Chapter 7: The Heart of the Palace
"Guan'er, don't mess around!"
fell into the quiet imperial study for a moment, Dongfang Chen's tone did not have any strange taste, the faces of the girls who were originally following Wei Qingguan were pale, and even Li Mo, who was following on the side, was full of worry, fortunately, after hearing the emperor's voice, he breathed a sigh of relief in time, Dongfang Chen, who was slightly cold on his face, just pursed his lips, but Wei Qingguan stopped speaking.
"Go back and let your master find the imperial doctor to take a good look, let her rest in the Yuntai Hall in the next few days, and don't go out if she has nothing to do!" The chamberlain knelt on the ground and lowered his head, originally thinking that the queen would be reprimanded, but with a gloating smile on his face, but he didn't want to hear the emperor's words, but the smile turned into disappointment, the emperor's will was to put his master under house arrest in disguise.
The emperor is like this, even if the queen is like this, it is really not a good thing for the master. After all, the face of the master who loses power and becomes a slave is also dull, even if he is three points shorter in front of people. In this way, the chamberlain returned to the palace with trepidation under the emperor's will.
When the chamberlain returned to the Yuntai Hall nervously to bring the original words of the emperor and the queen, what was waiting for was naturally an angry scolding from the master, and Li Zhaoyi, who was angry, didn't care about any image, so he threw the hot tea on the side directly to the ground, the cup was broken, the tea splashed, and the angry scolding started.
"It's just that she has the emperor's eyes for two days, look at her frivolous and hypocritical appearance, she actually practices the palace like this in front of the emperor, why does she ......?"
"Master...... Master...... You dissipate your anger, no matter what, you still have a body now, you have to think about the little prince in your belly, you also said, the emperor is just a hot queen, and after this freshness, the emperor can always think of your good son, after all, your belly is here, and the emperor is reluctant to treat you badly! β
The palace maid Qiaoyun looked at her master's angry appearance, and was worried, Qiaolian and Qiaoyun both followed the master all the way from the Lu Mansion, and now Qiaolian is useless, Qiaoyun is the only one left by the master's side, Qiaoyun treats her sincerely, and naturally she doesn't dare to be sloppy in anything.
"It's just a useless mishap who even looks down on his mother's family, and now he kicks his nose and dares to pull me to kneel on the long street with people in the palace, and the people in the palace look at my jokes, the emperor is also stuffy with lard, and he is so partial to help her, she is just a cheap ~ woman, jealous ~ woman!"
"This palace thinks that it is not enough for you to be punished for three hours up and down the long street of the palace, is it enough to let the emperor personally order you to send you to the cold palace to calm down!"
Li Zhaoyi was so angry that she was willing to listen to Qiaoyun's persuasion, but she was happy at this time, and she scolded Wei Qingguan with ugly words, and smashed everything that could be dropped in her hand. When he was scolding, a voice with anger appeared, which made Li Zhaoyi stop in time, and after seeing the person clearly, Li Zhaoyi knelt on the ground to greet him.
Concubine Xian, who was wearing a long skirt embroidered with water and sky, was also angry at the moment, her eyes were like torches, but this fire was not for this Wei Qingguan. Since the day the woman in front of her entered the prince's mansion, she has supported this woman with one hand, but she never thought that for six years, the woman in front of her has always been a dou who can't be supported.
From the moment he stepped into the Yuntai Palace, he heard Li Zhaoyi's wanton abuse all the way, that is, he hated iron and could not become steel. Fortunately, it is himself who comes at this moment, if it is someone else, then where can Li Zhaoyi be now? Thinking like this, Concubine Xian had to sigh in her heart, fortunately Li Zhaoyi still had a benefit, and couldn't help but look at her belly that had not yet bulged, pursed her lips helplessly, and personally helped her up.
"In the past, this palace has always told you to know how to be cautious in your words and deeds, but you have always taken those four words as a deaf ear. Now it's okay, it's a bitter taste, but why are you still not good at learning, and you're still beating people and scolding dogs here, are you afraid that you won't be able to recruit the emperor, or you think that you have been in Zhaoyi for too long, and you want to go to the cold palace to taste it! β
Ignoring Li Zhaoyi's palace maid's presence, Concubine Xian directly reprimanded Li Zhaoyi, which made Li Zhaoyi's face more and more faceless at the moment, and she wanted to open her mouth to refute a few words, but she looked at Concubine Xian's face at the moment, and finally swallowed it and didn't dare to speak.
"The Wei family is the emperor's main palace mother, the queen of the Great Zhou! Even if her mother's family doesn't give her face, it is also the daughter of the Taifu, the in-laws of the Queen Mother's ancestors, I can't tolerate you a little Zhaoyi presumptuous, don't expect you to challenge the emperor's bottom line by not knowing whether it is a man or a woman in your belly, now that the emperor has two princes, Concubine Min and the queen, for your belly, the emperor is not known whether it is rare or not, why do you never know the situation! β
Seeing Li Zhaoyi's unconvinced look, Concubine Xian didn't want to pay attention to her, but she just continued to splash a basin of cold water on her. After saying this, the unconvinced face eased, and there was no suitable anger on his face, and it took a long time to hear Li Zhaoyi's aggrieved sobbing chatter, "It's the concubine who lost her sense of proportion today, and I also ask the sister of the virtuous concubine to be lenient, and my sister knows that she is wrong!" β
has been in this harem for a few years, in the end is not too stupid, after listening to Concubine Xian's words, Li Zhaoyi finally sobered up, no longer messing around, very obediently bowed to Concubine Xian.
"Sister, you are wrong, what's the use of asking for the forgiveness of this palace, now you are offending the queen, provoking her unhappy, and indirectly making the emperor unhappy with you, it is always necessary to tie the bell to the bell, my sister should know how to do it!"
Although she was soft on her lips, after listening to Concubine Xian's words, Li Zhaoyi jumped to her feet like a cat whose tail had been stepped on and said, "Could it be that my sister wants my sister to kowtow to that woman and admit her mistake and wagging her tail and beg for mercy, my sister can't do it, and I really don't want to wronged myself, looking at her arrogant look, if I go to her and admit my mistake, she won't trample on me in the future, I can't swallow this breath." β
Hearing Li Zhaoyi's unreasonable words, Concubine Xian once again sighed speechlessly, "Now even the emperor is clearly biased to help her, even if you are wronged, what do you have, speaking of which, the queen has suffered less grievances in the harem in the prince's mansion over the years!" But what happened in the end, she jumped into the Longmen carp and became the top figure in the emperor's heart, and now she has a son by her side. If you use some more means, I'm afraid that you won't be able to wait for your child to be born, and it is not impossible for her son to be made the prince. β
"Besides, seeing that the draft is about to be drafted, if my sister doesn't want to ruin the weight of the emperor's heart over the years before the newcomer enters the palace, then think about it to keep the emperor's heart. After all, this harem has always been a place where talents come out in large numbers, and I only hear the newcomers laughing and the old people crying! β
"Draft! Didn't you say you wouldn't choose, how? Li Zhaoyi was still angry when she saw Concubine Xian's words, but after hearing the word draft, she couldn't help but tighten her heart and said in a speech.
"Don't choose? At the beginning, it was because the queen died that the emperor decreed that there would be no draft, and now that the queen is alive, how can the queen mother be in this harem, the draft is naturally imperative, you are now free to be angry with the queen there, it is better to think about how to keep the emperor's heart is true, after all, your body is getting more and more bulky, and it is impossible to serve the emperor......" Seeing that Li Zhaoyi's mind was still so naΓ―ve and stupid, Concubine Xian just snorted coldly and directly explained the theme.
Li Zhaoyi recalled the scene in this harem in the past, and thought about the humiliation she suffered today, she couldn't help but sigh and said quietly: "My mother's family has a daughter, and her appearance and temperament are one in a hundred. has been raised under my mother's knees very obedient, her lonely mother has gone since she was born, my mother has been raising her as a daughter, if the draft is not good, let her enter the palace, it is good to plug the temporary vacancy, it is to help the mother! β
Hearing what Li Zhaoyi said, Concubine Xian nodded with satisfaction, and then persuaded again, "It's good that you understand!" It's useless to fight for the length of the harem for a while, it doesn't matter if you suffer all the losses in front of you, what matters is that it looks like the day. For now, you still have to take care of yourself and the child in your belly, don't make trouble anymore! In the next few days, inform your mother, and let her teach your sister about preparing to enter the palace, and there must be no more mistakes! β
"Yes, the concubine obeys!" Seeing that Concubine Xian showed a gentle look of satisfaction on her face, Li Zhaoyi pursed her lips and nodded, and personally sent Concubine Xian out of the palace gate, but at the moment when Concubine Xian left, the color on Li Zhaoyi's face actually appeared, and the resentment was a little heavier than when Shicai was in the palace, and she muttered even more in her mouth.
"If it weren't for the father of this palace begging for food under the door of Concubine Xian's father, this palace would need to look at her face and let her see the sky to command herself, and she would have to grovel to her, she is just a hen that can't lay eggs, and I don't know what to do all day long, wait, wait for the child in the womb of this palace to be born, and climb up to the concubine's mother, and she won't need anything to do with her concubine in the future!"
Although the voice of the words was small, Qiao Yun, who was on the side at any time, heard it rightly, and saw the murderous appearance of his master at the moment, Qiao Yun shuddered involuntarily.
"Niangniang, before leaving, the slave maid looked at Li Zhaoyi's face, it seemed that the psychological side was still unconvinced, now her temperament is getting bigger and bigger, she has not given birth to a child yet, she is already so unpopular, if she really gives birth to a prince in the future, won't she want to go to heaven!"
On the quiet palace corridor, the big palace maid Zisu who was outside the sedan chair of the virtuous concubine at any time whispered, and the moon-white floating brocade sedan curtain shook slightly with the action of the eunuch who carried the sedan chair, and the corners of the woman's mouth in the sedan chair flashed with a hint of coldness.
"Lu's frivolity now has something in his stomach, so he is naturally frivolous! She has survived in this harem for many years and has some thoughts of her own, wanting to get her sister into the palace to escort herself, and the sisters want to be their own faction, heh......"
"She deserves it! If it weren't for the fact that Niangniang saw her pitiful and helped her all the way, she would have been able to sit in Zhaoyi's position with her superficial and arrogant appearance, but I am afraid that she would have lost her human form as early as when she was in the prince's mansion! β
Hearing his master say this, Zi Su who was following outside couldn't help but say with contempt on his face, and the virtuous concubine inside raised her lips slightly when she heard this, but the coldness in her eyes was even worse: "The queen has a sentence that is right, this harem is not just her, she is delicate, if you don't want to have children, then don't give birth, it's actually good!" β