"...Please, Your Majesty, make the decision for your daughter!"
Funing Palace, side hall.
There was a tense atmosphere in the palace, but the emperor sitting on the throne looked bored.
Under the Danqi, on the right are kneeling Princess Ningyi Qiu Yilan and scholar Ruan Qingyan. Now Qiu Yilan was crying with grief and indignation. As the object of her crying - at least on the surface - the emperor's eyes drifted from time to time to a beeswax-yellow Guiguzi walking down the mountain to place a vase not far away, muttering to himself about the vase. It's very unfamiliar. Could it be that it was recently replaced
But it's not necessarily... He hasn't been to Funing Palace for a long time, maybe he remembered it wrong.
Originally, after his wedding at the age of sixteen, he was supposed to be in charge.
But Queen Mother Gu used his inexperience and continued to hang the curtain. Later, the old ministers were too dissatisfied, especially the Jiang family who repeatedly expressed their dissatisfaction. Empress Dowager Gu simply made him "incompetent". The emperor was weak and did not dare to object.
This "bad" situation has been "bad" until now.
He didn't live much in the Funing Palace where the emperors of Darui lived. Empress Dowager Gu didn't ask him not to live here, but Funing Palace was not only the residence of the emperors of Darui, but also the seat of the inner dynasty. It was used for discussing affairs. Of course, when Queen Mother Gu was regent, Ganquan Palace temporarily took over this role.
However, Empress Jiang failed to persuade the emperor to seize power. After she rolled up her sleeves and went into battle, the ministers were fed up with running between Ganquan Palace and Zishen Palace, and unanimously recommended that the role of Funing Palace be restored to end the venue dispute between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
This was convenient for the ministers, but the emperor was fed up with being called over by the queen mother or empress from time to time, so he simply stayed in the harem forever and never came back.
"Perhaps I remembered it wrong? Things in this place are usually not changed casually." The emperor thought in a daze. He didn't want to come here today, but according to the rules, he had to rest at the Queen's place on the first day of the new year, especially on the first day of the first lunar month.
Queen Jiang wanted to come over to compete with Queen Mother Gu, so she took him along.
The poor emperor still hasn't found a reason to slip away and can only continue to sit there.
The cry of Princess Ningyi Qiu Yilan ends with a sad and inexplicable plea of infinite sorrow and indignation. The beautiful and fragile little girl is lying down under the ridge, full of hope that looks like hope in despair - it really makes people cry no matter how they look at it. .
But the emperor didn't pay attention to what she said at all - Queen Jiang was still holding a handkerchief to the corner of her eyes, and asked him in a sad tone: "Your Majesty, Qiu Mengmin is simply crazy! How can such a person still be the king?" Jue? If you don’t punish me like this, is there any justice?”
"That's what the queen said." The emperor said absentmindedly. What he was thinking about now was that the princess below was quite good-looking and would probably be a stunning beauty when she grew up. But he didn't know if she could still live to grow up after she blatantly helped the queen deal with Queen Mother Gu. Big
The corner of Queen Jiang's mouth curled up, and before her proud smile was fully exposed, Queen Mother Gu, who was on the left side of the throne, was already shouting angrily: "Your Majesty, what did you say?!"
The emperor immediately shrank his head and said feebly: "Queen Mother... please make the decision!"
"What Your Majesty said is to ask Queen Mother to make the decision and order Qiu Mengmin to be deprived of the title of King of Xihe and give the Lu family to death!" Queen Jiang stuffed the handkerchief into her sleeve and looked askance at Queen Mother Gu, showing no moral integrity. He misinterpreted the emperor's words on the spot, "To ask someone who is so unfaithful, unfilial, benevolent and unjust to continue to be the King of Xihe is so ridiculous!"
Queen Mother Gu said angrily: "Unfaithful, filial, benevolent and unjust - isn't this Ning Yi?! As a niece, she actually filed a lawsuit against her uncle behind his back! Look at the Ai family, the Xihe Palace has simply raised a white-eyed wolf in these years!"
When the Queen Mother said this, Mrs. Lu, Princess Yang, and Princess Ningtai who were kneeling on the left side of Danqi immediately burst into tears. Princess Yang walked a few steps forward on her knees and kept kowtowing: "Please make the decision, Your Majesty!" I am a pure filial piety. I have taken great care of Princess Ningyi these years. I really don’t know how I have offended the princess to put the prince and us to death like this!"
If Empress Jiang only said that the Lu family should be killed, Princess Yang would have wanted to raise her hands and feet to agree, but Empress Jiang also wanted to reduce Qiu Mengmin's title - what would Princess Yang and the two princesses Ning Xin and Ningtai count in the future? Ning Xin was born from Qiu Mengmin's wife. Princess Yang didn't feel bad about it, because Ning Tai was her own flesh and blood! Not to mention that she is still trying to win the throne for her biological son Qiu Yinzhi!
Now Princess Yang can only try her best to discredit Qiu Yilan in order to preserve Qiu Mengmin's title.
But Qiu Yilan is so vicious!
It was obviously her and Ruan Qingyan who beat Qiu Mengmin beyond recognition, causing him to faint and still unable to wake up.
When they arrived at the palace and came into her mouth, what happened turned out to be that Qiu Mengmin was dissatisfied with Queen Jiang's decree and planned to use self-mutilation to intimidate Qiu Yilan so that she would change her words and deny Qiu Mengmin's disrespectful behavior towards her aunt - and Ruan Qingyan She was also said to be too worried about Qiu Mengmin breaking in through the window. Qiu Yilan also emphasized the word "righteous deed" when she said it, and her tone and expression were afraid that others would not be able to hear it. Ask for reward on behalf of Ruan Qingyan!
Princess Yang has been in charge of the harem for many years, and she has never seen anyone shameless. But at Qiu Yilan's age, after beating her elders, she could still confidently bite her back. Princess Yang's horizons were opened!
"If we don't get rid of her this time, what will happen in the future?" Princess Yang's eyes were opened, but deep fear came into her heart: Such an old girl can be so ruthless, if she continues to grow up, Xihe Can the palace really restrain her
Although Princess Yang did not know that General Ruan was poisoned by Youmianxiang, she knew that Princess Ruan's death had a lot to do with Mrs. Lu... The hatred between the Xihe Palace and Qiu Yilan could not be resolved by the palace's compensation. of!
Therefore, Qiu Yilan must die!
Thinking of this, Princess Yang became cruel and cried fiercely: "Yilan! Do you really have to force your uncle and aunt to death?! Well, my aunt will die for you right now. I just ask you not to make things difficult in the future. Your poor brothers and sisters—" Before she could finish her words, she headed towards the nearest Danchi!
"Mother!" Qiu Jinzhu was so frightened by this sudden turn of events that she screamed!
When she came to her senses and tried to pull her out, where could she find it
Fortunately, a chamberlain quickly ran out next to him. He stopped her with a whisk, and finally stopped her. Although Yang's head was covered with blood from the collision, her life was not in danger.
However, her life was not in danger due to the collision, but everyone in the palace changed their expressions!
Queen Jiang was furious: "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it's the imperial court again! How dare you do such an unlucky thing - how did the Yang family teach their daughter?! Why don't you drag her out quickly! You don't have to die here to spoil the fun!" "
Empress Dowager Gu's face was also as dark as water. The Empress Dowager yesterday summoned Qiu Yilan into the palace, who was still in the period of her mother's filial piety. She didn't take this kind of unlucky thing very seriously. The problem is that seeing blood in front of the emperor is completely different from the bad luck of summoning someone to wear mourning! If the former is released to ordinary people, it is also a sign of bloody disaster, but if it is released to the Tian family... those who are suspicious can directly escalate to the war!
If a war breaks out, wouldn't the Jiang family in charge become even more arrogant? ! This sign is so bad!
But Empress Dowager Gu hated being suppressed by Empress Jiang even more, so she immediately said: "If Princess Ningyi hadn't forced her into a desperate situation, Yang was still the legitimate daughter of an official and a serious princess, so how could she have made such a well-known mistake? ! Yang is not good, but Princess Ning Yi is also unforgivable!"
"Mother, you really know how to joke." Empress Jiang said coldly, "The noble princess was forced to commit suicide in front of the emperor by a fatherless and motherless princess? This is not such a stupid way, right? Even if Yang is really stupid. In this situation, everyone in the Xihe Palace is dead? Are you going to sit back and watch the thirteen-year-old princess bully the princess and her aunt in her thirties? "
Empress Dowager Gu said with a sullen face: "It's because she has no father, no mother, and no good upbringing! That's why she did this to bully my aunt! She is a little princess who lost her parents when she was only thirteen years old. Who can tell anyone to listen to this? If you don't show sympathy to her first, then it's right for Yang to treat her well. If you treat her slightly, she will cry and say that she is wronged - as an aunt, she has to serve her husband, take care of the prince's palace, and... He has to take care of his own children, and he has to deal with the world during the holidays - who can withstand her endless criticism? "
Glancing at Queen Jiang, she sneered, "So don't sympathize with people just because they are young and have no parents. Often, it is these people who have the most vicious hearts and do the most unreasonable things! They deceive a bunch of fools by relying on their background, and they think they are getting justice!" But those who really need to fight the injustice are driven to death!”
This is a master, right? !
Qiu Yilan, who was completely speechless under Dan Qixia, was so impressed that she fell to the ground!
She thought that her description of how Qiu Mengmin fainted was already unethical and unrestricted - but at least Qiu Mengmin was not awake yet, and she was not in this palace! But what about Queen Mother Gu? I'm still kneeling here, and the Queen Mother is confusing right and wrong and saying one thing after another. Don't make too much sense!
The most sympathetic aspects of Qiu Yilan were all turned into the despicable things about her in the mouth of Queen Mother Gu, and even became the reason for the Queen Mother to lecture the Queen because she was young, inexperienced and inexperienced!
Fortunately, Empress Jiang was not knocked down like this, and stared back without showing any weakness: "According to what the Queen Mother said, it is very likely that Mrs. Yang deliberately committed suicide in order to win the Queen Mother's sympathy? Queen Mother, you are very old. , But you shouldn’t be so unreasonable and protect yourself when you see someone seeking death, right? If that’s the case, let’s stop arguing and rush to Jin Mingchi!”
Queen Mother Gu said coldly: "What do you mean by protecting Princess Ningyi in every possible way?"
"Daughter-in-law, you are being reasonable!" Empress Jiang pointed at Mrs. Lu, who was unable to support her kneeling because of her age, and sneered, "This Lu family was officially expelled from the palace by Princess Xihe. As a result, Qiu Mengmin After inheriting the title, he actually took her back to the palace to live in his care, and even respected her as Mrs. Lu. Not to mention that Qiu Mengmin ignored her eldest mother's fate, and my daughter-in-law doesn't remember when the imperial court named her his wife!"
Mrs. Lu has long lost her arrogance and domineering attitude in the palace, and timidly defended: "This... this is just a servant shouting randomly, Your Majesty, he didn't..."
"Shut up!" A young chamberlain in front of the Queen shouted with a contemptuous expression, "Did the Queen let you speak? You have no rules!"
Empress Jiang didn't even look at her, and continued to say to Empress Dowager Gu: "Qiu Mengmin is not filial to his aunt, how can he be kind to his aunt's granddaughter? But my daughter-in-law has found out clearly that Princess Ruan is the mother-in-law of Princess Ningyi. , when he passed away last year, the funeral arrangements of the Xihe Palace were so sloppy! Even Princess Ningyi, who was not in the palace at the time, was reluctant to bury her because the heirs of the Ruan family happened to come to express their condolences! "
"When Princess Ruan passed away, her only daughter was not with her?!" Queen Mother Gu raised her eyelids, keenly found an opening, and immediately shouted sternly, "Unfilial thing! How do you treat the mother who gave birth to you and raised you like this?! "
Qiu Yilan burst into tears for a moment: "My uncle forced me to go to Dizi Mountain to visit my sick cousin..."
"Nonsense! How can there be any reason to ask my cousin to go visit my cousin alone?!" Queen Mother Gu was furious, "You must be tired of serving your mother and concubine, so you found an excuse to go out and hide!"
"The Empress Dowager said that, I don't dare to be a minister!" Qiu Yilan thought to herself. Thank God you didn't say that I went to Dizi Mountain because I wanted to seduce my cousin... I guess it was because of my marriage to Deng Yi that the Empress Dowager had some moral integrity? She said without hesitation, "I have failed to live up to the expectations of the Queen Mother. I dare not miss the Queen Mother anymore. I beg the Queen Mother to terminate my engagement with Mr. Deng!"
Didn’t you say all kinds of bad things about me? Please don't dislike me a little more - let me never enter the Deng family for the rest of my life! ! !