The Noble Consort’s Pet Empress

Chapter 89: ⑧⑨secret way

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The Su family is beautiful in appearance, with excellent virtue and appearance. She is now a noble concubine, given the title of "inkstone", and given to live in the main hall of the Shengxiao Palace.

Few people know that His Majesty the emperor's official character Yanjun, this word "inkstone" already shows how much Su Qiaorong is favored. However, everyone is blind and only thinks that Concubine Yan is really just entering the palace to provide for the elderly.

Shengxiao Palace is located at the corner of the East Harem Palace, the location is not too good but it is close. There is no one in the Shengxiao Palace now, only Concubine Yan lives in it.

Not only that, in the small palace next to Shengxiao Palace, there are only low-ranking concubines who live in peace and are not favored. They don't make troubles or fight for favor, and won't disturb her tranquility. At the same time, the only big palace next door to Shengxiao Palace is Jianjia Palace, and there is only Concubine Shen Gui in it, Shen Yuqing will naturally not make things difficult for her.

In the past, only Concubine Yun lives in the Immortal Thread Palace. Concubine Yun is barely her own, and she has no enmity with Concubine Yan in the past. The Fairy Thread Palace is surrounded by the Sumei Palace where Mrs. Wei and Xue Shuyuan live, and the Chuxiu Palace, which is only opened during the draft.

Calculated in such a circle, the entire East Harem Palace is a very quiet and peaceful location. Even if Imperial Concubine Yan wanted to leave the Eastern Hou Palace to go to Shoukang Palace, Fengyi Palace and Yuhuayuan, she only had to pass through the Jianjia Palace and go through the palace gate next to the Jianjia Palace, without meeting other people.

This is the palace specially chosen by His Majesty the Emperor for her, taking all aspects into consideration. He even purposely opened the secret passage from Jianjia Palace to Shengxiao Palace, planning to spend more time in Jianjia Palace for "staying" in the future, and then secretly secretly ran to Shengxiao Palace to accompany his sweetheart.

In order for Concubine Shen to cooperate, he could only reluctantly open the secret passage from Jianjia Palace to Fengyi Palace, which was regarded as a courtesy.

"It's so treacherous, there is actually a secret way!" Shen Guifei gritted her teeth and lay beside the empress, accusing the dog emperor.

She didn't know that there were secret passages in the palace, and she was still in the palace just like that on the surface. It wasn't until Fu Yanjun brought it up for her own sexual happiness that she realized that there were secret passages extending in all directions under the entire palace.

Jianjia Palace and Shengxiao Palace are the closest, and the secret road can be passed by going straight. In the same way, the same is true for Fengyi Palace, which is only separated from Shengxiao Palace by two palace walls and a palace road.

The emperor directly opened these two secret passages, so that no matter whether he went to the emperor's sister or Shen Yuqing's, he could go to accompany his sweetheart.

"He might as well have opened Weiwei's." Shen Guifei sneered.

However, Mrs. Wei's Sumei Palace is also in the corner of the East Harem Palace, which happens to be in the northwest and southeast corners of the Shengxiao Palace.

The Empress looked at her helplessly, and patted her hair: "Forget it, anyway, flying here is not much more troublesome than taking the secret path, so why worry about it?"

Concubine Shen Gui also thought about it, but turned her head and felt that something was wrong.

"Secretly, I can openly take my son and daughter away, light work is not enough!" Shen Guifei continued to grit her teeth.

The daughter gradually grew up, and it would be much more difficult to hold her to avoid the guards in the future, and the son was too young to be taken out to enjoy the night breeze. But the secret passage is different. Although the secret passage is ventilated, it is warm in winter and cool in summer. It is convenient and convenient to walk from here.

More importantly, Qinggong is easier to be discovered during the day than at night, of course it is safe to take the secret path.

Empress Fu was speechless, forget it, when it comes to Concubine Shen's "welfare", the imperial concubine will never give up.

Leaving aside the issue of the secret path for now, what needs to be paid more attention to now is naturally the change in the structure of the harem caused by the newcomers entering the palace.

During the day, Concubine Yan's canonization ceremony passed without any surprises. After that, Concubine Yan went back to Shengxiao Palace and never came out. The empress dowager issued a decree, so that she does not have to abide by the rules of concubines, that is, she does not need to greet the empress dowager every day, pay respects to the empress dowager regularly, and do not have to abide by the rules that concubines are not allowed to leave the palace at will.

According to the empress dowager's intention, if Concubine Yan gets bored in the palace, she can go out of the palace to relax after talking to the queen or her. There is no need to return to the palace on the same day, the rule that concubines are not allowed to stay outside the palace alone has nothing to do with her.

This is a great gift, although the other concubines envy and hate, they can only look at it. She was brought in by the Empress Dowager to take care of her. If it wasn't for the fear of being unknown, she wouldn't have given a concubine the name of a concubine to surround her.

To be honest, the queen mother can find a good Zhuangzi outside the palace for her to live in, and she will be more free. However, the empress dowager was worried that those servants would not serve them well, and insisted on keeping them under her nose, which restrained them instead.

In addition to the special treatment of Concubine Yan, there is also a concubine who is also very eye-catching.

It's not the virtuous concubine Cao, but Mrs. Wei.

His Majesty the Emperor actually ordered Mrs. Shengwei to be Concubine Wei immediately after the canonization ceremony was over, and to enter Sumei Palace. However, there were no newcomers in the Sumei palace, and only she and the empress dowager's lifeless distant cousin Xue Shuyuan lived there.

The Sumei Palace is very peaceful, and Mrs. Wei doesn't have to worry about making trouble with the concubines after she enters the Sumei Palace. Comparing with the concubine Xian who was stuffed with two fifth-rank concubines just after entering the palace, everyone could tell at a glance who the emperor preferred.

An ordinary person would have been outraged by such an understatement, but the Concubine Xian really deserves the title of "Xian". She was generous, calm and dignified from the beginning to the end, she didn't mind at all, and congratulated Concubine Wei friendly.

Concubine Wei has been in the palace for so long, she is no longer as innocent as before. She played Tai Chi with Concubine Xian without leaking any water. The two smiled and came and tested each other, but neither of them found out the bottom of the other.

After that, Concubine Wei went back to Sumei Palace and moved. Moving from the side hall to the main hall, the treatment has been improved to a higher level.

Before the new couple entered the palace, there was only one concubine and one wife in the palace. Now there are two concubines, three concubines, and one Mrs. Lan. The number of high-ranking concubines has increased dramatically. Even the low-ranking concubines could smell the unusual aura, and the impetuous mood that had just entered the palace calmed down, not daring to jump around.

Tomorrow is the time for the newly promoted concubines to pay their respects to the empress for the first time. This is a kind of grace, even those who are below the fourth rank can come here, and only those who are from the fourth rank and above are eligible to go to Fengyi Palace to pay their respects.

Tonight, His Majesty the Emperor turned over Concubine Wei's sign.

Long-awaited palace.

"Is Your Majesty thinking about Concubine Yan?" Seeing His Majesty holding a memorial in a daze, Concubine Wei asked, pouring a cup of hot tea considerately.

Fu Yanjun's mind was broken, but he was not embarrassed. After so long, the relationship between him and Concubine Wei has long been eased.

The imperial concubine who had to get together from the beginning has become a friend now. Concubine Wei no longer minded the first day she served in bed, she just treated her as a female ticket for the emperor, and the emperor also subconsciously forgot about that embarrassing "one-night-one stand".

Because Concubine Wei has a good relationship with the imperial sister and sister-in-law of the emperor, and is known for her kindness, His Majesty the Emperor has been appreciating Concubine Wei more and more recently.

He took the tea and took a sip: "You know? Sister Huang and the others told you?"

"It can be seen." Concubine Wei said honestly.

To be honest, His Majesty looked at Concubine Yan with a vague eagerness in his eyes, and Concubine Wei had a clear mind, so she naturally guessed the emperor's true intentions. Moreover, the queen mother's edict is really strange, but people generally don't think about it.

If the emperor really wanted to admit a second-married daughter into the palace, it would not be a big deal, and there was no need to hide it. Therefore, people would not think that the Queen Mother accepted Concubine Yan into the palace to let her be with the emperor, and would only believe in the Queen Mother's order.

No one would have thought that the emperor would actually be sincere, and go to such lengths for a woman, just to prevent her from being targeted and bullied by other concubines.

When Fu Yanjun heard the words, he was choked by Concubine Wei and didn't know what to say.

Was he horny enough to show it so clearly

Concubine Wei nodded earnestly, and reminded: "Although that look disappeared in a flash, no one else saw it except the concubine, but His Majesty still needs to be more careful in the future, so as not to waste all previous efforts and harm the noble concubine."

"I see." Fu Yanjun took a deep breath, it seems that he really should pay more attention.

Today, I finally took the one I love under my wings, and I am really a little overwhelmed.

Concubine Wei worried again: "It's not good for Your Majesty to go directly to see Noble Concubine Yan. Even if you enter the palace, you can't be alone. I wonder what Your Majesty is going to do?"

Mentioning this, His Majesty the Emperor was a little embarrassed. He squeezed the cup tightly, hesitated for a while, and said bluntly: "There is a secret way in the palace..."

"Secret way?!" Concubine Wei was surprised for a moment, then suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."

Unexpected, reasonable. This imperial palace was left over from the previous dynasty. I heard that a wise and mighty Emperor Rui once rebuilt the imperial palace. Since then, there have been rumors that many secret passages have been added to the palace. I did not expect it to be true.

The exquisitely thoughtful Concubine Wei quickly thought of why the emperor was so "shy", and couldn't help but chuckle. It's rare to see His Majesty so shy, but for the sake of the emperor's face, she won't point it out.

The considerate Concubine Wei took the initiative to ask: "Since there is a secret passage, does Sumei Palace have a secret passage leading to Shengxiao Palace? If there is, Your Majesty should go see the concubine as soon as possible. I am afraid that you will have a rest if you go late." gone."

His Majesty the Emperor glanced at the little angel gratefully, and opened a secret passage to the Shengxiao Palace as kindly as possible.

The entrance to the secret passage is naturally opened in the sleeping hall. There are three entrances in the entire Sumei Palace, which are in the main hall and the sleeping halls of the two side halls. The secret way is originally for the escape of the concubine and the emperor, so it is safe and convenient to open it in the bedroom.

But this also caused, if His Majesty the Emperor wants to use the secret path, he must let the owner of the bedroom know.

Concubine Wei watched amusedly as His Majesty the Emperor quietly took the chief eunuch and ran away like a thief, and no one else would have taken him with him. Fortunately, Concubine Yan's side is also full of His Majesty's people, so she doesn't have to worry about being served, and at the same time, she doesn't have to worry about leaking information.

As for Sumei Palace, since Concubine Wei stood up to speak for the empress, several bigwigs in the palace pulled out the nails in Sumei Palace for her, and now the rest are all reliable people.

But to be on the safe side, Concubine Wei did not disclose this matter. No other palace people were allowed to approach her bedroom, only a few confidantes were nearby to serve the night watch.

Every time His Majesty comes, he doesn't do anything, so everyone knows that the imperial concubine in the palace is just sleeping under a quilt. There was no movement inside, and they would not suspect it.

Now with the help of the people left by His Majesty the Emperor, the entire bedroom is protected airtight. Concubine Wei deliberately informed the people outside, not to let anyone in, so as not to expose the emperor's absence.

So far, only two eunuchs from the Zichen Palace beside Concubine Wei knew about the emperor's departure.

His Majesty the Emperor didn't mention how proud he was, but Concubine Shen Gui in Fengyi Palace had a headache.

Princess Qingxi woke up from a nightmare in the middle of the night, and ran to her queen's room with red eyes, wanting to sleep together. The two empresses were so distressed that they protected the little princess in the middle and slept next to her on one left and one on the right.

Xiao Qingxi hugged the bear doll that Hanqiu's sister made, her big eyes were moist, and she obviously dropped the golden bean. As soon as Concubine Shen stretched out her long arms, she hugged her including the bear baby and the empress. Thanks to Qingxi's small stature and the empress's slender waist, otherwise she would not be able to hug her.

"Qingxi is not afraid, it's always the opposite in dreams." Shen Guifei comforted her.

Qingxi huddled her small face under the quilt, pressed against the bear's cute face, and asked pitifully, "Really?"

"Really, ask your mother if you don't believe me."

The Queen Mother also seriously stated that she did not lie to her, so she could coax the little princess not to be sad.

However, Qingxi also lost sleepiness.

Concubine Shen had no choice but to tell her bedtime stories, but the concubine was not proficient in business, when she was alone with Qingxi, Qingxi had exhausted her story inventory. Now I have to say it, but Qingxi doesn't want to hear it.

Other children like to listen to the stories they like repeatedly, but she doesn't, she will listen to the ones she hasn't heard before.

Concubine Shen Gui racked her brains, especially wanting to crash her head on the bear doll.

In the end, it was the empress who rescued her.

"Is it okay for the concubine mother to tell Qingxi the story of the previous dynasty?"

Qingxi nodded obediently, completely without the appearance of a little devil in the daytime, and replied softly: "Okay."

The empress thought about it, and decided to pick a wise gentleman to talk about.

It just so happened that Shen Yuqing mentioned the secret way today, and the empress simply mentioned the emperor who remodeled the palace and established the secret way, Emperor Rui.

"... Emperor Rui is the most wise and powerful emperor in the Tianxi Dynasty..."

The empress came slowly, drawing a blueprint for Qingxi to be a Mingjun through the ages, and also let Qingxi understand the helplessness of Mingjun and the effect on the people in advance. In this way, she will not be angry and wronged because her father had to ignore her for the sake of the people and the country. In the end, people with ulterior motives will find an opportunity to alienate the relationship between father and daughter.

The previous dynasty was the Tianxi Dynasty, and the capital was also set at Huaijing. The royal family was named Qiao, and there were several great emperors. Among them, the most talked about is Emperor Rui and his successor, Emperor An.

Ruidi Qiao Mingrui has not been emperor for too long. After the crown prince grew up, he went to the Zen position to travel around the mountains and rivers. There are folk rumors that he eloped with the master of the state. I don't know if it is true or not. After the crown prince Qiao Ancheng succeeded to the throne, he was called Emperor An, and he also served as emperor for ten years, but he kept his body like a jade (?), in short, he had no harem.

When he first came to the throne, he selected a descendant of the royal family from the clan to serve as the heir to teach. Ten years later, the heir grew up, and he also ran away from Zen.

Some people in later generations lamented that if these two Mingjun had not run away, the Tianxi Dynasty would not have lasted only two hundred years after them. Later generations even believed that the Tianxi Dynasty could last for another two hundred years because of these two emperors.

Two hundred years later, the frontier generals rebelled, and there was a lot of trouble in the capital to seize the heir. In the end, a country was torn apart for decades, and the mountains became kings everywhere.

It wasn't until two or three emperors were changed in many small countries that there was only one capable person among the descendants of the Qiao Dynasty who re-conquered the world, unified the world, and established the Great Yan. The reason why I didn’t continue to be called Tianxi is because it’s been a long time, and the people no longer recognize the Tianxi dynasty that squeezed the people’s fat after going to Molu, and the second is that Emperor Yan Tai-Zu wanted to take a country name with a good meaning. Country Haiyan River Qing.

"So we are descendants of the former royal family!" Qingxi said in surprise.

She had always heard about the "former dynasty" and thought that the former dynasty was a dynasty that had nothing to do with their royal family, and it was very unpopular and not a good thing.

The empress smiled helplessly, Qingxi really had nothing to do with the previous dynasty, who said that Fu Yanjun was a fake emperor

But the eldest son Qiuqiu is a serious descendant of the former royal family.

"There were still a few good emperors in the previous dynasty, not all of them were foolish emperors." In fact, there were not many foolish emperors, most of them were not successful, and only the few generations of emperors before the destruction of the country were very unreliable.

The more Qingxi listened, the more excited she became, pestering the empress to hear the story of Emperor Rui and Emperor An.

"Emperor Rui has no story..." The Empress thought for a while, "He didn't have a harem either. Before he ascended the throne, he married a concubine and gave birth to Emperor An. Afterwards, the concubine passed away not long after. Later, the master of the national teacher, Emperor An was brought up by the national teacher since he was a child."

"National teacher?" Concubine Shen Gui had never heard of this either, she and Qingxi looked at the Empress with burning eyes, and listened to the story very seriously.

The expressions of one big and one small are very similar. Through the clear moonlight, the empress's heart softened: "Yes, the national teacher is very powerful. I heard that he is really capable."

It is recorded in the historical records that the Lingsu of the National Teacher does have some miraculous abilities, and he is not a Taoist priest trying to gain fame and deceive people. He used to do things, and all the officials watched from the sidelines. Afterwards, he kept the matter secret and refused to say more.

Obviously, something strange must have happened.

Shen Guifei was thoughtful.

Since she can travel through time, it is normal for the national teacher to know how to cast spells. Shen Yuqing used to be an NPC in the online game world. They have a Taoist sect called Chunyang, and the disciples of Chunyang can also do it, eliciting visions of heaven and earth, and even catching ghosts.

But hers is an online game, it's fake, but this one is real.

"Speaking of which, although that Emperor Rui has nothing to say, he has a direct sister, Princess Tianrui Qiao Mingyu, who is a very powerful female general."

Qingxi's eyes lit up: "Female general!"

She has a mysterious affection and admiration for powerful women.

Fu Qiushui knew at a glance that his daughter was interested in this, and began to give her the merits of the princess of popular science.

Since the eldest princess is mentioned, it is natural to mention the eldest princess's "confidant in the boudoir" Wuxian Princess Gu Lian. At the beginning, the eldest princess was able to lead the army to defeat the Xiongnu, and Ruidi was able to quickly deal with the epidemic, all thanks to this resourceful princess with excellent medical skills.

"It's amazing!" Qingxi yearned more and more as she heard it, she never thought that a woman could be a general, and she could do so many great things that benefit the country and the people.

As for Shen Guifei, she was silent.

Gu Lian? Princess of the Five Immortals? No way? It should be... a coincidence, right

Concubine Shen's strange silence caused Empress Fu to take a second look, but being pestered by her daughter, she couldn't ask any more questions, so she had to finish dealing with her daughter first. The empress told all the things she knew about the princess and the princess. Shen Yuqing's face became weirder the more she heard it, and she felt that this world was really too mysterious.

After the Empress finally put her daughter to sleep, she could pull Shen Guifei and ask quietly: "What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing." Shen Yuqing shook her head.

I haven't confirmed it yet, wait until she goes to look through the history books tomorrow, and then tell my wife when she is sure.

Empress Fu didn't ask much after hearing the words: "Then rest first, it's already very late."

Shen Guifei nodded weakly, hugged her daughter and daughter-in-law and closed her eyes.

The name Gu Lian is really too loud.

As I said before, Concubine Shen Gui has a lot of bad friends, many of whom are well-known figures in the world. There are a few of them that must not be easily offended.

One is the friend of the poisonous sister, who is unrivaled in force value among the friends, and the intelligence value can also enter the top two; the other is the friend of Qin Niang, who has a sick brain and cuts black for nothing; the next is the friend of the flower sister, She has a very vicious tongue, covered in poison-drug powder all over her body, whoever touches it will be unlucky; the last one is sister Xiu's friend, so be stingy, if you offend her, you will be tricked to death.

To sum up, the black-bellied foursome, four piranhas, are both beautiful and poisonous. Fortunately, except for Du Jie Jiyou, the other force values are slightly lower, anyway, they can't beat Shen Yuqing.

Shen Yuqing's force value is at least one of the top three among gay friends, second only to Sister Poison and Taoist nun.

It is extremely unfortunate that the poisonous sister's friend, her surname is Gu Minglian, she is good at raising Gu, and has all five poisons. Known as the cancer of the rivers and lakes, she likes to pretend to be a weak white lotus to deceive others.

What's even more unfortunate is that Shen Yuqing couldn't beat her, and because she took (stealed) her ice silk cloth, she was tied up to be a medicine man for half a month.

The imperial concubine didn't want to recall the experience of being bitten by the poisonous sister's Gu insect at the beginning, which almost caused a psychological shadow on her, and since then "talking about insects has changed her expression".

But Sister Du's Gu worms are really damn useful, the Gu worms controlled by Concubine Shen and Manchen Manxing were taken (stolen) from Sister Du.

cough cough.

In short, until now, the mighty Ru Manchen has not realized that he has changed from being loyal to the emperor to being loyal to the imperial concubine for no reason, and he is completely unaware of the problem. Moreover, the degree of loyalty can be learned from heaven and earth, there is no need to doubt that she will betray.

Du Jie's Gu worms have never disappointed Shen Yuqing.

But it would be even better if Shen Yuqing didn't have to be caught to feed the bugs.

The author has something to say: Ms. Cao is a big boss, she must be pretending, and you will hate her very much in the future, don't pretend to be the cp between her and the princess, I have already appointed Weiwei as the princess

By the way, there is a hard advertisement in the front row—Sister Poison's article "The Princess's Poison Doctor", if you haven't read it, go and read it~

Hahahaha those who say that the royal family's surname is Joe is because the author is too lazy to give a surname, huh, my baby tells you, it's either that I'm too lazy to have a surname, or that my surname is Joe! It's the Joe you're thinking of! It is the "Joe" of the poisonous sister's princess! Surprised or not? Surprised or not~

Thanks to mines: Luo Yun, Liu Yao, Wu Amaranth, Ge Ge Yi

Thanks for the nutrient solution: dead fish in the north center of the north city +20, good dreams +2, sniffing roses +50