Chapter 23: The Authorities Are Confused
"Imperial grandmother, imperial grandmother! Is the kite drawn by He'an this time good-looking? ”
In the National Temple, a girl was pestering the Queen Mother and making trouble.
Princess He'an, the eldest daughter of the current emperor, is a good concubine. It stands to reason that princesses should have titles when they are young, but Yin Chen has only such a baby under his knees who was born and weak, so he was very loved, and he was given a title as soon as he was born.
"Good boy, this painting is really beautiful."
He'an is only seven years old now, and it is when she is a small ghost, and the monks in the Buddhist temple are very painful and big for her.
The Queen Mother only stayed for a few days, and found that the presiding officer of this temple would go to Concubine Liang every day or two to file a complaint. Either He An broke the candlestick, or the futon in the temple was hidden and I don't know where it went. Concubine Liang didn't know how many times she had educated He'an for these things, but it had no effect.
"He'an, have you obediently studied with the master today?"
He An nodded vigorously, and replied in a milky voice: "I read it!" He'an is working very hard today! ”
"Yes, why did the mourning family hear that the carp in the release pond in the temple was missing?"
Seeing that the Queen Mother had already known clearly, He An stuck out her tongue at her, spread her legs and ran out.
"I'm going to find my aunt!"
The Queen Mother looked at the door and shook her head with a smile, even with Ruozhu behind her, joking.
"Queen Mother, look, this Princess He'an is getting more and more naughty now."
"It's better to be naughty, poor kid......
The reason why it is pitiful that He An was diagnosed with heart palpitations as soon as she was born is largely due to the fact that Concubine Liang was framed for a poisonous meal when she was pregnant with her.
After He'an landed, Concubine Liang invited herself out of the palace to practice, and also took He'an with her to avoid fighting in the palace. Although Yin Chen was reluctant in his heart, he could only reluctantly agree for the safety of He'an's life.
"Listen to what you said in the morning, the emperor promoted her so quickly?"
Although the Queen Mother is in the National Temple, she knows everything that happens in the palace well, and she heard about Li Shenlan's promotion in the morning, and she was surprised for a long time.
"Lu Xin, who has no brains, is born in a military family, and most of the soldiers are reckless...... However, Wang Chang was there, and he moved out of Huaqing Palace without much effort, although he was far away from the Heart Cultivation Palace, but in the end his own safety was preserved. ”
Previously, the Queen Mother had been paying attention to Lu Xin and ignoring Wang Jun'er, but now that she thinks about it, she can't say if she is a Chinese use.
"How long have we been in the temple?"
"It's been almost ten days."
"Pack up and leave for the palace early tomorrow morning."
Ruozhu was stunned for a moment, the queen mother always said that she would leave, and people were caught off guard.
"Why did the Queen Mother suddenly want to go back to the palace?" Ruozhu saw that she was very happy living in the temple these days, and she didn't have the slightest intention of going back.
The Queen Mother looked at the teacup, and the tea leaves in the water had already been brewed for the third time, but a leaf was still floating on it, and it couldn't sink no matter how much she washed it.
"If you don't go back, the mourning family is afraid that the emperor won't be able to control him, so he will take the old path of the first emperor again......"
In the palace, Yin Chen has been turning over Li Shenlan's sign in the past two days. Everyone in the harem was envious, but only Li Shenlan knew that she had not been able to sleep. Because she was still scared about this matter, she was even more nervous when she saw Yin Chen, and she couldn't do anything. Yin Chen didn't force himself, he said that he would wait until he was ready.
"Because of you, I can see the emperor more often these days." Concubine Xiang teased Li Shenlan.
In the past two days, Yin Chen ran to Jinghe Palace as soon as he had nothing to do, either looking for Li Shenlan to taste tea and play chess, or to chat with her and play the piano. Although Concubine Xiang didn't want to see Yin Chen, she still had to ask him for peace every time, but most of them slipped away to Changle Palace after asking for peace.
"The emperor may just be a fresh ......"
Although Li Shenlan was not confident in what she said, the smile on her lips couldn't hide it from others, and even Bang Chun couldn't help but be secretly happy when she stood aside.
"Speaking of which, I haven't seen Wang Chang here for a long time, what's wrong with you two seems to have a lot of differences."
Hearing this, thinking of Wang Jun'er, Li Shenlan also shook her head in confusion.
After the morning meeting in the past few days, Li Shenlan wanted to go with Wang Jun'er, but she always refused to use the excuse that she had something. I don't know when it started, and Wang Jun'er never came to Jinghe Palace again.
"Maybe it's inconvenient to live far away, go back and forth......" Li Shenlan guessed.
But Concubine Xiang didn't agree much, remembering Wang Jun'er's appearance when Li Shenlan was crowned that day, Concubine Xiang seemed to have something flashing in her mind.
"Shen Lan, you better pay attention, I don't think Wang Changzai is like the past now." But what happened specifically, Concubine Xiang couldn't say for a while.
"No, Jun'er and I both played very well before entering the palace, and she was so simple-minded that she wouldn't think so much. Maybe I've been ignoring her for a while......"
Thinking of this, Li Shenlan felt that the separation of the two of them might be her own problem, so she hurriedly brought some new snacks from the small kitchen to Wang Jun'er.
Not long after Bang Chun left, Father-in-law Hou ran into the door again to spread the word, saying that the emperor was waiting for Li Shenlan in the pavilion in the imperial lake.
"Go ahead."
The road in the suburbs of Beijing is narrow and bumpy, in order to be able to walk smoothly, the Queen Mother set off early in the morning. Before leaving, He An cried for a while, and if it wasn't for Concubine Liang's stop, he would have to follow the carriage to stop.
The queen mother in the carriage closed her eyes, and she played with the Buddha beads in her hand, and the sandalwood in the incense burner on the side turned into a wisp of white smoke at high temperature, and the slightly flushing smell filled the entire carriage.
Suddenly, there was a sudden stop, the queen mother's body fell forward suddenly, and the sound of Ruozhu came from outside the door.
"Master, I met a carriage in front, it belongs to the Taiwei Mansion."
The Queen Mother, who was originally closed, opened her eyes when she heard the sound, and the calm and waveless eyes that should have been supposed to worship the Buddha were shining out for some reason at this moment.
"Minister Li Yunshan asked the Queen Mother for peace, and the Queen Mother was auspicious and auspicious."
Outside the carriage, the voice of the captain reached the ears of the queen mother with generosity and force. There are many people who know Ruozhu, and it is not surprising that Taiwei can recognize it as the queen mother's carriage.
"Taiwei Hao Yaxing, this is going to the suburbs of Beijing?"
The Queen Mother didn't get out of the car, but just talked to the captain through the curtain. Ruozhu on the side knew the master's temperament, and pulled the coachman to stand in the distance to control the wind.
"** Staying in a house in the suburbs, the old minister is going to pick her up and take her home."
"Taiwei teaches his daughter well, the eldest daughter became a concubine, and the second daughter has been promoted to the concubine position so quickly, can this third captain still be sent to the palace?"
After speaking, the lieutenant's low laughter came from outside the car, as if laughing at himself.
"The Queen Mother Mingjian naturally knows the purpose of the old minister sending his second daughter to the palace. After all, the old minister just wants an answer, why can't the royal family make it clear? ”
"Taiwei is easy to forget when he is old, when Concubine Jin died, the emperor announced to the world early in the morning, and the concubine fell into the water and drowned."
Speaking of this, the Queen Mother stopped talking and sighed deeply, sighing in a regretful tone, "It is also distressing to mourn the family, and the girl in Mingjin is very beloved." ”
"Look, the Queen Mother just doesn't say it, the old minister can only rely on himself."
"Taiwei is a smart person, I don't understand how it happened to me."
Even though the Queen Mother was still sitting in the carriage and couldn't see her expression, people could still feel the Queen Mother's ridicule and regret when they listened outside.
"But Taiwei is really powerful, Lan Concubine has such a good look, why did you say that you found it?"
For a while, neither of them spoke, but the next second, the captain was the first to laugh.
"The queen mother's eyes are like torches, the old ministers admire, admire!"
"Taiwei is smart, and naturally knows how shocking such a face is to the emperor. Why don't you make a bet with you to see if the emperor fell into your trap in the end, or did you fall into the emperor's trap? ”
"Minister, willing to gamble!"
It wasn't until the two carriages were completely separated that the Queen Mother regained her calm countenance, and thinking of Li Shenlan's face and the emperor's recent actions, the Queen Mother sighed slightly.
"What a fan of the authorities!"
In the palace, the emperor was going to find Li Shenlan for breakfast, but he heard that the queen mother was about to arrive at the palace gate, so he could only go to the palace gate to greet him.
As soon as the royal concubine arrived at the palace gate, he saw that the queen, Concubine Xiang and a group of concubines were already standing there waiting.
"Why did the queen come so early, the wind blew in the morning, and the cold stood here not to freeze your body."
The queen saluted and shook her head gently, "I added a piece of clothing when I came early in the morning, and now I feel that it is just right." ”
Hearing this, the emperor took off his cloak and shook his hand, but in the next second, he walked straight to Li Shenlan over the queen and put the cloak on Li Shenlan.
"It's frozen, and I don't know how much to wear."
Without waiting for Li Shenlan to speak, the emperor took her hand and wrapped it in his hand, carefully held it to his mouth, and breathed hot air for Li Shenlan.
"The Emperor's ......"
If there were only two people in private, Li Shenlan would be used to it. But now that everyone in the harem is looking at it, Li Shenlan's face turned red all of a sudden, and her hand couldn't help but pull out.
"Don't move, I'm not responsible if it's frozen."
"Unorthodox." Shen Jieyu scolded in a low voice, and her eyes couldn't help but roll her eyes.
In order for the queen mother to return to the palace and the concubines to welcome her, the queen specially let Shen Jieyu and Lu Xin out first. Seeing such a drama when she came out this time, no wonder Shen Jieyu muttered underground.
"The Queen Mother returns to the palace!"
Hearing the eunuch singing, everyone hurriedly greeted the queen mother and knelt on the ground when she got out of the carriage.
"Get up, it's hard for you to get you out early in the morning."
Yin Chen walked to the front early in the morning to help the Queen Mother, and when he saw the single book Yin Chen was wearing, the Queen Mother couldn't help but nag a few words.
"The queen mother didn't know, the emperor also had a cloak to block the wind, but when the emperor came and saw that Concubine Lan was wearing less, he took it off and put it on her."
It was Lu Xin who had not come out for a while who spoke, and knowing that the Queen Mother looked up to herself, Lu Xin also showed obvious results.
I thought that the Queen Mother would definitely punish Li Shenlan if she hated it, and she would blame her a few words no matter how bad it was, but she didn't expect that the Queen Mother only raised her eyes and looked at Li Shenlan in the crowd and didn't say anything.
"The emperor has just come down to the early court, and he hasn't eaten yet, right?"
This emperor was originally going to Jinghe Palace, and the queen mother naturally couldn't say anything if she asked now.
"Then go to Shoukang Palace to sit down, the mourning family on the left and right doesn't have much breakfast, and the emperor accompanies the mourning family."
"Yes."
The Queen Mother glanced at Yin Chen with satisfaction, and then helped Ruozhu to take the first step.
Yin Chen, who was supposed to follow the Queen Mother to Shoukang Palace, walked up to Li Shenlan behind behind, held her hand and whispered:
"I'll go to accompany Huang Eniang first, and after a while, you will go to the Heart Cultivation Hall to find me after breakfast, and I will wait for you."
After Yin Chen left, the palace concubine, who had been whispering, suddenly blew up.
Even if Yin Chen's voice was low just now, everyone still heard it, Yin Chen called himself "me" just now.
Li Shenlan didn't know what to do for a while, so she could only stand there with her head down, for fear that if she said one more word, she would be used as a target for the palace concubines to be beaten to death.
"Okay, let's go back to the palace." It was the queen who said last.
The crowd answered, and groups of three or five dispersed.
"Yu'er! Come back to Jinghe Palace for breakfast, right? ”
Thinking that Wang Jun'er hadn't been very close to her for a while, Li Shenlan hurriedly called Wang Jun'er, who was going away.
"Don't bother my sister, my sister has an uncomfortable throat for the past two days, so I drank some porridge when I came in the morning, and I don't have much appetite now."
"That'...... Go sit down with me......"
"No need, my sister is very sleepy now, and besides, my sister has to go to the Heart Cultivation Hall to accompany her after breakfast, so my sister won't delay your time."
Before Li Shenlan could finish speaking, Wang Jun'er interrupted her, and then hurriedly saluted her and turned to leave.
"The palace is hungry, I heard Concubine Xiang say that you both have breakfast together, the emperor can't go up, and it's a waste to make too much and no one eats, I don't know if Concubine Lan is willing to let the palace taste it?"
The queen's gentle voice came from behind Li Shenlan, as if to relieve her from the siege, Li Shenlan hurriedly turned around, and the three of them went to Jinghe Palace together.
"I thought that Wang Chang was not ordinary at the beginning, but now I can see it!" As soon as Concubine Xiang returned to the palace, she unloaded the shelf, and complained to Li Shenlan while eating steamed buns.
"Ah Luo, don't say that, isn't Wang Changzai in his throat? After a while, I asked the imperial doctor to take a look, and said that Concubine Lan cared about her. ”
Hearing this, Li Shenlan cast a grateful look at the queen.
"You two are kind-hearted! Shen Lan, I told you to keep a low profile in front of everyone, look at this morning, one by one, like black-eyed chickens, I want to swallow you alive! ”
"Then I...... I don't want to either......" Li Shenlan is also aggrieved.
After Concubine Xiang finished speaking, she also realized that where this problem was with Li Shenlan, it was all Yin Chen's own problem.
"I'm!" Concubine Xiang took a bite of the bun angrily, almost choking herself because the bite was too big.
The queen was also afraid that she remembered the emperor's appearance towards Li Shenlan in the morning because of Concubine Xiang's words, and her originally good mood was obviously depressed, and her favorite sugar steamed cheese in front of her no longer felt delicious.
Concubine Xiang looked at one or two of them and lost their temperament, and she also put her chopsticks away.
Li Shenlan thought that she would go to the Heart Cultivation Hall for a while, so she excused herself and got up to say goodbye and returned to the side hall.
As soon as Li Shenlan left, the queen sighed heavily, "For him, Concubine Lan is different after all." ”
"I don't think there's much difference, don't think about it."
The queen smiled bitterly and shook her head, but in the eyes of Concubine Xiang, this smile was even more ugly than crying.
"I haven't read this month's account book yet, so I'll go back first." After speaking, the queen didn't wait for Concubine Xiang's reaction, and hurriedly left Jinghe Palace.
But no matter how fast the queen walked, Concubine Xiang still saw her increasingly red eyes.
"Idiot!"
Concubine Xiang simply hates iron and steel.
Seeing that the masters had left one by one, the sound of the piano quietly walked in, and a person withdrew the plate.
"I haven't finished eating yet!" Concubine Xiang shouted, and reached out to take another bun that the piano had not had time to take away.
"Niangniang, you eat less, the slave and maid see that this belly is getting rounder and rounder."
Concubine Xiang didn't pay attention to it at all, stuffing a bun in her mouth and sandwiching a piece of sugar steamed cheese.
"What's so delicious about this thing, I like it so much." Concubine Xiang took a bite and still felt that it was not delicious, so she spit out the crisp cheese with a snort.
Sugar steamed cheese, the queen and Li Shenlan both like it, so Jinghe Palace always prepares.
"Niangniang, but then again, this emperor is really not ordinary to Concubine Lan."
Concubine Xiang glanced at Qin Yin, and replied angrily: "What does the dog emperor mean, others don't know, I don't know, all of them are fans of the authorities." By the way, how about the things that let you check. ”
Concubine Xiang was talking about Li Mingjin's death, not only the captain, but even Concubine Xiang always felt that something was strange, so she asked people to check it very early, but there was no news.
"It's still the same." Qin Yin shook her head, "Someone doesn't want us to check, and every time we check to a certain extent, we can't continue." ”
"Miss, the master has already said that you don't want to check this matter, why don't you listen to it."
The old man in Qinyin's mouth is not called General Zhao.
"Whoever stops me knows what to do, he doesn't dare to do anything to me, I don't believe it if I continue to investigate, he can wipe out all the evidence!"