Chapter 397: The lesser of two evils
Concubine Gao has a cousin Qingyan on the left, and another cousin Qingyan, how intimate it sounds. In the words, she profoundly expressed how much she missed and cared about her cousin, which was rare.
But everyone present is also a smart person with eyes and brains, and no one really believes how deep the sisterhood is between the current concubine and the former queen. The same words, if the noble concubine said it in front of the sober Liu Qingyan, even if Liu Qingyan would not laugh out of his big teeth in public, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
The emperor also didn't believe in the deep sisterhood between Concubine Gao and Liu Qingyan, so after Concubine Gao's idea came out, his first reaction was that Concubine Gao must have something to do with King Xian and Princess Xian, of course he had to help her.
"Your Majesty, the courtiers are brave, but the hard work is a little harder, but Qingyan is most accustomed to the room that belongs to her in the idle princess. The younger brother thought to himself that if he returned to his own home, he would definitely alleviate her condition. Your Majesty, let your courtiers return to the Xian Wangfu immediately with the green smoke. Xuanyuan Yichen raised his own objections, and he also knew in his heart that what Concubine Gao said was not wrong, with Liu Qingyan's current critical situation, and taking her back to the Xianwang Mansion in a carriage at night, no one could guarantee that her condition would worsen, even if Dongfang Ze had been following them and never leaving an inch, but he would still feel worried and scared when he thought about it.
It's just that compared to this, he is more worried and afraid that the noble concubine will come up with some vicious way to deal with them. He didn't know very well how bad and bad the relationship between Concubine Gao and Liu Qingyan was, but he also knew that it must not be much better. So when Concubine Gao proposed this method, his first reaction was actually the same as the emperor's reaction to some extent, that is, Concubine Gao must have come up with some way to murder them.
"The lesser of two evils", in comparison, Xuanyuan Yichen would rather take Liu Qingyan back to the safest Xianwang Mansion than stay in this palace where the most danger is clearly located, especially by the side of the noble concubine. So knowing that it would make the emperor unhappy, he still had to say it.
Sure enough, after listening to Xuanyuan Yichen's words, the emperor, who had just eased his anger, immediately said: "King Xian, do you believe that my will is for you to oppose and resist the will again and again? Although you and I are brothers, we must also pay attention to the fact that I am the emperor, you are just a prince, or a prince can no longer satisfy you, so you are also eyeing my position and want to replace it? ”
"Brother don't dare!" Xuanyuan Yichen hurriedly leaned down again, but even so, he was still reluctant to let go of Liu Qingyan in his arms.
However, when Xuanyuan Yichen said the word "don't dare", in fact, he was not the only one who "didn't dare", and the other princes, ministers, civil ministers and generals present also didn't dare, because they were afraid that the emperor would suddenly go crazy again, and then do something regardless of the consequences. But every time they hear the emperor make such remarks of "not surprising and endless" at every turn, they not only feel afraid, but also have a deep feeling of helplessness, and deep in their hearts, they will silently feel that this emperor is really so unreasonable!
"Then don't talk nonsense, if you don't want your wife's condition to get worse, hurry up and take her to the palace of the noble concubine!" The emperor had long been impatient, and blurted out words that were also full of threats in his words.
Even in the face of this short-tempered and unpredictable emperor, knowing that he was angry, Xuanyuan Yichen still had to think about the safety of himself and Liu Qingyan, and he almost said that it was not impossible to stay in the palace, but there were so many large and small palaces in the palace, and the vacant ones were countless, could he let him and Liu Qingyan live in an empty palace, instead of necessarily living in the palace of the noble concubine.
It's just that Xuanyuan Yichen thought about it again, not to mention that the emperor would definitely not agree, and he objected to his will again and again as he said, except for making him even more angry until he rented out irrational things, it actually didn't do him even a little good. In addition, the palace of the noble concubine is the most dangerous, but as long as it is still in this palace, then no matter which palace it is replaced, it is still out of finding the most dangerous environment. Even if it is an inaccessible cold palace, it is not much better, Xuanyuan Yichen remembers that Liu Qingyan was attacked by Sun Bao when he was in the cold palace that day.
In this way, seeing that it is impossible for him to leave the palace and return to the Xianwang Mansion, there is no way to go to heaven and earth, and the only way is to take Liu Qingyan and follow the noble concubine to live in her palace for a night.
"Brother obeys, Emperor Xie, Concubine Xie Niangniang!" The situation is stronger than people, "people are swordsmen, I am fish and meat", Xuanyuan Yichen can only agree in addition to agreeing.
Several people around him worked together to help Xuanyuan Yichen pick up Liu Qingyan in his arms, and with the help of everyone, he walked out of the banquet hall. Concubine Gao also seized the opportunity, and after bidding farewell to the emperor, she took them to her palace with her.
On the other hand, this is the end of the banquet. From the elation at the beginning of the banquet, to the frightened heart in the middle of the banquet, until the end of the secretly relieved, I feel that such a banquet of one or two hours has made everyone present go from life to death, and go around the ghost gate, but fortunately, I finally turned out and can live well for a while.
Just waiting for the emperor to turn around and leave, followed by the sharp voice of Gonggong Li, the meeting ended in a prolonged tone, and everyone quickly stood up and left the banquet hall almost by running. There are a few people who are too timid to be so frightened that their legs are already weak, and they can't even stand up, so they can only leave here with a crawl, and they don't care about how embarrassed and ridiculous they look!
The palace maids and eunuchs who had been kneeling at the table were the most seriously injured and frightened also stood up tremblingly under the support of other palace maids and eunuchs, and the blood stains on their bodies had already dried up, but the grievances and pain that they had been holding back and the tears of fright could not be stopped.
When everyone in the banquet hall was gone, all that was left was a mess of wine, water, oil, and even blood stains all over the floor, and the traces that remained were still telling what had happened in the banquet hall not long ago.
Soon, a new group of palace maids and eunuchs walked in, all carrying buckets and brooms in their hands, and they came to clean up and clean up the scene. With so many people working under the labors of so many people, it will soon be a new and spotless ballroom, and then no one will ever mention in public what happened in this ballroom tonight, and what will be another banquet to be held here in the near future!
It is people who change, but not things, and after tonight, it will return to normal. Everything seems to be going on forever in order and in a loop!
With the help of the people brought by Xuanyuan Yichen and the palace maids and eunuchs around the noble concubine, Xuanyuan Yichen quickly came to the palace of the noble concubine with Liu Qingyan.
With the dignity of her concubine, although the palace where the noble concubine lives is still slightly worse than the queen's palace, there is no queen in the palace, so her palace is undoubtedly the most splendid, the most spacious and bright, the most luxurious and comfortable palace. With Xuanyuan Yichen's understanding of the physique of the palace, he is only afraid that "there is no tiger in the mountain, and the monkey is called the king", the various specifications and modes in this concubine's palace have surpassed the queen's palace!