Since entering the palace as a concubine, He Xiuyi has come to Weiyang Palace for the second time.

Strictly speaking, it's actually the first time.

Because the last time she came, Empress Wei was still "sick".

At that time, Emperor Duanhua was eager to suppress the queen and support the newcomers, so he didn't let the newcomers really enter the Weiyang Palace and go to the Changle Hall to meet the queen in person.

Instead, they kowtowed three times outside the palace gate of Weiyang Palace, as if they had already invited Empress Wei to tea.

This is the first time she has visited Empress Wei as a palace concubine - her grandfather was a member of the court, and before entering the palace, as a young lady of the He family, He Xiuyi also participated in palace banquets and met the nobles of the harem, and she was no stranger to Empress Wei.

But this time, not only did she come to the audience as a palace concubine, but there was also an envoy who made her scalp numb, that is, to return the phoenix seal - He Xiuyi couldn't help but feel that her steps were extremely heavy.

It's not that she is reluctant to leave the phoenix seal, although she has tasted the sweetness of power in this short period of time, but He Xiuyi is not a fool, she knows that she can't fight against Queen Wei at the moment, if she wants to leave the phoenix seal, it is tantamount to suicide.

This will tremble, mainly because I am afraid that Empress Wei will use her to establish her prestige - some time ago, the queen lost power, and she was supported by Emperor Duanhua to balance the queen, which can be described as unique, and even the mother's house outside the palace was once as lively as a festival.

Now that Empress Wei has finally turned over, to sweep away the decadence and despondency during the loss of power, is there a better candidate for surgery than her?

He Xiuyi lowered her head, holding a gold-painted ebony lacquer plate with a phoenix seal in both hands, and out of the corner of her eye, she inadvertently caught a glimpse of the streamer on Concubine Xue's arm behind her, and in addition to being frightened, she felt a little aggrieved: she never thought of going against Empress Wei, but Empress Dowager Su chose her to enter the palace to serve Emperor Duanhua, and Emperor Duanhua specially promoted her, what can she do?

Earlier, she was happy that she was favored, even if she knew that the reason why Empress Dowager Su and Emperor Duanhua valued her so much was because her grandfather was He Wenqiong.

But most women of this age are a little vain, and their beauty is no less than their own, but they haven't even gotten a straight eye from Emperor Duanhua, He Xiuyi's road to the palace is smooth sailing and enviable.

But now, although Xue Concubine, who noticed that she was behind her, was also a little uneasy, she was much calmer than herself, and He Xiuyi couldn't help but feel a sense of unpredictable depression and helplessness.

Just as they were in a trance, the palace people who had just entered the palace finally walked out and nodded their chins at them: "Niang Niang Yizhi, Xuan Xiuyi Niangniang and all the palace concubines enter the palace to meet you!" ”

The five newcomers held their breath for a moment before they walked towards the hall under the leadership of He Xiuyi!

To their surprise, Empress Wei's attitude was very kind, not only did she show them a look, but even she smiled at He Xiuyi: "This palace has been sick these days, and you have worked hard!" ”

That sincere look, as if Empress Wei did not fall out of favor for some reason at all, was placed under house arrest in Weiyang Palace, and seized the palace power, but was really sick and couldn't see things, so He Xiuyi took care of palace affairs for a few days.

The newlyweds breathed a sigh of relief, but when they left, they were still worried, worried that the queen was not embarrassed today, but it was not triggered, maybe there would be a follow-up next?

It's just that the next three or two days have passed, and Queen Wei not only didn't make things difficult for them, but she didn't even deduct the slightest bit from their share, and rewarded them with something in the middle - when it comes to the nourishment of the days, it is better than before.

"In the end, it is His Majesty's wife, the daughter of the Wei family, this amount is really within the reach of people." Only then did the newcomers put their minds at ease and whispered in private, "It seems that the queen mother really has no intention of angering us!" ”

"What are you doing when Hongu is angry with them?" But I didn't know that in the Weiyang Palace at this time, Empress Wei was also talking about this leisurely, "It's just a few chess pieces that were pushed into the palace by the family to test the waters!" If it weren't deliberately raised by His Majesty, what would it be the difference from a display? What is this palace doing with them? I didn't see He Xiuyi, when I went to the palace that day to present the phoenix seal, I was so frightened that my face changed? In that case, why bother to show them majesty? It's boring. ”

Xin Xian said worriedly: "The slave maid is not saying that you are worried about the new concubines, but the mother has been 'sick' for these days, so He Xiuyi has taken charge of the palace power again, and now you are 'getting up', the slave and maid are afraid that there are some shallow-eyed things that will snub you!" ”

"It's not more than three months before and after the 'bedridden' of this palace! If this is the case, the whole palace has forgotten about the palace, how can they blame the newly promoted concubines? Isn't it to blame Hongu for not being useful? Empress Wei shook her head, a sarcastic smile rising at the corner of her mouth, "What's more, you forgot how He Xiuyi became so hot in a short period of time?" Then Your Majesty wants to use her, but now Your Majesty wants to use the main palace, so if there are really people who are not interested and want to provoke the main palace at this time...... Where is the need for this palace to shoot by itself? Your Majesty must be the first to stand up for this palace! ”

She leaned back and said, "Don't waste your time on those concubines, let's get down to business!" Ah Xuan confirmed that he had separated from His Majesty? His friendship with His Majesty is not ordinarily deep, it has only been a few days, how did he make a decision? How did Brother Song convince him? ”

Xin Xian said: "Grandma Song may not be able to convince Yanhou in such a short period of time, but combined with what happened before and after those two days, people below speculate that she is likely to bring out the Empress Dowager and Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of the Jin Kingdom!" ”

"No wonder!" Empress Wei nodded, thoughtful, "Ah Xu's loyalty to His Majesty is nothing more than the feelings accumulated in the early years of getting along, but this relationship is not as good as the affection that the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Aunt of the Jin Kingdom have for him." His Majesty tore his face with the former, and rejected the latter's plea......"

Speaking of this, he sighed, "Let this go beforehand!" Let's talk about Liang Guogong! ”

"The previous court discussion, because His Majesty insisted on dealing with Liang Guogong lightly, but the ministers insisted that even the accomplice Marquis Boling was cut off his title and demoted to a commoner, Liang Guogong was the main offender, but the end was much lighter than that of an accomplice, how to convince the public?" Xin Xian groaned, "It's been a stalemate!" But now His Majesty has changed his mind, and he thinks that this matter is about to turn around. ”

Because not only Emperor Duanhua will no longer insist on protecting Liang Guogong when he needs to use Empress Wei and the Wei family, but Empress Wei can also let her maiden family officially launch an attack on Liang Guogong - you must know that in the previous court discussion, Wei Xi, Wei Pi and other queens' blood relatives, but because the queen was under house arrest, she deliberately kept a low profile and kept silent!

Now that Empress Wei has lifted the ban and resumed as before, the queen's family naturally does not need to have any fears, and can start to fall into the trap against Liang Guogong.

The fate of Liang Guogong can be imagined!

However, in just three days, a unified opinion was reached at the court meeting: the Liang Guogong family was demoted to commoners, sent to the emperor's mausoleum, guarded the tomb of Emperor Xianjia, and all other properties were confiscated!

And Yuan Xuepei, who had already been cut off his title, was also given an additional punishment of confiscating most of his family property.

After this result came out, the most grief-stricken person was not Liang Guogong, oh no, now it should be called Lu Hehao and his wife, but the Sikong family - the eldest princess of Zhenyang even fell ill directly on the couch for this, making the entire Sikong family a mess!

"Although Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Zhenyang is already quite old, she can still enter the palace to help Lu Hehao, a concubine, before she is old!" After hearing the news, Xin Xian sneered, "Why do you say that you are sick now?" This is no ordinary coincidence! ”

"It's just a shelter!" Empress Wei didn't take this aunt's careful plan seriously, and calmly ordered, "Although Lu Hehao has been demoted to a concubine and sent to the emperor's mausoleum, he still can't relax his vigilance, be sure to keep an eye on them!" ”

At the beginning, it was because of negligence that he underestimated this little uncle, and he kept breaking off, and he didn't kill him in time, but was bitten by him, which led to the embarrassment these days.

The same mistake, Empress Wei doesn't want to make a second mistake!

Xin Xian led the order, and asked tentatively: "Heng Zhu is just a family, and he has been sent to the emperor's mausoleum again, do you want to simply ......" She made a sharp gesture.

"Don't do it yet!" Although Empress Wei really wanted to kill Lu Hehao, she pondered for a moment and still shook her head, "Once this kind of thing happens, anyone will guess it!" Your Majesty is now using us to ignore ourselves, but I am definitely unhappy in my heart - this palace is afraid that he will not be happy, so he will not be able to hold his breath! At that time, even if Gu Xiang helped and persuaded him, he would have a seizure regardless of it, and even if the palace could pass the test, it would be a moment of discouragement! ”

In addition to distrusting the emperor's teammate, the queen is actually afraid of the Su family, "Count the days, the two kings of Suxiang should have already received the holy decree, if they don't plan to openly resist the decree, the next thing must be to return to the imperial capital!" Now the Su family is only afraid that they will fight to the death with all their strength, and on this eyebone, all the people and things that stand in their way, such as the main palace that is now helping His Majesty stabilize the throne, will face their pervasive attacks, so let Lu Hehao survive for a few days, and after solving the trouble of the Su family, it is not too late to settle accounts with him! ”

The queen is a prophecy!

Five days later, the southwest fast horse arrived in the imperial capital at a gallop in the starry night, and urgently reported to the imperial court: "King Xiang has been assassinated!" ”

The assassination of King Xiang was very abrupt, because although this time it was to summon the two kings of Su Xiang back to the imperial capital, in fact, not to mention everyone, at least most of the people, their energy was actually on King Su's side.

After all, even in the Xianjia Dynasty's seizure of the prince, King Xiang's power was recognized as inferior to King Su.

And around the middle of this year, even his biggest supporters, the eldest princess and his wife, died in Qiongzhou, even if there are still some remnants of subordinates, in the eyes of the DPRK, it will not be able to achieve any climate, it can be said that there is no fear.

If it is said that the reason why Emperor Duanhua refused to let go of King Su was because King Su was alive, he would inevitably pose a threat to the emperor; So Emperor Duanhua's refusal to let go of King Xiang was actually out of anger against the eldest princess of Daiguo.

But even if he was full of anger towards King Xiang, Emperor Duanhua also knew that King Xiang was actually not capable of resisting him now.

So after receiving the result of the assassination of this younger brother, the emperor laughed angrily: "Assassinated? Who are the assassins? How many people are there? How is King Xiang's injury? Did you just get injured and couldn't leave to go back to the imperial capital, but you just couldn't die?! ”

Emperor Duanhua didn't know how to say that King Xiang was good, did he think that he was the king of Su with the support of Qingzhou Su? If you hide in the domain and don't come to the imperial capital, the emperor can't do anything about him?!

"King Xiang is not worried." rushed over to inquire about Empress Wei, who was passing by, and after listening to a few words, she reminded, "Now you have to prevent King Su from playing this hand!" After all, the holy decree was given to these two kings, and King Xiang could be assassinated only after receiving the decree, why couldn't King Su? ”