"Concubine De said those things that the emperor didn't want to say too badly." Concubine Tong hung her head and said softly, "Niangniang let the concubine live a good life, don't become the second concubine Niangniang, the concubine is destined to not be able to do bad things in this life, and she can't do anything good in this life, if you have to force yourself on that road, there will be no good results." ”

"What did you do?" Xuan Ye asked, "Could it be that the matter of the noble person Ping made her say this to you?" ”

Concubine Tong was scared after all, and hurriedly shook Xuan Ye's arm and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine doesn't dare anymore, don't blame the concubine, she always bullied the concubine, her uncle and grandfather also killed the eldest uncle, I hate it so much that I will be so stupid, and the concubine will never dare anymore." ”

Xuan Ye's heart was shocked, and he asked angrily, "Who told you about your uncle's death?" ”

Concubine Tong was frightened, trembling all over, Xuan Ye felt pitiful when she saw her like this, and said with a soft face: "I scared you, I don't blame you, I am annoyed that you are involved in right and wrong, and I am annoyed that those people have to destroy your comfortable life." ”

"It was the Amma sect...... Your Majesty, the concubine promised you that you would never listen to Amma's words again, and the concubine promised. Concubine Tong cried and pleaded aggrievedly, "But the emperor should not pursue Amma, okay?" ”

Xuan Ye said, "I won't pursue you Amma, but will you tell them what I told you later?" ”

Concubine Tong shook her head again and again, and said with a sob: "My sister told her concubine on her deathbed that she could tell the emperor about the family in the future, but she must not tell the family about the affairs of the palace, she asked me to follow the emperor wholeheartedly and not think about other things." ”

Xuan Ye's heart hurts, after more than ten years of companionship, his cousin has finally grown up, but it's a pity that he has a thin life, just like Queen Xiaozhao back then, fate is always so ruthless, and when they are about to become the best queen, they cruelly take their lives.

"I believe you, I may not pursue you Amma, he is my father-in-law and uncle, how can I pursue him." Xuan Ye gently hugged Concubine Tong, comforted her and calmed her, and said earnestly, "I know that if I have to force you to be a flower in the greenhouse, that kind of life will not be happy, but that is the best I can give you." I don't want you to betray your family, I don't want you to do cold-blooded and ruthless things, as extreme as Concubine Wen used to be, what will happen in the end? I just want you to live comfortably in the palace and be a happy person, whether it is a family or a government, it has nothing to do with you. Concubine De is right, you are not that kind of person, if you have to force you down that road, there will be no good results. ”

Concubine Tong nodded aggrievedly and sobbed: "The concubine has always been very good, the concubine has a good life in Chuxiu Palace, she is a noble person, she always has to bully the concubine." ”

Xuan Ye was disgusted: "You are in the concubine position, how can she be a noble person who can bully you, it is useless for you." ”

Concubine Tong said weakly: "The concubine is useless, now that she is pregnant, the emperor will reward her with the title, in that way, she and the concubine are on an equal footing, and even if she wants to cross the concubine, she will bully the concubine even more." ”

"Don't you want to grow yourself?" Xuan Ye couldn't cry or laugh, but when he mentioned the pregnancy of the noble person, he said coldly, "There is no definite decision on that matter, don't worry, I will not let her cross you, let alone allow her to bully you again." After the fourth elder brother gets married and moves out, I will move you to Chengqian Palace, which is close to Yonghe Palace, Zhongcui Palace and Jingyang Palace are very lively, which is better than here. ”

Concubine Tong shook her head: "It's good that the concubine is here, it's where my sister lived, and the concubine originally planned to ask the emperor for personal favors, and after the fourth elder brother left the palace, the Chengqian Palace would be closed in the future, at least in the emperor's generation, don't let others live in it, okay?" ”

This is not a big deal, Xuan Ye bowed his head and agreed: "I will depend on you." Also, don't mention what Concubine De said to you to anyone other than me. ”

That night, Xuan Ye stayed in Chuxiu Palace, although the emperor came for a purpose, and did not do anything else, but outsiders can exaggerate a very ordinary thing to think about extremely complicated, saying that the emperor because of the death of his uncle, to further consolidate the status of his grandfather's family in the imperial court, first of all, he will start with Concubine Tong, who has the same background as Empress Xiaoyi, and Concubine Tong's future is definitely not only in the concubine, and there are even rumors that Concubine Tong will become the fourth queen in the future.

But in late August, Tong Guogang returned to his hometown, and after the emperor held a grand funeral for his uncle, rumors came out of nowhere, saying that Concubine Yonghe Gongde was in power, and bullied the concubine in the mansion of her brother-in-law A Ling'a to death, and also said that the concubine's soul was not scattered in the mansion to ask for her life, and Fujin, who was pregnant, was very uneasy.

Lan Ying is uncomfortable these days, purely because she is happy and troublesome, and somehow she has come out with such alarmist words, she asked Ah Ling'a what is going on, Ah Ling'a sent someone to find it in a foreign country, and spread the word that the girl is living a good life, being the wife of a small family, and her life is very nourishing.

Lan Ying was relieved, but the rumors intensified. The worst thing is that some people even inexplicably fold their sons, saying that the posterior position is not conducive to the country's capital, and the concubine has both talent and virtue and gives birth to an heir, serving the empress dowager for more than ten years, and now taking care of the seriously ill emperor to restore his health.

There are not many excerpts, four or five copies, and the officials who handed them over don't know where the cat is doing errands on weekdays, and they don't show their faces in front of the emperor for hundreds of years, and they are submerged in the many excerpts on weekdays to report on their work or ask for peace, and the emperor doesn't care at all, and now he suddenly hands over these things, so that he has no other ideas except for sneering.

The excerpt was detained by him, and after carefully selecting it, he found that no one else had submitted an excerpt on this matter, Xuan Ye did not ask anyone about this matter, nor did he discuss it with any minister, and after waiting quietly for four or five days, there was no further movement, he looked at the folds again, although the words were different, the writing habits between the lines were exposed, obviously who prepared for them to transcribe, this matter, there must be someone waiting behind him to see his attitude.

When he secretly sent someone to find out who these officials had contact with recently, he had no clue, only knew what threats those officials had recently received in the mansion, and it seemed that they were coerced to do these things, and then waited to find the original text of the excerpts in the collections of each family, and sure enough, each handwriting was the same, but Xuan Ye read the excerpts of countless ministers, although everyone's handwriting was clear, but these so-called originals were obviously also transcriptions of re-transcriptions, and they were fresh handwriting that he had never seen.

At the same time, another thing had a result, the person who summoned the prince to the front line with a false decree was Mingzhu; Although Tong Guowei sent a message to Concubine Tong that his eldest uncle was killed by Suo Etu, the person who originally created this rumor in the barracks was not Tong Guowei, but Mingzhu. When everything is connected, it can be concluded that Mingzhu has been trying to provoke the relationship between Suo Etu and Tong Guowei, they are now two relatives of the imperial court, and they are evenly matched, while Mingzhu is no longer the same, but because of this, he has been even more open-minded, saying ugly things, breaking the crutch and falling.

"After Mingzhu was impeached, he was in a slump for a while, and the relationship between them was on the heavy side, I was worried about whether it was not good, so I reinstated Mingzhu's position, but because he was not entrusted with a heavy responsibility, he could no longer compete with them like before, I was worried again, and now it seems that he is not as good as before, but it is more convenient to do things in secret, and the old fox is the old fox after all."

At this moment, in the Yonghe Palace, Xuan Ye stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, and turned to look at Lan Qi after saying this, she was busy with the needle and thread in her hand without distraction, the emperor frowned slightly, and asked her: "What did I say, did you hear me?" ”

Lan Qi raised her head, her face was dazed, she pursed her lips and said, "The concubine didn't pay attention to it when she heard you start talking about the affairs of the court, you said a lot of things, and the concubine didn't know which sentence to remember." ”

But Xuan Ye was not happy, approached her and asked, "Why don't you listen, didn't I say it, do you want to listen?" ”

Lan Qi smiled slightly, not noticing anything unusual: "Listen to the concubine, but if you have to do something, it is different from what we said at the beginning." ”

"There is one more thing that has something to do with you, so you have to listen carefully." Xuan Ye was displeased, and while calling someone in, Liang Gonggong sent a stack of folds, Xuan Ye took it and put it on the table, pointed and said, "See for yourself." ”

Lan Qi didn't move, and reminded Xuan Ye: "Your Majesty, this is a twist." ”

"I let you see it."

Seeing that the emperor's face showed a little anger, Lan Qi knew that it was not a joke, and he heard a lot of what he said, although he really didn't remember most of them, but he knew that Xuan Ye was worried about the contest between those powerful ministers, or the provocation against him, he sighed in his heart, and only obeyed him, so he carefully picked up the fold.

A few lines of words hurriedly entered her eyes, and she was frightened, looked at Xuan Ye in fear, and hurriedly opened a few other books, almost all of which recommended her as the new queen, Lan Qi was so frightened that she threw away the fold and slid on the ground along the kang, and bowed her knees and said: "Your Majesty, don't listen to the nonsense of those ministers, please punish them severely." ”

Xuan Ye asked her to get up, but Lan Qi's legs were a little weak, he picked up the person with his own hands, Lan Qi sat on the kang, Xuan Ye stood in front of her, one looked down and the other looked up, Xuan Ye asked thoughtlessly: "You forced Ah Ling'a to kill his concubine?" ”

Lan Qi nodded, immediately shook her head again, and hurriedly explained: "The concubine is still alive, she is not dead, the concubine and the concubine just let Alinga drive her away, the emperor is angry, it is the concubine who bullies others, it is the concubine's fault, but my sister ......"

Xuan Ye said again: "What do you mean by those words you said to Concubine Tong?" You asked Concubine Tong not to force herself on that road, what kind of road is that road, she can't go, then I ask you, can you go? ”

Lan Qi was tense, her heart almost jumped out of her throat, and the serious and majestic face hanging on her head made her feel so strange for a moment, and the five words "companion like a companion tiger" came out, she knew that those words were great if she thought about them deeply, Xuan Ye, was he questioning himself?

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