Chapter 381: Imperial Concubine
"Wake up, wake up, both princes are awake." The palace maid's happy voice broke the embarrassment of the scene, and Concubine Shu and Concubine Fang jumped up and hurried to the inner room, but no one cared about their rudeness at this time.
Fortunately, the two princes were fine, but they fell into the water and were frightened, so their spirits were a little sluggish, and Ji Fei calmed down for a while and rewarded some things before leaving.
Qiao Qingyue was anxious when she saw that Ji Fei didn't mean to talk to her, how could he do this? In the past, even if he didn't go to her palace, he would send a letter to tell her about his arrangement, but now that they hadn't seen each other for several days, did he really change his mind?
Qiao Qingyue was unwilling to let her years of hard work turn into an empty dream, and regardless of the different eyes of others, she chased after Ji Fei and Ye Qiu's frame and ran over.
"Zhaoyi Niangniang, if there is anything to say to the slave, it is late at night, and it is not good to disturb Your Majesty and the imperial concubine." Qiao Qingyue was only halfway through the chase before she was stopped by An Fu.
Qiao Qingyue looked at An Fu in disbelief, how dare this eunuch stop her? Doesn't he know the emperor's friendship for him?
"I want to see the emperor." Qiao Qingyue said hard.
An Fu squeezed out a detached smile on his face, Qiao Qingyue had seen him smile at others like this countless times, and he never expected that one day he would be looked down upon by the eunuchs around the emperor.
"Niangniang's request for the slave will be uploaded, if the emperor wants to see the Niangniang slave to pass it on again."
"You ......" Qiao Qingyue has never been so angry at any moment, she was born in the old mansion, she has been praised since she was a child, and even those princes and princesses are bleak in front of her, not to mention that the emperor has flattered her countless times, but when will it be a eunuch's turn to be unkind to herself?
"Your Majesty is still waiting for the slaves to serve, and if Zhaoyi Niangniang has nothing to do, the slaves will retire first."
Qiao Qingyue glared at him coldly: "You tell me truthfully, didn't you give the emperor's purse last time I asked you to give it?" ”
"The slave didn't dare to delay what Niangniang ordered, and it was handed over to Changchun Palace on the same day."
Qiao Qingyue squeezed her handkerchief tightly: "You didn't give it directly to the emperor?" ”
"The imperial concubine said, the emperor has been in bad spirits recently, and there are inevitably harmful things that harm the emperor, and all the emperor's food must be checked by the imperial doctor, and the imperial concubine said that if you have any questions, you can ask her when you ask for peace."
The imperial concubine has said so, does she dare to have any questions? does not leak a drop of water, she is really worthy of being a demon concubine who brings disaster to the country and the people!
What the hell is she going to do? The emperor is now confused by the imperial concubine, and the imperial historians of the previous dynasty have not moved, can the arrangement on the grandfather's side really work?
Qiao Qingyue secretly mentioned her confidence, there must be no problem, her grandfather has been an official for so many years, and he can go from a poor show to today's pavilion elder, and his decisions and strategies will definitely not go wrong.
Wait, the Ye family will soon go out of business, without the imperial concubine, who else is her opponent in this harem? Since the emperor said that the queen's position is hers, this position is hers! No one could snatch it, and she would not allow him to break his word.
Ye Qiu didn't pay attention to Qiao Qingyue's curved words, she never expected that as soon as she wanted to get the military power of the Royal Forest Army, the Wang family over there would send a handle.
When Ji Fei first ascended the throne, in order to express his gratitude and trust to the Queen Mother, and also to let the Wang family have the strength to confront the Ye family, the military power of the Royal Forest Army was handed over to the Queen Mother's younger brother Cheng Enhou.
Now Cheng Enhou's concubine is suspected of murdering the emperor's heir, if this crime is confirmed, can Cheng Enhou continue to be in charge of military power?
In addition to this incident, there was another thing that also surprised Ye Qiu very much, after more than a month of trekking, her father, mother, uncle, and aunt finally returned to Beijing, which was also a major event in the capital.
Almost everyone thought that the emperor, the generalissimo of recruiting troops and horses, and the Marquis of Pingyang returned to Beijing to weaken the Ye family's military power, but they didn't know that the emperor's power had long been hollowed out.
The weakening of military power depends on Ye Qiutong's disagreement, while the ministers in the capital are rejoicing, only Zhang Ge Lao and the newly appointed Hubu Shangshu have unclear expressions, they know the ambition of the imperial concubine, and they don't know what to do at the same time.
They understood that as a courtier, they had to be loyal to the emperor, but the lives of the people and the lives of their families were also important.
In fact, they have this kind of sorrow because they have subconsciously recognized Ye Qiu's strength, otherwise why would a man listen to a woman's orders?
And Zhang Ge Lao is not pedantic, and even has some bad taste, the first empress in history, will definitely shock the world and be talked about by future generations!
"The old puppet of the Ye family is blessed!" Zhang Zhongyuan took a sip of strong tea, feeling a little guilty about the royal family, but he was very honest in his hands to do things for Ye Qiu.
"Weichen see the emperor!" Ye Xiuting and Ye Xiuming half-knelt on the Jinluan Palace, saluting with full of energy, dragging the blessings of the Ye family, and the courtiers finally saw Ji Fei, who had not been in the court for a long time.
It's just that his situation doesn't look very good, he was still yawning when the two brothers of the Ye family saluted, and now it was blue and black, and his body was leaning softly on the armrest of the dragon chair.
Not to mention other ministers, even Elder Zhang Ge doubted whether the imperial concubine had drugged His Majesty.
"Aiqing is flat." There seemed to be match and weakness in his voice.
Qiao Zhenglian looked at him worriedly, no wonder his granddaughter recently said that His Majesty hadn't been to see her for a long time, and the imperial concubine had used such a trick to make the emperor like this.
"I have prepared a reception banquet for Marshal Ye and Marquis Pingyang tonight, and the two of you will go back to the house to wash up before entering the palace, if there is nothing to do, retreat from the court." Ji Fei was a little absent-minded, still thinking about the imperial concubine's enthusiasm for herself when she left the palace, if she saw her father and mother at night, she would definitely be more enthusiastic about herself!
Seeing that Ji Fei didn't have the slightest intention of questioning the Ye family's brothers to support the army, Qiao Zhenglian couldn't sit still, but he didn't dare to say it directly, but said euphemistically: "Your Majesty, don't you want to ask Marshal Ye and the military situation of the Marquis of Pingyang's frontier?" ”
Ji Fei was impatient for him to disturb him to see Ye Qiu, so he said in an unkind tone: "Isn't there a monthly report on the military situation?" The two Aiqing have just returned from the border pass, of course, they have rested first. ”
Qiao Zhenglian's face froze, and he even saw the ridicule of his old rival Zhang Ge who seemed to be smiling, and his old face turned red when he was next.
"It's the old minister who is not thoughtful."
"Since there is nothing else to do, let's retreat!"
The two brothers, Ye Xiuting and Ye Xiuming, glanced at each other inexplicably, this is the end? Although the daughter/niece said in their hearts that there was no need to worry, they never expected that the court would be like this now. Fupin Chinese