Bai Xian, Qiu Luo and the others who were serving on the side were so frightened that they immediately knelt down when they heard the empress's sudden jealousy.
No matter how much the emperor loves the empress, it doesn't mean that he can accept the queen's scolding. Although Bai Xian is not a real man, he still understands the temperament of men. Most men get angry when a woman asks this kind of question, and even get angry. man.
The whole room was dead silent. Qiu Luo was worried that the empress would be punished by the emperor, but did not dare to raise her head.
She didn't know that when she looked up, what she saw was not the emperor's angry face, but her mother's white and tender hand pinching on the emperor's cheek, her legs softened, and she threw herself to the ground.
"Hey, lightly," Jin Yang lowered his head, covered Gu Rujiu's hand on his face, and said with a pleasing smile, "Jiu Jiu, don't be angry, listen to my explanation."
"Huh?" Gu Rujiu raised her eyebrows, let go of Jin Yang's face, walked to the concubine chair and sat down, then pointed to the chair next to her, "Concubine is willing to listen."
Hearing that Jiujiu Lian's self-proclaimed "concubine" came out, Jin Yang's back froze, and he walked to the chair in three steps and sat down, accompanied by a smile and said, "This is just an accident, how do you know... Does it smell like other people?" He didn't smell it at all, how could there be any scent
Bai Xian, who was kneeling beside him, let out a long sigh of relief. It seemed that as long as His Majesty made it clear, there would be no conflict.
It's just that it's a little... Fu Gang is not feeling well? He secretly raised his head and glanced, only to see the Empress squinting at His Majesty, and His Majesty's face was full of gratifying smiles.
"Your Majesty doesn't know that women have the most sensitive intuition about their men?" Gu Rujiu knew Jin Yang's habit. He didn't like to use incense on his clothes. As a noble lady of a noble family, even if she is not proficient in incense, she is very familiar with it. As long as it gets a little bit on it, she can smell it.
Hearing the words "my man", Jin Yang's smile became even stronger, he got up and moved to Gu Rujiu's side, but was pushed away by her.
"Go to change clothes, the smell is messy, and it stinks to death." Gu Rujiu poked his waist, and his expression softened slightly.
No matter how the scent was acquired, from the expression on Jin Yang's face, it should not have been an affair with other women. She still has the ability to distinguish this.
"Okay, I'll change now." Jin Yang nodded again and again, turned around and went to the wing to bathe and change.
Bai Xian and several other eunuchs who were serving him closely followed immediately and hurriedly followed.
There is a bath in the wing room of Zichen Hall, which was built by an emperor of a certain generation in Dafeng who liked to take a bath.
After His Majesty ascended the throne, he was not very interested in these extravagant pleasures, so this bath has been rarely used, and the maids and eunuchs who were in charge of this bath gradually lost their status in Qiankun Palace. It wasn't until the Queen Mother married into the palace that the emperor seemed to have suddenly discovered the beauty of this bath, and these eunuchs and palace maids had serious errands.
Jin Yang walked out of the bath, dried his body and put on new clothes. Then he walked to the large floor-to-ceiling bronze mirror and tidied up his clothes. Since his big wedding, he has not been served by a palace maid.
"Your Majesty, this dress..." Bai Xian hugged Jin Yang's changed clothes, not knowing what to do with it.
Jin Yang walked up to Bai Xian, took out the mint sachet from a pile of clothes, tied it around his waist, and said, "Throw it away."
"Yes." Bai Xian thought to himself, as expected.
Gu Rujiu saw Jin Yang walk in with his hair loose, walked in front of him and touched his hair, asked Qiu Luo to fetch a sandalwood comb, then walked to the soft couch and sat down to revitalize his scalp, "There are words. Zeng Yan, I thought it was a joke when a beautiful woman glanced at Qingrencheng, but after seeing His Majesty, I believed this sentence."
Jin Yang lay down and put his head on her thigh: "It's good to pour your heart out."
Gu Rujiu looked down at his serious eyes, put down the sandalwood comb and smiled, gently pressing his forefinger on his temple: "Don't think you said this, I'll let you go. Be honest, who did you meet before you came back? ?"
The strength on the temples was neither light nor heavy, making Jin Yang close his eyes comfortably: "I had Sima Xiang locked up."
"What?" Gu Rujiu was a little surprised, squeezed her hand and paused for a moment before continuing, "What are you arresting her for?" Although she hated the third house of the Sima family, she did not intend to take revenge on the innocent Sima Xiang.
"She has done a lot of things. I accidentally let her grab her sleeve just now, so I got some smell." Jin Yang opened his eyes, sat up and patted his thigh and said to Gu Rujiu, "Come on, lie down, I will Press it for you too."
Seeing that he was so enthusiastic, Gu Rujiu took off the hairpin of her own hair, let a strand of blue silk pour down, and then leaned on Jin Yang's lap, "She is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, what can she do?"
"Remember the accident that happened on the racecourse a few years ago?" Jin Yang adjusted his sitting position to make Gu Rujiu lean more comfortably, "This was planned by the wife of the third room of the Sima family with her."
Gu Rujiu was stunned when she heard the words, and after a while, she said, "But there are girls from the second room who are victims. They..."
"The girl in the second room is my serious cousin," Jin Yang said indifferently, "their family wants to send the girl to the palace, and the first thing they want to get rid of is naturally my cousin."
"Are they mother and daughter crazy?" Gu Rujiu couldn't believe her ears. For the sake of the queen's position, even her relatives could do it. What exactly is this? The reason why the aristocratic family is always standing is because of the unity within the family. If you can't even do this, how can you talk about the family
"Does the Li family know about this?" Gu Rujiu frowned, disapproving of the behavior of Sima Xiang's mother and daughter.
"What if you don't know?" Jin Yang smoothed her frown. "Since the Li family chose to remain silent, how the girl from the Li family died is not so important to them."
Gu Rujiu was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Our Gu family can't become a first-class family, maybe it's not as good as they can bear it, and it's not as good as they are willing to sacrifice."
"I think the Yue family is very good," Jin Yang smiled, "at least live like a person."
Gu Rujiu remembered how good her parents treated her on weekdays, and smiled.
Seeing that she was in a better mood, Jin Yang continued: "The evil things committed by this girl from the Sima family are more than that. She colluded with Qi Lian, and she also witnessed the suicide of her biological mother but did not save her. Get up, even I feel a little chilled."
"Suicide," Gu Rujiu said in a stunned manner, "No wonder the Sima family did not bury the third wife in the ancestral grave, but buried her in a hurry. It turned out to be because she committed suicide."
In the current thinking of all people, the person who commits suicide will become a lonely soul after death. If it is buried in the ancestral tomb, it will destroy the feng shui of the ancestral tomb and affect the fortune of future generations.
Gu Rujiu shook his head, "Sima Xiang, such a smart person, can actually do such a stupid thing." Collusion with the prime ministers of other countries, ranging from beheading to the whole family, what kind of brain circuit can this be done? This kind of thing
"Smart?" Jin Yang smiled, noncommittal.
Because of the collusion with Gao Luo, Gu Rujiu didn't plan to ask any more questions, who knew that Jin Yang would speak again.
"Sima Xiang is locked in a private prison, and outsiders don't know that she is being held. If you want to see her, let He Ming take you there." Jin Yang was silent for a moment, "It's just that this person has a vicious mind, you must be careful. Don't go near her."
"Why am I going to see her?" Gu Rujiu closed her eyes, "it was her parents who had no way to teach her son, and it was her brother who killed her sister-in-law. She made a mistake, and naturally she should be punished. No matter how bad her life is, I will not suffer because of it. And happy, it is better not to see.”
Hearing this statement, Jin Yang was stunned for a while, then smiled and said, "You are right, but she does have old grudges with you."
"Why?" Gu Rujiu asked in confusion, "Is it because I beat her in the horse race when I was in the Taihe Palace?"
Jin Yang smiled and shook his head, telling Gu Rujiu everything that happened at the racecourse, "If Li Huaigu hadn't stopped you to speak, your horse would have been frightened when it passed the flowers. But because you have been delayed for a long time, Time, before passing through that place, an accident happened to the Sima family and the girl of the Li family, and this plan had to be cancelled."
Speaking of this, Jin Yang sighed: "I have a lot of dissatisfaction with the Li family, but for this, I am grateful to Li Huaigu."
Gu Rujiu couldn't understand Sima Xiang at all. This kind of mentality of being jealous of others and wanting to make people die is no longer in the scope of normal people's thinking.
After a moment of silence, she sighed: "Let's eat first, don't affect your mood for this kind of thing."
"Okay." Jin Yang originally didn't intend to tell Jiujiu these things, but Jiujiu realized that the scent on his body was not right, and he didn't want to lie to her, so he could only tell the story one by one.
Fortunately for him, Jiu Jiu was not dissatisfied with his behavior.
In the Lenggong private prison, Sima Xiang didn't even look at the meals placed at the door of the prison, leaning against the wall in a daze. No one paid any attention to her, and no one scolded her. If it wasn't for the biting pain in her back, which had been whipped, she would almost have thought that this was just a nightmare she had had.
Suddenly, she heard the sound of Xixisuoso coming from a dark corner, and couldn't help hugging her legs. She heard that there are often mice, snakes and various insects and ants in the dark place.
"It seems that this emperor is not a person who loves fragrant and cherishes jade." At this time, a voice suddenly came from the dark corner, and the other party coughed a few times and then said, "It's a pity that such a beautiful woman will be closed when she says she is closed, and she will be beaten when she says she is beaten. ."
"It's you?!" Sima Xiang's face changed greatly when she heard this familiar voice. She looked at the dark corner, but there was no light there, and she couldn't see anything, "You betrayed me?"
Qi Lian looked at the place illuminated by the torches, and sneered: "The emperor wants to know what you have done, and he still needs me to betray him? He is the one who can bring me into this place silently from Gaoluo Kingdom, you see Does anyone ever suspect he did it?"
Sima Xiang's face darkened, does the current emperor have his own spy? If so, the officials of the Manchu Dynasty...
The more he thought about it, the more terrifying he felt, and Sima Xiang suddenly laughed again. The nobles of all the aristocratic families were proud of themselves, but they were played by the royal family. It seemed that the glory of the aristocratic family would finally pass.
"You're not as good as others, so who can you blame?" Sima Xiang sneered, "I just hate that I was greedy and chose to cooperate with you." If she hadn't decided to cooperate with Qilian, maybe she wouldn't be here for a few days. .
"A woman like you is really..." Qi Lian shook his head, "You have beauty and talent, but unfortunately you have a bad mind. It's no wonder that emperors like Jin Yang don't look down on you."
"Shut up!" Sima Xiang said angrily when talking about the unfortunate past, "How much better are you than me?"
"I'm not much better than you," Qilian said with a sneer, "but at least I won't see other people live better than me, and it will kill people. This is the biggest difference between me and you, I'm still alone, And you're already a lunatic."
Hearing this, Sima Xiang just laughed in a hoarse voice, as if he was making fun of Qi Lian and laughing at a hundred paces, as if he was laughing at himself.
On the third day that Sima Xiang was put in private prison, it was the day of the great court meeting.
Because of the good weather in the past two years, unlike the constant natural and man-made disasters when the late emperor was there, there were no big things, and everyone could quarrel over small things. For example, the focus of everyone's dispute is still on Wei Ting and Zhao Jin.
However, the most strange thing for the military attachés is that the officials of Sima's family seem to be extraordinarily low-key today. When they hear them scolding Wei Ting, they do not refute very much. From Wei Ting to fend for itself.
The other party's reaction made the generals a little stunned, and they couldn't help but wonder, what tricks did these cunning civilian officials want to play
At the end of the court meeting, a bigger thing happened, which made the generals dumbfounded again.
What, why did Sima Hong claim to be sick
Sima Hong is the leader of the Sima family. If he is an official, wouldn't the people below him be in a mess? And with the current state of the Sima family, even if Sima Hong wants to serve, it shouldn't be now
Not to mention the others, even Li Guangji and Zhang Zhonghan were taken aback, because Sima Hong's move was really abnormal.
When Sima Hong made his official appointment, Jin Yang naturally did not agree with the court, but encouraged him to show that the court could not lose such a good minister.
So everyone came to understand that it turned out that Sima Hong was trying to retreat, but he didn't actually want to quit.
But soon Sima Hong slapped them in the face with practical actions, because he repeatedly expressed that he was old and weak, fearing to live up to the emperor's high hopes, and weeping bitterly. There were many emperors who did not agree to his appointment, so he could not afford to kneel.
Jin Yang repeatedly retained, seeing that Sima Hong had really made a decision, he had no choice but to agree. Then he also gave his grandson Sima Bei the title of Captain of the Light Vehicle.
Although the Lord Commander of Qingche was useless and could not be hereditary, he was still second only to the third-rank baron. He was more or less a comfort to the Sima family, and at least he saved Sima Hong's face.
After Sima Hong heard that the emperor gave his grandson the title of Lieutenant of the Light Car, he breathed a sigh of relief and gave a big gift to Jin Yang tremblingly: "Wei Chen, thank the emperor."
Although he was helpless this time, he at least saved the whole family. The emperor was willing to give the eldest grandson a light car captain, which means that this time, he will not pursue it for the time being. In other words, as long as the Sima family knew what to do, the emperor would pretend that this incident never happened.
It was only now that everyone understood, no wonder the officials of the Sima family were so low-key today, it turned out that the boss had quit. Thinking about this, they felt that these people were a little pitiful. They ran after the Sima family, but the Sima family said they would retreat, so they didn't respond at all. This is not a scam, who would dare to follow the Sima family in the future. mix
No matter what other people think, Sima Hong will retire when he retires, and it doesn't matter whether others are satisfied or not. The moment he stepped out of the gate of the court, he, who had always been full of energy, seemed to have suddenly lost his vitality. He was old and unsteady.
Even Li Guangji, who didn't really deal with Sima Hong, didn't even want to make fun of him when he saw him like this. He was already an old man in his 60s or 70s. What if he was agitated by his words? Not asking for trouble.
What Zhang Zhonghan was thinking about was the case of Concubine Lin's murder of the prince that Sima Hong mentioned to him some time ago.
I don't know why Sima Hong suddenly mentioned this at that time, and why
The officials who were originally attached to the Sima family were already panicked at this time. Although they didn't know the cause and effect, but Sima Hong suddenly took office, there must be some reason inside, so they were uneasy.
Officials will inevitably think too much, what if the emperor hates them because they are attached to the Sima family, what if the Sima family makes too many mistakes and they are also implicated
In Jing'an Palace, after Taifei Sun heard that Sima Hong was in office, even though she broke the teacup in her hand, she stared at the eunuch who was passing the message: "What did you say?"
"My Lady of the Imperial Concubine, Lord Sima is on duty." The eunuch swallowed, "The emperor gave Sima Gongzi the captain of the light car."
"Captain Qingche?!" Taifei Sun laughed mockingly. What use is such a useless title in a place like the capital
The Sima family is an important part of her plan. Now that the Sima family has retreated, what will happen to her later plans
"I see." Tai Fei Sun waved her hand and weakly signaled all the people serving in the room to step back.
Almost every step of her plan has an accident. Is this God warning her, or does the empress already know her plan
But how is this possible, her plan has never been told to others, how does the emperor know
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was God's will, and Sun Taifei felt even more irritable. If this is God's will, what is the use of her calculating so much
"The Empress Dowager, Sima Hong is on her way." Aunt Liu took the incense from the Empress Dowager's hand, inserted it into the incense burner, bowed to the statue of Sanqing Zun, and turned to the Empress Dowager, "My servant also heard that the one from the third room of Sima's family. The girl is seriously ill, and I'm afraid she won't be able to survive for a few days."
"That girl named Sima Xiang?" Empress Dowager Zhou had some impression of Sima Xiang, she shook her head, "The emperor and Jiujiu worry about these things, you don't need to tell me again."
"You..." Aunt Liu's expression changed slightly.
"Your Majesty is a wise man with a gully in his chest, and there is no need for anyone to watch and point fingers at him," the Queen Mother Zhou looked at Sanqing's kind and majestic face on the shrine. Just fine."
"Slave... I understand." Aunt Liu bowed her knees and bowed.
She salutes the statue of Sanqing again, hoping that the emperor and the queen will be filial and loyal, treat the queen mother as before, and don't let the queen mother feel cold.
After Sima Hong entered office, there were several personnel transfers in the court soon, but these were not particularly conspicuous positions, and they did not attract opposition from hundreds of officials.
For example, Gu Zhiyu, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, was transferred to the Ministry of Housing and served as the Minister of the Household. Although the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple and the Minister of the Household are all third-rank, but they seem to be in balance, but they are actually bright. After entering the six divisions, you will have the opportunity to rise.
The queen's eldest brother is in the household department, the second brother is the commander of the Dragon Imperial Guard, one is responsible for the emperor's money bag, and the other is for the emperor's security.
Thinking of this, everyone has to admit that Gu Changling is an old fox, and the rapid retreat paved the way for his children and grandchildren, and also avoided the emperor's suspicion, what a good move this is.
However, it can also be seen that the queen has the means to win over the emperor's heart, so that the emperor is willing to use the Gu brothers.
Compared with the beautiful Gu family, the Sima family seems to be a lot harder.
Positions in the capital have changed, and some local officials have also been turbulent. Some people have been promoted and secretly dropped, some people have been promoted, and some people have changed from local officials to Beijing officials.
For example, the governor of Jinzhou, after the death of King Cheng, was in charge of Jinzhou, and now he has lost his luck and was promoted to Taipu Siqing. Although Taipu Siqing is not an important position, he is arranging carriages and horses for emperors and queens and other nobles.
After receiving the transfer order from the capital, Tian Enguang, the governor of Jinzhou, wept with joy. He was fortunate that he had heard his daughter's intentions and secretly helped His Majesty to enter the capital. Otherwise, how could he be today
Thinking of this, he was also satisfied with his daughter who had left home a few days ago, and happily took the order to the backyard, ready to tell his wife and daughter about the happy event.
The transfer of positions in the capital made everyone have no time to take care of him, so when the news of the death of the girl in the third room of the Sima family came out, few people paid attention.
For an unmarried girl, even the funeral ceremony should not be too big when she dies, because it is unfilial to let the white-haired person send the black-haired person, so in the eyes of others, if she dies, she will die.
Only the Qian family sighed, but unfortunately the daughter-in-law that they valued was gone. However, on the bright side, they dared not let people know that their family had ever wanted to marry Sima Xiang. If someone with a heart would say that their child was a wife and influence the child to say kiss, then it would be really troublesome.