Chapter 76: Calculations and Calculations
The queen thought for a while and said, "Well, then Lan'er guess, the Queen Mother, you deliberately recruited Concubine Duan to come to power today, just to warn Lin Zhaoyi and let her not be pampered and arrogant!" β
The Queen Mother shook her head, exhaled a breath of turbidity, and said, "This is just a very small point. β
"Then, Lan'er can't guess."
"Hmph, don't you think there's a little bit of demonic energy in the palace recently?"
"Demon energy, what is demon energy?"
The queen seemed to be at a loss, but the queen mother was meaningful.
"What I don't understand, it's demonic, like Lin Zhaoyi was favored, Baili Concubine was reinstated, and there were also Chen Jieyu and Chu Meiren, what the hell are these two, some people call them three harem three demons, do you know?"
"Yes, the concubine heard about it, and the harem has a nickname, which is usually not a big deal."
"If it's just one thing, it's not right to appear together, and you actually realize it later, and when the holy decree is issued, you find out that it's wrong, there must be a reason for this."
The queen sighed.
"What's the reason, Lan'er is ignorant, why don't you think it at all?"
The Queen Mother glanced at the queen with pity and said, "Lin Zhaoyi is favored, she is young and beautiful, which is reasonable, but what does Concubine Baili have?" β
"This, isn't this the emperor's love for King Xin, his love for the house and Wu?"
"Yes, Zhen'er's child is good, but the prince is an adult, and he has a good character, so don't fight for the position of the East Palace."
The crown prince Zhaoheng is the son of the virtuous concubine, and the longest ranking among the princes, the virtuous concubine is very low-key, and she does not stand out easily and does not speak.
The queen was taken aback.
"You, are you saying that with the re-emergence of Concubine Baili, Zhen'er will participate in the battle of the East Palace?"
"You're the queen, what do you think?"
The queen looked incredulous.
"This, the concubine really didn't dare to think about it, I thought it was Concubine Yuan interceding for Concubine Baili, it turned out to be Zhen'er's sake, he is so young, what chance is there?"
"What does Concubine Yuan have to do with Concubine Baili, how could she help Concubine Baili speak for no reason, I don't believe this rumor, the Mourning family raised Concubine Duan again, just to use her to get close to Concubine Baili, and see who is behind her to instigate her?"
The queen was a little surprised.
"How do you get close?"
"They sympathize with each other, they will come together!"
The Queen Mother looked unfathomable.
"Sympathy?"
The queen nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "Why do you want to use Duan Concubine?" β
"Because Concubine Duan is insignificant, and she has always occupied the position of concubine, even if she vacates it, no one will be unhappy."
"What do you mean, you want to find out if anyone is secretly supporting Baili Concubine and King Xin, if there is, kill her, if not, at most sacrifice Concubine Duan?"
"Yes, but no matter whether there is power behind Concubine Baili or not, you must be careful, I will never allow the tragedy of brotherhood and fratricide in the harem of Da Wei, and all signs must be strangled in the cradle."
"But who will go to the king of faith in the year of Fuzhixue?"
"This is not necessarily help, it may be to prepare in advance and wait for the opportunity to move, but the mourning family must take precautions and never allow bad signs to appear."
"What if the emperor is behind Concubine Baili?"
"The emperor doesn't have the idea of abolishing the elder and establishing the young, and even if he abolishes the chief, it will not be the turn of the king to believe, there are so many brothers above him, and the mourning family is afraid that there is some trickery in this."
The queen was a little embarrassed, she kept letting Concubine Baili live in the palace room, and she didn't match her with a palace maid.
The Queen Mother smiled faintly and said: "What you have to do is to know everything, as for when and what means to use, that is a matter later." β
The queen's face was grim.
"Yes, the Queen Mother has good intentions, Lan'er remembers it in her chest, but I don't understand, why should Concubine Duan go to the dinner party on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve this year?"
"Think about it."
The queen lowered her head and pondered, and suddenly said: "Lan'er understands, the higher you climb, the worse you fall, the rise of Concubine Duan, other concubines will inevitably be jealous, and someone will definitely be aiming at it, once someone is caught, it will be convenient to dethrone it!" β
"Don't think so simply, if you use Concubine Duan well, the balance of the harem will not be broken."
"Yes, the queen mother is smart, but the concubines can't influence the emperor's mind, in the final analysis, everything is still up to the emperor, Lan'er is afraid that Concubine Duan will not be able to restrain Concubine Baili."
"Hehe, how do you know if you don't try?"
The queen bowed to the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Thank you for the teachings of the Queen Mother." β
The Queen Mother smiled faintly and clasped her hands in front of her chest.
"The mourning family is tired, you kneel down."
"Yesβ"
The Queen Mother shouted to the outside world with a cigarette.
A little palace maid came in from outside and greeted the Queen Mother and the Queen.
"Hanyan, you send the queen mother, the mourning family is going to rest."
"Yes, I will follow the decree of the Queen Mother."
Seeing the queen turn around and go downstairs, the queen mother took out a dragon and phoenix golden hairpin and played with it.
"Concubine Duan, this girl, it's really a little interesting, this golden hairpin is obviously a gift from the mourning family, but I didn't expect it to turn around and return to my hand."
Yue'er didn't know that her dragon and phoenix golden hairpin was actually from the hands of the Queen Mother.
A phoenix chariot was parked downstairs in Ciming.
The queen came down from the upper floors and went straight to the car, until she got into the car, she let out a soft sigh, leaned back on Feng Yuan's chair, and closed her eyes.
"Queen Mother, you want the harem to be stable for a long time, but everything may not develop as you wish."
"Besides, the crown prince Zhaoheng is the son of Concubine Xian, if he ascends the throne in the future, how can I have my place in the palace?"
"If I choose, I can only choose from several princes such as Zhaoju, Zhaoji, and Zhaozhu, their mother has passed away, and they will not pose a threat to me in the future."
"The strange thing is that the emperor likes the fifth son Zhaoshu, but the concubine has not moved, is she really sick, or is she pretending? Maybe the time to plot the position of the East Palace has not yet come, so I'll do it and see. β
In the queen's heart, the concubine who was hiding in the shadows made her faintly uneasy, and if she moved the prince away, Zhaoshu and Concubine Yuan would definitely stand in front of her.
It's late at night.
The cold rain has stopped.
This night, some people tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, while others slept soundly.
They can't sleep because they are suffering from gains and losses, calculating and calculating.
And Yue'er slept soundly, she knew that she had broken the peace of Concubine Duan, and she didn't know what challenges she would face in the future, but she had to be mentally strong to deal with it.
The next day.
The sky was bright and the air was filled with the smell of dampness.
Yue'er got up early as usual, put a scarf on her head, and came to the garden to practice leg pressing.
It was still very dark, and there was silence all around.
Yue'er finished playing the mixed yuan ruyi palm, and felt that this set of palm techniques was very comfortable, and the fairy jade real person said that it could practice breath, and he didn't know when it would be successful, and it could hit things in the air like the fairy jade real person.
"Bang-"
There was a slight strange sound outside, Yue'er retracted her palm, turned to the courtyard wall and shouted, "What person!" β
There was another soft noise outside the wall, but no one answered.
Yue'er rushed to the wall, jumped on the courtyard wall, and saw silence and no one.
"Strange, am I looking at the wrong person?"
Yue'er turned over and flipped out of the courtyard wall, and she leaned over to the ground to scan.
Suddenly, on a wet muddy ground, there was a shallow footprint.
If it hadn't rained yesterday, it would have been extremely difficult to spot.
This is a woman's footprints, Yue'er compared it, only half a point longer than herself, obviously the person's figure is about the same as her, maybe a little taller.
To Yue'er's surprise, she stood by the wall and jumped over, two inches away from the footprints, could it be that person is a master, at least the light skills are better than herself? Yue'er couldn't help but shudder in her heart, she didn't put on makeup in the morning, if she was seen clearly, it would be difficult to hide it, thinking of this, she jumped on the courtyard wall again and returned to Baiyu Palace.
As soon as Yue'er turned in, a figure walked out of the dark corner opposite, this was a slightly thin woman, she was dressed in the service of a palace maid, her face was covered by a black cloth, and her eyes were shining brightly.
"What is the identity of Concubine Duan, not only is she dancing very good, when did she learn this light body kung fu?"
The woman questioned, did not linger, her body flashed, and quietly left.