The jade concubine shivered and knelt outside the jade steps. Her knees were numb from the pain, and she knocked her head on the ground motionless.
She had been kneeling for several hours. If it weren't for the two palace maids who were kneeling beside her, supporting her, she would have fainted.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, please come in." At the door of the Imperial Study Room
The great eunuch Liu Xi stood at the door with a smile on his face. In Concubine Yu's eyes, the smile was cold and without any warmth.
"Yes!" She didn't dare to say anything more, and stood up with difficulty holding the palace maid's hand. She staggered two steps, and for a while it was difficult to even move.
"Please come in quickly, the queen is waiting for you." Liu Xi seemed not to notice her difficulty in moving, but still urged with a smile.
Concubine Jade did not dare to hesitate. She supported the palace maids and slowly dragged her wooden feet forward as they walked forward.
As soon as he entered the study door, he heard Emperor Zong Wen's roar. He suddenly couldn't stand and knelt down beside the door railing with the dragon carved on it.
"As the head of the harem, you have been so negligent. Okay, I will ask the three judges to interrogate your gentle and generous daughter in a moment."
In the study room, the queen couldn't stand anymore and knelt on the ground in shock. Her face was full of fear and her eyes were wide open in disbelief. She knelt down in front of Emperor Zongwen and begged: "Your Majesty, please spare Xueyu. She is just young and ignorant, and it is the first time for girls to be petty. Besides, the princess was punished and tried by the three judges. Please spare Xue He, Your Majesty!"
"Girls are so small-minded that they can do such things that harm people's reputation! At such a young age, with such evil thoughts, I don't know who I have imitated." The emperor's face darkened and he said angrily, "Preach the decree and send five The princess was locked up and infiltrated..."
Seeing that the emperor was really angry, the queen turned pale, stretched out her hand and grabbed the emperor's dragon robe and urged her anxiously: "Your Majesty, don't you want Xueyu to get married? If she marries the Yan Kingdom far away, if her reputation is not good, she will be in trouble with the national body. It’s not good-looking, the eldest prince of the Yan Kingdom has fallen in love with Xueyu, and no other princess would be suitable for you.”
The queen had never approved of this matter, but she had to take it out at this time. She looked at Emperor Zongwen sadly with tearful eyes and begged, is the cold palace a place where Xueyu can stay? Not to mention that it was cold and desolate there, but when she thought about the concubines she had killed, she would always be filled with resentment when she walked there during the day. When the queen thought about it, she felt chills all over her body and her hands and feet were cold.
My daughter never wanted to end up like that.
"Then you asked me not to punish her?" Emperor Zongwen glanced sideways at the queen, a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes, and said condescendingly and coldly.
"I don't dare. I will definitely teach her well and never let her offend Princess Anping again. When the time passes, she will marry far away and there will be no possibility of her coming back. Your Majesty, please let me do this again." Concubine and Xueyu tell each other about their love for mother and daughter. From now on... I'm afraid they won't be able to see each other again in this life!" The queen said as tears fell involuntarily and she sobbed softly.
The princess got married and never came back. Any father would be heartbroken, not to mention that Emperor Zongwen still loved his daughter very much in the past.
After hearing what the queen said, Emperor Zongwen's expression softened slightly. After thinking about it, he waved to Liu Xi who came up to listen to the order, and Liu Xi stepped back respectfully.
"Queen, I don't want to hear anymore about the fifth princess entangled with Yihao. I don't want to hear the rumors that she and Yihao are not in the clear. Her behavior is inappropriate. She is destined to be the eldest princess of the Yan Kingdom. No more It has nothing to do with Yihao, whoever likes Yihao has nothing to do with her, and whoever Yihao likes has nothing to do with her." Emperor Zongwen reprimanded coldly.
"Yes, I obey the order, and I will teach her well." The queen was sad and did not dare to say anything more. She apologized to Emperor Zongwen again before retreating.
Passing by Concubine Jade, who was kneeling by the threshold, the queen stopped, lowered her head and looked at her coldly with a gloomy look, and then walked out.
If not for the provocation by this bitch, Concubine Yu, how could Xue Yu do such a thing? I just asked Xue Yu and found out that it was actually Concubine Yu, this bitch, who instigated this matter. I remembered that Concubine Yu had left with the Queen Mother recently. He was very close, and he learned that a while ago, some people in his natal family felt that supporting the bloodline of Prince Ning was closer, and there was an evil fire in their hearts.
Prince Ning is close to the Queen Mother, but not close to her at all. If Prince Ning Fengjue really ascends to the throne, the Queen Mother will still have her own position, and she will neither become the Queen Mother nor the Queen Mother. When she thinks of this, the Queen The fire in her heart boiled up. She couldn't do anything to the Queen Mother. Couldn't she also talk to the Jade Concubine? Just now, she had explicitly or covertly put the blame on this bitch many times. She believed this bitch. There will be no easy way out this time.
A concubine who has only been pampered for a few days wants to climb over her. I really don't know how high the sky is.
"Concubine Yu, you have done a good job!" In the study, Zong Wenzong looked at Concubine Yu condescendingly with a cold and stern face.
"Your Majesty, I, I just said..." After being startled for a moment, Concubine Yu raised her head, knelt down a few steps to the emperor's feet and cried.
"So many people have seen you give the ruby hairpin to Princess Anping. The light of the ruby refracts on people's faces. I'm afraid you didn't expect how bright the flashing light is!" The emperor did not look at her. , kicked her away without mercy.
Liu Xi, who was standing aside, lowered his head and took two steps back calmly, avoiding Concubine Yu who was upside down.
"Your Majesty, please spare me, I will never dare to do it again." Concubine Yu was kicked to the ground, her face turned pale, her lips were trembling, and she begged, "Your Majesty, I also listened to the Queen Mother... "
"Shut up!" Emperor Zongwen shouted sharply. The sudden violent shouting frightened Concubine Yu so much that she couldn't utter a word. She suddenly realized something, bit her lips tightly and dared not say anything. She just kept kowtowing. The Emperor said to the Queen Mother His filial piety can be seen by everyone in the palace.
The Queen Mother's kindness was also well known to everyone. By saying such words, she was clearly trying to provoke discord between the Emperor and the Queen Mother! Such consequences are definitely not something that a little concubine like her can bear.
"The women in the harem are generous and graceful, but you have such a cruel heart, Concubine Yu, I really misjudged you!" There was deep disappointment in the emperor's eyes, and it fell on Concubine Yu, making her tremble like chaff, and she almost fell down. On the ground, he cried out sadly: "Your Majesty!"
"Preaching the decree, the Jade Concubine is arrogant and extravagant. She talks about political affairs in vain and is thrown into the cold palace!"
"Yes!" There were already guards guarding the door. Two people came up. One by one, they dragged Concubine Yu up and walked out!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have been wronged, I have been wronged!" Concubine Jade was shocked and started crying. She struggled to crawl over, but the two guards showed no mercy and pulled her up and walked out.
After Concubine Jade's cries faded away, Emperor Zongwen took a deep breath and said coldly to Liu Xi: "Preach the decree and put the sign stating that no one in the harem is allowed to interfere with politics in the harem at the entrance of each palace, so that there will be no further comments." cut!"
"Yes, I will let you do it." Liu Xi immediately responded and stepped back.
After leaving the imperial study, he specifically ordered people to put up signs at the entrances of each palace.
"Eunuch, do you want to release the Cining Palace?" A clever little eunuch asked cautiously.
"Is that the harem?" Liu Xi asked coldly, and turned around to go back to the imperial study. The little eunuch didn't dare to say more, and ran away immediately.
The emperor clearly put up such a sign not just for the empress, but the most likely person to discuss politics in the harem was the empress dowager. He had been with Emperor Zongwen for a long time, and he knew that the emperor, the empress dowager, and their mother and son seemed filial and kind, but in fact they had always been Tighten up.
The Queen Mother stayed in Cining Palace and did not care about the affairs of the harem. For this reason, the emperor also gave her the honor of enjoying the same status as a real Queen Mother. But now this one actually chose to cause chaos in the harem. She clearly wanted to mess with the harem first and then the queen. Anyone can understand what is going on in the Queen Mother's mind when it comes to disrupting government affairs.
Otherwise, why would Prince Ning be sent to the State of Yan as a hostage so early? I thought that without Prince Ning, the Queen Mother would be in peace for at least a period of time. Unexpectedly, in just a few years, the Queen Mother would not be able to endure this situation any longer.
I'm afraid this harem is really going to be in chaos!
The emperor was furious, and the news that even the queen was reprimanded instantly spread silently throughout the harem.
Concubine Jade was thrown into the cold palace! Although the fifth princess was not explicitly grounded, the meaning was there. She was brought to the Queen's Palace to be well-educated by the Queen. She was such an old person, so what else could she need to educate? The emperor's anger was clear at a glance. Every door in the harem There were signs in front of them saying “No political interference”.
Even the entrance of the Cining Palace of the always indifferent Empress Dowager suddenly had a sign, so that the old ministers who went to the Cining Palace to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager felt anxious and could not help but put their positions in the correct position. Usually there would be some at every three or five. When the old minister entered the Cining Palace, there was no one to hand him the sign.
The Queen Mother's Cining Palace was deserted.
Inside Cining Palace:
Feng Juezhen was sitting on the large nanmu chair, frowning and saying nothing. On the other side, the Queen Mother, who was sitting in a high position, looked coldly at the vast hall, with a sinister flame flashing in her eyes, overpowering the coldness, which made her kind. His face looked a little more ferocious.
"The emperor's move is really good. It not only makes the queen jealous of me, but also has the effect of knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger. It is really a good move to frighten the Ai family!" The queen mother said coldly, and the prayer beads in her hand were pinched. Almost shattered.
"Grandma, why did you let Concubine Jade choose the Fifth Princess to act this time? Now the Emperor must doubt Grandma's intentions. Even those old ministers can see what the Emperor means and they don't dare to come to you at this time." Feng Jue said calmly. smiled.
"Although the emperor has doubts about Concubine Yu, there is no direct evidence. Besides, Concubine Yu's brother is still in our hands. We don't believe what she dares to say. I just didn't expect that girl to be so cunning. She can do such a thing. It's true, I really underestimated her." The Queen Mother's eyes fell on the Buddhist beads in her hand, and she turned them around, then suddenly put them down to hold them, and said coldly with her eyes half lowered.
Feng Jue really knew that she was talking about Mo Xuetong. He had never seen the cunningness of that little woman in his life. It was so unexpected that so many people came together to manipulate her and they couldn't. Now that things have fallen apart, he didn't expect the biggest impact. It turned out to be his own group.
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"Grandma, how are you now?" He raised his head and frowned and asked seriously after removing the strangeness in his heart.
"Your current situation cannot be delayed any longer. In a few days, I will ask the emperor to grant you a marriage, and then you can appear here legitimately." The Queen Mother thought for a while and replied, this matter cannot be delayed any longer, it has been This aroused Emperor Zongwen's suspicion. He only had to send someone to Yandu to know that Feng Jue was really not there.
The hostage cannot leave the Yan Kingdom easily. If he leaves casually, he will return privately, which is tantamount to treason, which is a serious crime of beheading. Even if the Queen Mother wants to protect him, it is not justified.
"Which girl does grandma think is more suitable for me to marry?" Feng Jue asked noncommittally. It doesn't actually matter who he marries. What matters is who is most beneficial to him. Since Wang Xiuxiu is his own, grandma's intention is clear. She had expressed to her that Feng Jue had really excluded her a long time ago, and it would be a waste to give her Princess Ning’s position!
The Queen Mother thought for a moment, then suddenly stopped holding the Buddhist beads in her hand, raised her head and said decisively: "Luo Mingzhu from the Fu Guogong Palace!" (To be continued)