Chapter 35: The Tempest (2)
"Mrs. Tangshan?" Mrs. Guan whispered, "It is said that he died overnight, poisoned to death, I don't know who is so ruthless." Everyone was also saddened by Mrs. Tangshan's death, and they all sighed and lamented her talent.
Shi Meiren stopped the tea in her hand, and then said to Mrs. Guan, "I heard that there was a little palace maid in Yongxiang who had an affair with someone else, and she happened to be bumped into by Mrs. Tangshan, and the little palace maid was afraid that Mrs. Tangshan would tell the emperor about it, so she quietly drugged Mrs. Tangshan's meal, but the next day Mrs. Tangshan died before she had time to tell the emperor." I've heard about it too, but I don't know if it's true or not. ”
Lu Hou was silent for a long time; Zhao Meiren frowned and pouted, looking pity; Bo Ji was silent; Mrs. Qi was calm and speechless; Mrs. Guan's eyes floated, and she couldn't be worried. The hall was silent for a long time, and Empress Lu said, "So when you encounter such a thing, you must report it to me first, and don't wait until others harm you to know that it is too late." Everyone nodded in response. Mrs. Guan peeked at Empress Lu and asked tremblingly, "Niangniang, what punishment should be given if it is fornication?" Before Empress Lu spoke, Shi Meiren hurriedly said, "Unforgivable, men and women sink in the Wei River." Mrs. Guan's mouth opened wide, and she was silent for a moment and said, "The concubine recently heard that there is a woman in Beiyuan...... Fornication, already pregnant......" Mrs. Guan didn't finish speaking, and everyone looked at her in unison. Empress Lu was happy in her heart, but she pretended not to know on her face, and looked at Mrs. Guan as if she was questioning.
Guan Wen said, "Everyone knows about this, the woman is living in Beiyuan at this time, but she doesn't know who the man who has fornicated with her is, if it is found out, the mother will have to govern them well." With that, Bo Ji quickly pressed her hand and signaled her not to say any more. Although Bo Ji didn't know the truth of the Beiyuan woman's affair at this time, as a former sister, Bo Ji didn't want Mrs. Guan to be a shield. So she pulled her hand suggestively, but Mrs. Guan didn't understand Bo Ji's intentions, but looked at Bo Ji suspiciously, Bo Ji was not easy to say in the face of everyone, and knew that Mrs. Guan was a big person, and she showed her herself, where did she know what it meant.
Empress Lu was overjoyed in her heart, and finally got to this matter, but her face was still rigorous, and she asked Guan Wen again, "Fornication?" North Garden? How do you know? Got it, why do you say it now? Mrs. Guan wanted to explain but didn't know what to explain, so she eagerly put the words to her mouth but swallowed them back without saying anything, scratching her forehead anxiously.
Zhao Meiren looked at Empress Lu and then at Mrs. Guan, she couldn't understand what the two of them were doing, and her face became confused, obviously she told Empress Lu first and then told Mrs. Guan. Zhao Zi'er wanted to speak, but Shi Meiren stopped her and said to Empress Lu, "The concubine also heard about it, but the concubine's friend was sick before, so she couldn't come here to talk to Niangniang about it." Presumably, Mrs. Guan must have been making clothes day and night for the child who was about to be born, and she forgot about it. After that, Shi Meiren hurriedly gave Mrs. Guan a look, hoping that Mrs. Guan would understand what she said, and sure enough, Mrs. Guan echoed Shi Meiren's statement. Empress Lu smiled reluctantly with an indifferent expression. Mrs. Qi looked at these people with a cautious expression, and Jing Tian behind her also clasped her hands together.
Dai Qing understood Empress Lu's thoughts, so he added fuel and vinegar and said, "Fornication is a great unforgivable crime in the harem, please punish the Beiyuan woman immediately to warn the harem." Empress Lu's expression was indifferent, she gritted her teeth and narrowed her eyes, and was silent for the time being. Bo Ji said abruptly, "You need to go to Beiyuan to know if it's true or not." There must be a saying in this. Wang Niangniang moved to Beiyuan. Mrs. Qi was about to speak, but after hearing Bo Ji say this, she seemed much more relaxed, but she hoped that Empress Lu would go to Beiyuan in person and reveal the truth, and Empress Lu would not dare to punish that woman privately. So he also nodded in agreement and went to Beiyuan after Lu. Since everyone wanted to know the truth of the matter, Empress Lu wanted to take a closer look at the woman again, and also to make the final decision to execute her, so she half-pushed and half-pushed the boat and agreed to go to Beiyuan.
Everyone flocked to Beiyuan after Lu Hou, and all the places along the way, the eunuchs and palace maids saw a murderous and noble woman coming menacingly, and quickly knelt on the ground to salute, and when they passed, these palace people looked at them and said, "Beiyuan needs to be earth-shattering." After that, they shook their heads with regret, powerless and unintentional, just sighing that the life of the Beiyuan woman was not in danger. Soon came to Beiyuan, saw the queen and they swept in, but it caught the people in Beiyuan off guard, and they didn't have time to greet them, and when the queen had arrived at the door, they hurriedly came out and hurriedly knelt on the ground to give a big gift to the concubines. Empress Lu and the concubines looked at them condescendingly, either old, ugly, or crippled, and they didn't see a young pregnant person at all. Empress Lu herself had seen the woman, and at that time, the woman was nervous but also saw that although she had no wild goose face, she had a peerless appearance, but after carefully scanning the people on the ground, there was no her at all. When Mrs. Guan saw that the women who were not pregnant, she personally stepped forward and raised her chin one by one to check it, and after making sure that there were none, she frowned, looking extremely unwilling to lose.
Dai Qing stood up and shouted at the inside, "Where is the pregnant woman? Don't hurry up and come out to see the queen mother. Sure enough, after a while, a woman who was supported by an elderly woman staggered out, knelt on the ground with difficulty, and saluted the queen with a slight tremble, "The slave wishes the queen to be happy forever." Everyone saw that her belly was actually bigger than Mrs. Guan's. Zhong Ji couldn't help laughing, and mocked in a low voice, "You can call Mrs. Guan a sister." Mrs. Guan glanced at the people behind her with a cold face, everyone was silent but still couldn't help laughing, and some couldn't suppress their laughter and coughed loudly a few times. Mrs. Guan muttered, "In the future, we will see who gives birth to the prince." Everyone desperately held back their smiles and looked at each other. Mrs. Guan stepped forward and carefully looked at the woman kneeling on the ground, and then carefully looked at her stomach fruit was not as big as hers, and Mrs. Guan snorted coldly with disdain. Look at the woman's dress, coarse cloth plain clothes, high bun without ornamentation, there is no noble air in her bones, and if she doesn't apply powder, it also looks like a woman's clear water and the delicate spirit of hibiscus.
"Say! Whose seed does it belong to? Who allowed you to live here? Mrs. Guan's cold and sharp eyes forced the woman on the ground to ask. The woman was frightened by Mrs. Guan's loud question, and looked up in horror to see Mrs. Guan's gloomy and gloomy eyes, her face changed dramatically in a hurry, she stared at her round eyes and swallowed saliva, and told herself in her heart that these women would not be easy to provoke when they were menacing, and their own affairs were not easy to explain for a while, and the anxious woman's back was frightened into a cold sweat, and the sweat rolled into her eyebrows. Kneeling on the ground and trembling with fright, the elderly woman who was serving her next to her replied to Mrs. Guan if she was not afraid of the world, "Meng Ji is here for the emperor's trust, if you have any doubts, please ask the emperor to ask the emperor." ”
Mrs. Guan sneered, she didn't believe what the old woman said and hated the old woman's honorific title for the woman on the ground, she bent down and approached the old woman with a big face, gritted her teeth and said, "Meng Ji? You'll be welcome, who says she's also Ji? Snorted coldly and said, "You said that she is the emperor's heir, why does the emperor want to put her in Beiyuan, why don't you give her ribbons and seals to be sisters with us?" Straightened up and looked at everyone, then looked at the women and old women on the ground, proudly raised his head and unceremoniously brushed his sleeves and said, "You are so bold to say that it is the emperor's heir!" Do you know the punishment for fornication? ”