In the Qiwu Palace, there was also chaos.
"Empress, the prime minister ordered that the empress take all the concubines and escort them to the Jinluan Hall." The one who spoke was the maid beside the empress, Wen Xi, who was sent to the palace by the prime minister half a month ago. The prime minister said that she would take his words to herself, and also said that she would protect herself.
The queen was slightly taken aback, and raised her eyes to look at Wen Xi, "But what happened? Has the emperor returned to the imperial city?"
Wen Xi lowered his head, "I don't know."
"The emperor must be back." The queen looked into the bronze mirror. The woman inside was graceful and luxurious, wearing a nine-tailed phoenix robe, and the phoenix crown on her head was shining, but there was a trace of panic in her eyes. Her father wanted to plot rebellion. ... but I have no choice... But, the emperor, even if he doesn't treat him well, even if he only has that woman in his heart, he is still her husband.
"Empress Empress..."
Wen Xi's voice came, and the queen heard it, but couldn't help laughing, "Queen?" If she took this step today, I'm afraid, no matter whether she wins or loses in this match, She can no longer be a queen. She had been looking forward to this position for so long and guarded it for so long, and it no longer belonged to her in the future.
"Sister..." Li Fuyi's voice came from outside, the queen's eyes turned cold slightly, and as she walked out, she saw Li Fuyi standing in the outer hall, looking at her with a smile, "Sister, father asked sister to keep all the harem I brought all my concubines to the Golden Luan Hall, could it be that my sister didn't receive the letter? Why... "
The queen looked at Li Fuyi coldly, "This palace has its own decision. On that day, this palace thought that your father sent you to the palace to be a favor for the Li family. I was also curious why you entered the palace, but it seemed like I have no intention of competing for favor, and I spend all day with that old woman in the Changchun Palace eating fast and praying to Buddha, and I also want to support you to the emperor, but I don't think that your purpose of entering the palace is not at all."
Li Fuyi smiled, and there was a hint of charm in his eyes, "Sister joked, the emperor belongs to my sister. Although Fuyi is young and ignorant, he knows it and doesn't rob my sister of things. But it seems that my sister I don't like Fuyi at all, could it be that my sister is reluctant to take this post? Also, my sister and the emperor have been husband and wife for more than 20 years, so naturally they have a deep relationship."
"Shut up." The Queen's eyes became even colder, "You came here to find ways to stab Ben Gong?"
Li Fuyi smiled slightly and shook his head, "I just wanted to tell my sister that in the Fengxing Palace, my sister helped my sister place a person, and my sister asked her to find an opportunity to ask Concubine Jin and Concubine Jin just now. The assassination of the child born, if the matter is successful, it can be regarded as helping my sister get rid of a hatred in her heart, if the matter fails, she will tell Concubine Jin and the emperor that it is the elder sister who wants them to die."
"Li Fuyi!" the queen said angrily, "I really underestimated you, and even forgot that you are best at acting, just like your lowly biological mother!"
Li Fuyi was stunned for a moment, but still laughed out loud, "Sister, why bother to be so angry? This is also what my father meant. My father said that my sister values love and affection the most. If the situation comes to an end, but she suddenly regrets it, then what?" It's not good. You see, it's not very good now. The emperor is afraid that he will hate you to the bone. Even if you didn't do anything, he will definitely not let you go. Besides, Princess Huajing was hurt enough by Princess Yunshang. Now, I don’t know if I’m still alive…”
"Enough! You go!" The queen pointed at Li Fuyi, her face almost contorted.
Li Fuyi stood up, "The younger sister will leave first, older sister must remember, don't let father down."
The queen watched Li Fuyi leave the main hall, his figure gradually submerged in the night, and then suddenly sat down on the chair, her face blank, as if she had been hollowed out by someone.
"Empress Empress..." Wen Xi uttered again.
The queen raised her eyes to look at her, Wen Xi was stunned and fell silent.
"Go, go and bring the concubines to the Jinluan Hall." The queen said softly, with a bitter smile on the corner of her mouth. If it is really necessary to use concubines as a shield, I am afraid that all the concubines in the harem will also be afraid. Without the slightest effect, no one understands better than her what is the most important thing in the emperor's heart.
For the sake of the throne, even the women he loves so much can be treated indifferently, let alone these women he has never cared about. What's more, now that Concubine Jin and her child are firmly guarded behind him, the three thousand in the harem are probably worse than an ant in his eyes.
Wen Xi left with his people, and only the queen was left in the huge Qiwu Palace.
"The empress doesn't seem to be very happy?" Suddenly there was a soft and shallow female voice, and the empress was shocked, and then heard the woman say again, "After all, if Prime Minister Li ascends the throne as emperor, the empress will However, my identity is a bit embarrassing, I don't know whether it is better to be called the empress dowager or the princess?"
"Ning Yunshang!" The queen gritted her teeth, hearing the voice seemed to be coming from the inner hall, and rushed into the inner hall. Sure enough, she saw Yunshang sitting on a chair, smiling and looking at the angry face. The queen said, "Is the queen mother calling me?"
The queen became even more angry, "Ning Yunshang, return my mirror!" Roaring, she rushed towards Yunshang.
It's just that before she touched the corner of Yun Chang's clothes, she was grabbed by someone. The queen was startled, and saw that she was caught by two men in black, and then she calmed down slowly. At this time, how could she here? The palace is heavily guarded now, how did she get in
"Isn't the queen mother wondering how Chang'er got in?" Yun Shang smiled slightly and explained kindly, "Don't the queen mother know that there are many secret passages in this palace?"
The queen trembled and looked at Yunshang with burning eyes. Why, she had never known it after all these years in the palace. Could it be that the emperor never trusted her from the beginning to the end? Otherwise, why did she, as the mother of a country and the lord of the entire harem, never hear from the emperor what even this little bitch knew.
The more she thinks about it, the more desolate she feels in her heart, but, after all these years of ups and downs in the palace, she has already cultivated a set of skills of not changing her face, and the incident just happened suddenly, and she just followed her instinct.
The queen was silent for a long time before she said, "Tell me, what happened to Huajing?"
Yun Shang smiled, "Actually, a few days ago, Chang'er still told the Queen Mother through other people's mouths. Could it be that the Queen Mother didn't hear it, Sister Huang, alas..." Yun Shang sighed, "Sister Huang has been admitted to the palace. The little man said, he was poisoned by chronic poison, counting the time, he should have already had an attack. If he was in the imperial city, he might still be relieved, but the third prince of the Yelang Kingdom also insisted on kidnapping the imperial sister, Yelang People in the country are not very good at medicine, and the antidote to the poison can only be found here in Chang'er, I'm afraid, Miss Huang is... gone."
The queen's eyes burst out with murderous intent, and her voice was slightly hoarse, "Why are you doing this? Jing'er is just a bit willful, but she is also your imperial sister. I have taught you a lot, and I have never done it before." I'm sorry for your matter, is this how you repay me?"
"Willful? Parenting?" Yun Shang seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, and couldn't help laughing out loud, "Could the empress be telling a joke? If it wasn't for Chang'er Fu's fate, I'm afraid, it would be too. Those who can't live now, Huangjie is just a little wayward, but she always comes to Chang'er's life every time. Mother, if it is not because you are afraid of being discovered by your father, which will affect your post, I am afraid, to Shang'er I won't show any kindness when I do it."
Yun Shang sighed, stood up, and walked in front of the queen, "It's just that now, it's meaningless for us to talk about it. Hua Jing was killed by me, and the queen mother wants to seek revenge from me. I will accompany you at any time, but I think , I am afraid that the queen mother will not have this opportunity."
"What do you mean?" The queen clenched her hands in her sleeves, and she stood still, looking at this woman with a faint smile, but who looked like a deadly poison, her heart was shocked. The appearance of her breasts, I'm afraid, I was completely fooled by her early in the morning. I'm afraid that since she returned to the palace again, she has deceived everyone. She is pretending that she is not in good health or that she looks weak and incompetent. I'm afraid, only her current appearance is her real appearance.
Her mirror... Although she grew up under her teaching, what she only knows is some ways to fight for favor in the house, some methods that a regular wife should know. Besides, Jing'er has been doted on since she was a child, and because of her outstanding talent, she also grew up under the admiration of everyone, so her temperament is naturally spoiled. Originally, she thought that it was not a fatal flaw, so she didn't care about it, but she didn't think that that seemingly inconspicuous flaw was used by the woman in front of her, and in the end, it took her life.
It was him who harmed her. The queen closed her eyes, only to feel uncomfortable like being bitten by thousands of insects in her heart. However, Yun Chang's voice still came very clearly.
"Seeing me appearing here, does the queen mother still think that the defense in this palace is really as strict as you imagined? Or does the queen mother think that I really came alone?"
The queen was shocked, and looked at Yunshang with some disbelief in her eyes, as if she was still thinking about what she meant by this.
Before he could react, he heard Wen Xi's panicked voice from outside, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty...the concubines in the palace are all gone..."
The queen saw that the corners of Yunshang's mouth slowly curled into a smile. The bead curtain was lifted, and Wen Xi's face appeared at the door of the inner hall, "Mother..." Before she could say a word, a sword was placed across her neck, and because she didn't have time to stop, her neck was on the sword. There was a hole. Only then did Wen Xi see the situation in the palace, and he couldn't help but stare wide.
"You took all those concubines away?" The queen didn't look at Wenxi, but only at Yunshang, and asked in a deep voice.
Yun Shang nodded, "Ah, I'm really sorry, I ruined the prime minister's plan. I thought, the prime minister wants these concubines, in addition to threatening the father, he also threatens the families of these concubines. These concubines themselves have no What was wrong, I was relieved for a moment, and I was saved."
"However, it just occurred to me just now that the Empress and Fumei are both Prime Minister Li's beloved daughters. I don't know if Prime Minister Li will care. The prince said that Prime Minister Li is cruel, so it shouldn't have much influence. However, chatting is worse than nothing. Presumably, the empress has never experienced being abandoned by her close relatives, why don't you come and experience it today?" Yun Shang smiled, but there was a bit of coldness in her eyes. In her previous life, she Even if she was abandoned by her close relatives one by one, her husband and the emperor's sister were in love with each other, and the queen mother gave him a glass of poisoned wine, this time, they should return it bit by bit.
There was dead silence in the queen's eyes, she had no way out. Her feet were a little soft, and the tip of the queen's nose was slightly sore. How did she get to this point? Originally, she was the most respected queen in the world. Even though the emperor didn't have much love for her, he respected her a lot. Originally, she also has a daughter that she regards as a treasure. Even though her daughter is a little spoiled, she is also talented and very dependent on her. Originally, she also had a powerful father. Even though she and her father were not close, they still supported each other. The front and rear palaces were all under the control of the Li family.
How did you come to this point
Yun Chang smiled and looked at the queen, "By the way, does the queen mother know why, Prime Minister Li would be so bold and reckless, and do such a rebellious thing? Presumably the mother doesn't know the reason, so Chang'er and the mother Let’s talk about it, in fact, the members of the Li family are not from Ningguo at all..."
The queen was shocked when she heard the words, and angrily said, "You are talking nonsense!"
Yun Shang ignored her, "The ancestors of the Li family were originally members of the Xia Kingdom's royal family. It was because the Xia Kingdom had the ambition to compete in the world, but suffered from the small population and narrow territory. It is almost impossible to go head-to-head with Ning Guo The ancestor of Xia Kingdom's royal family was also far-sighted and ambitious, so he let one of his sons hide his name and brought his confidants to Ningguo, and slowly developed all the way, entered the official career, and sent his daughter to the palace. Gradually stabilized. By Prime Minister Li's generation, it was considered to be very prosperous. After the peak, it will definitely decline slowly. In addition, Xia Guo has been preparing for decades, and has also placed many people in Ningguo. Therefore, Xia The emperor felt that the best time had come."
Yun Chang said while pacing, "Originally this was a foolproof strategy. If it was developed according to the strategy of Emperor Xia, it would have a great chance of winning. However, there were some accidents. The accident was that Chang'er's Grandfather accidentally found some clues. The prince went to investigate under the order of his father, and discovered the conspiracy of Emperor Xia. Emperor Xia was afraid that things would be exposed, so he had no choice but to implement the plan ahead of time. However, because of the early Many things have not been fully arranged yet because of this.”
The queen shook her head, her voice was a little dry, and she said in a hoarse voice, "Why do you have to make up such a lie to deceive me, do you think I will believe it?"
"I'm afraid the empress has already believed it? We have been kept in the dark, but the empress is the daughter of Prime Minister Li, and she is also the empress. How could she not know? Even if Prime Minister Li didn't say it so clearly, she did There are also many details, and the empress must think about it carefully, and then she will understand." Yun Chang said casually without paying attention.
Wen Xi was escorted in, the bead curtain was lifted again, a man in black walked in, and bowed to Yun Shang, "Report to Wangfei, all the guards in the palace have been replaced by ours."
Yun Chang nodded, turned his eyes to look at the queen, and said with a smile on his face, "If Prime Minister Li is defeated, where do you think he will retreat? Well, I guess, he will enter the palace. Because Prime Minister Li has worked so hard After being on guard for a long time, the defense in this palace, in his opinion, is probably foolproof. Moreover, he asked the empress to bring the concubines of the harem to the Jinluan Hall, probably for the purpose of threatening his father with him. If When Prime Minister Li entered the palace, the empress guessed whether he could get out alive."
The queen's complexion was pale, she opened her mouth, she didn't speak, her eyes were full of misery, the Qiwu Palace was still resplendent, but now, in her eyes, it was like a death talisman.
After a while, she smiled leisurely, and looked at Yunshang with a bit of hatred in her eyes, "Do you think that this palace only has these methods? If I die, I will die. If I die, there will be Concubine Jin, and there will be Concubine Jin." With my concubine's beloved children by my side, I have nothing to regret!"
Yunshang paused, with a bit of contemplation in her eyes. No matter what, she couldn't put her concubine mother and younger brother in danger. Yunshang walked out of the inner hall, recruited a hidden guard, and gave him a few words before returning walked back.
Walking into the inner hall again, Yun Chang didn't speak. She sat in the hall and looked at the queen with a smile in her eyes. The queen felt chills all over her body when she saw it, but she also smiled and said, "What? Are you scared?"
Yun Shang shook her head, "There was one thing just now. I lied to the empress. I planned to save her life, but I suddenly changed my mind after hearing what the empress said."
The queen sneered coldly, "Don't play tricks on me. Do you think I will still believe you now? Could it be that what you want to say is that Jing'er is not dead yet? Hahahaha... There is nothing terrible about this palace now. That's right, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive today, if Hua Jing is really alive, then it's better to die, and we will be reunited underground if we die."
Yun Chang didn't respond.
After about an hour, the dark guard who left before came back again, holding a golden nanmu brocade box in his hand, Yun Chang didn't look at it, and waved his hand lightly with a smile, "Let's show it to the empress." .”
The hidden guard held the brocade box and walked in front of the queen, but the queen didn't open it, she just looked at Yunshang coldly. Yun Chang gave a "hmm" and looked at the queen with a smile, "Why doesn't the queen mother take a look? Could it be that she is scared?"
The queen snorted, raised her hand, and flicked it casually, the box rolled from the hidden guard's hand and fell to the ground, it was thrown open, and the contents of the box fell out...