But right now, I don't have time to explain to the empress about the reason for the eldest princess's visit, so the empress had to hide in the back room, pretending to be resting.
The very forceful Concubine Shen immediately stopped Qixue who wanted to go in, and pulled her to sit down on the couch.
"Why did girl Qixue come to see me today?" She preemptively broke the topic of Qixue.
After all, Qixue knew not to cause trouble in Shen Yuqing's territory, otherwise the consequences would be serious, so she sat obediently and said, "Little sister-in-law, I'm here to find sister-in-law today."
"Your sister-in-law is resting." Concubine Shen Gui said nonsense without blinking an eye, "Tell me first, you haven't come to see me for a long time, and you invade my territory as soon as you come, what do you want to do?"
Knowing that she was wrong, Qixue quickly admitted her mistake, grabbed Shen Yuqing's arm and acted coquettishly: "It won't happen in the future! Little sister-in-law, don't be angry, or the queen mother will teach me a lesson!"
She had heard from the Empress Dowager that Concubine Shen Gui was very powerful, and she had no good fruit to provoke her.
Shen Yuqing naturally wouldn't care about the little girl, she raised her eyebrows: "Then tell me first what you want to do with your sister-in-law?"
Qi Xue quietly looked at Shen Yuqing's face, she was a little embarrassed, she didn't seem to want to say anything.
Concubine Shen Gui put down the teacup with a snap.
Qixue immediately poured out all the things that should be said and should not be said: "Sister-in-law, I want to build a gentleman's pavilion, just... just put some games like throwing pots in it, Find some beautiful girls as entertainers and earn the money of the dignitaries."
"Junzi Pavilion?" Shen Yuqing looked at Qixue sharply.
Qixue was startled, and quickly added: "They are all very elegant things, and they won't bet on gambling or whoring, I swear!"
"What are you doing with it?" Shen Guifei lightly tapped on the small wooden table on the couch.
"You can make a lot of money!" Qi Xue said as a matter of course.
Shen Guifei sneered: "Are you short of money?"
The dignified princess, not to mention how many good things she has stuffed in the private treasury by the former emperor, queen mother and emperor, even if she is really short of money, can her brother-in-law of the emperor give her some more money
Qi Xue said weakly: "Well, I just think it's fun..."
In fact, she wants to build two, a Gentleman's Pavilion and a Fanghua Pavilion. The former is for men, and there are beautiful girls as maids; the latter is for women, and there are handsome young men as receptions. However, it is estimated that few people will come to the latter, after all, those stinky men always like to use etiquette to restrain women, and they will criticize Fanghua Pavilion as immoral.
At the beginning, Qi Xue was tossing about this, she just wanted to go in and play by herself. I always hold a banquet to entertain those girls to play together, it feels meaningless and there are too few ways to play.
But if Fanghua Pavilion can't make it out, she can only play in the Junzi Pavilion disguised as a man. Fortunately, she also likes pretty girls, so she doesn't necessarily have to be handsome.
"What else?" Concubine Shen was unmoved, "Who urged you to drive this?"
Shen Yuqing didn't think Qixue could figure it out by herself.
"Yes...it was the idea given to me by the lady of the Imperial Merchant Wu Family..." Qixue obediently shook her out.
That person actually guided Qixue to come up with this trick "by herself", but Qixue grew up in the palace, so what kind of insidiousness has she never seen? Ms. Wu's move might confuse her for a while, but as long as Qi Xue thinks carefully, she will definitely figure it out.
It's ridiculous that everyone in Huaijing thinks that Qixue is a vain pampered by the emperor, but in fact she has no skills. But I don't want to think about it, if she is really stupid, can her sister-in-law brother rest assured that she will cause trouble outside? At least she should throw an exceptionally intelligent personal maid to distinguish right from wrong for her, right
Shen Yuqing was not surprised at all, although she didn't think of who it was at first, but judging by the handwriting, those high-ranking officials were basically ruled out. It's impossible for them to be so business-minded, so the most likely thing is that the emperor's businessman did it.
This samurai family is a family of imperial merchants, but they have never had the opportunity to get in touch with the business in the imperial palace. It wasn't until Director Liu was taken down and a few imperial merchants were re-elected to replace those corrupt guys that the Wu family had a chance to squeeze into the ranks of the first-rate imperial merchants.
The lady from the Wu family is quite smart, but she doesn't know whether this idea came up on her own, or if it was the intention of the Wu family.
Concubine Shen Gui took a few detours in her mind and thought about many things, but she didn't show it on her face. Qixue watched the little sister-in-law meditating for a while without saying a word, and didn't dare to disturb her. Instead, she began to reflect on whether she was causing trouble to the emperor's brother and sister-in-law.
"Put this matter on hold for the time being. I will discuss it with your imperial brother later and make a decision." Concubine Shen finally made a decision.
Qixue had already realized that things were not that simple, so she nodded quickly.
Although she thought it was just a matter of opening a small pavilion at first, that is, making a small fuss, but Xiaohuang's wife made her realize that this matter is not that simple. Perhaps her and Ms. Wu's original intentions were purely business, but this business is different from other businesses, it involves a lot, and there are many things that can be manipulated.
Qi Xue obediently ran away, already regretting a little in her heart, and began to consider whether to give up or not.
When they reached the door, they almost collided with Bi Ge. Bi Ge saluted hurriedly, and then entered the house.
Qi Xue sensed that there was a good show to watch, so she turned around and followed into the house without leaving.
At this moment, the Empress also returned to her original position and sat down. When she saw Qixue coming in, she didn't feel any guilt about cheating the little girl just now. She took a sip of tea calmly, ignoring Qixue's stare.
Qi Xue puffed up her face, she knew that Huang's sister-in-law was lying to her, she was not resting at all, she was just trying to hide from her. But she didn't dare to get angry with the emperor's sister-in-law, and it was her own fault, so she had to give up.
Concubine Shen ignored Her Royal Highness who had gone and returned, and only asked Bi Ge: "What's the matter? I'm in a hurry."
"Your Majesty." Bi Ge's face was very helpless, "Miss Xiao is molesting Bi Yan, and Bi Yan is making a fuss about jumping into the lake!"
Concubine Shen Gui once specifically told Xiao Qianhan that there were a few court ladies and eunuchs in Jianjia Palace not to be molested. These people are the nails of the other palace, Concubine Shen Gui specially kept them here.
But she didn't make it too clear to Xiao Qianhan, Miss Xiao didn't know why molesting was not allowed. As soon as the rebellious psychology comes up today, it's cheap. Then... ...
Bi Yan is also really hot-tempered.
"What's wrong with being molested by the girl? You still want to jump into the lake?" Concubine Shen snorted coldly, "Let her jump, it's best to drown."
Everyone here: "..."
All right, my mother-in-law's defensive temper has come out again.
Shen Yuxun came over when she heard the commotion. Hearing this, she glanced at Bi Ge worriedly, and persuaded softly: "Why do you have to be angry with the maid? Bi Yan may have thought about it for a while."
After finishing speaking, he looked at Bi Ge again, and whispered softly, "Don't take it to heart, your empress just said it in a moment of anger, and she didn't mean not to take your lives seriously. You are all her confidantes, but You can't do anything to disappoint your mother."
She was very worried that Shen Yuqing's words would chill the hearts of the palace people in the room, so she had to take the initiative to stand up and say some soothing words. Although it is true that the servants can be beaten and killed by the master, the cousin is already lonely in the palace, so it is necessary to protect the loyalty of the servants, otherwise the servants will rebel and the consequences will be disastrous.
Bi Ge understood what she meant, and her tone softened a bit: "Thank you, Second Miss Shen, for worrying about my mother, and I will naturally not think about it. It's just that Second Miss doesn't know, that Bi Yan is a nail in the other palace, and my mother's confidantes are afraid of it." Know this."
Shen Yuxun looked at Concubine Shen's expression, and then heaved a sigh of relief. It seems that the cousin's means are higher than she thought, but she cares about it and she is confused.
"You sit down first, I'll take care of it." Concubine Shen nodded to her, stood up and let Bi Ge lead the way.
Concubine Shen arrived at Di'er leisurely. Jianjia Palace covers a large area, embedded with several gardens, large and small, and the rockery and flowing water have also been designed. This is a very exquisite palace, even if you really shut up in the palace for ten days and half a month, you won't feel bored.
Those ladies and wives still stay at home in their own homes? Those people's courtyards are not as spacious and beautiful as Jianjia Palace.
Therefore, it is definitely not because the concubine is bored in the palace that the concubine will go to the imperial garden to wander around. Even if there is such a reason, it only accounts for a small part. Most of the purpose is to meet the emperor by chance.
Shen Guifei detoured a few paths before arriving at one of the large gardens with a lake, from a distance through the trees she could vaguely see someone thumping in the lake.
"Did you really jump?" Shen Guifei sneered.
Bi Ge bowed her head silently, not daring to touch her brow with a sound.
A group of people walked to the lake in a mighty way. At this moment, the little eunuch Zha Mengzi went into the lake to pick him up. Bi Yan was soaked and lying on the ground shivering.
When she raised her eyes and saw Concubine Shen Gui who was as cold as ice, a smile flashed in her eyes as she succeeded in plotting.
She put on a cute and pitiful appearance, in stark contrast to Xiao Qianhan standing beside her.
Although Xiao Qianhan's clothes are a little messy at the moment, they still look very decent compared to Bi Yan. Miss Xiao surrounded her at a loss, she was still a little dazed, her eyes were full of bewilderment.
As usual, she just flirts and flirts casually, touching her face if she is touched, and forgetting if she doesn't. She didn't expect to meet someone with such a strong personality this time, she just made a few words of teasing, and she wanted to jump into the lake as if she couldn't bear to be humiliated.
Following her were Bi Ge and Qing Yuan. Seeing that the situation was not going well, Qing Yuan asked Bi Ge to hurry to find the imperial concubine. Bi Ge didn't know how to swim, so she didn't dare to delay and ran to report the news. At this moment, Bi Yan was rescued by Qing Yuan who was good at water.
Xiao Qianhan is just a face control, at most she is a bit cheap, but she never thought of harming anyone's life. Bi Yan made such a fuss, which made her foolish. After all, she is still a fourteen-year-old girl, and she has a good mental quality if she didn't cry in fright.
Concubine Shen directly skipped her and walked to Bi Yan's side. Looking at the water stains around her with distaste, after avoiding the water stains, he waved back Qing Yuan who had just taken off his coat and wanted to put on Bi Yan, squatted down, and grabbed Bi Yan's chin.
"Aren't you very proud?" Shen Guifei sneered, "It's a good thing you can figure out this trick."
Bi Yan was stunned: "Mother, empress..."
Concubine Shen exerted a little force, and pinched her chin with two finger marks and two fingernail marks. The imperial concubine's nails are neither long nor short, and they are well maintained. Being pinched by Concubine Shen Gui with her strong hands, Bi Yan was in pain so much that she was about to burst into tears.
However, her self-cultivation as a spy made her unwilling to admit defeat easily, and immediately pretended to be innocent.
Facts have proved that it is useless to pretend to be pitiful in front of a straight girl, and the same is true in front of Lily who has a partner. Not only is it useless, it's counterproductive.
Facing Concubine Shen's disgusted eyes, Bi Yan shuddered.
"It's poor, let's pretend to be a man." Concubine Shen said lightly, "Tell me, this trick is your own idea, or Madam Shu taught you."
Bi Yan looked at Shen Yuqing in shock, the imperial concubine actually knew that she belonged to Mrs. Shu!
This is no nonsense, Bi Ge and the others found out that Bi Yan was throwing a purse outside the palace, and Mrs. Shu found out what Concubine Shen Gui had said privately in Jianjia Palace early the next morning. If Bi Yan didn't belong to Concubine Shu, who else could it belong to? Could it be that the news spread in the middle of the night, and the people behind the scenes told Mrs. Shu overnight? This is too unreliable, Mrs. Shu does not have such a strong ally in the palace.
Miss Xiao was confused: "Cousin, cousin? What's going on?"
Concubine Shen let go of her hands in disgust and stood up, and took out a handkerchief to wipe her fingers: "This maid is deliberately framing you."
"Ah?" Xiao Qianhan couldn't understand the logic inside.
To be honest, although there are many people in the Xiao family, they are all close relatives. The elder brothers at the top are all younger sisters, and the younger brothers and sisters at the bottom don't think so much. The courtyard of the Xiao family was harmonious and beautiful, so naturally there wasn't much intrigue.
Most of the girls in Shu Province are bold and aggressive, and they don't like to use petty tricks. Xiao Qianhan's living environment created her innocence, and Concubine Shen had no choice but to break it apart and explain it to her in detail.
Bi Yan belonged to Mrs. Shu, and Mrs. Shu obviously did not believe that Concubine Shen had summoned her cousins into the palace just because she missed her natal family. To put it simply, Mrs. Shu treats the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and she always feels that Concubine Shen is trying to give the emperor a beauty.
Staying behind closed doors now is just a cover-up. Wouldn't Concubine Shen take them for a stroll in the Imperial Garden and other places every once in a while? When the time comes to meet the emperor, maybe things will be done
Among the four girls who entered the palace, only Miss Xiao was barely suitable in terms of age and qualifications.
Mrs. Shu may not plan to deal with Xiao Qianhan now, but she must have told Bi Yan that if she has a good opportunity, she should seize the opportunity to do it. For example, making Xiao Qianhan sick and unable to hook up with the emperor, she had to be sent back to the Xiao family.
This move should be the safest and most effective, and it can kill two birds with one stone, making the Xiao family and Concubine Shen feel suspicious. Well, a daughter was sent to the palace, but she got sick and was sent out. Which mother would accept it calmly
But Bi Yan is not someone who can serve the eldest lady up close, so there is no way to do it. She didn't know if it was smart or stupid, but when she saw that Xiao Qianhan liked to flirt with girls, she moved her mind.
Some people are stupid, but they think they are smart. There is no need to doubt, I am talking about a group of women in the harem who like to make up their minds and doubts, including Bi Yan.
Bi Yan's imagination is that she thinks that Concubine Shen should not be very satisfied with Miss Xiao.
Concubine Shen was looking for a big girl to win over the emperor. As a result, this big girl not only wore men's clothes every day, but also kept molesting the court ladies. It seemed that she was non-violent and non-cooperative. I'm afraid Miss Xiao doesn't want to enter the palace herself, it's Concubine Shen who is forcing her.
After thinking about it like this, Bi Yan felt that the eldest girl was dissatisfied with Concubine Shen, and Concubine Shen naturally disliked the eldest girl for her lack of appreciation.
So with the current episode, she acted like she was tormented by the eldest girl and jumped into the lake to commit suicide. According to Concubine Shen's importance to her (self-thinking), she would definitely blame the eldest girl in anger. Originally Concubine Shen couldn't bear the big girl molesting women, this happened to give Concubine Shen a chance to get angry.
At that time, Concubine Shen felt that Miss Xiao could not be cultivated, so she simply gave up on her and sent her out of the palace, then Madam Shu's order had been fulfilled. As for whether Concubine Shen Gui will find another woman to come, we will talk about it later.
But she obviously underestimated the cleverness of Concubine Shen Gui, the master of the palace fight. The person who can win a small round in the hands of Du Jie and Qin Niang, even if he was a fool before, has already been taught (forced) to be smart by them. people.
At the same time, she also overestimated her status and misestimated the relationship between Shen Guifei and Xiao Qianhan.
Concubine Shen was too lazy to talk to this self-righteous woman anymore, she turned her head and ordered: "Lock her up."
Anyway, Bi Yan doesn't communicate with the outside world very often, as long as she throws a purse outside every once in a while to confuse Concubine Shu. It just so happened that Shen Yuqing stayed behind closed doors during this time, even if she ran around without Bi Yan, she would not be suspected.
Ever since Concubine Shen was pregnant, Bi Yan was rarely followed by her, and they always brought Nanny and Man Xing, and everyone was used to it.
Qing Zhou was about to come up to drag people, when Qing Yuan suddenly knelt down towards Concubine Shen Gui.
"Your Majesty, the slave has something to report." He kowtowed.
Bi Yan suddenly had a bad feeling, she subconsciously looked at Qing Yuan. I saw Qing Yuan's expression was indifferent, and he couldn't see any clues at all.
Concubine Shen Gui asked with great interest: "Oh? What's the matter, let's talk."
"The slave is guilty." Qing Yuan lowered his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes, looking at the land in front of him obliquely, his eyes were like a pool of stagnant water, without any fluctuations, "Some time ago, Bi Yan suddenly approached the slave, threatened the slave with his family, and forced the slave to be unfavorable to the empress. The slave didn't dare, so he had to delay again and again. However, the slave still felt that the crime was serious and begged the empress to punish him."
As he spoke, he kowtowed again, took out a pack of poison powder from his bosom and presented it.
Bi Yan stared at Qing Yuan in disbelief, and shouted in a sharp voice: "Qing! Yuan! You don't care about your family?!"
Qing Yuan didn't give her a single look, closed his eyes, and said resolutely: "Your Majesty, Qing Yuan's kindness to Qing Yuan is as great as a mountain. If this time makes the slave's family die, the slave will have no complaints. It's just that his parents died innocently, and Qing Yuan is ashamed to be a human being." I have no choice but to pay with my life, and the slaves can also meet with each other on Huangquan Road. I only hope that the family members will have a good pregnancy in the next life and will no longer be troubled by the slaves."
When loyalty and affection cannot coexist, some people choose to compromise and betray their master. But there are also unyielding people who choose to die.
Qing Yuan suddenly remembered the past.
He is different from Qingzhou and the others, Qingzhou and the others were trained by the emperor and sent to Concubine Shen to monitor her. Later, she was fed Gu worms instead by Concubine Shen, and she has been loyal to Concubine Shen ever since.
He Qingyuan was originally just an ordinary poor family, and the family couldn't get rid of him and sold him into the palace. He didn't have the chance to be picked by the emperor's people, so he could only do heavy work in the palace since he was a child, and barely survived.
Because of this, he appeared calmer and more thoughtful than others. This is all forced by life, he has no one to protect him, so he can only work hard to cultivate a delicate heart, and make himself better through acquired efforts.
Even so, he almost fell short. Because he offended Mrs. Wan, he who had finally been transferred to an easy job was thrown to do heavy work.
At that time, Mrs. Wan was not as unpopular as she was later, but she was not very popular either. However, even so, it is easy for a wife who gave birth to the emperor's only child to secretly deal with a young eunuch.
Qing Yuan worked tirelessly for a year, no matter how cleverly he tried to please the steward, he still couldn't see any hope of being transferred away. He knew that Mrs. Wan, who seemed to be indifferent to the world, was indifferent and peaceful. So petty and vicious.
Originally, he didn't even expect to be able to stand up, but because Mrs. Wan was being ignored more and more, she paid more and more attention to whether the palace people respected her. Qing Yuan, who offended her, was a thorn in the flesh, and she couldn't let it go for a whole year. Not only that, but she even made people torment Qing Yuan even more.
Seeing the reduced monthly money and the poor food, Qing Yuan originally planned to accept his fate, but it was Concubine Shen who had a sudden idea and fished him out.
I don't know if it was Qingyuan's luck that time, he was so hungry in the middle of the night he got up to drink cold water to satisfy his hunger, and ran into "Shen Guifei" and took Shen Guifei away.
No, it should be said that Shen Yuqing ran away with Miss Shen and just landed in his yard to rest. As soon as Shen Yuqing crossed over, she appeared in Jianjia Palace, and met Miss Shen who had washed her face with tears. Seeing that the other party looked very similar to her, she felt destined, so she helped the lady out of kindness and sent her to elope with her lover. Then I felt that it was not good to kidnap someone else's concubine, so I went back to discuss with the emperor and told him not to chase after him.
Although Miss Shen was sent out, the emperor could find someone to dig three feet. Shen Yuqing didn't send people out because she wanted her and her lover to flee to the end of the world. She helped people send the Buddha to the west, so she ran to the emperor and talked about it, and finally she was trapped into the palace.
After entering the palace, she suddenly remembered the little eunuch she met the day she ran away. At that time, she was fearless and didn't care about being seen by a little eunuch, so she didn't silence him. But now that she wants to pretend to be Concubine Shen, she naturally wants to hold all the variables in her hands, so if the little eunuch tells about her, she will be carried back to Jianjia Palace.
Later, seeing that the eunuch was quite clever and pitiful, he was made a second-class eunuch.
Although she was recruited for the sake of keeping secrets, for Qing Yuan, this was salvation.
Concubine Shen Gui sighed, she always knew that this young man would be kind and repaying, but she never expected him to be so kind. That being the case, she naturally couldn't let Qing Yuan's family members die, she had to do something for this loyal child.
The author has something to say: In fact, I have always consciously favored Qing Yuan in the description, and portrayed Qing Zhou who worked with him as a guy with a little impulsiveness and not very smart, and then Qing Yuan is a prudent and wise man, although. .. ... It's too obscure, I'm afraid you didn't see it _(:з」∠)_
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