"What does the emperor mean by this!" Even the queen mother was displeased, "Is the emperor only happy when Prince Chen dies at the hands of the right minister?"
Even the Queen Mother took a deep breath and glared at Emperor Dongming angrily, "If you want to find out about the assassin, you shouldn't do anything to a prince. Even if you want to put Prince Chen in prison, you shouldn't use lynching. I'll leave this matter to other ministers." It doesn't have to be done by the right side!"
Emperor Dongming covered his mouth and coughed lightly, unable to speak, the coughing became more and more severe, the maid who was close to him immediately summoned the imperial doctor, but was stopped by the Empress Dowager Lian, who took a step forward.
"Your Majesty, the majesty of the royal family cannot be trampled on by anyone. You and I will each take a step back in this matter. The right minister is not allowed to intervene in the matter of King Chen. Aijia thinks that Mr. Liu is capable of handling things well, so why don't you hand over this matter to Mr. Liu for investigation .”
Emperor Dong Ming covered his mouth and coughed violently, his pale face turned red due to the violent cough, and there was a faint trace of dark red blood at the corner of his mouth.
Even the Empress Dowager pretended not to see it, and there was no distress in her eyes, her gaze was still on Emperor Dongming.
"Empress Dowager, Your Majesty..."
The maid kowtowed to Empress Dowager Lian, and Empress Dowager Lian waved the little maid away, took a step closer, stood in front of Emperor Dongming's bed, and stared at Emperor Dongming condescendingly.
"Your Majesty, King Chen has always done his duty in the fief, and there are still many important things to deal with in the fief. Over the years, the Ai family has seen King Chen very few times. A few days ago, the only son of King Chen died without a whole body. You Can't you go around the king of Chen and insist on doing this matter so heartlessly?"
Even the Empress Dowager stared fiercely at Emperor Dongming, clenched her fists tightly, following her gaze, the shoulders tightly wrapped in white gauze were extremely obtrusive.
The Empress Dowager Lian smiled, stretched out her hand to touch the gauze, and tightened slightly, Emperor Dongming gasped, the white gauze was soon soaked with dark red blood.
Even the queen mother was stunned, her palms were still stained with sticky blood, could it be that she was really injured
The Right Prime Minister stepped in and glanced at him, "Come on, drag all the servants out of the house, and take 30 heavy responsibility. The emperor is unwell and needs to rest. Why do you all work on errands!"
"Master Xiang, please spare me!" All the guards and servant girls knelt down and begged for mercy, and were dragged away after a while.
Even the Empress Dowager's face was extremely ugly, and her eyes were fixed on the Prime Minister on the right, "Look, the Prime Minister is so majestic, and he even played in front of the emperor, what's the intention!"
The Prime Minister on the right glanced lightly, "I should ask the Empress Dowager the truth about this. The Emperor's condition has just stabilized, but the Empress Dowager deliberately came to provoke the Emperor. What is her intention?"
After speaking, Prime Minister Right looked at Emperor Dongming again, "Since the emperor is here, why don't you tell the queen mother, the provincial queen mother thinks that the humble minister deliberately deceived the queen mother."
Emperor Dong Ming finally came back to his senses, his left arm was completely numb, and he said after a while, "It's my intention to let Xiangye act as an agent of the government. Xiangye has led hundreds of officials for many years and has very rich experience. If there is no evidence, Xiangye will not The second brother may be arrested, since the queen mother believes that this matter has nothing to do with the second brother, why not wait for the matter to be found out."
Even the Empress Dowager didn't understand what was going on. Most likely, Emperor Dongming and Prime Minister Right had joined forces a long time ago, and they deliberately set themselves a trap.
First, King Chen was brought into the capital, and then King An. The military power in the hands of the two occupied more than half of the Empress Dowager Lian's center of gravity.
Even the empress dowager was annoyed, she only blamed herself for being too careless, and ended up in a game between the two of them!
The Prime Minister on the right suddenly got down on one knee, and said seriously, "Your Majesty, I suggest that the Empress Dowager be allowed to rest in the palace for a while. , It really damages the emperor's reputation."
"Your Majesty!" The Empress Dowager Lian lost her voice, "The Aijia is just concerned about his son, why did he interfere in politics, the Right Prime Minister should not talk nonsense, and frame the blame at will!"
"Just now the Empress Dowager asked the emperor to replace the minister, and let Mr. Liu take over the case. It's not about politics or anything!"
Prime Minister Right was so blocked that even the Queen Mother could not speak, she could only stare at Prime Minister Right fiercely, wishing to tear it to pieces.
Even the empress dowager's chest heaved in anger, and she immediately turned her head to look at Emperor Dongming, "The emperor should know that Ai's family is just in a hurry and has no intention of getting involved in politics."
"Your Majesty, there was once and twice. If it was the previous dynasty, she would have entered the harem long ago, and the queen mother was provoked by others, so she would easily be disturbed and then do something wrong, or severely hinder the humble minister. Handling the case is extremely unfavorable, I beg the emperor to let the queen mother rest in peace, calm down, and give an explanation to the subjects of Eastern Chu."
Prime Minister Right had a determined face, so angry that the Queen Mother trembled all over, and almost couldn't help stepping forward to kick her, pointing at Prime Minister Right with a trembling hand, "You!"
Even the Empress Dowager's heart tightened and loosened, and she felt that Emperor Dong Ming would definitely not let go of this good opportunity.
Sure enough, Emperor Dongming looked embarrassed at first, and then sighed, "Since Xiangye said so, the queen mother should rest in Yuxiu Palace for two months. After the truth is found out..."
"Your Majesty!" The Empress Dowager Lian was about to die of anger, "The Ai family will never agree, and let Prince Chen be trampled to death."
"The queen mother is too worried. After the truth is found out, the execution of Prince Chen will be left to the emperor to decide." The right minister kicked the ball to Emperor Dongming again, causing Emperor Dongming to keep rolling his eyes, cursing inwardly The second old fox is really cunning.
Emperor Dongming cleared his throat, "Mother, I will definitely send someone to inform Yuxiu Palace when the time comes, and I will never execute in private."
The word "execution" seems to have immediately condemned Prince Chen. Even the queen mother has nowhere to vent her anger. There is not even a single person in the palace who can use it. How can she not be aggrieved? Things that are at the mercy of others.
"Master Xiang please get up quickly." Emperor Dongming moved his body, "During the time I'm not here, I will trouble Lord Xiang with the trivial matters of the previous court. If there is anything to do, just cut it first and play it later. I will leave it to Master Xiang."
This was deliberately said to the Empress Dowager Lian, to give the right minister enough face, the right minister raised his eyebrows and smiled, and waved his hand, "The imperial doctor, hurry up and re-bandage the emperor!"
After a while, several imperial physicians came in, not even the queen mother was standing, and she was unwilling to retreat, feeling really aggrieved, and finally could only turn around and leave with a flick of her sleeves.
Before leaving, she passed by Chao Ren, and the Queen Mother even raised her lips and smiled, "Congratulations to Chao Ren, a nobleman from the Second Household."
Chao Ren was at a loss, before he had time to ask, he saw that even the Queen Mother had gone far away, only then did Chao Ren realize that both Xiao Wu and Aunt Du were gone.
"Husband, mother and Wu'er..."
Du Qin squinted his eyes and said nothing, and sent a guard to inquire privately, and the guard returned after a while.
Aunt Du was unwell and had been resting in the pavilion, while Xiao Wu was regarded by the emperor as a noble person.
Chao Ren was surprised, "How can Wu'er become a noble person after being so well-behaved?"
After Xiao Wu was angered by Zhao Zun and Xiao Concubine, she left the Imperial Garden and lost her way while walking, and the number of people became less and less.
Entering a courtyard, I saw a pair of calligraphy and painting on the table, half of the poems on it were mentioned, and I couldn't help but pick up the pen to write the rest.
As soon as he put down the pen, Emperor Dongming appeared, looked at the poem and praised Xiao Wu a few words, and asked Xiao Wu's name, so he was made a nobleman on the spot.
Xiao Wu was dumbfounded at that time, her mind was buzzing, Emperor Dong Ming was already over forty years old, and she was only fifteen years old, and she wanted to be a nobleman for Emperor Dong Ming, of course Xiao Wu refused.
Xiao Wu declined a few words, which made Emperor Dongming feel unhappy, and almost punished him, so he had no choice but to accept it.
Until now, Xiao Wu has been acting foolishly, unable to believe this fact.
Emperor Dongming glanced at Xiao Wu, and the disgust and disgust flashed in his eyes, "Take nobleman Wu to Yuhe Palace, and let Rong Zhaoyi teach the rules."
"yes!"
The palace maid said to Xiao Wu, "Master Wu, this way please."
Concubine Xiao had no choice but to follow the maid, and when she saw Chao Ren when she came out of the palace, her eyes became hot and she finally couldn't help crying, "Mother!"
After all, she is only a teenage child. She has never seen such a scene before. If she knew it would be like this, she would rather die than come to the banquet.
Chao Ren hugged the shivering Xiao Wu, "Sister Wu..."
"Young lady, it's getting late, Rong Zhaoyi is still waiting." The maid reminded her aloud.
Xiao Wu moved her lips, and was dragged away by the maid before she could speak, and looked at Chao Ren reluctantly.
When Chao Ren heard that Xiao Wu was handed over to Rong Zhaoyi, his whole body couldn't help shaking.
Who doesn't know that Rong Zhaoyi is a difficult person who is difficult to get along with. She was born as a female official before. She is very strict with the rules and has a strict temper. She confidently handed over the harem to her. Compared with Concubine Shu before, Rong Zhaoyi was obviously more suitable for managing the harem.
Another shortcoming of Rong Zhaoyi is jealousy, especially those young and beautiful girls who serve the emperor more than three times a month will be included in the key training objects.
The euphemistic name is not to disturb the harem, and anyone who falls into the hands of Rong Zhaoyi will suffer a lot of torture, and those who are a little timid use their physical discomfort as a shield and stop serving Emperor Dongming, so that life will be easier.
Xiao Wu fell into the hands of Rong Zhaoyi, can she still have a good life? Chaoren's intestines are green with regret. If he hadn't been blinded by himself and insisted on coming to the capital, he would not have hurt Xiao Wu, let alone An palace.
It's too late to say anything now, you shouldn't compete with Da Fang, you can only watch Xiao Wu being taken away.
After becoming a concubine, she will not be able to see her whenever she wants in the future, and she cannot play petty temper at will. Chao Ren's heart was broken, and his body softened and fell into the arms of the servant girl.
After returning to the palace, the empress dowager announced that she was unwell and rested for two months. Outsiders did not know, but the ministers all knew that the emperor grounded the empress dowager after listening to the right minister.
Ever since, the entire capital knew that the person who should not be provoked the most was the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.
Right Prime Minister hurried back to the mansion after finishing the trivial matters. Rong Yue had already laid down to rest, and Ye Xiuzhi prescribed some medicine to cook it himself.
"It's best to rest in bed for the first three months. Don't worry about anything. The key is to take good care of your body first."
Rong Yue nodded, although there were scars on her body, she didn't feel uncomfortable at all, at least her heart was warm, and now she had a child.
"Then how's the mother's body, and Xiao Jiu?" Rong Yue asked eagerly.
"The old lady was frightened, and the wound on her body was smeared with medicine, and it will heal in half a month. Miss Jiu is fine. The wound on her face has already been smeared with medicine, and it will disappear in five or six days."
Ye Kuizhi replied one by one, looked at the little red rash on Rong Yue's face, and said, "I'll write down the precautions in a moment, don't touch raw or cold food, and, Ma'am must be uncomfortable with flowers. , Try to stay away from incense powder and pollen this day."
Rong Yue was also helpless, if the Queen Mother hadn't asked her to enter the palace by name, she would not have entered the palace to suffer, she endured it for a long time.
"Thank you, Mr. Ye." Rong Yue breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, both of them were fine. When he raised his eyes, he saw a figure standing in front of the door, "Husband..."
Ye Xiuzhi followed his gaze, cleared his throat, "It's all written, I have other things to do, let's go first."
Prime Minister Right looked up at Ye Xiuzhi, "Thank you Mr. Ye for saving me today, if you have any problems in the future, just ask, and Truth will do my best."
It's definitely not easy to get a promise from the right minister, Ye Xiuzhi didn't hesitate, nodded in agreement, and then left the room.
Seeing this, the maids also retreated one after another, and the right minister was dazed, and stood at the door for a long time without moving.
"Why, you don't know me anymore, what are you doing in a daze, come in quickly." Rong Yue squinted at the right minister angrily, only then did the right minister come to his senses, and stepped into the door with a somewhat reserved expression.
"Now that I'm pregnant, when will you agree to marry Xiaojiu?"
Rong Yue frowned, and asked the Prime Minister's right sleeve tightly.
"Is there anything else to say besides this?" Right Prime Minister was a little dumbfounded. This is what he heard the most in the past month. In order to get pregnant as soon as possible, Rong Yue drank tonics three times a day. Sometimes it would be a big bowl, and I couldn't let myself spit it out.
The right minister looked distressed and tried to persuade her several times, but every time Rong Yue would twitch her eyebrows and put her hands on her hips. With that stubbornness, the right minister had no choice but to surrender.
"Mr. said that my body is fine. I didn't drink the tonic before, and my body is not bad. Besides, this child has a good fortune, so it is so easy to have an accident."
Rong Yue's eyes were full of joy, she put one hand on her lower abdomen, she was actually going to be a mother, and she seemed to feel a life being conceived in her palm.
Seeing that her expression was relaxed, the right minister bent over and sat on the edge of the bed, held Rong Yue's palm with his cold fingers, and said apologetically, "It's because my husband came late today and made you suffer."
Prime Minister Right was deploying outside the palace, and when he arrived, something had happened inside. At that moment, Prime Minister Right almost stopped. When he saw Mrs. Xiao and his wife and daughter all wounded, Prime Minister Right wished to destroy the entire palace. Burn up the fire, find and kill all those who bullied a few people, God knows how hard he endured.
"Husband doesn't need to blame himself. Rong Yue didn't blame her husband. If it wasn't for that girl Qing Yang, Rong Yue would be really afraid."
When Rong Yue thought of Qing Yang's death, her whole body tensed up, Prime Minister Right's eyes dimmed, "Don't worry, as a husband, I will give mother, you, Xiao Jiu, and our children an explanation. It’s all over, and my husband will never let you suffer like this.”
Rong Yue nodded with a smile, her uneasy heart was comforted, Prime Minister Right said again, "Take a good rest when you're tired, I'll stay here with my husband."
Rong Yue was indeed tired, she closed her eyes, took a shallow breath, and soon fell asleep.
When Rong Yue fell asleep, Prime Minister Right stood up cautiously and walked down the corridor. The guard immediately whispered, "The mourning hall has been properly arranged."
Prime Minister on the right nodded, "Let's get out as soon as today is over, find a high-quality coffin, and give her family a hundred taels of silver every year, don't need to mention the rest, just bury it in the Xiao family's ancestral grave, named Xiao last name."
"The subordinate obeys."
Xiao Qingyang's Xiao is Xiao Qin's Xiao, and since then the Xiao family has had an adopted daughter.
Linglong Court
Concubine Xiao gasped, and kept shrinking back, "Hey, it doesn't hurt anymore, you almost put a box of snow mark ointment on my face."
Concubine Xiao really felt sorry for Xuehen Ointment, a box was worth thousands of gold, and it was such a waste to just smear it on her face.
"What are you afraid of? I have plenty there." Someone said boldly, "I will ask Zhao Qi to carry a box for you tomorrow."
Concubine Xiao curled her lips, "Then do you dislike the fact that I have scars on my face?"
A certain person immediately shook his head, "No way, I also like you turning into an ugly monster."
Concubine Xiao snorted, and before she could speak, she saw the guards next to the Prime Minister coming, "Marquis Zhao, Master Xiang, please come over."
Zhao Zunwen said that he put down the box in his hand, his face regained his rigor, and he turned his head to look at Concubine Xiao, "Take care of it well, I will come when I go."
Concubine Xiao waved her hand, "Let's go quickly, don't make father wait for a long time.
After Zhao Zun left, Hongxiu said, "Miss, Miss Wu entered the palace and became a nobleman. She was disgusted by the emperor in just one day and was thrown to Rong Zhaoyi to teach. There are also the wives who testified against the wife. Hugh left the house, her natal family didn’t dare to take her in, standing on the street with nowhere to go, it’s really relieved!”