Thinking about Princess Fuqing, Concubine Xian almost stayed up all night.
Princess Fuqing was in danger only a few months ago on the Shangyuan Festival. The Queen would never let Princess Fuqing go out of the palace again. Even because the princes had disturbed the emperor recently, she did not intend to hold a flower viewing banquet.
Thinking about it carefully, the only thing that can be done is when Princess Fuqing travels to and from the Cining Palace.
In the past, the Fuqing Princess and the Fourteenth Princess went to the Cining Palace together, and they would each bring a maid, but after the Shangyuan Festival, they became only two princesses.
Princess Fuqing was in danger on the Yuan Festival, it seems that there was a problem with her personal maid, so she simply stopped taking the maid to Cining Palace.
The princesses were afraid of disturbing the Queen Mother's Qingjing and only brought one palace maid. Later, there was a problem with the palace maid they often brought, and only two princesses went there. Is this a natural development, or is it the Queen Mother's plan early in the morning
From the beginning, the queen mother asked Princess Fuqing to accompany her every day. In the end, Princess Fuqing was fine on the Shangyuan Festival. After that, she had such a convenient opportunity to start. She would not believe it if she said that these were just coincidences.
The more Concubine Xian thought about it, the more unfathomable the Queen Mother felt.
The Empress Dowager is undoubtedly cautious and wily. With such a person helping Zhang'er, Zhang'er's chances will be greatly increased.
The sky was white with fish belly, and the early summer day began to dawn early.
Concubine Xian simply got up, put on her cloak and walked to the window, pushing it open a crack.
The cool morning breeze blew in, causing her to shiver involuntarily and coughed twice.
The palace maid who heard the movement was startled: "Niangniang, why are you standing here blowing the air? Be careful of catching a cold--"
Concubine Xian glanced at the palace maid and did not answer her words, but looked at the cold courtyard outside the window and asked, "Why is no one walking around?"
In my impression, in the past, many palace servants had already done their work at this time, but they had not paid attention to it since they had been ill and lacked energy.
After listening to Concubine Xian's words, the palace maid's expression froze, and she didn't say a word.
Concubine Xian noticed the difference and asked with a frown, "What?"
The palace maid lowered her head and said dryly: "Xu is the person on duty today who is lazy-"
Concubine Xian understood and sneered: "I'm afraid it's not that I'm being lazy today, but that I don't take errands to heart when I see Ben Gong loses power?"
"Niangniang—" The palace maid hurriedly knelt down.
Concubine Xian gave her a condescending look and said lightly: "No need to do this, get up, this palace won't take such a thing to heart."
Stepping down on highs and downs, falling into stone, this kind of thing happens both inside and outside the palace, especially in the palace, how can she not understand after living for so long.
Because of this anger, those lowly palace people, it is a joke to spread it out.
She won't do it now, and she will have to wait until the day she stands on the top of the mountain.
Concubine Xian closed her cloak and slowly left the window.
On this day, the coldness and desolation of Yuquan Palace made her more determined: she would rather be broken than broken tiles.
She must never go to the end of her life in such a miserable and desolate way, even if she loses the bet, it is better than dying in a vain way.
What contentment is always happy, take a step back and try to be safe, others may want to, but she Ji Rao is not uncommon.
She forbears most of her life, even if she is half-dead with anger, she will smile at the palace people in other palaces, is it because she likes it
But it was because of what he wanted, that he was willing to endure a little more.
If you really want to endure until death, what's the difference between that and the tortoise
"Go get scissors and give Ben Gong a manicure."
The maid quickly brought the silver scissors.
Concubine Xian pointed to her bare little fingernails: "They are all cut so short."
"Niangniang?" The palace maid was shocked.
Concubine Xian said coldly: "If you want to cut it, don't talk nonsense."
At the Empress Dowager and the Empress, she has to ask for peace a few more times. On the one hand, she seeks a guarantee from the Empress Dowager. On the other hand, she has to consider the road from Cining Palace to Kunning Palace, and see where it is easy to start.
In the Cining Palace, it was very lively early in the morning. In the queen mother's bedroom, there was only one mother who was combing the queen mother's hair.
The long hair held in Mammy's hand was almost completely white, and it was too sparse to hang on the teeth of the comb.
The queen mother squinted her eyes with a peaceful expression.
It should be said that the Queen Mother has been like this almost all the time, even if she asked Concubine Xian yesterday to take Princess Fuqing's life, her expression was calm.
The mama who was combing the queen mother's hair couldn't help but ask: "You said... Concubine Xian will do it?"
The empress dowager opened her eyes and said lightly: "One obsession has persisted for most of my life, and I haven't been able to be arrogant and wanton for even a day. How many people can be willing?"
The mother smiled and said, "The queen mother sees you clearly."
The queen mother no longer spoke, but looked in the direction of the door.
As expected, Concubine Xian will be more diligent when she comes to Cining Palace to invite An.
Sure enough, a few days later, Concubine Xian came to greet her again.
Xu Shi made up his mind, and calmed down the deep shock to the Empress Dowager. This time, Concubine Xian was much more courageous and said straight to the point: "Empress Dowager, it is not a pity for a concubine to die, but the emperor is not faint and incompetent, once the concubine takes action, You may not be able to retreat completely, by that time the emperor will be sick of the house and Wu, and the concubine will be dead, how do you know that you--"
The Queen Mother smiled and asked, "Are you worried that Ai Jia won't believe what he says?"
Concubine Xian pursed her lips.
The queen mother shook her head: "You shouldn't ask this. As Ai's family, would it be possible to deceive you? If Ai's family is really just coaxing you, what can you do to Ai's family? You and Ai's family have never cooperated on an equal footing. The relationship, Aijia is the layout person, and you are only in the game, so you should not ask this question."
Concubine Xian's face was pale, and she smiled bitterly: "I know, but if I care about it, I will be confused. Thinking about it, Zhang'er can't feel at ease..."
The queen mother turned the rosary on her wrist and said calmly: "Aijia can tell you that King Yan is now the son of the queen, and Aijia will not see him sitting in that seat. Besides King Yan, there are only these few left. , Is Aijia keeping his promise to help King Qi, or helping someone who has nothing to do with it?"
When Concubine Xian heard the Queen Mother's words, her heart skipped a beat.
Because of the relationship between the old seven and the queen, the queen mother directly said that she would prevent him from ascending the throne, and the queen mother wanted to get rid of Princess Fuqing. So, the queen mother has a grudge with the queen
If the queen mother hates the queen, it makes sense to deal with the queen's children wholeheartedly.
But she has been in the palace for many years, and she has not found any way that the queen offends the queen mother...
Concubine Xian looked at the Empress Dowager, her expression was so calm that she couldn't see the slightest clue.
She sighed again.
There are too many secrets in this palace that she doesn't know, and she used to be self-righteous.
"Is there anything else you want to ask?" the Queen Mother asked.
Concubine Xian lowered her eyes and shook her head.
The queen mother laughed: "Knowing more is not necessarily a good thing. You should go to Kunning Palace to ask for your peace, right?"
Concubine Xian was shocked, and nodded respectfully in the empress dowager's meaningful smile: "Yes, it's time for the concubine to go to Kunning Palace to greet her."
After that, Concubine Xian went to Cining Palace and Kunning Palace several times to say goodbye, until she felt unwell on the first day of May, and then she stopped.