Chapter 43: The Empress's Deterrence
In the early morning, a ray of golden warm sun shone obliquely through the window screen in the Fengluan Palace, and the light was covered by heavy embroidered curtains, covering the heat, but it appeared softer.
The queen stretched out her hands, and her face was brisk as the palace maids put a golden brocade skirt with a golden silk peony pattern on her body, and the warm sunlight rolled up the fine dust like broken gold, and a trace fell on her, and the golden silk peony stained with a bright halo on the skirt was even more rich and dazzling.
"Congratulations to Niangniang for lifting the ban and returning to the harem!" The palace people knelt on the ground, happily shouting in unison.
The queen's slightly raised eyebrows faintly had a hint of triumph, she glanced condescendingly at the palace people kneeling on the ground, gently tugged at the corners of her mouth and said, "Get up!" ”
"Xie Niangniang!" The palace people hurriedly got up and began to get busy.
"Even if the Queen Mother rushes back this time, otherwise Niangniang may have to suffer for a while longer!" Mama Li said while walking with a comforting look on the queen's hand.
The queen chuckled, and an inevitable smile appeared on her face, "This palace has long said that if Your Majesty wants to abolish this palace, the queen mother and those ministers of the previous dynasty will never agree!" ”
"Although Your Majesty has restored your position and authority, your heart is not smooth after all! Niangniang, you still have to be more careful these days, don't anger Your Majesty again! Mama Li's wrinkled face had a hint of concern.
The queen was dismissive of her words, and said with a smile: "What are you afraid of! Uncle is coming back! He loves the palace the most, if he knows that His Majesty has snubbed the palace, maybe what will happen! Hehehe......"
Mama Li wanted to persuade the queen to be more low-key and steady, but seeing that her face was already a little impatient, she didn't speak again, so she had to gently help her to walk out of the hall.
"! Watch your step! ”
In the Chunhua Hall of the main hall of Fengluan Palace, the concubines are sitting in the hall like flowers, waiting for the arrival of the queen.
In the past, when the concubines came to the Chunhua Palace, they would laugh and talk quietly, but today it was extremely quiet, everyone seemed to have discussed it, and no one said a word, which made the atmosphere in the hall quiet and a little tense and weird.
"The Queen Mother has arrived!" As the eunuch sang, the concubines immediately reined in and stood up respectfully to welcome the queen's arrival.
The queen is dressed up very grandly today, and the whole person seems to be wrapped in an inch of dazzling golden light, and her gestures look solemn and luxurious.
The concubines immediately saluted and shouted: "The concubines see the queen's mother!" ”
The queen pressed her hands hard, and her golden and luxurious long sleeves suddenly opened like wings, suddenly covering everyone's eyes with the momentum of looking down on all beings.
"Let's get flat!" The queen's voice was faint, but with a majesty and disdain that could not be ignored.
The concubines obediently got up and returned to their seats to sit down.
Qingyun quietly glanced at Concubine De, who was sitting opposite, and saw that her face was pale, her expression was panicked, and her whole body was trembling, obviously looking frightened.
looked up at the domineering queen sitting on the throne again, and saw that her sharp phoenix eyes were like sharp arrows, always scraping in the direction of Concubine De intentionally or unintentionally.
Qingyun sighed in his heart: It seems that Concubine De is really dangerous this time!
"Congratulations to the queen for clearing her grievances and returning to the harem!" Xing Zhaoyi, who was sitting not far from Concubine De, smiled and complimented with a sweet and greasy Jiangnan voice.
The queen smiled faintly, her eyes fell on Concubine De, and said meaningfully: "Xing Zhaoyi has a heart!" Right and wrong, justice is at ease in the hearts of the people, and His Majesty is like a mirror, and he will return the innocence of the palace! ”
"That's what the mother said!" Xing Zhaoyi's sweet voice made the people present have goosebumps.
"This palace has been imprisoned in Fengluan Palace for the past few days, who is in charge of the affairs of this harem?" A faint flame burst out of the queen's majestic voice.
Concubine Li Guifei got up and hurriedly said gently: "My sister is inconvenient to control the internal affairs these days, so the concubine will help my sister take care of it!" ”
Seeing that her complexion was humble and submissive, the queen said that she was "taking care of her", and the cold look on her face eased a little, and she waved her hand and said lightly: "My sister is bothered!" However, since the palace has cleared up its grievances and returned to the harem, the sister of this backcourt will not have to worry about it in the future! ”
"Yes!" Li Guifei respectfully returned to her seat.
The arrogant and majestic gaze swept over each concubine one by one, and finally settled on the top of Concubine De's head, and the queen said in a cold voice: "Don't think that this palace is not clear, you are all watching the fall of this palace so that you can climb up by yourself, and don't think that you can bring down this palace by playing some shady small means, and tell you that the seat of this palace is not so easy to move!" ”
"The concubine doesn't dare!" Under this threat, the concubines were all frightened and frightened.
"It was better to do so! The last thing the Queen Mother and Her Majesty want to see is the intrigue between the concubines and the deliberate framing! This palace is the queen, and she should take care of the backyard for Her Majesty! I hope you will abide by your duties in the future, be cautious in your words and deeds, and return a peaceful and peaceful harem! Did you hear that? ”
The queen's reprimand this time refers to Sang scolding Huai, one is to knock and knock those who have secretly thought about it, and on the other hand, it is to warn Concubine De.
"Yes! The concubines and others obey the teachings of the queen! ”
Originally, the evidence of the murder of the emperor's heir was conclusive, and the queen would be abolished, who would have thought that the queen's mother's family would be so powerful that she would force the emperor to restore her throne.
The queen has such power, who in the harem dares to compete with her!
Seeing that this battle was fought very beautifully, the queen looked down on the people who lowered their heads and lowered their eyebrows, and her heart was indescribably happy and wanton.
She stared at the light clouds lightly, and said coldly with a calm face: "Concubine Jin! What this palace just said, do you remember it? ”
Qingyun heard the queen suddenly call herself by name, and hurriedly got up and saluted, and said respectfully and modestly: "Back to the queen's mother, the concubine heard it!" ”
"In that case, then there is no need for this palace to teach you how to do it! Like yesterday's kind of thing that induces His Majesty to prostitute during the day, this palace does not want it to happen a second time, otherwise even if this palace does not pursue it, the queen mother will not forgive! ”
The fierce anger in the slightly raised phoenix eyes became heavier and heavier, and the queen's arrogant and majestic face had become a little distorted because of the extremely heavy anger.
"The concubines obey the teachings of the queen!" Qingyun hurriedly lowered his head to hide the faint smile at the corner of his mouth and the disdain in his eyes.
"Alright, that's all for today! Let's all go back! The queen had a victorious smile on her face, and when everyone got up, she suddenly lowered her face and said, "Concubine De! You stay! ”
The weak and boneless body shook suddenly, and she was almost about to fall down before she could stand firmly, but fortunately, with the help of the star curtain, Concubine De stood up straight with a trembling face, and said in a trembling voice with a white face: "Yes!" ”
After everyone left, the queen's face immediately became gloomy, and her phoenix eyes were full of extremely angry light, and she said hatefully: "Concubine De! How daring! ”
"The concubine doesn't dare!" Concubine De clenched her fists tightly, lowering her head and not daring to look up at her.
The queen pinched her chin and lifted her head, gritted her teeth and said angrily: "You defected on the verge of battle, and the palace was almost abolished, with such a big courage and careful scheming, the palace really underestimated you!" ”
Concubine De fell to her knees with a "poof", and begged with a miserable face: "Queen Mother, the concubine doesn't want to, the concubine just wants to give birth to this child peacefully!" I didn't mean to betray my mother! ”
"Slap" hit Concubine De's face with a loud slap, and there was an instant scarlet five-finger print on her fair face.
"Hahaha...... If you want to have a child, just because you are also worthy of giving birth to a prince, if it wasn't for the palace to promote you back then, Your Majesty probably wouldn't even know what you look like now, let alone let you rank first among the four concubines! ”
The more the queen spoke, the more angry she became, and when she said that, she was already angry, and a pair of phoenix eyes were bright red and bloodshot staring at Concubine De hatefully, gritting her teeth and scolding.
"I thought you were an obedient sheep, but in the end you were a white-eyed wolf in sheep's clothing! Tell you Concubine De, this palace will leave the words here today, you want to give birth to the prince safely! No way! But don't worry! This palace will not touch your child for the time being, and this palace will slowly torture you! The person who betrayed the palace, the palace will make her pay! ”
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Qingyun chatted with Jiang Jieyu after leaving Fengluan Palace and then returned to Jiahe Palace, and was stopped by Zhang Dabao as soon as he entered the palace gate.
"! The prince has been waiting for a long time! Zhang Dabao had already led Qingyun to the hall.
Sure enough, I saw Wang An sitting and drinking tea, but Yaxing, who didn't drink tea at all, looked out of the door anxiously, and saw Qingyun's figure drifting over lightly, so he hurriedly strode forward.
"Oops! Concubine Jin, you can be regarded as back, let the old slave wait! Although Wang An was anxious, he still didn't forget to salute Qingyun.
"Princess, why are you in such a hurry?" Qingyun gently raised his arm and asked with a smile.
Wang An smiled embarrassedly: "It was Your Majesty who asked the old slave to take Niangniang to a place, and the old slave saw that Niangniang never came back, and he was afraid that His Majesty would be a little anxious after waiting for a long time!" ”
"In that case, let's go now!" After saying that, Qingyun turned around and was about to go out, but was stopped by Wang An.
"! Your Majesty has asked you to change into this garment and go again! Wang An glanced to the side, and immediately a eunuch came over with a red lacquered wooden plate, on which was a set of pink and purple yarn skirts.
Shaking it open, it turned out to be a folk woman's style, Qingyun couldn't help but look at Wang An curiously, but Wang An kept silent and only gave her a mysterious smile.
The palace people immediately helped Qingyun change his clothes, and in order to reflect the clothes, they also deliberately combed a good-looking Baoyue bun with lilac hairpins and beaded flowers, which made the already bright and moving light clouds even more aura.
The chariot had traveled a long way through a corner gate before finally stopping at a remote body of water.
The scenery here is beautiful and fragrant. The clear blue lake is full of lotus flowers of different sizes, and the breeze brings the fragrance of large lotus flowers, which suddenly makes people's whole body and mind feel comfortable.
"Princess, where is this place? Why doesn't it look like it's in the palace? Qingyun asked out loud when he saw that the sedan chair had stopped.
Wang An bent down and stretched out his arms to personally invite Qingyun off the sedan chair, pointed to the blooming lotus bush in front of him and smiled: "Niangniang, please look!" ”
A melodious sound of Xiao came out of the lotus bush gently, and as Xiao Sheng gradually approached, Qingyun saw a small boat slowly moving away from the lotus bush.
There were two people on the boat, a boatman, and a man in a white robe, who was in a long figure, standing tall on the bow of the boat, holding a jade Xiao, standing against the wind, with an outstanding demeanor.
The light boat gradually approached the shore, and the people on the boat were clear at a glance, and the solemn dragon robe that was usually worn had faded, and Nangong Ling, who was wearing a loose white robe, had a little more casualness and ease, making his cold and handsome face more ethereal and immortal that was beyond the world.
"Your Majesty!" The Nangong Mausoleum dressed up like this really surprised Qingyun.
"Huh? Yao'er, it's time to call Linglang! Nangong Ling smiled faintly, his thin lips rose slightly, as if he had a charm that confuses people's minds.
He didn't care when he saw Qingyun's stunned eyes, he stretched out his hand with Yuxiao's back with one hand, and stretched forward elegantly with the other, making a very graceful "please" posture, and said with a smile: "Is this little lady going to board a boat to cross the river?" ”
Yin Hong's lips spread out into a shallow smile, and Qingyun gently put his hand on the boat, and said with a smile: "It's rare that Your Majesty has such an interest today!" How can Yao'er be disappointed! ”
Who knew that Nangong Ling suddenly sank his face after hearing this, staring at Qingyun with a displeased face, with a hint of anger in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, did I say something wrong?" Qingyun was shocked in his heart, and his originally bright and lovely smiling face suddenly collapsed.
Nangong Ling suddenly laughed wantonly, "Hahaha...... Yao'er don't worry, I just want to remind you, have you ever seen an emperor dressed like this? There is no Your Majesty here today, only your husband, so you have to be called Fu Linglang. ”
"Yes! Linglang! The fair-skinned smiling face flushed slightly, a little softer and more lovely than usual.
"Why didn't I find you so cowardly before! It's just a joke on you, it makes your face turn white! ”
"Linglang! If you pinch it again, it will not be white but red! ”
As the boat drifted farther and farther away, the laughter on the boat faded away, and finally faded away in the wind.