Chapter 9: House Arrest
The queen mother was in a hurry, and drank a few sips of tea before she calmed down, and the emperor had no intention of retrialing, so he shouted to the guards around him: "Take people down first!" β
The concubine's mind was groggy, and she suddenly remembered what the fortune teller said when the sun left the palace, could it be that this is what he said about the disaster of blood and light? It seems that she may not be able to wait to reward him next year!
Jun Yuelou was taken to the Heavy Punishment Division, and Concubine was placed under house arrest in Zhaoyang Palace.
Hearing only a squeak, the door of the temple was heavily closed, and more than a dozen guards stood guard in front of the temple gate, not allowing anyone to enter or leave.
Sitting on the cold marble floor tiles, she suddenly remembered something, knocked on the temple door, and shouted, "Caiyue!" Moon-picking! βγ
Cai Yue is the only palace person who can deliver food to the concubine, she is also standing outside the palace, has been crying for a long time, heard the concubine call her, immediately carried the food box in, while wiping tears while opening the food box, said to the concubine: "The princess has not had lunch yet, right?" β
The concubine only drank a few glasses of wine at the birthday banquet, and her stomach was empty, but she was still in the mood to eat.
"Caiyue, don't cry, this palace is just under house arrest here, and it's not about to die," the concubine comforted her with tears and laughter, and she continued to ask, "What about Caiping?" I want to meet her."
This time, Caiyue cried even louder, she knelt down with a plop, kowtowed to the concubine and said: "Princess, it's all slaves and maids who are not good, when the slaves and maids saw that she was beaten pitifully by Princess Liyang, they asked the princess to take her by her side, but I didn't expect it...... It's all the slave's fault, it's all the slave's fault! β
"Knock knock-" Cai Yue kowtowed as if he was not afraid of pain.
The concubine hurriedly helped her up, looked at her with a blank look in her eyes and said, "It's not your fault, this palace just wants to see her, ask her why she is like this, is it possible that this palace has treated her poorly all these years?" The concubine's tears were sprinkled all over the ground, and the whole thing, what hurt her the most was Cai Ping's betrayal.
"Princessβ" Cai Yue took off her veil and told her everything that had happened before as she wiped her tears for her concubine.
It turned out that the reason why Liyang came to Zhaoyang Hall today was that Cai Ping told her about the hidden people in the palace, and as soon as the concubine left, Gonggong Li next to Concubine Mei immediately came to Zhaoyang Hall with more than 30 guards, and broke in regardless of everyone's obstruction and brought people out. Fortunately, Father-in-law Qi hadn't come over at that time, otherwise I am afraid that even the queen would not be able to get out of it.
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In the evening, the door of the temple was closed, the hall was already pitch black, the concubine found that her bedroom was so empty and terrifying for the first time, she had to light the lamp herself, but the light was so weak, she put more than 30 candlesticks one by one, at this time the Zhaoyang Hall had a slight warmth.
The concubine lay on the bed, thinking about all the things that had happened in the past few days, and was remorseful, why did she save him herself, why did she get into trouble?
Now that her reputation is ruined, if that person's identity is found out, her life will probably be lost.
She's really self-inflicted!
It was about the time when she was too tired during the day, and gradually, she fell asleep and began to dream.
In the dream, she saw the old man who told her fortune again, and this time the man gave her another hexagram, and said to her: "The girl does not need to worry, how can you know if she is blessed if she loses her horse?" β
"Grande, Grandi?" In the haze, it seemed that she heard someone calling herself, and the concubine slowly opened her eyes, and what came into view was the queen's crying haggard face, she was touching the concubine's forehead, and the tears came again.
"Queen mother, daughter made a big mistake!" The concubine sat up, hugged the queen, and began to cry.
The queen hurriedly wiped her tears, and wiped her tears for the concubine in her arms, and sighed: "Everyone makes mistakes when they are young, and the queen mother has made many mistakes in her life, but ah! The queen suddenly held the face of the concubine, looked into her eyes, and said: "Knowing mistakes can be changed, and good is great." β
Hearing what the queen said, the concubine felt a little better.
It's just that the queen seems to have misunderstood something.
"Mother, what I said is not what you think," the concubine hurriedly explained.
"Then you will tell the queen mother the ins and outs of the whole matter, and the queen mother will give you ideas!"
is the so-called knowing daughter Mo Ruomu, the queen naturally knows that the concubine is not such a shameless person, so this afternoon the queen summoned her younger brother, determined that this person is not from the uncle's mansion, and inquired about the Praetorian Guard, and learned that the princess did not follow such a man behind her when she returned to the palace, she knew that the concubine lied, so she begged the queen mother, so that she could come to see her, just to clarify the matter.
The concubine told the queen everything, but this time, the queen's brows furrowed even deeper.
"The Queen Mother?" Seeing that her mother was silent after listening to her statement, she was a little frightened, so she whispered to her.
The queen took the hand of the concubine and thought for a long time before comforting: "You can sleep in peace tonight, and let the queen mother think about this matter."
Then the two talked for a while, and the queen returned to her bedchamber.
As long as the queen can find out, the emperor and Concubine Mei will also be able to find out, and within five days, the emperor will know that it is the assassin of the day who is hidden in the Zhaoyang Palace, and then Concubine Mei will add a few words of oil and vinegar, I am afraid that the emperor will really not remember the relationship between father and daughter, and put his daughter to death.
You must know that the reason why the emperor made her the queen was that he had only recently ascended the throne and the regime was unstable, so he had to rely on the power of her mother's family, the emperor pretended to love her, but he guarded her everywhere, although her mother's family has declined now, the emperor is still afraid of her, and now his daughter is hiding an assassin, if he knows, he will be suspicious, plus others provoke, I am afraid that the concubine will really only die.
And to solve this situation, there is only one way, before everything is clear, let the dust settle on this case, and end it, so that Concubine Mei and others have no intention of pursuing it again......
When the concubine woke up again, it was already early the next morning.
Just after breakfast, the door suddenly opened. I saw Jiang Yizhi, who was dressed in a green shirt, followed by Liyang, who was dressed in kitsch, and came to the hall together.
She only felt that if she looked at Liyang again, she might not be able to resist going up and slapping her again, so she didn't look over her head and didn't look at them.
"Sister," Liyang's voice was gentle and sweet, if she hadn't slandered herself like this in the main hall that day, she would have thought that she had come to visit her.
"I specially pleaded with my father today, and my father agreed to let us come to see you, why does my sister seem to be unhappy?" Liyang approached her, with a deliberately lively expression. She deliberately pleaded with the emperor to let Jiang Yizhi come over to see her down-and-out appearance, she knew that her concubine had been ruined, and it was impossible for the Prime Minister's Mansion to marry such a princess again, and Jiang Yizhi and her would never be able to do so. And she sold Jiang Yi a favor by the way, and if she wants to approach him in the future, he can't refuse.
"Please also ask Princess Liyang to go out first, and let Weichen talk to Princess Zhaoyang alone," Before the concubine could speak, Jiang Yizhi respectfully wanted to drive her away.
When Liyang heard this, he gritted his teeth angrily, but quickly calmed down, and smiled at Jiang Yizhi lightly: "Then the palace is waiting for you outside," and finally replied to the concubine with a disdainful look and walked out.
The concubine looked at her, and actually wanted to laugh, she remembered the short-necked duck she had seen outside the palace, no matter how she held her head high, it was not a swan.
"Concubine, was he in your temple when I came to see you that day?" Jiang Yizhi suddenly asked, he looked at the concubine expectantly, hoping that she could deny it in person, in fact, he had roughly guessed that the person was in the changing room that day, otherwise how could her expression be so strange that day!