Chapter 188: Choice
In Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager frowned tightly, looking out of the hall without saying a word, and a little noise could be heard in the distance, Su Malagu wanted to speak several times, but because the Empress Dowager's expression was too ugly, she didn't know what to start persuading.
For Yi Concubine to embarrass Zhao Concubine, Su Malagu disagrees with it in her heart, if Wei Chang is in a low status, the Empress Dowager does not want her to chaos the royal bloodline, she can still understand, after all, the Empress Dowager has always been proud of her 'golden blood', but the Empress Dowager targeted Zhao Concubine, and even hinted that Yi Concubine would attack her, Su Malagu had doubts about the master of the Empress Dowager for the first time in her heart. She began to wonder whether what the Empress Dowager was doing was for the sake of the Qing Dynasty or Horqin, or if there was a trace of obsession in her heart.
The appearance of Dong E's family was not without warning, but the empress dowager didn't like the emperor to look at the Tong family who was born as a concubine, so she brought out Dong E's family, and even indulged her ambitions.
Since then, the Empress Dowager has not seen that any concubine is too favored, and a little bit of prostitution is like touching her taboo, but how can this person not have a liking or dislike, the emperor has strong self-control, but he has his own ideas, it doesn't matter if it is once or twice, three or four times, how can he always follow the will of the Empress Dowager. But what she never expected was that the emperor still maintained a trace of calm, but the empress dowager was already crazy.
The Empress Dowager had a cold face, quietly listening to Aunt Koike's report on the situation outside, and every time she said a word, her frowning brows deepened. For Yi Concubine's ability, the Empress Dowager originally trusted, but she didn't want to be such a fool who was not enough to succeed and more than to lose, when to do it badly, but she took action in public, if the matter became a repayment, but the matter was not completed, and she was dragged in.
The so-called don't want to know, think about it carefully, all kinds of possibilities can be derived just by brain supplement, not to mention that there are not many contradictions between her and the emperor. If the emperor rushed in directly to make a fuss, the empress dowager might be more relieved, and she would be a little uneasy as if nothing had happened. Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager couldn't help but wonder if she should express her attitude?
"Su Ma, do you think the mourning family should give this Zhao concubine a little reward?" the Empress Dowager turned her head and asked Aunt Su Ma on the side.
Su Malagu blushed a little when asked by the Queen Mother's words, this matter was simply tossed out by the Queen Mother herself, even if it was Yi Concubine, she was just chasing ducks to the shelves, who made the Queen Mother's status precious, if not, how could Yi Concubine take a risk, and the emperor's importance to the heirs has always been, the matter of the previous Wei Chang is there, the emperor has endured the anger in his heart and exposed it, and now the Queen Mother has shot again, she doesn't think that the reward appeasement can play any role!
Although the emperor was not brought up by Aunt Su Mala, he also put his mother's love on him, and she still knew a little bit about his temperament. The contradiction between the grandparents and grandchildren caused their relationship to be very tense for a while, and she was very embarrassed to be caught in the middle, but now the grandparents and grandchildren are facing each other again, although she has the heart, but she is really powerless to help the two adjust.
When the Empress Dowager asked her to come, although she knew the seriousness of the matter, she didn't know what to do to solve it, and finally she could only persuade her: "Since Gege has decided so, then these things will be sent by the slave maid himself, and even if it is the emperor, he will not say anything more!"
When the Empress Dowager heard this, she pondered for a long time, today this incident happened outside her Cining Palace, but she didn't move at all, and most of the things that Yi Concubine made difficult for Zhao Concubine were all acquiesced by her, if you want to say that these things have nothing to do with her, no one will believe it! Now this is just an attitude to show the emperor, as for the child in Zhao Concubine's belly, she is afraid that she will not be able to do it for a while, otherwise the contradiction between her and the emperor will definitely be on the verge of breaking out, which is not what she wants to see.
The Empress Dowager has her own ideas, although she is not afraid of the emperor Kangxi, but she also knows in her heart that the current emperor is no longer the child who can be left to her control in the past, and even if the royal family has other ideas, they will not tolerate her to overthrow the emperor, even if she never wanted to overthrow the emperor, but she wants to use her own means and forces to force him to compromise.
"It's okay, Su Ma, you go on a trip in person, even if you don't let the emperor lose his anger, let him see the sincerity of the mourning family, after all, the mourning family is not used to unruly concubines, not the emperor himself. The Empress Dowager nodded, even if she had exposed the matter.
When Aunt Su Mala heard what she said, she shook her head secretly in her heart, there was no so-called unruly, it was just Taizong's snub of the Empress Dowager and her favor for Concubine Chen that caused her inner extremism. It's just that even Aunt Su Mala didn't dare to say these words easily, because if she really wanted to say them, it was no different from sprinkling salt on the wounds of the Empress Dowager.
Yunxi doesn't know the Empress Dowager's thoughts, she will calculate Yi Concubine, purely for self-protection, Yi Concubine's actions against and make things difficult for her are more and more excessive, coupled with the Empress Dowager's attitude, Yun Xi can roughly guess the Empress Dowager's intentions. But as long as she involves children, she is easy to become aggressive, so she chooses to strike first, first, she is tired of dealing with Yi Concubine every time, and second, the Empress Dowager's actions have touched her forbidden area, and she is afraid of losing, so she can only choose to exacerbate the contradiction between the Empress Dowager and Kangxi.
Under some operation, although Yi Concubine will not be knocked out of the game, but in Kangxi's heart, she is a person who is sure to be marginalized, unless there are any special circumstances, it is impossible for the infinite scenery of Yi Concubine in the previous life to appear again;
Among the many concubines in the harem, except for the Rong concubines who are good friends with Yunxi and the concubines in Yonghe Palace, few are good friends with Yunxi, and even many of them have had festivals, but they are only festivals, and they have not reached the point of death, but once they are blacklisted by Yunxi, she will definitely get to the bottom of it and kill them.
Yi Concubine is not guilty of death, for Yunxi, at most, it is trouble, so Yunxi will deal with her, but will not kill them all, after all, Kangxi has been staring at the harem with her eyes open, she can calculate one person's life, but she can't calculate other people's lives one after another, otherwise even if Kangxi feels guilty about her, or sincere, she can't withstand such a consumption.
A person like Kangxi, when it comes to state affairs, he is broad-minded enough, not to mention accommodating hundreds of rivers, but he is also beyond ordinary people; on the contrary, when encountering private affairs, Kangxi's mind is very narrow-minded, and it can even be said that he will repay him. Yunxi didn't want Kangxi to have herself among the objects that she would repay, so she would make a good choice before acting, for example, she let Yi Concubine go, but she had murderous intentions against the Wuya nobles who cooperated with Yi Concubine.
Today's matter seems to be the impulse between Yi Concubine and her, but the people in the palace, who are not human spirits, just look at Yi Concubine's actions and the choice of the Empress Dowager, what else do you not understand, such a thing, such a rampant act, it is obvious that someone is backing her, after all, before you don't have enough self-confidence, it is Yi Concubine, I'm afraid it's difficult to do it directly to people! This is so greasy that people have to think deeply, and they have to think about the Empress Dowager......
Not to mention what Kangxi had in his heart, at least one thing is in common, that is, this matter is the handiwork of the Empress Dowager, otherwise who else in this harem can have such rampant behavior!
Kangxi, as the king of a country, naturally understands the key to this, and it is precisely because he understands it too much that he can't accept it even more, after all, he has tolerated the emperor and the queen mother again and again, but the queen mother has always had to inch inch, whether it is for himself, or for Yunxi and the child, Kangxi can no longer continue to indulge.
"It's all my fault this time, if I had made up my mind sooner, maybe it wouldn't have happened today. Kangxi put his arm around Yunxi's shoulders and soothed softly.
Yunxi leaned on Kangxi's arms, a trace of guilt flashed in her eyes, she knew that she shouldn't calculate, she should give Kangxi more trust, but after all the things in the previous life, it was really difficult for her to believe in a person wholeheartedly, especially a king of a country like Kangxi who had the world in mind, "No, the emperor has done a good job." ”
"If I really do a good job, Xi'er should believe in me more than risk her own body!" Kangxi's voice was slightly cold, and there was a hint of seriousness and displeasure in his tone, obviously he had already seen through Yunxi's tricks, but he didn't demolish her.
Yunxi raised his head in surprise, looked at Kangxi's eyes full of displeasure, and was silent for a moment before saying, "When did the emperor see it?"
As soon as she heard this, it was equivalent to Yunxi acquiescing to Kangxi's words, if Kangxi didn't find out, she would definitely not take the initiative to mention it, but Kangxi found out, and she wouldn't continue to hide it, because she knew better than anyone else, as long as Kangxi wanted to know, few people could hide it from Kangxi, which started when she found out that Kangxi had a secret guard.
Kangxi looked at Yunxi with a calm expression with serious eyes, and said in a deep voice: "I can see it from the beginning, the reason why I didn't make a sound, and even punished Yi Concubine according to your wishes, is also because she deserves it." I always thought that I had done a good enough job to make you feel trusted or relied upon, but every time your actions were unexpected by me, which made me feel helpless. ”
"The emperor has indeed done a good enough, but the responsibility on the emperor's shoulders is too heavy, and there are too many things to do, often there are some things that the emperor can do, but he can't do it foolproof, such as in this kind of thing, before that, the emperor must have known that the concubines were made difficult by the queen mother and concubines, but the emperor did not move, and the concubines could not move, because the queen mother or concubines, if they don't face it directly, it is difficult to feel the deep malice in them. The concubine couldn't afford to lose, and she didn't dare to lose, so the concubine chose to strike first. Yunxi sighed deeply, and then chose to confess directly to Kangxi.