Chapter 349: Filial piety and death
Lingxi didn't know what the consequences would have been if she had chosen King Rui at that time, she couldn't guess it, and she didn't want to guess.
After Emperor Yong'an canonized Lingxi as the imperial concubine, the Ministry of Rites began to select an auspicious day and hold a canonization ceremony.
Finally, under the promise of filial piety and the empress dowager, the canonization ceremony of the imperial concubine was set to the sixteenth day of the first month of the twelfth year of Yong'an.
Although it was the imperial concubine who was canonized instead of the queen, Emperor Yongan specially instructed the Ministry of Rites to do everything according to the etiquette system after the seal.
In this regard, Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager have no objection.
In addition to not being able to give Lingxi a posterior, filial piety and the Empress Dowager gave Lingxi all the glory.
If Lingxi was canonized as the imperial concubine, it would be a happy event, and the body of Xiaohe and the Empress Dowager would be getting better and better since that day, and sometimes she could even hold Lingxi and Qiuyue's hands to go around the small garden in the Yongshou Palace.
On September 23, the eleventh year of Yong'an, when Lingxi returned to Luoxue Pavilion from Changle Palace, Concubine Yu had been waiting in the inner hall of Luoxue Pavilion for a long time.
Lingxi entered the dormitory and cleaned his face, and then changed into light clothes before sitting down and asking Concubine Yu what she meant.
Concubine Yu didn't greet Lingxi, she only handed a few confessions in black and white to Lingxi, sighed and said bluntly, "What else can I do when I come to you?" It's not a miscarriage of Chen Concubine some time ago. This matter has been investigated a long time ago, but you have been busy, but I don't dare to show it to the emperor......"
Lingxi didn't look at it after taking the confession, but first ate half a cup of tea to suppress the thirst in his throat.
After putting down the teacup, she looked at Concubine Yu and said with a smile, "I can make you embarrassed like this, this matter is not related to Concubine Jing, but to Concubine Qin." ”
Concubine Yu smiled, raised her eyes and looked at Lingxi and said, "That's right, now the two of them can be regarded as the emperor's heart, and neither of them can be easily moved." ”
After a pause, Concubine Yu smiled again and said to Lingxi, "I'm not curious that Concubine Jing can get the emperor's favor, she has such a blessing." It's just that this concubine really makes me ......"
"Who's to say it isn't?" Lingxi lowered her eyes and smiled, and said, "If you say that when she just entered the palace, it was really annoying. But how she has changed in the past two years is in everyone's eyes, and she has long lost her spiritual energy......"
"Anyway, you and I are really old." Concubine Yu raised her hand to help herself hold her high Ruyi bun, and said faintly, "When I went to bed yesterday, Yu'er actually saw several white hairs in my hair. There are many years in this harem, and in a flash, it will be old. ”
Lingxi couldn't help but reach out and put down his bun, and said with a smile, "It's old, and I also see gray hair." It makes sense to say this, Qin Concubine, in the end, she is a flower-looking woman, young, better than anything else. ”
"Okay, let's not sigh here that the years are unforgiving." Concubine Yu pointed to the confession on the table with her hand and said, "You take a look at this first." Concubine Chen's matter was not done by Concubine Jing, nor was it done by Concubine Qin......"
Lingxi raised his willow eyebrows, became interested, and reached out to pick up the confession on the table.
“…… The two of them did it together. Concubine Yu said the latter words faintly, and then sighed, and said, "How deep is the grudge between the two of them, but this time, in order to prevent Concubine Chen from being promoted to the position one step ahead of them, they will actually work together to do this kind of trick......
Lingxi didn't talk to Concubine Yu anymore, but read the confession obtained by torture in the violent room.
An inconspicuous shy grass that grew in the potted plants in the inner hall of the Changxia Palace, and the cinnamon branch soup that the pregnant concubines often drank, easily took the life of the dragon heir in the womb of the concubine.
Lingxi sighed after reading it and said, "How inconspicuous is that shy grass, where will anyone pay attention to it?" ”
"No one is paying attention." Concubine Yu sighed, "The bad grass was planted in a potted plant by the palace maid ordered by Concubine Qin, and the palace maid who sent Guizhi soup to Concubine Chen was ordered by Concubine Jing to put the soup on the table next to the shy grass every day. The shy herb is a thing that damages the fetus, and with the cinnamon soup, will it become a weapon for the fetus over time? ”
Lingxi blinked his eyes slightly, and said with a light smile, "This matter involves Jing Concubine and Qin Concubine, if you bring it to the emperor to say it, I am afraid that the emperor's heart will not be comfortable." ”
"So I'm coming to you." Concubine Yu tapped the confession with her slender fingers and said, "How do you reply to this, I listen to you." ”
Lingxi picked up the teacup and took another sip, and after pondering for a while, he said with a smile, "The palace people in the Changxia Palace are derelict in their duties, and the blessings of Concubine Chen are not enough......"
On September 24, the eleventh year of Yong'an, Concubine Yu told Emperor Yong'an the results of the careful investigation. and killed several palace people who were waiting by the side of Concubine Chen, which was considered to be the end of Concubine Chen's miscarriage.
On September 25 of the 11th year of Yong'an, Lingxi summoned Jing Concubine and Qin Concubine to Luoxue Pavilion to meet him.
As soon as the two stepped into the Luoxue Pavilion, the first thing they were greeted by the boiling tea spilled by the Lingxi.
As Lingxi kept shouting angrily, the two of them knelt on the ground, trembling.
Lingxi sat on the low kang, his face full of anger. She pointed to the Jing Concubine and Qin Concubine who were kneeling on the ground and said, "This palace doesn't care how you fight on weekdays, but this murder of the dragon heir This palace doesn't want to see it a second time!" ”
Concubine Qin's body trembled, raised her eyes and glanced at Lingxi, and said weakly, "Imperial concubine, concubine doesn't know ......"
Before he finished speaking, the confession in Lingxi's hand had already fallen on Concubine Qin's face.
"You really think that others can't find out what you did!" Lingxi shouted angrily, "See for yourself! ”
Concubine Jing took the confession that fell from Concubine Qin's face in her hand, read it and scattered it into pieces, then kowtowed to Lingxi, and said, "Imperial Concubine Niangniang, the concubine will never make such a mistake again in the future!" ”
When Concubine Qin saw Concubine Jing confess, she immediately kowtowed to Lingxi and said, "The concubine doesn't dare anymore." ”
Lingxi sat back on the low kang and calmed down his anger and said, "Now that the two of you have been by the emperor's side for the most time, what you have to think about is how to serve the emperor well, how to give birth to an heir for the emperor, instead of looking at other people's blessings!" ”
Concubine Jing and Concubine Qin knelt on the ground, bowed their heads, and did not say a word.
Lingxi glanced at the expressions of the two of them who seemed to be convinced, but they were really unwilling, and the corners of his mouth showed a sneer uncontrollably.
After a few more reprimands, Lingxi said, "This is the last chance this palace will give you, if you let this palace see this unclean thing in the future, you will not spare it!" ”
Concubine Jing and Concubine Qin said in unison, "The concubine must follow the teachings of the imperial concubine!" ”
When the two were about to leave, Lingxi called out to Concubine Qin and said to Concubine Jing, "Concubine Jing, you go back to rest first, Concubine Qin stays, and the palace still has a few words to ask you." ”
Jing Concubine looked back at the expressionless Lingxi, then swept the worried Qin Concubine, clenched her right hand hidden in her sleeve, gritted her teeth and left.
Concubine Qin came back to Lingxi, blessed her body, and called softly, "Imperial Concubine Niangniang." ”
Lingxi softened the expression on his face and said softly, "Bengong's words that just reprimanded you are not only sad for you, but also because you are not worthy, do you understand Bengong's painstaking efforts?" ”
Concubine Qin raised her eyes and looked at Lingxi, who was no longer straight-faced, and said timidly, "Concubine, I know that I am wrong." ”
"You can't get used to Concubine Chen's arrogant appearance after pregnancy, this palace understands. But you can't mess around like Jing Concubine. Lingxi persuaded faintly, "Concubine Jing has an advantage that you don't have, if this palace tells the emperor the truth, you say, who will the emperor punish in the end?" ”
Concubine Qin's face turned pale after thinking about it, and she suddenly fell to the ground.
Concubine Jing has a face exactly the same as An Xiaowan, and An Xiaowan's disappearance is directly related to Concubine Qin. If the matter of Concubine Chen's miscarriage really goes to Emperor Yong'an, I am afraid that Emperor Yong'an will only cure Concubine Qin's sin, and will not touch Concubine Jing'an.
After thinking about it, Concubine Qin knelt down and kowtowed to Lingxi, and said in fear, "The imperial concubine's great kindness to the concubine, the concubine is unforgettable!" ”
"This palace doesn't need you to be unforgettable, and I don't need you to be grateful to Dade," Ling Xi ordered Lotus Ye to help Concubine Qin up, and said, "This palace only hopes that you will think more about the eleventh princess, and don't let the momentary anger ruin what you got so hard." ”
"The concubine knows." It was only at this time that Concubine Qin's face really showed an expression of gratitude.
"Hongu asks one more question." Bengong looked at Concubine Qin's expression and said curiously, "How did you use to return to the emperor's side?" ”
"This ......" Concubine Qin raised her eyes and looked at Lingxi, her face showed embarrassment, and her eyes began to flicker.
"Okay, no matter what method you use, it's important to catch it well." Lingxi waved his hand at Concubine Qin and said, "Go down, don't do those foolish things again." ”
Concubine Qin was blessed and retired.
After Concubine Qin's figure walked away, Concubine Yu walked out of the dormitory in the Luoxue Pavilion, covered her chest and patted it, and smiled at Lingxi, "The imperial concubine is so majestic, but she scared the concubine to death......
Lingxi smiled, stretched out his hand and pinched Concubine Yu, who walked to his side, and said, "If I don't scare them like this, won't they turn the sky upside down?" ”
"Anyway, I can't do such a straightforward thing," Concubine Yu took the tea cup from Han Yufeng and said with a smile, "This kind of thing still has to be done by you." ”
"Cheng Cheng Cheng, I will be a bad person, and you will be a good person." Lingxi picked up the small silver hairpin and tied a piece of fruit to eat, squinting and said, "There will be a general election next year, and there will be a new batch of bright flowers and plants in this harem, and it will be even more lively." ”
"With your means, will you still be afraid of them?" Concubine Yu put down the teacup in her hand and said with a smile, "I just hope they won't be too boring." ”
"Look at what you said," Lingxi said with a smile in his eyes, "as if I ......"
Xiao Dezi ran in from outside the hall, knelt in front of Lingxi with a puff, swallowed a mouthful of spit, and said, "Niangniang, the Empress Dowager, it's ......."
Lingxi's smile was fixed on his face, and his mind was dazed for a moment.
When she reacted to the meaning of '薨', the silver hairpin in her hand fell to the ground with a 'snap', and tears fell.