The Queen Mother summoned her, although Concubine Huo Xian didn't know the reason, she had always acted in a low-key manner, and Empress Dowager Yao liked to be a concubine the most, so Concubine Huo Xian didn't think badly at all.

Concubine Huo Xian walked into Ci'an Palace with a steady step, bowed to the Empress Dowager Yao, who was sitting high, and performed a standard palace salute, "The concubine asks the Empress Dowager to say goodbye, and the mother is blessed with Jin'an." ”

According to the practice of the past, after the ceremony, Empress Dowager Yao will immediately let her be flattened.

However, today is different, Concubine Huo Xian bent her knees and kept making a salute, but the Empress Dowager Yao above did not wake her up for a long time.

Empress Dowager Yao didn't let her get up, and Concubine Huo Xian could only keep her posture of saluting. At the beginning, Concubine Huo Xian hadn't thought about it so much, but almost a moment had passed, why hadn't Empress Dowager Yao said that she was flat, could it be that she was asleep?

Concubine Huo Xian raised her head slightly and looked up.

As soon as he looked up, there was a shout from the top of his head, "Kneel! ”

Concubine Huo Xian's knees were already numb, and when she was yelled at like this, she softened and knelt straight to the ground with a pop.

The knee slammed heavily on the floor, making a crisp sound, and Concubine Huo Xian gritted her back molars in pain.

No matter how painful it is, you have to endure it, in front of the Queen Mother, you can't lose your manners. Especially when Empress Dowager Yao was inexplicably angry.

Concubine Huo Xian endured the pain and kowtowed to the Empress Dowager Yao, "The concubine is stupid, I don't know what annoyed the Empress Dowager, and I begged the Empress Dowager to confess." ”

While talking, she was thinking in her heart, what did she do to make Empress Dowager Yao so angry?

Empress Dowager Yao has always rarely taken care of the affairs of the harem, and it is all taken care of by Empress Yao. Unless someone threatens Empress Yao's position, she will intervene.

Concubine Huo Xian pondered in her heart, could it be that the queen said something in front of the queen mother?

It stands to reason that it shouldn't......

Even if Empress Yao tortured her in a different way, Cheng Enhou outside the palace was also desperately attacking the forces of the Huo family, but in this matter, she and Chu Li did not leak, and even did not hesitate to give up most of the Huo family's forces, even the emperor did not blame them, even if the queen mother knew, then she had to take into account the emperor's face.

The emperor didn't say that their mother and son were at fault, and if Empress Dowager Yao bit it, it would be the emperor's face.

Concubine Huo Xian couldn't understand how she offended the Queen Mother?

"You're stupid!" Empress Dowager Yao smacked Concubine Huo Xian.

Concubine Huo Xian's face turned pale, and she hurriedly said, "The concubine knows her mistake. ”

She became more and more confused, she was cautious and cautious everywhere, flattered the emperor, respected the queen mother, and even the stupid woman of Empress Yao, she was tolerant everywhere. She is cautious, does not fight or rob, and does not easily offend people, but in such a situation, she still makes the queen mother with the highest status in the harem angry.

Full of doubts, Concubine Huo Xian didn't dare to ask, according to her understanding of the Empress Dowager Yao, the Empress Dowager likes obedient people, the best way at this time is to follow the Queen Mother's words and directly accuse the guilty, so as to reduce the anger of the Empress Dowager.

"Wrongdoing?" Empress Dowager Yao snorted coldly, "The mourning family sees that you don't know what's wrong at all. ”

Concubine Huo Xian's face turned from white to red, she is also the daughter of the Yao family, the queen mother is different from the queen, she is not easy to fool.

"Ask the Queen Mother to inform her, and the concubine will change it." Concubine Huo Xian lowered her eyes and said.

Empress Dowager Yao didn't go around the bend with her, and said with a straight face: "Concubine Xian, the mourning family used to think that you would keep to yourself, not competing for favor or flattery, but I didn't expect that the mourning family actually looked away. ”

"Concubine ......" Concubine Huo Xian's heart tightened, and she hurriedly wanted to explain. It is necessary for her to defend herself, and she can't make Empress Dowager Yao suspicious, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

"You don't have to explain, and your explanation doesn't want to be heard."

Empress Dowager Yao didn't give Concubine Huo Xian a chance to explain, and then said: "Concubine Xian, the mourning family tells you plainly, you are just a concubine, above you, there is a queen and a concubine, the queen is the main palace, and it is orthodox, even if the descendants of your Huo family are capable, they are only the emperor's courtiers, not your arrogant confidence." If you live in your Yuxiu Palace in peace, you will be able to die well in the future, but if you are whimsical, the first one of the mourning family will not spare you! ”

Concubine Huo Xian's heart sank, Empress Dowager Yao was warning her that the throne would only be the queen's son, and it would not be her son's turn.

"Wronged, the queen mother, the concubine has no other thoughts, and she respects the queen mother even more, and she never disrespects the queen, and asks the queen mother to see ......"

She has always been cautious and cautious, and her words and deeds are never out of line, even if Empress Yao tried her best to torture her recently, she did not express any dissatisfaction, and Empress Yao complained to the Queen Mother, and the reason was untenable.

However, she didn't know that Empress Dowager Yao was angry with her, and it had nothing to do with Empress Yao at all, Empress Yao did say a lot of bad things about Concubine Huo Xian in front of her, but Empress Dowager Yao didn't take it to heart at first, after all, Concubine Huo Xian has been keeping to herself for so many years, and Empress Dowager Yao only thinks that Empress Yao is dissatisfied with Concubine Huo Xian, so she acts as a demon every day. But today, if Yao Yu came to the palace to complain, and what he said was colorful, Empress Dowager Yao realized that something was wrong.

From what Yao Yuruo said, combined with the words of Empress Yao before, the essence of the things extracted by Empress Dowager Yao is: Concubine Huo Xian has a restless mind, and the Marquis of Jingbei, who is in the same vein as Concubine Huo Xian, will be so arrogant and completely ignore their Yao family.

The arrogant Marquis of Jingbei, Empress Dowager Yao will find an opportunity to deal with it, but the first thing to deal with is the source of Concubine Huo Xian!

"Spread the will of the mourning family, the concubine disrespects the middle palace, and the cane is twenty scolded, so as to set an example." Empress Dowager Yao didn't bother to listen to Concubine Huo Xian's defense, and immediately gave an order.

"Queen Mother......" Concubine Huo Xian's face turned pale, and Queen Yao tossed her, but she was only punished for kneeling and copying scriptures, and if she fell to Queen Mother Yao, she was directly punished with a cane.

The reason why Empress Yao did not punish her with a cane was because she couldn't catch Concubine Huo Xian's handle on the surface, so it was inconvenient to punish her. But Empress Dowager Yao is different, her lofty status gives her supreme power in the harem, she wants to torture Concubine Huo Xian, and no one dares to say that it is not.

"Needless to say, beg for mercy." Empress Dowager Yao waved her hand and motioned to the palace people to drag Concubine Huo Xian down, "For the sake of you having a prince to adulthood, the mourning family's small punishment today can be regarded as a warning to you." If you do it again next time, you will never be spared! ”

Concubine Huo Xian's face was pale, and the queen mother meant that the twenty canes were just a warning......

Twenty boards were beaten, and there was no emptiness, and the pampered Concubine Huo Xian was directly stunned by the pain, and was finally carried back to Yuxiu Palace by the palace people.

The mother concubine was punished, and Chu Li quickly got the news and hurriedly rushed to Yuxiu Palace. By the time he arrived, Concubine Huo Xian had slowly woken up.

"Mother, what's going on? Why did the imperial grandmother hit you? Chu Li frowned, his tone was urgent, the mother concubine didn't like the queen mother, this was a very troublesome thing.

Although Chu Heng, the fifth prince, is here, it is impossible for him to get the support of the Empress Dowager Yao, but he can't be disliked by the Empress Dowager Yao. The emperor no longer likes the Yao family, but the Empress Dowager is always his biological mother, and in the future, the Empress Dowager Yao will inevitably play a role.

The pain in her lower body came, Concubine Huo Xian gritted her teeth in pain, and tears couldn't help but wet her eyes. How did she know why, from beginning to end, Empress Dowager Yao didn't say why.

Concubine Huo Xian took a heavy breath, tried her best to endure the pain, and said, "Li'er, you immediately go and find out who the Queen Mother has seen today." "She had to find out who was behind the trip.

Chu Li's stomach was full of questions but was not answered, and he was about to speak, but he heard Concubine Huo Xian roar urgently: "Li'er, go quickly!" ”

Concubine Huo Xian was also very angry, and she roared in her throat and broke the sound directly.

Chu Li had never seen such an embarrassed Concubine Huo Xian, so he had no choice but to suppress the doubts in his heart at the moment, and immediately investigated according to Concubine Huo Xian's instructions.

It is not difficult to find out who the Empress Dowager Yao has seen, and it will not be long before Chu Li comes back to tell Concubine Huo Xian that the Empress Dowager Yao has only seen the lady and the eldest lady Yao Yuruo of the Chengenhou Mansion today. Moreover, coincidentally, as soon as the mother and daughter of the Yao family left, the Queen Mother immediately summoned Concubine Huo Xian.

The mother and daughter of the Yao family?

Concubine Huo Xian frowned, could it be that things were different from what she thought? He also ordered Chu Li to find out what was wrong with the mother and daughter of the Yao family today.

When Yao Yuruo had a quarrel with Huo Sijin in Zuixianglou, there were many onlookers, and Chu Li quickly found out about it.

Hearing this, Concubine Huo Xian still didn't understand anything, it was obvious that Yao Yuruo and Huo Sijin had a feud, and then ran to the Empress Dowager Yao to complain, and the Empress Dowager Yao naturally wrote the matter down to her.

Concubine Huo Xian angrily spit out a mouthful of blood on the spot: Yao Yuruo and Huo Changjin have a personal grudge, what do they have to do with this palace!