At this time, the Forbidden City of Yongxi is in full bloom.
The layout of Yi'an Palace is no different from that of the previous Weiyang Palace.
The new emperor said that he had allocated the silver taels, but it was just for show.
Lan Ruo secretly felt that most of the money was spent on the decoration of the main hall, and the people from the Ministry of Industry actually intended to decorate the main hall extremely gorgeously, but there were almost no changes in the inner hall or side hall.
Fortunately, the main hall is gorgeous and extravagant, and the Empress Dowager Zhai will not lose face when the concubine next to her comes to Yi'an Palace to listen to her training.
In the early morning, the maids of Yi'an Palace opened the windows to let some fresh air into the palace according to Queen Mother Zhai's usual habit, and prepared a cup of bubbly tea cooked with plum snow in advance. You can rinse your mouth with this tea.
Lan Ruo was combing the long hair of the Empress Dowager Di who was sitting in front of the mirror, but she felt that her master's hair was growing more and more. When the Zhai family did not copy it, the empress dowager's long hair was not bad because of the proper maintenance. Dense and jet black.
After these family accidents, the Empress Dowager Zhai was hit hard, and her body was weaker than before.
Lan Ruo was the mother's envoy when Empress Dowager Zhai was not out of the cabinet. She has been with Empress Dowager Di for so many years, and she is extremely loyal to her master.
Fortunately, the speaker of the previous dynasty was a righteous one, and he timely discussed the unfilial behavior of the new emperor Mu Huai, allowing her master to regain his respected status in this palace.
No need to be laughed at by the concubine next to her and Empress Rong who was on the branch.
It is said that soaking the hair with peach blossom fragrance can not only keep the black hair beautiful, but also prevent the hair from regenerating, but Empress Dowager Zhai hated Queen Rong, so she threw out the batch of peach blossom fragrance she sent last time.
The light and shadow flickered, the Empress Dowager Zhai hadn't put on powder yet, and she looked extremely old.
She opened her eyes suddenly, asked Lan Ruo who was combing her hair, and said, "I heard that recently, the emperor and the empress have always had quarrels, and the emperor has not been to Jiaofang Palace for many days, nor has he called the empress. Go to Qianyuan Hall to accompany him?"
With a smile on her lips, Lan Ruo replied gloatingly, "Mrs. Hui, the emperor and empress have had a quarrel recently, and it has already spread throughout the palace. In fact, the emperor and the empress have been arguing about the court lady you sent early in the morning. After all, Empress Rong's temperament is a bit domineering, and she has always been defiant because of her beauty. The new emperor is still young, and he may have been fascinated by a lowly woman like her in the past, but there will always be a day when he will wake up. Slaves Look, Empress Rong will fall out of favor sooner or later, if she really annoys the new emperor, according to the new emperor's temperament, maybe she will be abolished as a successor."
After listening to the word "abolished", the corners of Empress Dowager Zhai's lips couldn't help pulling upwards.
She sighed intentionally, Lan Ruo had already combed her high bun, the Empress Dowager Zhai looked at her youthful face in the bronze mirror, and replied quietly: "Mr. If you despise her, she will stumble one day sooner or later. She is too jealous, and it is impossible for the new emperor to have only her as a woman. Even if she has beauty and heirs, so what? She is still stubborn with the emperor!"
Lan Ruo took a few steps forward, and used Luo Zidai to draw short and shallow eyebrows for the Empress Dowager Zhai, echoing her: "It's because Empress Rong's appearance is too coquettish, and there is a hint of disaster. Bewildered."
Empress Dowager Zhai was quite appreciative in her heart, and she also felt that Rong Xi had a mischievous face and a mischievous fate.
Mu Huai was not his biological son, and she had never raised Mu Huai, so the Empress Dowager Zhai had no feelings for Mu Huai.
Not to mention, Mu Huai even copied her mother's house.
Empress Dowager Zhai wished that Mu Huai would be killed by the Rong family.
But after thinking about it, looking at Daqi as a whole, there is no one more suitable for this position than him.
Her mother's family has lost power, but she still wants to continue to live well.
If Mu Huai really died, then she would not have a good life.
And if before Mu Huai's death, the daughter of the Rong family has not been abolished, after that little villain in the East Palace succeeds, the Rong family will definitely kill her.
Thinking about it, the Empress Dowager Zhai's tone became a little darker, and she asked Lan Ruo: "Ms. Rong is too busy to take care of herself now. Now she is about to fall out of favor, and she doesn't have the heart to trouble Ai's family again. But that Xu Taiyuan, Ai's family heard about it. After her daughter passed away, Xu Taiyuan actually had a lot of resentment towards the Ai family?"
Lan Ruo just drew the eyebrows and eyes for Empress Dowager Zhai, and comforted Empress Dowager Zhai, saying: "Princess Wei is so blessed, Xu Taiyuan has nothing but this daughter. She is not very clear-sighted, my lady should not be as knowledgeable as a person like her."
Empress Dowager Zhai snorted coldly.
When the late emperor was still there, Xu Taiyuan was like a sick cat, not daring to breathe in front of concubines with higher status.
Although she is an old person from the late emperor's residence, when the late emperor was still a prince, Xu Taiyuan was just a servant girl, later she was promoted to a concubine, and she also used the same tricks to get her position.
Back then she asked Zhai Shiyin to pretend to be a eunuch to seduce Mu Huai, she learned from this Xu Taiyuan.
Mu Wei has been weak and sick since she was born, and Xu Taiyuan no longer dares to compete for favor.
Empress Dowager Zhai never wanted to admit that she was twisted in her heart. She was weak and childless, so she couldn't see other concubines having children.
Whether it was Yu Zhaorong who died due to dystocia by her, Xu Taiyuan who gave birth to a sick daughter, or Wang Taiyu who was directly ruined by her fertility, when Empress Dowager Zhai thought of these people, she never felt any guilt, but felt that the gang Women deserve it.
Concubine Li Gui has the capital and can fight with her, and she will give birth to a son and a daughter safely, that's all.
But why can these bastards conceive a child
Mu Wei deserved to die early in the morning, but she was still sick and lived to be sixteen or seventeen years old.
That bitch Xu Taiyuan should be grateful to God for letting her blessed daughter accompany her for more than ten years.
It was almost three o'clock, and the main hall of Yi'an Palace was already full of concubines in advance. These concubines looked a little sad, but when Empress Dowager Zhai sat down from the inner hall to the main seat, they restrained their expressions a little.
Empress Dowager Zhai glanced at the people in the main hall, and she was not surprised to see that Rong Xi hadn't come here.
Although there are officials suppressing Rong Shi, according to her temperament, she will come later.
After looking at it, Dowager Zhai found that Concubine Hui hadn't come here either.
Concubine Hui is always brainless and easy to be incited. In the past, Concubine Hui was there, and she could help her run a few words against Rong.
But since Concubine Hui didn't come, the rest of the concubines would not be so brainless as to dare to talk about the queen.
Empress Dowager Zhai couldn't help asking all the concubines, "Why didn't Concubine Hui come?"
Concubine De replied: "Concubine Hui has a cold and is recuperating in Tangyu Palace."
At this time, Wang Taiyu took a sip of tea with a calm expression.
After the charcoal fire in Tangyu Palace was used up, Neizhusi would not give Concubine Hui any new charcoal fire. Concubine Hui was in a stalemate with the people from Neizhusi, and was also frozen by the cold weather for a few days. Then caught a cold.
In the end, Concubine Hui couldn't stand it anymore, so she had to take her natal family's money to go to Neizhusi to get charcoal fire.
However, although the people from the internal departments promised Concubine Hui that they would bring her another few dozen catties of charcoal, they delayed the matter for two days.
Concubine Hui, who only got the carbon two days later, became seriously ill and mourned in Tangyu Palace all day long.
Empress Rong didn't mean to treat Concubine Hui badly, but Wang Taiyu vaguely heard that the new emperor specially mentioned people in the Imperial Hospital so that the imperial physicians would not allow Concubine Hui to treat her properly.
Concubine Hui is used to being pampered, and she is getting older, and now her illness is getting worse and worse.
Thinking of this, Wang Taiyu concealed an imperceptible smile in his eyes.
The concubines around her all hope that Empress Rong will come to Yi'an Palace as soon as possible, because only when Empress Rong comes, Empress Dowager Zhai will feel unhappy.
Empress Rong has always been a fast talker, every sentence she said is like a sharp knife, and she can often make Empress Dowager Zhai speechless.
Empress Dowager Zhai understood that Concubine Hui did not come to Yi'an Palace because she had a cold.
Seeing that Xu Taiyuan still didn't come today, he asked again: "Why didn't Xu Taiyuan come?"
Wang Taiyu lived with Xu Taiyuan, patiently hated the Empress Dowager Zhai in his heart, and replied for her: "Mrs. Xu Taiyuan has just lost her daughter. She is too worried and has no intention of going out of the palace to meet people."
Empress Dowager Zhai's tone was a little heavy, and she said: "A dead person cannot be brought back to life, but a living person cannot disobey the rules. Come here, go and invite Xu Taiyuan to Ai's family to come here."
Wang Taiyu secretly calmed down the anger and resentment in her heart, and her beautiful eyebrows also hid a little depression.
Empress Dowager Zhai was so complacent that she didn't think about why Wang Taiyu suddenly lived with Xu Taiyuan, and the relationship between the two became better. It was just that Concubine Hui's temperament was too disgusting.
"The empress is here—"
The eunuch's high-pitched voice made all the concubines in the hall look out of the hall at the same time, and they felt a little more at ease. The empress finally came, so hurry up and make trouble for the empress dowager Zhai.
Empress Rong entered the hall in a luxurious bow dress, wearing a jade crown, and walked in lotus steps with a resentful expression on her face.
Empress Rong gave a salute to Empress Dowager Zhai reluctantly, and said in a calm tone: "I have seen the empress mother."
Empress Dowager Zhai's expression was calm, and Empress Cirong took her seat.
Rong Xi deliberately put on a haggard face today, and sure enough, the smile on the corner of the Queen Mother Zhai's mouth became more and more smug when she saw this.
Not long after Rong Xi was seated, Empress Dowager Zhai asked with feigned concern: "The Ai family sees that the queen's complexion is not very good-looking. I heard that the emperor hasn't been to your palace for three days? That's right, you have been with the emperor for a long time. , the emperor will always get bored one day, and it's time to hire a newcomer for a change. The empress should also be more open-minded, and serve the emperor carefully, and don't let the emperor get sick because of anger."
All the concubines in the house had also heard the news of the disharmony between the emperor and the empress. After seeing what the empress dowager Zhai had said, the empress Rong's complexion became more and more ugly, and they all confirmed that the rumors were true.
I saw Empress Rong reply in a low tone: "The emperor accepts the newcomer, and what my son said is not worth it..."
These words made the expressions of the other concubines change slightly.
In the past, Empress Dowager Zhai also mentioned something to the Empress, telling her not to be jealous, and to allow the Emperor to accept some newcomers earlier, so that the Empress's words were quite domineering, and she could not tolerate the Emperor accepting concubines.
But today, it is not allowed to accept the concubine, and it doesn't count whether she accepts the concubine or not.
After hearing these words, Empress Dowager Zhai felt even more proud.
She expected that Rong Xi had developed a rift with Mu Huai, and when she thought that the Rong family was about to fall out of favor, she felt extremely refreshed.
Empress Dowager Zhai thought that she must live a few more years, and she would personally witness the day when the Rong family fell out of favor and was despised by the emperor again.
Seeing Rong Xi deflated, Wang Taiyu felt a little uncomfortable.
Seeing that Empress Rong was on the verge of falling out of favor, now she is not in the mood to care about Empress Dowager Zhai's verbal provocations to her.
Wang Taiyu originally thought that Empress Rong is a woman with means and love, she is a woman who can check and balance Queen Mother Zhai, and even make Queen Mother Zhai's life worse than death.
She knew that Empress Rong would not tolerate Empress Dowager Di's niece when she was Emperor Liang, and there were gossip in the palace that the tragic death of Miss Zhai was all due to the method of Empress Rong who was still Liangdi at that time. .
Concubine De is wise and protects herself. Although the other concubines hate Queen Mother Di, they are not as good as she and Xu Taiyuan, who hate Queen Mother Di to the core.
Originally, Empress Rong had to lower her stance to Empress Dowager Zhai because of the advice of the speech officer.
Up to now, this Queen Rong has fallen out of favor.
Could it be that no one can cure the Queen Mother Zhai
Wang Taiyu became more and more anxious, she knew that the royal nunnery would be repaired soon, and she and Xu Taiyuan would also go out of the palace to pray for Emperor Zhuang.
At that time, Empress Dowager Zhai will still live in the palace, and she and Xu Taiyuan will never have the chance to take revenge on Empress Dowager Zhai.
The old slut, Empress Dowager Zhai, will only be more proud.
Rong Xi sat opposite to Wang Taiyu, and she caught a glimpse of Wang Taiyu's thoughtful expression.
Seeing Wang Taiyu's beautiful eyes, there was obvious panic, and an imperceptible smile was hidden on the corners of her lips.
At this time, Xu Taiyuan finally came here. She was wearing plain clothes and looked sad.
Empress Dowager Zhai sneered at this moment, and asked, "Can Xu Taiyuan come here?"
Xu Taiyuan's eyes were full of resentment, until now, in front of Empress Dowager Zhai, she didn't even want to pretend.
Seeing this, Rong Xi expressed concern to Xu Taiyuan in a gentle tone: "Xu Taiyuan, let's take a seat first. I have seen Xu Taiyuan haggard a lot and had a lot of beautiful hair. Princess Wei has passed away, and I still look forward to Xu Taiyuan..."
Empress Dowager Zhai interrupted Rong Xi's concern for Xu Taiyuan in a cold voice at this time, and asked: "In the palace of Ai's family, do you still have the queen's say?"
Rong Xi looked worried, but finally kept silent.
Empress Dowager Zhai said provocatively to Xu Taiyuan who was still standing in the hall: "You have grown a lot of beautiful hair, but you are going to the nunnery, and the abbot will shave your hair at that time. It is useless to keep these hairs."
As soon as these words fell, all the concubines present had a slight look of displeasure on their brows.
Empress Dowager Zhai has no scruples. Anyway, these concubines will go to the nunnery sooner or later, but she can continue to stay in this palace.
Rong Xi's tone also changed slightly, and he said again: "The concubine goes out of the palace to pray for blessings, she is practicing with her hair, and she will not be shaved."
In this way, the concubine present here breathed a sigh of relief.
But the resentment accumulated in his heart towards Queen Mother Zhai was even worse.
Empress Dowager Zhai didn't take it seriously, and said: "Anyway, by then, you will also have to stuff that hair into the nun's hat, whether it's black or white, it doesn't matter."
Although her tone was ordinary, to the ears of the other concubines, it was full of schadenfreude and provocation.
Xu Taiyuan's eyes were red, and she wanted to rush forward and scratch the bloody face of Empress Dowager Zhai.
Fortunately, Wang Taiyu winked at her in time, and shook her head to persuade her to be rational, Xu Taiyuan just stopped.
Xu Taiyuan became impulsive because of the loss of her daughter, but Wang Taiyu was always cautious.
Now, she has driven the two of them to a dead end.
But it still needs to create another opportunity.
Rong Xi's beautiful peach blossom eyes were chilling, she observed everything calmly.
For a person like Empress Dowager Zhai, she had to lift her up to the clouds first, so that when she fell from a high place in the future, she would die even worse.
*****
Inside Qianyuan Hall.
Recently, there have been rumors in the Forbidden City of Yongxi that the emperor had a quarrel with the empress.
The chief eunuch in the palace also found that the emperor did not ask the queen to accompany him for dinner for several days, nor did he visit the empress in Jiaofang Palace.
At first, the emperor was quite calm, he was always unsmiling, and his expression was always indifferent and solemn, making it hard to see anything unusual.
But tonight, the chief eunuch could clearly feel that the emperor's mood was not quite right, there seemed to be faint anger, and there was some sternness between his brows.
Therefore, the chief eunuch informed all the young eunuchs and maids in the palace in advance, and asked them to cheer up, and they must not make any mistakes and be punished by the emperor.
In the hall, Mu Huai was sitting upright behind the imperial case, his brows were stern and deep, and he was approving the memorials presented from various places.
The eunuch who was standing outside looked at it from a distance, and felt that the new emperor at this moment was like a reclining lion.
Although he is motionless now, his eyes are full of ferocity.
If at this time, there is a prey that dares to sway in front of his eyes, then he will immediately pounce on it and bite the prey until it is dripping with blood.
Mu Huai wrote red on the booklet, and the Qiandu Yushi had been sent to various places. As he expected, several county magistrates embezzled the money allocated by the court, and he also asked the Qiandu Yushi to punish those corrupt officials severely. , Timely selection and appointment of talents, so that honest and diligent officials can fill the vacancies in official positions in various counties.
According to the memory of his previous life, he didn't miss out on those counties and counties with severe drought. He had worked hard for a long time, so naturally he must not let the drought prevention and everything be ruined in the hands of these small officials.
Once the new emperor is busy with government affairs, he always forgets to rest.
The empress was well aware of this, and a few days ago, she reminded the chief eunuch of Qianyuan Hall to remind the new emperor to rest on time.
Remembering Rong Xi's instructions, the eunuch respectfully said to Mu Huai in the hall: "Your Majesty, it's already three quarters of the Hai hour. The Empress asked the servants to remind you...to remind you to go to bed early."
Who knows what happened to the royal couple, the two seemed to have had a quarrel, but the eunuch in the palace didn't see it.
Although the two had been at odds for several days, in the end, the empress was still very concerned about the emperor's health.
After the eunuch finished speaking, he saw the tall and handsome emperor standing up from the imperial case, frowning and looking at the snow scene outside the grille window.
The moonlight outside the hall is clear and cold, and the fine snow melts.
The emperor is as tall and straight as a pine, with a delicate and three-dimensional profile, which can be described as extremely handsome.
The chief eunuch can guess who the emperor is thinking about, after all, he can't leave the empress for a day.
But now, the emperor has not seen her for several days.
Mu Huai silently looked at the falling snow outside the window, but thought in his heart that Rong Xi was really a cruel woman.
In order to set up a situation, she created the illusion that the two were quarreling in front of the palace people.
And he was also deluded, and actually agreed to this woman's request.
Mu Huai originally thought that it would be fine for the two of them to be separated for a few days.
During the two months on the east tour, although he missed Rong Xi, he was still able to handle what he had to do as usual.
But now, that hateful woman is obviously lying in the Jiaofang Palace not far from Qianyuan Hall, but he can't see her.
In this life, the various layouts in the Qianyuan Hall are not different from those in the previous life.
As long as Rong Xi is not by his side, Mu Huai seems to have returned to the past when he was a loner.
Mu Huai didn't think about it any more, he was about to leave the Qianyuan Hall to find the woman.
The chief eunuch hurriedly put on a sable cloak for the new emperor.
However, the new emperor is still young, but he is usually very deep and steady. Has he ever been so impatient
The bluestone slabs outside the hall were already covered with fresh snow, and the emperor, who looked down on everything, faced the wind and snow with an invincible prestige of heaven.
The big eunuch hurriedly followed behind the emperor, and ordered the young eunuch to carry the lamp. While observing Mu Huai's expression, he asked, "Your majesty...do you want to prepare a chariot?"
He thought with his hands, and he knew that the emperor was going to Jiaofang Palace to find the queen.
Mu Huai's tone was quite calm, and he replied: "Don't make any noise."
The eunuch respectfully agreed.
After Mu Huai arrived at Jiaofang Palace, he saw that the maid holding the lamp was not asleep, and the candles in the hall were still on.
Seeing that the eunuch did not call for the emperor to arrive, the palace maid who held the lamp respectfully said to Mu Huai: "The empress is not asleep...Do you want the servants to enter the palace to report?"
Mu Huai said lightly, "No need."
His face turned pale, and he thought to himself that this woman has always been clingy.
She couldn't sleep without him.
Mu Huai's brows relaxed a little, and he went to the smoker to warm his hands, thinking that after entering, he would hold that warm and fragrant petite woman in his arms, but he couldn't pass the cold on her body.
He wanted to hold her in his arms, and love her fiercely.
The palace servants standing in the palace clearly sensed that the emperor's expression became much warmer when he entered the Jiaofang palace.
Just as Mu Huai was about to take off the sable cloak on his body, he heard the laughter of a child from the inner hall.
That laughter belonged to Mu Jue.
Mu Huai's face darkened, and after entering the inner hall, he saw that Mu Jue was indeed inside, crawling on the bed.
Rong Xi was teasing her son, her expression was full of tenderness.
This was supposed to be a tender and moving moment, but when Mu Huai saw this, he felt a nameless anger.
When Rong Xi saw Mu Huai, the smile immediately froze on his face.
Mu Jueguan is careless, still laughing.
Rong Xi asked softly: "It's so late, why is Your Majesty here?"
Mu Huai's tone was a little heavy, and he replied: "I come here as soon as I want, why, the queen has objections?"
After finishing speaking, she wanted to hug Xiaotuanzi on the bed to her body.
But Rong Xi took the first step, protecting Mu Jue in his arms, and said to Mu Huai with a slightly complaining tone: "It's cold outside, husband just came back, don't pass the cold to Jue'er."
The beauty has a soft voice and a petite stature, but she is very protective of the calf.
Mu Huai gritted his teeth secretly, and replied: "As soon as I entered the palace, I roasted my body beside the smoker."
Only now did Rong Xi put on a smile, her peach blossom eyes were slightly flattering, she handed the child to Mu Huai, and said softly: This time, my husband can hug Jue'er. "
As soon as the words fell, Mu Huai fiercely hugged Xiao Tuanzi to his body, and called Dan Xiang, and asked her to carry Mu Jue outside the hall.
Rong Xi looked at his son's receding figure reluctantly, but felt that the aura in the palace was becoming more and more strange.
There were only her and Mu Huai left in the inner hall, Rong Xi subconsciously hid in the tent, Mu Huai stretched out his big hand, and hugged her from the tent.
Before he had time to take off the outer cloak, the sable animal skin was also very soft to the touch, Rong Xi advised with a little embarrassment: "Husband...let's change the outer cloak first."
Mu Huai's tone was low, and he ordered: "The queen will help me change."
Rong Xi nodded, and replied: "Well, then the emperor stands up first, and the concubine will help you replace it."
After the two stood up, Rong Xi was about to call his servants to put away Mu Huai's cloak, but the man impatiently hugged her sideways again, and sealed his cool thin lips tightly. her mouth.
Rong Xi gradually closed his eyes, and felt that his body had the freshness of falling snow, as well as the distant and looseness of winter plum and ambergris, which made people feel very drunk.
After a deep kiss, she was already lying on the bed.
Mu Huai said in a low tone: "It's really cruel."
Rong Xi was originally enjoying the intimacy between a man and him, so she didn't know why he suddenly called her cruel, so she asked probingly: "Why does your husband say that your concubine is cruel?"
Ordinarily, the two hadn't seen each other for a few days, but Mu Huai had been away from Bian for two months on his east tour, and this man was fine at that time.
Rong Xi thought, it's not because of this that Mu Huai said she was cruel.
She suddenly panicked.
Could it be that Mu Huai suddenly became enlightened and couldn't accept that she was actually a calculating woman with a vicious mind.
Maybe he still likes those innocent little white flowers
Mu Huai had already grabbed the woman's delicate chin with his hand, and he carefully looked at her eyebrows.
After a long while, he lowered his voice and said in a difficult tone: "Zhen... miss Xi'er."
He was originally a strong and stern man, but he looked at her with such deep eyes with slightly gloomy eyes.
Rong Xi's heart pounded several times, and he forced himself to ask calmly: "It's only been a few days since I saw you... My husband has been on a tour of the East for two months, and he didn't think about my concubines that much... Why do I miss my concubines so much now?" Concubine?"
Mu Huai's face was slightly embarrassing, and he asked in a slightly lower tone: "Doesn't Xi'er miss me?"
Rong Xi bit her soft lips, nodded, and replied, "Thinking about it..."
The corners of Mu Huai's lips curled slightly, but his tone was faint: "I didn't see that you wanted to..."
Rong Xi's soft voice was a little higher, and she hurriedly explained: "It was because I missed my husband that my concubine brought Jue'er here. During my husband's east tour, my concubine was also accompanied by Jue'er, so I didn't feel so embarrassed. alone."
Mu Huai's brows stretched slightly, but he still asked uncertainly, "Xi'er misses me?"
Rong Xi nodded her head frequently, and replied in a soft voice: "Thinking... I want to kill Zhiyan..."
Since Mu Huai wanted to hear what these crooked people said so much, then she should tell him.
After saying that, he wrapped his slender arms around the man's neck.
Mu Huai's heart skipped a beat, he leaned over and kissed her again.
He crushed her sweetness and white teeth, and spent a long time with her lingeringly.
After he moved his lips to the beauty's ear, he ordered in a hoarse voice: "That's it, don't move any more...let me love you well."
"Ok… "
Rong Xi didn't refuse anymore.
She thought, that's fine too.
This is the most traditional way, and the two of them haven't used it for a long time.
*****
On the day of Emperor Zhuang's death, the new emperor and empress held a grand ceremony on the bell tower of Zirui Hall.
The concubine who had not yet left the palace to pray for Emperor Zhuang, and Emperor Zhuang's wife, Empress Dowager Zhai, also attended the ceremony wearing complicated sacrificial attire.
In front of the palace people, Empress Dowager Zhai saw that there was no disharmony between the emperor and empress.
When Rong was going down the steps from the bell tower, the emperor offered to give her a hand.
On the day of Emperor Zhuang's death, Empress Dowager Zhai was very sad. Although Emperor Zhuang had a gentle temperament and respected her as his first wife, his favorite woman was still Mu Huai's biological mother Xianfei.
After the sacrificial ceremony was over, Empress Rong told all the concubines: "This bell tower has not been repaired yet, and some of the brick walls are not solid. All the concubines should be careful not to fall from a height."
All the concubines felt that Empress Rong took great care of them.
Wang Taiyu and Xu Taiyuan looked at each other, as if they had reached an agreement.
Empress Dowager Zhai was in a turbulent state of mind, so she leaned against the brick wall outside the bell tower, overlooking the scenery of Bianjing City, she wanted to digest some thoughts.
No concubine wants to invite her to go back with her. If she wants to blow the cold wind on the bell tower here, then let her go.
The stairs of the bell tower were a bit steep, and all the concubines were busy stepping on the stone steps carefully, so they didn't notice that Wang Taiyu and Xu Taiyuan didn't go down the steps with them.
When the concubines bid farewell to each other and were about to return to their respective palaces, Empress Dowager Zhai also felt that she should go back.
Lan Ruo didn't come up with her, so she had to walk down the stone steps carefully by herself.
The Empress Dowager Zhai was just about to turn around and leave, but she felt that the back of her neck was firmly held down by a slightly cold hand.
That hand was obviously a woman's hand, with pointed armor on it.
Empress Dowager Zhai was startled, her head had already protruded from the brick wall, and she suddenly felt her blood flow backwards.
The bell tower was built very high, and if it fell accidentally, it would definitely kill it on the spot.
Empress Dowager Zhai scolded the person who restrained her, and asked in a cold voice: "Who are you, you dare to treat Ai like this..."
Just in the middle of speaking, the Queen Mother Zhai's mouth was blocked with a piece of cloth, and the cloth still smelled fishy and coquettish, and I don't know what kind of pickled things were stained on it.
Empress Dowager Zhai couldn't speak, and could only make a strange grunt from her throat.
She suddenly realized that there were not one but two people restraining her.
The people below had already walked away, and no one looked up to see what happened to the bell tower at this moment.
Empress Dowager Zhai became more and more panicked, and cold sweat dripped from her forehead.
"Uh...uh..."
Empress Dowager Zhai was still struggling, but her strength was no match for the strength of the two of them.
— "Do you know what is soaked in this cloth used to stuff your mouth?"
Empress Dowager Zhai's eyes changed, the voice was very familiar and she recognized it.
This... this is Seo Tae Won's voice!
Xu Taiyuan scraped the back of Empress Dowager Zhai's neck fiercely with the armor. Empress Dowager Di was in great pain, but she couldn't make any sound.
Only to hear Xu Taiyuan's voice suddenly became ruthless, and said sharply: "I tell you, the cloth stuffed into your mouth was soaked in the feces and urine of the servant, did you also feel it?"
Empress Dowager Zhai suddenly felt like vomiting, but she couldn't. She kept struggling, but it was of no avail.
While holding Empress Dowager Zhai's arm, Wang Taiyu frowned and looked around, and said to Xu Taiyuan in a low voice: "Sister... there are guards on the other side of the bell tower, I'm afraid they will come here to stand guard in a while... "
Xu Taiyuan's face was so ruthless that it was a bit creepy, and said quietly: "It's cheaper for her..."
After all, she wanted to use her armor to scratch the back of the Queen Mother Zhai's bloody neck.
At this moment, Wang Taiyu took out a purse from his sleeve, and then took out several thin needles from it.
When Xu Taiyuan looked slightly surprised, Wang Taiyu explained to her with a trembling tone: "Use this... After she fell to her death, the palace servants will also conduct an autopsy, and they cannot leave too many scars on her body."
The two held Empress Dowager Di with one hand, and each held a few thin needles in the other hand, poked and stabbed Empress Dowager Di several times without mercy.
Empress Dowager Zhai was so painful that she lost consciousness.
She really didn't expect that she would fall into the hands of two sluts, Xu Taiyuan and Wang Taiyu.
She was so humiliated by these two sluts!
When he realized that the guards were about to come to the three of them, Wang Taiyu urged: "Sister... it's time to let go."
Xu Taiyuan didn't want Empress Zhai to die so easily, but she couldn't miss the opportunity, so she had to spit on Empress Dowager Zhai Huagui's clothes in a discomfiting manner.
Wang Taiyu hadn't spoken to the Empress Dowager Zhai yet, her expression was still indifferent, not as ferocious as Xu Taiyuan's.
Before she died, she also had something to say to Queen Mother Zhai.
"There is a grievance, and a debtor. You have killed so many children, and you should have thought that such a day would come."
"Uh...uh..."
"All of this is your own fault, and you can't blame us."
"Boom -" a sound.
The bell tower of Zirui Palace was knocked, and the melodious sound of bells and chimes could be heard everywhere in the palace.
Then, there was a miserable and horrified cry from a court lady: "——Empress Di... Empress Dowager Di fell from the bell tower!"
The nearby palace people gathered around after hearing the news, and saw that the Queen Mother Zhai's mouth was still slightly open, her eyes were wide open, and the blood from her head also soaked the entire bluestone slab.
The palace people felt that the smell of blood was really disgusting, and they all covered their noses and lips with their hands.
With Queen Mother Zhai like this, there is no need to call the imperial physician for treatment.
She's already, utterly dead.