Chapter 171: The Empress Strikes Might
On the second day, Zhang Nuanyu got up early, Zhuge Sheng didn't come back after leaving last night, he went to the imperial study to sleep by himself, and he didn't know if he was resting well, which emperor could rest well when he encountered such a thing, Zhang Nuanyu has always been very benevolent under his rule, the emperor was good to her, she didn't want to criticize the people below, how good it was for everyone to get along in harmony, who knew that this Yelu Duoyi was a foreign princess who could do such a thing.
Zhang Nuanyu held her stomach, she didn't exempt everyone's morning province today, she was exempted from Duoyi's morning province a few days ago, and she specially asked someone to call her over today.
"Now the harem is much fuller, and it's a little lacking to come in, so it's a little lax, and today the spirit is a little better, so I invite the sisters to get together." The queen sat lazily on the couch, looked at the people below and said with a smile.
"Niangniang is pregnant, and she has to worry about so many things, it's too hard." Concubine Shu sat at the front and far left of the seat below, Concubine Hui was on the right, and Duo Yi had not yet arrived, and was the first person in the second row to reserve a seat. Then there is Wu Meiren, who has just been favored, and then there are four beauties.
"Originally, this palace didn't want you to come every day, you worked hard, and this palace was also tired, but today, there is something important, and I have to announce that the sisters are coming." After speaking, the queen's expression was solemn.
"Mother, what's wrong?" Concubine Shu looked at the queen's expression and was a little worried.
"Actually, it doesn't have much to do with you, this palace knew something last night, involving the royal family." Zhang Nuanyu couldn't say such a thing, it was simply unacceptable to her heart.
"Niangniang, Concubine Duo is here." The little palace maid whispered in her ear.
"Concubine Duo, let her in." Duo Yi didn't plan to come, but she didn't expect the queen to send someone to call her over, so she had no choice but to get dressed and rushed over.
"The concubine greets the queen." Duo Yi was not ready to kneel, thinking that the queen would call her up halfway, so she knelt very slowly, who knew that the queen kept looking at her, watching her kneel slowly, saluting herself, and not shouting her up, just telling her to kneel all the time. Duo Yi wondered in her heart, but she didn't dare to attack. Rui Xin saw that the situation was not right, and slowly retreated from the door, wanting to go to the vestibule to find His Majesty to complain, but was blocked by the queen's palace maid at the door, and was scared back with a look. I secretly screamed in my heart that it was not good, how is this good, but now it is really called the heaven is not good, and the earth and the earth should not be.
Duo Yi knelt like this, and Concubine Shuhui was happy when she saw it, which was really relieving. I don't know how this Concubine Duo offended the queen, the queen has never done this to any concubine or palace maid, the queen's kindness is obvious to all, so it seems that Duo Yi must have done something unforgivable, even the queen can't stand it.
The queen spoke for a long time: "Yelu Duoyi, do you have anything to explain?" ”
Duo Yi was shocked, thinking that the matter of the Queen Mother had been revealed, it shouldn't be, how could it be, if it was revealed, shouldn't Zhuge Sheng come to treat her. What the hell is going on, but Duo Yi told herself not to panic, she must be steady, and she must not say anything until the queen says anything.
"The concubine didn't." Duo Yi raised a pair of innocent eyes and looked at the queen.
"Bengu asks you again, do you have anything to explain?" The queen is not angry and arrogant.
"The concubine can't understand the words of the mother." Duo Yi raised her head and talked to the queen usually, wanting to see something in her eyes.
"Okay, this palace has some hints for you, who is Shi Mi?" Zhang Nuanyu saw that she didn't shed tears when she didn't see the coffin, she was really angry.
"Stone Seek? How does the mother know about Shi Mi. It's just a junior brother of the concubine and His Majesty who used to learn art in the valley. Duo Yi put down in her heart, it turned out to be Shi Mi's matter, this is not too serious, as long as it is not the Queen Mother's business.
"Anything else?" Zhang Nuanyu looked at Duoyi's hooking eyes, this dirty woman is not worthy of being a concubine, and the child in her belly is not guaranteed!
"Nope." Duo Yi knelt a little cold kneeling, the morning sickness on this hot day was uncomfortable, and she was angry.
"Let this palace expose your sordid past in front of your sisters, or you say it yourself." The queen rubbed the ring on her hand and looked up at her from time to time.
"The concubine can't understand the words of the mother." Duo Yi thought about talking to me, but there was no door.
"Then you just kneel and think slowly, and when you think about it, you say, and if you can't remember, you continue to kneel." When the queen mother rarely has corporal punishment, everyone looks at it with wide eyes, and the happiest are Concubine Shu and Concubine Hui.
Duoyi's personal palace maid Ruixin was controlled and knelt at the door of the queen's palace, and the little eunuch who came with them at the door saw that the situation was not good, and secretly ran away to the vestibule.
"Father-in-law Xiao Li, it's good, tell Your Majesty that the queen mother punished Concubine Duo for kneeling, Concubine Duo is pregnant with an imperial heir in her belly!" Xiao Quanzi just picked up a high branch and climbed up, but he didn't want to be a low-level little father-in-law like this.
"Hey, Your Majesty is discussing important matters with several ministers." Xiao Li's father-in-law doesn't go to this troubled water, there is no benefit, who will do it.
Xiao Quanzi took out his most valuable jade wrench from his arms and stuffed it into Xiao Li's father-in-law's hand: "Father-in-law, it's good, now only Your Majesty can save Concubine Duo." ”
"Hey, I'll do it when I see the opportunity, and you're waiting here." Xiao Li's father-in-law stuffed his wrench into his sleeve and turned around and entered the house.
"Who is outside the door, what are you talking to people, so noisy!" Zhuge Sheng saw the little plum who had just come in, took a sip of water and said, "It's cold, what's the matter!" ”
"Your Majesty, I heard that in the back court, the queen mother is kneeling for Concubine Duo, it is said that this is not a big deal, that is, Concubine Duo is not pregnant with the imperial heir, the slave thought..."Xiao Lizi stood below and said to herself.
Zhuge Sheng suddenly remembered that she forgot to take the national book, she must have been read by Zhang Nuanyu, she has never been a harsh critic of people, how could she punish Duo Yi who was pregnant, thinking of this, Zhuge Sheng hurriedly got up and went to the back yard, at least the child is his own, he needs the child now, and he doesn't know the truth or falsehood of what Ling'er said, and it is not too late to dispose of Duo Yi when the child is born. It's strange to blame myself for forgetting Ling'er's national letter in the warm words, if the warm words are all said, how will I end it.
Xiao Lizi saw that the emperor didn't finish his words, so he got up and went to the back garden, Xiao Quanzi saw that the emperor was really here, and he was happy, his jade wrench fingers were not in vain. followed the royal driver to the queen's palace.
The queen watched Duo Yi, who didn't speak, kneeling there in the palace, and she arranged tea and melon seeds for the other sisters, just to ask them to come and see the jokes.
"Warm words." Zhuge Sheng came in without letting Tongchuan come in, and when he saw Duoyi kneeling there, he didn't help her, and walked straight to the queen and sat down.
"Why is Your Majesty here, and no one has been told." Zhang Nuanyu looked at Zhuge Sheng suspiciously, did he still want to favor Yelu Duoyi when he saw the national book!
"Nuan Yu, I came to see you, I heard that you were angry in the backyard, I will see who made you angry, now you can't be angry, for the sake of our emperor." Zhuge Sheng helped Zhang Nuanyu to the inner room, and before leaving, he said to the concubines sitting below: "You all go back, Concubine Duo made the queen angry and was grounded in the palace!" ”
In fact, Concubine Duo's grounding at this time is also a kind of protection for her, Zhuge Sheng is a nostalgic person, and he didn't think about how to deal with Duoyi, because he didn't believe it was true, and he didn't go to the fifth uncle to verify it until now, and he wanted a child, and he was eager to have a child.
"Your Majesty, the concubine read your letter of state without permission..."Zhang Nuanyu was also a little apologetic in her heart.
"Warm words, the most important thing for you now is that you are safe with the emperor's mother and son, everything else is a small matter, you are really angry..."Zhuge Sheng said halfway, helped her to the table and sat down, took her hand and continued: "The things on the national book are not necessarily true, I haven't verified it yet, and she still has the emperor's heir in her belly, at least wait for the child to be born." ”
"How can Your Majesty be so sure that the imperial heir is Your Majesty's, who is Shi Mi, where is it, when did he become a eunuch, the real eunuch is still fake." Zhang Nuanyu never thought that a woman could do what Duoyi did, which made her feel extremely shameless.
"That Shi Mi I recognize, I have come to Nanyue a long time ago, Duoyi, this child is just conceived, it must be mine, whether what the national book says is true or false, I have to wait for the child to be born and handed over to you to raise, okay?" Zhuge Sheng held her hand and looked at her with a pampering expression.
"Although the concubine is not jealous, she can't tolerate such an innocent person like a fox by His Majesty's side." Zhang Nuanyu is actually for the sake of the royal family and Zhuge Sheng.
"Yes, your Ah Sheng knows that Nuan Yu is the kindest wife." Zhuge Sheng took her hand and rubbed it against her face.
"Then tell her to be grounded, I don't want to see her anyway." Zhang Nuanyu was right when she heard Zhuge Sheng's statement, so she told her to give birth to the child first.
"Mm-hmm, listen to the warm words." Zhuge Sheng talked to her again, got up and was about to leave, there are still many things in the vestibule, you can't stay too long, go see Duoyi later, and ask her. In fact, Zhuge Sheng didn't want to believe it in his heart, how could a concubine he liked very much do such a thing.
In the evening, Zhuge Sheng finished dinner at the queen's place and prepared to go out.
"Isn't Your Majesty resting here today?" Zhang Nuanyu got up to see him off: "Yesterday, Your Majesty also waited for Nuanyu to fall asleep and left, if Your Majesty has something to do, you don't have to come every day, just go to those new sisters' houses to sit down." ”
"I know, you can rest, I come to see you and the emperor every day to feel at ease." After Zhuge Sheng finished speaking, he patted Nuan Yu's hand, turned his face and left. He was going to go to Doyi today and ask, whatever the outcome, at least he wanted the child. Originally, he wanted to wait for her to give birth before asking, but he wanted to ask the fifth uncle first, and asked Nuan Yu to disrupt his plan.
Duoyi's palace was sealed, he had no foundation in Nanyue, and he all relied on Zhuge Sheng's grace to live, when would such a day be the end! Now in addition to sending some daily necessities, it is no longer allowed to enter or exit, Duo Yi is thinking in the palace about how the queen knows about Shi Mi, doesn't Shi Mi call Ye Zifan here, it seems that the queen doesn't know who Shi Mi is, imprison herself, the child in her belly must be saved, this can save herself. It's impossible to know what's going on outside now, so let's wait until we have a baby.
"Lord, Your Majesty is here." Rui Xin hurriedly came in to report. Duo Yi was originally sitting on the bed, but when she heard that Zhuge Sheng was coming, she didn't know if he was here to judge herself, so let's put on a grievance first, she hurriedly lay down and closed her eyes with her face facing in.
"Duoyi, I know you haven't slept, I have something to ask you." Zhuge Sheng asked someone to bring a bench and sit on the edge of Duoyi's bed.
"Your Majesty..."Duo Yi wiped her tears aggrievedly.
"Don't cry, it's not good for the child." Zhuge Sheng tried to keep himself soft.
"Today, the mother said that the concubine was like that, and she lost face, how could she not be sad." Duoyi still pretended that nothing had happened.
"Did Shi Mi go to Beimeng to find you?" Zhuge Sheng asked.
"Yes, I have been." Duo Yi felt that it was simple for Zhuge Sheng to check these things, and if he didn't refute the big things, he would definitely not know the small details so clearly.
"Why did I go to you?" Zhuge Sheng continued to ask.
"At that time, his whole family in East China was killed, and he fled when he returned from the valley, and came to Beimeng to find me because Beimeng was at war with East China, and he wanted to make a contribution to fight back to East China." What Duo Yi said was the truth that could be checked.
"Then how did Beimeng lose?" Zhuge Sheng thought that what she said was similar to what he had found.
"My quasi-quota at that time was a straw bale, and I let East China burn the grain, grass and barracks." Yerodoyi's expression was depressed after speaking.
"Have you ever done anything wrong with Shi Mi?" Zhuge Sheng asked bluntly.
"No, Your Majesty, the sky can be learned, you can go and ask Shi Mi, he was a guard next to the forehead, he was captured when the East China army burned the barracks, and I don't know later, and I lost my father's trust because of the quasi-forehead matter, and my younger brother also died in East China, and I and Ling'er are inseparable in this life. The only thing I can rely on now is Your Majesty, my mother let me out because I was afraid that my father would be angry with me, and I was afraid that Ling'er would find me to retaliate again, at that time, we matched her with Ah Jue, she always hated me, I was really entrusted by my master, you know all this. Duo Yi's intentions for His Majesty can be seen in the world, and Duo Yi is innocent! After saying that, Duo Yi cried again, Zhuge Sheng sighed, it sounded like that, let him check it slowly.
"For the time being, I have sealed your palace, but I will come to see you every other day, so it is safer for you, the queen is also bewitched by Ling'er's national letter, I will slowly explain it to her, these are only known to me and her, don't worry, when you give birth to a child, I will promote you to a concubine and return your innocence!" Zhuge Sheng comforted Duoyi, afraid that it would be bad for the child if she cried.
"Duo Yi only has a senior brother, and Duo Yi's heart for his senior brother can be learned! The senior brother didn't believe in Duo Yi anymore, and Duo Yi gave birth to a child to apologize for his sin! "Duo Yi understands, it's Ling'er again! You must kill her in this life to get rid of your hatred!
"What nonsense, keep it well!" Zhuge Sheng patted her face and held her shoulder to comfort her.
Coming out of Duoyina, the little eunuch thought that he had gone back to the imperial study to rest today, and was busy leading the way.
"Let's go to Concubine Shu, I haven't seen you for a long time." Zhuge Sheng said to the little eunuch.
"Concubine Niangniang removed the sign today." The little eunuch said hurriedly.
"Oh? Then go to Concubine Hui's. Zhuge Sheng felt that it was the same for everyone to go, these women were tasteless, and there was no taste for Duoyi, but recently Concubine Shu's brother invited her to peace, and only then did she remember that she hadn't been to her since she came back from the valley, and she removed the sign today It must be the letter of the month, so let's go to Concubine Hui.