Chapter 152: Desperate Survival
"Brother Ling Li." Seeing the person coming clearly, Shu Mei actually felt like a Jedi was alive.
Looking at Shu Mei, who was trembling with his arms in front of the examination table, Ling Li took off the robe of the wedding dress with his backhand, wrapped her, and hugged her into his arms.
Soon, Huang Kun, Man Fu, Dongzi, and the head of the Shanggong Bureau and others also followed out of breath, but when they saw the scene in the room, they didn't dare to take any further steps.
"Come on, drag these mothers-in-law out and kill them with a cane!" Ling Li said hatefully.
"Your Majesty is angry, dare to ask what mistakes these mothers-in-law have made?" Liu Yin, who rushed to hear the news, bowed forward and asked.
Looking at Shu Mei's aggrieved and frightened expression, Ling Li gritted his teeth and said, "They dare to be disrespectful to my Concubine Mu!" ”
"The crime of disrespecting the concubine can indeed be killed with a cane." Liu Yin paused, raised his eyes and glanced at Ling Li, and said: "It's just that Concubine Mu Niangniang has not yet been canonized, and these mothers-in-law don't know the identity of Niangniang yet, if they are killed by a cane, I am afraid that something will be wrong......
"Huang Kun, why don't you remind me to issue a canonization edict before welcoming your relatives?!" Ling Li asked angrily.
"Your Majesty, the minister is at fault." Huang Kun knelt on the ground with a puff outside the door, "Your Majesty instructed the ministers to make the canonization ceremony of Concubine Mu Niangniang grand and grand, and the ministers of the Ministry of Rites checked the old precedents and discussed them several times, and agreed that the canonization ceremony held in the Jiaotai Hall was the most grand, so they did not choose to announce the edict when welcoming relatives......
The words in front of him were all vibrant, which made Ling Li angry. He looked around and saw the three mothers-in-law twisting their eyebrows and pouting and falling to the ground, and immediately said: "When they see me, they don't kneel down to meet me, this great crime of disrespect must be severely punished!" ”
The three mothers-in-law suddenly looked aggrieved. Before they could see who he was, they were kicked and flew to the ground, and they couldn't get up, so how could they kneel down to meet him?!
"They just follow the palace rules, Brother Ling Li will let them go." Shu frowned and raised his head.
On the first day of entering the palace, Ling Li's brother wanted to kill someone because he had been wronged, which made Shu Mei shocked. Although she resented these rude and arrogant mothers-in-law, she didn't want them to die because of this.
"Ah Mei, I can't let you suffer this grievance in vain." Looking at Shu Mei, who was still tear-stained in the corners of his eyes, Ling Li's heart ached.
"Today is the day I marry Brother Ling Li, don't get bloody."
"Okay." After Ling Li nodded in response, he said to a few mothers-in-law: "Today, for the sake of Concubine Mu's face, I will spare your lives for the time being." In the future, if anyone dares to be disrespectful to Concubine Mu, I will never spare it! ”
"Emperor Xie Longen, Xie Niangniang is forgiving!" The three mothers-in-law hurriedly kowtowed in thanks.
Immediately, Ling Li picked up his eyebrows and walked out. Everyone outside consciously lowered their heads, not daring to raise their eyes to look at each other.
Being carried away like this by Ling Li in front of everyone, Shu Mei was a little apprehensive, "Brother Ling Li, this is not good, let me down, I will go by myself." ”
"Nothing bad. I wanted to ride an auspicious omen to pick you up at the Prime Minister's Mansion, but these people came to stop me with the rules of the ancestors. Now I carry you to the dormitory to change clothes, which can be regarded as a kiss. Ling Li said gently.
Looking at the smile between his eyebrows, at this moment, she finally felt that she was not afraid.
Not wanting to miss the auspicious time of the wedding, Ling Li took her directly to his dormitory, Funing Hall, which was closest to Jiaotai Palace.
On the way from the courtyard to the Funing Palace, the attendants and palace maids knelt down to greet them. They had lived in the palace for a long time and had never witnessed such a scene. In the midst of surprise, he also instantly understood the important position of Concubine Mu, who was not among the four concubines, in the heart of the new emperor.
After the big wedding ceremony of Jiaotai Palace, Ling Li did not send Shu Mei to Jiqing Palace, but changed his mind and brought her back to Funing Palace.
Huang Kun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, looked anxious, "Yin Duzhi, you have to remind the emperor that Concubine Mu's stay in Funing Hall is an arrogant move." Since ancient times, except for the queen's wedding, how can ordinary concubines enter the Funing Palace to sleep? ”
Liu Yin glanced at the Funing Palace, "Lord Huang, haven't you understood it yet?" ”
"See what?"
"She was originally the queen candidate in His Majesty's heart, and she was stopped by your former minister. Today, there is such a bad thing as the courtyard, Your Majesty intends to give Concubine Mu Niangniang authority. ”
Huang Kun was stunned when he heard this, then shook his head and sighed: "The emperor favors Concubine Mu so much, it may not be a good thing for her." ”
"The matter of the harem, is Lord Huang worried about?" Liu Yin said with a smile.
After Huang Kun and the others left, Liu Yin returned to the Inner Servant Province and summoned Wei Shen, the foreman in the guard of honor to welcome relatives, for questioning.
"Why did the guard of honor go to the courtyard?" Liu Yin asked. The guard of honor enters the palace from the main gate of Yongnian Palace through the Houde Imperial Road, and the nearest road is the road along the central axis through the vertical arch hall to the Jiaotai Palace, and actually goes around the courtyard located on the west side of the harem, which is obviously problematic.
"The villain thinks that the women who enter the harem have to go through the courtyard examination."
"What do you think? Do you think the emperor believes your rhetoric?! If it weren't for Concubine Mu Niangniang asking for it today, the three mothers-in-law who didn't know whether they were alive or dead would have died on the spot! ”
Knowing that the three principals of the courtyard were almost killed with a cane on the spot, Wei Shen immediately knelt down on his knees and said, "Please Yin know how to save me." ”
"Do you know how good you are now?"
"The villain got it. The villain was dizzy for a while, and did such a stupid thing, and asked Yin Duzhi to save the villain's life for the sake of my godfather. ”
"What benefits did Concubine Xian give you?"
Wei Shen was stunned for a moment, and then said, "This matter has nothing to do with Concubine Xian. ”
"It's okay if it doesn't matter. lest I punish thee and sin against her. Liu Yin said with a cold face, "Someone comes, take him to receive a whipping of fifty and a fine of half a year." ”
"Yin knows it, but the villain knows it's wrong." Wei Shen's face turned pale, and he immediately kowtowed and begged: "Concubine Xian Niangniang said that as long as I finish this errand, I will be promoted to the deputy governor of the Inner Servant Province." ”
"Vice-Governor?" Liu Yin smiled, "I'm in my fifties before I became a governor, how old are you, and you're going to be a deputy governor?" ”
Wei Shen waved his hand and slapped himself, "The villain was confused for a while, and was deceived by Qing Yu in front of Concubine Xian. ”
"Wei Shenna, as an errand in the harem, if you don't do something wrong, it's a big deal to be beaten. But if you go the wrong way, you'll have to lose your head. Liu Yin picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip slowly.
"It's the villain who is confused. Ask Yin to know how to help. ”
"Now, the only one who can save you in this palace is Concubine Mu. If you can ask her for forgiveness, it's over. ”
"Concubine Mu?" Wei Shen was stunned for a moment, "There has been a matter of tugging in the courtyard, can she forgive me?" ”
"This lady was born in Zaifu, her heart is extraordinary, and the three mothers-in-law in the courtyard were all saved by her, can her resentment towards you exceed those mothers-in-law?" Liu Yin paused, and then said: "Tomorrow I will arrange for you to go to Jiqing Palace on an errand, you have to take advantage of the opportunity." ”
"Thank you for your advice."
"I won't punish this whipping for fifty years, but if I don't punish it for half a year, I'm afraid that Your Majesty won't be able to get by......"
"It should be punished, it should be punished." Wei Shen nodded hurriedly.