Chapter 64: Evil Rewards
Concubine Shu did not die of illness, but was scared to death, and she was scared to death by herself.
It turned out that since there were rumors of haunting in the palace, Concubine Shu began to become restless, suspicious, and muttering to herself from time to time. She was already frail and sick, and after being too frightened, she was frightened all day and night, and her body deteriorated, and finally she died after a scream in her sleep during a nap at noon today.
Wu Yunzhao released the rumor of a haunting, in order to attract some people, but he didn't expect to scare the concubine Shu, who had lived in the deep palace for a long time and had never met so far, so that she was so frightened that she was killed, and she was really surprised, and said: "Scared to death!" No, there are often some gossips in the cold palace, most of them are birds chirping at night, and they are misunderstood by the palace maids and eunuchs, so they spread these words, how can they be taken seriously. Isn't Concubine Shu really an acute illness? "It looked incredulous.
Zilian shook her head and continued: "Queen Mother, the maid doesn't dare to hide it, Concubine Niangniang, Concubine Niang, she really didn't die of illness. At this point, he hesitated, as if he was thinking about whether to say the next thing or not.
At this time, the queen mother said: "It's already here, just say whatever you want, the mourning family will ask the queen for you, so that you don't die, and go back to the court as a hard worker." ”
Wu Yunzhao was secretly amused, and said in his heart: "What does it have to do with me?" The old lady never deals with innocent people. "Frown and listen.
Zilian knelt down and said, "Empress Dowager Xie, Empress Xie." Then he said: "Back to the Queen Mother, Queen Mother, Concubine Niangniang is so frightened, there is a reason. And this reason is, during the time when the queen was grounded, the lady concubine had ordered the slave to poison the mother's diet to kill the queen's mother, but...••" The voice trembled slightly, and said: "Somehow, the queen mother is safe and sound." Since then, Shufei Niangniang has been uneasy, the condition has recurred, this time there was a ghost in the palace, Shufei Niangniang heard a woman screaming at the end of the cold palace, thinking that there was a female ghost to ask for her life, so I was scared. ”
Wu Yunzhao let out an "ah" and looked at the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother sighed and said, "The wicked woman is dead, so there is no need to be afraid. ”
Wu Yunzhao nodded slowly, and said in his heart: "It turned out that Concubine Shu was poisoned, the women in this palace are really working hard, they should all be sick and dying, and they still want to harm others, what do you ask for?" Ridiculous, ridiculous. After settling down, he asked, "Queen Mother, why did Concubine Shu murder her son?" Erchen has never treated the sisters in the palace badly, and he has never had a bad relationship with the concubine. As he spoke, his eyes were red, as if he was very sad.
The Queen Mother said softly: "People's hearts are treacherous, it is really harmful to people's hearts, where will it matter if you are a good person or a bad person." sighed again, and continued: "The niece of the mourning family has admired the emperor since she was a child, but unfortunately, she is not as good as the queen regardless of her appearance, and she has a sick and weak body, how can she take on the responsibility of the queen, originally, she didn't even want to give her the opportunity to enter the palace." Wouldn't it be happy for a delicate and sick little girl to live a peaceful life outside the palace? However, this child is stubborn, and he has to marry the emperor, and the first emperor is infatuated, and for the sake of the mourning family, he allowed her to enter the palace as a concubine. Since this child entered the palace, he has never stopped taking medicine, and he is listless all day long, how can he be liked by the emperor, if it weren't for the mourning family to mention the emperor all the time, thinking about the love of her cousins and sisters, I am afraid that she will not see the emperor a few times a year, alas, why bother to come, as an imperial concubine, she is a widow in the palace. After a pause, he said with a smile: "Oh, look at what the mourning family said, the farther and farther he said." There is a way that people's hearts are insufficient, snakes can swallow elephants, this child sees that you can get the emperor's favor, how can you be happy in your heart, as the days go by, the resentment accumulates, there is no way to vent, and the heart has changed a lot, some are unreasonable, so that Your Majesty and the mourning family will take less care of her. ”
In fact, the queen mother considered that her mother's family had a queen mother and a concubine in the palace, and she was too powerful, and she was afraid of getting into trouble with her relatives for interfering in politics, so she deliberately coldly treated the concubine.
Wu Yunzhao nodded cooperatively, and said regretfully: "Concubine Shu admires Your Majesty, so naturally she can't see her sons sitting in the back seat and becoming husband and wife with Your Majesty, so..."
The Queen Mother said: "The difference between respect and inferiority is like cloud mud, and in the end, it has to be the queen who can accompany the king, how is the concubine, how is the concubine, just a foil." However, good is rewarded with good, evil is rewarded with evil, she herself went the wrong way, planted evil causes, and couldn't complain about others when she got evil results. ”
Wu Yunzhao couldn't say anything about it, so he said: "Queen Mother, this matter is either like this, the person has already left, so don't add anything else." ”
The Queen Mother waved her hand.
Wu Yun Zhaoqi said: "Queen Mother, are there any other side branches?" ”
The Queen Mother looked at a pot of dwarf pine bonsai in the corner of the wall, was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Queen, the mourning family asks you, is the heart of the woman in the palace going to the mother's family or to the royal family?" ”
Wu Yunzhao pondered for a moment and replied, "Naturally, it is towards the royal family. ”
The Queen Mother nodded and said with satisfaction: "Yes, the women in the palace are the queen, the concubines, and the concubines, and the relationships behind them are inextricably linked, which are very different from ordinary women. ”