Chapter 29: Proving Innocence

"Are you talking ill of Hongu behind your back?" Queen Su stood firmly, looked down at the two trembling palace maids kneeling on the ground, and asked leisurely.

"Slave, don't dare to ......" The palace maid who begged for mercy first began to stammer, and immediately reacted that she indirectly admitted her fault, and she was stuck for a while, and she didn't know what to say.

"It's all the slave's fault, the slave is ignorant and ignorant, and begs the queen for forgiveness!" Another little palace maid saw that the momentum was not right, and immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"Ask the queen for forgiveness! The slave is wrong! Slaves should be beaten! The palace maid who begged for mercy first immediately began to slap her mouth and pat it non-stop.

It's just that at this time, the hand of the palace maid who begged for mercy first was immediately held by the maid Li Lianying beside the queen, and for a while, the two palace maids kneeling on the ground looked nervously at Queen Su in front of them.

"Lianying, cut off their tongues directly, this palace doesn't like someone to chew the root of the tongue in the back, but someone just makes a mistake and tries it by example, then it's better to be ruthless once, after saying so many cruel words in this palace, if you don't be ruthless once, you really can't stand this ruthless reputation!" Queen Su was still smiling and didn't get angry, but the two palace maids kneeling on the ground immediately became calm.

"Queen Su, you are so ruthless! Sooner or later, you'll be picked up, you wait! The palace maid who was the first to beg for mercy just now saw that the situation was not good and immediately began to curse Queen Su, but the little palace maid behind kept her mouth tight and begged for mercy, not daring to speak more, just kept crying.

"Wait! Since she has cursed this palace, she can't stay, and immediately plucked out her tongue, this maid, now her performance is okay, then beat twenty boards to teach her a lesson! ”

"The slave is wrong! Mother, spare the slave! The slave doesn't dare anymore! Woo woo...... "The palace maid who was scolding just now regretted seeing that Queen Su had spared her companions around her, and immediately began to beg for mercy and say good things, and kept regretting and crying, but no matter how much she begged for mercy and cried, it was too late, and the guards who came in outside quickly dragged her away.

Another guard was directly under the leadership of Lianying, dragged out to play twenty boards, and when everything was settled, the crown prince Nan Xuanye, who had been watching the farce on the side, had to raise his eyes again to look at Queen Su in front of him: "Queen Mother, you are so powerful, you tested it lightly, and you tried out that capricious and treacherous palace maid, my son admires you!" Your ability, Xuanye has opened his eyes again today! Prince Nan Xuan bowed and said.

"No, Xuanye, you are wrong, whether the queen mother pulls out their tongues now, or beats them for twenty boards, these are nothing, because the queen mother will kill them in the end, this is the old rule, don't keep the dog that is not well fed, these two women, if you pull out their tongues and beat them for twenty boards, do you think they don't hold a grudge?"

"You're wrong, Xuanye! The palace maid who had her tongue pulled out was eager to kill her mother, and if the queen mother was in trouble in the future, the palace maid who was beaten by the queen mother would definitely find the queen mother to settle this account, and the queen mother would leave a hidden danger for her own safety in the future, Xuanye, you say, is there still a need for these two people to stay? ”

Queen Su's methods, the strategy of doing things, Nan Xuanye is naturally very admired in his heart, as a son of man, he understands that the purpose of the queen mother is to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, her means are enough, and she thinks deeply enough, so many years in the harem are trembling and walking on thin ice, the reason why many concubines have miscarriages, were banished to the cold palace, and have changed from favored celebrities to old people in the cold palace, this palace maid is the biggest help and accomplice.

Don't underestimate the lethality of a palace maid, the mediocre emperor of the previous dynasty was strangled to death by a few unknown little palace maids, which led to chaos in the world, giving them a good opportunity for the southern family to come back and build the country, the historical lessons of the previous dynasty are lying there bloody, the emperor of the dynasty, the concubines of the harem, the current prince and prince, one by one, who does not know how to understand history?

"The queen mother has taught the child another lesson!" Prince Nan Xuanye said in a deep voice.

"Prince, don't coax the queen mother, come, you go and taste the craftsmanship of the queen mother, and make the steamed fish for you personally!" After Queen Su finished speaking, she pulled Nan Xuanye towards Kunning Palace.

"Queen Mother, are you waiting for the child to come?" Obviously, his queen mother has known in advance, it seems that the speed of the queen mother is really fast, how many queen mother's eyeliner has been installed in his East Palace, and how many eyeliner of the Southern Xinjiang Palace, this matter is really getting more and more interesting, his mother also came to send someone to supervise and follow, and the prince Nan Xuanye no longer has a trace of appetite for fish.

"The queen mother is worried that you will be calculated by that woman, she is a person from the palace of the king of southern Xinjiang, and the king of southern Xinjiang personally gave it to you at your birthday banquet, the queen mother remembered it clearly at the time, so this woman can't stay, her child can't stay, she is a scourge and will destroy you!" Queen Su pulled the prince Nan Xuanye to sit at the dinner table, and diligently added fish and meat to the prince Nan Xuanye in front of her.

"Queen Mother, this is the child's first child in five years, please raise your noble hand and leave Xia Yinbing and the child in her womb, no matter what, the child is innocent!" Nan Xuanye didn't eat a bite of food, and his chopsticks didn't move, his eyes stared at the queen opposite.

Queen Su kept moving, and put the small bowl full of food in front of Prince Nan Xuanye: "Eat and play with this bowl of rice first, eat the food in it cleanly, otherwise, the queen mother will not answer any questions from you!" ”

Queen Su's eyes flickered, every word was beautiful, she did what she said, she really quieted down, and also looked at Nan Xuanye in front of her, with her hands on her cheeks, revealing ten green onion white jade hands and nails painted with bright red cardamom, and the nails were also covered with finger guards as attack weapons, and the purpose of other concubines wearing finger guards was to grow long nails, and for Queen Su, who had been hiding her martial arts, it was simply a waste, her nails were always trimmed round and full, and trimmed in time.

This matter is out of the personal maid Lotus Shadow, others are not clear, and as Su Huang's attack weapon finger guard is well-made, lightweight, and very sharp, the finger guard can directly pierce the opponent's eyes, scratch the opponent's skin, or directly into the opponent's heart, directly control the enemy with one move, and protect personal safety.

At this time, the prince Nan Xuanye could only pick up a small bowl, carefully pick out the fish bones, and eat a small bowl of fish carefully, and took the towel handed over by Queen Su to wipe his mouth, at this time, when he wanted to re-mention Xia Yinbing's matter, he only heard Queen Su sigh with emotion: "The queen mother remembers very clearly, the last time the prince accompanied the queen mother to eat fish, it was a dilemma ago, after these two years, you always come and go in a hurry, and the queen mother can't say a few words before leaving, Now you are willing to spend time with your mother for the sake of a woman, aren't you afraid that your mother will be jealous? Queen Su held her cheeks and looked at the crown prince Nan Xuanye in front of her coquettishly.

"The Queen Mother! Child...... "Child" Prince Nan Xuanye wanted to say a few more words, but before he could say it, he only felt that his head was getting more and more groggy, and finally he lay directly on the table.

"Someone, go and help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the bed, until he wakes up, you take care of the room, and no one is allowed to enter or leave!" With Empress Su's order, two guards soon walked in and directly carried Prince Nan Xuanye to the bed, and there were more than a dozen guards guarding the door.

Empress Su then took her personal maid Lianying out of the palace and walked towards the prince's mansion in the East Palace, less than half an hour, Queen Su and her personal maid Lianying were already standing in front of Cheng Yu and Miao Xi, and the place where Empress Su came was the dormitory of Zhaoyang Palace, where the prince lived.

"Cheng Yu meets the queen! Excuse me, mother, are you here? When Cheng Yu saw Queen Su and Lianying coming here, his face had become very ugly, and what he expected was really accurate! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was really put down by Queen Su, he didn't expect to be calculated by his mother! I don't know how His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will feel when he wakes up, and whether it will affect the relationship between their mother and son!

"Get out of the way, don't waste time, the queen mother can see that Xia Yinbing's woman!" The queen's personal maid Lianying said unceremoniously.

"Queen Mother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has instructed his subordinates, even if you come, without His Royal Highness the Prince's order, your subordinates can't let the Queen Mother in! Please also ask the queen to forgive her sins! Cheng Yu bowed and replied.

"Sure enough, it's a loyal servant, it seems that the prince didn't hurt you in vain, but you listen now, the prince is now resting in the dormitory of the palace, and now he doesn't want to deal with it personally, so he entrusted the palace to come over and deal with this woman on his behalf, why, you don't even doubt the words of the palace?" Empress Su looked at Cheng Yu in front of her and asked with a smile.

"The subordinates don't dare!" Cheng Yu was in a cold sweat all over her body, this queen mother is really cunning, if he and Miao Xi come hard, they are really not the queen's opponents!

"Get out of the way!" Lianying had long run out of patience, pushed away Miao Xi and Cheng Yu in front of her, helped Queen Su and began to walk towards the palace, just as Queen Su walked in front of her, there was an urgent shout from behind: "Queen Mother, you slow down!" Queen Mother! ”

Queen Su listened to the voice coming from behind, stopped in time, and looked back, it turned out to be Song Yanran, the daughter of the military department, I don't know what this girl came here for?

"Yanran, why are you here, look at you sweating profusely!" Queen Su took out a handkerchief to personally wipe the sweat of Song Yanran in front of her, and personally took Song Yanran's little hand and greeted her warmly.

"Queen Mother, Yanran, please leave the child in Xia Yinbing's sister's belly, if you kill her child in advance, it is estimated that Brother Prince will die of sadness, Yanran doesn't want Brother Prince to be sad! For the sake of the prince's brother, can you keep Sister Xia's child? ”。“

Queen Su's phoenix eyes turned slightly, shining brightly, looking at Song Yanran, who was panting in front of her, she began to have doubts in her heart, and the expression on her face was clearly written: "Are you a fool!" I still got kicked in the head by a donkey, I still didn't wake up, or I just wanted to make a show for my mother! In front of so many people, what do you want the old lady to sing, or do you want to make things difficult for the old lady? ”

Queen Su is not a soft persimmon that can be rubbed around, she raised her eyes slightly and glanced at the personal maid Lotus Shadow, Lotus Shadow understood, just when Cheng Yu and Miao Xi glanced at each other when the long sword was unsheathed and the two of them blocked together, Lotus Shadow stood on a pillar, her body flew out lightly, and her feet kicked in a row, successfully forcing Miao Xi and Cheng Yu to force the two big men to retreat and begin to fight with Lotus Shadow.

Lianying led away the two guards who were ordered to protect Xia Yinbing, Queen Su didn't care about Song Yanran's request, her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, ten finger guards slowly poked out from her sleeves, and with a gentle push of both hands, the door was easily pushed open by Queen Su, and at the moment when she raised her feet to enter, Song Yanran immediately knelt on the ground and grabbed Queen Su's sleeve: "Queen Mother!" Please listen to Yanran, even if you beat Sister Xia's child, if he really likes Sister Xia, then he will hate you! So even if Yan Ran marries her, he is very likely to settle this account on Yan Ran's head, so as to hate Yan Ran, then in this case, what future will Yan Ran have in the future, lose the heart of His Royal Highness the Prince, what good result will Yan Ran have, the gains outweigh the losses! ”

Queen Su's body shook slightly, and she looked down at Song Yanran, who was kneeling on the ground, about to cry, her hands hung weakly at her side, and when she raised her eyes to look into the room, she couldn't help but be stunned, and smiled bitterly: "Yanran, you get up, there is no one in the room!" ”

Song Yanran stopped crying suddenly, let go of Queen Su's sleeves, stood up, and took two steps to look into the room, only to see that there was no shadow of Xia Yinbing on the slightly messy bed, and there was still a bowl of cold decoction on the table, and the quilt on the bed was still lifted and not cleaned up.

"It seems that the palace is still a step slower, this prince seems to be much smarter than me, the queen mother, maybe it's really like what you said, the prince is a person who cares about the throne, this time he also moved his heart, provoked Hongchen, and began to have a long relationship with children, but you are so bitter to intercede for a woman who serves the same husband as you, is it worth it? The situation was so urgent just now, this palace knows, you are not acting, you really plan to do this, can you say who is the reason? ”

Queen Su walked out, at this time the lotus shadow outside had been suppressed by Cheng Yu and Miao Xi, but after the two saw the queen come out, they immediately released the lotus shadow, and the lotus shadow was pressed in front of the master, her face was very ugly, she turned around and glared at Miao Xi and Cheng Yu fiercely, and quickly returned to Queen Su's back.

"Lianying, your message is wrong, there is no one inside." Queen Su lowered her eyes and knocked on Lotus Shadow, and spoke lightly, but in Lotus Shadow's opinion, this sentence was a heavy hammer directly on her heart, making her so frightened that she immediately knelt in front of Queen Su, not daring to say anything to defend herself.

"Get up, it's not all your fault this time!" Empress Su glanced at Miao Xi and Cheng Yu, turned around and walked out of Zhaoyang Palace, and walked towards the incense cart outside the palace.

Queen Su's car is very low-key and introverted, except for a few guards in plain clothes, only the maid Lotus Ying followed, but the guards around her are all her henchmen, the martial arts foundation is very thick, Lotus Shadow's martial arts level is also a small achievement in the rivers and lakes, Queen Su is a teenager when the family invited the masters of the rivers and lakes to teach martial arts, as the future to enter the palace to be the queen, naturally to cultivate both inside and outside, not only to exercise the limbs, but also to supplement the head, it is really not easy.

At this time, Queen Su was already sitting on the incense cart back to the palace, and Song Yanran, who was sitting on the side, took the queen's hand and explained: "Just like what Yanran just said, now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince loves Xia Yinbing Xia very much, and Miss Xia has a child again, and when she is even more favored, Yanran should be more obedient and sensible now, not jealous, show her humble bearing, and not touch the eyebrows of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Think about it, I heard that Miss Xia has no power, no power and no reputation, but she is deeply liked by the prince, such a girl is weak, His Royal Highness the prince naturally has to do his best to ensure that their mother and son are well-thought-out, and Yanran happens to enter the prince's mansion at this time to stay in the crown princess position, although His Royal Highness the prince and his father are now an interest group, we joined forces to do his child, which is contrary to his will, even if His Royal Highness the prince will not say anything to Yanran now, but it is difficult to guarantee that His Royal Highness the prince will dislike Yanran, so the gains outweigh the losses!"

"Yanran really likes the prince's brother, so instead of competing with other women, it's better to keep His Royal Highness the prince alone, I think the former princess Su Yan's sister is also a person who really likes His Royal Highness, but ......"

Queen Su's phoenix eyes were raised, a cold light flashed, and she smiled extraordinarily brightly: "But the ambitious eldest brother in this palace is greedy for power, and he wants to be the first person in the world, and constantly suppresses my son, so it is inevitable that there will be friction and fighting between this uncle and nephew, and this poor princess Su Yan has become cannon fodder, so it is impossible for her to have children, what you want to say is this, isn't it?" ”

Song Yanran was cold all over, and suddenly knelt on the ground: "Yanran is guilty, she shouldn't figure out His Royal Highness the Prince's thoughts at will, and the queen mother forgives her sins!" ”

Queen Su didn't say anything, just looked coldly at Song Yanran who was kneeling on the ground: "You are right, although this palace has always lived in the harem, but one is the elder brother who grew up with this palace, and the other is the meat that fell from this palace, and the palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, so naturally he doesn't want them to have infighting, but when interests collide, this palace is still clearly divided, if it weren't for the prince to get rid of his uncle in person this time, I'm afraid that this palace and my son would have been out of this world a long time ago." ”

"Yanran, get up! You have a very high emotional intelligence, you know how to do it to your advantage, compared to my niece Su Yan who only knows jealousy, you are right, instead of competing with other women for favor and fierceness, it is better for you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be square as soon as possible, and you yourself will conceive a child as soon as possible, and when the prince's freshness to that woman is over, everything will be easy to do, the days are so long, who can guarantee that the child will grow up healthily, in case of any accidents, what do you say? ”

Song Yanran smiled silently, nodded, and personally pinched Queen Su's shoulder and back, and the words of the two came to an end for the time being.