Chapter 60: The Death of Thirty-Two Palace Maids
The voice sounded familiar, and Luoxue's worry had already appeared, and she forced her composure not to show any unusual expression. She looked at Kerr beside her, and then took Kerr's hand, she knew that Kerr must have heard this familiar voice too.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites changed their faces again, they really haven't arranged this show, and there is no such person in the Ministry of Rites. Lin Wan behind the account was shocked, and now when she heard this song, she became more and more scared in her heart.
Emperor Qi Yuan's face was gloomy, he wanted to kill but was inexplicably attracted by the singer's singing, the content of the song seemed to reveal an unknown past. The people around him wanted to come forward to admonish, but they were stopped by Qi Yuan, and he said, "Keep listening, what does she sing?"
The "Strange Injustice" sung by the singer was created by folk artists and was introduced to the court in the previous dynasty, but this song was banned from being sung many years ago, and even the people could not search for clues of this song.
"Be bold, bring me the one who sings, cut off your tongue!" The Queen Mother's angry voice sounded, and as soon as these words came out, the forbidden army in the palace was dispatched and followed the sound.
Qi Yuan listened, strode to the side of the Queen Mother, and she said, "Queen Mother, why don't you listen to her finish singing?"
Where was the Queen Mother willing to listen to him, turned her face, glared at Qi Yuan with anger on her face, and said: "Today, these low songs that affect the mood have appeared in the palace one after another, and this palace is celebrating festivals, not the dead palace nobles singing mourning." ”
The more angry the Queen Mother became, the more Qi Yuan felt that this matter was strange, both songs were sad, and the lyrics were very similar to the lantern. That Qiongyuan is the residence of Concubine Hua of the former dynasty, Hongyan died early, and since Qi Yuan was sensible, he has never heard his father mention the old affairs of the previous dynasty.
The strange injustice is about a folk woman who gave birth to a son, but was taken away by a powerful man and stole the beams and changed the pillars. Eventually, the woman also died unjustly, and it is said that she was sad and thoughtful every night before her death. Someone heard this, so they wrote a song "Strange Injustice", because the song is too sad, every time the artist sings it like crying graves.
Qi Yuan turned the jade wrench finger in his hand, his mood was indeed affected today, but he became more and more curious. When anger is replaced by curiosity, and he becomes calm, he may not be able to involve some unsightly things today.
This matter will affect the reputation and even the future of the profiteer, the situation in this palace is changing, and Qi Yuan does not want to have another incident. However, what should come will always come, and there will be no hiding from it. Qi Yuan was also ready to face the storm, even if someone wanted to rebel, he was not afraid.
"The queen mother need not be angry, just bring the man and let me interrogate him. Qi Yuandao, he didn't stop the Queen Mother from arresting people, and he also wanted to know who was singing?
Luoxue already knew that person, it must be the old mother in the small garden, and the fog in the palace broke into the garden by mistake that day. Luoxue didn't think that there was a story in that person's heart, if she had known earlier, she would never have said that today was the Lantern Festival.
All this seems to be God's arrangement, no one got lost, and he got lost and brought back an unknown girl. It was a mythical bird that led the way, and when she came out of the garden, it seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, never to be found again.
"Kerr, no matter what happens for a while, you can't panic, you have to stay calm. With the emperor and this prince here, you will be fine, believe me. Luoxue knew the relationship between Kerr and her mother, and she was afraid that Kerr would show her feet and be implicated for a while.
Saying this also made the emperor and the prince feel that this maid was timid, and the sixth prince really didn't think much about it: "With us here, you don't have to be afraid, you know?" Ke'er nodded, and shook Luoxue's hand tightly, and Luoxue also felt relieved.
The singing did not stop, but in the distance, two forbidden soldiers escorted a man towards this side, and everyone's eyes stayed on that person. She was hobbling and full of gray hair, but although her singing voice was desolate, she seemed very confident.
There are not many people this old woman knows, and the old ministers of the court and the central government are only the prime minister Gu Yuan, but Gu Yuan was still serving outside the palace many years ago.
The old woman passed through everyone's eyes under the escort of the forbidden army, singing and staggering forward. She is not really old, speaking of which she is not as old as the queen mother, but she does look like she is seventy or eighty.
Her singing voice was poignant, and everyone couldn't help but feel pity, and the colorful lights illuminated the mottled wrinkles on her face more and more clearly. When Luoxue saw that figure, her head was confused, and her guess was finally confirmed. The old mother is here, singing sad songs, she won't do anything today, will she?
Luoxue looked into the distance with some fear, Ke'er should be the most uncomfortable now, watching the relatives who raised him as an adult may lose his life but can't do anything. I'm afraid that no one in the palace here remembers her anymore, after so long, who still remembers a woman who has been drowned in history?
Where did this old woman come from, why is there such a woman still living in this palace, she is still wearing palace clothes from decades ago. However, after all, she is old, and no matter how beautiful the palace dress is, it can't bring out the beauty of her youth.
The appearance of the old woman's palace costume in the previous dynasty is visually and psychologically a spiritual shock to some people, but this palace costume also looks old. Her appearance caused a commotion,
The palace people began to whisper, and the most everyone talked about was whether this woman was neurotic.
"Who is this, it feels so strange, like a nervous disorder. What age are they, and they still have a flower on their heads, and they look like ghosts at night. The queen wrinkled her eyebrows and scolded, but the queen mother couldn't stand still, this dress reminded her of a person.
The Queen Mother's hands were in her sleeve robe, her fingers tightly intertwined, and she had to think about how to make this person die quickly. She didn't want to mention or think about the old things in the past, some things were destined not to be mentioned, and the old woman was only a few dozen meters away from her. If you want to kill her before she gets closer, you have to do it yourself, but you always find a suitable reason to do it in front of the emperor.
"Tell her to stop talking, this person is unknown, and the song is demagogic. The Queen Mother scolded.
The old woman's singing stopped, and she began to weep, and the crying was sad to hear it. After crying, he started laughing again, and the laughter was bleak and creepy.
"Your Majesty, you are really outstanding, God has eyes. After speaking, the old woman knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan frowned, countless thoughts flashed in his heart, why would this old woman say such a thing? The sentence "God has eyes" is really infinitely reverie, Qi Yuan said coldly: "Who is kneeling on the ground, why did he break into the palace and sing such a bleak song on this important festival?"
The old woman cried and laughed, and then said, "I have lived in this palace for decades, longer than the emperor, and I sing this song to everyone." ”
"Presumptuous, gibberish, where did the crazy woman give me a rod. The Queen Mother was annoyed and angry, she was suddenly a little scared, the former King Gu was dead, and the Queen Mother really relied on Qi Fei to be fledgling.
The forbidden army looked at the queen mother and then at the emperor, they didn't know what to do, Qi Yuan said: "Slow, what do you have to say, it's not too late to die after speaking." ”
The old woman kowtowed and said: "The emperor is benevolent and righteous, the old woman died without regrets, does the queen mother still remember the thirty-two palace maids?"
When the Queen Mother heard this, her face changed abruptly, and thirty-two palace maids were ordered to be executed by her. It had been decades, and not many people knew about this matter, and those palace maids were all ordered to die by the "voodoo" incident, how could she forget this?
"What thirty-two palace maids, what is the origin of your woman, and you are here to confuse the public. ”
Qi Fei also knew that this matter was unusual, and he had already prepared to strike a fatal blow at the old woman at a critical moment. If it was aimed at the emperor, he wouldn't bother to care, but how could he sit idly by and ignore his mother?
The old woman's eyes never looked at Luoxue Ke'er, and Luoxue knew that the old woman didn't want to involve the two of them, but this incident was also caused by Luoxue. If the old woman dies under the eyelids of herself and Kerr, she will not be able to feel at ease in this life, because the falling snow has allowed Kerr to witness the most cruel thing in the world.