Chapter Fifty-Eight: Interlocking
If you want to grab Tang Feng's pigtails, Concubine Chen is confident that she can't pull out ten, at least eight. accepted bribes and sold official positions, murdered the emperor's heirs as cheap concubines, interfered in court politics and stirred up the court situation, and had a luxurious style of conduct and misconduct...... Even if others commit a crime, they have no chance to turn over, but she jumped up and down on the edge of the law and ended up unharmed, how can people not be jealous?
Concubine Chen asked people to send a message to the family, hoping that they could help collect evidence that the concubine had contacted the courtiers and accepted bribes. His Majesty doesn't like the harem to interfere too much in court politics, if he knows that the concubine and the courtiers trade power for money, I'm afraid that Tang Feng will lose his skin if he doesn't die.
"The imperial concubine loves money like her life, and there have been many ministers who have been oppressed by her over the years, and she can always find one or two who are willing to correct her." Concubine Xian, as the brain behind Concubine Chen, will naturally use all means to pull the imperial concubine off the horse, in order to show that she is on the same line as Concubine Chen, Concubine Xian took the initiative to say, "Although your father is a household servant, he has no right of impeachment. You just have to find a way to collect evidence, and I'll contact the imperial history here. ”
Concubine Chen had this intention, stroked her palms and smiled, and said: "That's really good, I have already heard that my sister's uncle is the most temperamental adult in Yushitai, and this time it is all up to my sister." ”
Concubine Xian gently stroked the tea lid, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a sarcastic smile that did not match her usual gentleness.
"This time, I want Tang Feng to never turn over again."
In the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, Emperor Xu Kangdi was leaning against the window to look at the excerpts, and Jin Hai, the eunuch of the Internal Affairs Office, came.
"Your Majesty, the snail Dai worshiped by the Persian country has arrived, and the slave has specially come to ask Your Majesty, I don't know how to distribute it to the ladies of the palace?"
Xu Kangdi frowned, and said impatiently: "Why is this kind of trivial matter also bothering, just divide it according to the usual rules." ”
Jin Hai didn't dare to raise his head and lay on the ground, and said tremblingly: "There are not many snails and dais worshiped by the Persian country this time, and if you follow the usual division, it may not be enough." The minions took a special look, and this time the portion was less than one-third of the usual amount. ”
"Then give it all to the imperial concubine, she likes thrushes." Xu Kangdi threw down a notebook and said without hesitation.
Jin Hai glanced at Xu Zhong on the side, and the meaning of asking for help was obvious.
Xu Zhong glanced at him, stood up, and reminded: "Your Majesty, you also promised Concubine Chen last time that you would give her a share of the Persian snail Daijing when she came." ”
Jin Hai nodded hurriedly, that's what it meant. Concubine Chen also wants it, and the imperial concubine naturally needs to be said, so how should it be divided? Is it one and a half or more imperial concubines? If it was before, Jin Hai would definitely send it to Chengqian Palace on his own initiative, but recently the wind direction in the palace seems to have changed, and he didn't dare to make up his mind.
Xu Kangdi's gaze finally moved from the fold, he stared at Jin Hai suspiciously, and asked, "What's going on with you today, why don't you have so many questions in the past?" ”
Jin Hai trembled all over, and his whole body fell to the ground, not daring to speak.
"Do you also think that the imperial concubine has fallen out of favor and wants to test my attitude?" Xu Kangdi slapped the fold on the table fiercely, and this time not only Jin Hai trembled, but even Xu Zhong knelt down.
"Slaves don't dare, slaves don't dare......"
It's no wonder that Xu Kangdi is too careful, but there have been too many rumors and rumors that have flowed into his ears recently. The last time I passed through the imperial garden, I heard the two palace maids arranging the master there, saying that the imperial concubine should enter the cold palace after the birth of Concubine Chen's mother, and the emperor gave her the name of the imperial concubine just to stabilize her, worried that she would be jealous and attack Concubine Chen's child. Such nonsense made Xu Kangdi angry on the spot, and directly sent down the two tongue-in-cheek palace maids.
The people in this palace have always worshiped high and stepped on low, and wherever the wind yearns, they will blow people in whichever way, and the inferiority is difficult to change, which is abhorrent.
Jin Hai's request today happened to collide, and Xu Kangdi hated the slave who was the most rudder in his life, and he was about to send Jin Hai down mercilessly.
"Your Majesty spares your life, the slave is not disrespectful to the concubine, but really thinks that last time Concubine Chen asked you for this snail Dai, the slave is in trouble!" Jin Hai is also an old man who serves in front of the emperor, and when he saw that His Majesty seemed to be going to move seriously, he quickly kowtowed and pleaded guilty, and his forehead hit the ground with a "bang".
Xu Zhong thought that the two were fellow countrymen, and they should also ask for a favor. But His Majesty's anger will inevitably not hurt the pond fish, he hesitated, and he didn't want to take himself for a fellow countryman for the time being......
"Your Majesty, the imperial concubine is here and is waiting outside." It just so happened that Xu Zhong's apprentice Xiao Yuanzi bent down and passed on recently.
"Biography." Emperor Xu Kangdi restrained his anger and pointed at Jin Haidao: "It just so happens that the imperial concubine is here, so your little life will be lost by her." ”
The imperial concubine's heart is notoriously ruthless, otherwise she wouldn't even beat the son of the Wu'an Hou Cui family to death. Hearing this, Jin Hai's legs were weak, and the whole person was completely lying on the ground, like a puddle of mud.
The imperial concubine walked in in a lake-blue palace dress, with a nine-turn five-phoenix hairpin inserted in her sideburns, and the whole room seemed to be lit up as soon as she entered.
"The concubine greets Your Majesty."
"Hurry up." Emperor Xu Kangdi got out of the bed and personally helped her up, took her hand and sat by the window, and said, "I see that the snow outside has not completely melted, why did you come here at this time?" ”
"I wanted to come and see Your Majesty, so I didn't care if the snow melted or not." The imperial concubine smiled lightly, she was still so good-looking and moving, especially the eyes that smiled before she spoke, with affection, and her hearts were half soft.
Xu Kangdi pinched her hand, felt a little cold, beckoned, and Xiao Yuanzi immediately came over with a hand stove.
"Hold this, get warmer." Xu Kangdi handed the stove to her arms, and looked down at her shoes and socks, "Are the shoes and socks wet?" ”
The imperial concubine squinted and smiled, looked him up and down suspiciously, and said, "What is Your Majesty doing, you care so much about your concubines, didn't you do something sorry for your concubines?" ”
Xu Kangdi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Naughty ghost, you are the only one who dares to make fun of me like this." ”
The imperial concubine's eyes were fluttering, and her agility was abnormal.
"What's going on? Jin Hai: What's wrong? Tang Feng glanced at Jin Hai, who was lying on the ground and couldn't get up, and asked, "You stupid slave, but you made Your Majesty unhappy?" ”
Jin Hai trembled: "Minions, minions don't dare......"
Emperor Xu Kangdi glanced at him and explained to the imperial concubine: "This year, the Persian kingdom worships a lot fewer snails than in previous years, and this slave is here to ask me how to distribute it." ”
"It's just a matter of asking for instructions, how did you get this way?" The imperial concubine was puzzled.
Emperor Xu Kangdi coughed, pointed at Xu Zhong, and said, "You explain to the imperial concubine." ”