Chapter 590: Hands-on
After the emperor finished eating in Fengxu Palace, it was rare to stay leisurely to drink tea and talk with the queen. It's just because of the emperor's words at the beginning that the queen really can't calm down, and she keeps thinking about what the emperor means by letting her make a decision.
Finally, when the emperor left Fengxu Palace to go to the imperial study, the queen thought about letting her henchmen go out of the palace to the Shen family. But at this time, it was already past the time of the palace ban, and all the palaces in the inner palace had their keys. Although as the empress, it is not impossible to send people out of the palace overnight, but it is impossible not to alarm the emperor. Thinking about the emperor's attitude, the queen could only give up in the end.
This night the queen naturally stayed awake all night.
Early the next morning, the queen got up late because she did not sleep until it was almost dawn. After finishing breakfast, he sent someone to call Shen Wei to come to Fengxu Palace, and as soon as the person sent out left the emperor's side, he sent someone to invite the queen to come to Linyuan Pavilion.
When the queen arrived at Linyuan Pavilion, the emperor had not yet gone to the early court, but Gonggong Zhang, who was beside the emperor, had been waiting here for a long time.
Linyuan Pavilion is the closest palace to the previous dynasty, and it is also the emperor's resting place on weekdays.
Gonggong Zhang is an old man by the emperor's side, he has been serving by the emperor's side since he was born, and he has a very good understanding of the emperor's intentions on weekdays. The queen and Gonggong Zhang, who was waiting on the side, spoke left and right.
The queen wanted to find out something from Grandpa Zhang, but in the end she found nothing.
The two played Tai Chi for a long time, until the little eunuch outside ran in and came up.
The queen hurriedly collected her thoughts and got up to greet her.
The emperor was in a very good mood today, and helped the queen to get up with both hands.
"The queen didn't sleep well yesterday?" The emperor glanced at the empress's face. Asked gently.
The queen subconsciously stroked her face, and when she got up in the morning, she glanced at herself in the mirror, the dark shadow under her eyes was a little heavy, and her face was a little unhealthy white. When I went out, I deliberately put on makeup again. So today's makeup is a bit heavy.
The queen smiled: "I slept a little at night. ”
The emperor cared for the queen a few more words, and led the queen to sit on the south kang in the second room.
"The emperor called his concubines over today, I don't know what it was for?" Seeing the emperor sit down and drink tea. The queen asked.
The emperor looked at the empress and smiled, but turned his head to Zhang Gonggong and said, "Go and see if anyone brought it?" ”
Gonggong Zhang immediately bowed and retreated.
The queen looked at the emperor who lowered his head and went to drink tea, and her heart was a little bottomless, and she asked carefully: "Who does the emperor want his concubines to see?" ”
"Well, I want to see someone, and the queen will stay here later." The emperor's tone was light, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth. This situation made the queen even more restless.
After a while, Gonggong Zhang came back: "Your Majesty, people have already brought." ”
The emperor nodded, got up and got off the kang: "Pass it in." As he spoke, he turned his head to stop the queen from coming down from the kang, "The queen is sitting here." ”
The queen could only sit back again. Watching the emperor walk out of the second room, the chamberlain on the side went over and lowered the curtain of the second room.
The queen could not see what was going on outside, but she could hear the movement outside.
Soon after, the queen heard someone coming in from outside, followed by the sound of bowing. The Emperor did not tell them to get up.
The Empress waited for a while, but did not hear any movement outside, and the atmosphere seemed to be a little stagnant, until the Emperor said slowly: "Tell me what you have done over the years." ”
Then a trembling male voice began to speak, and the man's voice seemed to be a little dry but not rich.
The queen was originally a little inexplicable. But listening to it, she slowly realized that something was wrong, and her heart was already full of consternation, until a stick of incense time passed, and the queen was already pale and colorless.
The words of the man outside did not stop, and they still clearly reached the ears of the queen who was sitting on the south kang in the second room.
“…… In the side hall of Ci'an Palace. The general's wife was unwell, so she went out with her maid not long after entering, leaving only the young lady of the Shen family. The poor monks did the same as before, first gave Mrs. Shen the medicine to make her delirious, and then ......"
The queen only felt that the sky was spinning, and it was so soft that it was on the kang. The waiter who was waiting on the side hurriedly walked over and called softly: "Niangniang, what's wrong with you?" ”
The man who was talking in detail outside seemed to hear the movement inside, and his words stopped. Seeing that the emperor didn't say anything else, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then said, "I don't want that young lady Shen to be a perfect body." The poor monks were also startled at that time, afraid that after the young lady of the Shen family had a body, the Shen family would notice that something was wrong. After the poor monk and several senior brothers left the palace, they left the Great Compassion Temple under the pretext of traveling until ...... until he was arrested by the emperor and returned to Beijing. ”
Speaking of this, Wu Shen also regretted it very much, the body of the young lady of the Shen family was broken by him. At that time, he felt that something was wrong as soon as he entered, but in order to increase the success rate of conception, they also took medicine beforehand, which contained aphrodisiac ingredients, and the young lady was a rare good woman, so he did not listen to reason and stopped. It wasn't until I was conscious that I realized that I was afraid.
The queen really wished that she would faint like this and not have to face the next embarrassment. But she has been in good health recently, so she can only soften on the kang, and her body is cold.
The chamberlains of the two emperors who stayed here to serve carefully served her and handed her water, but no one went out to report it, nor did they ask for a doctor.
The outside sounds finally stopped, and then the men were taken out again. Not long after, there were footsteps coming towards me.
The sound of the curtain being opened, and the sound of gentle, steady footsteps getting closer and closer, until the man sat down on the kang opposite the queen. The bright yellow corner of her dress suddenly stinged the queen's eyes, and she looked up at the man.
The man was also looking at her, his gaze was still gentle, no different from before, and when he saw her, he asked softly, "Queen, are you uncomfortable?" ”
The queen felt like she had been watered from head to toe in a lotus pond that had just melted in early spring. It's cold all over the body, inside and out.
The man in front of him had a handsome face and a gentle temperament. The queen has been married to him for so many years, and he has never lost his temper in front of her. Even if the Shen family is already on the same page as him in the court, he also respects her, the queen from the Shen family, and has never been angry.
But I don't know why. Today, facing this person's gentle face as always, the queen only felt a chill in her heart.
"What does the Queen think about this?" The emperor looked at the empress and said slowly.
"How can the emperor listen to this person's words? What he said, too ...... Ridiculous! The queen heard her voice sound a little tired.
When the emperor heard this, he just smiled, and he didn't get angry: "I also thought it was ridiculous at first. Speaking of which, I will find out that this matter is still the credit of Concubine Li. One day, she came out of the side hall of Ci'an Palace and was very unwell. I still had some abdominal pain that night. I had already lost a few children, so I was naturally very concerned about this matter, so I sent someone to check the side hall of Ci'an Palace, and later learned that there had been a strange incense in this side hall, and Concubine Li was very sensitive to this kind of incense because she was pregnant. I ordered the people to investigate the matter thoroughly. In the end, such a group of scum was found. ”
The emperor was also taken aback at that time, and he naturally remembered that many years ago, the palace had also invited monks for favored concubines. Fortunately, it was found out in the end, and these people were not related to the group of monks who entered the palace many years ago.
"Also...... I don't know if there is one thing that the queen knows. The Emperor asked softly as he stared into the Empress's eyes.
The queen didn't say anything, she didn't know what she could say at this time. Obviously, the Shen family is the victim, but this kind of thing cannot be publicized by the Shen family, not to mention anything else, if Shen Wei's wife enters the palace and this kind of thing is known. She, the queen in charge of the harem, can't be it.
At this time, she knew that as long as she, the queen, made a little mistake, there would be a group of people rushing up to the ground without the emperor to speak.
The emperor didn't mind the empress's silence, and continued: "Shen Wei's original wife, the eldest lady of the Sun family, was also perfect when she died. ”
When the queen heard this, she looked at the emperor with wide eyes.
"Queen, do you want to investigate this matter thoroughly?"
"Nope. No! The queen reacted a little violently.
The emperor looked at her for a while, but nodded kindly: "Then it should be a face for the queen, and I won't pursue this matter." ”
As soon as the queen breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor said again: "Then let the queen make a decision on another matter, I don't know what the queen thinks?" ”
"What did the emperor say?" The queen took a few deep breaths to keep her heart from beating so fast.
"Didn't the queen ask me to wait until the young lady of the Shen family gave birth before opening the trial? I said that I would let the queen decide, is it possible for the queen to forget? ”
The queen closed her eyes, and only after a long time did she speak with difficulty: "Concubine...... The concubine ......, but she couldn't say anything else for a long time."
The emperor waited good-naturedly, and finally kindly mentioned: "Does the empress still want the young lady of the Shen family to give birth to the child well?" ”
"No need." The queen said it through gritted teeth.
The emperor nodded: "Since the empress has made a decision, then I will leave the next matter to the empress to deal with personally." Emperor Shunde said the word "personally" very seriously.
"Can you wait for the concubine to return to the palace before disposing of it?" The queen secretly clenched her fists.
"This kind of thing naturally can't be delayed, and the queen should also understand that although I am the king of a country, many things are unexpected and uncontrollable. If the queen can't make up her mind to deal with it, then I will ......"
"Concubines, let people do it." The queen's palm tingled.
The emperor turned his head and glanced at Gonggong Zhang, who immediately went out. After a while, he brought in an old grandmother, who was the steward of the queen's palace, Gao Mama.
"I remember that the queen sent Mama Gao to the Shen family every time, and this time the queen will also hand over the matter to Mama Gao." The emperor said lightly.
Mama Gao glanced up at the queen, but the queen beckoned Mama Gao to come forward with a blank face and ordered her in front of the emperor.
Mama Gao was shocked, glanced at the queen again, and finally saw that the queen had nothing else to say, and then glanced at the emperor who did not move, so she could only respond tremblingly.
Mama Gao was taken out by Grandpa Zhang again, and as soon as she came out of Linyuan Pavilion, Grandpa Zhang recruited another person, but it was a palace maid with an ordinary face, and she was holding a small turn in her hand.
Mama Gao glanced at the palace maid and recognized that it was a little palace maid in Fengxu Palace who did rough work, and she did not serve in front of the queen on weekdays.
Zhang Gonggong said: "The queen is ready, Mama Gao will take this palace maid out of the palace together." Mama Gao has served the queen in the palace for many years, and she must be a smart person, as long as we are slaves, we just need to do what our master instructs, what else...... As long as the master doesn't say it, we are deaf and dumb. ”
Mama Gao's heart trembled, she bowed her head in response, and glanced at the little palace maid again, but saw that although the palace maid's face was ordinary, her eyes were extremely bright, and her temperament was very different from the submissive promise in front of her on weekdays.
She didn't dare to think about it, so she hurriedly led the palace maid to the outside of the palace.
In the Linyuan Pavilion, the emperor saw that the queen's face was very bad, and the heavy appearance on her face was even more abrupt, so he recruited a close attendant and asked him to invite the imperial doctor to come and check the queen's pulse. I personally inquired about the queen's physical condition, and she was still gentle and considerate.
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Mama Gao took the palace maid to the Shen Mansion in a carriage.
Shen Ge Lao was not in the mansion today, and Shen Wei was also recruited into the palace by the queen, and it was Mrs. Shen Ke who came out to greet him. Ke Shi saw that it was Mama Gao beside the queen, and the other little palace maid was also a little familiar with her, and she was very happy to take Mama Gao to Erniang's courtyard. Along the way, I also asked Mama Gao about the queen's intercession, how was it.
Mama Gao prevaricated a few words to Mrs. Shen, and only said that she came over today on the order of the queen to send fetal medicine to Mrs. Shen.
Mrs. Shen took someone to Erniang, who was lying on the bed drinking porridge. Seeing that someone from the palace was busy getting out of bed, she was stopped by Mama Gao. Mama Gao accompanied Mrs. Shen and Erniang to talk a lot, and she went to see the hourglass in the corner of the house from time to time, feeling a little embarrassed. Mama Gao also hoped that Shen Ge Lao or Shen Wei could come back at this time, otherwise she would have no bottom of her mind.
Until the little palace maid on the side reminded softly: "Mama, the medicine is about to cool." The queen said that she should give the young lady to take it while it was hot, otherwise it would lose its effect. ”
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Thanks to the two pink tickets for the dancing children's shoes~
Thank you, the little fat pig who loves her husband and the principle of happiness is the pink of the simple two pros~
Thank you also Cycs, the peace charm for the two of the Libra party~
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There is also a watch, before two o'clock in the morning~
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