"Concubine...... I don't understand what the emperor means. Hui Concubine bit this sentence, the hall was quiet for a moment, and then there was a soft sound of the fold being closed, Xuan Ye left her seat, held up the white candle on the table, and walked over step by step, the place where Hui Concubine was kneeling became brighter and brighter, Xuan Ye reached out to help her get up, and the orange candle light shone on her face, and it couldn't hide the original paleness.

Concubine Hui was scared after all, and her arm that was being dragged by Xuan Ye was also trembling, as if she had used her last courage to say, "Your Majesty, did the concubine do something wrong?" ”

Xuan Ye spread out her hand, stuffed the candlestick for her to hold, and took two steps back with his hand: "I don't know if you have done anything wrong, now these things, as well as the previous things, I expected it a few years ago, but everything came too fast, and it was all in front of me when I was caught off guard." What about you, what do you think? ”

Under the questioning, I only saw Concubine Hui shaking her head vigorously, after she withdrew from Ningshou Palace tonight, she went back to her palace, Guo Guiren was a palace concubine after all, and without conviction and clear punishment, she was still sent back to Yikun Palace, which was regarded as giving Concubine Yi a favor and letting her take care of herself. But the person suddenly escaped, and stabbed a palace maid in Yikun Palace into a serious injury, this crazy woman with a murder weapon in the palace, the internal guards urgently mobilized, the moon was dark and the wind was high for nearly two hours, before Guo Guiren was found out from the corner, at that time the person was already delirious, and the blade in his hand cut his hand did not know.

The people in the palace were panicked, and Concubine Hui didn't sleep, and when she was worried about whether her son would be frightened in the elder brother's office, someone suddenly came to pick her up, of course she knew that the emperor couldn't take her to spend the night together, and she came all the way with anxiety, and sure enough, she still said these seemingly inexplicable words, but she really understood every sentence.

"Nala went crazy after losing his son, he was supposed to recuperate in the palace, but he quietly drove to Yuquan Mountain, who is the mastermind and who is the coercion between you and Yi Concubine, I don't want to pursue it anymore, after all, I didn't hurt anyone, and the damned person was also cleaned up by God. But from now on, I will hand over Yi Concubine to you, and if she does anything out of the ordinary, I will hold you accountable. Xuan Ye sat down on the side and looked calmly at Concubine Hui who was holding the candlestick, "You, Concubine Rong, and Concubine Duan are all people who came with me in the early years, even if you are a few years later than them, you are also in the hardest days." I will never forget this old love, and at that time I thought that when I really reigned in the world, I would give you glory and rewards, but when I could give you all this, what kind of home did you give me? ”

"The Emperor's ......"

"Smart is mistaken by smart, you are too smart, you think you are all-encompassing, you think others can't see through, in fact, those who are stupid in your eyes, people just don't care, but they are pretending to be stupid, in fact, they have already seen you thoroughly, and when they look at you smug, they are snickering behind their backs." Xuan Ye's tone became more and more serious, as if he was very disappointed, and said, "I can't watch you make mistakes step by step, after all, you are Yinyu's mother, the crown prince has no biological mother, and the eldest son of the emperor can no longer lose his biological mother, let alone bear the sins for his mother." ”

Concubine Hui looked at the emperor in astonishment, but he was sitting in the dark, holding a bright candle in her hand, and she couldn't see what the emperor had on his face at the moment, but the emperor could see everything in his emotions.

"In this case, I won't say it to you a second time, and you don't hold a grudge against me, if I really don't cherish you and don't miss the old feelings, I won't have tonight." Xuan Ye got up, came over and reached out to take back the candlestick in her hand, "Go back, I have made it clear what I should say, how should Guo Guiren end it, you assist the Queen Mother to be the master, and the Queen Mother will not kill." ”

Xuan Ye turned his back and walked to the table, Hui Concubine shouted him behind him again, he ignored it and sat back, Hui Concubine did not move in front of him, Xuan Ye did not speak, after a long time, the emperor turned over the two folds, Hui Concubine finally moved her body, step by step and walked towards the door, and when she was about to cross the threshold, she suddenly heard the emperor say behind her back: "You can choose one of the vacant palaces in the West Sixth Palace, and choose another place for Rong Concubine to move in the East Sixth Palace, and I will let you move in one day, and I have not moved you into the East and West Sixth Palaces, it is my negligence." You can choose a place you like and inform the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ”

Concubine Hui held on to the door, one foot had already stepped out of the threshold, when the emperor said this, she should have thanked her, but she froze for a long time, until the little eunuch in front of the door came to ask her if she was leaving, and then left silently.

Gonggong Liang, who was on night duty in front of the palace gate, respectfully helped Hui Concubine to get on the soft sedan chair, and after watching the sedan chair disappear into the night, he hurriedly turned back to the study, and replied that Hui Concubine had left, Xuan Ye put down the things in his hand, got up and ordered: "You send someone to Cining Palace to see if the imperial grandmother is frightened, and I will go to Yonghe Palace." ”

Liang Gonggong quickly went to prepare, leading the royal car all the way to Yonghe Palace, but when it was near, Xuan Ye suddenly called him over and said: "Stop in front of the gate of Chengqian Palace, and I will go to Chengqian Palace." ”

"Hooray?" Liang Gonggong was puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask more, turned around and ran to the front to stop in front of the door of Chengqian Palace, Chengqian Palace was also locked and locked like other places, and it took a long time to knock on the door, and the people inside were frightened when they heard that the emperor had arrived, and when Xuan Ye entered the door, Concubine Tong came out of the Yinzhen dormitory on the side, with a robe on her body, and asked sleepily: "It's so late, what is the emperor doing?" ”

Xuan Ye smiled: "You slept very well, I still wonder if you will be afraid, what happened just now can disturb you?" What about Yinzhen, are you scared? ”

"What's the matter?" Concubine Tong was at a loss, helped Xuan Ye to enter the door, and then listened to Qinglian explain about the door being closed and locked, it turned out that she accompanied Yinzhen to play and the mother and son fell asleep together, at that time, Qinglian didn't dare to alarm when she saw that the master was asleep, and she led the palace maid and eunuch to guard the door, plus there were guards outside, and she felt that there was no need to wake up the concubine.

Xuan Ye said that Qinglian did the right thing, but Concubine Tong scolded her: "You must wake me up in the future, I have Yinzhen by my side, if something happens, who will protect him?" ”

"What can you do in the palace with all the fuss?" Xuan Ye was a little tired, so the concubine called people to prepare for washing, and when everyone was busy and everyone retreated, the concubine was excited and asked Xuan Ye, "The emperor is worried about the concubines here?" ”

Xuan Ye was already sleepy, and said dimly, "What's wrong?" ”

Concubine Tong Guifei lay beside Xuan Ye, covered him with a quilt, and said happily: "The concubine thinks it's strange, and the concubine thinks you should be more worried about Concubine De." ”

"I know you're scared, so I'm worried about you, and she's bold enough not to be afraid, so I'm not worried." Xuan Ye said lazily and not very politely, turned over and said that he was going to sleep, but Concubine Tong fell on him delicately and asked: "Can the concubine think that in the emperor's heart, the concubine is more important?" ”

But there was no answer under the inquiry, but the emperor's tired snoring sounded slightly, Tong Guifei herself woke up from sleep and did not feel sleepy, and tucked the quilt for Xuan Ye, and hummed to herself: "Am I serious?" After lying down for a long time, she couldn't sleep, still wondering why Xuan Ye came to see her instead of going to Yonghe Palace, although she thought that the emperor might have done this to appease herself and reflect the dignity of her concubine, but even if she could think of her only once, she felt very satisfied.

turned over and stuck Xuan Ye's body from behind, and murmured: "Cousin, you know me too." ”

Tossing all night, the emperor rushed directly from Chengqian Palace to the imperial gate to listen to the government, and the access control of each palace was also withdrawn, the queen mother set an hour for everyone to go to Ningshou Palace to discuss this matter, of course, the most respected concubine is inevitable, but she still doesn't understand what happened last night, when serving Xuan Ye in the morning and wearing clothes, the emperor told her: "You don't care about it, don't say a word, just go to Ningshou Palace to drink tea." ”

In this way, she led Yinzhen to come, and met the queen mother in each palace first, and when she saw the queen mother holding the fourth elder brother and coaxing, she said: "The emperor asked the concubines not to interfere, and the concubines didn't speak for a while, don't blame the concubines." ”

The Queen Mother also knew that the emperor went to Chengqian Palace late at night last night, and when she heard her say this, she sighed helplessly: "That's it, don't say you don't want to care, and I don't want to care." ”

From Concubine Tong to Concubine Chang Zai, who promised to gather in Ningshou Palace today, it turned out that the Empress Dowager sent someone to inform the Empress Dowager last night, saying that from this matter on, she also had to learn how to be the master of the house in this palace. Although the old man didn't say it explicitly, the queen mother also understood that she followed behind her mother-in-law and became the queen mother for 20 years, but in fact, she had never done anything serious, whether she was the queen in the past, or now she was the queen mother, she never came forward to say half a word in the most turbulent years, not to mention that there is nothing she can worry about in the current peaceful and prosperous world.

But the Queen Mother is old, she will always have to drive the crane to the west one day, and then she will be left in the palace as the Queen Mother, almost now the Queen Mother is in charge, and the future will all fall on her, the Queen Mother is not young anymore, and then learn from scratch, it is really a little difficult, and once it comes up, it is such a tricky thing.

The six palaces gathered, in addition to meeting the concubines with heads and faces in the Ningshou Palace in the past few years, in addition to meeting the concubines with heads and faces, it was the first time that such a group of people gathered, the queen mother sat alone on the head and felt very uncalm, inexplicably remembering that she entered the Forbidden City at the beginning of the year, became the successor of the first emperor, and accepted the concubines in the Kunning Palace.

"Queen Mother, if you don't say anything, the concubines will send blessing bags to the sisters." Concubine Wen suddenly opened her mouth and reminded the Queen Mother who was in a daze, she brought Dong Yun with a basket of blessing bags, saying that it was to celebrate the birth of the eighth elder brother, and the eggs, peanuts, candy, and dates in the blessing bag were all there.

The Queen Mother sighed: "I haven't congratulated you on getting the eighth elder brother, let someone send you a reward for a while, that Juezen clan has also worked hard, look at today, she is the only one who did not come, what I said for a while, you go back and tell her." ”

Concubine Wen smiled and asked, "What do you want to talk about?" ”

"Niangniang, the Queen Mother wants to talk about Guo Guiren." Concubine Hui on the side suddenly spoke, I don't know if she hadn't slept all night, her eyes were blue and black, and her eyes were full of bloodshots, Concubine Wen glanced at her coldly, and said in surprise, "Look at you who are tired, I saw two people yesterday." ”

Concubine Hui smiled bitterly and didn't speak, got up and went to the queen mother and said: "The concubine has ordered the imperial doctor to check, Guo Guiren is suffering from hysteria, and I don't know where the disease started. At present, the mother and son of the Chan family are safe, and the emperor is happy that the prince is finally in danger, but if the matter of Guo Guiren spreads, it is long live the lord, and the people outside don't know how to say it, and the concubine's sister is not easy to explain, and the concubine thinks that this matter will forgive her in the name of the queen mother's kindness, let her continue to recuperate and think about it, and maybe she can have a good day. What do you say? ”

The Queen Mother doesn't kill, and last night Xuan Ye also repeatedly reminded Concubine Hui that her words were right on the Queen Mother's mind, and the Queen Mother said repeatedly: "Even if it's hysteria, don't blame her, it's a poor person, just stay in the palace to recuperate." But he said, "Yi Concubine, the emperor often goes to Yikun Palace, do you think it's not good to put it there with you?" ”

Yi Concubine got up, but before she could speak, Hui Concubine had already said first: "They are sisters, not to mention whether it is convenient or not, if Guo Guiren is sent elsewhere at this moment, others will say that Sister Yi Concubine is cold-blooded and ruthless, and she will not take care of her sisters." ”

"Sister Hui?" Yi Concubine looked at Hui Concubine blankly, why didn't things go as originally said, it can be seen that Hui Concubine looked at her intently, and knew that it was not appropriate to argue at this moment, so she hurriedly echoed, "This is the best, or Sister Hui is thoughtful, the Queen Mother can rest assured, the concubine will take good care of her sister, last night's mistakes were all the concubine's fault, if you knew that she was not in good spirits, you should pay more attention." ”

"Obviously, it was very bad to see it that day......" An Guiren on the side suddenly spoke, but was scolded by Hui Concubine, "Isn't An Guiren in good spirits?" The Imperial Doctor is waiting outside, do you want to call in and take a look? ”

She is so powerful, Concubine Tong on the side couldn't stand it, and said coldly: "Concubine Hui must not have slept last night, okay, this is so angry, the Queen Mother is here, who are you so powerful?" ”

The atmosphere in the hall took a sharp turn, the Queen Mother sat on it and was uncomfortable, thinking that if the Queen Mother returned to Yaochi, she would have to accept such troubles, only to understand that the days before raising Yinqi were not bleak and cold, but the best and most comfortable, at this moment I had to cough dryly, and said leisurely: "Those who know about last night's events are hidden in their hearts, and those who don't know are not allowed to inquire again, let you come today, and there are a few words to explain." ”

All the concubines got up and bent their knees, wanting to listen to the Queen Mother's instructions, the Queen Mother looked at the people kneeling on the ground, all of them raised their heads to look at her, and their hearts couldn't help but tremble, in this face, which woman will also sit in her place in the future? But he didn't dare to think nonsense, so he made up his mind and said: "Although Guo Guiren is hysterical, it also stems from her own tyranny. From now on, you must urge each other, regardless of your position, but if there is any abuse of concubines, so that you abuse the palace maids and eunuchs, you can come to Ningshou Palace to tell me that this is not a stumbling block behind the accusation, it is for the peace of the harem, and in order not to cause trouble to the emperor. And among you, of course, there are people who are respectful and humble, but they are all people who serve the emperor, why are you jealous and fighting in the open and in the dark? And so on, it must be intolerable to Ningshou Palace, I don't care about it on weekdays, don't think I'm easy to coax. ”

Everyone promised to remember the teachings of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother saw that they all lowered their heads, and then they were relieved, and then looked at their attendants, understood her reminder, and then said: "You are all good, I know, today is just a reminder, since you all understand, let's disperse." The Queen Mother got up as she spoke, Concubine Tong and Concubine Wen hurriedly stepped forward to help, and sent the Queen Mother back to the inner hall.

Before she walked outside the door, Concubine Wen took out a lucky bag from her arms and handed it to the concubine, and said with a smile: "Niangniang, the concubine also has a son, are you blessed?" ”

Concubine Tong took the lucky bag disdainfully and looked at it, and sneered at her: "Let's half a catty against eight taels, what is there to be blessed?" However, can the biological mother of the eighth elder brother be compared with the fourth elder brother? What are you proud of? Then he stuffed the lucky bag back to her, turned around and left.

Concubine Wen hurried up a few steps, and insisted on stuffing the lucky bag to the concubine again, smiling leisurely, "Niangniang, the Queen Mother wants us to live in harmony, you also swore just now, you can't break your word." ”

The two of them had gone outside, many pairs of eyes were watching, and the concubine was not easy to attack, so she reluctantly took the lucky bag, and asked people to go to the fifth elder brother's house to take away Yinzhen, and swaggered through the middle of the concubine, but Concubine Wen led Dongyun to send the blessing bag around, full of joy, which was very incommensurate with the current situation, and everyone reluctantly smiled to congratulate her, only waiting for Concubine Wen to leave everyone before daring to disperse.

Concubine Hui and Concubine Yi left as soon as they slipped away, Lan Qi followed behind Concubine Duan and Concubine Rong, when a few people came out, they heard a few people who were often talking and laughing in front of them, and vaguely heard that the emperor went to the concubine's Chengqian Palace last night and the like, Lan Qi guessed that she was also talking about her right and wrong, and she was in a bad mood after being frightened all night, so she was angry when she heard more, and turned around and left in another place.

Bu Guiren and Dai Jiashi followed, here Rong Concubine and Duan Concubine have not left, both sides looked at each other, Duan Concubine said: "If she is really angry, she is a little carried away, last night's situation, which one is not afraid in the palace, if the emperor goes to her, the concubine must not have a good face today, and the emperor is also for everyone's good." ”

Concubine Rong said: "How can she eat this kind of dry vinegar, the emperor will definitely appease her in the future, let's worry about it more." He even pulled the hand of the concubine and said, "How about our sisters gamble?" ”

Duan Concubine smiled: "What are you betting on?" ”

"Bet on Guo Guiren's life, and you can live for a few days."

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