The emperor and Hongluan were talking and laughing, but when they heard Shang Yi asking to see him again, they didn't need to ask what naturally brought the will of the Empress Dowager; The emperor winked at Hongluan and whispered: "The Empress Dowager will definitely reproach me for punishing Yuanhua too lightly, and tomorrow Yuanhua's father and brother will petition for sin; He raised his eyebrows: "It is due, and I used Yuanhua in exchange for the support of the official family and the empress dowager, and I dare not have other thoughts of support for the time being." Although I said that I had won, I had to use this method to ......."

He put his head between Hongluan's neck: "It's always very uncomfortable, and I, the emperor, have really done a little aggrieved." His dislike for the Shangguan family seems to be no less than that of the Hu family behind Concubine Li and King Fu, especially worse.

Hongluan looked at the door and said softly: "Your Majesty, I believe those people won't be complacent for too long." "How many years did the emperor endure when he was the crown prince? Naturally, this little trouble in front of him will not stump the emperor, he is just complaining casually.

The emperor laughed, took a deep breath on the back of Hongluan's neck and let her go: "Let Shang Yi in." He sat crooked in his chair, his eyes half-closed, as if he were about to fall asleep from exhaustion.

Shang Yi didn't say much when he came in and saw the emperor like this, but just conveyed the meaning of the empress dowager to the emperor, and sure enough, it was about the same as the emperor's guess; And the Empress Dowager's words were much heavier, saying that she really wanted to leave Yuanhua with her life and let her be a palace person, thinking that the position of a talented person should not be given to a sinner; At the same time, she also euphemistically said things like her improper discipline of Yuanhua, indicating that she was deeply guilty of the emperor.

If the Empress Dowager really wants Yuanhua to be a palace person, or demote his position, she will just say to the emperor after issuing an order: she is for the good of the emperor, of course, she does not have to worry about the emperor being unhappy; Instead of letting Shang Yi pass the word like now, the emperor issued an order to demote Yuanhua's position.

The emperor smiled and sent Shang Yi away, looked at Hongluan and said, "In three or five days, the Empress Dowager will summon me to discuss the new concubine's entry into the palace, do you believe it or not?" "He was very disappointed in the Queen Mother.

If the Empress Dowager just said that Yuan Hua's punishment was too light, and the emperor was grateful to the official family, the emperor would feel a lot better; At least the Empress Dowager really thinks of him as an emperor. But now that the Empress Dowager is like this, she really doesn't take him seriously as an emperor, and is still using the power of the Shangguan family to warn him.

Hongluan heard his words and understood his thoughts, Yuan Hua could not be executed, nor could he be sent to the cold palace, no matter what the Empress Dowager said, the Shangguan family and the Empress Dowager did not intend to make Yuan Hua bear a serious crime; And how the emperor will deal with Yuanhua, in the eyes of the empress dowager and the Shangguan family, is a kind of meaning of the emperor: the meaning of the Shangguan family; And this meaning determines what the Shangguan family will do in the future - for example, to the side of King Fu.

This is a silent threat, just between the will of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, in the family drama between the grandparents and grandchildren; The emperor won a small victory, because he had long known that Yuan Hua could not move, and now he could not move; It's just that he didn't expect the Empress Dowager to be so domineering.

"Your Majesty, you already have a plan, don't you? There are some things that don't have to be thought about, there are a lot of big things in the court, right, not enough for you to worry about? Hongluan didn't know how to explain the emperor, so he took the topic away and thought that the emperor's mind turned to state affairs, and he would no longer care about the attitude of the empress dowager and the Shangguan family.

The emperor smiled slightly: "You are the only one who knows my heart." He is not a mother-in-law, but he suddenly found that the Empress Dowager was worse than he imagined, so he complained in front of the person he was at ease with: "By the way, why did the Empress Dowager let Shangyi pass the word back and forth today, but she just didn't come?" It's so weird, don't you say? He looked into Hongluan's eyes: "What did you do?" ”

Hearing the emperor's affirmative question, Hongluan's heart jumped violently: "How do the slaves and maids know why the Empress Dowager didn't come?" What can a slave or a maid do? She could see that the emperor still had a love for the Empress Dowager, even if it was weakened to almost nothing under the persecution of the Empress Dowager, but even if there was a trace of it, she didn't dare to tell the truth.

She looked at the emperor and suddenly thought of the thoughts that had flashed to her, and saying it at this time was just right to distract the emperor's attention for herself: "Your Majesty, there is something that the slave maid wanted to say a few days ago, but I don't know if I should say it." She was going to ask Shang Gong before deciding how to mention it to the emperor, but now she couldn't care less.

The emperor squinted when he heard this: "Didn't you really do anything to the Empress Dowager, and now you want to talk about him left and right, right?" Don't worry, what you have done, just say, know that I and you are the real country. ”

Hongluan was about to open his mouth, someone outside the house asked to see him, but Shang Gong and the others came back, and at the same time, Chief Manager Liu came to ask the emperor to move, because there was something important in the court and the central government had to ask him to come over and decide: it was about the heavy rain this autumn, and there was no harvest after the flooding in some places, and how to arrange the winter for those disaster victims.

It's really a big deal, and if you're not careful, it will cause a civil uprising, and the emperor hurriedly took Manager Liu and others away; And Lord Shanggong seemed to have something urgent there, so he hurried away without waiting for Hongluan to say a few words, and only said that she had something to do and Ming'er went to Shanggong Courtyard to find her.

Hongluan looked at the courtyard where there were only a few small palace people left, so he had to go back by himself; It seems that the matter of the first queen should be said again, but it is her family feud, and now that she is clear, should she also explicitly ask the emperor for help?

When she walked out of the East Palace, Xing'er and others greeted her: "Niangniang! Everyone was cheering, kneeling on the ground to congratulate Hongluan. Hongluan shook her head lightly and helped them up: "I don't have a place to live, where do I dare to hear people call me Niangniang." ”

Xing'er smiled: "That's also Niangniang." With you, the palace slave courtyard will never be the most humble place in the palace in the future, and the slaves and maids will thank you, waiting for you to go back - according to the slave maids, there is no place where the palace slave courtyard is comfortable. "She's really a flower of interpretation.

Hongluan nodded and took Xing'er Liu'er's hand: "Fortunately, you are ......" Before she could say a few words, she saw Master Meng and Gu Anping coming together; He shook their hands heavily: "No matter what I am, each of you is my good sister." Because he saw that Xiao Pingzi's two eunuchs had to look at her, he smiled and added: "My good brother." ”

Xiao Pingzi and the two were finally happy, it was not that they didn't believe in Hongluan's personality, but when they heard Hongluan admit that they were "brothers", they suddenly felt like a man was revived.

Hongluan took Xing'er and the others to greet them, and after Gu Anping and Master Meng took a fixed look at Hongluan, they both bent down to salute; Lord Meng is to perform a half-salute, but Gu Anping is to perform a full salute.

Hongluan, who was taken aback by the behavior of the two of them, felt a thousand things in her heart, the two people in front of her were the people she had touched, and the people who were still in her heart and were like family members, where could she receive their courtesy? Hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop them and said, "What are you doing? ”

Chapter 646 Insider

Hearing Hongluan's words, a line of bitterness flashed on Lord Meng's lips but he smiled: "He Zhaorong congratulated you, although you didn't prepare a congratulatory gift in a hurry, you still want to ask for a glass of wine to eat." "It's like the same person who likes to laugh, but there's something different.

Gu Anping just glanced at her deeply: "Brother Meng and I have a few words I want to say to you, do you have time?" "Hongluan is Hongluan, don't say that even if she becomes Zhaorong, even if she becomes the queen, then she is still his Hongluan's sister.

Hongluan nodded: "Then let's go to the pavilion in the garden to sit for a while, and let people prepare some thin wine to drive away the cold; She looked at the two of them: "You guys are not on duty at this hour?" Because of the ceremony, even if she saw the two of them, she only hurriedly took a look, especially Lord Meng, who she hadn't seen for almost two months.

Master Meng pursed his lips: "Today's weather is good, the sky is blue and translucent, haha." He smiled dryly and turned his head after looking at Hongluan's eyes: "Brother Gu is on duty, but he was brought by me." ”

"I don't know what happened to the two brothers looking for their little sister?" Hongluan knew that the two people who were busy now appeared at the same time, of course, there was something: "Is it really for Zhaorong's business?" She thought it shouldn't be, but she still avoided Lord Meng's gaze, and felt a little guilty in her heart.

Master Meng didn't speak, he broke a small branch and bit it in his mouth, Gu Anping replied: "No; He sighed: "But you also know that we are not in favor, but we do not have the ability to stop you; We have another matter to discuss with you today—do you want to explain the matter of the Great Flood to the Emperor after the canonization? There were no idlers around the three of them, and Xing'er and the others just followed from a distance.

Hongluan was not surprised when she heard this, and knew that the person who knew her best was Gu Anping: "Brother Anping, do you know why I agreed to stay in the palace for the rest of my life." If it weren't for the family feud, what she was thinking about now would be how to leave instead of desperately dealing with Yuanhua and the others.

Master Meng spit out the branch in his mouth: "Do you know who the enemy is?" Do you know who the enemy is in collusion with? His eyes were blazing on Hongluan: "Don't forget that the person who dug the embankment is a local official, no matter who the main envoy is, but he will not personally give the order, there must be someone in the court who does things for him." ”

Hongluan nodded: "I know, so it is impossible to take revenge with our strength, only to tell the truth to the emperor, maybe we can help him; I think that the main envoy must be a certain highness, and the emperor can justifiably punish him for such a big mistake. ”

Master Meng smiled bitterly: "Luan'er, you are very smart, but you don't understand the affairs of foreign courts; You haven't thought about the Shangguan family? What if this matter has something to do with someone from the Shangguan family? We don't even know why those people dug the embankment now, if you say it to the emperor so boldly, the emperor will be known by the Shangguan family as long as he investigates - even if it has nothing to do with the Shangguan family, the people of the Shangguan family have a mortal enmity with you, do you think they will spread your family feud to the ears of some people? ”

"Borrow a knife to kill." He spat out another mouthful of crumbs: "It's bitter. Now the emperor can't do without the support of the Shangguan family, what are you going to do if there is a case? I think that if you want to explain this matter to the emperor, at least we should find out why the other party is doing it, otherwise there are too many variables that we can't control at all. ”

Hongluan thought for a while and nodded: "Fortunately, my brother reminded me, but Luan'er is really revengeful." She looked up at the blue sky and closed her eyes slightly: "It's almost the end of the year, but we don't have any eyebrows, how can we be worthy of the fathers and villagers under Jiuquan." ”

Master Meng glanced at Hongluan: "It's not completely without eyebrows, I've already found someone to see the rivers you have there, and the people from the Ministry of Industry said that even if there is heavy rain and heavy flooding, you shouldn't dig a dike near your village to drain the water; Therefore, it can be concluded that those people have other purposes, and now we must be very careful while investigating the matter, in case someone learns of what we are investigating, it may immediately lead to death. ”

Speaking of this, seeing that Hongluan's face changed slightly and was about to speak, he raised his finger to look at Hongluan and smiled: "Don't say that I should stop worrying, there is only one way to let me ignore it, I'm afraid you won't agree; He didn't wait for Hongluan to ask and winked and smiled: "As long as you promise me to put down my family feud and go with me now, I won't check it anymore." ”

Hongluan was silent for a long time when she heard this: "Brother, you are ......" After the two words rolled on the tip of her tongue a few times, she didn't say it after all, because she knew why Master Meng was bitter.

Master Meng stomped his feet and stomped his feet fiercely: "Of course it's for revenge, that person has a hatred for taking my wife." Gritting his teeth, as if the man was in front of him, he would trample the man under his feet and beat him up before he would give up.

Hongluan looked at Gu Anping for some reason, Gu Anping shook his head, he didn't know what happened to Commander Meng and Hongluan and his enemies; Especially Master Meng has not decided on family affairs, nor has he heard of any girl he has fallen in love with, and he doesn't understand what his so-called wife-snatching hatred is.

But this feud is not small, the enmity of the eldest husband in the world is: killing his father and taking his wife.

"If it weren't for the messenger, I would have left this cannibalistic place with you by now; It's because of him that you have to stay, how can I not find him and stab him a few times to get angry, and this life will really be in vain. Master Meng raised his eyebrows and said bluntly.

Hongluan and Gu Anping were speechless for a long time, and it was Hongluan who finally spoke: "Brother, I ......" She was already destined to have no chance with Lord Meng, and she really didn't want Lord Meng to make mistakes anymore.

Commander Meng smiled and waved his hand: "Don't persuade me, just like I didn't persuade you; Each man's way is his own way, and no one else can be the master. After he finished speaking, he clapped his hands: "I still have something to do there, so I'll go first; Luan'er, don't trust anyone easily, and don't mention even a word to anyone until we find out what happened. ”

After taking a few steps, he turned around and waved his hand at Hongluan, revealing a very warm smile: "Whether I choose the right path or wrong, I have no regrets." After saying that, a few people disappeared at the end of the road.

Gu Anping let out a long sigh, looked at Hongluan but didn't say anything; Things have come to this point, it's too late to say anything, all he can do is to ensure that Hongluan won't be hurt a lot.

Hongluan looked at him and smiled bitterly: "Remember to persuade Master Meng, Brother Anping." "She doesn't want to be negative.

Gu Anping just smiled bitterly: "I'll go back first, it's worth it; By the way, your sister-in-law said that you should not eat at night, and she made some dumplings today and said that she would send them to you. "There are some things that you don't know that you should let go, but Commander Meng didn't say it, and he is not qualified to say it.