Chapter 7 Self-Belief in Loyalty to the Monarch's Heart

Spiral Pavilion. Biyin Temple.

This Xuancai Pavilion is very close to the Huiyang Palace where the emperor lives, although it is separated from the garden, but there is a corridor to connect it, it is in the middle of the palace in the middle of the position, and there is a good spring around the back, and a few small pearl ponds are made. Because the stone used at the bottom of the pool is colorful and varied, the swirling color is named after it, and the halls in this palace are named after the colors.

Xue Qing was covered with a big fox surrounded by sable fur, carried by the palace people, and slowly walked to the warm room behind the palace. Her little face was slightly white, half because of the cold, half because of the gas.

Shangyuan has just passed a few days, but the festival atmosphere is strong, and the weather is sunny today, so soon after dinner, she wants to go to Huiyang Palace to invite the emperor to visit the garden. She has a convenient location, and she is in the palace, so there are not so many rules. As a result, as soon as he came out of the Xuancai Pavilion, he ran into a gorgeous beauty. This gorgeous woman was quite arrogant when she was in the palace, and she was very bold when she heard it, so that the emperor's soul was not guarded, and just after the festival, she stuck to the emperor's side from time to time. A few of the peers came out, and she jumped high.

Xue Qing didn't have a good face when she saw her, and Xue Qing was not scarlet, she didn't have the kind of heart that could be suppressed, and now when she saw the gorgeous beauty running again, she was even more unhappy. After all, the two of them are different steps, and of course the gorgeous people have to bow and give way. But Huamei muttered in her heart, this concubine had a miscarriage in November, and she was close to the emperor for a month. If the child is gone, she can still tremble and be promoted, and she is the only one in the palace. The palace that the two entered in a year, speaking of which, the tricks used by Lin Xueqing are not very glorious, and they used the emperor's time to go to the palace to hook up, and this son is still pretending to be noble. Everyone said that she borrowed the high ladder of the concubine, and the queen mother didn't treat her very well at the beginning. If it weren't for the concubine, Concubine De would not be here today. Now that he has gained power, he squeezed the concubine to Qifeng Pavilion, and he looks like no one else is crazy in his eyes!

Huamei slanders her belly, but there is always kindness on her face. The two entered the outer hall one after the other, and after a while, they saw Wang Chenghai surrounded by several eunuchs, shaking the dust and welcoming him.

"The slave has said goodbye to the two mothers." Wang Chenghai smiled, but he didn't welcome people inside. Xue Qing looked at the black and mushy inside, a little surprised, and she was not busy with the fall, but she was still very polite to Wang Chenghai, and raised her hand lightly: "Father-in-law Wang, is the emperor resting?" ”

"Back to my mother's words." Wang Chenghai hunched his waist, "The emperor is in a good mood today, and he used it more at night, so he went to the garden and didn't let the servants follow." The minion is still going to go out to look for it. ”

When Xue Qing heard this, she felt a little uncomfortable. This Wang Chenghai has always been inseparable from the emperor, which will let the emperor go out by himself, maybe the emperor will find a fox to mess with, but he still said calmly: "Father-in-law Wang should also save trouble, this big night is dark, how can there be no one around the emperor?" If it falls, it's a thing. ”

Wang Chenghai understood in his heart that Concubine De was just casually looking for a step down, but the gorgeous people on the side were happy, her temperament was sharper than Lin Xueqing, and her mouth was fast, so she blurted out: "Concubine De is too careful, the palace is so big." Besides, there are a lot of sisters with him, and they can take care of everything. "The implication is that there is no shortage of people around the emperor, even if there is no you and me, you are still happy, and you are too big, thinking that you have to serve there yourself!

The words of the gorgeous beauty made Xue Qing feel harsh, and she panicked for a while, so she left Huiyang Palace and went to Qifeng Pavilion. She wanted to talk to Scarlet Heart and relieve the depression in her heart. But I didn't expect that when I arrived at Qifeng Pavilion, it was also a black light, and the little Fuzi who came out didn't know if it was discussed with Wang Chenghai, and actually said the same thing.

"Back to Niangniang, my master went to the garden, and he didn't let the slaves follow, and Xiuling is sending someone to find it!" Xiao Fuzi nodded and bowed, looking like a dog, but these words blocked Xue Qing. The emperor doesn't like to go out by himself, this concubine doesn't like to go out the most, and she is very pampered, and she rarely takes someone out by herself. Even if there were, it was during the day and never at night.

Xue Qing couldn't have imagined that the concubine was now like those women, pretending to be ignorant of the world on the surface, but in fact she was also fighting for it. In fact, she doesn't care who the emperor goes out with, even if the concubine starts a fight and comes to fight, she won't block her heart like this.

What she blocked was that she had introduced the concubine as a confidant and told the concubine everything, but the concubine didn't think like this, and she didn't know anything about it, and she didn't know anything about it. Now the whole palace knows that she Lin Xueqing has the credit of being a concubine today. Now that she has come to the palace, the concubine took the initiative to give up the Xuancai Pavilion, I am afraid that even the emperor thinks that the concubine is a person with a certain amount of capacity and extraordinary bearing. The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she became, and she turned her head and led people back to the palace.

Scarlet now feels that the four years she has been in the palace have really completely subverted her previous education. In fact, before she entered the palace, she had already made psychological preparations: the pink battlefield was not only bright and bright, but also calculating. She came with the hope of the Lezheng family, and she couldn't fall down, so in the past few years, it must be said that she has been planning hard. In fact, she is planning just to survive here, not only to survive, but also to survive in a relatively good position. Only in this way can the Lezheng family be glorified because of her, not for financial power, but for fame. She doesn't mind being taken advantage of, and being used by someone proves that you're still valuable.

What she is most afraid of is accidents, but in the past year, accidents have occurred frequently, and her face has been damaged. Before the emperor wanted to deal with the Ruan family, he stayed with her for several days, and let her bear the notoriety of being a special favorite. Immediately after Xueqing's miscarriage, she became infamous for her ineffective management. Later, at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, he fell all over the wine and food, which almost made everyone laugh and lose their big teeth. It's good now, wrapped in a blanket and playing a pipa!

She deserved it, and she said that she could play the lute, and only the cape sat on the bed with a blanket. It was she who Zhang Luo wanted to play, and she had to play if her clothes were torn. She almost crushed her molars, and barely played "Qingyun Sigh", feeling that the emperor had really avenged all the revenge, she was asking the emperor for his name at the beginning, but now she has no face to ask for any grace.

She kept her head down, sweating all over her body. Suddenly, with two hands on the edge of the bed, she was silent, and at some point he got up and came over. "Is this "Qingyun Sigh"?" There was irrepressible pleasure in his voice.

She was silent, and to be honest, she couldn't figure out what she was playing. Yun Xi stretched out her hand to brush away her hair, looking at her slightly wet broken hair, she had always been like this, she tried hard, even if she didn't want to, she only knew how to suffer: "I think the tone is similar, but I turn too much, it's more like 'transposing Qingyun sigh'." ”

His joking words made her even more confused, and she didn't open her mouth while holding the pipa. He helped her waist and took the lute away from her arms: "Does it still hurt on your body?" ”

"Emperor Xie, the concubine is much better." She finally responded, with a sigh of relief, she would be ugly when she was pleasing to him, and she felt tired and difficult to hold on to when she thought about it, but listening to his gentle tone, his breath was condensed, and the lack of the floating fire of Fang Cai also made her quiet. Fortunately, no one saw it, anyway, she didn't have a star and a half in it.

"Is the family still doing business?" He leaned over slowly, and hugged her with a blanket. The night was dark, but he was not sleepy, but he was interested in chatting.

"After my father joined the company, the business was handed over to the third uncle." Scarlet told the truth, and he didn't dare to come up and said "back to the emperor" to annoy him. In fact, after being an official, you should no longer engage in business, unless you are run by the government, but it is not unacceptable to operate within the clan, some big families, some people enter the office, and some people are in business, which is not uncommon in Jintai. After his father donated his official position, he gradually transferred the business at hand to his uncle according to the system. If it really stops, one is that the ancestral business can't be like this, and the second is that the father has a lot of places to use money along the way, if there is no business support, I'm afraid that I can't hold it anymore if I don't wait for her to get the position of a show girl.

"How about I give your uncle an errand?" Yun Xi said lightly, "Since he is a tea seller, I heard that Huainan also produces good tea." Wouldn't it be cheap to let him pay for the housekeeping money to buy tea for the royal family? ”

When Scarlet heard this, her eyes lit up, thinking that it was worth it to come out of this ugliness, and she wanted to kowtow to thank her when she got up, but he pressed it, and she couldn't move, so she had to say in a trembling voice: "Concubine thank the emperor for his grace." "Shopping for the royal family, this is definitely a fat difference, and if you receive the money from the official, even if you are not greedy, you can get a lot of benefits from it. And in this way, the third uncle will have the opportunity to often go in and out of the Beijing Division, which is the most important thing, and the scarlet heart finally has a support. So she was so excited that she almost had to say something to show her loyalty.

"Then what did the concubine take to thank me?" He is definitely a person who gives favor and wants to repay him, and Scarlet knew that it was not so cheap, but he was too excited for a while and forgot about it. These words stunned her again, and before she could say anything about death, he had already continued: "The concubine has always taken my words as the wind in her ears, but she has taken her sisters and sisters who can't be beaten by eight poles to heart!" This is a little cloudy and misty when she says this, but she takes his words as if they were gods, and she doesn't just say what she says, when did she not obey them? But she didn't dare to argue, just muttered: "The concubine doesn't dare." ”

"What are you not afraid of? I said that if the concubine is in a high position, why worry about not having a name behind her, where did the concubine hear it? As he spoke, his hand slipped through the gap in the blanket and into the hem of her garment, where a large piece was broken, which was all the more convenient now. She tensed all over, and because of the whiteness of his words, her voice trembled more and more: "The concubine has no appearance, and she doesn't dare to covet it." She simply said in vain, at that time, the emperor announced an edict from the court, and no child could enter the middle palace. She is not qualified to fight, let alone fight.

"You also know that there is no out? Since there is no exit, what are you doing on the third day of the first month of this month? Yun Xi's voice was a little angry, I don't know if it was because she forced him to say it plainly, making him bend his face, or because he really felt that she was a disobedient master.

Scarlet thought about it for a while, and finally understood what he meant. On the second day of junior high school, they played chess and rarely got along, and he wanted to stay in Huigong that night, but Concubine De claimed that she was not feeling well and dragged him away. In the third year of junior high school, it was supposed to be the day for her to sleep, and Concubine De ran to the Qiyuan Hall to intercept her harmony, so that she did not sleep once for three consecutive months, and the chance of getting pregnant was even slimmer, no wonder he said that he took his sisters and sisters who couldn't beat them to heart.

In fact, Concubine De did this, and her scarlet heart was understood. Concubine De is not a stupid person, she has experienced miscarriages, and she is also more interested in power schemes. But she is not as smart as Scarlet, because in her heart, the emperor's favor is the first, far higher than her nominal identity. When she thinks like this, she naturally pays special attention to the matter of competing for favor, and often loses her mind, even if the object is kind to her, she can't tolerate it. In fact, on weekdays, she still pays attention to the relationship with Scarlet Heart, but when it comes to holy grace, she is a little out of control.

The reason why the emperor tolerated Concubine De was not because the emperor felt ashamed of her, but because he wanted to use the Lin family, and if he wanted to use the Lin family, he had to stabilize the harem first. But the emperor obviously didn't plan to let Concubine De be the queen, because he didn't plan to cultivate another Ruan family. It is precisely because of this that what the emperor can't say, he has to borrow her scarlet mouth to say, and what the emperor can't do, he has to borrow her hand to do. He didn't really want her to be the queen, he just needed to borrow her hand to coerce Concubine De. Similarly, he hijacked some palace concubines who he wanted to use, wanted to stabilize, and didn't want them to sit big. Thinking of this, I finally had a feeling of sudden realization. She finally understood, and today's ugliness is not in vain!

Scarlet suddenly realized that he was angry because she failed to do good things. On the second day of junior high school, she sent him away directly, and on the third day of junior high school, she heard that he went to Laiyin Palace, and she didn't react at all and admitted it, or this is the reason why he specially brought her out today, she didn't expect this layer.

The emperor worked hard and after a few years to defeat the Ruan family, and the emperor would never let any of his relatives sit in the court again, which is why the emperor wanted to keep her. Before, she rashly proposed to ask for her posthumous name because she already felt that she was exhausted, and it was difficult for her strength to do it. She thought that she had become an outcast and had no use value, but in fact she was not, she was still valuable, so he was so angry at that time.

As soon as she understood this, the war in her heart was even more scorching, and she felt that it was time to show her loyalty, so she whispered: "The concubines must live up to the emperor's holy grace, and after returning to the palace, they will definitely manage the concubines well, so as to calm the harem and forgive the sacred heart." ”

He lowered his eyes to look at her, his face suddenly twitched slightly, and with a force on his hand, he grabbed her and let out a low breath. He rubbed her hard: "You have to remember today's words!" "He gritted his teeth a little.

She nodded and endured the pain and said, "Remember, concubine." She was so cold that she was about to come down, and he finally let go of his hand and hugged her tightly: "It's late, rest." So saying, he stopped speaking, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

She didn't dare to say more, and nestled in his arms motionless. Hostage the palace concubine, she has a way. After a while, I felt sleepy, and the night was extremely long. She fell asleep in a moment.

Because of the bad sleeping posture and the fact that Scarlet Heart had a problem with choosing a seat, he was half asleep and half awake, and woke up before dawn. As soon as she raised her eyes, she saw that he was also tired and half-open, thinking that he also had a hard night, and she was always more comfortable than him in his arms. As soon as she moved, she found that he had been holding her waist and hips with his hands, so as not to make her sit down and be too tired, and not to be too tired, when she saw this, she was really moved, rubbed her eyes, pushed the tide back, slowly arched up, and held his obviously stiff arm: "Your Majesty, the concubine will rub the emperor." ”

He looked at her low-eyed and pleasing little daughter-in-law, her ten fingers were slender but accurate, and he was a little stunned for a while: "This is also because of your mother?" ”

Scarlet slowly bent his elbow, answered lightly, and then said, "The concubine failed to serve the emperor well and made the emperor suffer." She said, her eyes reddening a little.

"Alright." He said and picked her up, and his voice softened, "A car has been hired outside, and there will be a car to pick it up on the shore of Nuanyu Lake, let's go." ”

She listened warmly, and dared to love him when he went out last night, and probably ordered the guards to find the car.

They get up too early and can't eat anything. Scarlet sent him to wash with the spring water, and after washing his hands and face, he left the inn and took the car in the direction of Nuanyu Lake. The sky was still dark, and Commander Pang took three entourage, rode horses all the way, and led Yunxi's horses to follow around, to the halfway of the forest road of Nuanyu Lake, and then to the north near the mountain enclosure.

The coachman got out of the carriage at his horse, took the money, and turned back. Not long after the coachman left, a carriage came from the forest road, surrounded by a thick blue flannel cloth, which was the same one last night. There were two guards who stayed here for the night. The two of them came over and knelt down, not daring to be polite, and were busy waiting for the two to get into the car.

Scarlet Heart couldn't hold it anymore, and there was a faint pain between her legs, because she was really inconvenient yesterday, and she couldn't apply the medicine properly, plus her waist hurt, and her head began to dizzy. She has been holding on, going back like this, it is estimated that it will be too late to say goodbye to the Queen Mother, but it is still mixed up, and now she is in the palace, not as in the Hengyong Forbidden Palace.

The emperor and the queen mother, the mother-son relationship is indeed true, the queen mother has the grace of nurturing the emperor, and the emperor also practices filial piety. It's just that in the palace curtains, everything is based on the country first, and if the love and grace are offset by the power, it is no different from a pebble hitting each other. The Queen Mother is a smart person, she knows that the general trend has gone, and the emperor has dealt with it as gently as possible to maintain the last dignity of their Ruan family, that is, she cares about the relationship between mother and son, so the Queen Mother should naturally retire and retire in the harem.

The queen mother is still the queen mother, even if her relatives fall, her relationship with the emperor still exists, she is still the most noble woman in the harem, so she will still worship her to filial piety, and she will never change her face.

Single-horse light car, this mountain also opened out of the mountain avenue early, although not as good as when it came, but it was not slow. When they arrived at the inner garden, the genius was bright. Wang Chenghai didn't dare to wait at the side door, but just sent a few little eunuchs to greet him, and they got out of the car to change their chariots, and went back to each palace in the flower corridor. Xiuling Baba waited for a night, and when he saw her come back, he was busy quietly carrying her in with Xiaofuzi. Xiaofuzi was busy preparing for a matter, Xiuling kept carrying her to the inner compartment of the dormitory, and when she saw that she was sick and crooked, her hands trembled, and her heart ached at the moment, but she didn't dare to complain about the emperor, so she just sent someone to change her clothes.

As soon as her clothes faded, Xiu Ling was really startled, and the inside of her legs was covered with large patches of black purple blood! The concubine has always had fine skin and tender meat, how could she have seen such a tragic scene, Xiu Ling's heart was sour at the moment, and she couldn't help it in a dumb voice: "This, how is this good?" "This position, the imperial doctor can't even look down on it, but seeing that the strength is not lightly injured, it makes her mess up. She knew that the concubine had a good face, so she covered the tent tightly, held the crooked heart, and put on a brocade quilt decorated with flowers: "Niangniang, it's better to let the imperial doctor come and ask for a pulse, the slave and maid are badly injured." ”

"No, I'll find some anti-stasis medicine for a while." Scarlet didn't even bother to say, it was still comfortable here, which made her a little drowsy immediately, but she still finished her instructions, "Let Xiaofuzi take a leave of absence for a while, saying that the palace was late yesterday, and it caused the wind, so I can't go to Chang'an Hall today to ask for peace." ”

"If you don't go to ask for peace, it's better to ask for a doctor, so that you can be considerate." Xiu Ling really felt that this injury was a little terrifying, so she was relieved to find a doctor to prepare a pulse case. If the pulse is not hindered, it is enough, and the external injury is wiped out, if not, this can be adjusted and treated early, so as not to leave the root down.

"It's fine." Scarlet said and lay down crookedly, closing his eyes, "Don't wake up the palace if you have nothing to do, all the salutes will be exempted for a while, and there is no need to come." ”

"The slave can save it, so go and prepare." Xiu Ling tucked the quilt corners for her, and looked at her miserable face, like a pear blossom blowing in the wind, but there were still some things that had to be reported, "Concubine De came last night, and I guess I went to the emperor first." I'm afraid that I have doubts in my heart, thinking that you went out with the emperor last night. ”

"It's okay, if she comes, the palace will have its own explanation. You go down first! Scarlet said with his eyes closed.

When Xiuling heard this, he hurriedly went out to ask for the accompanying imperial doctor, and asked Xiaofuzi to go to Chang'an Hall to ask for an edict and confess. After a while, the doctor arrived, and he was also a person who could watch people put down dishes, and he knew that he was just tired and tired, and there was some blood stagnation and coagulation outside, and the pulse was not smooth, so he probably suffered some extracutaneous strain.

As soon as he saw Xiu Ling's appearance, he said that Niang Niang had a cold last night, plus Chong Ren's emptiness, and the sea of qi was slightly lost, which led to some wind and cold, so he prescribed some gentle supplements, and handed over the case to Xiu Ling.

Xiuling was busy in the palace and sent the concubines who came to visit. Concubine De didn't come in person, but just sent someone to ask, and Xiu Ling replied with a scarlet explanation in advance. Huiyang Palace also sent Chen Huaide to visit, said a few official words, and quietly stuffed a paper bag to Xiuling when he left, and Xiuling opened it to see that it was two bottles of imperial purple jade. Chen Huaide is Wang Chenghai's confidant, and he is also a person around the emperor. The emperor knew that the concubine would not be able to ask for peace today, and she must have to take a set of ways to ask for medical advice. Xiu Ling happened to save trouble, this purple jade is a hundred times stronger than her inventory here, and she doesn't need to ask for the truth anymore, and she has one less thing to worry about.

Xiaofuzi came back after a while, saying that the queen mother heard that the concubine was sick, so she gave some tonics, said some sympathetic words, and told her to have a good life. Under the New Year's Festival, and outside the palace, there is no need to make rules or anything like that.

"It's tossing here, and it's distressing there, I knew it was like this, what are you doing?" Because there was no one, Xiu Ling sighed twice.

"It's good to know that it's distressed, it's better than not caring about life or death. Do we still see less of this? Xiaofuzi blinked her eyes twice and told her to stop talking.

"Yes, that's what it means." Xiu Ling gave the medicine to Xiao Fuzi, "Don't go outside for a while, boil some bird's nest for the master in your small kitchen, use some bird's nest first, then pick some beads and grind them into powder, apply them with this medicine, and then let the concubine take a dose of Danxin Yangrong that we brought ourselves, maybe it will be better." Xiu Ling whispered, "Doctor Gang Cheng didn't say anything. I guess it's not a big deal, he also saves trouble, and he doesn't want to make trouble for himself, so he follows the prescription of the wind and cold pulse. You can send someone to bring it back and throw it away. ”

"I'll save it." He paused, "I really don't look down on the one in the incense courtyard, when I just came back, I was bumping into her and beating us out, looking at the happy look, I wish our master couldn't get up." Before in the palace, I always glanced at it, and said that our master is a nouveau riche, and I was slow to salute just now, so I drank the nine rules of the three rules to let the palm mouth, what is she! Just rely on Lao Tzu to be a gatekeeper. ”

Xiu Ling knew that he was talking about a gorgeous woman, and the incense courtyard was the palace where she lived in the palace. There are actually three beauties living there, but she is more favored and lives in the main courtyard, although there is no main seat in the fragrance courtyard, but she also occupies a master. Her father was a loose cavalry general in the Jingshi Zhili Battalion. I heard that she was arrogant at home, and after entering the palace, she has always acted like wind and thunder, although she is a beauty, but her arrogance is not low. Xiaofuzi is a person who will repay him, and this beam is knotted.

"She is the master, you are the servant, how can she not fight?" Xiu Ling added a fire, "You should be careful these days, listen to it a little, and if you are in a hurry, you can ask for an order." Our master is a concubine, she is just a beauty! ”

"I don't need you to teach, let's go and serve." He stroked his face, and there was no sign of it at all. No matter how arrogant the gorgeous people are, they don't dare to really fight, after all, they are not at the same level.

Ruan Xinghua saw her sick appearance, it didn't look like she was pretending, and her face was much more relieved, and she bluntly said that she was good to live and raise these days, don't toss the sick body, and the rules can be avoided in the palace. This gave Scarlet Time to recuperate, and she raised it for seven or eight days in a row, and the swelling disappeared quickly, and the broken skin gradually improved, but the bruises have been difficult to dissolve. She also happened to find an opportunity not to go out, and she accompanied her to the palace to travel fortunately, not to mention visiting the mountains, even she didn't go to this corner of the palace, it was no different from coming to this retreat.

She was in retreat, and her eyes and ears were not idle. In the past few days, who went to Huiyang Palace again, who went to Huiyang Palace the most, who didn't honestly listen to the call to send herself to the door, and who wanted to meet the emperor to ask for luck, she had a quasi-score in her heart. Now that the emperor asked her to straighten out the harem, she naturally has to do well. There is a plan in the palace first, and when I go back, I move out of the rules of my ancestors, and it is difficult for anyone to show their heads.

The emperor and his ministers swam in the mountains a few times, and went to the surrounding towns to scan and see, but they didn't go to Nanli Town again. In the blink of an eye, the day of returning to the palace is near. Ju'an, the two governments have flown to the capital, so that the palace is ready to go out. Everything is ready here, and I want to leave to return to the palace.

These days, Scarlet Heart has been calling himself sick, and he didn't even go to the small banquet in the inner garden prepared by Ju'an Mansion for the emperor. Since he said that he was sick in front of the Queen Mother, he couldn't give birth to a dragon and a tiger as soon as there was a banquet, so where is it? I heard that the emperor sent a reward at the banquet, but no one failed, it was a strange fragrance refined by the Northern Regions, but because of his scarlet heart, the emperor seemed to have forgotten about her, and there was no part of her!

She chattered twice about this embroidery, because she felt that her master was a good fragrance, and she had made incense for the emperor. Although this reward is not expensive, but a thought, the emperor should not think of the concubine.

Scarlet felt that it didn't matter, she wasn't so fragrant, and besides, she had a lot of spices in her palace, and she didn't care about them. Now she is just looking forward to her uncle coming to Beijing to receive the errand, the errand is completed, and she has more money under her hands. But these things have to go back to the palace to talk about.

Today is the day of departure, she raised these days, the emperor has not come to see her for a day, except for the first day to put on a faΓ§ade to let Chen Huaide come to visit, and then there has been no movement, not even let Wang Gonggong come to greet him, and sometimes he feels faintly lost. But this thought is always fleeting, and from the perspective of the situation, the emperor will not let her be too sharp if he doesn't come to see it, so he doesn't have time to think about that loss.

Concubine De has come to see it twice, because she is really unhappy in the past few days, and after coming back that night, she caught up with the letter period, and her face was very bad. Although Concubine De was suspicious, it was not easy to show anything, and because the emperor didn't care much about Scarlet Heart's illness later, it made Concubine De a little relieved.

Scarlet doesn't care what others think, she's been thinking about it for the past few days. She and the emperor sometimes have the same thoughts, and sometimes the emperor doesn't need to say too much about the things that the emperor has to do with the scarlet heart, and she can understand his needs, but sometimes they are very different, and she is completely confused about how he handles. Sometimes she thinks about it, but she can't get through. Sometimes he plays according to reason, sometimes not according to the rules. However, since ancient times, it has been unpredictable and difficult to have a sacred heart, and it is a capital crime to speculate on the holy will without authorization.

She doesn't care about these, Jun is the minister, the head of the three. Although she is a harem woman, she is also a "minister" first, and as a minister, she does not need to think about the sacred heart, she only needs to serve the lord wholeheartedly, and she will be the first to be loyal to the king. The reason why she angered him before was because she did what she wanted, thinking that she was useless and should be abandoned, and asking for the grace of the name behind her, which was a sign of infidelity! She will not make this mistake again in the future, as long as she is loyal to the king, works for the emperor, no longer lives the sacred heart in advance, asks for grace, and puts her own family out of the way, so that she can keep it complete and complete.

After thinking like this, she suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. She still attaches importance to her reputation, but she thinks that she was sandwiched between the queen mother and the emperor before, and she didn't dare to show her strength to do things for the emperor, which was really not loyal enough. Now that she has gotten rid of the cracks, she has nothing to worry about.

After returning to the palace, it has also passed the New Year's Festival. Everything began to be on track, the emperor was idle because of the first month, and the ministers were also free for a month, and returned from the palace on the eighth day of the second month, and the emperor supervised everything carefully, and became more diligent.

If there is a clear lord in the world, it is the blessing of all the people, and the scarlet heart also feels that it is his own glory for this. If she was in a faint harem, with her previous kind of dare not admonish, only saving her own personality, she would definitely have the notoriety of being an adulterous concubine. It is precisely because of him that no one in the harem bears the name of "traitor", so in addition to being glorious, I also feel very grateful.

Yun Xi is diligent in the court, and the scarlet heart is in charge in the harem. After she returned to the palace, she discussed with Concubine De about the harem and wanted to start with His Royal Highness Qiyuan first, and no palace concubine was allowed to disturb the peace of the saint for any reason.

Because of the teachings of the ancestors, everyone has always only listened to it but did not control it. Now that the concubine is talking about this, the concubine entered the palace early, and Concubine Lin Xueqing didn't say much. Besides, Xue Qing didn't like the flattery of the concubines in the morning, and now he pushed the boat down the river, and let the scarlet heart come out. Concubine De nodded in agreement, took out Concubine De's palm print, landed on the scarlet heart's performance, and presented it to the saint.

Yun Xi saw it, and with a stroke of the pen, he gave an edict and handed it over to the second concubine of Guide. As soon as this decree was made, Scarlet began to roll up his sleeves and make drastic moves. The first one for her is to restore the tranquility of the Qiyuan Palace, and the second is to cut off the tricks of those who ambush the emperor every day to return to the palace and try to meet the emperor unexpectedly. She spread her eyeliner widely, intercepted the women who got the news from the eunuchs of the road, and disposed of several eunuchs who made money from it. It was also ordered that after the palace ban, the palace concubines were not allowed to leave the palace room where they lived, and they were not allowed to wander around. The patrol manual is strictly checked every day, and patrol lights are set up from time to time for inspection. The palace forbids concubines and concubines not to go out, which is also taught by the ancestors, and now the scarlet heart has moved out, and the voice is strong and thick, which is particularly reasonable.

Xue Qing also felt strange in her heart, this concubine didn't care about everything after seeing Xue Qing ascending to the throne, how could she come back from a trip to the palace, and start worrying about everything like changing sex? It is understandable that you are not allowed to enter and leave the Qiyuan Palace, after all, it is a place for directors, and the foreign ministers and guards often come and go, so it is not very similar for the concubines to go again, but these two items are a little too much, and it is clear that the concubines will not take the initiative to approach the emperor.

First, the concubine cut off the eunuch's way to make money like this, and she didn't dare to speak, but she had a bad heart. Second, the concubines will be dissatisfied because of this, and when the time comes, there will always be a time to see the emperor, and there will always be someone who can't help but say a few words. If one person tells a lie, ten will tell the truth. The concubine has always been obedient in the past, never willing to come forward, always watching the harem battle coldly, and she has nothing wrong at all, so that she can always be the first of the three concubines. Now that she is doing this, it is clear that she has created more enemies for herself, which is really incomprehensible!

Concubine De felt strange in her heart, but she didn't pay much attention to it, in the harem, there are no eternal enemies, and there are no eternal friends. What's more, they serve the same king, and it is impossible for them to become true friends just by virtue of this.

Under the management of Scarlet Heart, the harem is indeed a lot quieter. No one dares to set foot in the Qiyuan Palace, and at night, the concubines of the palace are also considered to be at ease. It's hard to be scarlet, but my heart is a lot calmer than before. In this way, you will definitely offend people, but if you really want to be able to hold the inner palace, you can't be afraid of offending people. In the past, she refused to come out in everything, always thinking about buying people's hearts, and in the past four years, she has been a good person, and she has spent countless money. It is indeed a good result and an excellent news network. However, this alone is not enough. There are clouds in ancient times, and the text is dead, and the military is fighting to the death, thinking that he is loyal. She is not a man, and she cannot supplement the court with literature and use martial arts to control Xinjiang. But in this harem, she must also be loyal to the king, and no longer cherish personal honor and disgrace. When she figured this out, she felt relaxed and fearless.

But in the harem, there are dozens of famous concubines, and some of them dare not speak out in anger because they have no courage, no money and no support, but some can't hold it back, such as Ling Concubine, Jun Concubine, and Concubine, Wu Beauty, and Huamei. These few formed a small gang on weekdays, and they were very dissatisfied with the control of the harem by the two concubines of Guide. Now that the concubine is so crowded with people, she naturally can't bear it, and there are a lot of rumors for a while. The Queen Mother also called the concubine to ask about the situation. Although there is nothing serious, the meaning is also to ask the concubine not to overdo it.

Concubine Ling has always been a shrewd person, she is the one with the highest title in the palace during the same period, but the one with the worst family background. Since Ruan Danqing's accident, the Northwest Governor has been impeached again, and the evidence is conclusive so that the emperor has raided his home. I got it to the capital to convict myself, and all the wives, concubines, children, and servants filled the market. I heard that millions of silver coins were copied out of the family, and later several big families were involved, and there was really a trouble. Ling Concubine's father took advantage of this to succeed to the throne and became Sima Si, the commander of the nine provinces in the west. In fact, this is the emperor gradually clearing the Ruan family's forces and slowly collecting military power. He was Ruan Dan Thanh's in-law when he took office on the Northern Tour, and the evidence of corruption had long been pressed in the hands of the emperor. Now that Ruan Danqing is dead, his two sons have successively relieved the emperor of filial piety, and now they are slowly clearing the branches of the Ruan family.

When the concubine entered the palace, except for Concubine De, everyone else counted her high position, of course, she also understood what the emperor meant, and used this to promote her father. This is the law between the royal family and the family for thousands of years, and the family can improve its status and obtain greater benefits by being related to the royal family. The royal family uses the family to achieve the goal of stabilizing the country, and the women sent in, in addition to adding blood to the royal family, also shoulder the same task, that is, to become the ladder for the family to climb and the hostage to stabilize the relationship between the two parties.

Because of this layer, the concubine naturally will not make trouble in the palace, so as not to affect her father's development outside. In addition, there is no one in her family in Beijing, so she is naturally extra cautious, and she has always adopted the strategy of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger. But she must not be willing to let the two concubines of Guide sit big again because of this, and if she continues like that, she will be defeated without a fight. So she had nothing to do to light the fire, fan the wind, and wait for the unbearable Lufeng to come out first!

There is always someone who comes out first, and this one is a gorgeous woman! The small group of concubines is waiting for the head of the gun, depending on the result of the confrontation, and the scarlet heart is also waiting for the head of the gun, and it is necessary to make an example of it!

On the morning of February 26, Scarlet Heart was already sitting in the main hall of the Hui Palace, wearing a red robe with a light gold peacock screen, and the cuffs and neckline were decorated with red fox feathers. The long hair group has three buns of flying palace buns, decorated with pearls, colored stones, eight treasures and other ornaments. The eyes are painted brightly, the lips are vermilion, one hand supports, the wide sleeves are unfolded, and the finches fly on the flower exhibition, which is very bright. Scarlet eyes condensed slightly, looking at the kneeling woman below. It was much faster than she expected, but it was only ten days before this uncontrollable person came to hit her muzzle!

Xiu Ling stood behind Scarlet Heart, and Xiao Fuzi stood at the bottom of the stairs with a whisk. On both sides, there is a group of palace female eunuchs, the whole hall is withdrawn, four vermilion lacquer pillars are standing, the palace door is wide open, the cold wind is whirring, it seems empty and a little cold.

The gorgeous woman is dressed in a goose yellow palace costume and a silver scarf. She couldn't kneel, constantly twisting her body to change her position, with seven grievances and three grievances on her face. The hair is still delicately curled, and the butterfly ornaments on it are slightly shaking, with the agility of being ready to fly at any time.

"If the mother has instructions, the concubines will listen to them, and now the time is not early, and the concubines will go to Laiyin Palace to ask for peace." The gorgeous woman lifted her waist slightly and raised her chin to speak.

Where can Scarlet Heart hear what she means, there is more than one concubine in this palace. If you have something to say, the stinky shelf is less swaying! Scarlet smiled lightly: "My sister was born yesterday, and the incense courtyard was so lively. Chen Wu's two younger sisters were also there, and the three beauties gathered together, and they also wanted to invite the saint to Xiangque, so that the palace prepared a gift, but there was no chance to hand it over to his sister. She said, narrowing her eyes, "Come, bring the things that this palace has prepared for my sister." ”

"The status of the concubine is low, how dare you ask the mother for reward." Before the Huamei finished speaking, Chang An had already walked over with a big brocade box, put it in front of the Huamei, stretched out his hand to open the lid of the box, and the Huameiren's face changed color in an instant!

"What do you mean, mother?" She stared at the contents of the box, her voice sharpening a little.

"Yuanqing Mountain Yiyue Nunnery, since the Taizu period of the martyrdom, there have been 346 palace concubines to go to the Buddha Qing Xiu. Now that my sister wants to go, this palace and you are also sisters, of course, you have to prepare things first. Sister take a look first, if something is short, this palace will be prepared! My sister's ambition is to clear the light, and she asks the ancestors from afar, she is the female fan of this dynasty, and the palace will never lose her sister. Scarlet ignored the beautiful man's face and raised his voice.

"Hehe, concubine Niangniang, just talk about it. The concubines didn't dare to spread the word, but now the saint is in his prime, but the mother has made the concubine a monk. I don't know, but when the mother has a curse, the saint will be buried as soon as possible! As soon as her words came out, the faces of the people in the palace changed, and Xiao Fuzi shouted coldly: "Huamei is so bold, can such a big rebellious remark be said?" ”

"Niangniang did it, how can the concubine not say it?" Huamei sneered, then turned her face to glare at Xiao Fuzi, "What are you?" Arrogance in front of Hongu! She said, and stood up with a whew.

Chang An wanted to step forward and press it, but Scarlet raised his hand slightly to stop his movements. She slowly stood up and paced down the steps towards the beautiful man: "This palace will be convened with Concubine De on the ninth day of the first month of this month, and the concubines will be led to worship the ancestral hall, and the holy hand will be sent to ask the ancestors to admonish. In front of the throne of Empress Taizu Xiaocheng, the harem was ordered to be peaceful, and the concubines were virtuous. A total of 19 concubine rings are proposed, but it takes half a month, how can the gorgeous people leave it behind? ”

Huameiren's face changed slightly, and her body trembled slightly: "Since the concubine entered the palace, she has strictly abided by the palace rules. In the concubine ring, there is no mention that a birthday banquet is not allowed! ”

"The three beauties of the Fuxiang Courtyard are on an equal footing. The Huamei occupies the main courtyard, but they are not the main seat. When the three of them are in the same palm, they make life together. Chen and Wu, why do they want to give a big gift to their sister? It is a birthday feast, and it should be stopped with a head on its head. My sister suppressed the sisters in the same palace, why? As soon as the scarlet words came out, the gorgeous beauty's face became even grayer. It is said that the concubine weaves a net and knows everything. Behind closed doors, she can actually know about her sisters' ridicule! Could it be that there are also her eyeliners in this incense courtyard?

"But there is nothing wrong with singing at the banquet. This palace does not make any other decisions. However, there is a clear order in the palace ring, and the feast is appropriate, and it is not allowed to stay up all night. After three minutes, my sister still drunk together until she got drunk, what is the reason? Scarlet continued to step forward, "Deliver the letter to the Qiyuan Palace, but the inside is attached to the pocket clothes and powder, the red lotus lotus of the poem, the red lotus and the soft yarn, and the smoke lantern and the lantern are waiting for you to sleep!" These flattering words are passed on from one to another, and they do not avoid foreign ministers. And how to obey the rules? If the boudoir is casual, it doesn't hurt, but it's a pity that my sister is not human. This letter fell into the hands of Zeng Guanghai of Xinghua Pavilion! At that time, the old master was already miserable, and he lost face! The harem is made of this color, and the palace and the concubine should be punished. And as the initiator, ignoring the concubine ring, the oath made before the tablet of the Xian'en Hall became a lie. How can this palace tolerate you? ”

"This, this can't be!" Huamei staggered a few steps, her eyes widened, "That Zeng Guanghai is a sour and rotten pen, how dare he privately open the letter of the saint!" ”

"You just admit it?" Scarlet stared at her eyes, "Did you wronged you when this palace was in this palace?" As he spoke, he raised his hand, shook out a handkerchief from his sleeve, and fell straight into the face of the gorgeous woman. The half-silk ribbon that rose up on the side crossed her eyes, making her shiver. This handkerchief is half a picture of a mandarin duck, and the pink texture is exactly what the woman's inner pocket is cut for. Just looking at this translucent tulle, there is already a smile in the palace, which makes the gorgeous face's face purple.

Xiao Fuzi shouted happily on the side, and he just waited to see today's excitement. Since he came back from the palace, he has been paying special attention to the affairs of the incense courtyard. In the past four years, the concubine has spent a lot of money on the people below, raising soldiers for thousands of days, and using them for a while. Huamei people thought they were careful, thinking that everything would be fine if they bought off the eunuchs of the Qiyuan Palace. Unexpectedly, her arrogance made her full of mistakes today!

"Huamei people don't want to comfort the sacred heart and keep their duty. There is still this unbearable thing hidden in the inner compartment, and I don't know how to avoid taboos on weekdays, and the Taoist emperor will never forget you, and it is difficult to give up. Is it all based on this? Scarlet said, and another thing in his sleeve slammed out, almost hitting the head of the gorgeous beauty!

This time, Scarlet was also angry, and at that time, she saw that this thing was almost smoking! The gorgeous people actually hid the joy in the palace. Originally, she only planned to warn Huameiren, but she didn't plan to be too ruthless. But this gorgeous person is really unbearable, if the harem uses this method to keep the emperor. I'm afraid that the emperor's ambition has not risen, and half of his life has gone!

The bottle slammed to the ground and shattered, and the white-pink pellets rolled to the ground. It swayed in the wind, colliding and spreading out from time to time. Huameiren's face was already dead, and she suddenly reached out to pull her heart: "Why are you searching my palace?" What are you! ”

Scarlet took a step back, and Chang An and Chang Fu on the side had already hugged up, beckoning a few eunuchs to directly press Huamei to the ground. Xiu Ling came over to hold the scarlet heart, and shouted: "What kind of identity is Niangniang, how can you search for it?" As she spoke, her head swayed slightly, and a small palace maid had already been snatched in outside. Emerald clothes, face red from the cold. plopped and knelt on the ground, kowtowing and saying, "The concubine Niangniang is aware of this, these are all taken by my master and maid from the Palace of Peace." gave Father-in-law Qin thirty taels of silver, and the slave didn't say half a word of nonsense! ”

Huameiren's face was purple, and she suddenly laughed: "Hahaha, Le Zheng is scarlet, your hands are really good!" It shouldn't be, this palace shouldn't fall for your plan! But so what? Why do you let this palace become a monk, if you want to be punished or beaten, you have to wait for the emperor to come up and decide! You and Lin Xueqing, don't think about being proud for long! ”

It was she who fell for the scheme, and on February 20, she saw the concubine drinking tea in the garden. Early this spring, the wicker in Dongdu Garden drew young shoots, and she wanted to weave a few baskets of young shoots to play. The concubine rectified in the palace, making all the concubines uncomfortable. The sisters also complained together, so they made an appointment to go to the garden. As a result, he bumped into the concubine, and he heard the concubine chatting with the minion. sighs that his hard work is not appreciated by the emperor, and he is not a person inside and out. The sisters didn't want to be with her, and the emperor didn't come to her door. Then a servant said that the emperor loves poetry, so it is better to use poetry to convey love and ask for freshness, which is not a violation. When the emperor comes, won't everyone be happy!

Hmph, that's stupid! The concubine is simply deliberate, and she is simply a stupid fish that lures the wisher to take the bait!

It is true that she got Hehuansan, but the emperor has always been very sensitive to spices and pills. She didn't even dare to use it once! Besides, in the harem, she doesn't believe that she is the only one who makes this thing! It was she who underestimated the influence of the concubine in the harem. She thought she was hiding so much that no one could find out. But it's also too fast! Last night, she started a banquet to spread poems, and this morning she went to the Queen Mother for a while. At this point, the thing is turned out! Now that there are all the human and material evidence, the emperor is in the court, and most of the people in the palace are afraid to watch jokes, who wants to speak for her?

The only way to do this is to drag it out until the emperor's court. Therefore, the gorgeous people are now also open, and their faces are even more angry! Scarlet naturally knew what she was thinking, and glanced at Xiaofuzi. Xiao Fuzi understood, and dragged under his hands, and several people dragged Huamei down with his mouth covered.

Scarlet looked at the little palace maid who was trembling on the ground, the other party was already colorless, and he only knew that he kept kowtowing. Scarlet Heart raised her eyebrows slightly: "Ling Yan." ”

The little girl was screamed by the scarlet heart, and the three souls went to the two and a half souls, and she was so frightened that she screamed: "Niangniang spare her life, Niangniang is gracious!" ”

"You have made a meritorious report, and this palace should reward you." She reflexively stepped up the stairs and sat back in her seat, "You can go back first." As she spoke, a eunuch on the side pulled her up and dragged her out. The little girl was speechless and staggered out.

Scarlet sat quietly, with no expression on his face. Her eyes were half-lowered as she looked at the pills scattered on the ground. After a while, he spoke: "Collect the things on the ground and hand them over to the sect." reported to the Anfu, saying that the Huamei people misbehaved and sent to Yiyue Nunnery as a nun. Inform the palaces, let everyone take warning, if there are two cases, it will not be so cheap! ”

Concubine Lin Xueqing rushed to the Hui Palace early in the morning, and on February 26, she disposed of Huamei with a heart. On the same day, it was reported to the various palaces, and it was also reported to the sect. Originally, Xue Qing heard this, and she was secretly happy in her heart. dealt with a nasty eye thorn with Scarlet Heart's hand, and Scarlet Heart actually did things very quickly, which made her feel happy.

But on the 27th, Hua Sanqi, the father of Huameiren, actually entered the palace with Gyeonggi Zongti, knelt in front of the Qiyuan Hall and begged to see the emperor. I really don't know who delivered this news, Xue Qing thought about it for a long time, and felt that the most suspicious was the Queen Mother. This Hua Sanqi has no friendship with the Ruan family, and when the Ruan family fell, it was also a ruan faction. But the Queen Mother definitely didn't want the two concubines of Guide to control the harem, so she revealed the news. Hua Sanqi sent people to fly to Yiyue Nunnery to find his daughter, and at the same time followed his boss into the palace. The emperor later announced that Hua San rode in, and no one knew what the two said. But I heard that in addition to Hua Sanqi's boss Lianbao, there are also several scholars from Wenhua Pavilion who also follow suit. A little one rides, a little one beauty. actually alarmed Wenhua Pavilion and Gyeonggi General Mention. Let Xue Qing faintly feel that it is not so simple. Thinking about it afterwards, she couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and she fell in love with the concubine again. Now it is the two concubines who share the palm and sit on an equal footing. But Scarlet didn't care about the palace affairs at all before going to the palace, and after coming back, he discussed with Xueqing, and the last thing he ended up with was Xueqing's seal.

She finally knew why the drama was alarming, in fact, everyone is now pointing the finger at her father. No wonder the concubine doesn't care about being this up-and-coming bird, she has already made a move. The name of the two concubines was written in the book, but the last one to be printed was her concubine Lin Xueqing. She has always been more high-profile than Scarlet Heart in the palace, but now Scarlet Heart is doing the opposite. will only make everyone think that she Xueqing instigated it later. Take the tolerant concubine as a tool!

Her father is now the right man of the central collection order, the official worships the second grade, several uncles are in the court, and the brothers are also scattered in various departments. And my father's position is very sensitive, he is in charge of all the family registers, and he selects people for transfer, and he has checked them. Basically, it is the most suspicious and turbulent. At the beginning, my father was desperately angry with the emperor in one nostril, and kept touching the moldy head of the Ruan family up and down, and the relationship with the queen mother was very stiff. Later, when the Ruan family fell and his father took the throne, many people disagreed, thinking that he was able to have today by relying on sycophants and relying on the favor of a woman.

Now that there is a gorgeous beauty in the harem, the scattered cavalry will return to the Gyeonggi camp, and the right general of the Gyeonggi camp, Zuo Hanying, once served as Ruan Danqing's deputy general. But even so, when the Manchu Dynasty fell to Ruan, he didn't take the opportunity to step on two feet. The emperor admired him very much, and felt that he was promising, so he promoted him to become the right general of the Gyeonggi battalion and entrusted him with the work of defending the imperial city. Although Zuo Hanqing was a reckless man, he was grateful to the emperor for his cultivation, and he did not attribute him to the Ruan family because he had served the Ruan family. Soon after taking office, he took the initiative to move his whole family to live in Beijing to show his loyalty to the emperor. He has a straight temperament, so he looks down on some of Lin Xiao's behaviors. So this time something happened to the daughter of the free rider under him, and he didn't say a word and asked the general manager to take the free horse into the palace. The purpose is not to let Lin Xiao's daughter make waves in the harem! This was originally the emperor's family affair, and he couldn't control it. But this person is Lu here, and after he got the letter, he felt that Lin Xiao was really not authentic. The Gyeonggi camp and the central assembly ordered one to Sima and the other to Situ, which were originally unrelated. The daughter of the free rider is just a beauty, where will she provoke the high-ranking concubine. It's clear that he wants to make his Gyeonggi camp faceless! And he has been recommended several times, wanting to stuff people into this military division, either his students or his cronies, and he wants to be the second in the Ruan family! The more Zuo Hanqing thought about it, the more he couldn't swallow this breath, and then he saw Hua Sanqi's old face crying breathlessly, Hua Sanqi had an idiot son in the family who was already very obscure, and raising a daughter was like a jewel, and it was a year after entering the palace to make people go home. When I think about it, it adds fuel to the fire, and I can't take care of it for a while!