In fact, we can’t blame them—
There were very few male heirs in this generation for the second and fifth families. Although girls grew up in fine clothes and fine food, they were far less favored than their cousins in the Duke's Palace and the Marquis' Palace in Beijing.
When Jiang Huiyan and Jiang Huili were in Kui County, they had been raised in a boudoir and had never been promoted. Otherwise, they would not have stage fright to the point of claiming to be sick when they heard that they were going to attend a palace banquet. After He's comfort and enlightenment, even though they entered the palace, you can imagine their excitement and anxiety!
It wasn't until the singing and dancing started after the banquet started, and I toasted several times with the left and right, and drank a few glasses of light fruit wine, that I relaxed.
After relaxing, the two sisters became very curious and frequently looked around to see if they were entering the palace for the first time. This was human nature.
However, they had only been in Beijing for a few months, and their father had no official status. They happened to catch up with their aunts and uncles because they were either busy or had other scruples, so they were not brought into the social circle of noble ladies in Beijing at all. So after three rounds of drinking, the palace was completely lively, but the two of them were sitting there alone. No one came up to talk to them. Let's listen to what the cousins were talking about. They didn't grow up in the same circle since they were young, and they felt like they couldn't get in. Go in.
In this way, when they were embarrassed, they wanted to go out for a walk and take a look at the appearance of the palace outside the palace. At least they didn't go to the palace in vain, right
Just walking around outside the palace - there was a little palace maid guiding them - and they saw two people standing in the corner.
This is not the point. The point is that before they could see clearly whether it was two people and what they were doing, a pair of dark green pupils suddenly lit up in the darkness behind the two people!
"ah!!!!!!!"
The two sisters screamed hysterically without even thinking about it. When the hall was alerted and the arrogant soldiers came in like a tide and surrounded the surroundings on three levels, Jiang Huiyan even became too excited. Already fainted from fear!
...Then, the Empress Dowager Daijiang came to ask the head chamberlain what had happened. Before she could express condolences to the two sisters, she was shocked by the scene in the corner illuminated by the lanterns and torches set up by the soldiers: there were indeed two people in the corner. .
One of them is a woman, and this woman is familiar to everyone around.
Concubine Fan.
The terrible thing is that the other person is actually a man.
Not only was he a man, he was also wearing guard uniforms.
What made the head chamberlain want to die ten thousand times was that although the two people had separated with ashen faces and tried their best to tidy up, there was no doubt that their robes could not be said to be neat no matter how they concealed them...
If only a few or a dozen people see it, maybe it can be kept secret.
It's a pity that Jiang Huiyan and Jiang Huili's voices were so loud that they attracted almost all the imperial guards nearby. There were at least hundreds of people here to witness all this. How could this be sealed
The head chamberlain almost sleepwalked and ordered someone to send Jiang Huiyan and Jiang Huili to the side hall for resettlement. Then he sleepwalked and went to the palace with a nonchalant look on his face to report: "Go back to the Queen Mother, Your Majesty, the Queen, there is nothing serious outside, it's just the two of the Jiang family." Miss Sun was frightened by a civet cat in the dark, and she screamed uncontrollably. Now the two Miss Sun have not returned to normal, so I ordered them to be taken to the side hall to freshen up, and then come back to apologize!"
Empress Dowager Jiang believed it at this time and said with a smile: "A pair of eyes suddenly lit up in the dark area, which would shock anyone! Besides, it is natural for these two children to be uneasy when they enter the palace for the first time. It is natural for them to exclaim in surprise. . Please bring two bowls of soothing soup to them so that they don’t have to worry about it. It’s just a Chinese New Year.”
Then he ordered, "Soldiers in armor, look around. If there are any civet cats, drive them away. Don't scare anyone again!"
The head chamberlain did not dare to raise his hand to wipe the cold sweat, and forced himself to calmly retreat. When he heard the bustle in the palace had returned to the outside, he slumped against the pillar and ordered his confidant, the chamberlain: "You will come in in a minute, let me The maid serving the wine spilled some wine on the Queen Mother's skirt...so that the Queen Mother could leave the table and change her clothes!"
Using this method, the head chamberlain reported the incident to Queen Mother Jiang alone. Queen Mother Jiang almost vomited blood when she heard the news: "Who is that man?!!!"
Concubine—Just by hearing this title, you can tell that she is a person who stayed from the time of the late emperor! Empress Dowager Jiang still remembers that Concubine Fan was the late emperor’s new favorite only half a year before his death!
I think Jiang Yadan also did something to seduce the late emperor's concubines, and often used his status as General Habayashi to have trysts in secluded places in the palace. But Jiang Yadan still knew how to invite people to the sparsely populated Ganli Palace, which he was responsible for guarding. How dare this person do such a perfunctory thing not far from the main hall where the palace banquet was held? !
Empress Dowager Jiang was furious: "What do they think this place is?! Such a shameless act, where will the Ai family, the emperor and the empress leave the place?! They, they..." The empress dowager was so angry that she couldn't say anything. The words came out!
"That man is... Yan, Yan Linxue, Commander-in-Chief Yan!" The chamberlain crouched on the ground, not daring to raise his head, and reported angrily.
"Where is the commander of the imperial army who is in charge of the palace banquet today?! Who is it?! He was allowed in?!"
"...it's Commander Yan!" After the chamberlain chief replied cautiously, Empress Dowager Jiang didn't make a sound for a long time. She was getting more and more frightened when she suddenly heard a muffled sound of "bang". When she looked up, she saw Empress Dowager Jiang falling to her hands and feet. On the carpet, he fainted from anger!
The chief chamberlain crawled out and called Miss Lin, and hurriedly sent Empress Dowager Jiang back to the Taishi Palace for resettlement, and then summoned the imperial physician... During this time, the late emperor's concubine secretly met with the commander of the imperial army not far from the banquet. News of the love affair gradually spread among the people!
After all, so many people witnessed it with their own eyes. Although the head chamberlain ordered the imperial troops to be transferred from elsewhere to take over the guard work of the palace banquet, and let these people gather together quickly to take confidentiality classes - but as mentioned before, almost all the guards guarding the palace banquet were After being led over, if these people wanted to move away together, it would be impossible to hide the movement from the monarchs and ministers who were having a banquet in the palace.
It would be a small matter if the palace scandal was leaked on the spot, but if there was a misunderstanding that this year's New Year's Eve banquet was actually the Hongmen Banquet, it would be a big problem!
So I can only change it quietly, with a few people...
This is naturally very slow. In the middle, some people go out to change clothes, sober up, etc., and those who walk further away come into contact with the guards. Then the news came out—especially the fact that Empress Dowager Jiang went to change clothes and never came back, which further increased the credibility of the news!
"Go and see Yan'er and Li'er." Looking around the whispering hall, Jiang Yashuang coughed dryly, turned her head and whispered to Qiu Yilan, "Fourth sister-in-law went to visit just now, but she still hasn't come back for a long time. Are you frightened?"
Qiu Yilan understood - when she stood up, she subconsciously glanced at Jiang Yadan's position, and then breathed a sigh of relief. Although the current discussion was that the man who seduced Fan Bin was a commander of the Forbidden Army, and Jiang Yadan had long been kicked out of the Forbidden Army, but every time she heard about such things, she always worried that this uncle was exactly One of the protagonists…
She didn't take a few steps when she was stopped by Xiao Zhuang and Shui Jin: "Aren't the nineteen brothers and sisters worried about the fourth sister-in-law and Yan'er and Li'er? Let's go together?"
The three sisters-in-law hurried to the side hall, only to see Jiang Huiyan hadn't woken up yet, and He was holding Jiang Huili in her arms. Both mother and daughter were confused. Seeing them coming, He let go of her daughter in a hurry, As soon as she lifted up her skirt, she knelt down in front of them: "Please, three brothers and sisters, please save us mother and daughter! The two children were really frightened by the civet cat at that time, and they definitely did not expose this matter in public on purpose!"
"There is really someone nearby to seduce the concubine?!" Although no one dared to make such a joke on the late emperor's people, they were still shocked after hearing He's side confirmation. De was speechless for a long time: What happened to this world? In the past, Jiang Yadan often cuckolded the late emperor. After all, he had a good grandfather and a good aunt as his backing. Who is the commander of the Imperial Army named Yan Linxue, who dares to be crazier than Jiang Yadan? !
"How many sins did the late emperor commit in his previous life?" Qiu Yilan truly felt that the late emperor had probably never done a single good deed in his eight lifetimes, which was why he had such a miserable life and death. "He was a puppet all his life. Jiang Yadan single-handedly gave away countless cuckolds to his harem, and finally lost his life at the hands of his biological mother. Even the concubine who stayed behind is now being seduced... This is really... "
She was in a mess, Xiaozhuang and He Shuijin also looked disgusted with eating flies, and reluctantly comforted them: "Sister-in-law, don't panic, please get up and talk, tell us clearly what happened... Now everyone outside the palace is whispering Well, I can’t tell what’s going on. Maybe there’s still a chance to save the matter?”
He had already asked Jiang Huili what had happened, but she didn't know that hundreds of people had witnessed the scene with their own eyes, and at a time like today when the monarch and his ministers were enjoying themselves together, it was impossible to keep her mouth shut - even though this matter No wonder he had these two daughters under his knees, they didn't do it intentionally. But if they hadn't been so young and ignorant, and were frightened by the civet cat that happened to pass by, the matter would never have reached the level it has now!
Now that the royal family has been completely disgraced, no matter how ignorant He is, she is still the grandson-in-law of the second wife. She has been the matron of the house for many years. Wouldn't she understand that Jiang Huiyan and Jiang Huili's actions directly offended the queen? Xin Fubing is in charge of the Sixth Palace, and with power comes responsibility. If there is such a big scandal in the palace, can she, the queen, bear the brunt of it and not be implicated? !
Mrs. He thought that her family didn't even have an official status, but they actually offended the queen. This man couldn't stand up, he just cried and begged his sisters-in-law to help her daughter find a way out!
After this fuss for a while, Qiu Yilan pulled her up and scolded her. Then He told her what she heard from her daughter with tears in her eyes: "... I was really raped by that civet cat. They were so frightened that they really didn’t mean to make this a big deal! In fact, if the Imperial Guards hadn’t arrived and used a light to shine out the people, they wouldn’t have been able to see if there was anyone in the corner!”
"..." After Qiu Yilan and the others listened, they looked at each other and remained silent. What I was thinking in my mind was: "Did Jiang Huizhi do this? If the queen fails to manage the palace well, as usual, she will be the assistant concubine... Is it because of the queen's palace power?!"