Concubine Shu held a hand that was dripping with blood and was damaged in many places. There were even bones showing in several places. She felt that the sky was about to collapse!
She was born in a humble family, and it was her beauty that made her what she is today. As she grew older, had no children, and was faced with the threat of being helpless in old age, this beauty became her undoing!
To put it bluntly, the hands that used to be slender and white, like being carved from flawless mutton-fat jade, were injured like this. Even if the palace maid accidentally pulled out a long hair when she was dressing up, she might have ordered her to beat her to death. Vent your anger! ! !
But at this moment, Meng Guiyu actually...
What Concubine Shu couldn't accept was that it was she and her sister Shu Zhaoyi who promoted Meng Guiyu to his current status together! ! !
"I just keep a dog. If you give me so many benefits, you will wag your tail when you see me!" The resentment in the concubine's heart was churning wildly, "Meng Guiyu, this despicable child! !! His status in Meng’s family is worse than that of a dog. If it weren’t for me and my sister, he would never have been able to achieve what he is today in his eight lifetimes!!! Now he actually... would be so cruel to me!!! I was simply blind in the first place! Blinded!!!”
She had originally had the idea of reconciling things with Rong Suihe a few days ago, but now she felt even more regretful, "This little beast could betray his future secrets to him, why didn't I think that he would betray me one day?" ?!”
If she and Shu Zhaoyi had not believed Meng Guiyu's words at that time and continued to maintain close contact with Rong Suihe, Meng Guiyu might have been stared at by Rong Suihe sooner or later. Where would there be any chance of becoming a monster? !
Moreover, the imperial concubine now said to Meng Guiyu that Rong Shuihe was Huan Guanlan's close disciple and favorite disciple. She took advantage of the palace banquet to deliberately please her sisters. She had malicious intentions and planned to take advantage of the two sisters. The rhetoric of killing Huan Guanlan and avenging him also aroused huge doubts, "If Mi Zhenruo is Huan Guanlan's closed disciple, why not announce it? He has full wings now, and he already needs the help of our sisters." It’s not so urgent anymore. But his status as the emperor’s direct disciple can help him win over scholars, especially Huan Guanlan’s disciples like Luo Pu, who now hold important positions in the court!”
"So, even if Mi Zhen is Huan Guanlan's disciple, he may not listen to everything Huan Guanlan... That child has always been a man of ideas. His biological parents, Wang Rongjing and Princess Zhao Ziye, can't do anything about him, not to mention Huan Guanlan. A teacher?"
"All of this must be Meng Guiyu's plan to deliberately drive a wedge between us and Mi Zhen so that he can take advantage of the situation and seize power and position!!!"
"Why are we sisters so stupid?!"
"To force such a thing to a high position!!!"
"If I hadn't become estranged from Mi Zhen and adopted him into my name early, now that he knew we were in such a crisis, whether it was for the future or reputation, how could he not come to the rescue?!"
"And if you are still close to Mi Zhen and the former commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army rebels and recommends the new commander-in-chief, it will not be Meng Guiyu, but Mi Zhen's sworn brothers!"
The more Concubine Shu thought about it, the more she regretted it. The more she thought about it, the more she realized that she had made the wrong move every step of the way. Her hatred for Meng Guiyu was also unforgettable!
Just when he raised his head and touched Meng Guiyu's unruffled eyes, thinking about what he had just experienced, he felt fear in his heart. He tilted his head and avoided his sight, and then said with a choked sob: "I... I asked Liudie to send a message to the palace. Your confidants, don’t do anything to Sheng Xi!”
When Meng Guiyu heard this, his pupils suddenly shrank, and a violent anger suddenly rose between his brows. The horrified Concubine Shu subconsciously held her head, fearing that Tou Tou would be punched and kicked again.
Meng Guiyu simply ignored her, closed his eyes, calmed down his emotions, and asked expressionlessly: "Why do you do this?"
"...I am afraid that you will lose." Concubine Shu murmured for a while, and when she saw that he seemed to be impatiently moving his steps, as if Ai Ai would kick him again, she choked out in panic, "You have never been on the battlefield, and you are not a general! Because the previous commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army rebelled, Your Majesty and our sisters can no longer trust the Tao family, so among those who participated in the rescue that night, you were chosen as the commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army. But you are so young and have nothing in terms of experience and qualifications!"
"Even if you are full of loyalty, sometimes the overall situation cannot be saved by loyalty!"
When the imperial concubine said this, she couldn't help crying out of pain and regret, "So I am very scared! I am afraid that you will betray my trust, and I am afraid that you will eventually lose to Mi Zhen!!!"
"That's why I plan to be merciful to Sheng Xi, so that if he secretly returns to Chang'an one day and ascends to the throne, we sisters can use this to intercede with him and receive good treatment... Even if the hope is slim, it's better than nothing, right? "
"Anyway, Sheng Xi is just a warrior, not an indispensable confidant under Mi Zhen..."
Seeing Meng Guiyu's eyes getting colder and colder, the imperial concubine timidly stopped talking.
"Sheng Xi ran away!" There was silence in the palace for a long time. Meng Guiyu lifted the corner of his robe and slowly squatted down. This action made Concubine Shu panic and want to retreat.
But behind her was the huanghuali couch with carved curly grass patterns and mica brocade, which she usually leaned on when summoning people. It blocked the way, making it impossible to avoid Meng Guiyu.
Meng Guiyu stared at her movements, just like a hunter looking at the struggling prey in a trap, so leisurely and relished. After a while, he said softly, "There is no reason for Mi Zhen to openly fall out with Ni Wang Rong Jing in anger." … Congratulations to you, empress. The development of things next is likely to be similar to what you expected. Even if I can deal with the rebel king Rong Jing, I will not be able to deal with Mi Zhen. At that time, you can kneel at his feet with satisfaction and raise your hand. If this is an example, I beg for mercy from him!"
Before he finished speaking, he grabbed Concubine Shu's hair bun, ignoring the hairpin in the bun. With his rough movements, he scratched Concubine Shu's scalp and ear helix, and continued to say softly, "Of course , First of all, your concubine, you must be able to live until that time, right?"
Concubine Shu struggled desperately, tears rolled down her face, and she sobbed and cast a pleading look at him.
"Why do you have to look at me like this?" Meng Guiyu tilted his head, looked at her and smiled, "I don't like this look, because it always reminds me of my poor sister, Gui Huan. She is so She tried so hard to look at her eyes, tried so hard to please the people in the first, second, and third bedrooms, and tried so hard to help me... In the end, because of my incompetence, I was carried into the Guangling Palace in a small sedan, and was given to her who was old enough to be her. My grandfather's waste became a concubine, and she had to endure the abuse and beatings of his bullying heir apparent... "
"In the end, even because Prince Guangling couldn't live anymore, he refused to let her live, so she just... went away like that, not even a whole body was left behind!!!"
His tone suddenly became fierce, "So as long as I see the look in my empress's eyes at this moment, I can't help but think, did Gui Huan also use this look to beg other people in the beginning? King Guangling, Prince Guangling's son, I'm Those uncles and cousins, and... the two ladies?"
"It's a pity that when we brothers and sisters were desperate... everyone either looked on coldly or added insult to injury... Madam, do you think this is the suffering we brothers and sisters deserved in their lives, or... do these hard-hearted people deserve to die?!"
He grabbed Concubine Shu's hair and slammed her onto the edge of the couch, which was carved with huanghuali curly grass patterns and inlaid with mica brocade. Concubine Shu felt that her skull was almost broken at the impact, and the pain was indescribable. , unable to even scream.
While she was confused, she heard Meng Guiyu take a deep breath, seem to have calmed down, and continued with a calm and gentle smile, as if chatting with others, "Your Majesty, please change your eyes quickly, or I will give you your The eyeballs were immediately gouged out, which one do you choose? Huh?"
The fear in Concubine Shu's eyes was so strong that she sobbed: "Even if you failed to provoke Mi Zhen and Ni Wang Rong Jing this time, since you are sure to deal with Ni Wang Rong Jing alone... why... why are you still afraid of Mi Zhen? You Meng family Although all the disciples in Chang'an are dead and wounded, the hussar general who holds the Northern Xinjiang Army is still doing well in Northern Xinjiang, right? You still have a chance!!!"
"Do not kill me!!!!"
"General Hussars?" Meng Guiyu said with a half-smiling look, "It has been more than a day or two since the sad news of the death of my three uncles and a group of brothers and sisters reached Northern Xinjiang. Madam, these days, Have you ever heard of any unusual movement of the Northern Xinjiang Army heading south?"
Concubine Shu said tremblingly: "This must be because General Hussar planned to kill General Huaihua first, and then bring all the Northern Xinjiang Army with him... The Northern Xinjiang Army is the most elite army in Damu, even though Mi Zhen is smart, His Western Xinjiang Army was completely abandoned earlier, and it has only been reorganized for a few days now? How can it be the opponent of the Northern Xinjiang Army!? "
Meng Guiyu looked at her and said with a smile: "What you said makes sense! But... General Hussar, my cousin, I'm afraid he won't go south!"
"... Could it be that he was secretly captured?!" Concubine Shu's thoughts were racing and she asked in disbelief, "But with his status, he must be under the protection of thousands of troops! How did he succeed in this situation?! "
The disbelief on her face also showed deep regret, which was like "If I had known Mi Zhen was so powerful, I would have given up on him."
Seeing Meng Guiyu slowly shaking his head, the imperial concubine suddenly felt a sense of loss in her heart.
"General Hussar is doing very well at the moment, but due to the death of Zheng Hou and others, the Meng family's descendants are in dire straits." Meng Guiyu said lightly, "I and my younger brother are both of the blood of the Fourth Fang. The second and third bedrooms have always been incompatible with each other for many years. Even though the Hussars General is far away in the northern Xinjiang, he has almost never met his ministers. However, under the influence of Zheng Hou and others, he is probably mostly suspicious and suspicious of his younger brother, which is impossible. Treat them as brothers!"
"Especially this time, there were many victims of the Meng family. Among the four houses, mine was the least damaged!"
"General Hussar, it's good if he doesn't suspect that I and the rebel king Rong Jingying are conspiring to kill the Meng family!"
"How can we work together with you?"
"and… "
He laughed coldly and looked at Concubine Shu, "Even if the Hussars general goes south, puts down the rebellion of the rebel king Rong Jing, repels Mi Zhen, and supports the orthodoxy... At that time, will he have the final say on the orthodoxy? Does the minister have the final say?"
"As the empress said, the reputation of the elite troops of the Northern Territory is known all over the world!"
"I don't know how to fight, so I already lost a lot. In addition, the Forbidden Army was originally defeated by the Northern Xinjiang Army... It has been difficult for me to be a minister for so many years. I went round and round, trying every possible means to find opportunities... In the end, I still became a subordinate of the General Hussars. Look. Live like a big fang?!"
Meng Guiyu said happily, "I look like someone who is willing to be a slave for the rest of his life?!"
The imperial concubine's beauty turned pale, and she stammered: "Then you... you... what did you do to the General Hussars... what did you do to your cousin... to him?!"