Chapter 59
Cheng Qian's hand in his sleeve tightened, but what could he do now? Now that he has not been on the throne for a long time, the dynasty has not yet been fully secured. The queen mother took a fancy to Zhuang Zhenxiao and had the intention to promote the banker, and now in the court and harem, the banker is dominant. Even Cheng Qian, the lord of the world, must also give up three points.
If he protects Su Wenmei too much, the entire harem will regard her as an enemy and want to get rid of her as soon as possible.
However, when he thought of Su Wenmei's pear blossom with rain, his heart was really distressed. What she said just now made her listen to it without reservation.
Ningshou Palace.
After the queen mother finished dinner, she saw that the people of Mingyang Palace sent a volume of Su Wenmei's transcription of the female rules. After the people from Mingyang Palace left, the Queen Mother asked Shu Yun: "The emperor hasn't been to Mingyang Palace for some days, right?" ”
"Yes. The Queen Mother. Shu Yun replied: "The emperor is smart, and the queen mother is thorough." Since the Queen Mother mentioned it that day, the emperor has never been to Mingyang Palace. ”
"But since that day, he hasn't come to say goodbye to the mourning family." The Queen Mother was a little disappointed: "He's angry with the mourning family." Yesterday, the Su family encountered a design in the Gu Mansion, and the mourning family suppressed the matter, presumably he didn't say it on his lips, but he also complained about the mourning family in his heart. ”
"The Queen Mother, the emperor is young, and it is inevitable that he will be confused for a while. The queen mother is the emperor's biological mother, everything is planned for the emperor, and the emperor will understand the queen mother's hard work in the future. ”
"That's it." The Queen Mother's voice was a little tired: "It seems that the Su family's life is hard enough, and the mourning family will not be able to do it for a while." As long as she keeps to herself in the future, the mourning family is out of sight and out of mind. ”
In the past, she poisoned Su Wenmei's snacks and tea twice, but once because Su Wenmei did not eat them on the grounds that she did not eat them; another time, Qian Hui knocked over a poisonous teacup; The killer sent yesterday was even captured by the secret guards in the Showa Mansion and committed suicide by taking poison.
Fortunately, yesterday's killers were cleaned, even if the emperor wanted to investigate, he couldn't find out why.
"Zhuang Zhenxiao is a reliable and important minister of the former dynasty, if he can help the emperor in the court, it would be good for the virtuous concubine to learn to take care of the harem."
"Yes. The slave maid looked at the queen mother, Zhuang Cheng was loyal to the imperial court, and he was a usable talent. Shu Yun agreed.
Cheng Ye solved Su Wenmei's matter yesterday and went back, and he didn't know what happened to Showa after he sent her back to the palace, and he couldn't feel at ease for a long time. But he thought that he couldn't go to see her so early, and exposed his heart, so he waited until the evening to enter the palace and invited Cheng Qian to cook wine and tea.
Talking to Cheng Qian until the sun was setting, Cheng Ye was a little drunk, so he came out of the main hall and walked around. He really wanted to ask Cheng Qian how Su Wenmei was doing. But when the words came to his lips, he was a little speechless.
After listening to what the emperor said to the virtuous concubine, Su Wenmei only shed two lines of tears, and then returned to Mingyang Palace as usual and copied the female rules. After hurriedly transcribing a book, she asked the palace maid under her to send it to the queen mother's palace, and she herself continued to sit at the table, holding a brush and learning to draw.
Bing'er and Ruxia were a little apprehensive. In the past, the master was a chatterbox, as if they always had endless words. When I came back from the Imperial Garden today, I seemed to be a different person, and I didn't say a word, but sat sullenly at the table.
"Mother." Bing'er stepped forward with a plate of fragrant cakes: "Niangniang said last time that she likes to eat fragrant cakes in the imperial dining room, and today the slaves and maids went to the imperial dining room to get some, Niangniang tasted it?" ”
Su Wenmei shook her head and continued to fiddle with the brush in her hand. Although she is out of favor now, her position is high enough, so she will not be snubbed by her subordinates because she has fallen out of favor. So you can still eat whatever you want.
Seeing that Su Wenmei's favorite dim sum on weekdays was no longer eating, Bing'er couldn't help but be a little frustrated, pursed her lips helplessly, and stepped aside.
"Concubine Niangniang." Outside, a palace maid came in and reported: "Concubine Hui asks to see her." ”
Su Wenmei's eyes gave off a little light, and she looked out the door: "Quick, please invite her in." ”
Hui Concubine brought a lovesick piano. Xiuyun behind her hugged the qin and entered Mingyang Palace with her.
"Sister." Concubine Hui smiled: "I'm bored in the palace, I think of the time when we first played the piano and danced together when we were in the palace, I miss it very much." ”
The smile on Su Wenmei's face dimmed. When Qian Hui stroked the qin and Su Wenmei danced, it was when she was favored when she first entered the palace. At that time, she never thought that she would fall out of favor one day.
"Sister." Qian Hui shook her hand: "Whether it's good or bad, we always face it together." What's more, my sister is a concubine, and those villains can't be assassinated easily. Let's cheer up, we can't let the people in the harem see the jokes. ”
Su Wenmei understood that Qian Hui must have heard about yesterday's incident, but the matter had passed, and the emperor's approach inevitably made her feel a little chilled, so Qian Hui didn't mention it.
She's changing her ways to make herself happy.
Su Wenmei smiled: "Okay, according to you." ”
When Concubine Rou favored the harem in the previous dynasty, she liked to dance a song "Pear Blossom Rain Cool", and when Su Wenmei was in Sufu, she also specially invited a dance master to teach her. Later, she was exiled to the drama troupe, and the foreman valued her and found her an excellent master.
She is very talented in dancing, Qian Huifu is very good, and in the bright moonlight, Su Wenmei danced a song "Pear Blossom Rain Cool" in the wind. She was in a staggering figure, dancing to the sound of Qian Hui's piano in the bright moonlight, and the troubles in her heart danced into a state of sorrow.
Soaring like a frightening dragon, graceful like a dragon. She was wearing a moon-white long skirt and a graceful dancing posture, which made her clear and fairy, like a fluttering fairy in the Guanghan Palace. Between the movements, there are mixed with piano sounds, but with seven points of melancholy.
She tossed the light veil into the air to the sound of the piano, and reached out to catch it, but when she looked down, she saw the person watching her by the pillar. His eyes were blazing, the sky was a little dark, a little far away, and through the moonlight, she couldn't see his appearance clearly.
She caught the tulle-like robe and spun it back on. The end of the song.
"Hui'er, it's windy outside, let's go in."
Qian Hui nodded, Su Wenmei took her hand and entered the inner hall with her.
"Lord Wang." Qing Yu followed behind Cheng Ye and watched Cheng Ye look in the direction of Mingyang Palace. Concubine Wen danced, and he looked at her for half an hour of incense: "Concubine Wen is the emperor's woman." Lord, you can't be stupid and joke about your bright future! ”
Cheng Ye smiled bitterly and took Qing Yu out of the palace.
He didn't know that Su Wenmei was the emperor's woman, but just now he watched her dance, and he was obviously sad. In the past, when her mother Concubine Rou was alive, she was favored in a thousand ways. But the first emperor died, and everyone in the harem, who didn't want to put the concubine to death?!
He lowered his head and recalled that Su Wenmei was in distress in the Gu Mansion yesterday. Chen Yi came to ask for help, and Chen Yi secretly reported that last time he was ordered by Su Wenmei to sneak into the palace of the Queen Mother, and accidentally found the edict left by the first emperor back then.
His mother was originally protected by the first emperor and should not have died. It was the poisonous woman who used her posterior position to hide from the world and detain the holy decree of Concubine Rou to go out of the palace to practice.
Only a few days after the death of the first emperor, the mother concubine accidentally ingested poison in the palace and died of poison. It should have been thoroughly investigated, but at that time, the queen mother kept it secret on the grounds that the first emperor had died and the dynasty was unstable, and buried Roufei in the concubine's mausoleum in the name of Concubine Rou's funeral.
He also learned yesterday that the first emperor left a holy decree to protect his mother's life. Over the years, although he is not close to the Queen Mother, he has some brotherhood with Cheng Gan, and after Cheng Qian ascended the throne, he also helped to take care of several other princes who were opposed.
But the queen mother killed his mother! Cheng Ye walked towards the outside of the palace step by step, clenching his fists. When the mother concubine died of poison, she must have nothing to do with the queen mother!
Su Wenmei entered the inner hall and talked to Concubine Hui for a while. It wasn't until the middle of the moon that Concubine Hui left Mingyang Palace and walked towards Zhongxiu Palace. After Qian Hui left, Su Wenmei lay on the chaise longue, only to feel that the night was terriblely quiet and terrifyingly lonely.
She recalled the scene where Cheng Qian treated her so well in the past, and remembered the humiliation she suffered in the Imperial Garden today, so she came to her sorrow and fell asleep with tears. She had a dream, there are good mountains and rivers outside the palace, and the night market in Xiling City is very lively, and she suddenly feels that the outside of the palace is really good, and freedom is so good!
On the second day, Su Wenmei was bored in the palace, learned some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was really bored, so she threw the pen in her hand and threw it on the desk. She finally couldn't help it, and took Bing'er to find the virtuous concubine and take out the palace token.
When I went to Fangyi Palace, I saw that the emperor was with the virtuous concubine. Su Wenmei entered Fangyi Palace, and saw Zhuang Xianren and Cheng Qian sitting on a chair opposite each other, Zhuang Xianren was peeling the orange peel and feeding the orange petals to Cheng Gan's mouth, and he did not refuse.
Now that Concubine Xian is in power, her dress is becoming more and more decent. The bonus is only 100 days, and I am in the harem, I'm afraid it's just a scrap of cold burning.
She calmed down and slowly stepped forward: "The concubine sees the emperor." ”
Cheng Qian's expression froze, and he frowned: "You don't stay in Mingyang Palace, what are you doing in Fangyi Palace?" ”
Su Wenmei knocked her head to the ground: "Your Majesty, the concubine remembered the sugar-fried chestnuts she had eaten in the Xiling City Night Market before, and she missed it very much. Therefore, if the concubine wants to go out of the palace, she also asks the emperor to ......"
"You must have something important to do when you leave the palace, and you can't count this as a valid reason." Cheng Qian sat on the chair and looked at her condescendingly.
"Your Majesty." The virtuous concubine on the side spoke: "Concubine Wen lost a son not long ago, and she was in the Gu Mansion not long ago, and she was almost plotted by someone, so she must need to go out for a walk and relax her mind." Your Majesty, look at ......"
Cheng Qian saw that Zhuang Xianren did not shy away from mentioning Su Wenmei's sore spots, and couldn't help but feel a little more disgusted with her in his heart, but he couldn't show it directly because of his feelings.
"Then I will follow the virtuous concubine, and I will be approved."
“...... Concubine Xie Huang, Xie Xian Guifei Niangniang's grace. After Su Wenmei finished speaking, she took the exit token handed over by Ruoli and left Fangyi Palace.