"What...what is this?" Concubine He threw the script in her hand away, her face livid with anger, her voice a little sharper than usual, "Where did this come from? Kill...kill them all."
The sharp voice trembled unconsciously at the end.
"Mother...what's wrong with you?" Pei Yusheng frowned and looked at Concubine He in confusion, thinking that she was making a big deal out of nothing.
Even if this matter was alluded to her, it was not much. It was clearly referring to the affairs of the Eastern Palace, but it was embellished to make it seem plausible. After all, the eldest brother was the crown prince of the Eastern Palace, and no one dared to point to him openly. Using this method to frame him would prevent him from being copied by the eldest brother.
"Where did this script come from?" Concubine He took a deep breath, put her hand over her chest, and spoke slowly.
"It was all over the place. It suddenly popped up. I don't know who my eldest brother offended. That's why people were making insinuations about it. It suddenly popped up. Everyone in many troupes thought it was good. Someone started singing it first, and then many troupes followed suit. It's very popular now."
Pei Yusheng said that he also heard it by chance. When he saw the script, his first reaction was that it was directed at the Eastern Palace. After being overjoyed, he showed it to his mother. He did not expect his mother to have such a reaction.
"Ban it, completely ban it. Ban them from performing this script." Concubine He took a deep breath and endured the blackening in front of her eyes.
When she first saw the notebook, her whole body went cold and she trembled uncontrollably. Some things had happened so many years ago, but she still remembered them and kept them in her heart. She was Empress Yuan's good sister, and she was also the one who had been missing her all these years after she passed away.
He is a person who is grateful for the Queen Yuan's kindness, and also a person who misses the Queen Yuan along with the Emperor.
If the emperor saw this play script, if the emperor thought about it more carefully... Concubine He had a bad feeling, she absolutely could not let the emperor see this play script.
Although the events in the play are different, the younger sister's hypocritical words of missing her sister are similar to what she said in front of the emperor in the past. As long as the emperor sees this script, he will inevitably remember what he said and will inevitably doubt himself.
"Mother, this matter has little to do with us, right? And we can make good use of it, don't you think?" Pei Yusheng didn't understand his mother's reaction. He felt that it was completely different from what he thought. Shouldn't he seize this opportunity to deal with the Eastern Palace at this time
"About this matter... don't ask anymore. Just have someone ban it and say that this matter alludes to the Eastern Palace and is a heinous crime." Concubine He took a deep breath, her hand tightly holding the handkerchief. She could feel the wetness in her palm, and her heart was beating so fast that it almost jumped out of her throat.
The originally sharp voice became a little hoarse at this time.
"Mother... But this is not something I should be involved in. Even if it needs to be banned, it would be better if my eldest brother does it." Pei Yusheng still didn't understand why he should help Pei Luoan. It was good enough that he didn't cheat Pei Luoan. Why should he help him at this time? In the end, he might not get any good results.
Not maybe, but definitely...
"This will make people suspect my mother." Concubine He suppressed the palpitations in her heart and her expression calmed down a little. There were some things she could say, and some things she couldn't say in full.
"Even if there are some insinuations directed at my mother, so what? The first person everyone thinks of is the Eastern Palace." Pei Yusheng said disapprovingly.
He had read the script several times and asked his staff to discuss it. The final conclusion was that the Eastern Palace had a greater connection and his mother was just a coincidence and had only a minor involvement.
His mother and Empress Yuan were sisters from the same clan. He had known about this for a long time. Even if his mother was somewhat involved, it would not matter.
"Your father will be suspicious." Concubine He said in a deep voice. She didn't care what outsiders thought. What she cared about most was what the emperor thought.
Why did some of the words she said to the emperor appear in the play script, and why did they appear about the vicious sister in the play script
"You... don't ask any more questions, go and ban it." Seeing that her son was still stubborn, Concubine He slammed her hand on the table and said sternly, "If you don't want your father to dislike you, you will continue to add fuel to the fire. You won't know how you will die. The one born by Empress Yuan... is about to enter the capital. Don't you think it's a great time for this play script to come out at this time?"
"Mother is saying... someone is deliberately insinuating that it is you?" Pei Yusheng realized, his eyes suddenly widened, "Isn't it Big Brother?"
"When the prince born to Empress Yuan comes to Beijing, the Eastern Palace will be in an awkward position. But what about you? Do you think you are not affected?" Concubine He looked at her son and whispered. This son was her only son, and she wanted to help him to the throne. But now it seems that he has too little experience and still cannot understand the truth of the matter.
"He is coming to the capital at this time, and with this script as a supplement, as long as he is born by Empress Yuan, as long as it can be proven that he is the prince born by Empress Yuan, then he is legitimate, more legitimate than my eldest brother. You... naturally cannot be compared. Everyone will think that you are my child, and that I entered the palace because of Empress Yuan. The two of us are the foils for Empress Yuan and her son, and we will always be like that."
Concubine He said the last few words with gritted teeth.
She had taken great pains to enter the palace and to stay in it just to climb to her current position. It would have been even better if she could become the queen, but the current queen's family background was much better than hers. She could only settle for the second best and become a favorite concubine, a favorite concubine for life.
Now that the Empress Dowager is gone, I am the most favored one.
His own son is also the most favored prince...
She could never have imagined that Queen Yuan would give birth to a son and send him out of the palace, and that he would still be alive. The fact that Queen Yuan was pregnant is now being verified, and more and more evidence shows that Queen Yuan was indeed pregnant at the time and did give birth to a child.
She has been restless these past few days. She originally wanted to ask the emperor for news, but the emperor hasn't come to her palace for several days, which has never happened before.
At such a critical moment, the matter of the play script actually came up. How could Concubine He not be surprised
"Mother, I understand. I will go and take care of the script issue right away." Frightened by Concubine He's sharp and twisted expression, Pei Yusheng hastily assured her.
He no longer dared to talk back to Concubine He.
Seeing her son agree, Concubine He's twisted face calmed down a little, but her face was still gloomy: "You must hurry up and do this, and don't let your father see it... Just ask someone to do it in the name of the Eastern Palace."
"Your son obeys your command." Pei Yusheng nodded. He originally wanted to take advantage of his mother's happiness to ask Concubine He to release Qu Qiuyan, but he didn't dare to say it now.
He retreated out of the door, looked back at the palace gate, and sighed helplessly. He didn't know what happened to Princess Ying. Why did she suddenly fall ill? What kind of medicine did Madam Qu Er give her to poison the Princess Ying into this state? Or was it that the Princess Ying's health was poor to begin with, which led to such a big mistake
Mrs. Qu II wouldn't really want to kill the Princess of England, right
It was he who pushed for Qu Qiuyan to go to Prince Ying's Palace. Pei Yusheng felt that Qu Qiuyan was really innocent in this matter, but no matter how innocent she was, nothing could be done about it now. His mother didn't care, and the situation on the Princess Ying's side was still unknown.
It looks like we'll have to wait and see.
This matter was all Qu Zhizhen's fault. Not only did he lose his position as Shangshu, but he also let a woman in the inner palace do such a thing. Now she secretly sent people to find him.
What can I do
I used to think Qu Zhizhen was a capable person, but now he seems to be useless and a burden. He wants to be promoted so much that he is crazy. Only a normal person can come up with such an idea. Not to mention that this is the Princess of England, no matter which family the princess is from, if she is not crazy, she will let her daughter make herself sick and get an official position for herself.
Qu Zhizhen went crazy, thinking that his daughter was extremely unlucky.
It's not just the Princess of England, but also Qu Qiuyan. To be honest, it was Qu Qiuyan who saved the Princess of England. Why don't these people understand...
Pei Yusheng walked out annoyed. Since his mother had asked him to ban the script, he should just do it himself. He was afraid that this matter would cause some evil spirits to arise again, and in the end it would be a thankless task...
Pei Yusheng really guessed it. This matter was indeed a thankless task for him. He sent someone to the Ministry of Justice to reprimand them, saying that the play script contained allusions. The Ministry of Justice filed a case and sent people to ban it, but they happened to meet someone from the Eastern Palace, who said that the play script did not contain any allusions and they also investigated the matter with the people from the Ministry of Justice.
In the end, it was discovered that King Jing was behind this incident.
The prince actually went to the imperial study to complain to the emperor, saying that Pei Yusheng had inexplicably banned a book. He sent someone to take a look. Although the play script had some allusive meanings, it all said bad things about Ji Youran. It didn't matter to the royal family, to him, or to the crown princess. He didn't mind letting people see that kind people finally reunited happily.
As for those vicious ones, even if they give birth to offspring, they will get nothing in the end. Good deeds are rewarded with good, and evil deeds are punished with evil. God has a law of reincarnation, and there will be a continuation of the fate in two lives after all.
They also said that this was just acting. In fact, no one would think so much. Pei Yusheng's fuss made people feel guilty, as if he was hiding something...
After a long list of things were said, Pei Yusheng was reprimanded by the emperor and made to kneel outside the imperial study. Even Concubine He, who had helped Pei Yusheng to plead for mercy, was punished as well, saying that she was a bad parent.
Once the news that the mother and son were punished to kneel outside the imperial study room spread, the atmosphere in the entire palace changed. Many people felt that Concubine He and her son were going to lose power because the prince born to Empress Yuan was going to return to the palace...
Originally, Concubine He entered the palace because of Empress Yuan, and she would inevitably fall from power because of the prince born to Empress Yuan. Because of their commotion, more people knew about the script. After reading it, they vaguely thought that the sister in it was Concubine He, and the son born was Prince Jing.
Many people suddenly realized that it was no wonder that King Jing and Concubine He were punished...