Chapter 109: The Emperor Has a Problem
Bai Ze sat for a while and then got up to say goodbye, saying that he originally wanted to be an idle prince, but Cheng Qingsu unceremoniously threw a bunch of work to him, and he couldn't say anything about his suffering, so he had to do it for the sake of face.
Seeing his hurried steps, Ruoyun felt that he couldn't get out of his body recently.
Chen Meiren's Hanfang Palace went to three or five imperial doctors for consultation, but Chen Meiren's state deteriorated, from being unconscious and being carried in, to being angry and lacking skills in a few days.
Ruoyun only rests and reads books these days, and occasionally Xiaohong accompanies her around the small garden of Chaolu Palace a few times, and when she is empty, her heart is full of people who can no longer be obtained.
She laughed at herself, why did she meet him when she really had a shallow relationship, and why did she separate?
The deep palace was cold, she personally tasted this bitter fruit, but fortunately she was accompanied by Xiaohong, but she also felt a little comforted.
The emperor was busy with government affairs and did not go to Hanfang Palace again, so he ignored the hasty greetings and turned to interrogate a few Yu Linwei to remove a group of people.
Ruoyun instinctively felt that the emperor actually knew about the Cheng family's brothers and sisters, otherwise if this palace encountered an assassin, how could he only remove people instead of martial law?
In the end, there was no Huaiwang to make a move, Chen Meiren struggled for a few days, and finally lost her skills.
The queen/palace concubines are much more peaceful now, and Chen Ke's pet is still in a very momentary situation, but his body was hastily cremated and thrown into the well. But the emperor didn't feel any pain, only a few words to deal with her funeral, and then no longer asked, others seemed to die just a palace maid, not a woman who had shared the bed with him for many days, and had a lingering neck.
Although it was chaotic that day, Ruoyun was very close to Chen Ke. I didn't see anyone deliberately approaching Chen Meiren, and Chen Ke fell on his own in the confusion and accidentally hit his head.
But Rong Jinhuan, who usually looks at the hangers and is lazy and unwilling to be a director, makes a big fuss, but relies on how the palace people paint their voices. The emperor determined that they were not properly cared for, and more than a dozen palace people in Hanfang Palace gave Chen Meiren a funeral and were ruthlessly beaten to death.
Not only that, the patrolling Yu Linwei and the palace maids and eunuchs of the Yuhe Hall that day were also subjected to a comprehensive investigation, and the important places in the palace were turned over, and the chickens and dogs in the palace were restless for a while.
arrested more than a dozen palace people and guards to punish the crime, and Rong Jinhuan stopped, but someone confessed during the thorough investigation, and Chen Meiren identified Concubine Xian and the assassin as a gang that day.
For a while, the spearhead was aimed at Su Ruoyun. The queen/palace concubines calmed down from the panic of the thorough investigation in the palace, and turned to watch the good show.
was summoned by the saint in the middle of the night, Ruoyun only knelt quietly in the Qianyuan Palace and waited for the fall. There was no argument at all, Chen Ke's corpse was gone, and there was no way to find out, so the emperor had to trouble her. She couldn't hide either.
Zhang Yu still had doubts about the fact that she was Su Yun. But he took it all in front of the emperor, saying that Concubine Xian was held hostage, and everyone saw that Chen Meiren was knocked down by the crowd in the chaos, and this was what happened, and it had nothing to do with Concubine Xian, he was the deputy guard and deserved to be punished.
Chen Ke died without evidence, and the assassin was not caught, so it was up to him to justify it. Rong Jinhuan was indifferent, and finally only flicked his sleeves to let him retreat. For the sake of his meritorious guards, I don't care about his recklessness.
The atmosphere in the Qianyuan Palace was cold and abnormal, Ruoyun knelt upright, silent, and only looked at the carved dragon couch feet of the soft couch without taking her eyes off it.
Rong Jinhuan paced back and forth in front of her with his hands behind his back, his cold face was not angry, but his eyebrows were deeply locked as if he was thinking about some problem, and the light reflected his face, making him look half bright and half terrifying.
In the end, the pair of bright yellow high boots stopped in front of her, but he spoke with the usual lazy and ruthless: "I want to know Lu Dao, does Concubine Xian mean to harm Chen Meiren?" ”
Ruoyun was taken aback by such a direct question, but immediately raised her eyebrows: "If the concubine says, it doesn't matter which concubine the emperor goes to?" ”
Seeing that Rong Jinhuan's face suddenly became ugly, she sneered: "The concubine has never envied Chen Meiren for being favored, and she happened to pass by that day, and it was the first time she saw Chen Meiren after entering the palace. Now the dead are dead, the uninformed are unaware, the emperor can press any hat he wants, and he can also send his concubines to the cold palace. After speaking, simply close your eyes and listen to the convenience.
"Hmph, in your eyes, am I such an unbearable person?" Rong Jinhuan flicked his sleeves, clenched his fists, and squinted at the unmoved Concubine Xian in front of him.
Ruoyun pursed her lips and didn't answer, her eyes didn't open, and she looked fearless.
"It seems that not only do you not want to be noticed by me now, but you don't even want to stay in this palace anymore?" Rong Jinhuan looked at her playfully, and suddenly understood, "Or, do you remember?" ”
If you suddenly open your eyes, you can't do anything.
She remembered it, so her attitude towards the emperor changed from indifferent to instinctive resistance, she herself had not yet noticed it and the emperor actually realized it, sure enough, everyone who ascended the throne was not an ordinary person.
"Well, since I think about it, I can't keep you alive." His tone was grim.
Ruoyun "chuckled" in her heart, and then thought about how to answer, but heard him seem to sigh.
"It's just that Yixuan just played, and asked me to preside over his wedding with Concubine Xian, and I really can't kill you now." He pondered, rubbing his chin as if he were thinking about a major problem.
"Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven, and all the world is the Emperor. You let me enter the palace and the concubines can't escape, you want to kill the concubines, and the concubines can't resist, but if the emperor wants to kill me, how can I be allowed to defend here? She dared to ask, but her heart was a little weak.
If Rong Jinhuan wants to kill her, she can't be a proton here, so she doesn't worry about her life on this point, not to mention that Bai Ze is a brother behind, Rong Jinhuan will never really embarrass her.
But with Chen Meiren's accident, he summoned her, and he didn't punish or spare her, she felt that Rong Jinhuan was a cat at the moment, and she was not in a hurry to swallow the mouse in front of her, but she wanted to play with her, and she had nothing to do.
He listened to her question and slowly approached her, looking at her from top to bottom with a look that seemed to be a smile on his face.
Ruoyun bit her lower lip violently, raised her face and said, "What is the emperor going to do with me?" ”
"What, scared?" Rong Jinhuan snorted coldly, and the smile that appeared was fleeting, "I want to see if you, who Yixuan once fell in love with and Cheng Qingxuan is ready to marry a princess, can you continue to be a virtuous concubine!" ”
She was silent, Chen Meiren pushed the boat down the river to identify her as colluding with the assassin, if it weren't for Chen Ke's accident and death without proof, she could still kneel here?
It's not that she's afraid, but she can't die, she definitely can't die, she can't die until she sees Qingxuan again, even if the emperor has no intention of killing her, she is in the position of a virtuous concubine for a day, and it is difficult to guarantee that there is no other danger.
Rong Jinhuan's phoenix eyes narrowed, and he said slowly in a deep voice: "Before tomorrow, if you give me what you want, I will spare you, and I will not blame the past." ”
She was shocked and opened her mouth to say: "The emperor ordered his concubines to make an untitled poem, but he said that he wanted to spare the concubines?" ”
She was puzzled, if Emperor Rong Jinhuan wanted to spare her, he would not listen to the rumors, it was too easy to calm down the rumors, but he brought her over and threw out an inexplicable request, which made her at a loss.
"Then you want me to sit down and confirm the nonsense that your brothers and sisters of the Cheng family are messing around? Sentenced you to death? Or is it a capital crime for the Cheng family brothers and sisters? Such a big crime is indeed unforgivable. Rong Jinhuan raised his eyebrows coldly, his eyes sharp, "This can pass through many protections and come and go freely, no one else in the world can do it except him Cheng Wangfu, but he didn't do anything when he came, do you think I don't know who Lu Dao is?" ”
Ruoyun's face turned pale, so she had to shut up.
Rong Jinhuan really knew it in her heart, and it was indeed useful to threaten her with Cheng Wangfu right now, and she had to do it if it was difficult for her.
Indeed, if the charges are really deducted, no one can escape.
She was even more weak-hearted, and she couldn't figure out what he wanted, so she had to guess.
Rong Jinhuan seemed to be a little impatient, waved his sleeves and said, "Stand down." ”
When she saw that he let her go back to Chaolu Palace so easily, she was still apprehensive in her heart, which showed that his majestic posture was upright and turned his back, and he no longer looked at himself and had to bow respectfully and bow to thank him.
She walked out of Qianyuan Palace, and Changde still looked at her figure with compassion.
She was puzzled, this old lady should be used to seeing the rights and wrongs of the harem, and used to seeing the palace battles that eliminate the other, Rong Jinhuan should also be used to the death of palace people, even if it was Mrs. Yipin, he would not be a pity.
Only, what does he want?
How could she know the truth?!
He owns the country and the palace, and he can control the palace with a different surname, the queen/palace concubines are all stammered, most of the courtiers have been replaced, the west is merged, and the North Hu does not dare to attack, what else does he want for Rong Jinhuan?
The more Ruoyun thought about it, the more depressed she became, looking up at the starry night sky, and suddenly found that Rong Jinhuan was talking about "tomorrow", that is, she had to figure it out tonight?
Looking at it from a distance, the palanquin with the palace concubine swayed towards the Qianyuan Palace, she sneered, Chen Meicai died, and the emperor could immediately call people to sleep in the middle of the night, and the women in the palace were just the emperor's playthings.
She was sad and walked down the stairs slowly, still thinking about the emperor's problems.
Xiaohong saw her coming out of the Qianyuan Palace intact, and hurriedly wrapped her in a cloak, if it weren't for the palace maid and eunuch watching, she would have hugged her.
It was already late at night when she returned to Chaolu Palace, so she sent Xiaohong to sleep first, while she went into the study and closed the door.
When the emperor named her a concubine, the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone of the reward were still completely placed in the brocade box, and she took them out one by one and placed them, spread out the rice paper, and slowly polished the ink.
When she was a child, she often helped her father sharpen ink, she remembered the fragrance of pen and ink, remembered the small issues that her father discussed with her, the books she had read spread out in her mind, and the current situation was staggered.
The last time I wrote a big article was to write for Rong Yixuan about the governance of taxes and the development of Cao Yun, but Cheng Qingxuan caught a knife for her, and she remembered the appearance of a dashing pen stroke by stroke.
Thinking like this, she couldn't help but feel pain in her heart, and hurriedly shook her head and sat down in front of the table.
Hold the pen and think deeply, what Rong Jinhuan wants, what the emperor wants since ancient times is nothing more than two things, one is to hold power, and the other is to be peaceful.
Although she didn't want to think much about Rong Jinhuan and his person, what if he was a generation of Mingjun?
It was only two hours before dawn, and she thought for a moment before she lowered her head and wrote. (To be continued......)