203: Join forces
The Imperial Palace, in the Purple Orchid Palace.
Concubine Rong lay on the couch like a dead person.
Since that day she learned that the King of Li had died, she lay quietly like this, and when she was tired, her eyes were closed; When you wake up, your eyes open.
The whole person seemed to have lost his soul, waiting for death to come.
Because in recent days, she has only relied on the palace maid to feed her soup to maintain her life, causing her already not very plump body to become even thinner.
The days of May are not as hot as the scorching heat of summer, nor are there the cold of the first spring.
However, the purple orchid hall seemed cold and lonely.
The cold, like a sharp blade, slowly walks away in Concubine Rong's body every day.
This kind of cold is not cold in the real sense, but the human heart.
Yes, it's the human heart.
Concubine Rong knew that her soul was instantly separated from her body on the day King Li left.
At that moment, the blood in her body seemed to clot suddenly, turning into ice and snow. It was then that Jing's soul left her, leaving her with this empty shell.
Where did her Jing soul go?
Did you go looking for Li'er? Concubine Rong's eyes were wide open, and she thought about it so blankly every day.
Jing soul, walking alone in a lonely darkness.
The thick black silence gradually dispersed, and you could vaguely see the vermilion palace walls, temples, and lakes...... Magnificent, magnificent.
But no matter how beautiful these are, her Li'er can't see them.
What's the use of leaving her and watching this?
Suddenly, tears slipped out of the corners of her eyes.
She seemed to hear a familiar voice, calling out to her hoarsely.
"Mother, avenge Li'er! Li'er died unjustly! It's the fourth brother, it's all done by the fourth brother, it's he who caused Li'er to leave you, mother concubine......"
Slowly, the tears in Concubine Rong's eyes stopped, and then the hands placed at her side were clasped together.
Empty, distant eyes, immediately overflowing with the fire of hatred.
It was as if the Jing soul that had left her had instantly returned to her body.
The night was deep, there was no light, and there was no wind.
Only endless anger, endless resentment, and endless hatred overflowed the Zilan Palace, and thousands of feather arrows seemed to have formed in the air, covering the two directions of the Jiaofang Hall and the Imperial Study.
"Do you hate the queen and the emperor?" A woman's voice sounded in Concubine Rong's ears.
The voice was neither light nor heavy, neither hurried nor slow, without any ups and downs.
"I'm just like you." "Had it not been for them," continued the woman, "my poor child would not have died before he was born; And I'm ......," she said, and the woman's voice gradually fluctuated, "I won't stay in the cold palace for more than ten years." As the words in the woman's mouth paused, her person was already sitting on the side of Concubine Rong's couch.
"How about joining forces with me?" The woman's face was veiled, and a pair of eyes looked at Concubine Rong fixedly, "Anyway, living is also suffering, it is better for you and me to join forces to fight and get rid of the hypocritical queen and the loveless person!" ”
Concubine Rong's eyes moved, and then, she opened her mouth: "You...... Are you Concubine Xiao......" The woman nodded, a smile in her eyes, "I didn't expect Sister Rong to remember the concubine to this day." "The woman's surname is Xiao, and her maiden name is Xiao Yue, when she first entered the palace, she won the chong of Emperor Yongjia for a long time with her beauty and talent.
Emperor Yongjia and the queen were in deep love, but in order to spread the branches and leaves for the royal family, and the queen mother who was still alive at that time forced each other, he had to treat the women in the harem with rain and dew.
It wasn't until the Queen Mother that he followed his heart and devoted himself to the queen.
Concubine Xiao was fortunate by Emperor Yongjia, and the queen was no longer happy in her heart, but she did not show the slightest resentment on her face.
She will disguise herself very well.
Clinker, Concubine Xiao was lucky to be pregnant during the time when Emperor Yongjia was lucky, which made the Queen Mother and Emperor Yongjia very happy.
Emperor Yongjia was happy that the concubine was pregnant, and the queen mother would no longer urge him to go to the harem every now and then, so that he would have more time to accompany his beloved.
The queen didn't know this, she thought that Emperor Yongjia liked the child in Concubine Xiao's belly, besides, at that time, she was also pregnant, and she was the easiest to drill the horns.
Therefore, she secretly planned to buy the maid who was waiting by Xiao Concubine's side, and put a rag doll with her birthday written on it and full of silver needles under Xiao Concubine's soft couch.
After committing such a serious crime, it is normal for Concubine Xiao to be sent to the cold palace or executed.
However, the queen came forward to intercede in front of Emperor Yongjia, and even knelt down to beg Emperor Yongjia to think about the prince in Concubine Xiao's belly, and to take Concubine Xiao lightly.
When she first entered the palace, Concubine Xiao was still simple, how did she know that everything she had suffered recently was all done by the queen alone?
She thanked the queen and thanked the queen for pleading with Emperor Yongjia for her and the child in her womb.
In the end, he was exempted from the death penalty by Emperor Yongjia and expelled from the cold palace.
The palace maid who was bought by the queen knew that the wrong thing she had done would not last long, so before Xiao Concubine was escorted into the cold palace, she told Xiao Concubine what happened, but this palace maid didn't know who was really behind the scenes who bought her. Concubine Xiao couldn't stand the blow, she didn't expect that the person who harmed her was actually the palace maid who served her closely.
Shocked, the blood surged upwards and fell to the ground, causing the dragon fetus to slip and pass out.
Seeing this, the palace maid was so remorseful that she immediately bit her tongue and committed suicide in front of Concubine Xiao.
When Concubine Xiao woke up, she was already in the cold palace.
As for how she finally thought that it was the queen who harmed her, I'm afraid only she clearly understands it in her own heart!
With hatred and enduring resentment, she stayed in the cold palace for so many years, and finally made her wait for the opportunity.
She wants revenge, she wants to get rid of the queen; She wants the heartache of the loveless person, the heartache of the loss of the lover!
If he hadn't given her a chance to argue and trust, how could she have lost her child? How could you stay in that cold palace for so many years? She had fantasized that with his chong to her, he would have the world's decree to let her out of the cold palace. But no, he didn't, in his heart, he only had the queen in his eyes, only him and the queen's children.
Now it's okay, King Li has become a waste because of King Qi, not to mention, and lost his life. There is also King Lu, who has been stupid for more than ten years, and suddenly he is not stupid, thinking about it with his heart, it is impossible to be tired of it.
Chaos, the more chaotic the better.
The more chaotic she is, the more she has a chance to take revenge, doesn't she?
The corners of Concubine Xiao's mouth curled slightly. The smile was full of chills, like the smile of a ghost at night, and it was especially frightening to watch.
"Teaming up?" Concubine Rong repeated the words from Concubine Xiao's mouth, and wanted to sit up, but she couldn't do anything, Concubine Xiao saw this, and helped Concubine Rong to sit on the couch, "What?" Have you thought about it? You are in the light, I am in the dark, as long as the two of us cooperate well, we will definitely be able to get rid of the queen! Hum! Then let the loveless person suffer! ”
Concubine Xiao's words were like a scorching flame, swimming all over Concubine Rong's body in an instant, igniting her coagulated blood.
"I promise you!" Concubine Rong's pale face was full of determination, "However, we don't have to get rid of her ourselves, we just need to expose her viciousness and tear off her hypocritical mask, and most of the people themselves will be angry and resentful, and they will send her into the cold palace." Death, for her, is too cheap for her, I don't want her to die, I want her to live, live to see her son become nothing! Because of the weak aura around her body, the words that came out of Concubine Rong's mouth would never be heard if she didn't listen carefully.
However, that word and sentence contain indescribable hatred.
"Yes, death is too cheap for her!"
Concubine Xiao lowered her eyes and muttered.
"Your hands are bleeding!" Suddenly, through the dim light, Concubine Xiao saw a wisp of red blood flowing out of Concubine Rong's clenched palm, and reminded her loudly.
"It's fine." Concubine Rong replied softly, her hand was slowly raised, and Concubine Xiao saw the pale and thin hand that appeared in front of her eyes, and her body was shocked, and she said, "Why are you so troubled?" I saw Concubine Rong's palm, the wound that was cut by her fingernails, and the red blood dripped from the wound and smeared onto the couch.
Concubine Rong lowered her head and looked at her palm, "I hate!" What is this little pain compared to the pain and hatred in my heart? Taking a light breath, Concubine Xiao got up and said, "I'll go first, and when you get better in a few days, I'll come to you again to discuss the plan we want to implement next." ”
"Hmm." Concubine Rong nodded in response, and on the ground, Concubine Xiao's figure disappeared in front of Concubine Rong's eyes.
Concubine Rong smiled, she looked at the direction of Concubine Xiao's departure and smiled.
She didn't expect Concubine Xiao to have this hand.
If you have such a ability, why would you still be trapped in the cold palace and not escape from this cannibalistic hell? Concubine Rong couldn't figure it out, but, in an instant, she seemed to have figured it out.
understands why Concubine Xiao did not choose to leave the cold palace.
The reason is revenge!
Speaking of which, Xiao Concubine only knows some three-legged cat kung fu, when she was a child, at home, she learned a little bit of fur from the martial artist who taught her brother's martial arts, so that she really fought alone with the royal forest army in the palace, or the palace people who knew how to fight alone.
Otherwise, she would not have stayed in the cold palace, waiting for the opportunity to seek revenge from the queen.
The family was implicated because of her, not to mention the raid, and the male was assigned to the frontier to fill the army, and the female was sold to the official eunuch as a slave, and a good family was ruined like this. This makes her how not to hate the queen for being vicious, and how not to resent Emperor Yongjia's affection?
Anyway, her father was also a five-grade official, and during his official period, he was honest and honest, and was deeply loved by the people.
But in the blink of an eye, everything was gone.
also fell into the crime of not being strict with the goddaughter.
End......
Concubine Xiao returned to the cold palace, took off her calm self-control in front of Concubine Rong just now, leaned on the corner of the wall, and cried silently, "Dad, mother, brother......, are you okay?" I'm the one who hurt you, it's me! However, soon I will let that wicked woman get her due retribution, and if you are still alive, be patient and patient, and when the true face of the wicked woman of the queen is known to the emperor, he will surely give you justice!" Concubine Xiao muttered to herself in her heart, she hadn't thought about her future.
Or, she had thought about it, but she just didn't figure out where her future was.
The child was gone more than a decade ago.
Emperor Yongjia's Chong was also gone more than ten years ago.
Family, does she still have the face to face again?
Enduring the pain in her heart, she struggled to get up, walked to the shabby soft couch, and lay down. Tears slowly slid down the corners of her eyes, wetting the hair on her sideburns, and she looked so sad.
Jiaofang Palace, the queen's mood at the moment is sour, panicked, and resolute.
In the evening, I received a message from the Prime Minister that Qiao's family was buried in the fire, and the sister who had taken her place was also missing. When confirming the correctness of the news from Cui Haikou, she was immediately stunned, as if she had been hit by five thunders, and a roar sounded in her ears from time to time. Then, the eyes became sour, and the heart became panicked.
In any case, that person was also the mother who gave birth to her and raised her, and it was impossible for her to hear the bad news and not react at all.
Why did everything become like this? What went wrong?
The queen came back to her senses from the shock, and couldn't help but think about it, suddenly, her mind was in a flash, and she hated Qiao's again, she felt that everything might have been done by Qiao's collusion with others. She panicked, she was afraid that the person Qiao was looking for was King Lu, if she really let King Lu save people, what should she do? The mood was flustered and complicated, so she only left Cui Hai to serve by her side, and the rest of the palace people were all driven to wait outside the Jiaofang Palace.
Obviously, no matter how flustered she is, it will not help.
It's better to fight it, and maybe it may be possible to save the day.
Thinking of this, the queen raised her head and looked at Cui Hai: "Cui Hai, do you think people will be rescued by King Lu?" Under the light, the queen's face looked particularly gloomy, "This palace suspects that the Jian person must have been rescued by King Lu!" Cui Hai lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, raised his head and said, "Back to Niangniang, the slave thinks it shouldn't be." ”
didn't hear the queen's voice, Cui Hai said again: "The old lady will not cause hundreds of people in the Prime Minister's Mansion to take care of their lives because of one person." Therefore, the slave believes that the old lady will not inform King Lu about the eldest lady! ”
When the queen heard Cui Hai say this, her eyes showed crazy anger, and she snorted coldly: "No, how do you know that she won't!" She has long seen that the palace is not pleasing to the eye, and she has long wished that the palace was unlucky, and she gave her good daughter justice! As she spoke, the queen put her hand on her forehead, and the feeling of dizziness forced her to close her eyes and lean on the soft pillow.
Seeing this, Cui Hai hurriedly persuaded: "Don't worry, the slave believes that the old lady will never do that." ”
"She won't, won't King Lu find it by himself?" The queen closed her eyes and said weakly.
Cui Hai said in a low voice: "That place is extremely secret, no one will find it, and the slave thinks that the eldest lady's master and servant may be buried in the sea of fire together." The queen lowered her hand from her forehead, turned her gaze to Cui Hai, stared at him, and said, "You will really comfort the palace, if they are really all buried in the sea of fire, what about the subordinates who are guarding the exit?" Where did they go? ”
"Niangniang, according to the news from the uncle, the place where the eldest lady was held has been burned to the ground, maybe some of those subordinates have been burned to ashes, and some have escaped from the valley, so Niangniang still don't scare herself!" The person was rescued by King Lu, Cui Hai didn't think about it, but he would rather that the person was no longer there, so all the clues would be cut off, and in the end, if King Lu wanted to find his mother again, it would be completely impossible.
Now, King Lu's sanity has recovered, and the awe-inspiring aura displayed around his body has been mentioned by Qin An.
From this, he could not be afraid.
He was afraid that once King Lu knew about the events of the year, he would become bloodthirsty and kill all the people related to that incident.
At that time, it was inevitable that he would lose his life.
It's not that he's afraid of death, it's that he's afraid that he'll become worse than dead. He is a close confidant of the queen, will King Lu easily give him a sword and send him to the Yama Mansion? The orphans who were adopted by their masters together, and the only ones who were alive were the dozen or so secret chess pieces in the palace, and thinking about it, Cui Hai couldn't help but feel a chill all over his body.
Quiet, after Cui Hai finished speaking, the entire inner hall became silent.
After a long time, the queen said: "Cui Hai, come here, this palace has something to tell you to transfer to King Qi." Cui Haihai stepped forward, bowed down to the queen, and after listening to what the queen said, he was so frightened that cold sweat seeped out of his forehead, and his voice trembled: "Niangniang, are you too risky to do this?" If the matter is revealed, not only will you be, but you will ......, it is the King of Qi, and the Prime Minister is afraid that he will be ...... by the emperor and the emperor" Cui Hai didn't dare to say the latter words, he really couldn't digest the words that the queen had just told him.
Forced palace? The queen asked him to tell the king of Qi to secretly contact the soldiers and horses to force the palace? How this makes.
The ministers of the court and the central government have now completely fallen to King Lu, that is, King An, and King Huai also supports the emperor to appoint King Lu as the prince.
The people's hearts of King Lu are there, the support of the courtiers is there, and the King of Lu is also there, but the power hidden behind it, who can say that King Lu doesn't have it?
After thinking about it in all aspects, the answer I got - sloppy forcing the palace, most of them will be a failure!
The queen raised her eyebrows and said resolutely: "The emperor's recent attitude towards the palace is not as good as day by day, haven't you seen it?" Originally, the palace still thought that the body of the palace had become like this, and the emperor was upright and prime, and he was tired of the palace, as long as he made the king of Qi the prince, the rest of the palace could not be taken into account. However, the fact is that something happened on the day of the establishment of the prince, and the emperor not only did not appoint the king of Qi as the prince, but what made the palace even more annoyed was that he watched the king of Qi being injured by the king of Lu and was not punished. You say, if the palace doesn't make a move now, can the position of the prince still belong to the king of Qi? ”
"You can't act in such a hurry, mother!"
Cui Hai secretly felt bitter in his heart, lowered his voice, and persuaded the queen.
"Bengong didn't say that he should do it immediately, Bengong asked you to tell King Qi and let him be prepared." As the queen spoke, her words changed, and she sneered: "This palace wants to let that evil seed live under the feet of this palace and King Qi for the rest of his life!" Just by virtue of him, he also wants to compete for the position of the prince, which is really too self-conscious! What the queen said made Cui Hai smile even more bitterly in his heart.
King Lu is not qualified, who is still qualified? Just by virtue of Princess Lu's identity as the palace master of Xingyue Palace, it is enough for the court to be jealous, not to mention that the current King Lu himself has the strength to ascend to the Ninth Five-Year Honor.
"Niangniang, have you forgotten that there is still a princess Lu?" Cui Hai reminded the queen that he hoped that the queen would not do irreparable things because of a momentary hothead.
The queen was stunned.
Looking out the window at the night, the expression on his face changed dramatically. For a long time, her eyes were full of bitter resentment, and she said word for word: "She, hum!" As long as King Qi ascends the throne as the emperor, the entire Xuanyuan will be his, and the Xingyue Palace will be destroyed directly! "Big breasted and brainless, I'm afraid it refers specifically to women like the queen.
destroyed the Xingyue Palace, and she came up with it.
The queen's stubbornness made Cui Hai really not know what to say again.
He bowed his head in silence.
"What, do you have a problem with what Yu Hongu said?" The queen glanced at Cui Hai, and the light in her eyes returned to normal, "What this palace says, you can just do it, and now there is another matter in this palace that you need to solve as soon as possible." Cui Hai raised his head, suppressed the ominous feeling that had just risen in his heart, and said respectfully: "Please give me orders!" ”
The queen's figure moved, changed to a more comfortable position and lay down, and then said: "I heard that Li Meiren has it, and the emperor has rewarded her with a lot of things, do you know what to do?" Cui Hai nodded in response: "The slave knows." ”
"She is really blessed, not only has she received the emperor's grace, but she is also pregnant with the dragon seed, she is really a blessed person! But this blessed person may not be blessed for a lifetime, why didn't she inquire and see all the concubines in the palace who had the emperor's luck and won the sacred heart, which one had a good end? The queen said leisurely: "Look at the palace, she must not have inquired, what a stupid thing!" This kind of stupid thing is also worthy of giving birth to dragon seeds! As long as I think about it, I will wake up from my dream with a smile. After saying that, the corners of the queen's mouth outlined a smile, and the smile was full of mockery.
Cui Hai didn't squeak, he hung his head and stood in place respectfully. After a long time, the queen gradually stopped laughing, frowned slightly, as if she had thought of something, and said, "Did the palace people over there in the cold palace have something to say to you?" Cui Hai's eyes shrank suddenly: "Cold Palace? ”
The queen said: "Are you planning to deceive the palace, or do you have sympathy for the Jian people in the cold palace?" ”
The sharp gaze was fixed on Cui Hai.
Cui Hai's heart sank slightly, and he said respectfully: "The slave has no intention of deceiving the mother!" ”
"It's best if you don't have it. Tell me what news has come from the cold palace? Cui Haidao: "It's nothing, Gonggong Hai, who is in charge of the cold palace, told the slave that Concubine Xiao seems to be looking good recently, and she no longer stays in the palace as usual and doesn't walk around, but after eating, she will sit at the door of the cold palace and look at the sky in a daze." ”
"After so many years, does she still think that the emperor remembers her and goes to the cold palace to pick her up?" There was a hint of a smile in the queen's eyes, but the smile was extremely complicated, and she couldn't tell whether it was ridicule or pride: "She is afraid that she will not know that she has been planted in the hands of this palace until she dies!" ”
Cui Hai did not speak.
What happened to Concubine Xiao back then, he knew the truth, more accurately, he instructed the palace maid to do it according to the queen's instructions.
And the palace maid who was instructed by her, after doing what she had to do, shut up forever and went where she was supposed to go.
There is one more slave in the palace, and one less slave, if you don't investigate carefully, no one will know the way, not to mention that their master is the master of this harem.
The queen's smile gradually became gloomy: "Pay more attention to her, this palace will see what moths she can play!" ”