Chapter 40: Windfall
Mrs. Qi came at a bad time, Mrs. Guan felt that she had put a lot of pressure on herself, and after Mrs. Qi left, she didn't have the heart to continue making children's clothes, and she sat on the mat like a limp thinking about what to do.
In the end, Mrs. Guan couldn't withstand the temptation of glory, and she was even more unwilling to be suppressed by Empress Lu in the future, thinking about it, she always thought that Empress Lu would never dare to kill her against the emperor no matter what, and she only knew that Empress Lu was strong, but she had never seen how Empress Lu tortured people, maybe Empress Lu was pretending to be majestic at all. It is his own confusion to be held tightly by Empress Lu, as Mrs. Qi said, Empress Lu controls the harem, then her future life will be uneasy, it is better to fight hard today, and help Liu Ruyi of Qi Ji ascend to the throne, Mrs. Qi is not like Empress Lu, she will not kill herself, so her personal life is guaranteed, unlike living in the shadow of Empress Lu, there is always a pressure.
"How, exactly?" Mrs. Guan sat on the mat, squinting her eyes and tangled.
Seeing Mrs. Guan there, Chanxin called softly, "Madam." ”
Only then did Mrs. Guan pull her thoughts back, raised her eyes to look at Chanxin, and frowned again.
"Madame is still frowning at Mrs. Qi's words?" Chanxin asked.
Mrs. Guan nodded and sighed, "She really gave me a problem." ”
"Madame can ignore such a thing at all, once the queen knows, Madame has no way to live." Chanxin seemed more anxious and worried than Mrs. Guan, for fear that Mrs. Guan, a person with developed limbs and a simple mind, would bury herself, so she pounced in front of a few cases and said to Mrs. Guan with a firm look in her eyes, "Mrs. Qi is not ambitious, she knows that the risk is huge, she wants to pull someone to be the back, Queen Lu will definitely not let her go, she is the buffer when you are in a critical situation." ”
Mrs. Guan listened to Chanxin's words, and was a little moved and agreed in her heart, and at the same time had some hope for Mrs. Qi's chances of winning, the tangled Mrs. Guan covered her face with both hands, closed her eyes and pondered, and suddenly the troubles in her heart twisted together like a hemp rope, and she had no clue. With a sigh of sorrow, he reached out and brushed the hair hanging down his shoulders, got up and walked towards the entrance of the hall, looking at the endless mountains behind the palace in the distance, the two thoughts turned into a fierce battle, and the last thought precipitated in his mind. You must choose a thought and attitude, and firm it down, stand for a long time, your eyes are misty and misty and say as if comforting, "In the palace like this, it is to fight, if you don't fight others, you will fight, the deep palace, the dark arrow is difficult to prevent, rather than asking others to harm me, it is better to strike first." ”
"Madame......" Chan was anxious to persuade again, but was stopped by Mrs. Guan with one hand.
"Don't shake me anymore." Mrs. Guan said, "Of course, you have to be a companion to do bad things, and one more person will also bear more, if the matter is revealed, I will infer that it was instigated by Mrs. Qi, anyway, the queen hates Mrs. Qi the most." ”
Chanxin still looked at Mrs. Guan worriedly, but she knew that she couldn't convince Mrs. Guan herself, Mrs. Guan had been so profitable all her life, as long as there were benefits, even if she was at risk of death, she would definitely do it. Chanxin has nothing to say to her, and if she says it, it will be superfluous nonsense, and Mrs. Guan will not listen to it, but will put on a disgusted look.
Mrs. Guan paced around the hall, her fingers firmly on her chin and thinking about things, and sometimes pinched her forehead with her hand, and the word 'sigh' jumped out of her mouth, which seemed to stump her.
However, Mrs. Guan suddenly turned around and said excitedly to Chanxin, "I have to summon my younger brother into the palace." ”
"Huh?" Chanxin opened her mouth in surprise, she didn't expect Mrs. Guan to say this, and hurriedly approached her, "What does Madam want to do?" ”
"Didn't Madame Qi say that she should pay close attention to her relatives outside the queen's palace? I can't trust any of the people in the palace, so it's better to ask my younger brother to help me, and if it succeeds, ask Qi Ji to help say good things and let the emperor give my younger brother an official position. Things haven't worked out yet, Mrs. Guan suddenly seems to have seen hope, and that kind of successful picture makes Mrs. Guan happy, and she actually thinks of her younger brother's official position again.
"But your brother hasn't been in touch with his wife for years, has he? Now he is not in Chang'an City, it is uncertain, besides, without the emperor's will, relatives are not allowed to enter the palace, have you forgotten, madam? "Chanxin has been with Mrs. Guan for a long time, and Mrs. Guan is also very good to her like a sister. When Liu Bang, Xiang Yu, Chu and Han were competing for power, Chanxin followed Mrs. Guan, watching Mrs. Guan be pampered by Liu Bang in Chenggao, and was personally picked up by Liu Bang in the car and taken back to Chang'an. After killing Xiang Yu, Liu Bang did not assign an official and a half-post to Mrs. Guan's younger brother, but only allowed him to stay in Chang'an, just don't worry about eating and drinking, just be a worry-free little person, every day on the street to walk the birds to see anecdotes is what her brother has to do, but he didn't have much contact with the sister in the palace, if it weren't for this matter, Mrs. Guan would not want to afford this younger brother, but another thing to say.
Mrs. Guan didn't worry about this, turned around and walked to the front of the case, looked at the baby's clothes on it, and continued, "There is a way to find him, which shop in Chang'an City has the best dishes, he will definitely go there, I know him, he loves to eat the most." ”
Chan pouted and listened in disbelief.
"I will ask the emperor to summon him to the palace." Mrs. Guan caressed her abdomen and looked confident, thinking that she was talking about the child in her belly, as if the child was her talisman.
Chanxin pursed her lips and didn't say anything.
It is said that the wind is the rain, and what comes to mind is immediately done. Mrs. Guan asked Chanxin to call Liu Bang, first went to Shi Meiren, and saw that Liu Bang was not there, so she had to withdraw, and then went to Zhao Meiren and did not see Liu Bang. Chanxin shook her head helplessly, nowhere is it, where is it? It must not be at Mrs. Qi's place, otherwise Mrs. Qi would not have come to the Huadian, nor would she be at the queen's place. At this time, it should be impossible to review the fold, but after looking for a long time, there is really no place to find it, so I have to go to the front hall of the review fold to find him as if I was lucky. So she went straight to the front hall, and went to the front hall of Weiyang Palace completely with the heart of not finding Liu Bang, she didn't think that Liu Bang was an emperor who liked to deal with court politics, in her eyes, the emperor and Mrs. Qi every day, or Mrs. Guan was tired of being together, and now the Hun greeting envoy was still there, and there were no major events in the pass, so he didn't have to go to court, just wander around the palaces, or set up a banquet to invite Princess Luan and others to watch the song and dance.
When I came to the front hall, I saw that there were only a few sparse Lazar guards outside the temple, not as many as usual. Chan went up to the top steps in confusion, and was about to knock on the door to enter, but raised her hand but heard a slightly frightened voice from a woman in the hall, "Your Majesty, slave maid...... The slave was pregnant. "It's a little palace maid who speaks, otherwise she wouldn't call herself a slave.
Chan Xin opened her mouth in surprise, looked confused, and quickly put down her hand knocking on the door, and put her ear close to the temple door to sound.
"How do you ...... That's it, it's all to blame, how long has it been? It was Han Gaozu Liu Bang who spoke, and his words went from strong to weak, first appearing a little reproachful, and finally softened.
"It's been almost two months, Your Majesty, what should the slave and maid do, if the queen mother knows, the slave and maid are afraid of ......" The little palace maid in the palace began to cry and cry.
There was a moment of silence in the hall, and then he listened to Liu Bang again, "You are pregnant with my child, the queen will not do anything with you, I will find you a place, you don't have to stay in the front hall to do things, when you get to that place, you can raise the baby with peace of mind, and when the child is born, I will canonize you as a beauty." ”
There was no sound in the hall again. Chanxin opened her mouth in surprise again, her eyes were blank and suspicious, when did the emperor hide from the people in the harem that he was fortunate to the little palace maid, and he wanted to find a place for her to raise a baby, it seems that he is still a little afraid that some people in the harem will make trouble for him. Chan Xin took a deep breath, rubbing her hands red, it turned out that the court was so complicated, and the bottom of her heart was turning over the river and the sea, the emperor was really sowing seeds everywhere, and he was hiding it from everyone. The women of the harem were waiting for him idiotically, but he repeatedly pinched flowers and grass, seriously injured the people who were waiting for him, and his feelings were not single-minded at all. Although Chanxin is a girl, she is the most visible person, the women of the harem pour their youth into an emperor who does not regard them as a confidant at all, the emperor is impermanent, and the concubines have a thin life, Mrs. Guan is, Zhao Meiren is, the queen is, Mrs. Bo is even more, maybe Mrs. Qi, who is favored for a while, will be in the future. What is left behind in a hurried life is the desolation behind him, and what he takes away is permanent regret and resentment. Chanxin's lowered eyes kept blinking unconsciously, biting her lip tightly, maybe she should calm her judgment of the emperor and her pity for the concubine.
Hurriedly left the temple gate, went down to the bottom of the steps, and walked up again, deliberately stepping on the stone steps to make a clattering sound, just to make Liu Bang hear that someone was coming outside, he was afraid that Liu Bang would not hear it, so he deliberately coughed loudly.
Sure enough, there was no sound inside for a long time, and as soon as he went up the steps, Liu Bang came out of the inside alone and closed the door of the palace casually. Xu is Chan was a little anxious, and Liu Bang actually had some words for a while, "You...... Why are you here, Mrs. Guan, has something happened to her? The weak-hearted didn't look at Chanxin, twisted his head to the side and said casually, pretending to be fine.
"Madame said that she had something to find the emperor." Chanxin said.
"Uh, okay, okay. I, I just happened to go to Linhua Hall to see her. Liu Bang took the opportunity to answer, glanced at the temple door behind him, and then walked down the steps without looking back. Chanxin followed him away, and glanced back at the mysterious front hall from a distance, wondering who the woman in the hall was.