Concubine Ying looked over and saw that the person who took the lead was Concubine Qi, the biological mother of the Eighth Emperor who died early, and the two of them were not very good at dealing with each other, but at this moment they smiled coldly and said directly: "I haven't seen you for a few days, I heard that I had a lot of illness some time ago." Why, when you are just sick, you come over and mumble to people? ”

Concubine Qi was born with a good face and a cool personality, and she was favored by many emperors in the past, but she tossed the blame for the child's death on Concubine Ke for a while, and fell out of favor for a long time.

Fortunately, there are no fools in this woman who enters the palace, Concubine Qi was selected by her family, and she gradually figured out the taste, knowing that Concubine Ke did not have that kind of ability, maybe it was Concubine Ying who was sowing discord in it, so she moved all her grievances to Changfu Palace.

At this time, she finally saw that the person she hated was snubbed, and it was too late to be happy, so she went back directly, "It's just gossip, the days of the deep palace are long, and the sisters get together to chat a few words, which is also to pass the loneliness." What's the matter, this makes the concubine unhappy? She took the handkerchief, covered her mouth and chuckled, "The concubine forgot, the days in the Changfu Palace are the bitter and short spring night, how can the concubine have time to gossip with us." ”

Concubine Ying heard the sarcasm, and her knife-like gaze swept across the other party's face, "Concubine Qi, you were originally recuperating quietly, but you didn't want to keep your mouth and tongue flexible, but the women in the palace pay attention to their words and deeds, and it's not a good thing that your tongue is too flexible." No, many palace people and concubines have heard you talking nonsense and spreading rumors, and if this palace doesn't punish you today, you can't be in the palace! ”

Concubine Qi said "yo" and said: "The concubine is really majestic, the concubine and others are just here to enjoy the flowers, and they have been charged with such a big crime, may I ask the concubine Niangniang, did the concubine say any rumors?" Did the concubines beat gongs and drums again to spread it? Your punishment is really unreasonable. ”

Concubine Ying didn't talk nonsense with her, and with a wave of her hand, a eunuch went up to hold her, how could Concubine Qi be convinced, and said with her head held high: "If you don't tell a reason, who can be convinced?!" ”

"Okay, if you want to be reasonable, this palace will talk to you." Concubine Ying cared about the eyes of others, and saw that the low-ranking concubines on the side were indeed unconvinced, and she was determined to distinguish one from the other.

"You said that this palace has bad intentions for Weiyang Palace, and everyone present heard it with their own ears, isn't this just a rumor? Everyone knows that when Empress Cikang was alive, the palace took care of the harem and slept at night, just to share the worries of Empress Cikang. You look at this palace and don't dare to repeat what you said, but you don't want Changfu Palace to sit upright, those nonsense, this palace said a thousand times and ten thousand times, but it was just a smile, and I was really not afraid of anything. ”

Concubine Qi has been pressed to kneel on the ground, and still has to push back, "The concubine just heard others say this kind of thing, and she thought it was funny, and the concubine also thought it was nonsense, and she was about to ask her sisters not to follow the nonsense, how did she get to the concubine Niangniang, the concubine became so bad-hearted." If you want the concubine to say, you are just a concubine, and you haven't even earned the imperial concubine, so punish the emperor's harem at will, don't you think a little too highly of yourself! ”

Concubine Ying laughed angrily, "Is this palace thinking very highly of itself, or are you guilty of it?" This palace is the sixth palace given by the emperor himself, so you can point fingers here?! ”

"You are only able to control the Six Palaces by virtue of Empress Cikang's poor health and her death, but you don't want to think that if you don't have her, you won't even be able to touch the shadow of authority. The concubines also advise you to see more of how the serious middle palace like Empress Cikang treats people leniently, she is the emperor's wife, and she is a mother of the world, and she treats the concubines and others gently. Only you, holding chicken feathers as an arrow, have been in office for many years. ”

Concubine Qi was the one who could make a lot of trouble in the palace for the untimely death of the eighth prince, but now that she is getting older, she has no setbacks, and her pungent temperament is becoming more and more unbearable, and she dares to say what others dare not say; People who others dare not offend, she dares to offend because her life only belongs to the emperor after entering the palace.

Concubine Ying pointed at her and said directly: "Palm your mouth, slap her mouth for this palace until she can't say a word!" ”

The little eunuch was used to being obedient, and no matter who he was facing, he answered, and stepped forward to really fight.

Concubine Qi struggled, and scolded her servant palace maid, "You are wooden people, watching your master being beaten?!" ”

Those people hesitated for a moment, but finally caught up, the two compartments were torn together, making a lot of trouble, and the other low-ranking concubines, for fear of catching fire, just hid aside and kept silent.

There has been no such excitement in the palace for a long time, and Concubine Ying doesn't know if she has been suppressed for too long, and she was dizzy for a while, and she actually threw the most important "decency" and "respect" behind her, and only remembered that she couldn't do it herself.

At this time, a "The emperor has arrived" made everyone's minds instantly sober.

Concubine Ying panicked in her heart, which had never been done before, and seeing the emperor coming over, she didn't know for a while if she could be as rude in front of the emperor as before.

The emperor had no expression on his face, and when he watched the crowd salute, he did not shout, but asked, "I heard you arguing from afar, what are you arguing about?" ”

Concubine Ying saw that she didn't seem to have any honor, so she had to be blessed, "The emperor is graceful, it is Concubine Qi who doesn't understand the rules, and the concubine is teaching her a lesson." ”

The emperor hadn't seen Concubine Ying for a while, and he was indeed deliberately snubbed, in the end, he broke the lives of Rong Huan and Pei Miaoqing, and he was inevitably uncomfortable, and when he heard her speak at this moment, he finally raised his eyes and looked over.

I have to say that I haven't seen each other for a few days, Concubine Ying is a little older, maybe in the past years, she is also aging like this, but I used to see each other often, and those changes are scattered every day, which is not very obvious, after all, it is not as touching as a sudden meeting.

The emperor looked at the fine lines that couldn't be covered in the corners of her eyes no matter how much he used fat powder, and suddenly he couldn't figure out why he hurt his wife and his children and grandchildren for her.

It's just that the old love is still there, seeing that she has been bending her knees, the emperor still raised his hand, "Get up and speak, your knees are not good." ”

Concubine Ying's eyes were hot, but she refused to show it in front of the low-ranking concubines, and lowered her head and said, "The concubine thanks the emperor for his thoughts." ”

The emperor asked, "Why is it like this?" Concubine Qi is also in the concubine position, and she should set an example for the young concubines, so unobtrusive, it really shouldn't be. ”

Concubine Qi didn't care so much, and said in a daze: "It's not that the concubine is out of tune, it's that the concubine Niangniang has to let people take charge of the concubine's mouth, and the concubine is also an old man in the palace for so many years, and being slapped in front of others is really out of tune." ”

The emperor said: "I think you didn't control your mouth. ”

After many years of getting along, the emperor knows Concubine Qi very well, and every word seems to be directed at her, it seems that in his heart, Concubine Ying is not wrong at all.

However, Concubine Qi adhered to the idea of fighting for a breath no matter what, and opened her mouth and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine has been muttering a little for so many years, although she sometimes loves to mumble a little, but she has never hurt others, you know this." There were really some rumors in the palace, which reached the ears of the concubines, and the concubines saw that the concubines didn't care, so they had to tell a few sisters not to follow indiscriminately, but the concubines heard it, and thought that the concubines were chewing the root of her tongue behind her back, and they were going to tear the concubine's mouth. ”

"What rumors?" The emperor asked.

Concubine Qi looked at it and glanced at Concubine Ying cautiously, "Concubine Niangniang wants to punish the concubine, where do the concubines dare to say it." ”

The emperor said in a deep voice: "I see that you are very presumptuous now, I asked you, and you made excuses to push back and not answer, so that I could cure you for the crime of bullying the king?" ”

This was said very well, in fact, there was not much harsh criticism in the tone, Concubine Qi could hear it, and just about to speak, Concubine Ying suddenly said: "Your Majesty, it is better to let the concubines talk about it, after all, those rumors involve concubines." ”

The emperor shook his head, "Since it involves you, it's best not to interfere or intervene, let Concubine Qi say." ”

Concubine Ying was silent, she could only step aside, Concubine Qi got permission, her small mouth crackled, and she repeated the previous words, and finally said: "Your Majesty, listen to it, in this rumor, the concubine Niangniang is described as like a dominatrix, the concubine has been in the harem for so many years, and she knows how the concubine Niangniang serves Empress Cikang with all her heart, how can she allow others to arrange it like this." ”

Concubine Ying was angry in her heart, she never expected that Concubine Qi had been in the palace for so long, and she had learned to be able to speak well, and said coldly: "Are you speaking for the palace, or arranging the palace based on the rumors, you know it in your own heart." ”

Concubine Qi sneered, "Of course the concubine knows it in her heart, anyway, the concubine's kindness is regarded as a donkey's liver and lungs, and it is not a day or two." ”

What else did Concubine Ying have to say, the emperor said: "Okay, noisy and shouting, it's really not a unit." Everyone knows Concubine Qi's character, but it is Guifei, when did you like to argue with people so much. ”

Concubine Ying was taken aback, these days, she was also depressed in her heart, and she forgot what she looked like in front of the emperor before.

The emperor doesn't like women who are too strong, when Empress Cikang was alive, he was unhappy because he was always fighting with people, and now, he seems to have become Empress Cikang little by little, and he has also begun to hold his identity and start arguing with others.

She pondered for a while, and then went down according to Yifu, and her tone was much softer, "Your Majesty...... The affairs of the six palaces were complicated, and the concubines were already a little upset, and when they heard the rumors in the palace, they felt that it was the concubines, and the knots in their hearts could not be resolved, so they argued with Concubine Qi for two sentences. The concubine is at fault. ”

The emperor glanced at her and stretched out his hand to her, Concubine Ying was overjoyed, stood up with the emperor's hand, and added, "Please forgive the emperor, and don't blame Sister Qi, the misunderstanding is solved, and there will be nothing." ”

The emperor nodded, and between the emperor and the concubine, it seemed that they were about to return to the previous appearance, but the next moment, the emperor's calm words thundered in the heart of Ying Guifei.

"The affairs of the six palaces are indeed complicated, you are in charge alone, it must be very tiring, for so many years, I have been negligent. I think that concubines and concubines are relatively stable people, if you can't be busy, let them help. ”

"Your Majesty!" Ying Guifei raised her head suddenly, like a frightened bird.

The emperor didn't have any more expressions, still his usual gentleness, "What? Are you worried that they won't do well? Don't worry, they are also the old people in the palace, there is a saying that they have never eaten pork and have seen pigs run, so many years, they have watched you take care of the affairs of the six palaces, more or less, not to mention that when you helped Empress Cikang to assist in the six palaces, you also learned slowly, they are not stupid people, they must be able to learn soon. ”

Concubine Ying felt a breath in her chest that she couldn't exhale, and she smiled hard for a while: "Yes, all the sisters are smart people, and they must be smarter than the concubines. ”

She was so obedient that the emperor finally didn't continue to say anything heart-wrenching, but said: "These days, I don't go to Changfu Palace much, but I know your hard work, I know that you are the most noble person in the harem today, which cannot be denied." Concubine Qi. ”

Concubine Qi was on the side, and she didn't interject for a long time, so she hurriedly responded, "The concubine is here." ”

The emperor said: "You want to stop the gossip about the concubine, it's good, but the best way to deal with the rumors is not to say it or spread it. When you see the concubine in the future, you can't talk nonsense anymore. ”

Concubine Qi still knew that she would accept it when she saw it, and hurriedly said: "The emperor's words, the concubines keep them firmly in mind." ”

The emperor patted the back of Concubine Ying's hand again, "I'm back to Qianming Palace." ”

The words "Congratulations to the emperor", Concubine Ying said it, and felt that the tongue. Jian was suffering, and when the emperor's back turned over the vermilion wall, she was supported by Qinghe to stand up.

Concubine Qi is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and she has to make up two sentences at this time, "The concubine is really the person on the tip of the emperor's heart, just a little hard, the emperor will cherish it very much, in the future, the concubine Niangniang will not have to sleep so much, anyway, with the concubines, they are honest, loyal and good-natured people, and they will definitely do their best to assist the six palaces." ”

Concubine Ying looked at her and said coldly: "Even if they can all assist in the Sixth Palace, it has nothing to do with Concubine Qi's sister, you still have to take care of your mouth, so as not to cause trouble next time." ”

After that, she turned around and left, still full of momentum.

Concubine Ke Qi was not afraid, and muttered indignantly behind her, "What are you proud of, do you think that the queen and the imperial concubine can be done by everyone?" ”

She didn't know that in fact, after the death of Empress Cikang, Concubine Ying understood that the queen and the imperial concubine were really not something that anyone in the harem could think about right now.

Not to mention that the Wen family behind the queen was a scholarly family that had been a great Confucian, and it was also a way for the emperor to win over scholars. Seeing ministers, seeing envoys, only people like the queen can accompany the emperor and reveal the wealth of the heavenly family.

If she hadn't suffered from an incurable disease later, where would she have a chance to come out in Changfu Palace.