Chapter 39: Cutting the Weeds and Eradicating the Roots (1)

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Wanrong's good intentions have finally paid off.

In the evening of another day, when the emperor came out of the Yanying Palace and was about to go to Yuxiu Palace, Ying'er, who had been waiting for a long time at the corner gate leading to the harem of Yanying Palace, timidly reported to the emperor that Jing Xuan was in Yaohua Palace at this time. So, after the emperor was slightly stunned, he came to Yaohua Palace instead accompanied by Ying'er and Wang Bao'er.

"If it weren't for Sister Jing here, the emperor wouldn't know when he would have thought of coming to Yaohua Palace, right?" When Wanrong saw the emperor at first glance, she was pleasantly surprised, but she couldn't help but sigh with disgust.

The emperor glanced at Jing Xuan, who was standing beside Wanrong and was silent, did not answer Wanrong's words directly, looked at the furnishings in the hall, frowned, and asked: "It's dark, why are there only two lamps lit in this hall, am I so poor that I can't even supply the lamps and candles of the concubines?" ”

"These days, the emperor dares to be in love, has he not come to the harem? Don't you know the newly established rules of the 'Jinggong Errand Room'? The harem is not allowed to burn the lamps and make noise, and it is only a moment away from the fixed watch, and the concubines are impatient to put out the trouble of extinguishing the lights everywhere, so they only ask people to light two. If the emperor is too dark, the concubines will ask them to light a few more lamps. "Wanrong welcomed the emperor into the palace and sat down, and ordered the palace people to light the lamp.

"That's not necessary, since it's a rule that has just been established, even if it's me, it's not easy to break it." The emperor raised his hand to stop her, "It's just that I'm a little confused by what you said, are the two concubines in charge of this harem now, or is it the 'Jinggong Errand Room'?" ”

As soon as he asked this, even Jing Xuan and Wanrong looked at each other. I couldn't answer. The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense.

"According to the Duke of Jin to me. The establishment of the 'Jinggong Errand Room' in the palace is to facilitate the overall arrangement. Check the remnants of the Zhang family in the palace, instead of asking them to set up a ban in the palace for me and the two concubines to restrain their masters! What does the Inner Servant Province do to eat, why didn't Xie Liangchen come back and forth in advance! ”

The emperor suddenly thundered and furyed, so frightened that everyone in the hall fell to the ground in unison, and they didn't even dare to take a breath of air.

Only Jing Xuan stood up slowly and persuaded unhurriedly: "In recent days, there have been many changes in the capital, and the emperor is inevitably a little upset. However, according to what the concubine thinks. As soon as he returns to the harem, the emperor can put aside all his troubles for the time being, but enjoy the joy of humanity. Sorrow and anger are the source of physical harm, and we must not be obsessed with them and affect the Holy Communion. The concubine retired, hoping that the emperor would reunite with her sister Wanrong and the two babies of Jixiang and Ruyi to celebrate the night. ”

At this time, she realized Wanrong's true intention of inviting her to Yaohua Palace for several days, and she didn't want to compete with Wanrong for favor from the bottom of her heart, so she was eager to get out and return to the palace.

Today, the emperor came to Jing Xuan to discuss how to deal with the news that King Jiangling was about to return to Beijing for the funeral. He was willing to let her go as soon as they met.

He took a sip of his tea, calming his annoyance. He said to the attendants in the temple, "Stand up, all of you." As Concubine Hui said, there have been frequent changes recently, which has caused me to feel troubled, and I have indeed lost some of my temper. If anyone dares to divulge what I say here, be careful. Stand down, the two concubines stay, and talk to me. ”

As soon as Ying'er, Wang Bao'er and others led a group of palace people and eunuchs to withdraw from the palace, Wanrong pouted and lied to the emperor: "It's all concubines, no, as soon as the emperor comes to Yaohua Palace, he will be injured by fire." The concubines didn't dare to force the saint to stay here, so they should ask the emperor and Sister Jing to go back to Yuxiu Palace to discuss the affairs of the court. ”

The emperor knew that she was infatuated with her, but because she had been snubbed for several days, she was deliberately angry with herself, and he didn't take her words very seriously. He wanted to ease the awkward atmosphere in the lower hall, so he asked Wanrong with a smile on his face: "Where are the two babies of Jixiang and Ruyi now, quickly call them over and get close to me." ”

Wanrong turned her face to the side, deliberately ignored the emperor, and said to Jing Xuan: "It's getting late, and there are dog slaves patrolling the Jinggong Errand Room everywhere in the palace. ”

Jing Xuan naturally heard the meaning of expelling the guest in her words, took advantage of the situation to get up again, and said that he would personally summon auspiciousness and Ruyi to see his father, and he would walk out of the hall with his legs raised.

Seeing that Jing Xuan was going to leave again and again, the emperor made it clear again and again that he wanted to expel the guest, so he stopped going around in circles and said straight to the point: "Xuan'er is not busy leaving." The envoy I sent to Jiangling a few days ago reported today that Li Shu, the king of Jiangling, is about to return to Beijing for funeral, and I would like to hear your opinion on this matter. In addition, the cleaning up of the palace affairs is now nearing completion, and while the two concubines are here tonight, I also want to know the latest progress of this matter. After we talk about this, it's not too late to call the baby to come. ”

On the grounds of the 100-day sacrifice of the emperor, the king of Jiangling returned to Chang'an, taking the opportunity to test his sincerity, which was originally Jing Xuan's response to the emperor. According to her original plan, it is expected that King Jiangling has a biological mother and sister in Chang'an, and he will not openly rebel for the time being, and most of them will return to Beijing by edict. And now that his two closest relatives have suddenly died, the situation is completely different from the beginning, according to common sense, no matter what reason the concubine mother and daughter want to commit suicide at the same time, they have objectively issued the most severe warning to King Jiangling: returning to Chang'an means a dead end.

Why did King Gangneung ignore the bloody warnings of his mother and sister and return to Chang'an for funeral?

Jing Xuan suddenly heard this information, and he couldn't guess the true intention behind King Jiangling's move, so he couldn't help but stop and fell into deep thought.

"Your Majesty, when it comes to the cause of death of the concubine's mother and daughter, the concubines have heard some bizarre and interesting rumors in the past two days, I wonder if the emperor is interested in listening to the concubines?" Wanrong recently saw that the emperor repeatedly went to Yuxiu Palace to discuss the government with Jing Xuan, she has always been confident that her mind and wisdom are not inferior to Jing Xuan, and the talent of the director is still better than Jing Xuan, so she also paid special attention to all kinds of things that happened inside and outside the palace, and tried to figure it out, trying to attract the emperor's attention in this way, so as not to lose his favor prematurely. At this time, she heard that the emperor was coming to the harem to discuss matters with Jing Xuan, so she took the opportunity to act in front of Jing Xuan.

When the emperor heard Wanrong say this, he really became interested, stared at Wanrong with inquiring eyes, and waited for her to continue.

"Regarding the causes and consequences of the sudden death of the concubine and the eldest princess of Changning, there are now two theories that are publicly circulated inside and outside the Daming Palace, one is that the concubine mother and daughter have been overly sad for many days because of the death of the emperor, and now the emperor is approaching in 100 days, so he is willing to be buried and meet the emperor under the nine springs; Another rumor is that the mother and daughter of the concubine failed to send someone to assassinate Li Jinzhong on the street, but the assassin accidentally left evidence at the scene, exposing his hiding and committing suicide in fear of crime. (To be continued.) )