Chapter 142. The truth
The queen's face twitched the corners of her eyes stiffly, and then she calmed down, she also saw the emperor's thoughts, she didn't want to block the path of the Jin nobles, so she could only follow the holy will and said: "Qin'er is dead, and I don't know whether Liangchen's words are true or false, but the concubines think that no matter how ignorant the Jin nobles are, they shouldn't know, and doing witchcraft in the palace is a capital crime to exterminate the clan, and she will not dare." ”
She was so frightened that she complained for the first time that she was too anxious to make a move.
The emperor doesn't want to deal with the Jin nobles, because the Tong family behind her can't bite her to death today, and it will be difficult to have such an opportunity in the future, if Qin'er and Liangchen can confront each other, force the emperor to the point of no retreat, and dispose of the Jin nobles, even if the queen makes the emperor angry with her, she thinks it's worth it.
But now, Qin'er is dead, and Liangchen is conclusively guilty, and the emperor just has a staircase, she just wants to punish the nobles of Jin, and she has to find a reason to exonerate her. But the emperor decided in his heart that this matter was done by Jin Guiren, and asked her to deal with it, but she didn't want to take the responsibility on herself, if the same thing happened in the future, it would be her queen's repeated dereliction of duty.
The queen was so angry that she vomited three liters of blood, and couldn't help complaining about An Lingrong, not ventilating with her early, wasting such an opportunity.
"Good days are given to Ling Chi, and the nobles of Jin are punished and confined to Yonghe Palace for three months, does the emperor think it is feasible?" The queen held her breath in her heart, and the punishment for the exit was much heavier.
The emperor nodded indifferently: "Just do what the queen says." ”
When Liangchen heard the word "Ling Chi", his face turned pale uncontrollably, and when she was dragged down, Jin Guiren cried and pulled her sleeves, but in vain, only tore off a small piece of fabric, and watched Liangchen being dragged away.
Her eyes were blurred, and the nobles of Jin cried so much that her makeup was spent, and her heart was filled with hatred, and she firmly remembered the queen in her heart.
Early the next morning, An Lingrong came to see the queen.
"Did the queen sleep well last night?" An Lingrong gave the queen hairpin makeup, smiled and greeted, just as respectful and close as when she first entered the palace, "Shun Changzai has a fever, Imperial Doctor Zhou diagnosed, she really has no hope of having an heir, the emperor is very sorry when he knows it, and he specially promoted her to be a nobleman." ”
"Concubine Rong is a good means, she got rid of two major troubles at once." The queen's eyes raised slightly, and she looked at An Lingrong with a smile, "It's a waste of the loyalty of the noble people to you." ”
An Lingrong sneered, her eyes full of disdain: "What identity and position does she have, and she dares to think about the emperor's heir?" She stood beside the queen with her hands down, and said with a serious face, "Queen Mother, the concubine has always had the same mind as you, but then you didn't get close to the concubine, and the concubine was terrified, and I don't know what I did wrong to disgust the mother." ”
The queen looked at An Ling for a long time, and didn't see half of the hypocrisy on her face, and suddenly raised her eyebrows and smiled: "This palace has never hated you, and I have always loved you, you really misunderstood this palace when you said this." She turned around, took An Lingrong's hand and patted it, "What kind of thoughts you have about this palace, this palace knows it." ”
An Lingrong was complimented again, which made the queen laugh uncontrollably.
"Okay, you were tired of serving the emperor last night, so this morning's greeting is forgiven, go back and rest early." The queen smiled so hard that her face was sour, smiled gently at An Lingrong, and allowed her to go back to the palace first.
An Lingrong nodded gently, leaned over and saluted before leaving.
"Niangniang, what does Concubine Rong Niangniang mean? The slave and maid were a little confused. Jianqiu came over and took off the peony flower of An Lingrong's hairpin between the queen's sideburns and replaced it with a new one.
The queen suddenly lowered her face and chuckled: "Heh, she can't wait to come to the palace to go into the water." She helped the flower and said softly, "Shun is always favored, how can Concubine Rong not have any scheming?" No matter how calm and smart a woman is, it is impossible for her to watch her husband dot on another woman so much. Last night, Jin Guiren just took a charge in vain, it was Concubine Rong herself who wanted to get rid of Shun Changzai, but she didn't succeed, so she planted the blame on Jin Guiren. But Qin'er deserves it, if she can be loyal to the palace wholeheartedly, she will not end up like this. ”
The queen drank the tea that rinsed her mouth, spit it out, and then continued: "However, she took the opportunity to get rid of the Jin nobles This matter does coincide with the palace, she came to the palace early to show her loyalty, but she just wanted the palace to cover up this matter for her, she said, from beginning to end she has the same mind as the palace, only for the Jin nobles, and the rest, don't talk about it." ”
Zhen Huan had an accident, and the alliance between the queen and An Lingrong also collapsed, and the queen naturally would no longer believe what An Lingrong said, not to mention that when An Kang was infected with smallpox, the queen knew that she had been exposed in front of An Lingrong, let alone talk about "standing in the same line".
It's just that Anling Rongcheng Mansion is so deep, it is very beyond the queen's expectations.
Back in Weiyang Palace, An Lingrong lightly instructed Cuiyin: "Find a way to pass the news to the Jin nobles, just say that Qin'er's medicine was given to her by the Wan nobles, and there is no need to say anything else." ”
"Yes." Cuiyin should be gone.
After a while, Dill came: "Niangniang, Concubine Hui Niangniang is here." ”
Shen Meizhuang's voice came in closely: "I didn't know that such a big thing happened in your palace yesterday, Rong'er, are you okay?" She walked in in a hurry, pulled An Lingrong and looked at it again, "Is there anything hurt?" But be careful, they are all pregnant people, and they are not so careless. ”
"Sister, I'm fine." An Lingrong patted Shen Meizhuang's hand and said comfortingly, "Everything was expected by me, and it didn't hurt at all." She beckoned Dill and the others to stand down, and then pulled Shen Meizhuang to sit down.
Shen Meizhuang breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Is Shun Guiren okay?" ”
"She's fine, she's just exaggerating." An Lingrong raised her eyebrows and sighed softly, "It's just that after taking that medicine, it is true that she can't get pregnant anymore, I asked her, she said that she didn't regret it, she could use this matter to give Jin Guiren such a big blow, she felt that it was worth it, but she couldn't pull her down in one fell swoop, it's a pity." ”
"She can see it." Shun nobles, An Lingrong and Shen Meizhuang talked about it.
An Lingrong said: "After this game, we can live in peace for a long time, and my sister can rest assured." She looked at the peach blossoms that had budding on the branches outside the window, and said slowly, "I was arranging it a few years ago, Jin Guiren has no scheming, and being able to raise such a simple-minded person in a big family can only show that she is not very smart, and such a person is easy to use." It just so happened that when she asked for peace that day, she had a few words with the Shun nobles, and everyone knew that she and the Shun nobles were not in harmony. ”
Shen Meizhuang's eyes rolled slightly and he came back to his senses: "So on the first day of the first month, when the Shun nobles and the Jin nobles had a conflict, in fact, you asked the Shun nobles to deliberately go to the Jin nobles to make trouble?" ”
"The contradiction must always be bigger." An Lingrong nodded and continued, "After this layer is paved, it will be Qin'er. ”
"How?" Shen Meizhuang was interested.
"Leaving me, Qin'er is embarrassed in front of the queen, and Shun Guiren is not used to her, she has been dissatisfied with staying by Shun Guiren's side for a long time, and has always wanted to come back to me, I let Cardamom stimulate her two more sentences, she really wants to vote for a new master." An Lingrong chuckled and said, "She went to find the noble Jin first, but was stopped by Liangchen, and then went to the noble Wan, but the noble Wan saw her, but she asked her to show her loyalty, she took it seriously, and came back with the medicine given by the noble Wan." ”
"The medicine was given by the noble man?" Shen Meizhuang was a little shocked, "Is it really a medicine to cut off the heirs?" ”
An Lingrong nodded: "Yes, the medicine is still very fierce, I let Cardamom change to another medicine, otherwise Shun Guiren will lose half of his life if he doesn't die this time." She shook her handkerchief and continued, "As for the witch Gu thing, it was Qin'er who did it herself, and I just pushed the boat with the flow." ”
In fact, An Lingrong thought about this matter for a long time, after all, this is a very dangerous thing, so she just tentatively guided Qin'er, if she didn't have such bad intentions, maybe she wouldn't do it because she had scruples, and she herself might end up being punished to the Criminal Division, so as not to take her life, but she did it anyway.
From Cardamom and Ju Qing deliberately talking about the curse of the witch Gu in their hometown where Qin'er could hear it, to Shun Guiren going to Baohua Hall to ask for incense and deliberately revealing his birth date to Qin'er, this link is linked, so that Qin'er can't hold back the demon in her heart, and finally puts it into action.
"Jin Guiren is now punished and grounded for three months, and he will come out again after three months, the emperor is afraid that he will forget what she looks like, so you are not afraid that she will hate you?" Shen Meizhuang was a little worried.
"The medicine was given to Qin'er by the noble people, and the people also instructed her to harm her, and it has nothing to do with me." An Lingrong blinked, approached Shen Meizhuang, pursed her lips and laughed lightly, "And the person she hates the most should be the queen, not me, maybe she can help us in the future." Suddenly, the tip of his nose wrinkled slightly, "My sister is injured?" Why does the smell of medicinal oil on my body be so strong? ”
Speaking of this, Shen Meizhuang dodged his gaze a little unnaturally: "After kneeling for a long time, my knee hurts, so I wiped it more, but it smoked you?" Last night, I went to serve in the Queen Mother's palace, and the Queen Mother also said that she was panicked. ”
"My sister was punished by the queen for interceding for Sister Zhen, right?" An Lingrong guessed what was going on, but he couldn't blame anything, he only sighed and asked, "Sister Zhen is having a bad time?" ”
"Hmm." Shen Meizhuang couldn't help but burst into tears again, "Huan'er, her face is extremely bad, and at a glance, she knows that the confinement is not ready and has fallen into the root of the disease, but even if she is so weak, the sisters-in-law of Ganlu Temple still grind her one by one, let her do this and that, I saw her yesterday, her hands are full of chilblains, her palms are all calluses, and there are dense scars." It's still like this in the hands, let alone on the body. She wiped her tears and said, "I begged the Queen Mother last night, and the Queen Mother allowed Fangruo to visit from time to time when she left the palace, so that she could shelter Huan'er for a while." ”
"If my sister is really worried about Sister Zhen's body, it is better to let Imperial Doctor Wen visit her more, so that Sister Zhen can adjust her body." An Lingrong proposed, "Since the Queen Mother can allow Aunt Fang Ruo to visit in the palace, she will definitely acquiesce to Imperial Doctor Wen to see Sister Zhen." ”
"I also have this idea, I'm afraid that the emperor will be even more angry with Huan'er when he finds out about this." Shen Meizhuang also nodded.
"It's okay, if the emperor knows, I'll persuade him." An Lingrong comforted Shen Meizhuang, but secretly said in his heart, I am afraid that the emperor will not say anything after he finds out, and he does not want Zhen Huan to practice in Ganlu Temple and lose his life.
Shen Meizhuang nodded: "That's good." Then he said, "In a few days, I will move to Broken Yuxuan, now there are two lords in Chuxiu Palace, and it is really inconvenient, seeing that Concubine Qi likes Chuxiu Palace very much, I invited myself to Broken Yuxuan, which can be regarded as abdication to make way for Xian, and the Queen Mother has allowed this." ”
"Sister, why is this so difficult?" An Lingrong sighed deeply.
"After Huan'er left the palace, everyone said that Broken Yuxuan was unlucky, and now I am taking Haoyue with Haoyue, staring at Concubine Qi in Chuxiu Palace every day, and I am really uneasy, it is better to take her to live in Broken Yuxuan, and it is also cleaner." Shen Meizhuang smiled slightly, his eyes were full of bitterness, "Don't tell me anything about grace or non-grace, I don't care, since the emperor has a knot in his heart for Huan'er, he won't set foot in Broken Yuxuan, and when his knot is untied, everything will be fine." I guarded for Huan'er and waited for her to come back. ”
Guarding the broken jade xuan, but also guarding the hazy moon.