Chapter 32: The War of Tongues
I smiled slightly, didn't even mean to think, and said directly: "Back to the emperor, the concubine Niangniang, the concubine thinks that this matter should be related to Li Guifei in the harem." ”
"Bold Concubine Jiang, you dare to talk nonsense in the court, do you know that this is a capital crime?"
As soon as my words fell, Xu Fan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, jumped out violently.
He is Xu Wanru's father, and I can see it from his court clothes.
It's just that in the huge court, if you have to say that someone has a good relationship with General Li's mansion, then how can it be Qiuting, the secretary of the Ministry of War, who will help Li Guiren speak, not Qiuting, why Xu Fan?
Heh, this is really not self-defeating, if Xu Fan has nothing to do with this matter, I won't believe anything.
"This Lord Shangshu, my princess Jiang Guo didn't say anything, you just insisted that she was talking nonsense, if you weren't targeting our Jiang Guo, don't you know the hidden secret?"
Although Liang Qi is angry with me, he is also my elder, he and I both represent Jiang Guo, and now in front of the enemy country, even if I have a great enmity, it is impossible for him to turn his elbow out.
So, he immediately moved out of the entire Jiang Kingdom and fell on Xu Fan, just like he said, if Xu Fan didn't know the secret, how would he know that I was opening my mouth?
"This ......"
Xu Fan was speechless for a while, realizing that he was too impulsive, and hurriedly bowed to the emperor and the concubine: "Your Majesty, concubine, as far as the minister knows, six years ago, General Li died in the decisive battle outside Fengcheng. ”
Xu Fan pointed at me with one hand, looking excited, as if he was saying that he was upset for General Li's daughter.
I looked up at Xuanyuan Yi, only to see his brows deep, I should have seen that something was wrong.
As for Concubine Wu, she looked reasonable, and just as she wanted to speak, she saw King Li walking in front of Xu Fan by himself, so she didn't speak, staring at King Li tightly.
Xuanyuan Yuze circled around Xu Fan again and again, his eyes were full of doubts, and he nodded as if he suddenly realized, the appearance of this act is clear enough, but ordinary people haven't seen what this power king means.
"King Li, what do you mean by this?" Xu Fan still couldn't hold it back, and asked with sideways eyes.
"Oh, it's okay, it's okay!"
Xuanyuan Yuze took two steps away, frowned and pretended to think about it, and then as if he couldn't hold it back, he turned his head with a swish, stared at Xu Fan and asked, "Hmm, Lord Xu, where did you get your news?" As an expeditionary general, this king went to the battlefield with General Li back then, and even this king didn't know that it was the day of Concubine Jiang and Lu, how did you know? ”
Xuanyuan Yuze asked this on purpose, thinking that he Xu Fan is just the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, in charge of all the etiquette matters of the Liangguo, this King Li, who has the title of a general, does not know anything, and the military department Shangshu Qiu Ting, who rectified the entire Liangguo Military Department, did not speak, how can this Ministry of Rites Shangshu sit in the capital and know everything?
This tentacle is long enough.
Xuanyuan Yuze seemed to be puzzled, looked at me sideways, and asked, "Concubine Jiang, is that the day you are in peace?" ”
He pretended to be presentable, obviously knew everything, but he wanted to stage a play in the court.
I have always felt that this prince has not succeeded enough and has more than failed, but today, I feel that I have wronged him.
In the court, the wise have always lived in it, and those civil servants are more resourceful, his generation of military generals, if it is not for the royal family, I am afraid that he will not even have the right to speak, and he is outstanding, and only such a character can be unabashed in the court, and it will come in handy when necessary.
I lowered my head and smiled secretly, and gave King Li a praising look, only to see that King Li also lowered his head and snickered, but immediately became serious, and pretended to stare at me.
"Yes, King Li, the birthday of our Jiang Guo's daughter, except for her father and husband, will never tell other people, the concubine did not hold a ceremony of harmony, it stands to reason that outsiders will not know the birth date of the concubine."
I added a fire, which attracted the discussion of the entire court, and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites knew so much, it would indeed cause disgrace.
Xu Fan's face instantly turned red, and even the first Concubine Wu was pale, and her ruthless eyes stared at Xuanyuan Yuze fixedly, and she opened her mouth to teach: "King Li, Lord Xu is a courtier of our good country, what is so strange about caring about national affairs, and now he is asking about the funeral concubine forest, don't change the topic indiscriminately." ”
The implication is that Xu Fan is a person from a good country, King Li is also a person from a good country, and Concubine Wu is to let King Li shut up, don't help others to be ugly in a good country.
"Oh, yes, yes, it's all to blame for this king's good deeds, no, if it weren't for Lord Xu's sideways intervention, Concubine Jiang would have already finished the matter, and this can't be blamed on this king for going astray, right?"
Xuanyuan Yuze pretended to be an afterthought, and said to me again: "Concubine Jiang, you continue to continue, don't listen to their nonsense, let's get down to business." ”
I couldn't hide my smile, thinking that this King of Power was really a clear stream, and no one dared to stop him from talking like this in the court, he was the only one.
This is the character of not leaving, going backwards, and scolding people if they don't agree with each other, and it is estimated that no one will dare to offend such a master.
I once again owed to the emperor and the concubine, and then asked, "Your Majesty, do you remember what you did to the concubine on the concubine's birthday?" ”
I didn't wait for Xuanyuan Yi to answer, I turned my head directly to all the ministers: "That day, the emperor was attracted by the concubines and the queen's dance, at the beginning many concubines saw that the emperor showed his heart to the concubines, and then at night, Queen Jinyue presented an unexpected gift to the concubine, this matter was widely spread in the harem, and many people were saying that the queen and the concubines would not stay in the cold palace for too long. ”
I turned my eyes to Xuanyuan Yi again, and when I saw that he didn't deny it, I continued: "There are many women in the harem, and there are many of them who are jealous. ”
I looked at Xuanyuan Yi seriously, and from his eyes, I could see the meaning of it.
In other words, Xuanyuan Yi also knew the ins and outs of this matter, but he didn't say it.
"Nonsense, according to what you said, Concubine Li was jealous, and then designed a bureau to frame you and the queen, since she has such a great talent to arrange things that mortals can't, why don't you frame the harem concubines, and frame you cold palace concubines, isn't it overkill?"
Xu Fan retorted, the implication is to remind everyone that burning stones under the mud will not be man-made except for the will of heaven.
I finally looked squarely at this scholar of the Ministry of Rites, his eyes were sharp, and he said in a serious tone: "Lord Xu, you can't do such a game by yourself, it can be considered the will of heaven, but someone knows the mystery and sees through everything, do you still have to be strong?" ”
"You!"
I stopped messing with Xu Fan, knelt on the ground, and asked Xuanyuan Yi: "Your Majesty, the concubine has found out the reason for the burning of stones under the mud, if the ministers present want to know, the concubine can test it in public for everyone to see, to solve this situation of providence." ”
Above the court, there was a lot of commotion again, and the ministers bowed their heads and whispered, only Lord Liang Qiliang and the other two ministers of Jiang Guo knelt on the ground with me.
Lord Liang said bluntly: "Emperor Liang, your Liangguo has always said that our princess Jiang Guo will be harmed, the reason is only because of the stubborn stones in the forest of the burial concubine, if these are really man-made, someone must be trying to frame our princess, frame our Jiang country, and provoke the relationship between our two countries, such a big thing, I hope that Emperor Liang will not show favoritism, let our princess test to prove her innocence." ”
The other two adults kowtowed to second, they are all the people of Jiang Guo, and they don't need to bow to the emperor of Liangguo, and now they kneel, they are pleading, they are pressuring, if Xuanyuan Yi is favoritism, they will not be able to convince the public, and it will lead to discord between Jiang and Liang.
Concubine Wu was already speechless, and sat there silently, waiting for Xuanyuan Yi to decide.
In fact, all my statements are without evidence, at least I haven't seen substantial evidence, my identification is based on my trust in Fu Jinyue, I dare to single out Li Guifei because I know that Fu Jinyue has evidence of Li Guifei.
In Fu Jinyue's note, it has been explained that this matter is related to Concubine Wu, but Fu Jinyue should not be very sure, so she did not circle the word 'Fu', that is, I can't testify against Concubine Wu in the court.
But now, Concubine Wu's face was not panicked at all, if this matter really had something to do with her, shouldn't she be afraid?
Once I find out that it is artificial, it shows that there are indeed people in the harem who want to frame me and Fu Jinyue, even if she knows that she can get out of the way, her face should not only be angry, at least she will show the slightest worry, right?
Be......
Fu Jinyue was wrong?
Looking at Xuanyuan Yi again, his face has not changed from beginning to end, and the look of knowing it is enough to show that he is in control of everything, he knows what is happening, and he also knows what the result will be now, and he will not stop me from doing experiments anymore.
It's just that I don't understand, he knows everything, why does he want to jump into this game and be at my mercy? The matter is in trouble, and it is not a good thing for him and Liangguo, so why does he let these things happen?
Am I still in one of his bureaus?
"I'm right."
Xuanyuan Yi threw out a sentence lightly, but I was even more confused, frowned and looked at him from time to time, walked to Xuanyuan Yuze's side, and asked him for something.