Chapter 152: Traitor or Loyal (18)
On the day Qi Jiahui was picked up, the queen was angry for the first time, Shen Mo and the others knelt in the hall, feeling apprehensive in their hearts, since the queen was reprimanded by His Majesty, the queen's temper has become bigger and bigger.
Now that he heard that Qi Jiahui was picked up, he was even more annoyed.
"She will be a good person, Concubine Lan, Concubine Lan, acting more disgusting than Concubine Rou." The queen said, motioned for Shen Mo to step forward, and instructed something, Shen Mo looked shocked and persuaded: "Niangniang is not." β
"Do you want to disobey this palace?"
Shen Mo didn't dare to persuade again, so he could only silently go down and do what the queen said.
At this time, the prince came back to visit the queen, and when he saw the fragments all over the ground, he couldn't help but ask, and the queen, who was originally full of anger, suppressed the grievances in her heart, and she said softly: "The palace people clumsily broke a few vases, why did Yi'er come today?" β
The prince was successfully diverted, and he said seriously: "My sister wants a kite, I have done it and sent it to my sister today." β
It turned out that the eldest princess saw Princess Jinyang holding an eagle kite when she went out the day before yesterday, and she was very envious, and when she returned to the palace, she met the prince, so she said it, and the prince promised to give her a better kite than Jinyang's hand.
When the queen heard this, she frowned, "What kind of kite do you fly in winter, you are busy with schoolwork, how can you do these things, Qing'er is too ignorant." β
The eldest princess, who had just walked to the door, heard the queen's words, and looked a little lonely, and the grandmother on the side comforted: "Niangniang must not mean that." β
"Don't worry, Mama, I didn't think much about it, the queen mother and brother must have a lot to say, Mama accompany me to the flower room to have a look." The eldest princess said softly, but she never wanted to be rejected by her grandmother, "Princess, you are weak and can't smell the fragrance of flowers." β
The eldest princess lowered her eyes and covered the loss in her eyes, yes, she was weak, so the queen mother would pour all her hopes into her brother, and the queen mother was afraid that she would not be able to support her and increase her sadness in the future, so she ignored her.
"Then let's go to the Imperial Garden, the Imperial Garden flowers have fallen, and even the pond water has been frozen."
Mama was about to say that the imperial garden was cold, and she was afraid that the princess would blow the wind, so she met the princess's calm gaze, and somehow, she actually nodded.
Ling Wanying was the eldest princess she saw in the imperial garden, a small person, the tip of her nose was red from the cold, but she kept looking at the ants in the corner of the tree, Su Jin accompanied Ling Wanying over, after watching it for a long time, she also had fun, she squatted down and asked, "Are there ants in winter?" β
The eldest princess shook her head, "I don't know, I heard that the second emperor brother was clamoring to see the ants, and then the little eunuchs found it for him, but after finding it, he didn't want to see it." β
What the palace master didn't say was that the third emperor brother disliked the slow movements of those little chamberlains, so he wanted to beat them, but was stopped by the virtuous concubine Niangniang who rushed over.
Listening to the words of the eldest princess, Ling Wanying guessed that this was the eldest princess under the queen's knees, although she was a princess, she was like a shadow in the palace, which was always ignored.
Ling Wanying squatted beside the eldest princess, silently looking at the ants who were trying to survive in the ice and snow, I don't know how long it took, the grandmother next to the eldest princess finally came over, and couldn't stop saying: "Princess, it's really easy for the old slave to find ......"
Seeing Ling Wanying, she hurriedly knelt down to say goodbye, Ling Wanying let her get up as usual, and did not pursue her collision, when the Grand Duke was mainly taken away, Ling Wanying saw the eldest princess turn around, her dark eyes were full of anticipation, "Do you still come here tomorrow to see ants?" β
Seeing Ling Wanying nodding, the eldest princess returned to Fengyi Palace with satisfaction on her face, and as expected, she was reprimanded by the queen, and when she heard that the eldest princess was with Concubine Lan, she thought of Qi Jiahui again, and couldn't help but say: "Sure enough, I was born to defeat me." β
The eldest princess silently ate the rice in the bowl, this demeanor made the queen more and more angry, she knocked off the bowl in the eldest princess's hand, and ordered the palace people to withdraw the meal, and said coldly: "Since you like Concubine Lan, go find her to eat together." β
After speaking, she turned around and left, the eldest princess looked at the food at her feet, and the lonely look on her face was gone, just indifferent, she thought, okay, then go to Concubine Lan.
I heard that the eldest princess really went to Yuhua Palace, and happened to meet the emperor who was eating, the queen's heart hurt, and she didn't think of a reason to explain to the emperor, so she saw the waiter next to the emperor coming, not the head of Cui, the queen was not relieved, and I heard the waiter say that Concubine Lan was destined for the eldest princess, so she left the eldest princess to live in Yuhua Palace for a few days, and the waiter came to pack the eldest princess's clothes.
Seeing that the eldest princess didn't have much, the chamberlain seemed to be a little surprised, and the queen only felt ashamed.
Fengyi Palace is full of the smell of soup and medicine.
Ling Wanying really felt that the eldest princess was cute, a small person, she actually came to Yuhua Palace without anyone, and asked her why she came, and the eldest princess actually said, "The queen mother asked me to come here for dinner." β
Later, Duan Li felt that something was wrong, and in a few words, the eldest princess recited everything the queen said.
Ling Wanying's eyes were full of distress, she looked at the emperor softly, and said, "If our child is also hungry and cold like the eldest princess, the concubine would rather she never be born......"
Duan Li couldn't imagine that he had been wronged with Ling Wanying's child, and he didn't allow Ling Wanying to say anything more.
He became more and more dissatisfied with the queen, no matter what the eldest princess said, she was also a royal princess, and she couldn't even eat, which made Duan Li think of some bad memories, so he left the eldest princess.
Su Jin quickly inquired about the eldest princess, the queen had a difficult birth when she gave birth to the eldest princess, and she almost picked up a life, and after learning that her body was damaged and difficult to get pregnant, she ignored the eldest princess, and later the emperor ascended the throne, and the second princess from Concubine Rou was named Princess Jinyang, and the eldest princess, who was the princess, just got some rewards, which made the queen feel more and more that the eldest princess was useless.
When Ling Wanying heard this, although she felt that the eldest princess was pitiful, but thinking that she had the blood of the Qi family flowing on her body, that bit of pity immediately disappeared, she looked at Su Jin with burning eyes, and asked, "Sister, today is the day when the Qin family died." β
Su Jin nodded, Ling Wanying immediately ordered Shang Gongju to build a golden hairpin for her, it was rare that Concubine Lan had what she wanted, Si Zhensi naturally attached great importance to it, and strived to make the golden hairpin ingenious, beautiful, and unique.
When the golden hairpin was delivered, it happened to be the first seven of the Qin family's father and son, and the news that everyone of the Qin family was assassinated on the way to exile also happened to come.
Concubine Xian seemed to have just come back from Qin Jieyu, Ling Wanying looked at Concubine Xian and said gently: "Qin Jieyu is really lucky, and Concubine Xian Niangniang remembers her, and the two princes are also taken care of by Niangniang very well." β
Concubine Xian smiled reluctantly, the two princes are the most domineering, they are about to demolish the Showa Palace in the past few days, and they don't know who told Qin Jieyu the news that the Qin family's father and son were beheaded and the other clansmen were exiled, Qin Jieyu became more and more crazy, and almost injured the two princes today.
Afraid that the two princes would collide with Concubine Lan, Concubine Xian dealt with a few words, and then left with the two of them, Ling Wanying looked at their departing figures, and saw the third prince turn around, a pair of black eyes full of hatred.
"Does Mother Lan hate her?" Celestia asked.
Concubine Lan didn't speak, only looked at her suspiciously.
"Concubine Lan hates Concubine Xian." It's not a question, it's a statement.
But the voice of the eldest princess was very soft, so light that Concubine Lan didn't hear it.
If she hears it, she will answer, not hate, but hate.
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Mo Yao was blindfolded, she only felt as if she was on a boat, and heard the person who took her away say: "The princess said, I have purchased a mansion for you, prepared a suitable identity, went to Yanzhou, let go of the past, and live a good life." β
Mo Yao was gagged, and he couldn't even ask if it was Princess Chaogui or Princess Chaoyang.
Since Concubine Lan was injured that day, the mysterious person did not look for her, and when she reappeared later, she asked her to add something to Concubine Lan's incense powder, and at that time she stopped the person and asked her if she was the princess of Chao Gui, or someone from the royal family of the previous dynasty.
In a panic, she told the cause of His Highness's death, and hoped that the person who came would really be from the royal family of the previous dynasty, so that she could help His Highness avenge it.
But when the man heard her, he did not stop and left.
She waited for a few days, but the mysterious man never came again, and she didn't add anything to Concubine Lan's incense powder.
That night, she was not on duty, rested early, and who knew that she would wake up outside the palace.
The process of sending her out of the palace must have been very difficult, but the person did it anyway, it must have been someone from the royal family of the previous dynasty, her princess Chaogui did not die, and came back to avenge His Highness.
No one cares about the disappearance of the little palace people, but the disappearance of the Yuhua Palace people is a big deal, at that time, Concubine Lan felt that her face was extremely itchy, and suddenly there were many red bumps, and the doctor said that it was poisoned, and the poison came from the rouge that Concubine Lan used daily.
When Aunt Li was checking people, she found that there was a palace maid missing from Yuhua Palace, and her eyelids jumped.
Even the Queen Mother, who had never asked about the harem, sent someone to come, and the queen felt that the matter was too big, so she struggled to get up from the sickbed and hurried over with her illness.
As soon as I entered the hall, I saw the emperor coaxing the beauty in his arms, the gentle tone, and the careful movements, as if treating the most precious treasure in the world, made the queen's heart a little sour.
She walked into the house and saluted the emperor, and the beauty on the bed seemed to want to come down to say hello, but was held down by the emperor, and the queen looked away, pretending not to see anything, but saw the eldest princess sitting on the stool in a daze.
The eldest princess looked at the queen and calmly called the queen mother.
Before the queen could make a motherly gesture, she heard the emperor say, "Concubine Lan is unwell, so I will spare her." β
Only then did the queen react and said with a smile: "Concubine Lan should have a good rest, the top priority is to find a way to solve the poison on Concubine Lan's body and find out the real culprit behind the scenes." β
At this time, the grandmother sent by the Queen Mother also said, "The Queen Mother said that when she thought of such a vicious person in the palace, she couldn't sleep all night, but considering that the Queen Mother was also sick, she handed over the matter of finding the real murderer to Concubine Qi." β
The queen's face froze, she looked at the emperor who had always stood on her side, and saw the emperor nod thoughtfully and said, "The queen mother is thoughtful. β
At this time, Concubine Qi and Aunt Li from Yuhua Palace walked in, followed by Su Jieyu and An Jieyu, who looked anxious.
After several people greeted the queen, the Qi concubine led by her spoke: "The gifts of Yuhua Palace have been registered, and the concubine has just investigated the source of the rouge and found that it was sent by Cui Jieyu, and she has asked the palace director to interrogate the palace people around Cui Jieyu, and there will be results soon." β
The emperor read the booklet and handed it to the queen, who was puzzled when she read it: "The rouge that I gave six months ago is only now being used?" β
"It's all the concubine's fault, Sister Lan never uses rouge, it's the concubine who thinks that if she uses some rouge, it must be better, Sister Lan listened, so she asked Aunt Li to take rouge from the treasury, who would have thought ......" An Jieyu said in fear, but the queen seized the loophole in her words and asked, "How could it be that Concubine Lan was reminded to use rouge today?" β
An Jieyu hesitated, she looked at the unpredictable emperor, and then looked at the queen with a sickly face, and she didn't say a reason for half a sound.
Just when Duan Li was about to have a seizure, he felt Concubine Lan's hand pull his sleeve and said softly: "Your Majesty said yesterday that the concubine's face is as delicate as a peach blossom without powder, if it is rouge, what kind of beautiful scenery it should be."
The concubine asked An Jieyu, is it more beautiful for a woman to wear rouge, An Jieyu persuaded the concubine to give it a try, Your Majesty don't blame An Jieyu, they are all concubines......"
The emperor held her hand and didn't let her continue, coughed a few times, and let An Jieyu get up.
The results of Gong Zhengsi's interrogation came out quickly, and it was indeed Cui Jieyu's hand, just because Concubine Lan's sister refused the Cui family's proposal, and Cui Jieyu's younger brother lingered in the flower building, did not return home all day long, and even had no ambition, after Cui Jieyu learned about it, she was angry with Concubine Lan, so she moved her hands and feet in the rouge given to Concubine Lan, and said complacently: How could anyone drugged the gift she gave, if Concubine Lan was disfigured at that time, the emperor and queen would not suspect her.
Of course, Cui Jieyu did not admit that she was drugged, but the personal palace maid had already confessed, and she had all the human and material evidence, except for saying that it was not herself, she couldn't come up with a way to prove her innocence.
The emperor originally felt suspicious, so he heard Ling Wanying crying: "Since the concubine entered the palace, she has always been kind to others. β
The palace concubines present thought, indeed, Concubine Lan even told them His Majesty's preferences, so she almost didn't say that she was intimate with Her Majesty in private, and she was indeed kind to others.
"Never provoke right and wrong."
Concubine Lan went to the Imperial Garden at most, and she didn't even go to the pavilions and pavilions a little farther away, so how could she provoke right and wrong.
"How could Sister Cui treat her concubine like this, just because her sister rejected the marriage of the Cui family? The concubine felt that Sister Cui was not such a ruthless person, Your Majesty, is there a secret. β
At this time, the palace concubines who were stabbed by Cui Jieyu wanted to speak, yes, Cui Jieyu was such a ruthless person, but a palace maid spoke out when she was painting, Cui Jieyu thought that the little palace maid had violated the rules and punished people with twenty court rods.
Pity the little palace man, although he picked up a life, he ended up disabled for life.
And they are better, although they have not been scolded by the rod, but every time they meet Cui Jieyu outside or greet them in the queen's palace, they will always be picked on by Cui Jieyu.
Cui Jieyu is so excessive, the queen has never taken care of it, just recently the Cui family was suppressed by His Majesty, Cui Jieyu was worried about her father and brother at home, and no longer came out to walk, only then did they feel that the boulder above their heads had been removed.
Listening to the beauty crying, how could the emperor think so much, and he sent Cui Jieyu into the cold palace on the spot, which made the Cui family anxious, they wrote to intercede for Cui Jieyu, and when the emperor saw the person who wrote the book, he suddenly found that there were so many protΓ©gΓ©s of the old lady Cui, and he listened to Cui Shoufu's words so much, and began to sharpen his knife again.
But the Cui family is not like the Qin family, and the emperor can't catch them too much wrong, so he can only endure it temporarily.