Chapter 31:-for-tat
"Your Majesty, please take a look." Chengfeng handed the rouge box to Mu Yunqing and said, "Although Weichen doesn't need these things, he also knows that rouge shouldn't be like this." ”
Most of the rouge is in the form of a paste, and a small part of it is flattened and compacted by air-dried petal powder, which is not easy to disperse and durable, and the smell is mostly floral, one or more mixed, or clear or rich, I have never seen anyone's rouge made into pills, exuding a slightly strange smell of sweetness, Xiao Yuexi only smelled it, and recognized that it was the same as the taste in Shen Fang's teacup.
Mu Yun didn't take it, and asked He Tong to take it to Imperial Doctor Zhang, and after a while, he came to a conclusion - this pill-shaped "rouge" is actually a condensed version of Hehuan San, which has strong medicinal properties. Mu Yun looked at Lu Jinxiu lightly, and said slowly meaningfully: "I can't see it, the queen likes to collect these things." ”
Lu Jinxiu's face was pale and pale, but he didn't rush to defend himself, but he was neither humble nor arrogant: "If the concubine says that the concubine only knows the rouge box, but not the medicine, will the emperor believe it?" ”
Mu Yun said expressionlessly: "But the things were indeed searched from your meditation room - after tossing for so long, the day is going to dawn!" Ride the wind, arrange it, all the palace people inside and outside the queen and Concubine Shen's meditation room will be detained pending trial! Concubine Shen is like this, it is impossible to pray for blessings, send them back to the palace together, and try them again tomorrow! ”
"Your Majesty!" Lu Jinxiu couldn't bear to be too impatient, but her tone was already a lot cold and stiff: "The thing was searched from the palace of the concubine, and the emperor is understandable to suspect the concubine, but even if you are grateful for the hard work of the Marquis of Pingnan, you shouldn't be so partial!" Before Concubine Shen's sister went back to the room to rest, the three of us had been in the same room, and the emperor didn't suspect that Mrs. Xiao had deliberately put that thing there? ”
His Majesty the Emperor raised his eyebrows, glanced at Xiao Yuexi, and said with a smile: "What is there in Concubine Shen that is worthy of Mrs. Xiao's jealousy and making this kind of means?" ”
Although he said it angrily, he was also telling the truth, since Xiao Yuexi entered the palace, His Majesty the Emperor has never stayed in someone else's dormitory. Not to mention the group of show girls in the palace who are about to face old death, even the queen rarely sees the emperor's dragon face.
Spoiled to this part, what else can Xiao Yuexi be dissatisfied with? Just at His Majesty the Emperor's greasy and crooked energy, she is not as dissatisfied with the idle time!
Xiao Yuexi glanced at him without embarrassment, feeling that this person's attainments in anger and death had reached the pinnacle.
After watching the play for half a night, she was really tired at the moment, Xiao Yuexi hid her face and yawned quite delicately, and then said lazily: "What the queen mother said makes sense, there were only three of us present at the time, plus the Poria girl who was serving tea and pouring water back and forth and the Cuizhu girl next to Shen Concubine, the concubine left Mu Lan Mukou in her room, and she did have the opportunity to do something." ”
Saying that, Xiao Yuexi glanced at the queen, and then said softly to Mu Yun: "It's too late, I'm indeed a little tired." Why don't you ask the queen to move to the concubine's room to search, and Mu Lan Mukou will also be temporarily detained with those people to await trial? ”
She went out of the palace this time, except for Mu Lan Mukou, she didn't bring any other attendants, everything can be simplified, and it will save more trouble than the queen.
Soon, Lu Jinxiu came out of Xiao Yuexi's room full of disappointment, and as soon as she raised her eyes, she saw that His Majesty the Emperor was staring at Mrs. Xiao for a moment, the corners of her eyes were slightly bent, and there was a faint hint of restraint in her concentration, and her mood did not seem to be affected by tonight's turmoil at all.
Wudi, a creepy guess came out of his heart, Lu Jinxiu shook silently like falling into an ice cave, and looked at His Majesty the Emperor's gaze became dodgy.
Is it a delusion? Why is there a sudden feeling that the emperor knows everything? That weak and incompetent emperor, will there be such a deep city? How is that possible?!
Although the palace people were imprisoned a lot, they could barely spare the manpower from the emperor's side to serve the masters to bathe and change clothes.
The process of praying for blessings was boring, Xiao Yuexi endured one yawn after another, and finally lasted until the end, and when she sat in the carriage back to the palace, she was already drowsy and didn't care about everything around her.
She must nourish her spirit on the road, the matter of Concubine Shen must have been passed into the palace, others don't say it, no one knows what the Queen Mother will do, if she doesn't rest now, she won't be able to rest for a while when she enters the palace!
Xiao Yuexi expected it very accurately, as soon as they returned to the palace on the front foot, they were all summoned to the Longevity Hall by the Queen Mother on the back foot.
Lu Jinxiu's pale face and dark blue eyes, at a glance, she knew that it was difficult to stay all night, coupled with her delicate body, it was already the end of the strong crossbow to survive this part of the way back to the palace, and she had to cooperate with the queen mother to mediate at this time, it was really difficult for her!
In contrast, Xiao Yuexi's good looks can be infuriating, from the moment she entered the door, the Queen Mother glared at Xiao Yuexi viciously several times, and she couldn't wait to split her five horses into the wilderness.
The Queen Mother said solemnly: "Last night's incident in Hanshui Temple, the mourning family heard about it. What is the Emperor going to do with it? ”
After being glared at by the Queen Mother resentfully for a long time, Mu Yun said slowly: "Naturally, we should investigate it thoroughly, how can we let the pillars of the country suffer such an unruly humiliation for no reason?" ”
When the Queen Mother heard this, she laughed, and asked sarcastically: "Where did the emperor put the royal face?" Take 10,000 steps back, you don't care about the royal face, don't you even care about your own face? ”
"My face?" Mu Yun looked at her coldly and said, "Queen Mother, when those people were designing all this, did they ever care about my face? Not only did the queen mother not want to find them out, but she was bent on how to calm things down? ”
Speaking of this, Mu Yun paused lightly, "Heh! Queen Mother, I don't know, I still think you have something to do with that group of mice generation! ”
"You...... Licentious! The Queen Mother slapped the Buddhist beads in her hand on the table, and her voice trembled with anger: "Now you are getting full-fledged, right?" Dare to talk to the mourners like this! ”
Mu Yun was silent, only looked at her coldly, but Lu Jinxiu on the side hurriedly became a peacemaker: "Oh, the queen mother is angry, who in the world can completely agree on the same mind and not quarrel or quarrel?" If there is a problem, let's sit down and talk slowly, don't get angry, don't get angry...... Mrs. Xiao, you also persuade the emperor. ”
Xiao Yuexi has been sitting aside, pretending to be a useless vase, and suddenly she was named, and before she could say anything, she didn't want to be targeted by the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother said gloomily: "Speaking of which, how did Mrs. Xiao manage to leave herself so clean?" ”
Xiao Yuexi replied in disgrace: "The concubine is stupid and fails to understand what the Queen Mother means, and I hope that the Queen Mother will make it clear." ”
The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "Are you stupid? Aren't we all going to die stupidly? Mrs. Xiao, why don't you explain first, why didn't you even bring a maid when the queen asked you to copy the scriptures? Is this maid used for other purposes, or is she delicate and expensive? ”
Xiao Yuexi raised her eyebrows, as if she was inexplicable about the Queen Mother's question, and before she could reply, Mu Yun sneered and took the conversation: "Did the Queen Mother know about Mrs. Xiao on the first day?" With her temperament of not asking for anything and a few steps away, is it unusual not to treat a maid? ”
The Queen Mother immediately glared: "The mourning family is asking Mrs. Xiao!" What do you have to say?! ”
Xiao Yuexi looked at this scene, but she only smiled, and waited until the queen mother's eyes fell on her again, and then said slowly: "As the emperor said, concubines are used to being alone when they are young, and it is common to go out without maids. However, the concubine said this, it is estimated that the queen mother and the queen mother still have reasons not to believe, the two maids brought by the concubine to the Hanshui Temple are still locked up, it is better to mention it, the queen mother will personally try the trial, how about it? ”
Lu Jinxiu glanced at the Queen Mother quietly, and her heart was up and down. She has also heard of Xiao Yuexi's two maids, the two girls are smart and clever, and they know some kung fu, they have much backbone than her Poria cocos, not to mention that Xiao Yuexi is open, even if there is really something, with their little means, they may not really be able to pry anything out of the mouths of those two girls, and making things big is not what they want to see......
The Queen Mother and Lu Jinxiu's worries coincided, and she quickly pulled these words over: "The mourning family invited you to come, just to suppress this matter." If the emperor wants to investigate, he will first check slowly in secret, and now that the epidemic is serious, it is really not appropriate for the palace to leak these dirty news to shake the hearts of the people. Shen Concubine looks like that...... The mourning family is reluctant, but there is no way......"
Mu Yun said lightly: "It seems that the queen mother has even thought about how to explain to Shen Shangshu after the execution of Shen Concubine, just wait for me to make an order, right?" ”
"Emperor!" The Queen Mother looked at Mu Yun and asked softly, "In the year you have succeeded to the throne, haven't you tasted enough to be poked in the back?" Jiangshan Sheji, you wantonly smeared it, the royal face is gone, and you still don't know how to restrain it! Aren't you afraid that your fathers and fathers will knock on your door in the middle of the night? ”
Xiao Yuexi took up her vase again, watching the queen arguing with Mu Yun with red ears, but there was a little bit of a bad taste in her heart.
A humble prince who is bullied by everyone, how much effort he has put in secret, and before he has time to show any talent, he was thrown into this high and cold position like a duck on the shelf, is he really not doing well?
Not really!
Those who poked him in the backbone and scolded him heartily behind his back, in fact, to put it bluntly, they were just unconvinced!
Yelan is a big country, taken over by an unlucky child who has been bullied since childhood, and there are too many people who are not convinced! Especially those princes and princesses who have personally participated in bullying Mu Yunqing, except for Prince Xian, who is sick and has no intention of government, and His Royal Highnesses who are close to Mu Yunqing, who will really convince Mu Yunqing to be this emperor?
Even if you have a good hole card, you can only hide it first.