing that King Shang was a little weak, the queen couldn't help but feel a little sad in her heart, and said with concern: "King, how is your injury?"

King Shang stared at her eyes for a long time before snorting coldly, "Don't worry, you can't die." Why, aren't you a little disappointed?"

The queen heard that the tone of the king of Shang was not good, so she sighed and stopped talking.

Seeing that she didn't speak, the king of Shang said angrily: "You are a good daughter of the Jiang family, Dong Bohou wants to kill me, so you will help him to kill me, and I don't think about the love between husband and wife for many years." ”

The queen was shocked when she heard this, she didn't expect that the king of Shang would find out the head of the Hou Mansion so quickly, and her brain center was spinning, and after a while, she made up her mind and said: "Sending assassins to kill the king is all the idea of the concubine, and it has nothing to do with the Hou Mansion." The king only needs to condemn one of his concubines, and there is no need to involve his father. ”

King Shang is right, she is the daughter of the Jiang family after all, her father and younger brother are unkind to her, but she can't bear to be unjust to them. Now that she herself is in a catastrophe, she can only do her best to return to the Houhou Mansion for one or two.

"Oh?" the king of Shang laughed angrily, "It was your idea?" well, tell me, why did you send someone to assassinate me, and where did I feel sorry for you?"

Queen Jiang had made up her mind to die at this time, and she lost her respect in her words, and hardened her heart: "You favor Su Daji, you are addicted to beauty, and you have long been irrational. First expelled Shang Rong, the cornerstone of the DPRK and China, and then abolished Concubine Yang, who had been favored for many years, and listened to rumors, treating me as a madman, if I don't kill you, you will also abolish me sooner or later, how can I sit still and wait to die?"

"Okay, good," King Shang laughed when he heard this, but his face was still cold, and he said in a cold voice: "Zitong, I can't imagine that you and I have been tied for many years, and you will say this, and I don't want to ask who taught you these words." However, for the sake of many years of love, I also want to tell you one thing. Your father's intention to rebel has long been conclusive, if nothing else, even if it is not for you to assassinate me, I will make a move to the Dongbohou Mansion this year, and today next year, I guarantee that you will go down to accompany you in the Dongbohou Mansion. With that, he felt a feeling of fatigue in his heart, and waved his hand to ask for someone to take the queen down.

The queen was stunned by his words at this time, and asked urgently: "What do you say, the king? My father has long had the intention of rebelling? Impossible, my father has never mentioned it to his concubines, and the king should not listen to the slanderous words of the villains in the court." ”

King Shang looked at this woman who had been with him for fifteen years, and suddenly felt that she was a little pitiful, and decided to tell her the truth, so he said lightly: "Your father conspired with Shang Rong to deduct the salt tax, privately raised 400,000 heavy soldiers, and secretly funded the Beihai Seventy-two Road to rebel and make enemies of the imperial court, these things, I have sent someone to find out clearly, do you think I am a villain who will slander your father?"

When the queen heard this, she was even more shocked, and she was speechless, and the king of Shang waved her hand again, and the attendants on the side were about to take her away. The queen was touched by the chamberlain, suddenly came to her senses, and suddenly knelt down again and said, "King, please listen to the concubine again." The concubines knew that the Jiang family was guilty and unforgivable, but Jiao'er and Hong'er were the king's biological sons and did not participate in this matter. But please ask the king to relegate the two of them to commoners for the sake of flesh and blood, and expel them from the palace, so as not to hurt their lives. ”

When the king of Shang heard that the queen mentioned the crown prince Yin Jiao and the second prince Yin Hong, he couldn't help frowning, thought for a while, sighed, and said, "Take her down." He closed his eyes and said no more.

At this time, Huang Xue had already left the Shang King's bedroom and returned to her Shuyuan Palace. However, this Shuyuan Palace has not been living for a long time, and now she has been promoted to the concubine position, and she has stayed in Xinqing Palace in the past few days.

It stands to reason that this should have been a great joy, but at the moment, she did not seem happy, but a question that had been haunting her heart, and she could not understand why the assassin who was supposed to come to assassinate her suddenly turned to assassinate the king of Shang. In her opinion, the queen really had no reason to assassinate the king of Shang.

After the dinner, the maid suddenly walked in and said to her with a smile: "Congratulations to Niangniang, congratulations to Niangniang, she will be promoted to the concubine position after entering the palace for a year, and Niangniang is really a blessing." Huang Xue knew about this, so naturally she didn't react much, she just nodded and said: "It's all the king's favor, you don't have to be too public, you still have to be careful in everything." ”

Hearing this, the spring equinox hesitated for a moment before saying: "What Niangniang said is that now as soon as Niangniang Fang is promoted, someone will come to calculate Niangniang, and the slave maid will have more eyes in the future." ”

Huang Xueqi said: "Who is going to calculate me? Where did you hear the news?"

The spring equinox said: "Just now, someone secretly sent a message to the slave maid, saying that the queen wants to invite Niangniang to the East Palace, and she has something to say to Niangniang." Niangniang, you think, I don't know what happened to the East Palace now, it was surrounded by people sent by the king, and everyone was not allowed to enter or leave, and the queen wanted to see Niangniang at this time, there must be some conspiracy to harm you. The slave and maid were almost fooled, and after a while went to settle accounts with the messenger. ”

Huang Xue groaned: "You mean the queen wants to see me?" Hearing this, the spring equinox was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Niangniang, that's someone else's trick, don't be fooled." ”

Huang Xue no longer paid attention to the words of the spring equinox at this time, and said to herself: "It's okay, then I'll go see her, speaking of which, she is just a poor person." The spring equinox was busy persuading a few more times, and seeing that Huang Xue had made up her mind, she had to wait for her to change her clothes and go to the East Palace.

The East Palace has been besieged by the inner staff, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter, but Huang Xue is favored at this time, and the commander of the inner palace does not dare to make a claim, so he hurriedly sent someone to ask the chief manager Jiao Fang.

Jiao Fang received the report and guessed that Huang Xue still had questions in his heart to ask the queen. She was the hero of the rescue, and she had just saved her life, and she really didn't want to upset her for such a trivial matter. And she was a participant in this matter from beginning to end, but she was not afraid of leaking the news, so she took it upon herself and ordered Huang Xue to enter the East Palace. Finally, half an hour later, Huang Xue saw the queen mother who was ten years old in the main hall of the East Palace.

When the queen saw Huang Xue coming in, she smiled miserably and took the lead in speaking: "I didn't expect that to this day, you are still willing to come to see the palace." ”

Huang Xue sighed: "The concubine didn't expect that the last time I saw the queen on New Year's Day, the queen was still glorious, and in just four months, she was already a person." I don't know if Niangniang called her concubines today, what else do you have to tell. ”

The queen closed her eyes and thought for a moment, her face seemed to be remembrance, and she spoke again after a while: "A few days ago, this palace did something wrong. After thinking about it today, I only felt that some of them didn't stand for you, so I asked people to invite you to come and talk to you face to face. ”

Huang Xue said: "Niangniang, please speak." ”

The queen said slowly: "Before, this palace was charmed by Hu Yumei, and for some reason, I wanted to put you to death, and did a lot of things that harmed you. Hu Yumei is now gone, and the palace has suddenly woken up, but it is too late. You should know that this palace is dying, so I invite you to come and apologize to you in person. With that, he stood up and saluted Huang Xue.

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