Chapter 256: Dilemma
At a glance, the conspiracy of this witch curse knew that the Empress Dowager was dominant, and it was obvious that the Empress Dowager cared more about the outcome of the matter than the overwhelmed Concubine Tong. Now that accidents are frequent, Concubine Tong will pay more attention to the child in her belly even if she has the heart to continue, after all, she has been looking forward to this child for many years, and now she has her wish, and the situation is not very good, according to her temperament, she will definitely quit rashly, even if what is left is not a mess, but the current situation of the Queen Mother, if you want to pick it up smoothly, I am afraid it is not easy!
Yunxi thought about the news sent by Liang Jiugong, at this time, Su Malagu had been placed under house arrest by Kangxi, and Concubine Tong was unstable, and now she must focus on the heirs, and the two helpers both withdrew gloomily, so it goes without saying who Kangxi's anger will focus on next.
The existence of the Empress Dowager itself is a feared thing, even if the power in her hands has been broken up, and even cleaned up a lot, but as long as she is still there, she can pose a threat to many people, not only for Yunxi and the concubines in the harem, but also for the emperor. Otherwise, why did Kangxi quickly take measures when he first realized that the scourge of witchcraft was related to Cining Palace, and it was not because the status and means of the Empress Dowager were all here.
Today's Qing Dynasty, whether it is the previous dynasty or the harem, is just in a stable state, unable to withstand the wind and waves, and the last thing Kangxi looked at the Empress Dowager's life for the sake of the soon-to-be, and took care of the love of the ancestors and grandchildren to suppress all things, who knew that the Empress Dowager never took the kindness of others as good intentions, she would only think that she had escaped the catastrophe because of her great fortune. When the wind calms down and she makes a comeback again, she won't think about how many people she will sacrifice, let alone who she will hurt, she will only think about what she needs and what Horqin needs!
It's okay like now, when all the spearheads are pointed at one person, and this person makes the emperor feel threatened, even if the emperor is unwilling, he has to deal with her, not to mention that the emperor has long lost his past affection and tolerance for the empress dowager, and the rest is impatient. Now that something has happened, Concubine Tong Guifei is pregnant and can't move, so all the responsibility can only fall on the Queen Mother alone. However, although this incident made Yunxi feel a little regretful, it was a good thing to think about it carefully.
There are many enemies, so naturally they can solve one by one, and Concubine Tong can't move for the time being, but it doesn't mean that she will really have a better life in the future. The Empress Dowager does make people feel jealous, but she is also the backer of many Mongolian concubines in the harem, Kangxi really cleaned her up, those people didn't dare to do anything to Kangxi, but they could find Tong Guifei's stubble, after all, the Empress Dowager would be cleaned up and Tong Guifei couldn't get rid of it.
"Luluo, during this time, let people stare at Jingren Palace and pay attention to the movements of the fourth elder brother. A gleam flashed in Yunxi's eyes, and then he explained two words, and then turned around and went back to the inner room.
For Concubine Tong Guifei, Yunxi doesn't say that she hates her to the bone, but she is also inseparable, and she naturally can't let go of such an enemy. But the situation is stronger than people, Tong Guifei escaped a catastrophe by being pregnant, but dodging once does not mean that she can escape the second time, although everything changes, but one thing will not change, that is, pregnant people will always ignore the children who have grown up around them, which even many biological parents can't do a bowl of water, not to mention that Tong Guifei is not facing her own biological child.
In that civilized era before, she had watched Yinzhen's information and novels and TV series with him as the protagonist, although all of them were incomplete, but one thing was certain, that is, he was sandwiched between Concubine Tong and Wu Yashi, and lived like a gas bag, so that the follow-up forbearance caused him to have a paralyzed image and a rigorous and cold personality, which has to be said to be the sadness of a child.
Now, Yunxi still has some feelings for Yinzhen, even if she has more resentment in her heart, she will not rush at a child, not to mention that she still likes this child very much, so she can pull him from Tong Guifei's camp while defending him, and let Tong Guifei taste what is worth the loss, she is still very willing.
Although Luluo didn't understand the intention of Yunxi's orders, but for the fourth elder brother Yinzhen, she was good, and Yonghe Palace was up and down, because of Yinzhen's maintenance of Yunxi, they had a good impression of him, so if she could help him, she was still very willing.
In Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager has been looking for Aunt Su Mala since she woke up, but unfortunately Aunt Su Mala has been placed under house arrest by Kangxi, how could she find it, even if she was angry, it was just to make her uncomfortable.
"The Empress Dowager, the slave maid has asked people to find Aunt Su, and now they haven't found it, but they got a new message, Jingren Palace...... Concubine Tong of Jingren Palace is pregnant......" Aunt Xiaochi stretched out her hand to help the empress dowager who was losing her temper, and her tone sounded as if she was too eager, so that she changed her tone.
The Empress Dowager lost her temper, and the whole person was a little dazed, and she didn't hear what Aunt Xiaochi said clearly at first, but when she heard what she said, her expression couldn't help but change, and she asked anxiously: "What did you just say! Again, which one is pregnant?"
The empress dowager doesn't care whether the harem concubines are pregnant or not, it can be said that except for the concubine from Horqin who is pregnant, no matter how much life there is, she can't be moved, but at this time, after listening to Aunt Xiaochi's words, she immediately thought of her plan, and her face became very difficult to look at for a while.
Aunt Xiaochi looked at the Empress Dowager's old face that was so black that it was about to drip ink, a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes, but her tone still said with a hint of panic: "Concubine Tong is pregnant, and the imperial doctor has just diagnosed it, and it is said that the pregnancy is unstable and needs to be recuperated, so ......" The implication is that the Empress Dowager's plan is about to be stranded.
Although Aunt Koike's words are a little vague, what kind of person is the Empress Dowager, she is an old fox who has become a spirit, but anyone who can toss a big thing with a little smell can still not understand the twists and turns in it. Thinking that what she had been planning for a long time might be put on hold, the Empress Dowager's face changed, and then the anger that surged out of her heart became more and more intense, almost to the point that she wanted to gush out of the ground.
This Concubine Zhao can be said to be a thorn in her heart, choosing her to fight with Wei's can be said to be the most wrong thing the Empress Dowager thinks she has done, when she gave birth to her first brother, she didn't make a move, and when she really gained a foothold, she found that she had missed the opportunity when she wanted to make a move, and what she didn't expect was that the emperor would fall in love with this woman!
Although she is committed to the close union with Mongolia, what she is really afraid of in her heart is that the Aixin Jueluo family will be in love again, because of the word love, she herself is deeply involved, not to mention the blood on her hands, and she has lost her husband and son one after another. Now she can't accept letting her lose her grandson again, so she knew that the witch Gu disaster was very important, but she still led Concubine Tong to do it. It's just that what she didn't expect was that Concubine Tong would get pregnant at this moment, and then forced the whole plan to stop, if she wasn't seriously ill in bed and couldn't move, she was afraid that she would rush to Jingren Palace to kill all sides now.
"What about Su Ma? She went to Jingren Palace to inquire about the news, why hasn't she come back after going for so long?" The Empress Dowager pressed the violence in her heart, turned her head to look at Aunt Xiaochi, and asked where Aunt Su Mala was.
It can be said that in the entire palace, the Empress Dowager trusts Aunt Su Mala the most, even though she knows that Aunt Su Mala sometimes makes small moves because of her soft-heartedness, but this does not make her doubt Aunt Su Mala's loyalty to her. As for Aunt Xiaochi and the others, they can be regarded as confidants, but they are still separated by a layer, just like now, she is obviously eager to know the situation in the harem, but she believes that only Aunt Su Mala can meet her requirements.
"The slave maid didn't know, the people sent out by the slave and maid were looking for it everywhere, and Jingren Palace also said that Aunt Su didn't go over, and the slave and maid thought if Aunt Su had gone somewhere else, so she was sending people to look for it. Although Aunt Xiaochi knew the whereabouts of Aunt Su Mala in her heart, she would not tell the Empress Dowager so easily, after all, her idea of revenge had already changed with the change of time, and Aunt Gui's death was just the beginning, and the real end was that the Empress Dowager paid the price.
The Empress Dowager didn't know what Aunt Xiaochi was thinking, and she kept asking her to hurry up and find it, but the look of being afraid that something would happen to Aunt Su Mala made Aunt Xiaochi sneer in her heart. If she really attaches so much importance to her feelings, why do you give a little bit of sincerity to those who are loyal to her!
In the final analysis, this is the queen mother's own creation, if she is not too inflated, self-righteous does not take other people's lives seriously, and tramples on it wantonly, it will eventually cause people's hearts to be disheartened, and even the consequences of stabbing knives in the back.
"The Empress Dowager is relieved, and the slave maid immediately sent more people to find Aunt Su. Aunt Xiaochi helped the Queen Mother to lie back, and helped her tuck the quilt, and then bowed and withdrew.
With the departure of Aunt Koike, the inner hall returned to its previous calm, the Empress Dowager closed her eyes and looked calm, but the rolling eyes under her eyelids all showed that her mood was not calm at this time, and it was not even better than before, but she could let people know her true thoughts, and she was more worried that Aunt Su Mala would be harmed because of her relationship.
Concubine Tong may not have the courage to do so on weekdays, but if she is pregnant, all this may be over, after all, she is really declining now, but the Tong family is really standing up.
At this time, the Empress Dowager regretted why she was so happy to divide the power in her hands so easily, so that now if she wants to do something, she is not only restrained, but she can only stare dryly, hoping that Su Ma is okay, otherwise this next plan, she is afraid that it will be really difficult to continue, not to mention, and even to end it is not easy.