Thirty-five, the east window incident
Liushang had a private theft of property in the palace and sold it, which involved a high-grade female official, and said that it was an old problem that had been accumulated for many years, and such a major matter was naturally reported to the queen of the lord of the six palaces for trial.
Another layer of hidden truth in this matter is naturally that among the six Shang, Shang Gong Bureau and Wei Guifei are the most friendly, and in the years when Wei Guifei was the assistant of the Six Palaces, Shang Gong Ju was almost about to catch up with the Shang Gong Bureau, the head of the Six Shangs.
Although the pronunciation of these two games is the same, the rights and responsibilities inside can be very different. The Inner Palace Documents and Classics of the Shanggong Bureau are ordered by the emperor to register all kinds of affairs in the palace. The Shanggong Bureau is responsible for the creation and care of the clothing jewelry and other objects in the palace.
Since it was Empress Xu's instructions, Zhengde Palace, Shanggong Bureau and the Ministry of Internal Affairs came together to invite someone to reply, Wei Guifei had no reason to detain and not give it, the grizzled Wu Si ornament, and the follower's Dian Zhen Zhangzhen, all looked panicked, and they were extremely reluctant to step out of the realm of Penglai Palace.
Naturally, the people sent by Queen Xu were not vegetarians, and no matter how reluctant they were, they still followed the rules.
Wei Guifei held Amber and Liuli's hands left and right, stood in the main hall, and watched the figures of several people leaving with hatred.
Outside the east hall, Tang Xiurong, Liang Meiren and Zhang Meiren stood at the door in a row, not daring to come forward to talk, nor dare to return to the hall like this.
This time, the masters and subordinates in the Penglai Hall all stood quietly in their positions, hanging their heads and not daring to move, as if the palace was still.
Amber cleared her throat and said tentatively, "Niangniang, do you want the slaves and maids to please go back first?" ”
Wei Guifei pushed away the two maidservants, sneered, and stepped out of the main hall step by step, even if the situation is unfavorable now, she must first support her concubine's appearance, not in front of these low-ranking palace concubines, let people see jokes.
The two cold and vicious gazes cast by the main hall directly pressed the three people in the east hall uncomfortable.
Tang Xiurong's eyes were in a trance left and right, and he gently pulled the shawl to hide the panic in his heart. Liang Meiren had some cleverness, and at this moment she avoided Wei Guifei's gaze and gently covered her nose with a silk. And Zhang Meiren, who looked absent-minded, stood a little unsteadily, showing that she wanted to return to the temple to take care of her son in the next moment.
Wei Guifei sneered, it really didn't work! The female officials who used it before were useless, and they stabbed such a big basket in vain, and these concubines who were nominally in their hands were also useless!
Signaling Amber to send away these palace concubines who were watching jokes, Wei Guifei turned her head to Liuli and ordered, "Go and pass on Zhenwan." ”
When Pei Zhenwan received Liuli's summons, she was busy cleaning all kinds of silk weaving utensils in the warehouse, and suddenly she was summoned, and she saw Liuli's somewhat panicked look, so she hurriedly followed behind and asked, "Sister Liuli, what is so urgent?" ”
Liuli is the big palace maid who was transferred to serve Wei Guifei after entering the palace, unlike amber that was brought out by the Hou Mansion, so she is not the first close to Wei Guifei on weekdays. But since she grew up in Chen Palace, she has to pay more attention to how to behave and do things than Amber, and never offend people easily.
"Wu Si of the Shanggong Bureau is bad, I'm afraid that this matter will implicate Niangniang, you have always had a lot of scheming, and you have to help Niangniang carefully think about it later."
Pei Zhenwan understood the details in her heart, but she definitely couldn't say it if she didn't do enough to ask on the face, so she walked hurriedly, but asked a few questions concisely and clearly: "But what is it about the capture of Shen'er before?" My sister just said that Wu Si was bad, could it be that she had something to do with some things when Niang Niang was in charge of the Sixth Palace? I'm afraid that this matter will alarm the Middle Palace, I don't know what the queen's actions are? ”
Liuli stopped suddenly, and when she stopped, Pei Zhenwan, who was following behind, crashed straight into it. In fact, with her martial arts, it was easy to stop her steps, but she had to deliberately bump into it with her strength, yes, this is true, she Pei Zhenwan should also be caught off guard.
Liuli was bumped, but she didn't have time to react, and only held Pei Zhenwan's hand: "When Shen'er was arrested, Wu Si was panicked, and he was stupid enough to go to the Tingting Palace to kill the mouth, but it didn't work out. This matter has been reported to the queen for trial, and our mother had some private dealings with the Shanggong Bureau before, and today's matter can be described as urgent. ”
This explanation is very coherent, and the important relationship is very clear.
Pei Zhenwan nodded, and the two of them didn't say much, and hurried to the main hall.
Wei Guifei, who was sitting in the main hall, had no grand intention at all at this time, only a mixture of resentment, annoyance and panic, and when she saw Pei Zhenwan who hurriedly walked in with her head down, Wei Guifei stood up involuntarily, and even took a few steps forward.
Pei Zhenwan saluted quietly, and Wei Guifei had already spoken: "Zhenwan, you have an idea quickly." ”
Pei Zhenwan was light-hearted, and said slowly: "The slave has listened to Liuli, how to deal with this matter, there must be an important link, and the mother needs to give the truth first." May I ask Niangniang, is there any real action involved? ”
Wei Guifei's eyes flashed, and she forced herself to hold on: "Yes, so what?" Bengong really didn't expect this group of minions to be such a waste. ”
"Is there any evidence?"
"Yes."
"Niangniang is in a high position, her mother's family is glorious, she just wants to say a word about silver, why do you want to arrange Shanggong Bureau to do this?"
"You!" Wei Guifei was originally a little anxious, but Pei Zhenwan's fearless expression in front of her showed that at this time, she was no longer able to solve this matter with a bad temperament, so she softened again and sat on the chair with some dejection, "How do you know that the palace is so big, I want to be gracious, and I have to deal with many things, and the positions of the concubine are naturally not enough." Father, where can I send people back to the Hou Mansion every day to ask for silver, won't you blame me as a father? ”
Pei Zhenwan nodded, and suddenly realized: "What Niangniang said is reasonable, but now that the incident in the east window has happened, Master Hou, I'm afraid I will blame Niangniang even more." ”
Wei Guifei's eyes were a little wandering, her head tilted to the side, and she didn't want to respond to this. She knew that her father, as a rare Wenchen prince in history, had always had an excellent face, and as the eldest daughter of the Hou Mansion, she wanted to win glory for her mother family in the palace, rather than being so virtuous and ruining the upbringing of the Wei family in vain.
"Niangniang, is this matter only to Wu Si, can Wang Shanggong know?"
Wei Guifei nodded lightly: "The theft and sale is in charge of Wu Sigong, although Wang Shanggong is not involved, but the silver handled, Wu Si will leave a percentage for Wang Shanggong." ”
Pei Zhenwan sat down with her own thoughts, and analyzed: "The name used this time is to reply, and it is not used for arraignment or detention, let alone Wang Shanggong, it seems that the report of the little palace maid is generally a few pawn ornaments. It's just that Wu Si is so panicked, it seems that among the people involved in this matter, I am afraid that some people are not strict in their mouths. ”
"May I ask Niangniang, Wu Si is here today, do you want Niangniang to take care of her, save her from this mess of mud, and continue to do things for Niangniang in the future?"
"That's nature." Wei Guifei had no other ideas.
"Now Wu Si is in a quagmire, Niangniang's hands are not clean, if you rush into it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to protect yourself, so, do you want to rescue Wu Si."
Wei Guifei gritted her teeth: "This palace is not just to save her, it's just that she knows too much, if she doesn't make a move, won't she force her to turn back?" Isn't that the pendant just that they made a rash move, wanting to extinguish their mouths, so they fought a jade stone and burned it. ”