The Dayue Palace was brightly lit, and Wang De looked out from time to time, sweat dripping from his forehead.
Why hasn't the empress come back yet
He was anxious in the bottom of his heart, and when he heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside, he hurriedly turned his head to meet him.
"Wang De," Ban Hua strode into the hall, "How is your majesty?"
Because she was in a hurry, her bun was a little messy, and she was panting when she spoke. Wang De trotted behind her all the way, "The imperial doctor is still in the hall to diagnose and treat His Majesty. The two places injured by the assassin are not fatal, so there is no danger to life."
Passing through the outer hall, Ban Hua saw Rong Xia lying on the bed in the inner hall at a glance. She was anxious, she lifted up her skirt and ran to the edge of the bed. Only then did he look at the imperial doctor with a sullen face, "Is the wound serious?"
"Please rest assured, madam, the assassin's ice blade is not poisoned, so after your majesty wakes up, you only need to take good care of your wounds."
"Wang De, tell me what happened." Ban Hua looked at Rong Xia's pale face, and his face became more and more ugly, "Has the assassin caught it?"
"Niangniang, the assassin has committed suicide. It's the maid next to you, named Yuzhu."
"Yuzhu..." Ban Hua's voice was a little hoarse, "continue to speak."
Wang De told the story carefully, and Ban Hua laughed mockingly: "She said I was the mastermind?"
The inner hall was silent.
"Yes."
"Your Majesty is alive and well, I am the queen, and when His Majesty is gone, what is this palace?" Ban Hua smiled even colder, "Why should I kill His Majesty?"
With the way she gets along with Rong Xia, if she wants to kill Rong Xia, there are so many opportunities, how can she let a palace maid do it, and even the murder weapon is not poisoned at all? Although she doesn't like to use her brain, it doesn't mean she is stupid.
"Niangniang," Du Jiu hurried in, with a solemn expression, "more than 20 ministers outside the palace shouted injustice, saying that Niangniang assassinated His Majesty, controlled the harem, and wanted the chicken Sichen!" They were all imprisoned in the palace, how did the news get out
"More than 20 courtiers are nothing, it's better to invite all civil and military officials," Ban Hua sneered, "If you want to be lively, let's have a good time."
"Niangniang!" Du Jiu looked at Ban Hua in disbelief, what is she going to do
"Bengong sees these men from the previous dynasty, and there are endless conspiracies and methods," Ban Hua said with ridicule. "Since they say that I control the harem, then I will let them see what it means to control the harem."
"One armor!"
"Subordinates are here."
"Pass the order of this palace, call the cavalry department, the infantry department, and the Shenjian camp to stand by outside the palace," Ban Hua looked back at the man lying on the bed, "Since Your Majesty has not cleaned up the disobedient courtiers facing up, then It's up to me."
"Niangniang, no!" Du Jiu saw Ban Hua's appearance and stopped her and said, "If you really did this, what would the world say about you?"
"It doesn't matter what they say, as long as your master doesn't really think that I'm Si Chen, it's fine," Ban Yan lowered her face, "Ruyi, change the clothes for this palace."
The imperial doctor next to him was shaking his hands with fright. The empress was able to order all the troops in the capital. No wonder the ministers in the court were jealous of the empress.
In the Hall of Qinzheng, more than 20 courtiers stood together, their expressions were both serious and angry.
"For the sake of the people of the world, the old minister will not give up, but only asks for the punishment after the crime."
"The Demon Empress is very ambitious. She sent someone to assassinate Her Majesty and control the harem. What should I do now?" A young official who seemed to be in his twenties stood up and said, "Could it be that the Demon Empress is allowed to bring disaster to the country and the people?!"
"What's the matter, my lords?" An adult wearing a purple robe walked in, and his eyes swept over the courtiers who seemed to be filled with righteous indignation. "It's late at night, what are you doing here at the Palace of Diligence and Administration?"
"Liu Banshan!" The young official pointed at him and said, "You are conspiring against Your Majesty with the Demon Empress, and you still have the face to come here?"
"This official's loyalty to His Majesty can be seen by the heavens. Your lord will not dare to buckle your hat indiscriminately." Liu Banshan sneered. Among these people, I don't know how many idiots were instigated by the real people behind the scenes? The self-righteousness is actually just that some people want to reach out to the harem, and they can't see the deep feelings of the emperor and the empress.
As long as the queen is a slightly ordinary woman, or if your majesty has the slightest suspicion of the queen, their trick will work.
So these people still know the heart of the emperor very well.
It's a pity that the queen is not an ordinary woman, and His Majesty's trust in the queen is beyond the imagination of these people. When she was just a village lord, she dared to flog Tanhua Lang in the street. Now that she is the queen, doesn't she dare to touch these impure courtiers
These idiots, they just stayed in the harem for less than a year after the class, they forgot the temperament of the class, they really wanted to die.
Liu Banshan was too lazy to argue with them, but just said: "Your Majesty has a life, and the Queen's harem is the master of the previous dynasty. If you adults continue to make trouble, this official can only deal with you for the crime of treason."
"Master Liu has a good mouth. Now that the Demon Empress controls the harem, Your Majesty's edict is just your mouth," an adult said sarcastically, "Unless I see His Majesty's order in person, I will never compromise. ."
Liu Banshan sneered and walked aside with a flick of his sleeves: "With you."
The courtier who was preparing to be impassioned did not expect Liu Banshan to react like this. What does he mean by standing here
After a while, many officials came to the Qinzheng Hall, both civil and military officials. The officials who wanted to crusade the Demon Empress were overjoyed when they saw this, and began to publicize the conspiracy of the queen, but they persuaded a lot of people.
It's just that the strange thing is that none of the people who were persuaded to fight the world with Rong Xia, no one of those officials who followed Rong Xia to fight the world actually made a sound. An official of a demon queen.
Fortunately, the people around him quickly stopped him, otherwise the hall would definitely be more lively.
"The Empress is here!"
"The Demon Empress actually dares to show up," an official angrily looked at the door of the palace, "The Demon Empress, don't hurry up and hand over to Her Majesty."
The ministers looked back and saw that the queen walked in wearing a phoenix robe and a crown of nine phoenixes. What's more terrifying is that there are densely packed soldiers behind her. These soldiers surround the Qinzheng Palace so tightly that even a cat or dog doesn't even want to run out.
"Your Majesty is recovering from his wounds, which rebellious ministers are making trouble here?" Ban Hua stepped on the jade steps to stand beside the dragon chair, she lowered her head slightly and looked at the people standing at her feet, "It has been less than half an hour since His Majesty was assassinated. , there are people with ulterior motives arguing that it was Ben Gong who murdered His Majesty. It seems that you adults know very well about the harem. Why don't you ask these sensible adults to stand up for Ben Gong to see, so that Ben Gong can also see and see , the true colors of you detectives."
The whole hall was silent, and no one dared to speak.
"Why, don't make trouble now?" Ban Hua sneered and pointed at one of the adults, "You, Ben Gong remembers that you are an official of the Censor's Desk, right?"
Seeing Ban Hua pointing at him, the imperial censor sighed in his heart, and stood up and said, "Xiaguan is the official of the censor station. If the empress has any advice, Xiaguan will lead it."
"What are you, you are also worthy of this palace's advice," Ban Hua sneered, turning his head to point at another official, "You, Zongzheng Temple Minister, Rong's Yuanzhi, it's only because of His Majesty's face that you got a decent reputation. The position of , at this moment, jumping up and down here with others, its heart can be punished."
"Empress!" Zongzheng Temple's senior, a relative of the Rong family, cupped his hands and said, "The queen doesn't have to be so embarrassed and angry, Wei Chen is just worried about your majesty, but he can't enter the palace, so he has to do this. The queen did not make any plans. You don't need to be so angry about something that goes against you, just stay in the harem, and when Your Majesty wakes up, the truth will naturally come to light."
"Fart!" Ban Huai rushed out of the team and punched him according to Zongzheng Siqing, "You are a distant old man who really thinks he is a relative of the royal family, but you are pointing fingers at the queen."
The words on Zongzhengsiqing's mouth were unpleasant, but he did not dare to do it, or he did not expect that someone would do something to him. He is an elderly person, in terms of seniority or Rongxia's uncle, who would dare to disrespect him
However, everything has an accident, and he meets Ban Huai, who is not stingy.
Ban Huai couldn't hold back when he heard these people being a demon empress. Now this dead old man dared to put on the line of the elders of the royal family in front of his daughter, how could he hold back
Is it great to rely on the old and sell the old? !
The emperor was injured and unable to preside over the government, and the queen was imprisoned in the harem on a charge of murdering the emperor? These people think so beautifully, don't think he doesn't know what they're thinking.
"Jing Ting Gong, what do you want to do, I am His Majesty's elder."
"I'm still His Majesty's father-in-law!" Ban Huai sneered and threw the talkative old fellow aside, pointing at the officials who called his daughter a demon queen, "The moment His Majesty was assassinated, you wanted to kill my daughter, I think the real murderer is you!"
"Father!" Zongzheng Siqing's son cried and made trouble, "Your Majesty, come and see, the Demon Empress is going to force us clansmen to death."
Ban Hua looked at how well he sang and sang well, walked down the jade steps, and kicked over the face of this man who couldn't stop crying. Ban Hua was a person who had been on the battlefield, and his legs were not small. In the blink of an eye, the man rolled out like a gourd.
The civil servants were dumbfounded, the Empress is...
"Ugly-looking man, crying, this palace looks disgusting," Ban Hua's expression turned completely cold, "come here, put all these troublesome officials in jail, and interrogate them again when His Majesty wakes up. "
Ban Hua suspects that these officials are not so innocent.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, open your eyes and take a look, the Demon Empress has a vicious mind, she must not die!" An elderly official suddenly stood up and slammed into the Dragon Pillar.
Bang!
Immediately blood splattered everywhere, and the official who hit the dragon column shook and fell down.
A soldier stepped forward to probe his breath: "Mother, you are still alive."
"Drag it down and let the imperial doctor take a look." Ban Hua sneered, this is not a script, and he will die if he hits the pillar.
"Who else is going to bump," Ban Hua sneered, "Bengong won't stop you, you can bump at will." If these people were not Rong Xia's relatives, with Ban Hua's temper, they would have been dragged out to fight dozens of boards. .
"Bump, hurry up," a certain dude raised his robe and sat down with his legs crossed, "If you don't bump, you're not a loyal minister, we're still watching."
"Yes, yes, the more you bump into each other, the more you can show your anger," a military general shouted, "Don't worry, so many people are watching. When you are dead and disabled, we will tell Your Majesty how loyal you are."
After being interrupted like this, the courtiers who had been making a fuss didn't know what to do
scold? to be beaten.
Hit a pillar? People say that you bump into it at will, but with so many officials in the palace, most of them are watching the excitement, and no one stops them. The demon queen has actually bewitched so many people
"Hey, why don't you dance?" The dude who was sitting cross-legged on the ground was dissatisfied. "I see that you are not loyal ministers at all. You clearly want to take advantage of His Majesty's injury to deliberately bully the Queen, a weak woman."
"You are also men?"
Is there a weak woman in the world who kicks people out
Encountered with arrogant and unreasonable dudes and troubled courtiers, they feel the frustration of being a scholar and a soldier.
"His Majesty is here!"
This sentence was like a spell, suppressing all the noise in the courtroom, and even the dudes who were sitting on the ground watching the fun all got up from the ground in an orderly manner.
Ban Hua looked outside the hall in surprise. Rong Xia was injured in two places. When she came out, he was still in a coma, how could he come here? She unconsciously took a few steps out, and saw Rong Xia sitting on the carriage, her face as pale as paper, even her lips were pink.
She ran to Rong Xia's side in three steps and two steps, and said with a sullen face, "You don't want to die, you are so badly injured, why did you run out?"
"Good, I'm fine." Rong Xia asked the eunuch to put down the chariot, and he gently held Ban Hua's hand, "I've made you feel wronged."
"Just a few idiots, how can I be wronged." Ban Hua was very close to him, so he could smell the blood on his body. It stands to reason that after the wound has been treated, there is no smell of blood, but Rong Xia rushing over from the Great Moon Palace will definitely involve the wound and let the blood seep out.
Thinking of this, Ban Hua's face sank. Did he even think that she would take this opportunity to seize the power in the palace, so she hurried over when she was seriously injured
Rong Xia didn't let go of Ban Hua's hand, but he was sitting and Ban Hua was standing, and he didn't see Ban Hua's face.
"Du Jiu." Rong Xia's voice was a little weak. As soon as he woke up, he heard that a minister was making trouble, and she was straight. He was worried that she would suffer at the hands of these old foxes, so he rushed over.
"Wei Chen is here." Du Jiu sympathetically glanced at the officials who were making trouble. Among these people, several of them were distant branches of the Rong family. Originally, His Majesty gave them some idle jobs for the sake of the master, but now they are actually calling the Empress up to be a demon empress, and even cursing her to die. How can His Majesty endure them
"Throw all these people who are disrespectful to the Queen into prison," Rong Xia's voice was even lower, he squeezed Ban Hua's hand tightly, and then managed to make himself conscious, "Those who curse the Queen are regarded as disrespectful to the royal family. , Fifty sticks first, and then put in prison."
With fifty sticks, is there still life
All the ministers were shocked. Seeing His Majesty like this, they all understood that these people had eaten the gall of a bear and a leopard, and would take advantage of the opportunity of His Majesty's injury to discredit the Queen's reputation.
How can a stigmatized queen be worthy of His Majesty's heart? At that time, some ambitious officials will have reason to petition His Majesty to accept the concubine and involve the former dynasty and the harem together.
The wise courtier wanted to understand this, and took a deep breath in his heart. I was afraid that this assassination case would involve a lot of people.
"My injury is not serious, but I also need to rest for a few days. If a few adults in the DPRK are unable to decide, they can ask the Queen," Rong Xia looked at Zhou Bing'an and the others, "The Queen's order is equivalent to me. "
"The minister waits for orders."
"Hua," Rong Xia hooked Banhua's finger, "accompany me back to the palace."
Ban Hua dazedly held Rong Xia's hand back until she walked out of the gate of Qinzheng Palace, but she didn't come back to her senses.
He was seriously injured and rushed over in a hurry, just to support her
He knew that she was not good at dealing with the distant clan of the Rong family, so he spoke in person? After today, who else will doubt his feelings for her, and even because of today's events, she will have a say in Chaos.
Rongxia, why are you so unguarded against her that you are planning to win the world
Holding on to the boundary of the Dayue Palace, Rongxia smiled at Ban Hua with a pale face: "Hua, I'm a little sleepy and want to sleep for a while."
"Rongxia?!"
Ban Hua watched Rong Xia slowly close her eyes, and suddenly remembered the day her grandmother died. She also smiled and spoke to her like this, but her closed eyes were never opened again.
"Rong Xia?!" She turned pale, clutching her chest and gasping for breath, "Emperor doctor, doctor doctor, tell the doctor quickly!"
Rong Xia was carried to the dragon bed, and the imperial doctors said that he had no worries about his life, but just moved the wound to open and caused a lot of blood.
Ban Hua bent down and picked up the robe on the ground, her tentacles were full of cold blood. She stared blankly at the man who had passed out on the bed, a sudden pain in her chest, and it took a long while to recover.
"Niangniang..." Du Jiu turned around to see Ban Hua's appearance, and was stunned before saying, "Your Majesty will be fine, please take care of your phoenix body."
"I know," Ban Hua lowered his eyelids, "Bengong is very good."
She didn't know, at this moment her face was full of tears and her face was pale, how could she be fine.
Du Jiu didn't dare to persuade him any more, he was afraid that if he persuaded him again, the empress would cry. As the master's valet, he seldom saw the empress cry, let alone the empress like this.
He didn't know what words to use to describe Ban Hua's current appearance, but he could feel that the empress's affection for her majesty would not be shallow.
"Who did Yuzhu have contact with, can you find out?" Ban Hua walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, holding Rong Xia's hand gently.
Seeing that Du Jiu didn't speak, she turned to look at him: "Why, what can't you say?"
"Your Highness, it's... Princess Anle," Du Jiu said, "Miss Yuzhu has an affair with a face that Princess Anle raised, and her subordinates guessed that Princess Anle was probably using this face to threaten her, so she responded. ."
"An Le is a lost princess, how do you pass the news to the palace?" Ban Hua's tone was so calm that Du Jiu was surprised, "Is it an official from the side of the Rong family? They couldn't understand that your majesty favored me alone, the queen, so they chose to go with An Le. Cooperation. It's just that An Le wants Rong Xia's life, and they want to put the name of assassination on my head, so the news that An Le passed to Yuzhu was changed by them."
"For example... let His Majesty be injured, but not fatal, and then put the charge of assassination on my head." Ban Hua sneered, "It's a good show."
"Niangniang, everything is just speculation, maybe..." Du Jiu was speechless, "perhaps the truth is not like that."
"It was me who implicated him." Ban Hua gently caressed Rong Xia's pale lips. If she had touched him like this in the past, he would have taken the opportunity to hug her for a favor, but today he can only lie here, motionless.
"Niangniang, what does this have to do with you?" Du Jiu knelt down on one knee, "It has nothing to do with you."
"If Your Majesty wants to have a benevolent, virtuous and virtuous name, he only needs to keep the lives of the abolished prince and the former queen dowager, give them a false name, and then imprison them," Ban Hua smiled bitterly, "As for the lives of the princesses' concubines, It doesn't matter whether you keep it or not. If it wasn't for me, why would Your Majesty be so kind to the Jiang family."
"Niangniang, it's not your fault. Your Majesty is also lenient to the children of the former queen mother because of the family of the former queen mother who took care of him." Du Jiu was right. Princess Anle and the queen mother Fuping can part ways. Gong lived a good life, instead of being sent to a Taoist temple, there was a love for the Queen Mother's family in the previous dynasty to take care of her majesty.
"No matter what kind of relationship Your Majesty has with them, let me be this wicked person today," Pan Hua touched her cheek, only to find that it was full of cold tears, "Send the Queen Mother Fuping to the Prince and let her be with him Together with the prince, guard the imperial mausoleum for the Jiang family."
"Then... Princess Anle?"
"Because she colluded with the harem and murdered the emperor of the current dynasty, but because of her relationship with the prince, she saved her from death, only the title of princess was removed, and she was sent to the ascetic temple as a nun. Ban Hua's tone was indifferent, "Let someone issue the decree now without delay."
"Yes." Du Jiu led the order to retreat.
After Du Jiu left, Ban Hua turned to look at Rong Xia on the bed. After a long time, she sighed, "Between the two of us, who is more stupid?"
The man on the bed didn't respond, the only answer to her was his heaving chest.
"Niangniang," Wang De came in with a tray, "the medicine is ready."
When Ban Hua held the medicine bowl and wanted to feed Rong Xia, she suddenly remembered that as long as she took medicine, Rong Xia would taste it, and then coaxed her into not being bitter at all. After she drank it, she coaxed her with snacks. As if she were a child.
She lowered her head and took a sip of the medicine, which was bitter and astringent, even worse than the medicine she drank at that time.
Putting the pillow up, Ban Hua took a sip of the medicine into his mouth, and then put it into Rong Xia's mouth. After feeding a bowl of medicine, Ban Hua's tongue was so bitter that she lost consciousness. She took the tea and rinsed her mouth, wiped the corners of her mouth and said, "Wang De, clean up the people in the harem, including the people around this palace."
Wang De replied in a low voice, "Yes."
"Go back."
Wang De bowed and stepped back. When he retreated to the door of the palace, he accidentally raised his head, only to see the Empress gently lift Her Majesty to cover the quilt.
He walked out of the hall and looked at the crescent moon in the sky. Tomorrow may be a sunny day.