273 Escape from the clutches
Concubine Liang fell to the ground with a 'plop', and at this time, it was in vain for her to say anything, murdering the emperor, in addition to her inevitable death, her family was completely finished.
He Louyuan didn't talk nonsense anymore, and Concubine Liang was taken away as soon as he gave an order, and it was none of his business how to send it down.
The emperor is still alive, and his health is getting better day by day, which is also his family matter, and it is better for outsiders to interfere less. To help the emperor find out the real murderer of him, he has done enough.
If he hadn't accidentally seen Concubine Liang have too close contact with the outside of the palace before, he would not have suspected this concubine who had nothing to do, but he didn't want her to not only murder the emperor, but also want to push her lover to the throne.
On the eighth day of the fourth month, the weather was fine, and Concubine Liang was given a glass of dove wine for plotting to kill the emperor, implicating a total of 283 people from the nine clans, except for the main participants 39 who were beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable market, and the rest were all distributed.
At the same time, Li Xun's own brother, Li Kan, the king of Yuzhou, was also given poisoned wine, although the charges were not announced, anyone with a discerning eye could see it.
There was an uproar in the palace, and no one could have imagined that Concubine Liang, who usually seemed to have little resourcefulness, would do such a big thing, and she almost murdered the emperor.
Because of the death of Concubine Liang, in addition to the crime of murdering the emperor, the previous crime of murdering the emperor's heir was also imposed, and Concubine Xian was also regarded as a grievance, and was released from the cold palace, restored to her position as a virtuous concubine, and continued to manage the six palaces.
The emperor's health is also getting better day by day, and occasionally he can be supported by eunuchs to walk around in the Lama Palace, and those pregnant concubines have no more accidents, and it seems that the palace has returned to peace and tranquility.
In addition to visiting the emperor's Lama Hall every day, the Queen Mother's greater hobby is to listen to her subordinates report on which palace and which concubine's pregnancy is like.
Ling Xiaorou's life in the palace is also a lot easier, and she can go out of the palace every day when she has nothing to do.
It has been two months since she returned to the capital, and she came to Qu Mansion for the first time and was warmly welcomed by the Qu family.
Qu Mansion and Ningyuan Wangfu across the street, before it was Liu Ge Lao's mansion, and later Liu Ge Lao told the old man to return to his hometown, Ge Lao Mansion was rewarded by the emperor to the new champion, although there are some inconsistencies in the regulations, but in view of the relationship between the Qu family and Ning Yuan Wang, no one will talk about this.
Although Qu Hongan is only the second in this department, the first champion was sent out of the capital by the emperor, obviously not valued by the emperor, but Qu Hongan is a role model, and he is the cousin of King Ningyuan, and he is handsome and extraordinary, so he has received more attention.
As a result, the Qu family became the upstart of the capital, and they were in the limelight for a while.
On the ninth day of the first month of March, Ling Xiaomin married into the Qu family, at that time, Ling Xiaorou was busy in the palace to recuperate Li Xun's body, and she missed it when she couldn't leave the palace, so He Louyuan sent her dowry for Ling Xiaomin, a full twenty cars of various rare objects, and then there were forty-eight cars of furnishings in the home built by the Li family, and there were several shops in the capital, which were also counted in the capital.
Mrs. Qu had seen Ling Xiaomin a long time ago, and she still liked this girl a lot, but she didn't know a few words, after all, she was a scholarly family, and it was a bit embarrassing to marry an illiterate daughter-in-law.
As a result, as soon as Ling Xiaomin passed the door, he kept the few shops in his hand in order, and Mrs. Qu was a little satisfied.
Speaking of which, although Mrs. Qu and Mrs. Qu were forced to do business, they both had the arrogance of talented women in their bones, and if they were not forced to make a living, they would never have done these businesses that bent their waists for five buckets of rice.
Now Ling Xiaomin, who can read the accounts and do business, entered the door, and Mrs. Qu was happy to taste tea every day, and then she would do this and that.
Mrs. Qu Shao is even more happy to read books, play the piano every day, and add fragrance to Qu Hongan's red sleeves, and Mrs. Qu Shao is pregnant again, so it is naturally better to not bother with those thoughts.
So, the business at home was handed over to Qu Hongze and his wife, who were very interested in business, and they went to various shops every day to check, and the two of them enjoyed it, and there were endless topics, and they studied and opened a few more shops.
Since Mrs. Qu became pregnant, Qu Hanming followed Mrs. Qu every day, and the mothers with big bellies were cautious, and the concubines in Gao County were also sent to the capital by their families, and the concubines of the Qu family and their mothers were also sent to the capital by Qu Hongze, and now they all live in the backyard of the Qu family.
When Mrs. Qu was fine, she was looking for a suitable husband for these daughters in various houses in the capital, and Mrs. Qu did not pick any family for those concubines, as long as she was old, she chose a rare good husband's family, and for a time Mrs. Qu's good name spread throughout the capital, and the relatives of the concubines were also settled.
Because of Mrs. Qu's virtuous name, everyone said that the character of Miss Qu family could not be wrong, and then Qu Hongxiu also set a family a year ago, and the husband's family was the second grandson of the prime minister.
When Ling Xiaorou came to the Qu family, what she saw was that the Qu family was happy and happy, and the only thing missing was Master Qu. It is said that he entered Beijing last year, and this is almost a year later, why hasn't he arrived yet?
After secretly asking Ling Xiaomin, I found out that Master Qu went to Beijing last year begging for food, but the image was miserable, Mrs. Qu learned that he had lost all the homes in Gao County, and she didn't recognize him in a fit of anger, so she sent him to Zhuangzi to work, and if he did well, he would be paid for food, and if he didn't do well, he would be kicked out.
Reflecting on the past, I also felt that I had made a lot of work, and it was rare to have a place to live, so I was afraid of being kicked out, so I followed him to Zhuangzi without making any noise.
Get up early every day to work in the field, go back at sunset to rest, the work is really good, although Mrs. Qu has no intention of taking him back, in terms of food, clothing and housing are still taken care of.
If he observes for another year and does not make old mistakes, Mrs. Qu is ready to take him home, after all, at such an old age, how many days can he enjoy Qingfu?
Ling Xiaorou came over after making the mung bean licorice soup for the emperor in the morning, and after sitting at the Qu family for a while, she had to go back to the palace and prepare the mung bean licorice soup for the emperor at noon.
Although the poisoned concubine was given to death, who knows if there are any concubines in the palace who will attack the emperor, such as Chen Shuyi, who can become the queen mother as soon as the emperor dies, Ling Xiaorou has always felt that there is something wrong with Chen Shuyi.
Before leaving, Mrs. Qu took out a new garnet red dress she made for Ling Xiaorou, even the clothes and shoes were red, although the red was a little bright, but I had to admit that Mrs. Qu's needlework was very good, and the color of the pomegranate red was also very suitable for Ling Xiaorou.
Even the pair of red embroidered shoes embroidered with golden lotus were just right to wear, Ling Xiaorou liked it very much, and after thanking Mrs. Qu, she said goodbye and reluctantly left the Qu family.
Ling Xiaorou took the carriage back to the palace, the Qu Mansion was on the street not far from the Ningyuan Palace, and it was also very close to the palace, and it didn't take an hour to go back and forth, she got off the carriage at the palace gate, and Ling Xiaorou walked along the familiar road to the imperial dining room.
Seeing that it was not early, in order to rush back to make soup for Li Xun, Ling Xiaorou took a shortcut that few people walked.
When passing by the Hall of Victory, she heard the sound of a quarrel inside, Ling Xiaorou didn't want to be nosy, but when she heard that the two seemed to mention King Ning Yuan and her name, Ling Xiaorou paid attention.
Because the victory hall belongs to the front hall, it is not often used on weekdays, except for the palace people who come to clean it every day, most of the time few people come here.
Especially after the emperor was sick, he didn't go to the early dynasty, He Louyuan was in charge of the country, and most of the time he lived in the front palace, and there were few people here, and it was even quieter.
Touching the door of the Hall of Victory, looking in with the door, he saw Chen Shuyi who couldn't help but sneer, "Concubine Yu, you just accept your fate, this place is so remote that no one will come to save you even if you shout to cut your throat." ”
Ling Xiaorou mentioned her throat in her heart, and then moved her gaze, and saw Concubine Yu sitting on the ground in front of Chen Shuyi, at this time, Concubine Yu's face was pale, her hair was messy, and there was a bloodshot running down the corner of her mouth.
But her eyes were full of anger, as if she wanted to burn Chen Shuyi to death with a smug face in front of her, "Slut, do you think that if you kill me today, no one will know about the good deeds you have done?" I really can't imagine that you are so black-hearted, in order to clear your suspicion, you can even kill your own flesh and blood. ”
Chen Shuyi seemed to be the central thing, thinking that although the illness was cured, the son who often cried inexplicably, although the child was still young, but the fall into the water left a shadow in his little heart, and it would take a long time to extinguish.
couldn't help but feel irritable, "The child was born by me, how can I not worry about him without worrying about your concubine, as long as you die, my emperor will be the crown prince, and the future emperor, no one can hurt him anymore." ”
Concubine Yu seemed to be thinking about how to get out, but she was the only one on her side, the palace maids who accompanied her out to hang out in the imperial garden before were all killed by Chen Shuyi's people, and she also fled desperately to escape to the Victory Palace, could she escape to death in the end?
There was a pain in the stomach, obviously because of the fetal gas, if you don't send the imperial doctor to protect the fetus, I'm afraid that the child will not be able to save it, but Chen Shuyi has a palace maid and a eunuch on her side, how can she escape the clutches of the three with her current situation.
As Chen Shuyi said, this place is in the middle of nowhere, and it is rare for someone to come, she just yells, and when someone comes, she will already be killed.
If you don't shout or scream, do you want to be killed by Chen Shuyi in resignation?
Just when Concubine Yu felt that her life was about to be confessed here, she heard a 'click' outside, as if something had fallen to the ground.
Chen Shuyi was startled, and motioned to the palace maid to take a look, the palace maid went out to look left and right and didn't see anyone, so she went out of the palace gate to look out, and when she walked to the corner of the palace wall, a stone fell head-on, and the palace maid fell to the ground with a cry of pain.
Chen Shuyi heard the screams of the palace maid, some of the six gods had no master, and asked the eunuch to go out to have a look, and she was too nervous to follow the figure of the eunuch to look at the palace door, completely forgetting that there was still a concubine Yu sitting on the ground.
Because of such a thing as murder, Chen Shuyi can only bring two henchmen, and she can't make a big fuss.
After the eunuch came out, he saw the palace maid lying on the ground, and was about to turn around and call Chen Shuyi, but Concubine Yu suddenly became difficult, gritted her teeth and got up from the ground, and pushed Chen Shuyi.
At this time, if she doesn't save herself, when the eunuch comes in, she will want her life.
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