Chapter 532: Questioning the Opponent
The Empress Dowager's threatening words did not make the two palace maids afraid, one palace maid sneered coldly, and the other palace maid retorted even more sharply.
"We're here for your good! You're a poor old woman with no husband, no son, no caring person, and even Falloy won't come to talk to you, we're doing this so that you can restore your old glory! ”
The Empress Dowager's hands trembled, and she deeply realized what it means to be a phoenix that has fallen off the shelf is not as good as a chicken. She was very depressed and sad, and she asked herself how she could be treated like this.
From being the crown princess, queen, and queen mother in the past, to being the queen mother now, the slave made mistakes, and she reprimanded her harshly at most, never beat the slave, and did not let people drag them out to kill anyone at every turn.
Emperor Hongcheng was not favored when he was young, and she and Emperor Hongcheng were accompanied from the time of humble to the time of honor, so there was no bloody thing in the harem back then. She has always disbelieved the so-called royal ruthlessness, but she didn't expect to let the slave put it fiercely.
Seeing that she was so angry that her face was bloodless, the palace maid not only felt pity, but also sneered: "You always call yourself a 'mourning family', but this appearance is really like a mourning woman's family." ”
"Yes, yes. How good we are to you, and we laugh with you when we see you sad. It's like the emperor, there has been no response for so many days, I'm afraid I won't care about your life or death. Alas, we still have to wait for you to eat, drink, and Lazar. "One starts hurting, and the other goes on to be sarcastic.
"! No matter how intimate Han Zexi is with the mourning family, he will not use the mourning family as a puppet or a prisoner! The Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows and refuted sharply.
She didn't understand that the emperor gave her superficial respect, but superficial respect is also respect, she is the most honorable woman in the world in front of people. Han Zexi left some dignity for her no matter what, which was ten million times better than being humiliated by these minions!
After listening to the words of the Empress Dowager, she could feel that although Han Zexi had a cold relationship with her, because both of them were people who knew the general situation and took the overall situation into account, she still trusted and supported Han Zexi.
So, Hu Xianxian and Cheng Haofeng glanced at each other and prepared to rescue.
The two palace maids were also bored in this hut, and they didn't dare to pant too loudly in front of the Empress Dowager in the past, but now they can sneer at her, and they want to have more fun with their mouths. When they were about to say more, they fell to the ground silently.
Seeing this, the Empress Dowager was frightened, her eyes widened, and then she reacted that there was no one to guard her, and she got up and wanted to open the door and escape.
Fortunately, she was a calm and cultivated person, and she didn't shout, otherwise she would have caused trouble by alerting the two eunuchs guarding outside. Cheng Haofeng and Hu Xianxian hurriedly appeared and blocked her way.
"Please don't be afraid, the Empress Dowager will be well-protected." Cheng Haofeng whispered, waving his hands to conjure up a black chair.
"Thank you for saving me." After the Empress Dowager looked at them a few times, she understood the general situation, didn't ask too much, sat on the black chair and just left here.
Cheng Haofeng instructed Hu Xianxian: "Be careful in everything, let Gonggong Li make trouble as a last resort, and don't put yourself in danger." ”
He said this because the Empress Dowager had been rescued, and Han Zexi took his concubine and cronies to leave the palace on the pretext of worshipping the heavens and visiting the people, and he was not afraid that Gonggong Li would detonate the explosives.
Hu Xianxian just smiled and agreed, and secretly decided in his heart that he would not let Gonggong Li make trouble no matter what. She has to do her best to dismantle and remove those *, the little eunuchs and little palace maids left in the palace are all miscellaneous servants, but she can't let them die.
Seeing Cheng Haofeng escape invisibly with the Empress Dowager, Hu Xianxian slowly turned in a circle and changed into the appearance of the Empress Dowager, and then turned his hand and exerted spiritual power to make the two palace maids stand up and wake up.
The two palace maids rubbed the back of their heads and woke up slowly, and one said, "I haven't slept well in the past few days, I can really fall asleep standing up." ”
"Yes, I just can't stop wanting to fall asleep." The other yawned as he spoke.
Hu Xianxian couldn't help but smile, they felt that the Empress Dowager seemed to be smiling very strangely, so they looked at each other suspiciously.
The Empress Dowager rarely has a fully unfolded smile when she is at her most glorious and pampered, no matter how happy she is, she just purses her lips and smiles, how can she smile so much in this situation?
However, when they looked at the Empress Dowager again, they saw that she was still a noble lady in distress...... The brocade clothes can hardly hide the sorrow, the head is full of pearls and emeralds and it is difficult to suppress the sorrow, and the fat fades to eliminate the whole pile of grievances.
They had to look at themselves, and Hu Xianxian had to sit still. They didn't dare to say anything, and they didn't dare to make a move, she was afraid of revealing her stuffing.
In this way, these two palace maids were a little panicked, and they really made the empress dowager angry, and they couldn't explain it.
They asked the two little eunuchs outside the door to come in and persuade her, but she still didn't say a word. When it came to meals, the Empress Dowager used to be noisy and angry and refused to eat, and she always had to eat a few bites in the end. This time, I didn't even look at the food, and I was determined to go on a hunger strike.
This situation made them not know how to deal with it, so they had to report it and ask Gonggong Li to solve it personally.
After Gonggong Li came, he asked the other palace maids and eunuchs to go out, and he personally held a small bowl of porridge in front of the empress dowager and scooped the porridge to feed her.
"Niangniang, everything the old slave has done is really for your good. How many people are still in this palace today who are old people from the past? Mother, only when the old slave is in power, can you always be beautiful. ”
Hu Xianxian started sideways, didn't eat what he fed, and didn't answer. In the eyes of Gonggong Li, this is the empress dowager's anger in her heart, but in fact, Hu Xianxian is afraid that he will see the flaws.
"Mother, the old slave is fifty-one years old now, how many days can he live? The old slave is a childless, daughterless, and relatives-free, who is doing these things for? It's all to repay the kindness of the mother's acquaintance back then!
Really, Emperor Hongcheng had not yet ascended the throne, and the status of the crown prince was repeatedly threatened, and the people in the East Palace were worried all day long.
Niangniang, after you became the crown princess, the East Palace has some vitality. That year, I was twenty-one years old, and you were eighteen, alas...... It's been thirty years.
Mother, you won't forget, will you? It was the old slave who was loyal to you and the crown prince to do things, so that the later Emperor Hongcheng successfully ascended the throne, and you could become the queen.
It is also the old slave who diligently assists Emperor Deyuan, so that you can be the queen mother safely. Why don't you miss the old love, stand in the same camp with Han Zexi, who entered Beijing from other domains, and leave the old slave aside? ”
Gonggong Li's words were sincere, and Hu Xianxian didn't know what the real Empress Dowager would think when she heard it. She frowned, if she didn't say anything again, this Gonggong Li should doubt herself.
"Xiao Lizi, do you still remember Emperor Hongcheng and Emperor Deyuan, are you worthy of them if you treat the mourning family like this?
Speaking of what happened thirty years ago, the mourning family remembered that the unstable position of the crown prince of Emperor Hongcheng was due to the competition for favor of the concubine and wanted to make the young son born to her the crown prince?
Did you offend that concubine back then? The mourning family remembered that you were almost beaten to death by her, and it was the mourning family who begged to spare your life!
For this matter, the mourning family was punished for kneeling for two hours that year, and was fined for another year of silver. Do you remember? ”
Gonggong Li looked at her in amazement, in the past, when talking about these things, the Empress Dowager always sharply refuted how good she was to the slaves, and never said something so calmly and majestically.
Faced with such a queen mother, Gonggong Li was a little flustered, and he replied in a snort: "Remember...... The old slave remembers...... It is precisely because our master and servant have shared hardships that we should cooperate with each other and force Han Zexi to comply. ”
"Just remember!" Hu Xianxian no longer said much, nor did he express his position on cooperating with Han Zexi to let Gonggong Li take power.
How did she know about the Empress Dowager thirty years ago? It's just that the folk say that the empress dowager is benevolent, and when she first became the crown princess, she was punished in order to save a little eunuch.
Since Gonggong Li said that they knew each other thirty years ago, he must have known about it, even if he was not the little eunuch who was rescued, it could be said that he had been confused for a long time. Anyway, it can show that the Empress Dowager is also very good to the slaves, just block Father-in-law Li's mouth, lest he always say how hard he has worked and worked hard.
Gonggong Li was a little angry when he saw that she was still opposed to the coercion of Han Zexi, but she was ambiguous, making him think that maybe he could persuade him again.
"Han Zexi is obedient on the surface, but in fact, he is quite resentful of his biological mother's failure to be named the queen mother." When Gonggong Li spoke, he lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to his eyes, without his previous arrogant and boastful attitude.
"It is normal for the emperor to have resentment about Princess Shen's failure to be named the queen mother, and he only blames those nerdy ministers for having some strange etiquette.
The mourning family is just the emperor's distant aunt, and the emperor can treat the mourning family and the mourning family's relatives preferentially, that is a great kindness, what luxury does the mourning family have?
Little Lizi, it's about time to be a child at this time, right? Stand down, and the mourning family will rest. ”
Hu Xianxian was going to just ask Gonggong Li what he was thinking today, and he didn't mention the explosives first. After figuring out what Gonggong Li was thinking, he slowly set out the burial location.
Gonggong Li retreated and let the two palace maids serve the Empress Dowager to sleep. Before going to bed, Hu Xianxian knew that the beaded hair and the layers of clothes were all for others to help fade, and it was no wonder that a person had to serve so many slaves. It's just the simplest makeup when you're under house arrest, and you don't know how to trouble if you wear a dress for the New Year's holidays.
Finally able to lie on the bed easily, the two palace maids also slept on the floor next to them. Hu Xianxian glared hard, she had to let her face that had been tense for a long time move, for fear that her face would become stiff.
Her face was twisted, and she knew that it was Cheng Haofeng who came. He was more skilled than her, and she couldn't see him, so she asked in a low voice, "What are you doing here?" ”
The room was a little darker, and it was he who conjured a black curtain to envelop the bed. Separated from the others, he replied: "Come and see you, and then I will pass on some of the information that the Empress Dowager said." How did you know I was coming? So blatantly grimacing at me, not afraid of being discovered? ”
"I didn't make a grimace at you, it's just that it's too tiring to keep a straight face, and it's easy to move your face."
Her appearance and voice at the moment are completely the appearance of the Queen Mother, and her demeanor and tone are completely the appearance of Hu Xianxian, Cheng Haofeng looks very awkward. He said that the two palace maids would not wake up, and no one would see it in the black cloth, so that she would change back to her original appearance.
"Whew...... It's so uncomfortable to be like someone else...... Have you placed the Queen Mother properly? ”
He nodded to indicate that everything was done, and said: "The Empress Dowager guesses that Gonggong Li may have known that we will not compromise, and he has already been ruthless. And in addition to planting explosives in the palace, Gonggong Li may have other tricks.
The emperor wanted to take the concubine out of the palace for a parade, and Gonggong Li could guess that it was to avoid the current crisis, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry.
In other words, he doesn't think that blowing up the emperor or anyone else is his biggest bargaining chip to blackmail us......"
Hu Xianxian didn't quite understand what he meant, and after thinking silently for a while, he suddenly said, "Gonggong Li knew that the emperor was going to leave the palace, but he didn't stop him?" Don't...... It is even more dangerous for the emperor to leave the palace! ”