"Who did you say hit her?" Jingchen threw the fold in his hand on Li Shuanglin's face, and Li Shuanglin knelt down with a plop.

"Yes. . . It's Concubine Hui's little sister-in-law. Li Shuanglin stumbled back, he subconsciously raised his hand and pointed back to the location of the door, "Now that Concubine Hui has brought Miss Su back, Li promised to still kneel at the Queen Mother." ”

Jingchen's face turned cold, and when he came out from behind the table, he walked outside.

Li Shuanglin felt the air flow of the emperor passing past him, and hurriedly got up from the ground and chased out, shouting and shouting to pass the sedan chair, and finally Jingchen still didn't stop, so he went to Chengxi Palace angrily.

Concubine Hui had just coaxed her little sister-in-law, and the two sisters were talking and laughing, when they hurriedly shouted outside, 'The emperor has arrived', and it was Jingchen's figure who came in with the sound of lifting the curtain.

Hui Guifei was stunned for a moment, Jingchen had already sat down next to her, and then came back to her senses, pulled Su Jingyi together and got up to salute Jingchen, Hui Guifei glanced at Jingchen's face, and her heart sank.

Su Jingyi didn't figure out the current situation, but when she saw Jingchen coming, she was very excited, and said with a smile: "Is the emperor coming to see my sister?" ”

Concubine Hui pulled her, and Su Jingyi didn't say the rest of the words, and slowly restrained her smile.

Jingchen raised his eyes to look at her, the position was a little backlit, and his eyes looked dark: "I came to see you." ”

Su Jingyi was stared at by Jingchen and felt furious, relying on the fact that Concubine Hui was also here, she still had two points of confidence in speaking: "The emperor is looking at what the courtiers do. ”

Jingchen chuckled, and felt cold when he heard it: "Look at how pomp and circumstance you are when you enter the palace today, how majestic you are, your sister's escort will pick you up in person, and I will make way for my concubines to give you way, and if you don't like it well, you will beat people on the palace road, is this the family style of your Su family?!" I haven't seen it before, but I don't want to come here to see it for a long time?! ”

The words are serious, although Su Jingyi has the grace of entering the palace protected by her family and sister, she rarely meets Jingchen, and it is the first time she is asked by Jingchen like this, so she turned pale at the moment, knelt down, and said aggrievedly: "Li promised to be arrogant and domineering, but the courtiers were angry, so they argued two sentences, and they just said. Su Jingyi raised her eyes and peeked at Jingchen's face, remembering what Concubine Hui had just said, her tone softened a little, "The Empress Dowager has already punished her courtiers." ”

Jingchen has a fire in his heart, listening to Su Jingyi's sentences, he has no repentance, and he doesn't feel that he has done anything wrong, and even feels aggrieved because the queen mother has been punished.

"Your Majesty, Jingyi already knows that she is wrong, she is still young, and it is inevitable that she will act impulsively in a momentary dispute, and the concubines are also thinking about it. After a while, he took her to apologize to Li Promise, and the concubine got a new set of jewelry, which was also very suitable for Li Promise to wear, and wanted to send it together. "Hui Guifei covered up for her sister, this matter is not big, it is not small, but as long as Jingchen is willing to calm things, it is just a small episode.

It's a pity that Jingchen didn't want to, he looked at Concubine Hui and said indifferently: "Do you know it's wrong?" I saw that she was very wronged, and I didn't know what was wrong. ”

Concubine Hui turned around: "Jingyi! ”

Su Jingyi held her mouth, her eyes turned red all of a sudden, she covered a pool of tears, and choked up: "Courtier. The courtiers knew they were wrong. ”

Said reluctantly, as if someone had put a knife on her neck.

But after all, she also admitted her mistake, and Concubine Hui was about to say it again, Jingchen had already called Li Shuanglin and pointed to Su Jingyi, who was kneeling on the ground: "Since you have made a mistake, you should be punished, go, lead her out, just kneel under the corridor, which hand hits Li promises, he will use the ring ruler to hit the palm of which hand, twenty feet, one foot is not less!" ”

Li Shuanglin responded, quieter than a mosquito, and beckoned people to come and take Su Jingyi out.

Su Jingyi was so frightened that her tears fell down one by one, and she hugged Hui Guifei with a move of her knees, shouting, "Sister! Sister! Jingyi knows that she is wrong, you quickly beg the emperor to let the emperor stop beating me! ”

If you are beaten, the pain in your hands will be small, and the loss of face will be big! The news spread outside the palace, so that those young ladies of the family knew that she had been beaten when she entered the palace to play a majestic role for her sister, and she would definitely laugh at her until next year!

Su Jingyi grabbed the hem of Concubine Hui's skirt and didn't let go, looking like she was going to die.

Hui Guifei looked coldly at the little eunuch who came forward to arrest people, the little eunuch was in a dilemma, and did not dare to come forward, Hui Guifei suddenly knelt down, and a group of slaves were frightened to kneel down.

"The emperor wants to punish Jingyi, so he will punish the concubine together, the concubine is the sister-in-law, and it is the fault of the concubine that she failed to restrain and discipline the sister-in-law." Concubine Hui Guifei knelt straight, and she was angry in her heart, for the sake of a mere promise, Jingchen moved such a liver fire, how could she not be angry? Both of them have knots in their hearts, the earlier cracks have not been repaired, and the new contradictions have once again pushed the hearts of both of them away, no one is willing to take a step back, they are both arrogant and uninhibited in their bones.

Concubine Hui is going to use the Su family to force him again.

Jing Chen laughed angrily, said three good words in a row, reached out and pinched Hui Guifei's chin, and let her look at herself.

Hui Guifei's eyes are cold, she has always been such a character, such a person, no matter what situation she is in, her identity and cultivation do not allow her to lower her noble head, even in the face of the emperor, she has never let go of her arrogant figure, she has never let go of her proud self-esteem, she is kneeling here, but it is more like stepping on Jingchen's shoulder, even her eyes are swords, and she wants to cut off the friendship that has accompanied her over the years.

"Hui Guifei." Jingchen shouted at her in a dumb voice, all disappointed, "You are very good." ”

He spread his hand and said in a deep voice: "If you are willing to kneel and be punished, then kneel!" ”

After that, Jingchen looked at Li Shuanglin coldly, and Li Shuanglin immediately got up and kicked the eunuchs: "Are they all dead?!" Can't hear the emperor speak?! Don't hurry up yet! ”

Concubine Hui bit her lip and reached out to hug Su Jingyi, the two sisters pulled and cried for a while, and finally Su Jingyi was pulled out and knelt down, still shouting at first, but soon it turned into a wail of being beaten in the palm of her hand.

Concubine Hui's face became more and more pale with Su Jingyi's wail, she bit her lip, her fingers trembled slightly, and she raised her eyes to look at Jingchen: "For a small promise, does the emperor have to do this?" Jingyi is still young, so she can't help but be impulsive, Fang Cai has already admitted her mistake, and she will naturally promise to apologize to Li later, the emperor is now beating her in front of so many palace people, she is thin-skinned, how can she stand it?! ”

Jingchen was already a little deflated, thinking that he would warn a few more words after finishing the palm of his hand, so he hurried to Yongshou Palace to see Ruyi, and Concubine Hui suddenly said this again, and the fire that had just fallen instantly burned again.

He frowned and said sharply, "Young? If I'm not mistaken, a few months ago, this sister of your family just held a birthday banquet in the city with great fanfare, and the New Year is approaching, and she will be seventeen! Is it still small? Ruyi is only a year older than her, why doesn't she have the impulse to slap her too?! When she beat people on the palace road in front of the palace people, did she ever think about saving some face for Ruyi? ! This is only in your palace, and I am very polite to her! ”

When the palace maid enters the palace, most of them will report their age by one year, and Ruyi is not much more than Su Jingyi, and she is still just a little girl.

But she is always willing to endure, always so sensible, silently, as bright but unassuming as a cluster of sunflowers in this palace.

She firmly believes in the weight of these four words in order to come to the future.

I can't give her too much grace, but it doesn't mean that anyone can bully her and insult her, it doesn't mean that she has been wronged, but she is afraid to even stand up for her!

In that case, this emperor must have done too much!

He can be blessed with the Six Palaces, not a single favor, but he also wants others to know that Li of the West Courtyard is also the person he has put in his heart!

Concubine Hui clenched her fingers, and when she heard Jing Chen's wishful shouts, she was even more angry, and said to Jing Chen with a stiff neck: "Is the emperor going to come out for Li Zheng, or is he dissatisfied with the concubines and the Su family, and take advantage of this incident?!" ”

Jingchen stared at Concubine Hui, and it wasn't until Li Shuanglin came in and said that the punishment had been completed, that Jingchen slowly sat up straight, retracted his gaze, and then stood up and strode out of here.

·

Mo Yan came in from outside, walked to the Queen Mother's side, and said softly: "The emperor went to Chengxi Palace." ”

"He couldn't hold his breath." The Queen Mother had expected this, seeing that the New Year was approaching, she could finally meet and talk, Jingchen was on the rise, and the person she was thinking about was beaten like this, she was young and vigorous, and she naturally couldn't help it.

The Queen Mother sighed lightly and raised her eyes: "You go, call her in." ”

Mo Yan responded and went outside to call Ruyi.

Ruyi knelt under the corridor for half an hour, and when Mo Yan came to call her to get up, she had to hold on to the ground and borrow strength before she slowly stood up.

When I got inside, when I saw the Queen Mother, I had to endure the soreness of my knees and continue to kneel.

But it's better than kneeling outside.

The Queen Mother looked at her, her face was so cold that she blushed and didn't say a word, knowing that she was stubborn in her heart, not for herself, but also for the Wen family who died in the cold palace.

"Do you know what's wrong?" The Queen Mother asked her.

Ruyi leaned over and kowtowed: "The concubine knows her mistake." ”

The Queen Mother chuckled, sighed again and shook her head: "In your heart, do you really know your mistakes?" ”

Ruyi knelt on the ground and did not speak.

"You have always been able to tolerate it, why did you have such a quarrel with Miss Su today?" The Queen Mother didn't ask anything, but her tone was still slightly stern.

Ruyi slowly raised her body and half-lowered her eyes: "Aunt Liangpei teaches her concubines, the status in the palace is different, the concubines are the emperor's concubines, Miss Su saw the concubines, she should bow and let the concubines go first, and the concubines follow the rules taught by the aunts. The words were quite mean, and the concubine argued twice. ”

"Meanness, I'm afraid it's mean to Wen's head, right?" The Queen Mother's words broke, Ruyi's pupils shrank suddenly, and she clenched her fingers.

Su Jingyi is the youngest daughter of the Su family, and she is the daughter of Su Guoxiang, who is very precious.

From childhood to adulthood, the arrogant noble girl who has never had a single hair messy has never suffered a grievance, even if she comes to the Queen Mother to ask for peace and a cup of tea, the Queen Mother will say a few words to her kindly.

Such a noble girl can't look down on Ruyi, let alone the Wen family, her heart and mind are all her sisters, and she can't grasp the proportion under her mouth, so she pokes the most painful place in Ruyi's heart.

If she was mean, she would be fine.

was about to take out Wen's for ridicule and ridicule, so Ruyi argued with her and received this slap.

"Do you know where the emperor is now?" The Queen Mother then asked.

Ruyi shook her head, she didn't know.

"The emperor has you in his heart, and now he has gone to Chengxi Palace, and he wants to be angry for you." The Queen Mother chuckled a little when she said this, I don't know if she was angry.

Ruyi was startled and raised his eyes: "Your Majesty, him." ”

"That girl from the Su family beat you, the emperor naturally wants to call back, tell me, is this the rule you want? According to the rules, this is how it should be done. The Queen Mother stared at Ruyi, her tone fell in vain, and she sank down, "Hui Guifei and the Su family, I want to come for this matter, and I want to play the text again, chattering endlessly, that baby bump in her family, suffered this 'great grievance', she must cry and cry, things could have been taken back by you, they can be avoided, but you must fight for this breath, now, do you feel good in your heart?" ”

Ruyi opened his mouth and pursed his lips again.

She didn't want to trouble Jingchen.

Her lips trembled, she couldn't help it, she burst into tears, knelt down a few steps towards the Queen Mother, and choked up: "She scolded so badly, the concubine couldn't bear it. If the concubine lets it go and retreats, the concubine will hate herself for the rest of her life. ”

The Queen Mother took a deep breath and said sharply: "What about now?" Are you comfortable? Can you protect your Wen's? Do you argue two sentences, and she will not say it? Still won't, you are still just a small promise, you have pushed the emperor to the forefront for this breath, his temper, the tighter the Su family presses, the more fuel is added to the fire, and it is another twist and turn, seeing that it is the end of the year, why, do you want the mourning family to put down this old face, to clean up this mess for you, to appease the Su family for you?! ”

"The mourning family asked Liang Pei to teach you, let you meditate, and let you learn calligraphy, not to remember those pedantic rules, to be reckless for a moment, she has the Su family to stand up for her and support her, what about you? Do you have one? Could it be that you want to watch the emperor turn against the Su family for your sake?! You're a smart kid, how can you not understand that? If you want to protect the things you care about with dignity and dignity, it is never in the battle of words in these two sentences, only you yourself are strong enough, so strong that she does not dare to despise you even if she relies on the Su family, at that time, you are really protecting the things you want to protect, otherwise, you will never be able to block anyone's mouth, you are unwilling, you hate, what can you do? Ruyi, what can you do?! The Queen Mother patted her knee, and every word was angry, "How can you compare with her?!" ”

The Queen Mother's words were like knives cut into her heart one after another, it hurt, Ruyi knew that it hurt, but the pus and rotten wound on her heart had to be dug clean and thorough in order to heal slowly.

She lifted her hands up with trembling hands and wiped the tears from her face.

There is no comparison between people.

There are so many noble and decent ladies in the palace.

The Queen Mother is compassionate, and she must take care of them one by one, and the harem will be at peace.

They each have their own honor, each has their own decency, the honor of the family behind them, and the arrogance that they can't throw away.

But Ruyi didn't, she was originally a wandering duckweed-like palace maid, if she hadn't been saved by the emperor, this life would have been lost in that rainy night.

She didn't dare to add such trouble to Jingchen, and she didn't dare to let Jingchen be separated from the Su family's monarchs and ministers because of herself.

can get the emperor's favor to this point, and she can have the queen mother's kind teaching and advice, she is already very content.

No one can bear the consequences, but someone has to bear the consequences and put the matter to rest.

Only she can.

·

Jingchen came out of Chengxi Palace and went straight to Yongshou Palace.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he was stopped by Mo Yan.

Mo Yan saluted Jing Chenfu, ignoring the emperor's impatience and irritability, and slowly lowered his eyes and spoke: "Approaching the end of the year, although the weather is cold, it can be seen everywhere but it is bustling and lively, the emperor came all the way, his body was too hot, the queen mother asked the emperor to calm by the door." ”

Meditation?

How else can he meditate?!

He has been forbearant and restrained, he has not seen his wishes for a long time, and he is appeased everywhere in the harem, hoping that his liking will not become a burden to her and will not harm her.

She was cautious enough, but she still had to suffer such grievances.

Isn't that enough?!

Jingchen couldn't calm down, he was full of anger, he must be the master.

"Does my aunt have to stop me?" Jingchen's tone was slightly heavier.

Mo Yan sighed, knowing that he couldn't stop it, and he didn't want to stop it, after a stalemate for a while, Jingchen went directly inside, and when he saw Ruyi kneeling in the room, he only felt dazzling, and his heart was also stabbed.

He stepped forward to salute the Queen Mother, and then reached out to pull her: "Get up." ”

Ruyi didn't move, so he tilted his body to greet Jingchen.

Jingchen frowned, and his tone was even more urgent: "Get up!" ”

The Queen Mother put the Buddha beads in her hand on the shelf: "Chen'er! ”

She hadn't called like this for too long, Jingchen's back stiffened, and then she slowly straightened up and let go of her hand.

The Queen Mother looked at Mo Yan and asked her to take out all the palace people who were waiting, and when the room was empty, the Queen Mother spoke: "Did the emperor beat the little daughter of Su Guoxiang's family?" ”

Jingchen said stiffly: "Yes, I beat her." ”

The Queen Mother raised her eyes: "And then?" ”

"I came here to take people away from my mother, and this is the end of the matter." After Jingchen finished speaking, he gritted his teeth and read the words 'so far' very seriously, as if to convince himself.

But he knew in his heart that it couldn't end here.

"If that little girl from the Su family cries so much, what is the emperor going to do?" The Queen Mother doesn't care if he is in a good mood or not, what he should say, now make it clear.

"She did something wrong herself, and she dared to cry?! Just sent out of the palace, I have to ask Su Guoxiang how to teach his daughter! He was so angry that he spoke with fire.

The Queen Mother scolded angrily: "The patriarch of the three dynasties, the pillar of the country, the emperor is so generous, you want to criticize the minister for such a trivial matter?!" When the time comes, the court will be in turmoil, is it to mourn the family and lose this old face, and go up to see the country for the emperor? ”

Jingchen also lost his temper: "What? Just allow their Su family to bully people like this?! My son is going to teach them a lesson today! Let them know to be more restrained! Not to mention the daughter of a foreign minister, even if it is Concubine Hui, her son will be punished together! ”