Chapter 45: Demotion

The side hall of the silent pavilion on the southwest side is the place where the concubine Liu of the former Guangsheng Emperor lived, after the collapse of the first emperor, the concubines all moved to the Ansi Palace, so the furnishings here have not been greatly changed, and a little bit of things can be added, but Zhang's identity as an aunt in the inner court, beyond the etiquette system, added a lot of ornaments to the silent pavilion, which made Liu Wuwu more popular.

As soon as she stepped into the hall, the red coral that entered her eyes stinged her eyes, Xia Man was rewarded with a plant as a concubine of the second grade, but Zhang Qi was able to use this thing as a low-ranking girl, and said angrily: "You are so arrogant, you are really presumptuous!"

Zhang Qi had grown up in the countryside, where had he seen such a formation, so he was so frightened that he hid behind Zhang's and cried in a low voice.

Zhang's has seen the world, first comforted his granddaughter a few words, and then lightly blessed, coping with Liu Wuwu, "The virtuous concubine Niangniang arrived, the old slave failed to greet it, it was the fault of the old slave, and it was really to deal with the palace affairs assigned by the emperor. ”

Zhang's words made Liu Wuwu angry, he was pressed by the queen, Concubine De, and Concubine Heng, and he was already angry, and now an aunt in the inner court dared to disrespect herself because of the emperor, where could she swallow this breath, so she sneered: "The emperor treats my aunt well, and my aunt should cherish her blessings even more, but now it is so public, people who don't know still think that there is a queen mother in the harem."

"You ......" Zhang Shi heard this, his face turned white, and he was about to fight back, but was interrupted by Liu Wuwu.

"This palace is a first-class concubine, what are you, you, me, and me, besides, this palace pities you for your old age, and doesn't care about your rudeness, but Zhang Cainu sees the superior concubine but doesn't salute It is a great disrespect, and she has to be punished."

As soon as Liu Wuwu closed these words, Ling'er beside her glanced at the guards, and immediately, Zhang Cainu was pulled outside the hall and was punished.

Zhang's old woman, where can she snatch people from the guards, so she watched her granddaughter being beaten and her face swollen, and for a while, her eyes were red, and she didn't care about her identity, so she shouted: "Concubine Xian!"

"Presumptuous! Zhang's offense was followed, and the ...... was about to be punished, when he heard the rumor, "The queen has arrived." ”

Everyone saluted and greeted Zhou Jin Ge to sit on the throne, but the Zhang family wanted to take the lead and complain about their grievances, "Queen, please be the master of the old slave, Concubine Xian, she ......"

"Okay, I've heard about it in this palace, the harem has its own harem laws, everyone has to abide by it, and my aunt has been in the palace before, so she naturally knows." Zhou Jinge, as the queen, has been taught by Zhou Chang since he ascended the throne to always share worries for the monarch and live in harmony with the six palaces, but now that it is like this, he has to rush over to deal with it as soon as possible, so as not to make Xiao Mo worried.

The queen spoke, everyone did not dare to beak, although Zhang was not angry, but also pressed the unhappiness in his heart for a while, stood aside, and stared at Liu Wuwu secretly.

"Concubine Xian should also go back with this palace." After that, Zhou Jinge got up and went back to Weiyang Palace, Liu Wuwu looked at Zhou, sneered, and left the Silent Pavilion.

That night, after Xiao Mo finished dealing with government affairs, he came to Yanliang Palace, and as soon as he stepped into the palace, he smelled a strange fragrance, and the owner of this fragrance was sitting on the bed wrapped in a quilt holding hot tea, sipping it in a mouthful, and the heat coming out of the bowl made her face red.

"Half a month will be the beginning of spring, are you still so afraid of the cold?" Xiao Mo took off his coat, walked in front of Xia Man, leaned over his face, sniffed the tea bowl in her hand, and said, "What kind of tea is this, it's so fragrant?"

Xia Man handed the tea bowl to Xiao Mo's lips, and gently sent it, and the tea went down Xiao Mo's throat, and for a while, a dry heat hit, which also made him blush, and he was puzzled, and asked, "Where did this tea come from?"

"Chikage gave it to me, saying it's the best spring tea." Xia Man sighed that Qianying was not thin on her, this tea was really superb, and after a few sips, her body was hot.

"Throw away everything he gives in the future!"

"Why......" The words of doubt were still on his lips, Xiao Mo's lips were sealed, and before Xia Man could breathe, he was pressed under him, and then, the close-fitting clothes were thrown out of the quilt.

After about a stick of incense, Xia Mancai lay on Xiao Mo's sweaty chest and cursed Qianying fiercely: "Don't let me see him, otherwise I will smash his abacus."

Xiao Mo wrapped around Xia Man's hair, and his voice was a little hoarse, "Why did you offend him again?"

"Who knows." Xia Man rubbed his sore back, probably because Qianying borrowed the blood jade bead as a foreigner, and he had a few words of connotation, so he was retaliated against.

Xiao Mo smiled to himself, and put a kiss on Xia Man's forehead before saying, "Didn't I ask the Internal Affairs Office to send you a few tea leaves a few days ago, why don't you drink it?"

"It's not your virtuous concubine, I heard that you sent tea to Yanliang Palace and deliberately provoked in front of the concubines, I was afraid of causing a storm, so I gave it to them." Xia Man pinched Xiao Mo's waist angrily, and Xiao Mo, who was in pain, frowned.

"It's still a virtuous concubine, it's not virtuous at all." Xia Man snorted and turned over, moved into the collapse, turned his back to Xiao Mo, and thought in pieces.

Looking at Xia Man, who was quite far away from him, Xiao Mo shook his head helplessly, took care of himself, hugged Xia Man from behind, and whispered in her ear: "I'll give you anger."

"That's pretty much it." Xia Man's anger was half gone, although she has always been shameless in complaining, but Liu Wuwu has provoked her several times, and it is time for her to have a lesson.

"I'm angry for you, do you want to reward me too." Xiao Mo was overturned, and Xia Man was pressed under him again.

"You won't be able to go to court tomorrow!"

"No."

……

It is true that the court still has to go up, Xiao Mo changed into his court clothes early and left Yanliang Palace, while Xia Man, who was soft and sleepy, slept until noon and woke up.

"Mother, you're awake." Xin'er helped Xia Man up and said, "The hot water is ready."

"Hmm." Xia Man's throat was a little hoarse, and Xin'er helped him into the wooden barrel, and the hot water soaked into his skin, and the soreness on his body subsided somewhat.

Xin'er rubbed the petals, and when the flower juice leached out, she gently wiped it on Xia Man's neck, and said slowly: "The emperor decreed, Niangniang doesn't have to go to Weiyang Palace to ask for peace today."

"Well, don't wash it, make up for me."

Xin'er combed Xia Man in a simple bun, and when she was about to add beads and hairpins, the queen's reward arrived.

A row of palace people carrying various colors of silk and silk and beads, and precious jade vessels entered Yanliang Palace.

Xia Man thanked him and asked Xin'er to take it to the inner room, and before he rewarded the palace people, he heard another edict: Concubine Liu's words and deeds were wrong, and her virtue was not matched, so she was demoted to the second grade Concubine Liu, that is, to tell the six palaces.

I thought that Xiao Mo would punish the big commandment, but if he wanted to demote directly, he didn't use this to warn the Liu family, thinking of this, Xia Man was relieved, and recently heard some rumors, saying that although the former queen's brother was sent to the border, he secretly had dealings with Xiao Huai, although the Liu family is no longer prosperous, but it has been entrenched in the court for many years, and there are still some foundations.

The edict of Liu Wuwu's demotion soon spread throughout the harem, and at that time, Ye Wanli was playing chess with Feng Ruoqing.

"Sister, the emperor stayed in Yanliang Palace last night, and this morning he decreed the Liu family's position, isn't it Concubine Heng that she blew some pillow wind." Ye Wanli took advantage of the gap between speaking.

Feng Ruoqing smiled, also fell into a son, and said: "Maybe, the emperor needs an opportunity, but it is proposed by Concubine Heng, which can comfort him more."

"Oh."

Ye Wanli shook his head, he was really not interested in these twists and turns.

There are many people in the harem who understand that there are naturally many confused people, and the Zhang family is confused and stupid.

"In the end, the emperor still remembers what happened when he was a child, and he couldn't see me being bullied by the Liu family, so he helped me breathe out, happy!" Zhang straightened his waist and looked proud.

"Grandmother, I don't want to stay here, I'm afraid." Zhang Qi cried and timidly pulled the corner of Zhang's clothes.

"It's not in vain! Now that you are a palace woman, what do you look like when you cry? Zhang wiped the tears from her face and said, "You can relax, there is a grandmother, see who dares to bully you."

Zhang thought that Xiao Mo punished Liu Wuwu because of her, so he had a lot of confidence, so in the later days, he did something out of the ordinary.