Chapter 118: The Emperor and Empress quarrel
The saint wants to have dinner in Changchun Palace, and the people below him will prepare it. Yi Xiangxiang originally wanted to leave Su Jingxiang to eat together, but the latter said that she had drunk too much, so Yi Xiangxiang had to let her go back to rest.
After sending Su Jingxiang away, Yi Xiangxiang still didn't pay attention to Zhao Ziqian, who was sitting in front of the bookcase. She is still a little worried about not being able to fold into red plums today!
Why are your concubines tossing around, but I can't go out to play? Yi Xiangxiang has quite an opinion on Zhao Ziqian.
Zhao Ziqian thought that Yi Xiangxiang had drunk wine and made a fuss. He saw Yi Xiangxiang on weekdays, and the other party was happy, but when he suddenly saw her with a small face, it was very fresh, because he didn't realize that the other party was already angry.
The emperor and queen had dinner together very calmly, and did not say a word from beginning to end. Let the palace maids and eunuchs who serve in Changchun Palace want to become invisible.
Until Zhao Ziqian went to the imperial study to "work overtime" after dinner, Yi Xiangxiang didn't get a word of appeasement. So she could only sigh in her heart, this emperor is simply a straight man of steel!
Besides, Su Jingxiang hurriedly walked out of Changchun Palace with Tang'er, bypassed the palace in a sedan chair, and returned to her Zhongcui Palace.
Because of the tragic death of Li Jieyu of Linghan Yuan in Zhongcui Palace, everyone now knows that Zhongcui Palace has an inexplicable taboo. However, Su Jingxiang felt that compared to the depression in Changchun Palace just now, Zhong Cui Palace was much more comfortable.
Su Jingxiang's uncle is Li Yuan, and the military general does not believe in demons and evils, so she doesn't mind Ling Hanyuan's problems. Anyway, there are many unjust souls in Miyagi, and if you want to talk about it in detail, it is not clean anywhere.
Zhong Cui Palace is naturally not as gorgeous and elegant as Changchun Palace, but it also has a unique style.
It is the most "contradictory" palace in the whole palace city, although the beams, purlins, and dougongs are all made of golden silk nanmu, but the pattern materials are varied, there are green and gold swirl paintings, as well as dragon and phoenix and seal paintings, as well as the style color paintings of the outer eaves purlins. The palace combines different styles of colorful paintings, but has a different style.
Su Jingxiang sat down in the Huanghuali Rose Circle Chair, thinking of everything she had experienced in Changchun Palace today, and saw that she said to the palace maid Tang'er very sternly:
"Tang'er, what I heard in Changchun Palace today, I can't reveal half a word."
Although Tang'er was not very bold, she was also scared by Zhao Ziqian just now, but she also knew the importance in her heart: "Don't worry, the slave will never talk nonsense." But Niangniang, is Concubine Kang really a murderer? ”
As she spoke, she brought her mother a cup of Pu'er tea.
She didn't understand much of the analysis of the queen mother and her own concubine Ning, but she also heard them clearly that Concubine Kang was the real promoter of killing Li Jieyu. It was said that the queen mother spoke so without taboos, which surprised her.
"Everything is also speculation, and it depends on how Dali Temple decides." Su Jingxiang took the cup of Pu'er and said.
The fog locks the tea of thousands of trees, and the clouds open thousands of green onions. The fragrance is thousands of miles away, and the taste is in a cup.
Pu'er tea has a mellow and sweet taste, and Su Jingxiang likes this taste the most. In the past, when I was in Meizhou, my uncle didn't pay attention to drinking tea at home, but because she preferred Pu'er, she bought a lot of Pu'er at home.
Thinking about it now, it has a sense of ten thousand years, which makes Su Jingxiang sigh.
Tang'er thought that her mother was sighing at Li Jieyu's death, so she comforted: "Niangniang, don't think too much, Li Jieyu is too high-profile and out of proportion." The slave said that if she could keep her duty, she would not die early. Speaking of which, the harem is actually stable now, the queen is generous, Lin Guifei is also gentle, although Kang Guifei has the queen mother as a backer, but this time she will definitely have to suffer a hardship. After that, there are few people who can easily handle the mother. ”
Su Jingxiang is Concubine Ning, and now in the harem, in addition to the queen and the two concubines, there are only two concubines on the throne, she and Concubine Hui. As the lord of the first house, her status can be regarded as respectful.
"Whether Concubine Kang will be in trouble or not, it's hard to say. After all, there is no evidence for what the queen said, and do you think the Kang family would let Concubine Kang be convicted so easily? Su Jingxiang felt that Tang'er was still too superficial in looking at the problem.
"That's just as well. But mother, how could the queen tell you this? You must know that even if it is just speculation, it is not easy to say much. Tang'er remembered Yi Xiangxiang's words directly, and was very curious about the reason.
In fact, this is also a question that Su Jingxiang is curious about, she has no intention of communicating with the queen until now.
However, she felt that the queen was still quite frank, and if she could make friends, she would have one more companion in the deep palace in the future.
Su Jingxiang asked Tang'er to refill a cup of tea for herself and said, "It's okay, no matter what the queen's reason is, there should be no malice." And as long as we don't have the intention of harming others, we are not afraid of those conspiracies. The queen looks like a good one, and if she can be good friends with her, she will be more stable in the future. ”
"Niangniang is right, it's just that the Empress Dowager Xiao'an doesn't like the queen, if the Niangniang is good friends with the queen, will it make the Empress Dowager dissatisfied?" Sugar still has some scruples.
"What's there to worry about, after all, it's the queen who is in charge of the harem. And now in Changchun Palace, what can you see? ”
Tang'er was puzzled, to be honest, she was only scared at the time, so she could only scratch her head embarrassedly and say no.
Su Jingxiang put down the small teacup, walked to the charcoal basin, baked her hands, and said:
"Look at it on weekdays, the queen is also very respectful to the saint, and she can't find the slightest fault in the rules. Even if the queen in Ci'an Palace didn't like it, he couldn't find any reason to punish her. But today, you see in Changchun Palace, the queen does not bow to worship, and she is quite unkind to the words of the saint, and the saint is extremely tolerant! Looking at the Xiao Dan people waiting again, although there was panic on their faces, they didn't seem to be surprised. It can be seen that the relationship between the saint and the queen in private is also so comfortable. ”
Zhao Ziqian's person Su Jingxiang has contact, even if she grew up in a military general's house, but when she saw Zhao Ziqian on weekdays, she was so timid that she didn't dare to come out. Occasionally, Zhao Ziqian flipped over her brand, and she was also frightened! But the queen dared to pull out the tiger's beard, which was really surprising to her.
Originally, Su Jingxiang also believed those rumors, saying that the saint made the daughter of the Yi family the queen just to balance the Likang and Lin families. But now that she looks, it may not be like that.
The saint has left the position of the main concubine since he was still the prince, and even Lin Zhimeng only became a side concubine, how could he casually give the position of queen for the sake of balance?
It can be seen that the position of this queen may have been left by Zhao Ziqian for Yi Xiangxiang from the beginning.
The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear.
Su Jingxiang, who saw the emperor and queen getting along in private, saw through the truth at a glance.
"Could it be...... The queen is the person she likes as the saint said? How can it be? Sugar Child's sudden realization was full of surprise.
Regarding Zhao Ziqian, he had a favorite person, which was spread from the palace banquet a few years ago, and later many people thought that the saint liked his cousin Kang Ling.
"Do you remember? When the first emperor wanted to appoint Lin Guifei at the palace banquet, the saint who was still the seventh prince said that he would leave the position of concubine to his favorite woman. And that time, the Seven Princes toured the mountains and rivers to Tongzhou, and then rushed back from Tongzhou to participate in the palace banquet. ”
Su Jingxiang still remembers that winter, when she was a draft girl after the spring of the second year, because Meizhou was far away, her uncle brought her to Kyoto in advance.
At the palace banquet, after the word that the seventh prince said that he had a favorite woman spread, his aunt didn't want her to run for a while.
But she knew that her uncle Li Yuan was the person of the Seven Princes, and only when she entered the Seven Princes' Mansion could the Seventh Highness fully trust the Li family.
The grace of nurturing is as heavy as a mountain, and Su Jingxiang can't help but repay it.
So she insisted on participating in the draft, and thus entered the Seven Princes' Mansion. Later, when the Seventh Prince ascended the throne, she was named Concubine Ning.
Now that I think about it, before that palace banquet, the saint should have already met the queen, so he deliberately left this position.
Su Jingxiang didn't expect that this indifferent emperor would have such an infatuated time.
However, it seems that the queen has not opened her mind? Su Jingxiang smiled secretly.
"That...... This...... You ......" Tang'er wanted to organize words to comfort Su Jingxiang, but she couldn't find the right words.
Su Jingxiang smiled when she heard this: "Tang'er doesn't need to be comforted, I'm not sad." I know why I'm here, I don't regret it, I don't force it. ”
She knew that not all women in the harem were saints, at least not she.
She entered the palace to repay the kindness of the Li family, and she also understood that the emperor's favor was sometimes a sharp sword, and Li Jieyu was a good example.
So what to ask for and what not to want, she knows very well.
And she has already buried a teenager in her heart, and she can't love others in this life.
Tang'er knew that it was not good to explore more, so she could only change the topic and ask, "Then the saint should believe the words of the queen mother more, right?" Why does Niangniang still think that Concubine Kang will not be punished? ”
Just now, my own mother said that Concubine Kang estimated that she could get away with it because of the relationship between the Kang family, but now the queen has analyzed so much, and the saint cares about the queen's mother, so she should also care about her thoughts, right? Sugar thought so.
"Feelings are feelings, and government is government. The Holy One is a rational person and will deal with it according to his actual interests. Su Jingxiang saw it very thoroughly.
She also believed that the queen's inference was right, but now that the two concubines were involved, it was difficult to say who would be convicted. After all, this emperor's family has no family affairs to deal with behind closed doors, and it depends on how the saint chooses.
And she feels that this matter may not make the real murderer pay much in the end.
Sure enough, Su Jingxiang's guess was not wrong.
Half a month later, Imperial Physician Wang and Zhihua Qi turned around, pointing out that Hu Jieyu was the mastermind behind them.
As a result, all the blame was put on Hu Jieyu.
Hu Jieyu and Li Jieyu have always been at odds, and the two have even fought fiercely. is the result of saying that Hu Jieyu is the murderer, so that those who don't know the truth think that this is the truth.
When the news reached Zhong Cui Palace, Concubine Ning Su Jingxiang and her personal palace maid Tang'er were extremely surprised. The eyes of the two of them looked at each other, and they also indicated that it was necessary to rot the affairs of Changchun Palace that day in their stomachs.
Hu Jieyu was sent to Dali Temple by the people of the penal court, although Wan Ling felt that this turn was very abrupt, but because there was no further evidence, and Hu Jieyu herself confessed, the case could only be closed here.
Changchun Palace living hall.
Yi Xiangxiang looked at Zhao Ziqian with a sneer: "Sure enough, it's good, it's not as good as the fetal cast!" With a good cousin, he can really smooth out anything. ”
Zhao Ziqian will not do anything to Kang Ling, this is expected by Yi Xiangxiang, after all, Kang Rui and the Kang family have the skill of following the dragon. But what Yi Xiangxiang didn't expect was that Zhao Ziqian could completely treat Li Jieyu's death as an unsolved case, but he introduced Hu Jieyu's scapegoat, I'm afraid he didn't want the two concubines to be talked about.
If it is dealt with as an unsolved case, the reputation of the two concubines will not be clean.
Kang Ling is okay, after all, it was originally her pot, and Lin Zhimeng was a little wronged.
Zhao Ziqian's move is to help Lin Zhimeng, right? Yi Xiangxiang thought so.
But Yi Xiangxiang was not convinced, she didn't care who Zhao Ziqian wanted to protect, why should she sacrifice Hu Jieyu?
As for Yi Xiangxiang's words, Zhao Ziqian did not argue.
He has nothing to argue about, because Hu Jieyu's guilt was indeed arranged by him.
"I have already asked my mother to restrain Kang Ling, and this kind of thing will not happen again in the future. And Kang Rui will arrange a female death row prisoner to replace Hu Jieyu, and he will ask people to send Hu Jieyu thousands of miles away to settle down, don't be angry. ”
Zhao Ziqian knew that Yi Xiangxiang was angry with his actions, but he thought it was the best choice. The Kang family has merit to him, and he can't really convict Kang Ling.
"What do I have to be angry about? How? You saved Hu Jieyu, I have to thank you for her! Yi Xiangxiang's words were still very polite.
With Yi Xiangxiang's coolness, Hu Jieyu is just an outsider, she is unconvinced, but she doesn't understand where she came from to be so generous. Although she also thinks in her heart that Hu Jieyu's character may be better if she can leave this deep palace. But she just can't get used to Zhao Ziqian's wanton control of other people's lives in order to protect other people's reputations.
Zhao Ziqian heard Yi Xiangxiang's sarcasm, and frowned coldly.
Yi Xiangxiang frowned when she saw him, and she felt even more angry: "You can protect Kang Ling for the sake of Lin Zhimeng's reputation, but the Lin family and the Kang family want reputation?" Don't want the Hu family? Hu Jieyu didn't do anything at all, just because the Hu family is not as good as the Lin family and the Kang family, and can't be your right-hand man, so she deserves to be abandoned? ”
"The Hu family will not be implicated, I have already ordered to show that this is Hu Jieyu's fault!" Zhao Ziqian was still frowning.
"It's easy to say, you secretly inquire, how many people are hiding from the Hu family now? How many people didn't poke at the backbone of Hu Jieyu's parents and say that they had a murderer's daughter? Not to mention anything else, let's just say that my dagger became a murder weapon at that time, and everyone wanted to come to the Changchun Palace to offer their hospitality, and it was very quiet in an instant! You are the Ninety-Five Supreme, who dares to see the person you don't want to see? Also, after all, no one dares to dismiss you, so you naturally don't feel it! Speaking of which, if I, the queen, also need to be pushed out in the future, I think the saint will not hesitate as he does today! ”
Yi Xiangxiang smashed her head and face with her words, and everyone in Changchun Palace was stunned, because they all found that the saint's face was gloomy, as if he was going to pounce on the queen and strangle the queen in the next second.
Seeing this, Qing Xuan hurriedly asked everyone to retreat and stayed behind to prevent the emperor and queen from getting too excited.
Naturally, everyone hurriedly ran away, for fear that if they saw something they couldn't see, they would be killed afterwards.
Zhao Ziqian's face was like a black pot, and his eyes were even more turbulent: "Yi Xiangxiang, do you have a conscience!" When have I hurt you? ”
Yi Xiangxiang's last sentence just now was like poking a knife in his heart! He never thought that he had no trust in Yi Xiangxiang's mind.
"Not now, just because it won't in the future doesn't mean it won't!" Yi Xiangxiang was also angry, although she didn't know what she was angry about, she still challenged Zhao Ziqian's anger.
Zhao Ziqian took a deep breath and replied, "Not in the future!" ”
"Really? Who knows? Yi Xiangxiang completely disdained Zhao Ziqian's promise.
In her opinion, this emperor's heart is the most fickle.
So Zhao Ziqian dropped a glass vase, and then brushed his sleeves away.
The quarrel between the emperor and the queen in Changchun Palace spread throughout the harem after half an hour.
There is nothing to entertain in the snowy deep palace, and even in the winter season, there are palace concubines who are wrapped in gorgeous fox furs and strolling in the snow with delicate hand stoves.
"Eh, have you heard? The queen and the saint have a big fight! I heard that the saint was so angry that the vase fell, and when he left the Changchun Palace, he had a black face! In the Imperial Garden, a concubine dressed in blue brocade said to the person beside her.
The woman next to her was dressed in a pink peach blossom suit, looking very lively against the background of the winter snow, only to hear her say delicately: "Sister, look at what you said, ......" She swept around, deliberately lowered her voice and said: "When didn't the saint have a dark face?" ”
"That's right, but the saint is on fire this time, and he hasn't even solved the queen's grounding! Changchun Palace is still closed! The concubine in blue was afraid that the other party would not believe her, so she repeated the meaning of the word again to deepen her credibility.
"So the saint is really annoyed by the queen?"
"Not really! I heard that the Queen Mother also detained Concubine Kang Guifei to Ci'an Palace, and accompanied the Queen Mother to copy books and worship the Buddha every day! Now the wind direction in this palace is drifting towards Concubine Lin's Chongren Palace. And it is rumored that the Holy Lord is going to abolish Empress Yi and replace Concubine Lin with it! ”
"Concubine Lin? Why not Concubine Kang? ”
The concubine in the blue brocade palace dress was about to say something more, when she heard a sneer from the sheep intestine path on the side: "Concubine Kang Guifei is used to being arrogant in her bones, how can she be a graceful and luxurious queen?" ”
The blue-clothed and pink-clothed concubines hurriedly saluted when they saw someone coming: "I've seen the virtuous concubine!" ”
That's right, the person who came was the virtuous concubine Tian Yao.
Tian Yao did not order the dankou in his hand, holding a delicate unicorn pattern hand stove, and wearing a golden bracelet on his white wrist. She has a butterfly golden hairpin on her head and an emerald green jade on her waist, which looks very bright.
"Feng Zhaoyi is dissatisfied with Concubine Lin's mother?" Tian Yao asked the palace concubine in pink brocade like this.
The pink-clothed concubine is Feng Zhaoyi of the Cuiwei Pavilion of Jingyang Palace, and the blue-clothed concubine is Lu Zhaoyi of the Jingyang Palace's Xia Pillow Pavilion.
Now these two people are complaining in their hearts, who in this palace doesn't know that although the virtuous concubine Tian Yao is arrogant, she admires the talented concubine Lin Zhimeng the most! Now that they have been caught gossiping, they naturally know that if they don't explain it clearly, they will have a meal at the head of the meal.
Feng Zhaoyi said with a smile: "The virtuous concubine has misunderstood, Concubine Lin is as beautiful as a crown jade and famous, and she also loves the concubines on weekdays, where do the concubines dare to be dissatisfied." ”
She planned to change the matter after a compliment.
However, Tian Yao didn't intend to let her go, and asked, "Then why do you think Concubine Kang is more qualified for the position of queen?" ”
Tian Yao's words were arrogant, disdainful and threatening, which made Feng Zhaoyi sweat in the winter.
Feng Zhaoyi didn't know what to say to satisfy the virtuous concubine, and when she was considering the words, a majestic voice came from behind her.
"The courage of the virtuous concubine is really big! This will help the saint choose a new queen? When this palace is dead? Yi Xiangxiang appeared behind them and sneered at the three people in the snow.
The eunuchs and palace maids present were so frightened that their legs were weak, so they could only take the opportunity to bow and bow to the ground.
Yi Xiangxiang was in a panic in Changchun Palace, so she came out for a walk, but she didn't expect to bump into such a wonderful scene.
The virtuous concubine didn't expect that Yi Xiangxiang, who was grounded, would dare to leave Changchun Palace openly, but now that she is in a high position, she has been arrested again, so naturally she has no excuse.
Of course, even kneeling there, she still held her head proudly.
Feng Zhaoyi and Lu Zhaoyi looked at each other for a moment, and both sighed in their hearts that it was not suitable to go out today, but they knew the current affairs, and the two begged for mercy: "The concubine lost her words, and begged the queen to spare her life!" ”
Compared with the virtuous concubines, they are more afraid of this queen mother who can't even punish the Empress Dowager Xiao'an. Although they also think that the queen is quite generous, but talking about her being deposed like this, even a bodhisattva may be angry.
Yi Xiangxiang shook her head, rolled her eyes and didn't bother to say much, only to hear her say: "It's no problem to spare your life, you two kneel for an hour and then go back to the palace!" As for the virtuous concubine, is the chicken soup not enough to replenish the brain? Then call the imperial dining room to stew pig brain soup for a month and drink it! ”
After speaking, the queen mother walked away.
The people kneeling in the snow wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.
Pork brain soup?
The queen is really ...... Murder and heartbreaking!
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