Chapter 183: Vertical and Horizontal

Concubine Xian smirked and helped Concubine Xi up, seeing that her face was still the same humility as before, but her pink face and soft eyes were lined with her powder blue dress.

The head is loosely combed with a flowing cloud bun that is not the most popular, and the powder blue brocade dress is embroidered with a flowing cloud pattern, although it is not a good dress, but this dress, this description, is exactly the emperor's favorite.

What a fox! Even if the emperor is not here, I don't know who I want to confuse?!

Although Concubine Xian was disgusted in her heart, she was not obvious on her face, and she still smiled nobly and proudly.

"The concubine has seen her sister." Concubine Xi still bent her knees and was blessed, so she raised her head, held Concubine Xian's arm, as if in the past, looked at her coquettishly and said, "What did my sister say?" My sister didn't have time to send a congratulatory gift to my sister before, so I said congratulations to my sister first, and the gift will be delivered back. ”

"You and my sister have been polite for so many years!" Concubine Xian glanced at her resentfully, "Let's go, let's go into the house and talk, and when you rest for a while, our sisters are going to visit the yard, you are pregnant, you have to be diligent in some activities." ”

The two of them held hands, and the "sisters" entered the Peixi Palace of Concubine Xi, and the girls who were brought over by Concubine Xian were all arranged by Zhao Shanggong and Xia Yue to drink tea and wait in the outer hall.

Zhao Shanggong and Xia Yue waited for tea, Concubine Xian glanced at Zhao Shanggong, turned her head to look at Concubine Xi who was sitting opposite her, and said suspiciously: "This Shanggong grandmother looks very eye-catching?" ”

Concubine Xi smiled and said: "No, my nurse is old, and she began to be unwell last month, I handed a letter to my father, and my father said that it is time to take the nurse back and enjoy the blessings of her children and grandchildren, no, I am not...... This is the palace maid in the meditation palace, and she took good care of me, so I took the queen's mother, so Zhao Shanggong followed me to serve in the palace. ”

Concubine Xian was disdainful in her heart, even a grandmother in a cold palace can look at it, this concubine is really a fox who can't be on the stage and only knows how to confuse men!

Concubine Xian is jealous of Concubine Xi is not a day and a half, but since she first saw her, she has been jealous, Concubine Xi is delicate and cute, her appearance is outstanding, and Concubine Xi loves to dress up on weekdays, which makes her look more prosperous, before Yuan Meiren entered the palace, she can be regarded as being favored by the emperor alone, of course, except for the most annoying Concubine Min.

In fact, Concubine Xian is also good-looking, but her lips are too thin, her nose is pointed, she looks a little mean and cold, plus she is too proud, so she doesn't like the emperor very much, if it weren't for her father who became a general, it is estimated that she would not have her current status by now.

"Sister, it's not me talking about you, look at what you've done! How could you do such a brainless thing? This palace has told you before, what is the matter, come and discuss with this palace first and then do it, can you get there? Look, that's a trick, right? Concubine Xian followed Concubine Xi's words, and finally turned the topic around the matter of "assassination".

Concubine Xi was angry in her heart, hum! Talking to you? It's good if you don't say anything to me, but if I really discuss it with you, I'm afraid I'll lose my life now!

"Sister, you can't talk nonsense! What do I have to get caught? As he spoke, tears slipped down his eyes, drops fell in a string, and his voice was simply aggrieved and couldn't be suppressed, "Sister, this is someone trying to harm me, sister, you have to be the master for your sister......" After speaking, he actually cried even more.

Concubine Xian was obviously stunned, she didn't expect Concubine Xi to cry like this, I don't know, let outsiders know, I can't help myself because I came here to bully pregnant women?

Seeing that the momentum was not good, Shang Gong, the henchman beside Concubine Xian, quickly glanced at Zhao Shanggong, who was busy arranging the little girl outside the door, and then quickly moved over in small steps, walked behind Concubine Xian, looked at Concubine Xi who was crying, and comforted: "Niangniang, our imperial concubine Niangniang is not distressed by you, don't cry, if you have anything to say, just tell our concubine Niangniang." ”

At this time, Zhao Shanggong heard the movement, and hinted at Xia Yue with his eyes, Xia Yue understood, and took advantage of the chaos in the outer hall to quickly sneak out of Peixi Palace......

In the inner hall of Peixi Palace, Concubine Xi, who heard the persuasion of the old Shang Palace beside Concubine Xian, cried even more, and once again did something that caught Concubine Xian off guard.

I saw that she seemed to be full of grievances, and she actually held her stomach, stood up from the Luohan couch where the two of them were seated, knelt on the ground with a "bang", and cried and kept kowtowing to Concubine Xian, "Sister Guifei, sister, I ...... Concubines...... Sister ......"

The words that came out of her mouth were not even sentenced, choked up, Concubine Xian frowned, turned her head to look at the old Shanggong who didn't know how to be good with her hands tied up, turned around again, looked at Concubine Xi impatiently, and scolded: "What are you crying for?!" Such a little thing, is it worth you like this? Hurry up and get up, what are you doing kneeling in the palace? ”

"Yes, yes, Niangniang, hurry up, get up first, what do you have to say, speak slowly, the ground is cold, don't hurt the little prince in your stomach." The old Shang Gong beside Concubine Xian was fine, and he looked at Zhao Shanggong, who still seemed to have not heard movement outside the hall, so he had to step forward by himself, wanting to help Concubine Xi who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.

Lao Shanggong was just about to touch Concubine Xi's arm, when Zhao Shanggong rushed in, seeing this kind of scene, he was frightened and shouted loudly: "Niangniang, what's wrong with you?" Empress! ”

walked over quickly, knelt on the ground with a "bang", and kowtowed to the angry concubine who was frowning, "Guifei Niangniang, Imperial Concubine Niangniang, you don't remember the villain, spare our Niangniang this time, our Niangniang just had a child in her arms, and it is not yet three months old, and the fetus has not yet sat down...... Whining...... Concubine Niangniang, you will be merciful, for the sake of the little prince, for the sake of the emperor, you will spare our mother......"

Lao Shanggong, who was holding Concubine Xi's arm, hit a spirit, and the strength of his hands was not mastered well, because the tension was slightly too hard, and Concubine Xi, who was pinched, screamed as if she was in pain and unbearable "Ah ......".

Zhao Shanggong hurriedly snatched Concubine Xi from Concubine Xian's henchman Shang Gong, hugged her in her arms, and cried: "Concubine Niangniang, our Niangniang has always respected you, and when I learned that you came, I was so happy that I was like something, so you can't be merciful and spare our Niangniang?" ”

This tone is obviously questioned!

How can Concubine Xian endure this breath? was questioned by an old palace maid who came out of a cold palace?! What face does she have?

Concubine Xian's face, which had been coated with a thick layer of powder, was obviously reddened, and she raised her arms tremblingly, pointing at Concubine Xi and Zhao Shanggong, who were crying and hugging each other, and said loudly in anger: "Someone! Let's pull the concubine away for me first! Slap your mouth, give me a slap in the face! A palace maid who came out of the cold palace dared to speak disrespectfully to the palace? How dare you slander this palace? Impatient?! ”

The two big palace maids brought by Concubine Xian rushed from the outer hall into the inner hall, one of them was the colored flag that replaced the dead cicada wings, the colored flag glanced at Zhao Shanggong, and quickly stepped forward and stuck in a more advantageous position, stretched out her hand symbolically snatched the concubine Xi who had been crying and her eyes were swollen from Zhao Shanggong's arms, and comforted her in a low voice: "Niangniang, get up first, take care of the child in your belly." After speaking, he gently pinched Concubine Xi's arm.

The expression on Concubine Xi's face was stunned for a moment, that is, for a moment, another big palace maid over there had already raised her arms and unceremoniously gave Zhao Shanggong who was kneeling on the ground a slap.

Zhao Shanggong still looked up with a resolute face, and when Concubine Xi saw the slap marks on her face, she instantly became red and swollen, clearly visible, her body trembled slightly, and her mouth was still shouting "Sister Guifei, sister".

Concubine Xian was even more angry by her childish scream, and shouted sharply: "Lan Zhi, continue to teach her a lesson!" ”

"Ah......?" Concubine Xi screamed, her eyes were full of horror, she stopped crying, and her voice became sharp, and before Lan Zhi's slap was slapped, she saw a small red spot on Zhao Shanggong's face, neck and exposed arms, plus the two slaps just now, her cheeks were even more red and swollen.

Zhao Shanggong was also stunned, and then kowtowed and cried: "Guifei Niangniang, if my mother-in-law has anything to offend on weekdays, even if it is my mother's fault, you can't use such means......" Zhao Shanggong is old, and his voice is howling, and it sounds even more trembling.

Lan Zhi's eyes widened in horror, and she subconsciously twisted her neck to look at Concubine Xian who was sitting behind her, only to see that her eyes were full of anger glaring at herself, she blinked, turned her head and spread her hands to look at her hands, she couldn't understand, she didn't do anything? How so?

At this time, the peculiar shrill voice of the chief manager of the inner house, Mr. Deng, sounded outside the palace, "The queen mother has arrived, His Royal Highness the prince has arrived, and the third highness has arrived." ”

When Zhao Shanggong heard the rumor, he couldn't stop kowtowing to the stunned concubine.

The "Sister Guifei" in Concubine Xi's mouth screamed even louder.

Concubine Xian was furious, "Caiqi, Lan Zhi, stop the two of them for me!" Let them shout again! ”

Empress Chen took the lead, the crown prince and the third prince followed, and every palace maid in the outer hall followed with a face full of panic, kneeling down and kowtowing to greet him.

The prince glanced at these palace maids, they were all from his mother's palace, although he didn't remember people, he wouldn't recognize the wrong person! The anger in my heart is even stronger, what is the mother going to do?!

The third prince, Zhou Minrui, was completely dragged over by the crown prince Zhou Minchang, probably because he wanted him to help ease the tense situation.

After Xia Yue slipped out of Peixi Palace, she trotted all the way to the main palace of the queen mother, kneeling and crying about the situation after the virtuous concubine came to Peixi Palace, of course, there were situations she didn't see, all of which were rehearsed before, so she could naturally blurt out the words, and the description was also vivid.

Empress Chen was shocked and hurriedly asked Manager Deng to invite the prince, after all, his mother was involved, and the queen would naturally give him this face.

The prince was meeting the courtiers in the Qinzheng Palace, and when he heard the whispered advice of Chief Manager Deng, he angrily dropped the teacup and pulled Zhou Minrui to the main palace where the queen was. Zhou Minrui did not resist, because resistance was ineffective! So he walked briskly with the prince, just frowning, worried about what was about to happen.

The courtiers in the Qinzheng Hall did not hear the prince's orders, so they naturally did not dare to leave without permission, so they had to sit in the Qinzheng Hall and wait for the news of the harem.

That's a big deal! To put it mildly, that is to murder the emperor's heir! This virtuous concubine is too vicious, right? Why is it that she is about to become an imperial concubine now, but she can't even accommodate a child?

In the eyes of the ministers, as long as there is no official canonization, the virtuous concubine is not an official imperial concubine.

As soon as Empress Chen stepped into the inner hall of Peixi Palace, she saw Lan Zhi and Caiqi two palace maids holding their hands, not knowing how to make a good move, and their eyes were full of sluggish consternation.

"Sister, what are you doing here?" Empress Chen shouted.

Concubine Xian came back to her senses, and after glaring at Empress Chen, she reluctantly got up and saluted, "I've seen Sister Queen." ”

"Erchen has seen his mother."

"Erchen has seen the virtuous concubine."

The crown prince Zhou Minchang and the third prince Zhou Minrui immediately stepped forward half a step forward and saluted the virtuous concubine.

"Okay, okay, first help Sister Xifei to the couch, and go to the imperial doctor." The queen didn't pay attention to the concubine, just looked at the palace maid who was standing, and commanded in a loud voice.

The palace maids seemed to be alive, and hurriedly rushed out of the inner hall, and got busy, serving tea for those who should serve tea, and asking for a doctor to invite a doctor.

"You get up first, and let the imperial doctor show you later." The prince pointed to Zhao Shanggong, who was kneeling on the ground, crying silently but not daring to make a sound, only sobbing, and ordered.

Zhao Shanggong hurriedly kowtowed to the prince, and asked the queen and the third prince to say goodbye, then limped out, and when he left, he looked at the concubine who had already sat down and said, "Niangniang, don't worry about the old slave, it's okay." ”

Concubine Xi's tears fell, and she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and nodded.

"Tell me, what's going on?" The queen sat down, looked at Concubine Xian, and asked seriously.

"Niangniang......" Before Concubine Xian could answer, Concubine Xi fainted, fortunately the bunting stood behind her, otherwise, she would definitely fall. Seeing that Concubine Xi fainted, Caiqi exclaimed loudly.

The palace maids at the scene were suddenly panicked again.

Empress Chen glanced at Concubine Xian, who was full of fire in her nose, pointed to the colored flags, and commanded in a solemn voice: "Find someone, first carry Concubine Xi's sister to the palace, and the imperial doctor will come in a while, take a good look at her." Be light, or you'll be killed! ”

The queen deserves to be the queen, in a word, the panicked scene became orderly, and the palace maids did not dare to come out, and lightly carried the concubine into the inner bedroom.

The queen glared at Concubine Xian and said sharply, "I'll ask you later." ”

The crown prince Zhou Minchang glared at his mother viciously, it was the first time he hated his mother so much! Since she became the crown prince, she has worked hard, and her mother not only does not worry about her body, regardless of her own fatigue, but also makes trouble for herself every day, is this still a mother? Does she deserve it? All I think about is the martial family, but my surname is "Zhou" instead of "Wu"!

The imperial doctor was soon grabbed by a little palace maid and entered the inner hall, and was busy kneeling down to salute the nobles in the house, and the queen said gently: "Don't salute, there are priorities, you go to see Sister Xi first, go quickly." ”

The imperial doctor is not very old, surnamed Ye, in his thirties, but he is already a great doctor of the Taiyi Bureau, and he has good medical skills, and today happens to be his duty, and after respectfully, he followed the little palace maid into the inner hall bedroom.

Empress Chen drank tea and did not speak, the prince even supported his hands on his legs, and the green tendons on his hands were fully displayed, which showed that he was suppressing his anger, Concubine Xian also came back to her taste at this time, and looked at Lan Zhi who had been with her for more than ten years with her frowns, this is the palace maid who has been with her for the longest time, is it ......

Lan Zhi knelt on the ground in an orderly manner, but her hands holding the ground trembled slightly, she didn't do anything, why did this happen? The red dot is so shocking, will Concubine Xian save herself? Lan Zhi felt sad in her heart, because she understood, because of her understanding of Concubine Xian, she knew that Concubine Xian would not save herself.

After about a cup of tea, Imperial Physician Ye turned out of the inner hall with the medicine box on his back, knelt down and kowtowed to the crown prince to say goodbye, got the instructions to stand up, and bowed to the third prince and the virtuous concubine before he spoke: "Concubine Xi is too worried, and she was frightened, and she was pregnant with a fetus, so she couldn't stand it and suddenly fainted, but ,......" Imperial Doctor Ye showed a look of embarrassment.

The prince slapped the table with a "snap", glared at the somewhat embarrassed Imperial Doctor Ye and said: "It's okay to tell the truth, there is the main hall, there is the queen mother, are you still worried that someone will find you unlucky?" ”

Imperial Doctor Ye hurriedly bowed his hand to the crown prince Zhou Minchang and said, "The minister is afraid, the minister doesn't dare!" That's the case, Concubine Xi Niangniang because of the cold before, the body is a little bad, plus this period of time panicked, there is some external evil wind invasion, but this is not a big deal, drink some warm medicinal food to slowly recuperate, and it will slowly raise, but, Wei Chen saw that there were some slight red spots on Niang Niang's hands, on his arms, on his neck, Wei Chen dared to guess, Xi Fei Niangniang, it must be the same, this is an allergy, Wei Chen asked for instructions, and then go to see the old Shang Palace, it is good to judge. ”

The prince listened, his chest fell together, he squinted at the unrepentant concubine, and shouted: "Then don't go quickly!" ”

Imperial Doctor Ye hurriedly retreated to see Zhao Shanggong.

"Mother!" The crown prince looked at Concubine Xian and shouted angrily.

"Humph!" Concubine Xian didn't say anything, but she was very angry in her heart, her son was not towards herself, but towards outsiders. It's really unproductive!