Chapter Two Hundred and Nine
() Liang Huanqing and Qi Wangshu actually knew it for a long time, but after glancing at each other, they asked their mother in surprise: "Nobleman?" β
Xia Rongxin fell into deep thought, she remembered that the noble people did not interact with her on weekdays, but during that time, she suddenly came to talk to her very happily, and repeatedly came to the Yichun Hall to help her deal with the Chinese New Year's Eve feast.
In the eyes of Xia Rongxin, who was very depressed at the time, the nobleman was gentle and lovely, and he was also considerate to her, Xia Rongxin, who had been up and down in the palace for a long time, was also very naΓ―ve to think that she had encountered a very rare thing in the palace like sisterhood.
Now it seems that all this is a conspiracy of the nobles! The behavior of the nobleman is really strange, inexplicably close to Xia Rongxin, and very concerned about the Chinese New Year's Eve feast, it seems that behind the desire, no desire and no competition, there is a greater conspiracy and ambition.
"Yes! It must be her! That slut! Xia Rongxin was so angry that she slapped the edge of the bed with her hand, she usually hurts when she touches it, but now she can't take care of it when her palm is red.
Qi Wangshu hurriedly took the hand of the concubine, and said distressedly: "Don't do anything to hurt yourself, don't do anything to hurt yourself, just say it in front of your father now, I don't think my father will blame you." β
Xia Rongxin's head hurt a little, she held the corner of her forehead, leaned on the edge of the bedrail, and kept panting, Xia Rongxin remembered that she trusted the nobles so much, and sent a lot of things to Lanyuan Pavilion to help her have a good year this year, but the nobles took revenge, which was really infuriating!
Liang Huanqing and Qi Wangshu saw it, and hurriedly stepped forward to calm Xia Rongxin's breath, for fear that she would faint again, so they hurriedly shouted: "Pass the imperial doctor!" Doctor! β
Xia Rongxin grabbed the hands of the two of them, endured the discomfort with her eyes closed, shook her head and said, "No need! This palace is going to find that slut Yin Xue now! This palace needs to ask why she did this! β
Qi Wangshu and Liang Huanqing glanced at each other, and from the words between the lines of the concubine, they learned that the concubine thought that the intention of the noble lady was too simple, and probably didn't see the true intention of the noble lady at all, but it was no wonder, who could have guessed that an unknown palace concubine would collude with the hot favorite concubine?
Just as she was saying this, Xia Rongxin was about to stand up, and she was about to go out without even wearing a coat, she wanted to ask Yin Xue in person, why did she hurt her! Why spoil this feast! I told her more than once about the importance of feasting! Why!
"Mother, calm down!" Qi Wangshu and Liang Huanqing stopped and hugged their mother, saying that they wouldn't let her go out like this.
"Mother! Calm down, maybe it's not just as simple as we think. Liang Huanqing pressed Xia Rongxin's shoulder, looked into her eyes and said solemnly.
The things behind this are intertwined and complicated, but the two of them don't plan to tell Xia Rongxin directly now, this matter must be announced to the public in front of the emperor in order to give the Lu family the most powerful blow.
Just when Xia Rongxin was in a hurry in the dormitory, Gonggong He hurriedly received the news.
Yun Xi and all the imperial doctors were guarding outside the door of the dormitory, and when she saw Father-in-law He coming, she hurriedly greeted her: "Manager He." β
Father-in-law He had a very good relationship with them, so he was naturally worried: "Aunt Yunxi." β
Yun Xi saw that Gonggong He looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, so he could naturally guess the situation in the Qinzheng Palace at this time: "Your Majesty... Did you ask Manager He to invite Niangniang? β
Gonggong He nodded, lowered his head and sighed: "Aunt Yun Xi also knows that this matter is really too big... The emperor is still dining with the envoys of other countries, it's really... It's a shame. β
Aunt Yun Xi also nodded awkwardly, naturally clear: "That... Your Majesty..."
Although Yun Xi was embarrassed to ask again, after all, it was still a major matter related to the concubine Niangniang, and she still had to ask a little bit.
Gonggong He didn't want to say anything, he just shook his head, and Yun Xi knew that it was indeed what he imagined.
"But this thing... It really has nothing to do with my mother... Although it is a state banquet hosted by the mother, it can... But the Ministry of Rites of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is also involved... No one wants something like this... You can't blame the concubine Niangniang..."Yun Xi anxiously argued.
"Hey... Aunt Yun Xi doesn't need to say more. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the waiter were all scolded for their blood. After all, this state banquet is in the palace, and the concubine is the main operator, and if something happens to the state banquet, she must be held accountable. No one wants such a thing to happen, but someone has to come out and take responsibility, otherwise, the Celestial Empire has lost such a big face, how can it just be forgotten..."Gonggong He shook his head and said helplessly.
"But Mr. Ho... You have to help me say a few kind words in front of the emperor..."Yun Xi was also dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.
Everyone understands the truth, but this incident did come unexpectedly.
"Don't say it to Aunt Yunxi, our family has already broken its mouth in front of the emperor... But... If this matter is not solved, it is useless to just say it! "Grandpa He is also irritable, it's not good, how can he make such a good state banquet like this.
Yun Xi stood in front of Grandpa He with a look of embarrassment and worry, she used to be natural and generous, but now she is at a loss, and she doesn't know what to do.
Father-in-law He couldn't bear to see her like this, so he said softly with relief: "Hey... After all, this is all the master's business, and it still has to be solved by the master. Just having said that, the emperor can ask our family to invite the concubine and the princess to go to the Qinzheng Palace together, the emperor is waiting, don't let you wait. β
Yun Xi nodded, agreed, turned around and entered the dormitory.
He looked at the imperial doctors standing in the courtyard, nodded politely to them, and the imperial doctors also gave a look in return, they tacitly did not speak, in the palace today, it is better to be cautious in words and deeds.
Yun Xi pushed open the door of the dormitory, Qi Wangshu and Liang Huanqing were kneeling on the edge of the bed, Mei Guifei had tears in the corners of her eyes, and looked into the distance with a desperate empty face.
Yun Xi walked up to Mei Guifei, knelt down silently, kowtowed solemnly, and then said: "Guifei Niangniang, the emperor is invited."
Xia Rongxin looked ahead with empty eyes, her eyes silently slipped two lines of tears, and then slowly pushed away Qi Wangshu and Liang Huanqing, who were looking up at her, stood up indifferently, and walked to the dressing mirror barefoot: "Yun Xi, put makeup on this palace." β
Yun Xi saw the appearance of the concubine Niangniang who looked at death as home, and she couldn't hold back crying all of a sudden, she just burst into tears, but she stood up quickly, picked up the wooden comb in front of the makeup box, and combed the three thousand green silk for Concubine Mei over and over again.
Qi Wangshu saw this scene, and couldn't help but be moved, she leaned on the edge of the bed, the warm charcoal fire was burning in the dormitory, they didn't feel cold at all when they sat on the ground, Qi Wangshu bit his fingers and didn't let himself cry, but tears came out of his eyes, tears like rain.
Liang Huanqing watched them cry silently, and could feel their despair.
From the beginning of Mei Guifei's entry into the palace, she had to face the harem of her favorite person 3,000, the palace concubines are very different from ordinary people, they all have outstanding appearance and family background, obviously outside the palace is to be able to get the wish to win the heart of a person, and the white head is inseparable from the happy ending.
But as soon as he entered the deep palace, he parted with the good wish of the talented and beautiful woman to grow old.
The emperor not only has a concubine of his own, he can have thousands of different women, and he has to do his best to win his favor, and if he is not careful, he will fall into hell, and he will not be reincarnated forever.
Qi Wangshu grew up in this environment since she was a child, and she has seen the pain of her mother since she was a child, but she never thought that now it should be the time to enjoy the joy of family, and such a thing will happen.
Liang Huanqing clenched his fists tightly, remembering that Lu Huiling, the mastermind behind the scenes, was triumphant at this moment, and he held back a breath in his heart, hoping that his brother and they could find evidence outside the palace, as long as they could hold back the emperor and prevent him from making a verdict as soon as possible, they would have a chance to turn the tables.
At that time, Lu Huiling will definitely be next to her, interjecting a few words from time to time, perhaps, she doesn't have to speak at all, Lu Gaohong, as the prime minister, naturally handles this matter more justly than her, in order to give an explanation to the envoys and courtiers, the emperor may make a wrong judgment, this kind of thing must not be allowed to happen.
Liang Huanqing turned his head to look out the window, at this time the sky was gray, thick and heavy dark clouds shrouded everyone's hearts, for a while, the dark clouds were overwhelming, lightning and thunder.
He stood in the courtyard of Yichun Hall with his sleeves folded, the weather suddenly became cold, and today he originally praised the atmosphere that the weather was suitable for the feast, but it was not beautiful to think about it.
Suddenly, I heard a voice exclaim, "It's snowing..."
He raised his head to look at the sky, and sure enough, he could see the goose feather snow falling down, and reached out to catch the snowflakes, which quickly melted in his palm.
In an instant, the entire palace was covered with a snow-white color, but this heavy snow did not cause the previous excitement, but suppressed the silence of the entire palace...
Zhao Zhao took the first step out of the palace, and after transferring a few people from the barracks, he showed them the portraits, and then dressed up in disguise and prepared for a large-scale search on a carpet.
But because they can't let others know, otherwise they may expose their plans, so they have to take off their military uniforms and dress up.
On the night of the reunion of thousands of lights, the entire Shangjing City was shrouded in a dense world of fireworks, even if there was goose feather snow in the sky at this time, it still couldn't feel half a bit of cold.
"Yikes! It's snowing! It's snowing! Mother! It's snowing! "On the side of the road, a doll-like child holding a sugar gourd jumped and jumped.
A woman came out of the kitchen full of smoke, she wiped her wet hands on the apron around her waist, and her red hands sorted out the child's hat, and she was about to carry her into the house: "Come in and eat dumplings~"
From them, they could see the highest platform in the palace, where this morning the Holy One prayed for the blessings of the world.
The child was hugged by his mother, and pointed to the high platform with red lanterns and bright yellow drapery hanging around with a sugar gourd and said: "Mother~ The emperor and the ladies in the palace are also eating dumplings now?" β
The woman smiled, nodded and said, "That's right, everyone will eat dumplings today~"
"It's so good every day like today~" The child licked the sugar gourd, and seemed to be sweetened to the heart, and his smile was extraordinarily sweet.
The woman wiped the dregs from the corner of her mouth for her, and said with a smile, "You know how to eat." β
As he spoke, he looked at the heavy snow outside, and hurriedly carried the child into the house.
Zhao Zhao looked at this warm scene and couldn't help but be moved, the fireworks in this world are the most heartwarming.
Zhao Zhao was distracted, but he felt that someone was holding his hand.
Looking down, it was a tightly wrapped little boy, looking up at himself, holding half a piece of sugar cake in his other hand.
Zhao Zhao found it interesting, squatted down and looked at the boy, and asked, "What?" The other female dolls have gone home for dinner, why don't you go back? β
The boy took a bite of the sugar cake, looked at Zhao Zhao with big round eyes, and pointed behind him: "My house is behind, what about you?" You're not going back? β
Zhao Zhao was asked for a while, he had no home for a long time.
The little boy looked at Zhao Zhao and asked again, "Aren't you going home?" β
Zhao Zhao smiled, wanting to have fun with the little boy, but out of the room behind the little boy, a man who seemed to be a farmer came out, he stepped forward and squatted down, grabbed the little boy, bowed his head and smiled: "How many times have you been called, don't eat?" I still eat sugar cakes, and my teeth are gone. β
Then he smiled apologetically at Zhao Zhao and said, "I'm sorry, the child is too naughty to disturb the son." β
Zhao Zhao shook his head and smiled: "It's okay, the child is very cute." β
The little boy didn't seem to be afraid of life, he grabbed one of Zhao Zhao's fingers and said, "You don't have a home, come to my house for dinner." β
The man knocked the boy's hand off, bowed his head and pretended to scold: "Even if you talk nonsense." β
Zhao Zhao smiled dumbly, he looked at the boy.
The man looked up at Zhao Zhao and said with a smile: "If you don't dislike it, then let's eat together." β
The man thought, if anyone has a family, this is the New Year, what are you still walking around here if you don't go home, I haven't seen Zhao Zhao on weekdays.
Zhao Zhao smiled, and was about to refuse politely, but a group of subordinates who had changed into civilian clothes came behind him, Zhao Zhao was afraid that they would come over and disturb others, so he stood up and said, "No need, we have something important to do." β
Then he looked at the little boy, took his hand and said, "Eat less sugar cakes, eat more to grow up." β
The man smiled innocently at him.
Zhao Zhao nodded, and walked towards them in the wind and snow.
The lights of ten thousand homes, the fireworks in the world, are the things they have to protect.