Chapter Twenty-Nine: In the Funing Palace
“…… I beg Your Majesty to be the master of your courtiers! ”
Funing Palace, side hall.
The tension in the hall was intense, but the emperor sitting on the throne was bored.
Under the Dan Qi, kneeling on the right are Qiu Yulan, the lord of Ningyi County, and Ruan Qingyan, the scholar. Now Qiu Yulan is crying angrily, as the object of her crying—at least on the surface—the emperor's gaze drifts from time to time to a beeswax yellow Guiguzi not far away from the mountain to place a bottle, muttering in his heart that this bottle is very eye-catching, could it have been replaced recently?
But it doesn't have to be ...... He hadn't been to Funing Palace for a long time, maybe he remembered it wrong.
Originally, after he got married at the age of sixteen, he should have been in power.
But Empress Dowager Gu excused his inexperience and continued to hang the curtain. Later, the old ministers had too big opinions, especially the Jiang family, who repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction, and the Empress Dowager Gu simply let him "owe the royal body", and the emperor was weak and did not dare to object.
This "lack of security" is "owed security" until now.
He didn't live much in the Funing Palace, where the Sons of Heaven lived in the past dynasties of Da Rui - the Empress Dowager Gu didn't let him not live here, but in addition to being the place where the Sons of Heaven lived in the past dynasties of Da Rui, the Funing Palace was also the location of the Inner Dynasty, and it was usually used for deliberations - of course, when the Empress Dowager Gu was regent, Ganquan Palace temporarily replaced this role.
However, after Empress Jiang failed to seize power with the emperor and went into battle with her sleeves rolled, the ministers were fed up with running between Ganquan Palace and Zishen Palace, and unanimously suggested that the role of Funing Palace should be restored to end the dispute between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
And in this way, it is convenient for the ministers, but the emperor is fed up with being called by the queen mother or queen from time to time to help, so he simply stays in the harem for a long time and does not come back easily.
"Maybe I'm mistaken? Things in this place are not usually changed casually. "The emperor was a little excited, and he didn't think about it today, but according to the rules, he had to rest the queen on the first day of the new year, especially on the first day of the first month.
Empress Jiang wanted to come over to fight with Empress Dowager Gu, so she took him on board.
The poor emperor had not found a reason to slip away until now, and could only continue to sit still.
The cry of Qiu Lulan, the lord of Ningyi County, ended with a poignant and inexplicable plea of infinite grief and indignation, the beautiful and weak little girl, prostrating herself under the Dan Pier, full of hope and looking at the kind of hope in despair - it is really tear-jerking no matter how you look at it.
But the emperor didn't pay attention to what she said at all - Empress Jiang was still holding a handkerchief to the corner of her eyes, and asked him in a sad tone: "Your Majesty, Qiu Mengmin is simply crazy!" How can such a person still inherit the throne? If you don't punish like this, is there still heavenly justice?! ”
"That's what the queen said." The emperor said absentmindedly, what he was thinking about now was that the county lord below was born quite good-looking, and it was estimated that he would be a stunning one when he grew up—I just don't know if she openly helped the queen deal with the Empress Dowager Gu, and whether she could live until she grew up?
The corners of Empress Jiang's mouth hooked, and her smug smile was not fully revealed, and Empress Dowager Gu on the left side of the throne was already angry and shouted: "Emperor, what are you talking about?!" ”
The emperor suddenly shrank his head, and said weakly: "Queen Mother...... Please call the shots! ”
"What Your Majesty said is - please ask the queen mother to be the master, and issue an order to cut off Qiu Mengmin's lord of the King of Xihe, and give the Lu clan death!" The handkerchief in Empress Jiang's hand was stuffed into her sleeve, she squinted at Empress Dowager Gu, and misinterpreted the emperor's words on the spot without any discipline, "Such a disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous thing, and asking him to continue to be the king of Xihe, is simply laughing to death!" ”
Empress Dowager Gu said angrily: "Disloyalty, filial piety, benevolence and injustice - isn't this Ning Yi?!" As a niece, she actually sued her uncle behind her back! Looking at the mourning family, the Xihe Mansion has simply raised a white-eyed wolf over the years! ”
As soon as the Queen Mother said this, the old lady Lu, Princess Yang, and the county lord of Ningtai, who were kneeling on the left side of Danqi, immediately cried loudly, and Princess Yang stepped forward on her knees, and kept kowtowing: "Ask the Queen Mother to be the master!" The prince is pure filial piety, and the concubines have also taken good care of the county lord of Ningyi over the years, I really don't know where to offend the county lord, and I want to put the prince and us to death like this! ”
If Empress Jiang only said that she would give the Lu clan death, Princess Yang would be eager to raise her hands and feet in favor, but Empress Jiang would also cut Qiu Mengmin's title - so what will Princess Yang and Ning Xin and Ning Tai be in the future? Ning Xin was born to Qiu Mengmin's wife, Princess Yang is not distressed, Ning Tai is her biological flesh and blood! Not to mention that she is still trying to fight for the position of the son of the world for her biological Qiu Yinzhi!
Now Princess Yang can only try her best to discredit Qiu Yulan in order to protect Qiu Mengmin's title.
But Qiu Yulan is too vicious!
Obviously, she and Ruan Qingyan beat Qiu Mengmin beyond recognition, fainted and couldn't wake up until now.
When she arrived at this palace and into her mouth, what happened turned out to be Qiu Mengmin's resentment towards Empress Jiang, and she planned to use self-harm to intimidate Qiu Yulan, so that she would change her mouth and deny Qiu Mengmin's disrespectful behavior to her mother-in-law-and Ruan Qingyan's broken window, which was also said to be too worried about Qiu Mengmin, and she was in a hurry to do a righteous act - when Qiu Yulan said, she also emphasized the word "righteous act", that tone and expression, for fear that people would not hear it and would ask for a reward on behalf of Ruan Qingyan!
Princess Yang has presided over the back house for many years, and it is not unseen that she is shameless. But at the age of Qiu Yulan, after beating the elders, she can still bite back to her with confidence, Princess Yang has opened her eyes!
"If you don't get rid of her this time, you will have it in the future?" Princess Yang opened her eyes, but a deep fear came to her heart: such a big girl, she is so ruthless, and let her grow up, can Xihe Wangfu really restrain her?
Although Princess Yang didn't know about the poison of the sleeping incense in General Ruan's old general, she knew that Princess Ruan's death had a lot to do with Mrs. Lu...... The hatred between the Xihe Royal Mansion and Qiu Yulan is not something that can be resolved by making compensation from the Royal Mansion at all!
Therefore, Qiu Yulan must die!
Thinking of this, Princess Yang was ruthless, and cried fiercely: "Drag! Do you really have to force your uncle and aunt to death?! Well, aunt will die for you, and I beg you not to embarrass your poor brothers and sisters in the future—" Before she could finish speaking, she ran headfirst into the nearest Danqi!
"Mother!" Qiu Jinzhu was so frightened by this sudden change that she screamed!
When she comes to her senses and wants to pull it, where can she still pull it?
Fortunately, an attendant quickly ran out of the side, brushed the dust and stopped it, and in the end, although the Yang family was covered with blood, there was no danger to his life.
However, her life was not in danger of this collision, but everyone in the hall changed their faces together!
Empress Jiang was furious: "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is the imperial front again!" How dare you do such an unfortunate thing - how did the Yang family teach their daughter?! Don't hurry up and drag it out! I don't have to die here to ruin the fun! ”
The Empress Dowager Gu also sank like water, and the Empress Dowager summoned Qiu Yulan, who was still in the period of her mother's filial piety, to enter the palace yesterday, and she didn't take this kind of unfortunate thing very seriously. The problem is that the emperor saw blood, which is different from the degree of bad luck of summoning the person who wears filial piety! The former is also a sign of the disaster of blood and light in ordinary people's homes, and it is a ...... Those who are suspicious of the key points can directly rise to Bingge!
If there is really a beacon fire, won't the Jiang family, who is in charge of the army, be even more arrogant?! This is a terrible sign!
But Empress Dowager Gu hated being pressed down by Empress Jiang even more, so she immediately said: "If it weren't for being forced to a dead end by Lord Ningyi, the Yang family would be an official eunuch and a serious princess, how could she make such a well-known mistake?!" The Yang family is not good, but the county lord of Ning Yi is also unforgivable! ”
"Mother, you're really joking." Empress Jiang said coldly, "The princess was forced to commit suicide in front of the palace by a fatherless and motherless county lord? It's not stupid, is it? Even if the Yang family is really stupid to this point, they are all dead people in this Xihe Palace? Sit back and watch the little county lord who is only thirteen years old bully the princess and aunt who are already in their thirties?! ”
Empress Dowager Gu had a calm face: "It's because I have no father and no mother, and I don't have a good upbringing!" will do things to bully my aunt! She is a little county lord who has no parents at the age of thirteen, who doesn't sympathize with her first? In this way, the Yang family should be kind to her, and if she was a little neglectful of her, she cried and shouted that she had been wronged - she had to serve her husband as an aunt, take care of the palace, take care of her own children, and have the sophistication of people during the New Year's holidays - who can afford her endless picking? ”
Glancing at Empress Jiang, she sneered, "So don't look at people who are young and have no parents, so you sympathize with them first, often such people are the most vicious and unreasonable!" Relying on his life experience to deceive a group of stupid people, I thought it was uneven! But I don't know that the people who really need to fight are driven to death!! ”
This is the master?!
Qiu Yulan, who couldn't speak at all, admired the five bodies to the ground!
She thought that she had described how Qiu Mengmin had fainted in the past, and there was no lower limit to the discipline - but at least Qiu Mengmin hadn't woken up yet, and people weren't in this palace! But what about the Empress Dowager Gu? I still kneel here, the queen mother reversed black and white and said one set of words, don't make too much sense!
The most sympathetic thing about Qiu Yulan has become her despicable point in the mouth of the Empress Dowager Gu, and it has even become a reason for the Empress Dowager to teach the queen that she is young and inexperienced!
Fortunately, Empress Jiang was not knocked down like this, and glared back without showing weakness: "According to the queen mother's statement, it is very likely that the Yang family deliberately touched the tomb to seek death, in order to win the sympathy of the queen mother?" Queen Mother, you are a lot older, but you shouldn't be so soft-hearted and unreasonable, when you see someone looking for death, you will protect it, right? If this is the case, in the future, everyone will stop arguing, and rush to jump into Jinmingchi! Like words?! ”
Empress Dowager Gu said coldly: "What do you mean by protecting this Ningyi County Lord in every possible way?" ”
"Daughter-in-law, this is reasonable!" Empress Jiang pointed to Her Royal Highness's old lady Lu, who was a little unsupportable because of her old age and kneeling now, and sneered, "This Lu clan was officially expelled from the palace by Concubine Xihe back then, but after Qiu Mengmin inherited the title, she actually took her back to the palace to take care of her, not to mention, she also respected her as Mrs. Lu - not to mention that Qiu Mengmin disregarded her mother's previous life, and her daughter-in-law doesn't remember when the court sealed her wife!" ”
Mrs. Lu is now long gone in the palace, and she argues timidly: "This ...... It's just a subordinate screaming nonsense, and he didn't ...... the prince."
"Shut up!" A little chamberlain in front of the queen had a contemptuous face and a disdainful tone, and shouted loudly, "Did the queen let you speak?" Something that doesn't have rules! ”
Empress Jiang didn't even look at her, and continued to say to Empress Dowager Gu: "Qiu Mengmin is not filial to her mother, can she still be good to her mother's own granddaughter?" The daughter-in-law inquired clearly, Princess Ruan, the mother of the county lord of Ningyi, when she passed away last year, the Xihe Palace's handling of the aftermath was called a sloppy! Even the county lord of Ningyi, who was not in the palace at the time, refused to wait! Or the heir of the Ruan family happened to come to the door to offer condolences, and he was barely buried with money and effort! ”
"Princess Ruan's only daughter was not around when she died?!" Empress Dowager Gu's eyelids fluttered, and she keenly found a gap, and immediately asked sternly, "Unfilial things!" You actually treat the concubine who gave birth to you and raised you like this?! ”
Qiu Yulan burst into tears for a moment: "Uncle forced his courtiers to go to Dizi Mountain to visit his sick cousin......"
"Nonsense! How can there be any reason to call your cousin to visit her cousin alone?! Empress Dowager Gu was furious, "It must be that you are tired of serving your mother and concubine, so you find an excuse to run out and be lazy!" ”
"The queen mother said so, the courtiers didn't dare to be it!" Qiu Yulan thought to himself, thank God you didn't say that I wanted to seduce my cousin before I went to Dizi Mountain...... It is estimated that it was because of the marriage with Deng Yi that the Queen Mother had a little temperament? She said without hesitation, "The courtiers have the expectations of the Queen Mother, and they dare not think about the Queen Mother's juniors, and I implore the Queen Mother to dissolve the marriage contract between the courtiers and Deng Gongzi!" ”
Didn't you say that I was all kinds of bad? Please, dislike me a little more—I won't be able to enter the Deng family for the rest of my life!!