Chapter 54 Empress Hu's scheming
"Well, that's the case, the palace was worried about this a few days ago, and no one has been talking to each other. Now, with the 'Chief' stepping in, we will be able to solve the problem. I don't know what the 'Chief' wants to do about this. Sun Guifei asked. Jin Ying said: "The emperor loves Niangniang, and when he comes to Xianfu Palace for dinner in the evening, Niangniang only needs to say that he is not comfortable with this dish." "Discomfort? How uncomfortable? Sun Guifei asked suspiciously when she heard this.
Jin Ying said softly: "Niangniang only needs to tell the emperor that she has chest pain when she eats this dish, and Niangniang only needs to make a chest pain when she arrives, and the emperor will never eat this dish again." Sun Guifei listened to Jin Ying's method and said with some fear: "Isn't this a crime of bullying the king." ”
Jin Ying had no choice but to be relieved: "Although the concubine Niangniang can rest assured, you know this matter, I know that others will not have different branches if they don't know." We have to make this decision as a last resort, and there is no way to do it for the emperor's dragon body. Niangniang is relieved, in case of an accident, the slave and maid will bear it alone, and it will never affect Niangniang. ”
Sun Guifei said: "'Lord Chief', don't get me wrong, this palace is not the timid person who takes some responsibilities for the emperor. "Well, in that case, we'll do what we do. The slave and maid did not bother and retired first. After speaking, he got up and exited the Xianfu Palace.
To return to the Qianqing Palace, you need to pass by the Imperial Garden, and Jin Ying happened to meet Empress Hu's honor guard going to the Imperial Garden on the way back to the Qianqing Palace. "Slave maid Jin Ying to the queen mother to say goodbye, mother Chitose, Chitose, Chitose."
Empress Hu sat on the phoenix and said, "'Lord Chief' is exempt. "The slave has thanked the queen." Jin Ying said to Empress Hu.
Empress Hu looked at Jin Ying and asked pretending to be puzzled: "Where is the 'Lord Chief' so early in the morning, but this palace learned that you were on an errand in the 'Qianqing Palace' last night." "If you go back to Niangniang Chitose, the emperor didn't sleep all night last night, and the emperor just fell asleep this day, and the slave maid thought that the emperor would not wake up for a while and a half, so he had to go to Xianfu Palace."
Jin Ying said truthfully to Empress Hu. 'Oh?' The Lord, 'How can you be so Yaxing go to Xianfu Palace early in the morning. Empress Hu asked.
Seeing that Queen Hu was asking inquiringly, Jin Ying lied. "Back to Niangniang's words, the slave maid went out on an errand some time ago, and by the way, I gave Yao, the head of Xianfu Palace, some rouge from Jiangnan." Queen Hu couldn't help but hide her face with a silk scarf and said with a smile: "It seems that Jin Ying, you are old and young, why do you fall in love with that girl Yao." ”
Jin Ying also felt ashamed and said calmly: "The pure ones are self-purifying, and the turbid ones are self-turbid, how can the slaves and maids be the grandparents of that girl at their age." As Jin Ying spoke, Dong Han approached Queen Hu and muttered a few words in her ear.
Empress Hu's smiling face just now slowly reined, and said to Jin Ying who was talking with a fierce voice: "Is the emperor's dragon body unsafe, did you go to Xianfu Palace just now to talk to Sun Guifei about this matter?" ”
Jin Ying buried her head and thought for a while: "The emperor's dragon body is a little sick, but it is not in the way, I just happened to meet Sun Guifei in Xianfu Palace, and the old slave said a few words to her when she asked about it. ”
"I hope you are telling the truth, otherwise this palace will definitely punish you for the crime of bullying." Queen Hu said to Jin Ying angrily, and Jin Ying said resignedly: "The slave doesn't dare, if the queen doesn't believe it, she can send someone to Xianfu Palace to ask, and if there is half a lie, she is willing to be punished." "Hmph, don't worry, Ichinomiya will ask. However, before asking, this palace wants you to understand something, this palace is the lord of the harem, and the emperor owes the dragon body, you should report to this palace, instead of arrogating the number of courtesies and talking to Sun Guifei about this matter. ”
Jin Ying has been in the palace for most of her life, and she has seen a lot of winds and waves, and in the face of Queen Hu's intimidation, Jin Ying said confidently: "The queen's words are wrong, the queen and Sun Guifei serve the emperor together, and it stands to reason that it is okay to care about the emperor's dragon body." After a pause, Jin Ying said again: "The queen's mother is subconsciously not easy to disturb the Buddha slave maid, but the sincere spirit slave maid always disturbs it, which will ruin the fairy relationship between the queen and the Bodhisattva, which is a great sin." ”
Empress Hu was angry for a while before she said, "Okay, you poor-mouthed slave, I will not cure you for the crime of disrespect today." Come on, take this slave down and beat me hard. Queen Hu shouted angrily, but none of the little eunuchs next to her dared to go up and tie up Jin Ying.
"I'm afraid the queen won't be able to do it now, the emperor is about to wake up. As soon as the emperor wakes up, he will rub his legs, and the emperor doesn't like the other slaves, if you punish the slaves now, it will delay the emperor's handling of court affairs. Wait for the slaves and maids to serve the emperor and come to the door to ask for the guilt. The slave took her leave. After Jin Ying finished speaking, she returned to the Qianqing Palace without waiting for Empress Hu's permission. ”
"Dog minion, relying on the emperor's favor, you don't take this palace in your eyes, and one day it will make you feel better." Empress Hu stared at Jin Ying's distant figure and said viciously, and Dong Han asked softly beside her, "Queen Mother, are we still going to the Imperial Garden?" ”
"If you don't go, your good mood will let this dog slave be destroyed." Empress Hu said, "Then let's go back to Kunning Palace?" "No, Hongu has decided to go to Xianfu Palace." Hearing that Queen Hu said to go to Xianfu Palace in winter, she asked the eunuchs to carry Fengluan to Xianfu Palace.
"The Queen Mother has arrived." Yao, who heard the news of the queen's arrival, said: "If you have nothing to do, you will not go to the Three Treasures Palace, and it will not be a good thing to come." Sun Guifei heard Zhiyao complaining next to her and whispered, "Okay, hurry up and take over." "In a moment, Empress Hu entered the palace gate." The concubine asked the queen to say goodbye. Sun Guifei said, and the palace maids and eunuchs behind the master's salute also followed suit.
Empress Hu slowly sat down and said to everyone in Xianfu Palace: "Get up." Zhiyao stepped forward to help Sun Guifei.
Concubine Sun Guifei asked, "Sister, why do you have to come to the concubine seat today?" Queen Hu said: "All day long, Li Buddha has alienated several younger sisters, and this palace feels better than not going." This palace is thinking about my sister, so I came over to take a look. ”
Sun Guifei said: "Thank you sister for worrying about me, my sister has not seen my sister for a few days, I miss my sister very much, I don't know if my sister is healthy?" ”
"This palace is very good all day long, and the Buddha and the Bodhisattva bless the disease and evil from invading." While speaking, Sun Guifei couldn't stop coughing a few times, and Queen Hu continued: "Huh? This palace looks at my sister's face is not good, and she is accompanied by a cough, is she uncomfortable? Sun Guifei said lightly: "I'm afraid that I didn't get up in time to add clothes in time and was contaminated with a little wind and cold, and I passed it without getting in the way." ”
Empress Hu looked distressed when she heard this, and said with a slight reproach in her tone: "This is my sister's fault, now it is all up to you to serve the emperor, if you are all sick, what will the palace and the other sisters do?" You know that the emperor has a soft spot for his sister. If you are sick, you have to be cured, and after a while, you can ask the palace maid to call the imperial doctor over to take a look. Then he took Sun Guifei's hand and said, "Sister, your disease is too cured, but the evil has to be eliminated by the Bodhisattva." ”
Dong Han brought the "Guanyin Heart Mantra", and after speaking, he saw a white sheet in Dong Han's hand, on which six words were written: "Hum, Ma, Ni, Ba, Mei, Xi." Empress Hu took the paper and said to Sun Guifei: "If you take this "Guanyin Heart Mantra" and recite it silently a thousand times, and then copy it a thousand times, the evil will not dare to approach you again. If you are sincere, you have copied the palace, and the day after that, you burned it on the Bodhisattva's birthday, so that the Bodhisattva can bless you with peace and security. Sun Guifei frowned lightly when she heard this, and said, "In this way, the concubine has thanked the queen." "Sister, you are really polite, in order to serve the emperor, you work hard in this palace, as the master of the harem, you should do such a thing." Empress Hu said to Sun Guifei with a smile.
"Sister, this palace told you something, I just met Jin Ying, the old minion in the Imperial Garden, do you know what he did this morning?" Empress Hu stared at Sun Guifei and asked, Sun Guifei shook her head and said, "The concubine doesn't know." Empress Hu said with a smile: "Jin Ying's old slave came early in the morning to give rouge to the palace maid of Xianfu Palace. "Oh? There is also this matter, I don't know which palace maid can win Jin Ying's favor. Sun Guifei asked Empress Hu.
Empress Hu looked at Zhi Yao and said, "It's Yao of your palace maid." The two of them listened in a fog. Sun Guifei looked at Zhi Yao suspiciously, and Zhi Yao was stunned for a moment and said, "Well, yes." In the morning, the 'Chief' gave the slave a box of rouge. "Oh? Why did Jin Ying send you rouge for no reason? Empress Hu grabbed the conversation and asked.
Zhiyao was speechless for a long time when asked, and Queen Hu looked at Zhiyao and said, "You don't know why, this palace said it for you." Did you send some tea to Jin Ying, and then Jin Ying was grateful to you and gave you a box of rouge. Zhiyao didn't speak and nodded repeatedly, and Queen Hu said angrily: "Okay, your Zhiyao dares to deceive the palace, it is clear that you took advantage of Jin Ying to go out of the palace on an errand and asked him to bring tea to thank you for your kindness." ”
Seeing that he was about to fall from the sky, Zhi Yao fell to his knees in a hurry and cried to Sun Guifei: "Niangniang, the slave should die." The slave maid felt that the rouge in Jiangnan was easy to use, so she secretly used the silver taels in the palace to let the 'Lord Chief' bring some back, and the slave and maid should die. "I can't stop kowtowing after speaking.
Sun Guifei said angrily when she heard this: "Zhiyao didn't expect you to do such a thing behind my back, it's really disappointing." Well, for the sake of your former care for me, I will punish you with a one-year suspension and three days of secession. Alright, you go down. After speaking, let Zhi Yao face the wall and think about it.
Empress Hu was caught off guard by the transfer of things, she originally wanted to find Jin Ying's stubble and didn't want to be disrupted by Zhiyao. I didn't want to stay any longer, and after a few nonsense words with Sun Guifei, I went back to Kunning Palace.
"Go and call Zhiyao." As soon as Empress Hu left, Concubine Sun Guifei asked the palace maids around her to call Zhi Yao up. Zhiyao was brought up and knelt on the ground, Sun Guifei stepped forward to help Zhiyao up and said: "You don't have to pretend anymore, even if you deceive the queen, don't you have to deceive the palace." ”
Zhiyao cried and said: "The slave is afraid that the mother will not be able to believe it, so don't be a slave." Sun Guifei took out a silk scarf to wipe the soil off Zhiyao's forehead, and said to Zhiyao: "Silly girl, I still don't know you for so many years, your diligent and thrifty family, the huge Xianfu Palace is really difficult for you to bear." How can the relationship between our master and servant for many years be provoked by outsiders in a few words? Zhiyao said with a smile when he heard this: "That concubine Niangniang trusts the slave maid." ”
Sun Guifei nodded and said, "Well, who else can I trust if I don't believe you." Okay, go down and wipe your face. You look at the face is spent. Zhiyao smiled and went back to the room to wipe his face, Sun Guifei shook her head and smiled softly.