Concubine Hui looked at the Queen Mother with tears in her eyes, how pitiful and pitiful she was.

"Queen Mother, the concubines were born stupid, so they just want to guard Princess Qingning and live a good life, and ask the Queen Mother to be fulfilled."

Concubine Hui begged vigorously, and the Queen Mother only felt a headache.

What can she do? Concubine Hui's meaning is obvious, no matter how she scolds her and punishes her, she has no way to solve the matter of Concubine Liu's miscarriage.

"Queen, since you found out that Concubine Liu's miscarriage has another secret, can you tell me who might have done it?"

Empress Chen lowered her head, lowered her eyes and said, "Queen Mother, the concubines have not found out, so they don't dare to talk nonsense." ”

"How do you take care of the harem, I can't figure out this little thing!" The Queen Mother reprimanded coldly.

"The concubine is incompetent, please punish the queen mother." Empress Chen confessed.

The Queen Mother's face sank, and she asked Queen Chen to confess what to do. There was a concubine sued before, and the queen sued later, all of them were incompetent concubines, and it was clear that they couldn't handle it, and the queen mother still needed to call the shots.

"You say you're incompetent, but don't forget that you are the queen and the master of the harem, and the big and small things in this harem are all your business." The Queen Mother said in a deep voice.

Empress Chen lowered her eyebrows and replied: "The concubine understands, but since the concubine is the queen, everything must be evidenced, and you can't guess at will, otherwise it will be framed by the concubine if it comes to Your Majesty." ”

Although there was no mention of a certain person's name in every word, everyone present knew in their hearts who Queen Chen wanted to talk about, and who else would there be besides Concubine Ye De.

Over the years, Emperor Yongqing has asked Queen Chen a lot for Concubine Ye De, Concubine Hui knows it, and the Queen Mother also knows it.

The Queen Mother rubbed her eyebrows, waved her hand, and said, "Concubine Hui, you step back first, the mourning family has something to say to the queen." ”

"Yes, the concubine retired." Concubine Hui got up to leave, and when she was leaving, she quietly exchanged a look with Queen Chen.

Concubine Hui left, and only the Queen Mother and Queen Chen were left in the palace.

The Queen Mother picked up the teacup on the table and threw it at Queen Chen, Queen Chen did not dodge or dodge, knelt in the hall, and the teacup fell to pieces far away from Queen Chen.

Why didn't Queen Chen dodge, because she knew that the Queen Mother was just throwing a teacup to vent, not trying to punish her.

"The Queen Mother is angry." Empress Chen was still kneeling on the ground and said softly.

The Queen Mother sighed heavily: "Look at you, you are the queen, why are you still afraid of Concubine Ye De?" ”

Queen Chen's meaning between the lines, the Queen Mother actually understood, but isn't it that she suspects that Concubine Liu's miscarriage is from Concubine Ye De's handwriting? But Empress Chen didn't dare to stand up and question Concubine Ye De.

The queen had an angry face, "You are the queen of the main palace, and you are from the Chen Guogong Mansion, and Concubine Ye De?" It's just a woman with long hair and short knowledge from a small family, why are you still afraid of her! ”

"The concubine is not afraid of Concubine Ye De, but Your Majesty is ......"

Empress Chen paused, quietly took the queen mother's face into her eyes, and then continued: "Your Majesty attaches great importance to Concubine De, if the concubine has evidence, she can naturally stand up and exercise her power as the queen, but there is no evidence in the concubine's hand that can directly prove that she is Concubine De, in the final analysis, this is also the concubine's speculation, and the concubine does not dare to say anything." ”

If it is an ordinary concubine, as long as Empress Chen finds a clue, she can question her face to face, and even ban her, but Concubine Ye De cannot.

If Concubine Ye De was moved, Emperor Yongqing would not agree to the first one.

"There are a lot of beauties in this harem, why does Your Majesty favor Concubine Ye De, and you don't know how to persuade the queen." The Queen Mother said in a deep voice.

Empress Chen smiled bitterly and said, "It's the concubine's dereliction of duty." ”

Her bitter smile fell in the eyes of the Queen Mother, but the Empress Dowager Ling sighed in her heart, this world is all Emperor Yongqing's, who does he like, who does he want to pamper, can others say whether he likes it, and whether he is allowed to pamper it?

The Queen Mother knew that this was of course impossible, and Emperor Yongqing was much tougher than the first emperor.

"Since you brought Concubine Hui to the mourning family, you must have an idea, what do you want to do, say it." The Queen Mother said.

The Queen Mother is not stupid, today it is not so much that Concubine Hui came to beg her, but that Empress Chen asked her.

Empress Chen blessed the Queen Mother: "This matter is a little tricky, the concubine has some ideas in her heart, but she still needs the help of the Queen Mother." ”

"Say it." The Queen Mother waved her hand, "Although you are taking care of this harem, but when you encounter tricky things, you don't need to mourn your family." ”

In fact, Queen Chen held the Queen Mother high, and there are some things that the Queen Mother can't do, only the Queen Mother can do it, which is actually invisibly wearing a high hat for the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother does hide a smile on the corner of her mouth when she says.

"The concubine thinks that this matter might as well end here, this matter has nothing to do with Concubine Xie Shu, the grounding should be solved, and Concubine Hui's errand can also be stopped, as for Concubine Liu's side, comfort more and maintain the peace of the harem."

The Queen Mother's face sank: "Ridiculous! According to what you say, wouldn't Concubine Liu's children be in vain? That's His Majesty's dragon heir, how can it be gone without explanation! ”

"Queen Mother, concubines don't mean that." Empress Chen hurriedly explained, "The concubine means to stop this matter on the surface and restore peace and tranquility in the harem, but the miscarriage of Concubine Liu still needs to be investigated, but it is investigated behind the scenes, so that the harem will not be chaotic, and secondly, it will not startle the snake, and when the other party relaxes his vigilance, he can also find out who the real culprit is as soon as possible." ”

The Queen Mother pondered for a moment and said, "Your method is also feasible. ”

"It's just the queen, you are always like this, when you meet Concubine De, you take a detour, where is the majesty of your queen?" The Queen Mother looked at Empress Chen with some disgust.

As a queen, she has to be timid in the face of a concubine whose family background is not as good as her own.

Empress Chen's face froze, and she said: "It's because the concubines are incompetent, they can't please Your Majesty, and even the prince can't conceive for Your Majesty." The tone was rather helpless.

In fact, no one knew that Empress Chen, except for Princess Lin'an, later gave birth to a prince, but the prince was still suffocated to death in infancy, and Empress Chen sent down the grandmother and eunuch who were serving the prince at that time, but the prince could no longer live. And this matter is also an unsolved case in the palace, and it is a painful matter for Queen Chen.

The Queen Mother sighed lightly: "The mourning family also knows that it has not been easy for you all these years, just go, the mourning family is in charge of this matter, but this Concubine Ye De should really be beaten, this harem is not her world!" ”

For Concubine Ye De, the Queen Mother has never liked it.

The next day, the Queen Mother ordered Concubine Liu's miscarriage to be stopped, and on the grounds that there was no evidence to prove that Concubine Xie did it, she lifted Concubine Xie's grounding, and the matter was settled.

When Xie Qing heard the news, the corners of his lips hooked slightly: "Princess Lin'an really didn't disappoint. ”

Lingzhi blinked her eyes: "Although Concubine Xie Shufei has lifted her grounding, it is inevitable that she will still fall behind, even if there is no evidence that she did it, but as long as the murderer does not appear for a day, Concubine Xie will always be suspicious?" ”

"What does it matter, how about Concubine Xie Shu, it's not the concern of Queen Chen and Princess Lin'an, the result they want is that Concubine Xie Shu will stand tall, and Concubine Ye De's eyes will be on Concubine Xie Shu, so that Queen Chen's position will be stable."

Xie Qing smiled faintly, "And I have the same idea as Princess Lin'an, with Concubine Xie Shu's presence, we can balance Concubine Ye De." ”

"But why didn't Princess Lin'an just let the Queen Mother pull out Concubine Ye De, anyway, didn't the Queen Mother have a good impression of Concubine Ye De?" Lingzhi didn't understand why he wanted to let Concubine Ye Defei go.

"I'm afraid there aren't a few people in the Da Yue harem who like Concubine Ye De." Xie Qing sneered, "But the Son of Heaven of Da Yue dotes on her, and after so many years, she is a holy favor, and with His Majesty's protection, no one can do anything to her." Even if the Queen Mother wants to move Concubine Ye De, I'm afraid she will have to weigh it. ”

Lingzhi frowned slightly, pouted and said, "Does Your Majesty favor Concubine Ye De like this?" Even if Concubine Ye De pokes a hole in the sky, His Majesty will not punish her? ”

Suddenly, Lingzhi's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Miss, didn't you scold Concubine De fiercely when you entered the palace before, so that she was disgusted by His Majesty?" ”

Xie Qing nodded: "There is such a thing, Your Majesty still wants to be a face-saving person after all, Concubine De has done too much, Your Majesty will naturally have disgust, but now is not the time." ”

"Why?" Lingzhi asked.

Why isn't it the time now?

Xie Qingwan smiled and said, "You forgot, Concubine Ye Defei's baby son is already on his way back to Beijing, and he will be there soon." ”

"King Zhao has been gone for several months this time, and he has also done a big errand for His Majesty, and his merits are not small, King Zhao, a meritorious hero, has returned, how can his biological mother be punished?"

Xie Qing bit the word "hero" heavily, full of irony.

"So now if you poke this matter out with great fanfare, it will only be over in the end, Concubine Liu's child is gone, rather than this, it is better to press this matter, and wait until Concubine Ye Defei loses power in the future, and then poke this matter out, and then come to a 'icing on the cake', wouldn't it be wonderful."

The corners of Lingzhi's lips were raised, and he smiled: "It makes sense, the higher you climb, the worse you fall." ”

"Calculate the time, Feng Bo is almost in the capital, right?" Xie Qing asked.

"If it goes well, it's probably going to be in the next few days." Lingzhi replied, "Feng Bo said that he had a big gift to give to King Zhao, but Feng Bo didn't say what the big gift was. ”

Xie Qing nodded and said with a smile: "Don't be anxious, since it's a big gift, then there must be some mystery, that's interesting." ”

Lingzhi looked at her young lady and said thoughtfully, "Miss, you don't know what it is, do you?" Tell the slave a thing or two. ”

Xie Qing shook his head and chuckled: "This is a great gift that Uncle Feng has worked hard for many months and carefully prepared, if I say it, it will be boring, Lingzhi, you better keep your eyes open and get ready to watch a good show." ”

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