Chapter 32: Reasoning
The weather is getting warmer, but the atmosphere in the Kunyuan Hall of the Middle Palace has been very depressing, and there is a tendency to become more and more depressing these days.
Just a few days of work, it can be said that there is a bit of change in the Liang Palace.
He was still alive and kicking when he was taken down in the Imperial Garden, but now the verdict has been decided. Because he was a traitor, the second prince was naturally unceremoniously, and after consulting Emperor Liang, he corrected the law on the spot, and he was completely dead.
But the crown prince who provoked the incident did not move, and he has not said that he would send someone to admit his mistake to Queen Xue so far.
That's it, but now the three princesses suddenly made a stubborn mistake for some reason, and they couldn't get along with their mother, and after the mother and daughter had a big quarrel that day, she was locked up in the house to copy books, and I am afraid that she will not be able to get out in a few days.
However, the Queen's lockdown is approaching, and in a few days she will be free again.
Originally, everyone should be happy, but the master didn't have a smiling face, and the subordinates naturally didn't dare to laugh at will, for fear of accidentally touching the moldy head.
The whole palace was quiet, and the palace maids were silent, but even so, Empress Xue's mood did not get better.
Nothing goes well!
Empress Xue looked at the concubine in front of her, who was dressed up in a fancy way, and hated to have all the gold, silver and jade on her head, and her mood was not the worst, only worse.
The world is really chaotic, and any cow, ghost, god and snake dare to come out!
What kind of place is Yuqi Pavilion, since the concubine gave birth to the third prince but failed to be full-term, the emperor snubbed her, and the Yuqi Pavilion became a cold palace-like existence, the concubines went to be afraid of bad luck, and Xie Guifei hated her for robbing the emperor's favor, so she almost sent someone to poison her with a glass of wine.
Now there was only a little accident, Xie Guifei didn't have anything to do there, she actually jumped out.
Why, do you feel that the mother of a country is no longer in charge, or is she confident that she can snatch the favor of the saint to the slut?
Looking at the colorful jadeite gems and gold on her head, Queen Xue lost her face even more.
Sure enough, it came out of a small family, and no amount of jewels could hide the local flavor of her body.
Concubine Yan was not from a high background, and her family has been in business for generations, and her father and elder brother are both well-known businessmen in Daliang. It is said that businessmen are highly profitable, so even in troubled times, this kind of background is also looked down upon.
However, her life is good, the war between Liang and Ning was extremely fierce, the military salary was tight, the treasury was empty, and her father didn't know whether he was loyal to the monarch and patriotic or had other plans, in short, he donated more than half of the family's money to the treasury, and the concubine was able to enter the palace.
Her family is rich, and she is quite eye-catching, so the emperor treats her well, so she has a son.
It's a pity that her life is not good, her son has to get it, but he can't survive.
Later, there were some internal problems in Ningguo, the Jiang family was wiped out, and the border war stopped.
The second prince withdrew his troops and returned to China, and then went to resist the state of Wu and won a great victory, so he no longer needed more silver, and the concubine lost her grace and was temporarily useless, so she was offered in the palace like a golden bodhisattva.
Looking at the concubine in front of her, who couldn't hide her joy, Queen Xue suddenly had a moment of doubt.
This can't really be caused by this stupid thing, right?
Excited in her heart, Concubine Xue didn't know that Empress Xue had begun to doubt her.
She had just gone to Concubine Xie before, and in order to discuss a result, she also specially brought good ginseng.
As a result, Concubine Xie didn't appreciate it at all, and sent her back without even letting her in, and didn't listen to a good word from beginning to end.
Although the ginseng is not particularly expensive, it can't be wasted, and the concubine was very smart to take the ginseng and immediately transferred to the middle palace.
Empress Xue was really more generous than Concubine Xie, and soon let her in.
After considering her tone for a while, Concubine Xi lightly said in a soft voice: "Niangniang probably doesn't know yet, Concubine Xie is not very angry this time, I heard that she is sick in bed and has not been able to get off the ground so far, the emperor always went to take a look a few days ago, but she has gone less in the past two days." ”
Even if she couldn't go out, she would naturally know about it, and Queen Xue looked at her silently.
After all, it is a golden bodhisattva, in case of another war in the future, her family will have a great use, as the mother of a country, Queen Xue still has this belly, so she does not want to really offend her to death.
Seeing that she didn't stop this, Concubine Xi felt great encouragement, and made persistent efforts: "The concubine just brought a hundred years of ginseng to see her, but Concubine Xie sent someone to blast the concubine out directly. ”
You didn't bring it on yourself? Empress Xue looked at her as if she was mentally retarded, but said, "This shouldn't be." ”
Concubine Yi immediately said excitedly: "Yes, Niangniang, you are all people who serve Your Majesty, and the concubines are also kind, but she treats the kindness of the concubines as the liver and lungs of a donkey." ”
I don't know if I haven't communicated with others for a long time, or if there is a ghost in my heart that is not good to say directly, the concubine chattered, but she didn't get to the point for a long time.
Cui's mother came in and said that she was going to pass lunch, and she talked about how capable Concubine Ming and Concubine Hui were, and how understanding Concubine Liang was.
Empress Xue was really impatient to listen to it again, so she had to remind: "Concubine Xue is here today, what is the matter?" ”
Concubine Xu, who had been talking rhetorically, paused obviously.
She rolled her eyes, picked up the box of hundred-year-old ginseng from the palace maid behind her, thought for a while, and then stood up and said, "It's nothing, it's just that the concubine thinks, the concubine is idle now, so ...... I was thinking about whether I could share my mother's worries. ”
The abacus in her heart made a "crackling" sound, and Concubine Xi finally pushed her hands forward: "This ginseng is also put away, it is better to use it for the mother to make up for her body." ”
Queen Xue never thought that she would be bribed publicly, and she still used this kind of hundred-year-old ginseng, which was not very valuable, and the little slut surnamed Xie was not even willing to ask for it.
For a moment, Empress Xue couldn't wait to find a flower pot and smash her head against her face with heavy makeup.
But she obviously can't mess things around.
She can't, but the third princess can.
Mo Xin'er dipped her pen in ink, looked at the thick book of "Women's Rules" in front of her, and endured her anger to write two words, so she angrily "snapped" and threw the pen out.
The good clothes were instantly soaked in ink, and even the face was stained black.
"Oops!" The third princess was also startled and quickly stood up, but it was impossible to apologize, she only complained in a weird way: "Why don't you look at it!" ”
"The slave is fine." Cherry didn't dare to say more, and silently wiped her face with her sleeve.
Mo Xin'er didn't care anymore, sat down and looked at the book again, and said with a sad face: "What do you mean by the queen mother, I just want to sneak out of the palace, even if it's wrong for me to wear the clothes of the inner servant, there is no need to let me stay away from Brother Qi!" I also asked me to copy books for some reason, so decent, why should I copy books! ”
She really couldn't figure it out: "I didn't leave the palace to see that Jiang Mengyun." However, when she met at the banquet in the Imperial Garden, she coaxed Brother Qi to be dizzy. Brother Qi is such a simple person, what if he is deceived by her? ”
"But the queen mother is good, not to say that I do more. I didn't know that the peony was the person arranged by the queen mother to be by her side, who made her still block me at the door that morning! I should have known that I would have watched over the princess myself? ”
"Also," Mo Xin'er became more and more angry the more she spoke, "Did you hear, what did the peony say, Brother Qi has obviously painted these days, but he actually lied to me that day!" Where is this Jiang Mengyun? ”
She slammed the book on the table and said angrily: "Brother Qi actually lied to me in order to give her the painting!" ”
Clenching her fists, she slammed the tabletop hard, but was so hurt that she bared her teeth: "If it weren't for the queen mother's insistence on punishing me for confining and letting me copy the book, I would have snatched the painting a long time ago!" ”
Mo Xin'er thought of it, and was about to go out: "I'll grab it now." ”
When it comes to this, Cherry can't be persuaded anymore.
She hurriedly stretched out her hand and grabbed the third princess who was about to run away: "Your Highness, no, there are people watching outside, even if you want to go out, you can't do it." ”
That's right, Mo Xin'er turned her head to look out the door.
The door was open, but there were four powerful old mothers standing in the doorway, and these people would not listen to her, but would only take her back like a chicken.
Mo Xin'er was deflated in an instant.
"The queen mother is simply inexplicable! Listening to what Peony said about Jiang Mengyun, I didn't react at all, I just scolded a few words, and then I said that I was going to snatch the painting back, but she was in a hurry, and she had to tell me what Brother Qi and I are brother and sister! ”
She grabbed her head in pain, and grabbed her originally neat hair into a chicken nest: "Who doesn't know that we are brothers and sisters, you say, what does the queen mother mean?" ”
probably thinks that you are too close to His Royal Highness King Qi, and I feel that you have feelings for His Highness that you shouldn't have.
After all, if there is that kind of relationship between brother and sister, it is an ethical matter, and it is much worse to say it than which palace maid His Royal Highness the Crown Prince slept with.
Cherry thought about this in her heart, of course she didn't dare to say it, but only persuaded: "Niangniang doesn't like King Qi, wouldn't it be good for the princess to stay away from him?" ”
"But Sister Shuyan likes it! If Brother Qi was snatched away by Jiang Mengyun, what should he do? ”
Mo Xin'er sat back at the table in distress, lay on the table for a long time, and sighed from the depths of her heart: "Queen Mother, it's really unreasonable!" ”
Of course, Mo Xin'er is not the only one who thinks that Empress Xue is unreasonable, and Concubine Xue also feels that Empress Xue is very unreasonable at the moment.
Good and dignified, she was still warm when she first entered the door, she didn't get angry after saying so much nonsense, she just listened with a smile, and the result was that Queen Xue herself took the initiative to ask about her intentions today, so she didn't go around the bush and said it directly.
Can she be blamed for this?
She also wants to talk about her thoughts step by step!
Besides, her last statement was more direct, but she went with a courtesy.
Unexpectedly, Queen Xue suddenly turned her face and didn't recognize anyone, although she didn't give her face like Concubine Xu, she also scolded her fiercely, telling her not to think nonsense and stay in Yuqi Pavilion.
Before leaving, he returned the ginseng.
Concubine Yan is very angry, a concubine who is so sick that she can't get out of bed doesn't give her face, and a queen whose children can't bear the grace of the saint also gives her a shameless face, and she still wants her to be low, why?