Chapter 408: The Insider

Zhou Hexi's impression of Lin Jingshu is still stuck in the time when she pretended to be sick, and she remembers that day she led the sisters of the Hou Mansion to the Zuixian Building for dinner, and happened to meet Xiao Yu and Yan Ji, and the other party was warmly invited, and their sisters sat together with King Sheng and others. Before the meal was eaten, Meng Fuya broke into the door with Lin Jingshu, shouting for help.

As a result, a glass of water saved Lin Jingshu's life, which was ridiculous.

Everyone secretly sneered, but Lin Jingshu ignored the shame, and was lyrical like Xiao Yu in front of everyone, she said that she had been King Sheng in her heart for many years, about a few years ago, on a certain Shangyuan Festival, and occasionally received Xiao Yu's assistance. However, Xiao Yu said that he was not in the capital that night.

Whether Xiao Yu was not in Beijing and whether he saved Lin Jingshu or not, Zhou Hexi did not know, in short, it was true that Lin Jingshu covered her face and escaped in the end.

As for why Zhou Hexi was so suspicious, probably because the situation last night was similar to that time. Last night, Yan Ji also said that Xiao Yu was not in the capital, but it turned out that Xiao Yu had saved her, and he "dutifully" lost energy to her.

These things are all rushed together, which really makes people unable to calm down, and when eating, Zhou Hexi was a little absent-minded. Onyx gave her a dish, his face hesitated, and he said, "Miss, there is one more thing to tell you...... That is, tortoiseshell and Zhou Ping'an opened a splendid cloth village next to the Zhiyun Embroidery Building, which opened three days later, and gave me and Jin Ling, Jin Huan, Jin Hai, and Jin Chuan invitations respectively, so that we could watch the ceremony and eat the banquet. ”

Zhou Hexi only paused when she heard the name of "tortoiseshell", and then continued to pick up vegetables as usual, and when Onyx finished speaking, she smiled and said: "Since she invited you, go is, after all, sisters, it is rare for her and Zhou Ping'an to only forge ahead and create a family business." ”

However, Onyx did not want to go.

Zhou Hexi only glanced at Onyx's thoughts, but he didn't say much, he stuffed the porridge in one breath and handed the empty bowl to Jin Ling.

Jin Ling refilled the bowl and said silently: "Since the couple has left the Hou Mansion, the eldest lady has also released the deed to the two, Zhou Ping'an has no father, no mother, no brothers and sisters, as soon as he leaves, he will have nothing to do with the Hou Mansion...... A few years ago, the tortoiseshell mother begged his stepwife, saying that the tortoiseshell father's health was getting worse and worse, and they had a tortoiseshell daughter under their knees, and wanted to ask for the master's grace to let them go home and live with their daughter and son-in-law. When the stepwife heard this, she rewarded the silver and things without saying a word, and let go, and when she beat that, the tortoiseshell family had nothing to do with the Hou Mansion. So, what is their home like, and what does it have to do with us? As for friendship, the slave maid has no friendship with the tortoiseshell in private. “

Jin Ling didn't want to go either.

Jin Ling didn't want to go, needless to say, the other three golds would definitely follow in her sister's footsteps and wouldn't go. Moreover, in addition to tortoiseshell and Jin Ling in the house, the rest of the relationship with tortoiseshell is even more ordinary.

"Okay, you can go if you want to, and if you don't want to go, send someone to send a congratulatory gift, what's the point?"

Zhou Hexi felt that this was not a problem, and the people who served her all understood the temperament of the master, and it was best not to like to force people. Afterwards, the agate and the four gold were combined, and a total of two taels of silver were exchanged for a congratulatory gift for the agate, and the youngest gold ring was sent three days later, and the matter was not mentioned.

Soon, the earth ushered in the spring of March, and the grass grew and the warbler flew.

The matter of the death of the head of the county lord of Minghui and the palace of the king of Shou was gradually replaced by the news that the queen mother moved back to Wanshou Mountain Wanshou Palace to recuperate. However, in Zhou Hexi's view, these are just the continuation of the "palace change". In the "palace change" touchstone jointly made by Emperor Yongchang, Princess Longyu, and King Sheng, the minds of a large number of people were tested.

Empress Xiao, the crown prince, King Shou, and the deputy commander of the five cities and horses, Si Han, did not mention these traitors, and many former harem people who did not know the truth staged one wonderful drama after another in front of Emperor Yongchang. In this upheaval, Concubine Chen, who has always occupied a special place in His Majesty's heart, instantly disappeared from everyone, no matter how much she explained and confessed to His Majesty afterwards, it was in vain. And Empress Dowager Li, who has always loved her son like her life, performed even worse in the palace change, and even made His Majesty doubt the past for a while.

Since then, there has been a gap between the mother and son that cannot be eliminated. Afterwards, Empress Dowager Li didn't think about how to make up for it, maybe the rift was too big, and it was useless to make up for it, so she simply let herself go, taking advantage of the fall of Empress Xiao and taking advantage of the fall of Empress Xiao to abuse power in the harem.

The first thing was to propose that Emperor Yongchang be established, and when she "worked hard" to select two candidates who were impeccable in all aspects and sent them to Emperor Yongchang, they were immediately rejected. The reason given by His Majesty is also very simple, he is not in the mood.

No matter how Empress Dowager Li united with the courtiers and insisted, Emperor Yongchang swore not to let go. In all dynasties, there are many emperors without empresses, so why can't he be empty?

To put it bluntly, Empress Dowager Li does not hold real power in her hands, and she has not been trusted by the emperor for many years? Once lost, nature is nothing...... It's okay if Emperor Yongchang is her own child, but she is only Emperor Yongchang's adoptive mother, and the relationship is broken, and there is nothing.

The second thing, even in front of His Majesty the queen mother temper is more and more irritable, the longevity palace every day is carried out of the palace maids, chamberlains, at the beginning, Emperor Yongchang can still open one eye and close one eye, later, involving more lives, and even one day, the longevity palace was killed three people in a row, causing the inner palace people to panic, the mother of the seventh prince Xiao Li, Concubine Li can no longer stand it, risking death to advise Emperor Yongchang, be sure to let the queen mother go back to Wanshou Mountain to recuperate.

Emperor Yongchang, who had already had this intention, was ready to push the boat down the river, and at this time, the Qintian prison was coming, and the main palace was in danger of Yueyan. After hearing this, Emperor Yongchang immediately asked Empress Dowager Li to climb Wanshou Mountain to avoid disaster, but Empress Dowager Li bluntly said that blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and they will be at peace with what happens. In the face of the Empress Dowager's prevarication, Emperor Yongchang refused to tear his face, and the two parties had to stiffen until the incident of Wanshou Mountain East Window, the royal family was humiliated, and Emperor Yongchang directly forced Empress Dowager Li away with a holy decree.

Among them, there are hidden twists and turns, and Zhou Hexi still learned about it from Xie Chengyu.

She told Zhou Hexi that everything about the Heavenly Prison was His Majesty's will, and the purpose was to force the Empress Dowager Li away and restore the harem to a clear state, which coincided with Zhou Hexi's speculation. However, Emperor Yongchang underestimated the cheekiness of his adoptive mother, she refused to move out of the harem, and Emperor Yongchang couldn't use it, after all, Empress Dowager Li was his nominal mother, she was shameless, he couldn't be nameless. is at a stalemate, and the Wanshoushan scandal comes out...... At the beginning, it was the Empress Dowager Li who tried to protect the lord of Minghui, and later, Emperor Yongchang also vaguely found out that the escaped Minghui was under the protection of the Empress Dowager Li, after weighing, Emperor Yongchang took a step back, and temporarily let go of the insignificant fish that slipped through the net, who knew that Minghui was so bold and reckless, not only raising male pets, but also daring to blatantly live in the royal forbidden place!

As soon as the incident came out, the whole country ridiculed and condemned, and it was unbearable to make him, the emperor, lose face......