Chapter 550: Midnight at the Palace

"There is news about the whereabouts of the county lord of Jingmin." Su Bofeng's face was not very good-looking, "The person who picked her up before us was the Liu family's 'Ink Blade', and it is said that the one in charge of this matter had been by the side of the county lord of Jingmin for a while as a 'righteous brother' earlier, so he was able to get the county lord of Jingmin out of the city without alarming people." ”

After a pause, "But now they have sent people to Yanhou Mansion, what do you mean by this, Second Uncle?" ”

"There is no reason for Yanhou Mansion to give up King Su." Su Shaoge said this first, and then asked, "Do you know why the Liu family took away the county lord of Jingmin at that time?" ”

Su Bofeng said hesitantly: "This is exactly what I think is serious: I suspect that Burning Qutang knew He Lou Duhan's identity early on!" ”

"It can't be!" Su Shaoge frowned and said, "Even your seventh aunt doesn't know the details of He Lou Duhan!" ”

Fufengtang has not had many heirs in the past two years, and the big houses have stayed in Qingzhou before, and here in the imperial capital, there is only one son under the knee of the Duke of Jiguo, Su Shaoge, as a helper, and it is inevitable that there will be times when he can't be busy.

Although Su Shaoling is a daughter, she has a quiet temperament and acts in an orderly manner, unlike her sister Su Shaomo, who is not at ease and has always been trusted by her father and brother. So before leaving the cabinet, he participated in many confidential things of the Su family.

Rao is like this, He Lou Duhan, the chess piece, from Ji Guogong to Su Shaoge, has never told her - it's not just that they can't trust Su Shaoling, because even Su Bofeng, the eldest grandson of the Su family and the future master of Fufeng Hall, was only told the truth after the assassination of the prince!

Before this, he also thought that He Lou Duhan was just Gu Shao's grandson, who had nothing to do with his own family, and could even be said to be a political enemy.

It shows the degree of secrecy of the Su family about this shadow.

The Liu family said to the Su family that their ancestors were old, but since the Liu family guarded the tomb, the descendants of the two families have not been in contact for decades, and how much friendship is there in the early years?

What's more, how can such a secret be known with a good relationship?

However, if you want to say that Burning Quinoa happened to pick up Pei Yourui, this time is too coincidental, right?

It was a little gap between He Lou Duhan going out and Su Shaoge's henchmen personally going......

Saying that the Liu family doesn't know anything, who can believe it?

Su Shaoge pondered for a moment, his eyes flickered, and his face was difficult to look at, "It is impossible for the Liu family to know such a secret, but the old lady Duanmu ......"

Su Bofeng sighed and said, "I also suspect that this old lady - after all, Gu Shao took He Lou Duhan to his side to cultivate after he returned to his hometown. At that time, there were not many people who paid attention to him, and they noticed that He Lou Duhan was a secret son of our family, no matter how you thought about it, there was only the old lady Duanmu! ”

Speaking of which, the Su family was also affected by Jian Pingyu:

Because Gu Shao was driven away by Jian Pingyu at that time, even if there was a consideration that Emperor Xianjia wanted to keep him for his son, at least on the surface, he was defeated by Jian Pingyu.

And his relationship with Jian Pingyu is not good.

And the old lady Duanmu has always regarded Jian Pingyu as a thorn in the flesh because of what happened to her sister and nephew, although she was far away from the plug at that time, she never forgot this hatred - at that time, Jian Pingyu was a very human minister, and the old lady couldn't deal with him directly, so she would naturally consider uniting his political enemies.

Maybe it's because in the eyes of Old Madam Duanmu, Emperor Xianjia, who broke her word, is not a good thing.

So although she found out that He Lou Duhan was the secret son of the Su family who was planted by Gu Shao's side, because of Gu Shao's loyalty to Emperor Xianjia, the old lady did not remind him, but let this chess piece thrive under Gu Shao's careful cultivation, and then dealt Gu Shao a fatal blow - by the way, Emperor Xianjia's father and son who worked hard to support Emperor Xianjia to the throne of God were all in the end!

…… Really, no matter how you think about it, only this old lady has the motivation and ability to have the opportunity to do so.

The uncle and nephew of the Su family were relatively silent for a moment, and Su Shaoge slowly spoke: "Since the old lady has long known that He Lou Duhan is from my Su family's 'Dai Feng', but she has always been happy to see it, she obviously has no intention of preventing King Su from ascending the throne. In this way, in this extraordinary period, it is not appropriate to engage in infighting, and pretend to be confused, and talk to her old man after the dust settles! ”

Su Bofeng didn't approve of it, he reminded: "Second uncle, the old lady Duanmu is very old, and she has no biological sons and grandchildren, what she is trying to do, except for revenge on the first emperor and the empress dowager, is nothing more than for the consideration of Yanhou Mansion!" Now Ranquio Tang has also sent the county lord of Jingmin to Yanhou Mansion - I suspect that the old lady is planning for the wealth of Yanhou Mansion after King Su ascended the throne! We have worked hard for so many years, how can there be a reason for Yanhou Mansion to sit back and enjoy its success?! ”

"You have a point, but is now the time to think about this?" Su Shaoge exhaled and said slowly, "What's more, you don't know King Su's personality, he is not Your Majesty, and he is not a person who can cross the river and tear down bridges." ”

In the end, that is the prince who was taught by their Su family.

Emperor Xianjia can certainly be called a Ming Jun, but when it comes to teaching children, Su Shaoge really doesn't think he is qualified to compare with the Su family.

After all, Emperor Xianjia has only been dead for three years, and his son, who has devoted his life to it, is already in a state of disrepute.

And the illustrious history of the Su family throughout several dynasties is enough to prove the success of their tutors!

Su Bofeng was silent for a while and said, "Since the second uncle said so, then I have nothing to say." ”

He is said to be King Su's blood cousin, but in fact, because he grew up in Qingzhou since he was a child, the two uncles and nephews have never gotten along at all, so it is naturally impossible to trust King Su like Su Shaoge.

Su Shaoge saw his worries and wanted to enlighten, but after thinking about it, he only said: "Let's think about tomorrow morning's court meeting, what else do we have to prepare?" ”

About the same time, inside the imperial city, Qibao Palace.

The door of the dormitory suddenly opened, and the heavy embroidered curtain was swept up by the strong wind brought by the comer, and then it flew into the air, and it had been rudely lifted by a pair of arms.

With a hurried call: "Mother! Empress! Niangniang, hurry up, the palace maid of the master of Concubine Xue came over and said something, you must know immediately! ”

He Xiuyi was forcibly woken up from her sweet sleep, and was dazed for a moment: "Concubine Xue? What's wrong with her? ”

"Master Xue's palace maid said that Master Xue seems to have the idea of committing suicide!" While talking, the maid twisted a cold handkerchief from a basin of water not far away and applied it to He Xiuyi's face - the cold touch made He Xiuyi subconsciously shudder, but the person suddenly sobered up and said in surprise: "She wants to commit suicide?!" She...... How could she suddenly think like that?! ”

In the past two days, Xu found out that He Xiuyi had a way out, and the newcomers who entered the palace at the same time no longer had anything to do with her.

Even Tian Baolin, who was the most honest and respected to her before.

And He Xiuyi was also embarrassed to take the initiative to find them because of guilt and weakness.

But even so, He Xiuyi remembered that the last time she saw Xue Concubine, Xue Concubine still behaved as usual - how long had it been since they had been separated, why did Xue Concubine suddenly not think about it?

To put it mildly, it has been several days since Emperor Duanhua's reputation was ruined, since he hasn't taken the narrow road until now, how can he not wait for this last day?

Maybe the end result is acceptable?

"The palace maid said that Concubine Xue specially cooked a lot of meals by herself at noon today, packed a food box, and brought it to Xuanming Palace to ask for a meeting." The maid threw the handkerchief back into the basin, went to the screen and took He Xiuyi's dress, and said quickly and quietly while walking over to serve her to dress, "But she waited outside the Xuanming Palace for most of the day, until the gate of the palace was about to fall, and then she came back in despair." ”

"Then when she came back, her maid saw that her dress was wet with snow, and hurriedly boiled hot water to serve her to bathe and change her clothesβ€”the maid saw with her own eyes, and she cried on the bathtub for a long time, until the water was cold, and then she got up under the reminder of the maid."

The palace maid had the courage to persuade her to drink some porridge, but she didn't pay attention to it, but took out all her body and distributed it to the people she was waiting for!"

"And she refuses to ask someone to accompany her tonight - the person who serves her feels that the situation is wrong, but he does not dare to disobey the order, so he can only send someone to listen to the movement under the back window of her bedroom, and then estimate that she is asleep, hurry up and come to us to report!"

The maid said this in one breath, and she was almost dressed for He Xiuyi, and quickly went to the dressing table to take a long hairpin, and while He Xiuyi was tidying up her ties and plackets, she neatly tied her hair in a bun and said, "Niangniang is the master of Qibao Palace, and Master Xue is from your palace, she is going to go wrong, even if she can't think about it, Niangniang can't get rid of it!" So you can't afford not to ask! ”

He Xiuyi sat on the edge of the couch, her hand in arranging her dress trembled a little, and she bit it hard. lips, only to smile reluctantly, said, "I'll take care of it." ”

The maid inserted two beaded flowers on the side of her bun - in the middle of the night, she just went out to meet a palace maid, and there was nothing to dress up, so when she saw that it was almost over, the maid held up her skirt: "Niangniang, let's go out now, lest something happen over there!" Look at the appearance of the palace maid, she is really in a hurry! ”

The master and servant hurried to the outer room, and Concubine Xue's palace maid was already as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and only then did she turn the screen and see her going around in circles.

Seeing He Xiuyi come out, the palace maid almost rushed over to ask for peace: "Niangniang!" Ask the mother to persuade the slave master! ”

"You get up!" He Xiuyi took a deep breath, "This palace will go to Xue Concubine's side now-you go ahead to guide the way to this palace, pay attention to your hands and feet, don't let people know, if you make a fuss, your master must not look good!" ”

The palace maid breathed a long sigh of relief when she heard this, and got up: "Yes!" ”

- Don't care if He Xiuyi can persuade Xue Concubine to dispel the idea of suicide, as long as she is willing to come forward!

He Xiuyi saw the palace maid's expression in her eyes, how could she not know her thoughts?

It's just how to repair what her dowry maid said: As the lord of Qibao Palace, it is impossible for her not to ask what there are three long and two short in the palace!

"This Xue Concubine ......" He Xiuyi naturally has an instinctive dislike for people who make trouble for herself, but when she thought of what happened to Xue Concubine since she entered the palace, her heart softened, and she couldn't bear to curse this companion anything, so she thought helplessly, "Things haven't come to an end yet, why are you desperate now?" ”

However, while sighing at Xue Concubine, He Xiuyi also felt very strange, "Xue Concubine has not been loved by His Majesty since she entered the palace, Your Majesty has been to Qibao Palace so many times before, Tian Baolin and I have served Your Majesty, except for Xue Concubine - whether it is us or Xue Concubine herself, I believe it has been seen a long time ago!" How could Concubine Xue suddenly take the initiative to ask to see His Majesty? ”

Judging from her deliberate act of preparing a meal to meet Emperor Duanhua, this move was obviously intended to curry favor with Emperor Duanhua.

The problem is that Emperor Duanhua didn't like her before, and she is about to lose her position recently, the crown prince was assassinated, King Su returned, so many things are connected together, the emperor's mood can be imagined!

At this time, a palace concubine who has always disliked has to come to entangle, how can she get a good face?

Emperor Duanhua didn't send an attendant out to drive Concubine Xue away, it's good!

Such a simple truth, He Xiuyi didn't believe that Xue Concubine couldn't think of it - especially although Xue Concubine has always been unfavored, she is sexual. Zi is naturally a little arrogant, when she came to Qibao Palace earlier, she had never done anything to put down her body and compete for favor, at that time she couldn't pull down her face to lower her head, let alone now?

Taking a step back, even if she is favored by Emperor Duanhua now, but Emperor Duanhua is now difficult to protect herself, what is the use of Concubine Xue currying favor with him?

He Xiuyi stepped into the side hall with doubts.

(There are still a few people missing in that circle activity, and readers who are free can please help go to the water.) Well, to put it simply, it's like this: a total of ten small gifts, don't let me be unable to make up ten people...... οΌ‰