Chapter 34: Seeing the Sun
"You still come to mourn at home so late, are you here to ask the teacher about the sin?"
In Shoukang Palace, Yin Chen hurriedly saluted the Queen Mother, and looked at his own mother on the seat with an indifferent face.
"Filial piety comes first, and the sons will naturally not blame the emperor. But I also said that the emperor should not interfere in Li Shenlan's affairs. ”
The Queen Mother glanced at her son, and a cold snort came from her throat.
"In the past, the queen, Concubine Xiang and even Li Mingjin, the mourning family would not interfere with you, and even help you. But this time it's different......"
"What's the difference, I've already reminded the emperor more than twice."
Yin Chen's face was very bad, he didn't guess that Wang Jun'er's matter was controlled by the Queen Mother behind her back. It's just that as soon as this incident came out, it almost disrupted the chess game set up by Yin Chen.
"You know the difference." The Queen Mother is also unhappy, she is Yin Chen's mother-in-law, will she still harm him?
"Li Shenlan's face, you and I are wrong, the old people in this palace know it in their hearts."
"Did the emperor treat her son as a faint king?"
Yin Chen's voice still didn't fluctuate, but the Queen Mother knew that she was angry in her heart. So the tone became a little softer, and I didn't want to hurt the relationship between mother and son.
"Chen'er, Mourning also thought that the first emperor was a Ming monarch. But in the end, he was crazy about Concubine Rong, so that the mourning family felt that he was a mediocre king in his life. ”
"But my father still killed Concubine Rong in the end."
"If there is no alliance between the former dynasty and the harem, put pressure on your father. Do you think it's you sitting on this throne now, or your eighth brother? ”
The Queen Mother's voice seemed to have magical power, which reminded Yin Chen of the fight that night. If it weren't for the fact that the eighth prince was given death by the first emperor because of his mother's concubine, he was angry and forced the palace to fail, and was personally beheaded by the first emperor.
I'm afraid that now the Great Qi Emperor is what he did.
"You and I know how much the emperor participated in the events of that year. Why did Yunxiu come to your knees to raise her, and you won't forget it if you want to come to the emperor's mother. ”
"Chen'er, there are some things that will rot in your stomach forever the moment you ascend the throne. And the mourning family told you this and did this, just to remind you not to follow the old path of the first emperor. ”
Hearing the Queen Mother say this, Yin Chen suddenly laughed, and then stared at the Queen Mother and said word by word, as if asked by the palace of the king of Hades.
"The children of the sons, how did they not get the emperor's mother to know better than the children. As for the father and queen Chen, the son has been in the first place for ten years, and he is afraid that it is the curse of his father in the sky. ”
"You!"
The Queen Mother never thought that Yin Chen would react like this, he was not only her own son, but also the king of a country. How could you blame yourself for those things back then.
Yin Chen ignored the Queen Mother and turned around and walked out of Shoukang Palace. Before leaving, Yin Chen carried the Queen Mother's faint instructions:
"I am not the first emperor, and I will not be as crazy as the first emperor for a woman. As for Li Shenlan, I finally reminded the emperor not to interfere. ”
In the Shoukang Palace, the sound of a tea cup breaking the ground came out of the Shoukang Gate after Yin Chen left.
Li Shenlan believes that if Yin Chen stands by his side, he will give himself justice. It's just that she didn't expect the wind in the palace to make the rudder wind so serious, but after only one day of grounding, Yongfu Palace was about to run out of food.
"Niangniang, those villains from the Internal Affairs Office came to make a fuss in the morning, saying that we received too many ingredients on weekdays, and we just took them back."
When Bangchun came back, he always blamed himself for failing to discover Liuxia's traitorous intentions as soon as possible, including failing to invite Concubine Xiang to support that night.
Li Shenlan didn't blame Bang Chun, she was the master of staying in the summer, and she was responsible. As for Concubine Xiang, I later heard that she knew about the front line while taking care of the queen, and she really had no energy and no way to separate herself at that time.
"Is the queen feeling better?"
Looking at the two plates of leftovers on the table, Li Shenlan simply put down her chopsticks and thought about something else.
"The slave doesn't know, I heard that the queen passed out that night, and the doctor said that if it was half a pillar of incense late, the queen would be hopeless."
Li Shenlan sighed, and her heart was also uncomfortable. Who is not in trouble, and it was only later that Li Shenlan learned that the secret agent of Concubine Xiang came with the news that night:
The army found a broken arm in the hollow, and the shirt on the broken arm was the one that General Zhao Shao wore before he disappeared.
It was empty, and a familiar voice came from outside the Yongfu Palace. It was Concubine Xiang who was arguing with the guards guarding her, and she was still thinking about Li Shenlan.
"Sister!"
Li Shenlan ran to the door and shouted, through the gap in the door, she saw Concubine Xiang looking inside with a concerned face, and Qin Yin behind her was holding a heavy package in her hand.
"Shen Lan, how are you. There was so much going on that night, and I didn't expect it to turn out like this. ”
Because of the guards, Concubine Xiang was arranged to meet Li Shenlan at the side door.
Through the door frame, the two held hands and were speechless for a long time.
"Don't be afraid of Shen Lan, the queen mother is seriously ill and can't take care of the affairs of the harem, this time it's all up to me to investigate, I will definitely give you a clean slate."
Concubine Xiang looked at Li Shenlan, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she was concerned and comforting, which caused Li Shenlan to be moved and speechless for a while.
"Sister, the queen is fine."
"It's okay, Siwan is **sick, but she has been refusing to take medicine, so she made a mistake this time."
Li Shenlan responded, and cared about Concubine Xiang again.
"Don't care about us, I brought you some subsidies, the people in this palace are not snobbish, I think you must not have any good things."
"What Niang Niang said is that now my master has to eat even the leftovers of the meal."
Bang Chun couldn't help but say it, which made Concubine Xiang even more anxious.
"No matter how patient I am, I asked people to strengthen the interrogation of Liuxia, and I also sent someone to inquire about her past. Bear with me, soon, ah......"
Concubine Xiang couldn't help choking up when she said that she was in the back, she knew what kind of person Li Shenlan was, and naturally believed that she was wronged.
Just through the small door, I saw that Yongfu Palace had long lost its former scenery, and the heavy rain the night before had blown down many lilies.
"Sister, rest assured, the clear will clear itself. I believe that my sister also believes in the emperor, and besides, with the lesson of this time, I can also reflect on it. ”
"If only you could think so......"
The two of them wanted to say something, but the guards over there had already begun to urge. didn't want to make it difficult for the guards, and in order to come to visit Li Shenlan in the future, Concubine Xiang gave a few more instructions, and left Yongfu Palace quickly.
opened the things sent by Concubine Xiang, in addition to some clothes and daily necessities, there was also Li Shenlan's favorite sugar steamed cheese.
One bite down, as if it was too sweet, Li Shenlan's eyes were blindfolded with tears.
In the past two days, Li Shenlan has been thinking about the reasons for Liuxia's rebellion. What went wrong made her betray herself without thinking, and even wanted to put herself to death.
Put to death...... Li Shenlan suddenly thought of the eldest princess, didn't she ever kill herself?
This time it looked like the Queen Mother was the mastermind behind the scenes, but Li Shenlan always felt that she couldn't get rid of the eldest princess.
However, at the banquet that day, the eldest princess saw Li Shenlan for the first time, even though she had already heard of her reputation. But how could a woman who can be considered unfathomable be murderous in order to hate herself for He'an?
Li Shenlan couldn't figure it out, the eldest princess who entered the palace didn't kill herself for He'an's hatred, it would only be entrusted by others.
The emperor may be able to instruct the eldest princess, but Yin Chen will not. In this world, in addition to the emperor, maybe the queen mother will be possible. But the queen mother didn't design herself until two days ago, so the eldest princess should only be hostile to herself after the dinner.
If the entrustment of the emperor and the queen mother is not established, then who else can entrust the eldest princess?
Li Shenlan couldn't figure it out, and her head hurt a little when she thought of it, so she could only go to the yard with Bangchun to take care of the flowers and plants and dissipate her mood.
"Niangniang, do we have to stay here all the time waiting for Concubine Xiang to come out of Liuxia?"
What if Liuxia keeps biting to death?
Seeing that Li Shenlan didn't know what to do, Bang Chun risked her anger and tried to say, "Niangniang, why don't we find a way to send a message to the master......"
Deliver a message to the Captain?
Letter? Letter!
Li Shenlan suddenly remembered that in the letter from the Taiwei last time, in addition to instructing herself to investigate Li Mingjin's affairs, Li Mingyue was also mentioned.
"Bang Chun, what about the letter sent by the Taiwei last time?"
This is really the right question, although Li Shenlan hated the threat of the captain and threw away the letter, but then she was afraid that the captain would not be able to speak, so she specially asked Bang Chun to find a box and store it.
Bang Chun handed over the latest letter, and Li Shenlan opened it with her hand very quickly and read it again.
Sure enough, in the end, Taiwei mentioned Li Mingyue's marriage, saying that she was wrong and punished, and Li Shenlan also entered the palace to gain a firm foothold. In the end, it was his own daughter, who took her back to her home just a month ago, ready to say goodbye.
Li Mingyue......
At such an instant, Li Shenlan suddenly felt as if everything was strung together.
He'an returned to the palace for the first time more than 20 days ago, and after hearing Concubine Xiang say that she was rescued by a well-wisher in an accident on the way, she returned to the temple to raise her for a while.
And Li Mingyue returned home a month ago, Xiao died because of himself, Li Mingyue hated himself, and now it is impossible to let himself go. But Li Shenlan had already entered the palace, and Li Mingyue couldn't put her hand into the palace. And He'an's time to return to the palace every year is fixed, and everyone in Beijing knows it.
Then, if Li Mingyue is He'an's life-saving benefactor, she is naturally qualified to entrust the eldest princess who regards He'an as her own.
It all makes sense.
"Shaw's ......"
"What did the mother say?" Bang Chun didn't understand what Li Shenlan meant.
"The first time this palace was poisoned, it was said that the Xiao family poisoned the sweet fruit, but if you hadn't found it that day, you wouldn't have found the fruit at all......"
And wasn't that fruit thrown away by Liuxia privately? Or destroy the evidence!
Li Shenlan suddenly remembered that day she led Liuxia to enjoy the flowers in Taiwei's Mansion, but Liuxia suddenly said that the pink begonias in Xiao's Bixi Garden were beautiful.
It turned out that Liuxia had already rebelled from that time.
Li Shenlan looked at the flowers outside the window being blown to the side by the wind, and ordered with some excitement: "Go and get the paper kite."
When Concubine Xiang came back from the Shen Criminal Division, she saw paper kites in the courtyard. She knew the paper kite, and it was made by Li Shenlan in front of her.
And the paper kite in her hand has now been painted with ink, and Concubine Xiang is looking at it and feels more and more familiar.
The two points and seven turns and eight twists and turns are connected in a line, which is the road from Yongfu Palace to the Shen Penal Division.
In the Yongfu Palace, Li Shenlan looked at the kite string on the table, and she admitted that she was blocked.
Seeing that the direction of the flower was the direction of Jinghe Palace, Li Shenlan drew what she wanted to say on the paper kite and put it in the air.
The distance from Yongfu Palace to Gyeonghwa Palace is not short, but the wind will become stronger when it reaches the air, and it will be even more uncontrollable after the line is broken.
So Li Shenlan used scissors to cut half of the kite surface, and in the case of wind leakage, maybe she could really float to Concubine Xiang with the help of the wind. is afraid that the writing kite will be picked up by others and will affect Concubine Xiang, so Li Shenlan can only draw, hoping that Concubine Xiang can understand.
Facts have proved that Li Shenlan won the bet.
"It's funny, I only knew she could be so smart."
Yin Chen listened to Hou Zhong's reply, and couldn't help but look at Li Shenlan a few points higher.
This woman is much smarter than she thought, but it's a pity. If he hadn't met her like this, he would have loved her a hundred times and a thousand times.
"How can she make sure that the kite can fall off when it reaches Jinghegong instead of continuing to fly?"
"The emperor forgot that there is a banyan tree more than 20 feet high in Jinghe Palace. I think that even if the kite can't fall into the palace, it can be hung on the tree. ”
"Say hello to people from all over the palace, don't stop Lan Jieyu wherever she goes."
Since there must be an end to this matter, Yin Chen can try not to interfere without interfering himself.
"How's the Queen?"
It is said that Yin Chen went to see the queen yesterday, and he didn't bother her much just in time for her to rest. In the end, the queen's body was also indirectly caused by herself.
"The queen's mother is an old disease, but this time the doctor diagnosed that the mother has not taken the medicine on time, so it has relapsed."
Hou Zhong, the master of this palace, really admires and likes the queen, dignified and generally gentle and quiet, as if he was born to be the queen's material. It's just that...... It's a pity.
"Tell the imperial doctor to take good care of it, as for the queen's daily medication in the future, people must keep an eye on it!"
After Concubine Xiang received Li Shenlan's news, she asked people to prepare a set of palace maid's clothes, and when she went to Yongfu Palace for the second time to deliver things, she transferred Li Shenlan out.
"I checked a lot of things, and I found Liuxia's lifeline. Even if you don't go, you will definitely open her mouth today. ”
In the past two days, Concubine Xiang's palace was inside and outside the palace, and even the Taiwei Mansion had quietly entered in the middle of the night, but I didn't expect to find a lot of things in Liuxia.
"I also thought of something by chance, and I suspect that it was my third sister's handiwork when I went out with An Gong."
"Your third sister? I heard them say that Taiwei told your third sister that she is the son of a five-grade civil official, and she is not a famous family. ”
Li Shenlan nodded casually, Li Mingyue's marriage had nothing to do with her, and now she just wanted to know if the original poisoning incident and this miscarriage incident were the same as she guessed.
"But I think you've been in the palace for the past few days, but you've changed a lot."
"It's not about change or not, I have figured it out in the past two days, if everything depends on my sister and the emperor, there will always be a time when you can't catch up."
So you have to rely on yourself for everything, otherwise this palace is full of traps, and you don't know when you die.
The two of them entered easily, which was beyond their expectations.
In the torture room, Liuxia was placed on a cross, and there were blood marks on his prison uniform, many of which had already condensed.
Hearing that someone came in, Liuxia thought that it was the person who was the secret guard of Concubine Xiang again, and said that what he said was true, as if he had been wronged.
"I didn't see you having that kind of perseverance before."
Li Shenlan's voice fell into Xia's ears, and she immediately looked up at Li Shenlan dressed as a palace maid in surprise.
"You're not grounded...... How could it be ......"
"Is this important?"
Seeing that Liuxia was shocked and looked indifferent again, resentment quickly surged into Li Shenlan's heart.
"This palace thinks that it treats you well, but why did you betray me to join Li Mingyue."
Liuxia didn't expect Li Shenlan to think of taking refuge with Li Mingyue so quickly, but since he said it, he simply broke the jar and broke it.
"You're not thin with me?" As if he had heard a big joke, Liuxia's laughter couldn't be suppressed, and he couldn't help but gasp in pain until he got to the wound.
"Li Shenlan, you are just a little cheap billet, and you have become the master by virtue of having a good face. I also wanted to be loyal to you, but you blindly favored Bang Chun, and you didn't take me seriously even though you had already taken me into the palace.
You will believe whatever Bang Chun says, I just rested for a while and was treated as lazy and slacker by her, so you couldn't move to give me a face and punish me. ”
Li Shenlan squinted and listened to Liuxia venting there At the beginning, she was afraid that the people below would be disloyal, so Li Shenlan tried her best to treat the four of them. But I didn't expect that a little deviation would make Liuxia hate himself.
"So you betrayed the palace and wanted to kill the palace?"
"Can't you?" Ryuxia laughed maniacally again.
"Do you know that day I knelt there to be punished, and I wish you died immediately!" After a pause, Liuxia said lightly:
"Don't talk about you, it's her!" Liuxia glanced at Concubine Xiang, "All those who want to hurt me, or who are going to hurt me, I want her to die!" ”
"Including that willow incense?"