Chapter 586: Grace Returned
The emperor glanced at Concubine Li leisurely, only to see that her eyes were also full of puzzlement and curiosity, her eyes darkened a little, and said to the eunuch outside the house, "Let her in." ”
"Yes." The eunuch bent down and said to the palace maid, "Go in." ”
The palace maid's legs kept trembling, she entered the imperial study with a pale face, and saw Concubine Li standing on the side, her legs were weak, her body was paralyzed on the ground, the decoction in her hand was also splashed all over her, and her skin was burned red, but she didn't know.
She knelt in a hurry, kept kowtowing, her head was red and swollen, and prayed, "The emperor spares his life!" ”
"What is the crime of you sending me a decoction?" The emperor said in a deep voice, his face was expressionless, so that people could not see his joy and anger.
"It's not the decoction that Concubine Li's mother asked the slave to send." The palace maid's crying snot and tears were mixed together, and she hurriedly said, "But the slave maid has absolutely no intention of harming the emperor, please forgive the slave and maid a small life!" ”
"Who is the master behind you?" The emperor asked.
"Slave maid...... Slave maid ......" The palace maid was extremely flustered, looked around, and stammered, "There is no command to the slave and maid, it is all what the slave and maid want to do." ”
"Really?" The emperor hooked his mouth and smiled, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes, he said in a low voice, "You are a palace maid, can you make the people in the imperial dining room use good failures?" Can you know that Concubine Li sends supplements to me every night? I see that you are not so bold, who is the person behind you? ”
The emperor picked up something and smashed it on the palace maid's head, blood flowed down her head, and the palace maid was even more panicked, crawling on the ground and shivering, but she gritted her teeth and was unwilling to tell who was behind the scenes.
"Someone." The emperor ran out of patience, "Drag her out for me, torture and find out who is behind the scenes, there is no result, I will not allow her to die." ”
The fluttering words made the palace maid's eyes widen, she hugged her arms in fear, even though the blood on her head kept flowing, she still kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, "The slave knows that she is wrong, and the slave and maid will tell the emperor who instructed the slave and maid." ”
"Say." The emperor opened his mouth unhurriedly, with a sneer on his face.
"It's the Queen's Mother." After saying this, the palace maid's face turned gray and she sat on the ground weakly.
Concubine Li looked at the palace maid without a trace of emotion, and the people who came out of her mouth, as she expected, were just that the palace maid was frightened, so she explained everything, so that Concubine Li always felt that something was wrong.
The emperor stood up, and instead of being angry, he let the eunuchs in, and said, "Bring people to the queen's palace, but I want to see what she wants to do." As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Concubine Li, "You come with me." ”
"The concubine obeys." Concubine Li bowed slowly.
The guards dragged the palace maid behind the emperor, the emperor's face was calm, but there was anger in his eyes, and the palace was frightened by this scene, and they all guessed who angered the emperor.
Unexpectedly, this group of people went to the queen's palace, and someone hurriedly went outside the palace to call the eldest prince.
The emperor kicked open the door of the queen's palace, but there was an unexpected blink, in the former golden palace, now few people have cleaned it, dust has accumulated on it, and no one has cleaned the fallen leaves in the courtyard, even the queen is wearing plain clothes and sewing her own clothes.
The emperor couldn't help frowning, is this the life that the queen is living now?
The queen was startled, the needle in her hand pierced into the flesh, she frowned in pain, and with bloody fingers, she saluted the emperor slowly, "The emperor is here, and the concubines will participate in the emperor." ”
"You ......" The queen is his wife, and the emperor does not have no feelings for the queen, but he resented her for being poisoned that time, but he didn't want the queen to live such a life.
The painful whimpering sound of the palace maid behind him brought the emperor back to his senses, his brows furrowed tightly, and he asked sharply, "This palace maid, was it sent by you?" ”
"That's right, it's a concubine." Surprisingly, the queen did not refute, but directly affirmed, and met the emperor without fear.
The emperor's anger rose from it, his eyes could breathe fire, his big hand grabbed the queen's chin, and said coldly, "What else do you want to do?" Do you want to poison and hurt me? Queen, Queen, you are a femme fatale. ”
"It turns out that in the emperor's heart, the concubines have always been like this?" The queen's tears ran down her face and slid down the emperor's hands, shocking his heart.
He could never forget the blackened silver needle. The queen closed her eyes in despair, but tears fell silently, and she said tremblingly, "If the emperor believes that it is the concubine who wants to harm the emperor, then the emperor will punish the concubine, and the concubine has no complaints." ”
"Okay." The emperor laughed angrily, and he said sharply, "If someone comes, ...... the queen."
"Your Majesty, things are not what you think." A palace maid rushed out from the side, looking at the emperor with red eyes, "The queen mother, she doesn't want to harm the emperor, but ......"
"Enough, don't talk about it!" The queen opened her eyes and stopped the palace maid's words.
"No, the slave and maid have to say, the slave and the maid can't look at the queen mother, you will be punished for not knowing it." The palace maid knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor, and said word by word, "The emperor can also see that in today's queen palace, it is not as good as in the past, although the queen mother has the name of the queen, but it is indispensable to be bullied by other people's forces. ”
The emperor's heart was a little distressed, looking at the queen's haggard appearance, he said stiffly, "It's not that she did it herself." ”
"But the queen knows that she is wrong." The palace maid defended and said, "The queen mother knows that she was wrong that time, I'm sorry for the emperor, even if there is no silver in her palace, and when I heard that the emperor was not very comfortable, I sold the jewelry, up and down, and I was afraid that the emperor would not want to drink those supplements, so I used the name of Concubine Li Niangniang to send supplements to the emperor." ”
The emperor's pupils widened suddenly, turned his head to look at the queen, and asked, "Is what she said true?" ”
The queen was reluctant to answer, and was grabbed by the emperor's hand, the hands that have always been delicate have now had calluses, the emperor was very distressed, he believed it, compared to the queen who poisoned him, he was more willing to believe in this queen who thought about him everywhere.
Concubine Li's eyes deepened, she finally knew what was wrong, if the queen really wanted to hide who sent the supplement, she didn't have to let her feel the clues, now she easily knew that it was the queen, she just wanted to borrow her wind and let the emperor come over.
The queen succeeded, this one, the queen won, she lost, and Concubine Li's heart was also a little unwilling.
The emperor sighed, pulled the queen up from the ground, and said softly, "I have wronged you." ”
The queen wiped her tears and said, "As long as the emperor still believes in the concubines, the concubines will not feel suffering." ”
The emperor nodded, took the queen's hand, and said to the palace people, "The queen is the mother of a country, how can you be presumptuous, come here, drag these palace people down, and beat the thirty boards!" ”
"The emperor spares his life!" The cries of begging for mercy in the Queen's Palace gradually disappeared.
The emperor's eyes fell on Concubine Li's body, Concubine Li's heart jumped, and she secretly said that it was not good, she knelt on the ground all of a sudden, bowed her head and said, "The concubine asks for guilt." ”
"What's the crime?" The emperor took the queen's hand and looked at Concubine Li deeply.
"The concubines assisted in managing the harem, but let the palace people snub the queen's mother, it was a dereliction of duty on the part of the concubines, please punish the emperor." Concubine Li lowered her head and said.
"You don't have a heart either." The emperor's heart couldn't harden, Concubine Li always thought about him, and said, "I'll punish you with a month's moonsilver." ”
"The concubine obeys." Concubine Li stood up and hurriedly said to the palace people behind her, "Why are you still stunned, why don't you hurry up and clean up the queen's palace." With a smile on her face, she said to the queen, "Niangniang, the eyes of the palace people before were on their heads, and the concubines will replace them, and you must find some handy palace maids for Niangniang." ”
The queen nodded, "Then thank you, sister." ”
The state affairs were busy, the emperor left, Concubine Li also found an excuse to leave, leaving the queen, her face changed from sad to a smile, this is not bitter, it is the right move.
The people in the palace saw that the emperor went to the queen's palace angrily, but they only punished the palace people in the queen's palace, and this large pile of things was sent to her palace, and it seems that the wind direction in the palace has changed again.
The palace is full of human spirits, so naturally he has a different attitude towards the queen.
The eldest prince received the news and hurried to the palace, what he planned was at the moment of discipline, but don't fall short because of the queen, but he didn't expect that he had just arrived in the queen mother's palace, and he watched the palace people bow respectfully to the queen.
Seeing that her son was coming, the queen waved the palace people down, and the eldest prince hurriedly asked, "Queen Mother, you didn't have an accident, did you?" ”
The queen smiled and said, "The queen mother is fine. She told the eldest prince the truth, "Your father is suspicious, but he is emotional, and the queen mother must first gain his trust before she can help you." ”
When the eldest prince saw his mother, his status in his father's heart returned, and he was overjoyed and said, "Queen Mother, I have wronged you during this time. ”
"The Queen Mother is willing to help you." The queen said with a smile. Since she was punished by the emperor, the people in the palace looked down on her and even bullied her, and the queen couldn't stand it anymore, so she thought of such a bitter drama to deceive the emperor. The person who knows the emperor best is still her.
It was not a loss that she had calluses on her hands, and the queen said to the eldest prince, "The queen mother will try her best to help you in the future." "As for the emperor, it is uncertain, and the queen will not be sad for him.
She wants to be the queen mother, her son the eldest prince, will inherit the unification, and Concubine Li, who is now robbing her of her rights, has to submit to her feet!