Chapter 40. Hair falls

Concubine Hua smiled and took Cao Guiren's hand, but there was a knife in her mouth: "What, is the princess only willing to play with the emperor?" ”

Cao Guiren could barely maintain the smile on his face: "The princess came to be unwell at night, except for going to the emperor in the afternoon, she didn't go out for the past two days. ”

"Although you are her mother-in-law, you are just a little nobleman, the princess is sick, and it is not convenient to raise it with you." Seeing what Cao Guiren wanted to say, Concubine Hua directly interrupted with a cold face, "Let's send her to the palace to recuperate." ”

Cao Guiren panicked and stumbled and refused: "Niangniang, the princess cries in the middle of the night, which really disturbs Niangniang's rest." If the mother likes it, the concubine can bring her over at any time. ”

But Concubine Hua had already made up her mind, where could she refute, and turned around to dress up herself: "Songzhi, go and bring the princess early tomorrow morning, don't wait for the sun to come and bask in the princess." Let the nurse come with you. ”

Song Zhi glanced at Cao Guiren and bowed: "Yes." ”

Cao Guiren was in a hurry, she didn't think that Concubine Hua really wanted to take care of Wen Yi's illness, it was clear that she was defeated today, Concubine Hua hated her for being useless, and was ready to do it herself, and asked Wen Yi to come to her side, firstly, to attract the emperor's attention, and secondly, I was afraid that she also had the intention of using it.

Cao Guiren was distressed, and he wanted to say it again, Zhou Ninghai suddenly came in and replied, with a panicked face: "Niangniang, Liu Yi has run away!" ”

"What?" Concubine Hua slammed the hairpin in her hand on the table, turned around and scolded angrily, "Useless things, even a powerless imperial doctor can't solve it!" ”

Zhou Ninghai hurriedly knelt down: "Niangniang is angry, the slave has already sent someone to chase after her." ”

Concubine Hua was furious: "Even if you can't bring down Shen Meizhuang, you still have such a scourge left, and you can catch up and kill it!" Liu Yi knows too many things about us, and he can't keep them. She tried to calm down, "Has Poria's family been arranged?" ”

Zhou Ninghai couldn't stop the trembling of his body, swallowed his saliva, and replied: "The slave has given enough silver taels, and he has already sent Rehe out overnight." ”

Concubine Hua breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good." But thinking of today's events, I panicked in the end, "Then Shen Meizhuang Mo is not really pregnant, Poria cocos gave her more blood-invigorating things two days ago, which caused her to have a miscarriage today." You go down to finish this matter, since Poria is dead, let her bear all the charges, and don't make any more trouble. She looked at Cao Guiren through the mirror and said sarcastically, "You can still handle this little thing, right?" ”

Cao Guiren stiffened and leaned over and saluted: "Yes, the concubine knows." ”

The next day, Zhen Huan came to the Qinzheng Palace to reply, and when she met Concubine Hua coming out of it, her face was full of joy, last night's miscarriage in Shen Meizhuang did not implicate her at all, Zhen Huan's face immediately stiffened slightly for a moment, but she quickly recovered.

"Concubine Hua Niangniang, Wanfu Jin'an." Zhen Huan bowed.

"The nobles of Dongguan also came to see the emperor?" Concubine Hua had her usual bright smile, "It's hard for you to come here with such a big sun, was it okay for Hui Guiren last night?" ”

Zhen Huan lowered her eyes and replied: "Sister Mei woke up once in the middle of the night, and fell asleep again after taking Imperial Doctor Zhang's medicine, and the concubine got up early and went to see again, Sister Mei was still asleep." Suddenly miscarriage, Sister Mei was sad, and her body was not very good, and the concubine was about to return the matter to the emperor. ”

Concubine Hua frowned without a trace: "The emperor is busy with political affairs, I'm afraid I'm not in the mood to listen to you talk about these things." At the end, he said with a smile, "The war in the northwest has not been settled, and the emperor will inevitably care about his brother. Guan nobles, what is the emperor most concerned about now, you should be able to figure it out, right? ”

Zhen Huan is neither humble nor arrogant: "Concubines remember." ”

At this time, Su Peisheng came out and invited Zhen Huan in: "Noble Guan, the emperor knows that you are coming, and he is summoning you." ”

Zhen Huan saluted Concubine Hua again, turned around and took the food box in Liuzhu's hand, and walked into the Qinzheng Palace.

The emperor's face is no longer good-looking, even if the northwest wins consecutive battles, he can't withstand the pain of losing his son, and I heard Zhen Huan say that Shen Meizhuang was sad, and suddenly felt guilty overflowing in his heart: "Huanhuan, I don't have a child again." I lost my eldest brother and second brother in my early years, and later lost a lot of children one after another, is this God punishing me? ”

Zhen Huan was twisted in her heart: "Your Majesty, Sister Mei's matter is just an accident." Anyway, Xia Changzai is still pregnant with the emperor's child, and with the queen's mother taking care of her, she will be safe and sound. ”

The emperor thought about Xia Dongchun, and finally felt a little relieved in his heart: "Xia Changzai is a blessed person, and her child should be fine." I explained to the queen last night, I must take good care of it, and there can be no more accidents. After a pause, he added, "I originally thought that Mei'er would be a proper director, and after she gave birth to a child, I would still leave it to her to help the queen assist in the sixth palace, but now I ......" The emperor sighed, "Let's talk about it when she is better." ”

Hearing this, it seems that she doesn't want Concubine Hua to exercise the power of the six palaces anymore.

Zhen Huan's eyes flashed: "It's good to wait for my sister to come out of Xiaoyue, help the queen mother take care of trivial matters, make my sister busy, and forget the pain of losing a son as soon as possible." ”

The emperor hummed softly.

"One more thing." Zhen Huan said again, "This morning, the concubine went to Xianyue Pavilion to see Sister Mei, and saw that the flowers brought by the people from the Internal Affairs Office were all about to bloom, thinking that my sister might be sad when she woke up and saw it, so she asked people to withdraw." The concubine thought that Sister Mei suddenly lost her son, and the people in the palace probably thought that the emperor was disgusted with her, so they couldn't wait to come and belittle her, and asked the emperor to go and see Sister Mei tonight. ”

The emperor frowned slowly: "The people in the palace are used to worshipping high and stepping on low, why am I disgusted with Hui Guiren?" These minions are really getting more and more unruly. ”

"Speaking of Gonggong Huang, the concubine thinks it's time to enter the palace at the beginning." Zhen Huan naturally knew who Huang Guiquan was, and stirred up the old things and said, "At that time, the concubine was sick for several months in a row, and the people in the Internal Affairs Office were scornful everywhere, and the concubine saw that the paint on the table was not very good, so she asked Xiao Yunzi to go to the Internal Affairs Office to find someone to repair the paint, who knew that after Xiao Yunzi came back, he said that Huang Gonggong was busy with things for several days, and he couldn't take care of the concubine's side." The concubine knew that people were soft-spoken, and she didn't dare to say anything, so the matter passed. She raised her eyes and glanced at the emperor's expression, and continued, "The concubine is just a concubine, but Sister Mei has already injured her body, if she is hurting the scene, I don't know how long she will linger on the sick bed." ”

The emperor's face was gloomy, and he clenched the beads in his hand: "Huang Guiquan, I remember that he is a distant relative of Concubine Hua." ”

Zhen Huan pretended to be surprised: "The concubine doesn't know, it turns out that Gonggong Huang has such a background." The concubine lost her words and asked the emperor for forgiveness. ”

The emperor naturally won't blame her.

Although the emperor turned over Concubine Hua's brand today, he drove the Xianyue Pavilion at night, and Shen Meizhuang was having dinner at that time.

Looking at the simple porridge and side dishes on the table, the emperor was full of wind and rain: "How does the Internal Affairs Office do things?" Should these foods be the share of nobles? He said to Su Peisheng, "Go and let the manager of the Internal Affairs Office come and talk back!" ”

Shen Meizhuang sat quietly on the bed and watched the emperor fall for a while.

In Xinghua Village, An Lingrong was embroidering a map of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and suddenly heard Cardamom report that Huang Guiquan was removed from his post by the emperor and punished him to serve in the Shen Criminal Division.

"Sister Guan is very fast." An Lingrong's fingers sweated slightly, and he stopped for fear of drowning the silk thread, "Concubine Hua knows, I'm afraid I have to say it again." Tomorrow I will get up early, go to Taohuawu to meet the queen first, and tell her about this matter. ”

Cardamom nodded: "The slave maid woke up the little master earlier." ”

An Lingrong got up and prepared for dinner.

This was discussed between her and Zhen Huan, although she can't face Concubine Hua directly, even if the emperor knows that Concubine Hua's handwriting is inside, he can't send her out openly, so he can only hit her sideways.

Huang Guiquan has been in the Internal Affairs Office for many years, relying on the fact that he is a distant relative of Concubine Hua, and he has been a lot of prestige. An Lingrong and Zhen Huan used him to provoke an incident, not only reminding the emperor that last night's incident was related to Concubine Hua, but also cutting off one of Concubine Hua's arms.

The next morning, Concubine Hua really talked about it: "Queen Mother, the concubine got up early and heard a sentence in a trance, saying that Huang Guiquan was bad, and she was sent to serve in the Criminal Division last night?" ”

"Isn't it, I don't care about some small things. Last night, the emperor went to Hui Guiren's side, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw that Hui Guiren's dinner was not in order, so he got angry and sent it out. The queen glanced at Concubine Hua and said slowly.

Hearing that the emperor went to Xianyue Pavilion last night, Concubine Hua suddenly felt a little unhappy in her heart, gritted her teeth and pretended to be relaxed: "The concubine still thinks it's a big deal, let him come back in a few days." ”

The queen immediately said: "There is no trivial matter in the palace, if you can drink and eat today, you can be negligent in everything, and then you will kick your nose and face to insult the master." The queen looked at Concubine Hua meaningfully and said, "What's more, last night, the emperor summoned Huang Guiquan to talk back, and he couldn't say anything good, so the emperor personally sent him down." Concubine Hua understated the sentence 'Let him come back in a few days', but did she have the intention of resisting and disobeying? ”

Concubine Hua opened her mouth to speak, but the queen immediately said: "This palace knows that Huang Gui is all your distant relatives, and you have to do a good job in this matter." The queen smiled slightly and said deliberately, "Sister, you are kind-hearted, I don't think it's a big deal, but in the eyes of outsiders, he is all relying on your sister to be powerful, and in the end, you hurt your sister's face, not to mention, and make the emperor want to get angry and alienate his sister, but it's not worth it." ”

Concubine Hua thought about it for a while, and replied with a smile: "The concubine just thinks that Huang Guiquan is used to taking care of the internal affairs office, and she can't change someone else temporarily, so she just said it casually, and it doesn't mean anything else." Since it was the emperor's will, the concubines naturally had no objections. ”

"The Internal Affairs Office must not be left uncharged, and the palace has already promoted Jiang Zhongmin, the deputy director, to be in charge." The queen announced, "Sister, you can rest assured. ”

"In the end, it is the queen, and she is resolute in doing things." Hua Feipi flattered without smiling.

After saying this, Concubine Qi said that the emperor turned over Concubine Hua's sign last night, but she went to Xianyue Pavilion to come, and she was ridiculed.

"The emperor also has a momentary temperament." The queen smiled and said, "Didn't the emperor go to Rong Guiren on a whim that day?" Fortunately, I went, otherwise I don't know what happened? ”

Concubine Qi didn't hear what the queen meant, but everyone else present heard it.

An Lingrong raised her eyebrows to hide the emotions in her eyes, Zhen Huan lightly raised the teacup and took a sip, Concubine Hua threw the fan in her hand aside with a stiff face, Cao Guiren picked up a handkerchief and covered her mouth and coughed lightly twice, even Xin Changzai found the abnormality and shut up silently.

Only Concubine Qi, as if she had finally caught Concubine Hua's tail, chattered: "If Concubine Hua had stayed in the Qingliang Hall last night and hadn't gone to Xianyue Pavilion, the emperor would not have seen the food used by the Hui nobles, and Huang Guiquan would not have been so unlucky." She shook her fan and smiled smugly.

"Alright, it's not too early, you all kneel down." The queen stopped talking and made everyone retreat.

Entering the side hall, the queen summoned Huichun and told everyone in the hall about their reactions.

"The nobles of Guan and Rong are really calm, especially the nobles of Rong, involving themselves, and it is such a thing, they are not emotionally obvious at all, which shows the depth of the city." Jian Qiu said slowly, "But fortunately, she has great respect for her mother." ”

The queen remembered An Lingrong's earlier remarks about "wife" and "concubine", and smiled slightly: "Now most of the people in the palace are from the palace, and Concubine Hua relies on only one young Qianyao, and when the time comes, the palace will deal with her as simple as pinching an ant to death." ”

Speaking of Nian Qianyao, Jian Qiu was worried again: "Niangniang, General Nian has a very high prestige recently, I heard that the northwest side is extremely flattering to General Nian, and the emperor also attaches great importance to him, and also rewarded him with a yellow coat." ”

Hearing this, the queen's face sank again, and her smile disappeared inch by inch.

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