Rong Yunxi took a closer look at these people, but felt that they were all fresh faces and didn't know each other. She has just entered the Weiyang Palace, and the minions she recognizes are only some in the Internal Affairs Office and the Qianqing Palace, and as for the minions in other departments and bureaus, she has hardly seen them.

The Empress Dowager did not explain to her in detail who these people were, but said: "The affairs in the palace, you have to take over them one by one, and if there is a shortage in the next two days, you will naturally be able to match them all." ”

Rong Yunxi was puzzled, why was there "a gap in the report"? That is to say, after two days, these people would no longer be on their errands.

But he didn't ask much, but just nodded in response, "Yes." ”

In front of the Queen Mother, the more things you don't understand, the more you have to hold them, and you can't easily show your timidity.

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager said slowly: "Count it up, you follow the mourning family, at least seven or eight years, and at most a few decades." You have done a lot for the mourners, and the mourners value your loyalty, and they have never done you any wrong. Sulian ......"

The Empress Dowager looked at an old lady who was about the same age as Mama Bo and sighed: "You followed the mourning family all the way from Concubine De, to Concubine De, to the queen, the queen mother, and the queen mother...... It's been hard work along the way. ”

The grandmother called "Su Lian" hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "The life of the slave and the slave and the life of the slave and the slave's family are all saved by the mother, and it is the duty of the slave and the slave to serve all the way by the mother's side." ”

"How are you doing at home? Two days ago, the mourning family sent someone to see that your nephew and grandson had married a beautiful daughter-in-law, and the children were pregnant...... It's all up to you. At home, they always keep dishes and chopsticks for you, kneel in front of the Bodhisattva every day to pray for you, and look forward to your early return home. ”

"The slave maid only thinks about doing things for her mother, and she has no selfish intention of returning home, and she hopes that her mother will see it!" Su Lian prostrated again.

The Empress Dowager sighed, her eyes swept over the faces of several other minions, and said, "But the mourning family is now the empress dowager, and the mourning family can't take care of the affairs in the palace." The mourning family's care for you can only come here. But the care of your family will not stop as long as the mourning family and Zhaoyun are still alive for a day. ”

The Empress Dowager let out a heavy sigh: "Master and servant, your loyalty, the mourning family has all been remembered in my heart, and now, the mourning family hopes that you can all walk decently." ”

When the Empress Dowager said this, she did not continue immediately, but swept the faces of these people again. When the others heard this, they were stunned for a moment, but then they understood what the Empress Dowager meant. They all knelt on the ground in a hurry and kowtowed heavily, but they didn't dare to say a word begging for mercy, and no one dared to cry. But the two younger aunts were still trembling with fear.

Although they were speechless, the sound of a rapid kowtow could still make people hear that they were begging for mercy, very eagerly begging for mercy.

"When you go, Zhaoyun will go and inform your family so that they can bury you properly. The family has newly built an ancestral tomb, do you all know about it? Once you return home, you will definitely enjoy the offerings of your family for generations, and the best place in the ancestral tomb is reserved for you. The Empress Dowager's voice was still very gentle and full of concern. It doesn't seem like he's going to kill someone, it's like he's just a loving master chatting with his henchmen and minions.

Hearing what the Empress Dowager said here, Su Lian and the other two old grandmothers all understood, and knew that the Empress Dowager was determined to kill them, so they stopped kowtowing one after another. It's just that after a pause for a while, he knocked his head heavily on the ground and didn't wake up again.

When the other few people saw that these three weighty old women were no longer struggling, they knew that their lives were over. A few of them spoke softly, and since the Empress Dowager had called them over and said this, she categorically couldn't let them go back alive. Otherwise, once they hold a grudge, wouldn't it be equivalent to returning to the mountains?

But after all, these people are young and inexperienced, and even though they know that they have no chance of survival, they are still unwilling to give up. I knew that it was useless to kowtow, I knew that it was useless to beg for mercy, and I didn't dare to say anything more to the Queen Mother...... I want to live, but I don't have the ability; I want to die, but I don't have the guts. In a moment of anxiety, all three of them began to cry.

The Empress Dowager looked at them with a sad expression. It's like an outsider, and I'm very sympathetic to their situation.

After watching it quietly for a long time, she didn't say anything to appease and persuade her, but directly instructed Mama Bo and said, "Take it." ”

"Yes." Mama Bo answered and went back to the bedroom.

Soon, a golden tray was brought out of the bedroom, in which were placed eight glass wine cups, which were extremely exquisite. It's as if what is inside is the most beautiful elixir in the world.

"The mourning family will give you a ride...... Come, the mourning family replaces wine with tea, toast you, and wish you all the best. The Empress Dowager said, picking up the tea cup on the side.

Mama Bo stood in front of Su Lian first, lowered the tray in her hand, and said, "Sister Feng, this is the wine that my sister poured herself, and she didn't fake the hands of others." It was specially ordered by the mother, and I must do my best for you. ”

Feng Sulian listened, slowly raised her head, and looked at the tray and wine glass in front of her in a daze. But he didn't look at it for long, and he was very resolute and alone, and took a glass of wine from the very side. Holding it in his hand, he looked at it for a long time, then he gritted his teeth fiercely, tilted his neck, and went in one bite.

Immediately, he kowtowed heavily and said loudly: "Slave and maid thank you for your great kindness......"

Before the words fell, a mouthful of blood spurted out. Immediately, the whole person fell to the side, convulsed a few times, and soon lost his breath.

It can be said that he died a happy death and suffered no crime.

But Rong Yunxi watched from the side, but his breathing was still fluctuating rapidly, and his eyes opened involuntarily.

Just now, she thought about interceding for them. But I thought that the Empress Dowager called them over not to give her a chance to intercede, but just to let her be a witness. In other words, in fact, the emperor did all this, just to show her. The Empress Dowager wanted her to know that she was bent on handing over the authority in her hands, clearing the eyeliner placed in the palace, and wanting to reassure her, the new queen.

Of course, it is not just to reassure her, but to reassure the emperor.

There were eight murders in Cining Palace, and this matter cannot be hidden. But because this happened in Cining Palace, even if everyone knew about it, they didn't dare to talk about anything. There is no need for anyone to warn them in private, everyone in the palace who hears the wind will take the initiative to close their mouths. Naturally, the emperor would not ask. But the emperor, like everyone in the palace, will definitely know about it. Coupled with the fact that she told what she saw, the emperor would be at ease with the Empress Dowager and would no longer worry about the authority in her hands.

Because no matter whether the Empress Dowager still has any residual power in her hands, as long as she has this expression, the emperor will accept her sincerity, and from then on he will only treat her ancestors and grandchildren, and never ask anything else.

So when the Empress Dowager called these people in, these people were already dead. Even if she wears out the skin of her mouth, it doesn't have any effect.

After thinking about it quickly, she planned not to say anything, and let the Queen Mother do what she wanted. But at this time, seeing such a good person, who only took a few breaths, died in front of her, with her eyes closed tightly and her mouth buffled due to pain, Rong Yunxi's heart was still greatly impacted, and she felt that she could no longer remain silent.

This is the first person to die, and immediately after, there are seven.

The Empress Dowager's intentions are right, these people know too much about the royal family, and if they are not eliminated, but let them out of the palace, it will be detrimental to the royal reputation. Therefore, it is better to die cleanly, because only the dead cannot speak.

In this deep palace wall, human life has always been cheap. Even if Concubine Shen is the one who has been the queen, it is nothing more than that, not to mention these palace daughters and eunuchs who were born slaves?

But in this imperial world and the land of the future, everyone is breathing freely and desperately surviving, what is the difference between people? Luo shirts, gold and silver, status and status, these are just things outside the body, and what does it have to do with being born as a human being?

Seeing that the second and third old grandmothers had already raised their glasses, it was only in the blink of an eye that they would drink the poisonous wine...... After a fierce struggle in her heart, Rong Yunxi couldn't hold it anymore and got up from her seat suddenly......

Rong Yunxi knelt on the ground, and the sound shook the entire quiet main hall of Cining Palace.

"Ask the emperor's grandmother for mercy,......" Rong Yunxi kowtowed.

Before she could say any more specific words of persuasion, she heard the Empress Dowager interrupt her: "Empress, you step aside." ”

It was only such a short word, but because it was said to interrupt her, and with this full majestic tone, people felt a little angry when they listened to it.

Rong Yunxi hesitated for a moment and did not leave. Instead, he directly singled out: "The meaning of the imperial grandmother, the sons have already understood, and presumably after His Majesty hears about it, he will also understand the imperial grandmother's painstaking efforts." As for these people...... After all, I have served in Weiyang Palace for most of my life, and it is inconvenient to let them out of the palace, so it is better to let them continue to do their duty in Weiyang Palace, right? ”

The Empress Dowager looked at Rong Yunxi calmly for a long time, and said: "Yunxi, when you reach the age of the mourning family, everything will be able to be seen and seen lightly." Each man has his own creation, and serving the mourning family, coming and going well, this is their creation...... Tingsheng, don't you say? ”

The Empress Dowager asked a eunuch in his forties kneeling on the very side.

The eunuch named Tingsheng nodded tremblingly and said, "Yes......"

What else can be said?

Rong Yunxi could clearly see that he was very scared and he didn't want to die, but even at this point, he still didn't dare to disobey the queen mother's wishes.

Because what the Empress Dowager holds in her hands is not only their lives, but also the lives of their families.

When Tingsheng's voice fell, the Empress Dowager nodded with satisfaction and instructed Mama Bo: "Summoning the clouds, go on." ”

"Yes." Mama Bo responded, and continued to deliver the poisoned wine, not taking Rong Yunxi's plea seriously.

Not only Mama Bo, but even these people who knelt on the ground and waited for death did not feel that they had grasped the straw that saved their lives because of Rong Yunxi's intercession, but they were still very afraid and still did not dare to resist.

They have followed the Empress Dowager all their lives, and there is only one master they recognize, and they don't think that others can have the ability to control their life and death, even if this person is the queen.