Chapter 122: The Emperor's Wrath (Part II)
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Chapter 124 Chapter 122 The Emperor's Wrath (II)
The sound of Mu Qingya entering the 'door' surprised several princes kneeling on the ground, at this time, what did Mu Qingya's little girl do here! Especially the eldest prince, if it weren't for Duanmu Qing's presence, he couldn't wait to get up and take a sword and directly hack Mu Qingya to death!
Duanmu Qing snorted coldly, and made several princes kneel down one after another, not daring to make any other moves!
Mu Qingya bowed her knees and saluted respectfully: "The courtier's 'daughter' Mu Qingya has seen the emperor, and the emperor is safe!" "Mu girl, you're here, come to me!" Hmph, Wan An, with a few of their sons here, I'm afraid I won't be able to settle down! After Duanmu Qing called Mu Qingya, he looked at the princes angrily and said!
"Erchen is terrified!" The eldest prince kowtowed heavily, "Father, you can beat and scold your son as much as you want, but your son has no complaints, I just hope that my father won't be angry!" ”
The second prince didn't speak, but his expression was full of remorse. Only the six princes had horror on their faces, and even their eyes were stained with tears, and they only called "Father" and were choked up and speechless!
Standing beside Duanmu Qing, Mu Qingya could easily take the performance of several princes into her eyes, if she didn't know what Duanmu Lingyun and Duanmu Lingfeng did, she would have to believe that they were the purest and most filial sons in front of her, but unfortunately, when all the filial piety shown was just for the sake of fighting for power and profit, all this changed taste, and she couldn't even go back to the past! However, the performance of the sixth prince Duanmu Lingrui is unbearable! Turning his head slightly to look at Duanmu Qing, he saw that his gaze at the six princes softened a lot, although the six princes were honest and wooden, but in the end they were kind!
"Alright, get out of here! Stay at your place honestly, and don't let me see you! Duanmu Qing waved his hand and said.
Several princes kowtowed again and retreated, Duanmuqing leaned on his seat like a decadent look, his already ugly look became more and more old, Mu Qingya brought the tea: "Your Majesty, use some tea!" ”
Duanmuqing waved his hand to signal her to put the tea aside, and paused for a while before asking, "Qingya, what do you say about my princes?" ”
Mu Qingya's eyes moved, and she suppressed the strange feeling in her heart: "I just watched the performance of a few princes to be extremely filial to you!" ”
"Hehe, you girl is so bold!" I just saw that several princes are filial, so it means that they are not filial except just now? Duanmu moved his body and stood up, Gude wanted to step forward to help, but he avoided it, walked directly to Mu Qingya's face, and walked to the window with her arm, "I'm old, but my sons are all older, and people have to serve old age when they reach a certain age!" ”
Hearing the desolation and grief in his voice, Mu Qingya's heart became more and more nervous, but nothing appeared on her face, and she only listened to him quietly.
"Jiangnan is the foundation of the 'jade' cold, just the salt tax, Jiangnan occupies one-third of the national treasury, if there is a problem in Jiangnan, then the 'jade' cold is equivalent to no half of the country, these rebels, so many years of education have made them give their brains to the dog?"
The corners of Mu Qingya's mouth moved slightly, she didn't expect Duanmu Qing to comment on her son like this, those princes are afraid that they have never been said like this in their lives, I don't know what kind of expression they will have after hearing it!
"Mu girl, how is your father's injury?"
Unexpectedly, Duanmu Qing would suddenly change the topic, Mu Qingya was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Thank you for the emperor's concern, the upper part of my father's back has begun to scab, and there is no problem for the time being, but I can't walk around with the 'bed' hard, I'm afraid that the wound on my back will crack open!" ”
Duanmuqing nodded: "Then I will tell your father to take care of his injuries, and when he recovers, I will rely on him to run errands for me!" ”
Mu Qingya's eyes sank slightly: "Your Majesty, although my father can't do errands for the emperor now, several princes have their own talents, and they can share the emperor's worries!" ”
"They? They only thought about how to divide the chair under me, where else could they think about it! ”
"The emperor is too worried! Several princes are filial to you, where can there be such a disobedient mind! ”
Duanmuqing looked at the heavy rain outside, sighed slightly, turned around and sat back on the chair, so that the heavy rain doesn't know when it will fall, and if it lasts for a few more days, I'm afraid Jiangnan will be in danger!
"Qingya, what do you think of my princes?" After a while, Duanmuqing spoke again!
Mu Qingya's heart was cold, Duanmu Qing had already asked her this question, and now she spoke again definitely not because he forgot it because he was old! Then he was not satisfied with his answer and 'forced' her to tell the truth! Raised his head slightly, facing the deep eyes of Mu Qing at the upper end, those eyes were already full of wrinkles, but the eyes were still sharp and majestic, showing the majesty that an emperor should have, the rapidly rotating mind suddenly stopped, and a thought rose to his heart, if she said something at this time that Duanmu Qing was not satisfied, then she and the Mu family would probably really become pawns in his hands! If it is really reduced to a chess piece, then the chess piece will have the end of the chess piece, and that end is definitely not what she wants!
Weiwei stepped forward and took two steps, kneeling on the ground, Duanmuqing's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't stop her movements.
"Your Majesty, my father, as the imperial history of the Zuodu, enjoys the rank of a third-grade official, I think that if there is no special love from the emperor here, no matter how high his ability is, he will not be promoted to this position, after all, in the officialdom, too upright and upright officials have nothing to do, but my father is an exception, Qingya once again thanked the emperor on behalf of his father!"
The corners of Duanmuqing's mouth were lightly raised, and he said paradoxically: "Your father is a rare good official, I will naturally treat him well!" ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Mu Qingya raised her head, and her beautiful cheeks were completely presented in front of Duanmu Qing, "Your Majesty, are there so many similarities between the courtier's 'daughter' and Concubine Zhen's mother?" ”
Gu De on the side trembled, knelt down with a bang, and didn't dare to make any sound by touching the ground with his head, Concubine Zhen was a forbidden word in front of the emperor, and it was a place in his heart that would never be touched by others, Mu Qingya was really bold! After a pause for a long time, he didn't hear the sound of Duanmu Qing getting angry, maybe the emperor was too much stabbed and fainted. looked up with some concern, but saw Duanmu Qing looking at Mu Qingya's face, his expression was revealing a little nostalgia and sentimentality, his heart jumped suddenly, and he hurriedly lowered his head and didn't dare to look at it again!
After a while, Mu Qingya's knees began to hurt, and Duanmuqing spoke: "Indeed, you and Concubine Zhen are indeed very similar, just as stubborn!" When she was still pregnant with the seventh child, she also knelt on the ground like this, begging me to let her go, I was very angry at the time, and I didn't pay attention to it at all, so she kept crying, crying until her voice was hoarse, and I asked her, you cry so sadly, do you want to leave me so much? She shook her head and said she was crying for herself...... I never figured it out, but I remember it very clearly, after giving birth to Lao Qi until she died, she didn't shed another tear, it was really as if that one had dried her tears! ”
Mu Qingya tightened her fingers: "The courtier's 'daughter' didn't expect Concubine Zhen to love the emperor like this!" “
"Love? It was I who ruined her originally stable and indifferent life, how could she love me! As if thinking of the time he spent with Concubine Zhen before, Duanmuqing's smile was very warm, but his eyes were indissolvably sad!
"No, the minister's 'daughter' can be sure that Concubine Zhen loves you very much, if it weren't for love, she wouldn't cry so badly, the reason why she cried like that is that she knows that she can't live without you for the rest of her life, and she lives a life that she doesn't want to live but has to live!"
Duanmu Qing's eyes trembled, and his fingers trembled even more: "...... It's me who is sorry for her...... "If I hadn't forcibly brought her into the deep palace at the beginning, she would still be the person who is free and easy......
"Your Majesty, how about the princes you asked the courtiers and daughters, and the ministers and daughters already have the answer in their hearts! The emperor also has the answer in his heart, doesn't he? Mu Qingya knelt down and straightened, Qing Lingling's voice was like a clear spring, but it was a trace of coolness! Since he cares so much about Concubine Zhen, how can he not care about Concubine Zhen's only child!
Duanmu Qing's scrutinizing gaze wandered back and forth on her, and finally nodded: "That is, you girl dares to be so bold in front of me, indeed, I have the answer in my heart, so do you know what you should do?" ”
Mu Qingya kowtowed: "Your Majesty, there is no way for the courtiers to do what the emperor wants!" ”
Duanmu Qing's eyebrows furrowed, and a trace of slaughter flashed in his cold eyes: "Since you understand what I think in my heart, you know why I value you so much, why do you want to oppose it?" ”
"Your Majesty, Niangniang values the minister's 'daughter', but she values the intelligence of the minister's 'daughter', and can assist the Seventh Prince from the side, but Qingya doesn't want to enter the palace, let alone spend a long time in the palace intriguing all day long!"
"Hmph, the Seventh Prince is the most beloved prince in my heart, and he is also interested in you, if you can't add him as a concubine, then I will definitely get rid of you for him!" The solemn atmosphere permeated the main hall, Duanmu Qing stood up, his eyes were like eagle falcons, as long as Mu Qingya said a word, he would make her blood splash on the spot!
Mu Qingya raised her head and showed a smile on her face: "Your Majesty, Qingya is just a 'woman', even if she has wisdom and intelligence, she can't compare to the great wisdom of the person sent by the emperor to the Seventh Prince, you didn't let Imperial Doctor Wang Yao give Qingya 'medicine' in the end, so now you won't kill the courtier's 'daughter' immediately!" ”
Duanmuqing stared at Mu Qingya for a moment, and finally snorted: "You girl I underestimate you!" Just now, he used Concubine Zhen's matter to distract me, and now he is using Wang Yao to test me, which is really bold! Get up, don't kneel, the Seven Princes who want to come to me should also hurry in to come in and save the beauty! ”
Mu Qingya got up, there was a sticky feeling in her palm, and then there was a slight tingling pain, and she laughed at herself in her heart, it turned out that she had unconsciously pierced her palm with her fingernails just now! When she noticed Wang Yao's strange appearance, she paid attention, and just now she figured out that Wang Yao can win the trust of Duanmu Lingyu and take care of Duanmu Qing closely, so the biggest possibility is that Wang Yao is the emperor's person!
"Mu girl, since you don't want to marry into the royal family now, I won't force you, but since you understand my thoughts, you don't need to say anything more about what to do!"
"Yes, Qingya understands!"
"Okay, Gude passed the decree, heavy rain fell from the sky, Jiangnan moved' and my heart was uneasy, the eldest prince Duanmu Lingyun inspected Jiangnan to repair the embankment, the second prince Duanmu Lingfeng settled the victims, and the sixth prince Duanmu Lingrui assisted the seventh prince to investigate the Guangdu Temple and the Huaihe River embankment incident, there must be no mistake!"
Mu Qingya's eyes were full of dark light, a holy decree, I don't know how the princes are going to behave......