Chapter 13 * The Affair of the Troubled Palace
Chapter 13 The Affair of the Troubled Palace
"I'm afraid it's hard." Although he was curious about the box and wanted to know what the queen mother had left for him, what Murong Ke wanted to find out more was what the relationship between the queen mother and Mrs. Shi was between him and Xiaoyu. It's just that the Chen clan in the Northern Yuan Dynasty was almost uprooted by the emperor by a trivial matter, although it is not considered extinction, the old man who knew about it back then must have died.
With such a stable and secret relationship between the queen mother and Mrs. Shi, even the emperor didn't know about it, how could ordinary Chen clan people understand?
Shi Zhongyu heard Murong Ke talk about this worry, and he also felt strange in his heart. It is rare for the mother family of the Empress Yuan to fall to this point, not to mention that the concubine of the Empress Yuan is still active in the court and plays a pivotal role.
"Take your time." "Actually, the box is the key, maybe it can be opened to explain all the doubts." ”
The two talked for a while, and then hugged each other and fell asleep.
The jade in the stone is okay, even if it is happy all night, it can still make up for sleep during the day. But Murong Ke still had to deal with government affairs and private affairs agreed with the emperor during the day, and he was very tired, so he slept very well in the past few days when Shi Zhongyu's body was inconvenient.
Of course, these situations cannot escape the emperor's ears and eyes. Although he didn't send someone to infiltrate Yingchun Palace or arrange spies because of the agreement with Murong Ke, or because of his jealousy of his seventh son, he still knew what he should know.
"Do you want to stay in Yingchun Palace every night?" He asked.
The person who replied beside him was Gonggong Tan. There is another henchman eunuch...... Fang Qing, Fang Da is in charge.
"Yes." Tan Gonggong replied respectfully.
"I didn't expect that how many stunning beauties Lao Qi didn't pay attention to him, the daughter of a businessman, let him be fascinated like this." The emperor sneered slightly, but he also had a happy meaning in his heart. Lao Qi has always been ruthless, and now he has a weakness for him to grasp, which is a good thing.
"Your Majesty, the old slave has a saying, I don't know whether to say it or not." Fang Qing suddenly whispered.
"Speak."
"There are many people in the palace, and the fact that Yingchun Palace was given to live must soon reach the ears of the queen. The queen mother is in charge of the six palaces, so naturally she has to set some rules, His Royal Highness King Yu...... And he never behaves by the rules, and the old slave is afraid of ......"
"Afraid of what?"
"I'm afraid...... The queen didn't know the emperor's arrangement, and she was furious, and when the time came, she hurt her innocence, angered King Yu, and annoyed the emperor again. He said it tactfully, but in fact, it just meant: The queen hates King Yu, and when she learns that King Yu is so obsessed with the innocent Taoist, she will definitely poison the innocent. It has always been that His Royal Highness King Yu likes something, and the queen is going to destroy something. But if this is the case, how can King Yu be willing to give up? It's not like it's going to make trouble for the emperor again. In terms of the temper of His Royal Highness King Yu, it is impossible to shoot directly at the queen, but it is difficult to say anything else.
The emperor's face was clouded.
Fang Qing was right, he wanted to beware of the queen. For the sake of degrading her as a concubine, he has tolerated her in many ways, as long as it is not something that shakes the general situation, he will turn a blind eye and close his eyes. But the queen has been a little worse recently, if she doesn't give a warning, if she really does something, his hard work to get Lao Qi to relieve his strength will be in vain.
"But the old slave thinks that he can turn bad things into good things." was hesitating, Gonggong Tan cautiously interjected.
"What's the change?"
Gonggong Tan is not as good as Fang Qing, he is a person in secret, and his status in front of the world is not high, but because of this, what he said has more weight in the emperor.
"As long as the emperor sends someone to protect him secretly, if the queen really teaches the innocent, the emperor can protect it at a critical moment. In this way, let the innocent inherit the emperor's affection. Second, let His Royal Highness King Yu know the sincerity of the emperor, and even know that without the emperor, he can't protect his innocence. Third, you can take the opportunity to warn the queen not to make your own decisions and ruin the emperor's affairs. Wouldn't it be better to kill three birds with one stone? ”
In the last sentence, the queen's words, Tan Gonggong's attitude was extremely disrespectful. But the emperor had long been annoyed by what the queen had done, but felt that it was very useful, so he nodded and said, "This is very good." Tan Fu, I will send you to protect your innocence outside the Yingchun Palace. Remember, you have to take care of the heat, don't really let the naivety cause anything big, otherwise, a lot of unprepared things will have to be advanced. ”
"The old slave obeys." Father-in-law Tan answered and walked out of the room backwards.
The emperor suddenly felt tired.
In order to sit on this dragon chair back then, too many things that were seen and unseen were done. Now that he is old, he has to repay little by little. When Lao Qi's life was on the verge of death, the Taoist priest named Yide once said that once many things are done, more needs to be done to make up for it.
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But they all thought that he would do anything for his rights, and who knew that he was a person after all and had feelings. For Queen Xia, doesn't he really feel a little guilty? For Chen Lihua, the queen of the Yuan Dynasty, such a woman, so beautiful, so intelligent, and such a temperament, who can not love it?
It's just that she never loved him. And he is the emperor, and no one can be allowed not to love him.
So knowing that she was killed, he kept silent. That was his punishment, and he also took the opportunity to exterminate the Chen clan who had high merit and shook the master. It's just that no matter how ruthless he is, he can't do anything to Lao Qi. Now that Lao Qi has full wings, he can't move, but there were too many opportunities at the beginning. For example, the fire when Lao Qi was a child, he already knew about it, but he let the queen do it, but in the end, he couldn't see Lao Qi die like this, first deliberately let Gonggong Xia save him, and then put up the emperor list to save Lao Qi's life.
Whenever he kills Lao Qi, he dreams of Lihua. She didn't speak, she just looked at him, and she didn't shed a single tear. But just like that, he couldn't help it. He tried his best to make Lao Qi the king of Xihai, of course, for the sake of his posthumous name, but why wasn't he afraid of being even more ashamed of Lihua?
But his protection is limited, no matter who threatens the Great Yan Jiangshan and threatens the imperial power, he will not hesitate to get rid of it. Lihua back then, and now the seventh and the queen are all like this. This is also the reason why he did not let Lao Qi retreat to the Northern Yuan Capital, which was where Lihua's mother family was, although the Chen family declined and withered, but after all, there was still a foundation. plus the little bit of Northern Wei blood on Lao Qi......
Thinking of this, he stood up, but suddenly felt a darkness in front of him, his chest hurt like a prick of ten thousand needles, and his mouth was filled with fishy sweetness. No matter how hard he endured, his body was crooked to the side, and the corners of his lips overflowed with blood.
"Emperor" Fang Qing was shocked, stepped forward to help him, "The old slave went to call the imperial doctor"
"Don't make a noise, don't make a noise," the emperor hurriedly stopped, "It's still the root of the disease, just find the talented doctor." ”
"Yes, the old slave will go. Your Majesty, you sit down first. Fang Qing took out a silk handkerchief, wiped all the blood from the emperor's mouth, and then hurriedly ran two steps, and when he arrived at the door, he changed to a steady and peaceful footstep and walked out.
And when his figure disappeared from the courtyard gate, Grandpa Tan flashed out of the corner with an unknown smile on his face.
At the same time, in the queen's bedroom, someone was coming to say goodbye.
"Bi Fan, how come you have time to come to see the main palace?" The queen's smiling eyes glowed coldly. It's really embarrassing for her, she can make two diametrically opposed emotions coexist harmoniously on her face, "When Lao Qi was in Beijing, didn't you always stay in the palace honestly and didn't go out." ”
"Your Royal Highness is busy, and you don't need your concubines to wait, so you want to come and see the queen." Zhao Bifan said in a dignified and elegant manner, "Besides, our Royal Highness has brought a lot of earthen ceremonies from the north, and in addition to the ones who are enshrined according to the rules, the concubines are also a little cautious in private. ”
"I know that you are a filial one." The queen's eyes glanced at her well-maintained nails, and she didn't care much about the look and the cold, hopeful