Qin Zhuang looked at Shen Zhe intently, and for a moment, he couldn't tell whether his cousin was real or fake. After all, it was he who played this trick first, came thousands of miles to see him, confessed his loyalty to the emperor, appeased Shen Zhe's grievances, and even after hearing that Jiang Yunshang was seriously ill, he was willing to stay at Qiangshui Pass for him and let him return to Beijing to visit his wife.

Who knew that overnight, it was the cousin's turn to return everything to himself, Shen Zhe's words, looking at it on the surface, were condemning Qiu Zhenyu, and he was happy that the emperor was about to eradicate the forces of the old dynasty, but the words were deeper, maybe it was: If you and Qiu Zhenyu have anything to do with it, it will be broken from now on, and the emperor can still leave you a way to live.

And Qin Zhuang's words to Shen Zhe yesterday also have a deeper meaning: Cousin really treats you as a brother.

Guessing and guessing, I played dumb riddles for two days, but Qin Zhuang never thought that the emperor would actually do it.

"Brother, after eating this reunion dinner, you can go back to Jizhou, the right to lend me the things you sent, the people of Qiangshuiguan are backbone, and they are not willing to ask for charity."

"What alms, you say." Qin Zhuang was disgusted, drank all the wine in the cup, calmed himself down, and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll go back, if the emperor wants to move Qiu Zhenyu, I'm afraid that if he moves his whole body, there will be a big movement in the court, and those hairy people outside Jizhou City love to take advantage of the weakness." ”

Shen Zhe must be in his heart, so he ate wine with his cousin, occasionally mentioned the affairs of the imperial court, and perfunctory if he could, after all, he was here to open up the wasteland, and it was very common for him not to know the affairs of the imperial court, but he could know that the emperor was going to do something to Qiu Zhenyu, which was true or false, which made Qin Zhuang very uneasy.

Toast to invite the bright moon, the end of the world at this time, the same round of full moon hanging over the imperial city, tonight the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, the cool breeze is slow, the sweet osmanthus fragrance is diffused in the palace, the real golden autumn festival is not pleasant. Antai Palace's underwear is fragrant and fragrant, rich and prosperous, the Mid-Autumn Festival performance of Yuefu is wonderful, compared with previous years, it is no longer the same song and dance that is tireless, although the Queen Mother does not like Liang Guifei now, but she also has a lot of fun to watch, and finally has to hinder the emperor and decency, and reward the merit of the concubine in public.

Liang Guifei dressed up today, thinking that people who didn't even have to wear a dress at the canonization ceremony at the beginning, today she wore a bandeau dress, with lake blue as the bottom and golden yellow as the edge, embroidered finch feather pattern and auspicious cloud embellishment, the color is beautiful and rich, no matter where you can see her at a glance.

And I don't know if it's the concubine's idea, or the stammering of the Shangfu Bureau, on such an occasion, I didn't dare to embroider the dragon and phoenix on the concubine's clothes, but I chose the finch feather pattern.

She stepped forward to thank her, the etiquette was thoughtful and generous, and she was born beautiful, people couldn't help but compare her with the queen on the seat, the queen is still sitting side by side with the emperor today, but now in the eyes of everyone, it seems to have returned to the original appearance.

And the queen, just wearing an orthodox dress, used to always wear the same color as the emperor, in pairs, but today the two people are incompatible, and the queen's light is no longer what it used to be.

The concubines, the foreign wives, and even the princes and ministers all whispered behind the emperor's back, and what they said in their mouths were all queens and concubines, but in just a few months, they forgot about another person, the concubine who was meticulous and worked for the emperor to take care of the housework and raise the prince's son.

Only when the second prince was happy to see the performance on stage, and slapped and giggled beside the queen mother, people remembered that his mother Concubine Shu came and looked for her existence in the seat.

The singing and dancing on the stage were leveled, and the palace maids served new dishes, and there were a few delicate small plates on the big plate, and the various dishes on the plate were only a small spoonful, but the appearance was very straight, and the dishes had never been seen before, but when the underground Liang Guifei saw it, it was already full of red light, and she looked at the emperor happily.

Xiang Ye said: "The concubine married Daqi far away and left her hometown, so I specially ordered someone to make the traditional food of the Liang Kingdom to relieve your lovesickness." ”

The concubine got up to thank her, Xiang Ye waved her hand and said, "Sit down and enjoy, if you move, no one else will be able to live in peace." ”

But on this side, Min'er ordered Qingya: "Take it down, I don't want to eat." ”

This sentence was not soft or loud, just enough for people to hear, the queen Yun Yun seemed to be completely inappropriate, but the emperor on the side was already full of embarrassment, and Liang Guifei's face suddenly lost a bit of brilliance, Min'er was unmoved, and looked at the graceful dancers on the stage.

The atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and then no matter how lively the singing and dancing are, it is inevitable that there will be a little embarrassment, and when the song is over, the queen mother will refuse the emperor's send-off, knowing that he will definitely go to Yuming Palace tonight, holding Min'er's hand and saying: "Our mother and son are going for a walk." ”

The people below looked at the emperor and the queen together, only to see the queen looking at the emperor with sad eyes, after all, she didn't say anything, and followed the queen mother.

As soon as he turned around, the emperor took the concubine's hand and smiled a few words, and then he took a few ministers to retreat to the Qingming Pavilion first, and the concubine left alone.

As they walked away, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the Antai Hall was more lively than the banquet for a while, everyone talked to each other and dispersed in order, Qiu Zhenyu did not go to Qingming Pavilion with the emperor, naturally left the palace with his wife and children, got into the carriage, and asked the third lady: "What about the congratulatory gift from the concubine?" ”

The third lady said that it was the maid who took it, and when she saw that her husband was nervous and hurriedly ordered someone to deliver it to her, she watched Qiu Zhenyu toss up and down, and took out a letter from the secret compartment of the brocade box, which made her feel shocked. Her husband told her: "You haven't seen anything, if you talk too much, you will end up like the Zhao family." ”

The third lady covered her mouth tightly and shrunk herself in the corner of the carriage.

Qiu Zhenyu read the letter with the lantern on the carriage, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said to himself: "She is really a bold person." ”

The third lady listened, but she didn't know who her husband was referring to, whether it was a man or a woman, and if it was a woman, whether it was a queen or a ...... Anyone else? She has been very uneasy these days, she has been uneasy since Zhao's death, but she has no evidence, just instinct, and at this moment her heart is beating a drum, and she always feels that her husband's appearance is becoming more and more blurred, as if he is getting farther and farther away from her.

"Sir."

"What?"

"Our queen has fallen out of favor, have you seen it, the emperor's appearance towards the concubine?"

"So what, do you expect her to bring you anything?" Qiu Zhenyu smiled coldly, "I knew that if I gave birth to such a daughter, I should have been strangled to death in swaddling clothes." ”

The third lady's heart was beating hard, did the father and daughter really break up?

This night, the emperor really went to Yuming Palace, and in the blink of an eye, seven or eight days have passed in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and seeing that she is running towards the end of the month, Qingya has been thinking about what the queen said to her, the scenery is only August, and there is still half of the fifteen days left, can the emperor really solve these things cleanly? She only saw that the concubine was thick, the Yuming Palace was unstoppable, and even Haizhu was walking on the road, with her nostrils facing the sky, and she was a little respectful when she saw her in the past, but now she would only smile coldly and walk by with her shoulder.

Naturally, Qingya doesn't care about the arrogance of a slave, she is a distressed queen. And even she is so uneasy, not to mention others, the wind direction of the entire palace has changed, plus the concubine is easy to get along with, amiable, Yuming Palace is very lively every day, where is it like, for more than two years, it has been unchanged lonely and cold, everyone thinks that the queen must be the same to the emperor, why should a man like a woman who is cold and arrogant to himself?

The limelight of the concubine is in full swing, and it has become the most lively topic in the autumn in the capital, not only the women sigh at the ruthlessness of the emperor's grace, but the ministers also have to rejudge their position from this, but quietly, a cold arrow from Xiping Mansion forcefully inserted into the capital, setting off a thousand waves.

In the early days of this day, everything was as usual, but suddenly an urgent report came, which was the twist and turn of Song Yuan in Xiping Mansion. The emperor opened the fold in public to see it, his face changed cloudy, he threw the fold on the table, then grabbed it in his hand again, got up and said: "Qiu Aiqing, retreat into the Qingming Pavilion with me, the others will wait in place, and I will come back from time to time to explain to you." ”

The ministers looked at each other, Qiu Zhenyu frowned, what he was looking forward to the most these days was that he was about to find Emperor Jianguang, and he had made a mess of the grain and salt prices in Jiangnan, and the royal grain and grass were robbed twice by bandits, and the emperor's pride in making the people live and work in peace and contentment was dealt a heavy blow. △≧△≧

And he never neglected to guard against the emperor for this reason, but why did the emperor want to see him alone now, but he couldn't think of anything?

Retreating into the Qingming Pavilion, Xiang Ye threw Song Yuan's recital to Qiu Zhenyu: "See for yourself, I want to listen to you first, after all, you are my father, even if you take off this official mansion, you are also the queen's father." ”

Qiu Zhenyu was confused, and when he picked up Song Yuan's recital and looked at it, he was suddenly drenched in sweat, his gray beard trembled, and he said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this is Song Yuan's false accusation, and the old minister ......."

Xiang Ye smiled faintly: "I think so too, but since the Liang Imperial Court will send witnesses and evidence, you and I will wait for a few days to see what they can send." ”

Qiu Zhenyu's eyes were like death, and he couldn't speak, but Xiang Ye walked towards him and said: "You, you want to help the concubine's brother inherit the throne, do you think the queen of the Liang Kingdom will give up and let you get your wish?" ”

"Imperial ......"

"I also forgot about this matter, and I patronized to compete with you, Song Yuan is much calmer and finds another way." Xiang Ye's face was overjoyed, and he already had the chance to win, "You can join forces with them, of course I can also join forces with Empress Liang Guo, right?" ”