In the palace, the emperor was reviewing the memorial, one after another was waiting for him to deal with, and when he was already a little bit overwhelmed and feeling tired, the personal eunuch estimated the time, carefully sent a cup of chrysanthemum tea, and said: " Your Majesty, you must be tired after reviewing papers for such a long time, drink some tea to moisten your throat, this chrysanthemum can clear your heart, improve your eyesight and relieve your anger."
The emperor nodded and motioned him to put down the tea. But after the eunuch put down the teacup, he didn't retreat immediately, but stood beside him, looking at the emperor quietly. Feeling his gaze, the emperor said without raising his head, "Just tell me if you have anything to say, don't you understand my rules after serving me for so many years?"
The eunuch hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there is a secret letter from outside the palace. Would you like to read it now?" Hand over the secret letter from Phoenix to the emperor.
"Ridiculous! How could Yang Tingming conspire with King Qinan to rebel? This must be a party struggle!" The emperor was furious after reading the contents of the letter, and couldn't help shouting. The eunuch next to him was terrified, knelt down tremblingly, and kept saying: "The emperor calm down."
The muscles in the emperor's face kept trembling, and his eyes burst out like fire. On the one hand, he never believed in his heart that his own son would rebel against King Qinan, but on the other hand, the secret letter had already written so, he I had to draw attention again, so I secretly speculated in my heart. After a while, the emperor calmed down, and said to the personal eunuch expressionlessly: "Go and invite the imperial concubine, I want to ask her."
After a while, the imperial concubine rushed over. The emperor passed the letter to the imperial concubine calmly and said: "The imperial concubine read this letter, do you have anything to say?" Seeing the emperor's cold face, the imperial concubine felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't figure out where it was I offended the emperor, so I had no choice but to read the letter after reading it, and then choose to adapt to the situation.
"Ah, this is absolutely impossible!" The imperial concubine kept shaking her hands when she was reading the letter. After reading it, the letter slipped from her hand. She fell to the ground in fright, and the two lines of tears rushed down With her face covered in exquisite makeup, she prostrated herself on the ground, crying pitifully: "Your Majesty, Yang Tingming has always been honest and responsible, so how could it be possible for him to partner with King Qi Nan and plan such a capital crime as rebellion?" Seeing that the imperial concubine was frightened like this, she felt pity in her heart, and said, "Quickly get up, imperial concubine, I didn't say I believed this."
When the imperial concubine heard that the emperor didn't believe it, she stopped crying, stood up tremblingly with the help of the maid, and didn't dare to sit down. Looking at the emperor's calm and composed face, she really couldn't figure out what the emperor was thinking. She wanted to excuse Yang Tingming but was afraid that saying something wrong would arouse the emperor's suspicion, so she could only stand aside and silently observe the emperor's expression.
Coincidentally, at this time, Concubine Li came in to greet her. As soon as she entered the hall, she saw the imperial concubine standing beside her with tears on her face. But after coming in, he couldn't leave, so he had to bite the bullet and salute the emperor and imperial concubine, the emperor said: "Concubine Li is free, you came just in time, read this letter, and then tell me what you think."
Concubine Li couldn't help it, after reading the letter she understood everything, no wonder the imperial concubine was crying like this. She sneered in her heart, the usually arrogant and stern imperial concubine could be frightened like this, it's not fun. However, she thought that she would rely on the imperial concubine for many matters in the palace in the future, so she could only follow her and say: "My lord, how can you believe such nonsense, let alone how hard-working Yang Tingming is? You don't mean to rebel, just say that you have always treated your brother well. Yang Tingming is a person who knows how to be grateful, so how can you rebel with King Qinan? Besides, the danger is so high. If you fail, it will be a death penalty. Who wouldn't want to How about being a prince safely?"
Concubine Li opened her clever mouth, and the emperor frowned when she said it. Her words not only praised Yang Tingfeng but also praised the emperor's kindness to her brother. How could it not make people feel happy? Concubine Li glanced at Concubine Huang secretly. Although Concubine Huang did not speak, she looked at Concubine Li with gratitude in her eyes. The emperor was speechless for a while, and finally said: "You all go down, I'm tired."
The Imperial Concubine and Concubine Li retired after paying their respects. Outside the palace, the Imperial Concubine said, "Concubine Li, stay awhile, I have something to tell you."
Concubine Li pretended to be surprised, and asked: "What orders does your majesty have?" The imperial concubine looked at Concubine Li firmly and said, "I will remember your kindness." After speaking, she turned and left.
The imperial concubine did not go back to her palace, she was thinking in her heart, Yang Tingxing was still recovering from illness, Yang Tingqing and Yang Tingming were in the same party, so naturally it would not be bad for Yang Tingming, not to mention Yang Tingjing, who was sick They are so dispirited that it is impossible for them to attack Yang Tingming, so the most likely one is Yang Tingfeng! After thinking it over, she knew who to turn to to settle the score. The imperial concubine was furious, and she walked faster and faster. It seemed that she was going to Xingshi to question her. At this time, Concubine Shu was eating fruit bored in the bedroom.
"Your Majesty is not well. The imperial concubine is here, and she looks very unhappy." Her personal maid trotted in to report. When Shubi heard that it was the imperial concubine, she quickly stood up. She just squatted down to salute. After saying the word "please be safe", the imperial concubine slapped her across the face, and immediately, a burning pain spread across her face.
Shupin fell to the ground because of this slap, she didn't know what she did wrong, she was wronged and humiliated, now she was the one lying on the ground crying loudly.
"I don't know what I did wrong to provoke the imperial concubine to lose her temper." Concubine Shu choked up and asked the imperial concubine.
"You bastard still has the face to ask me, if it weren't for you, how could my tomorrow be suspected?" The imperial concubine was furious, the slap did not dispel her anger, she said viciously "I warn you not to do tricks behind your back!" Concubine Shu felt wronged, because she didn't know what happened to Yang Tingming and why he was suddenly suspected by the emperor, and what had this matter to do with her, she could only pity Raising her head, the imperial concubine told Shupin what happened just now, Shupin felt that she deserved it, but she didn't dare to show it on her face.
Concubine Shu stared at her big tearful eyes and said: "We didn't do it, really not, Royal Concubine, you must believe me! How have I treated you all these years, Royal Concubine, do you still know clearly?"
The imperial concubine gave her a cold look, and secretly thought in her heart: Hmph, I'm still pretending to be pitiful, which woman in the palace can't do this? Then he opened his mouth and said, "I'm telling you, don't be indecent and do small tricks behind your back, otherwise you will die a miserable death!" After finishing speaking, the imperial concubine flicked her sleeves, turned her head and left.
After Concubine Shu saw the imperial concubine leaving, her lovely and pitiful face instantly changed, replaced by a distorted face, her facial features began to deform due to anger, with a "bang", she raised her hand and knocked over the tray The fruit in the bag spilled all over the floor, but she gritted her teeth and didn't speak for a while.