Chapter 168: Enlightenment
If it's inconvenient to ask in front of the palace people, it must be related to the harem.|.|Chang Yonggui comprehended: "Even if the mother asks, the slave knows everything." Moreover, when he heard that Concubine Ru was willing to leave hot porridge, Chang Yonggui knew that the emperor would definitely be happy, and the smile on his face was fuller, and he handed the tray to Pei Shuang.
"Chang Niang, you hold Xiaowei and feed her first. This palace has something to ask Grandpa Chang. As she spoke, Ruyue gently dropped a kiss on Xiaowei's forehead: "Xiaowei is good, go play with Chang Niang and Aunt Shuang, can E-Niang come and hug you later?" ”
"Okay." Xiaowei responded crisply, and kissed Ruyue's silky cheeks: "E-niang will come and hug Xiaowei later." This kiss made Ruyue sweet into her heart, and there was nothing beside her that could compare to this satisfaction.
When everyone had retreated, the door to the dormitory was closed. Ruyue sighed slightly, and the smile on her face gradually faded. It's just that he didn't rush to speak, but gently flicked the long sapphire rice bead armor on his tail finger.
Chang Yonggui's afterglow gently swept over Concubine Ru's face, and when he saw it, he had no idea in his heart. What exactly is Concubine Ru asking? These days, has the emperor really been indifferent to the end and has not thought about it? Or is it the emperor and the jade concubine, is it a deep love, or is it a play on the spot?
Besides, who are the concubines who have received the most holy favors in the harem now? Or is the emperor really so ruthless, thinking that she is going to usurp power like a concubine?
This kind of scene seems to have been experienced many times. But this time, I don't know what happened, Chang Yonggui was nervous. The palms of his hands were full of cold sweat, and even the ice beads on his spine were sliding down. If Concubine Ru didn't speak, he didn't know what to say.
"Father-in-law, don't worry, this palace has no intention of embarrassing you. It's just that people are alive, and the most important thing to fight for is this breath. "Ruyue's words are full of bitterness." Bengong just didn't understand why the emperor suddenly became suspicious of Bengong. What did the palace do wrong, which made the emperor Long Yan furious, and he was almost sent to the cold palace. ”
"Oh Niangniang, you can't say that." Chang Yonggui bowed down and knelt down, not because of Concubine Ru's majesty, but because he sincerely surrendered to Concubine Ru's knees. "This should not be the old slave's mouth. But Niangniang, you are kind and generous, how can the slave not know. Previously, a crooked wind blew from nowhere, saying that Niangniang, you defeated the queen, so that one day you could climb the phoenix chair...... Mother of the world. ”
Ruyue sneered, such nonsense, the emperor would believe it, and he was suspicious of himself so seriously. "How did Hongu ever think about it?" Tears still slipped silently down her cheeks, almost instinctively sad. At this time, Ruyue's heart still hurts. Should she be glad that she wasn't so cold that she was numb?
"Mother, don't be sad. Originally, this was just unbearable gossip, but it happened that after the execution of the Li family. There are new rumors that you have hated and poisoned the Li family in this way, and you have crushed her bones and scattered them not only to vent your anger, but also to establish your unattainable noble status.
The truth of everyone's mouth and destroying the bones, Niangniang naturally understands better than the slaves, these words are entangled in the emperor's ears, and he is not at peace in his heart. Besides, you are indeed ...... The power of the harem is overwhelming, and one person is dominant. The emperor ......, "Chang Yonggui is also uncomfortable, and he inadvertently saw the tears of Concubine Ru falling to the ground."
So crystal clear, so pure and flawless, if it really wants to be the future, why wait until now. With the wisdom of the concubine, it may not be easy to bring down the queen. But it is precisely because Concubine Ru has never had such a mind that she has been calculated again and again, and even fell out of favor.
"Niangniang, the slave knows that you are wronged. But this is not the emperor's fault. The world is too big, to put it mildly, the emperor only has one heart, a pair of eyes, and he can see it all! Chang Yonggui sighed again and again: "The slave begs for the mother, not for others, but also for the little princess." If there is no royal protection, the future will be difficult. ”
That's to the point. Ruyue smiled coldly, and her painful expression was overflowing: "This palace understands." This palace is the emperor's concubine, the concubine of the Qing Dynasty, Xiaowei's mother, and finally an insignificant woman. This body and this heart no longer belong to me. Father-in-law, get up. ”
"It's still the mother, you are generous." Chang Yonggui stood up tremblingly, and after thinking about it, he said: "The slave looks at it like this, and the gossip is exactly the sore spot of the emperor. It's not like an ordinary concubine can realize it. Mother, you have to beware. ”
Ruyue nodded, the color on her face looked slightly better, and she took a deep breath to stop her heartache. "The emperor ordered the Internal Affairs Office to draft a decree to canonize the nobles and Kang nobles as concubines, but is there really such a thing?"
Chang Yonggui nodded with some difficulty: "The original words are that Mei Guiren finally conceived the emperor twice, although he was not born successfully in the end. can remember that she was tortured, and the emperor still intended to canonize her as a concubine. As for the noble Kang, it has been some time since he entered the palace in a blink of an eye, and there is no master in Qixiang Palace, so he canonized. ”
"Before the Ming people, don't speak dark words." Ruyue calmly, reflecting the last red glow in the sky before dusk, asked softly, "Can father-in-law try to stop it?" ”
"This ......" Chang Yonggui was slightly melancholy. The words of the slave, although they can often blow into the ears of the emperor, but after all, people are soft-spoken. If the mother has the heart to stop it, the slave is willing to give it a try. ”
Ruyue smiled gratefully and said angrily: "At the end of autumn and the winter solstice, it seems that the year is over." It is not advisable to seal the palace concubine at this time. In March next year, the emperor will follow the ancestral system, visit Xiling, patrol Wutai Mountain, and will inevitably leave the palace for a long time. As long as it can be delayed until the emperor leaves the palace, it will be regarded as a great help to the palace. ”
Chang Yonggui understood Concubine Ru's intentions, regardless of whether her relationship with the emperor could be reconciled as before. At this time, she can't take action in person, if there is any mistake, it will really affect many people. At that time, I was afraid that it would be difficult to recover the water, and the emperor was convinced that the previous suspicions were not misunderstandings.
Nothing harmful. If this is the case, it is the safest and feasible way to make the emperor change his mind and delay his will. What's more, although Concubine Ru didn't say it, Chang Yonggui could also guess that the most important thing at the moment was not only to fix the favor, but to stand up for Concubine Zhuang. It is already very uncomfortable to be demoted from a good concubine to a concubine, not to mention that she has also lost her title.
Jade Concubine, Rufei and the former Concubine Zhuang, this is a solid defense, unmatched. "The slave knows it in his heart, even if he tries it, please rest assured that even if he doesn't succeed, he will never leak half a word."
"Thank you, father-in-law." Ruyue slowly stood up and approached Chang Yonggui. "My father-in-law has never asked for a single benefit here in this palace, but he has helped him everywhere, and Ruyue is really unable to repay it. Now, I ask my father-in-law to bow to me, and I have the right to thank the mother and daughter of this palace. After that, Ruyue bowed deeply.
"Mother, is this going to torture the slave!" Chang Yonggui helped Ruyue up, and said sadly: "The slave has been by the emperor's side for decades, and I have never seen the emperor so melancholy, and even the sideburns have grown a lot of gray hair. For the sake of this true love, the slave feels that everything is worthwhile. ”
It is rare to show a sincere smile, and Ruyue's gratitude is beyond words. Even so, she didn't believe Chang Yonggui's words, she didn't believe that the emperor would really be so infatuated with her.
Most of the love stories that have been passed down through the ages are either enviable or spurned. In the past, King Zhou You smiled for Bo and did not hesitate to play the princes. Even though it has been pointed out by thousands of people, it is also a lot of affection. Suddenly, Ruyue felt that the emperor was not as good as the dim-witted King Zhou You. Because he never understood what it meant to pour out all his heart.
Chang Yonggui walked out of Yongshou Palace with his front feet, and Ruyue then instructed Pei Shuang to invite the nobles to come.
Pei Shuang wanted to ask, but seeing that Ruyue was extremely nervous, and her heartstrings were also tense, she went to Changchun Palace with her legs and feet. Qin'er took the porridge that still had residual warmth and presented it to Ruyue: "Do you want to use some for Niangniang?" ”
"You know, I never wanted to eat it at all." Ruyue only glanced at it, and then turned her face away in disgust. "When I like you, I can hold you in the palm of my hand with both hands. When you don't like it, even if you step on it, what's the matter. Such a lack of trust, this palace has only seen it clearly today. If it were you, would you have anything to eat? ”
"Niangniang Chuanjia noble person came, could it be that she wanted to ......" Qin'er knew that Ruyue was unhappy, so she didn't continue to say the porridge.
Ruyue held the small silver spoon and gently stirred the warm and sticky porridge a few times, and her brows were tightly grouped together like an unsolvable whirlpool. The boredom and resistance that rose in her heart made her sober up deeply. No one has ever been able to tie the heart of an emperor forever, so why can't he understand this truth from the beginning.
"You've guessed right, it's time for Jia Guiren to serve this palace. Since the thorn in the flesh of Mei Guiren can't be pulled out at once, he will start with the rest of the people in Changchun Palace. first eradicated the Chen Chang who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and used her blood to make the princess return to the throne. This is not a loss of her life! But do you think it should be so? ”
Qin'er nodded solemnly, without a trace of resistance in her heart: "In the past, the mother was generous to others, and the slave maid did her best to serve her, not for the side, just to achieve the benevolence of the mother." Today, the mother is resolute, and the slave has done her best to serve it, not for the side, but to achieve the glory and dignity of the mother. In the harem, it has always been 'those who go along and those who go against each other die', and there is nothing that should not be said. ”
These words can be regarded as saying that Ruyue has gone to her heart, but in fact, she has no worries anymore. "In the past, I was not the queen because I didn't want his harem to be unstable. At this time, I am not the queen, I am not willing to live and die with a person who has never been single-minded at all. "151 Kanshu.com .