What should be said was said in private, in front of many concubines, the emperor still didn't pay much attention to Hua Chun. After instructing Concubine Wu Gui to take good care of her baby, she showed a worried expression, paused for a while and said:
"I won't be in the palace for half a month, and it's also a good time for you to go home to visit your relatives. It happens that concubines Wu and Gui need to be clean to raise their babies, so let's go home and have a look at concubines De and Shu."
As soon as this remark came out, everyone was in an uproar. The emperor's partiality is too obvious. In order to protect Concubine Wu's pregnancy, he even sent two high-ranking concubines, Concubine De and Concubine Shu, to go home to visit their relatives. Isn't Concubine Wu going to walk sideways in the harem?
The Empress Dowager had no objection to the emperor's decision, after all, she was thinking of her grandson, but Xu Guifei couldn't help but look at Hua Chun more, and said: "Didn't the Empress Concubine De just go home to visit her relatives? It's not been two months yet."
The emperor saluted the queen mother, obviously ignoring her words, then got up on his horse and headed for the gate of the palace.
Xu Guipin was a little embarrassed and had to salute. Everyone sent them off in unison, and the emperor quickly disappeared outside the palace gate with his guards.
Hua Chun's heart also became tighter and tighter as he left.
The biggest protective umbrella was gone, she had to go to He Chang'an as soon as possible.
"What the emperor said, you have to take it to your heart." The queen mother turned her head, looked at them and said, "If you want to go home to visit your relatives, write an application to Concubine Shu."
Hua Chun nodded cooperatively, and said: "I will write when I get back."
"Well, you are the most sensible." The queen mother nodded, gave her a loving look, and then took Wu Guifei's hand back to Huiming Hall.
Taking a deep breath, Hua Chun grabbed Rui Er's hand and walked towards the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but within two steps, a group of people came up behind him.
"Your Majesty, you really want to leave the palace?" Xu Guipin looked at her with a half-smile, "You have lived in Gongyuhou Mansion longer than the harem."
Nonsense, she only lived in the Hou's mansion for a few days, and she has been in the palace for several months. She was taught by a physical education teacher
He didn't plan to talk to them, Hua Chun just wanted to go back quickly, and after the door was closed, everything would be fine.
However, this group of people did not come with good intentions.
"Your Majesty is in such a hurry, be careful." Tang Guning said in a low voice, with an indifferent expression on his face: "You are not in good health."
Noticing that her attitude was a bit weird, Hua Chun felt like a fucking dog in his heart. How long did it take before Tang Baozi was assimilated and wanted to be hostile to her? Didn't you say something well last time you came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation? This technology of turning faces and denying people is also leading the level of the harem.
"Since you know that I am not in good health, you should not surround me or block the way." Hua Chun said in a deep voice, "The emperor has just left, and the gate of the capital has not yet left. Do you want to commit a crime?"
"Where do the concubines dare?" Xu Guifei said: "They all care about the empress, and they are afraid that the empress will fall, so they surround you."
It's not because he's afraid of her falling, it's obviously because he wants her to fall, right? The unfriendly atmosphere around her is so obvious, she is not a fool.
Rui'er also became nervous, and she didn't dare to let go of her hand, but was bumped by the people next to her and squeezed onto her master, her face turned pale.
"master."
How can you walk like this? The slower and slower he walked, he could only be blocked on this road in the end.
Hua Chun's face darkened, and for the first time, she assumed the posture of a concubine: "Get out of the way for me!"
The people around were startled, and Tang subconsciously took a step back. Hua Chun's appearance of being on fire looks very much like Hua Jinghua.
However, after being dazed for a while, they realized that Concubine De is a cold concubine, without any real power or favor, so what's there to be afraid of just having an empty air
So Xu Guifei squeezed towards Huachun again, stretched out his hand to grab her hand, and said with a smirk: "Why do you want to reject people for thousands of miles? We people, although our status is not high, we are all the emperor's people, everyone Let's talk and laugh together, okay?"
This Nima, talking and squeezing, pushed her to stagger a few steps, and still told her to walk away with a smile? Hua Chun gritted her teeth, and decided to make a armor full of spikes and wear it on her body when she went back. Whoever dares to squeeze will be stabbed into a sieve!
But at the moment, she had no choice but to squeeze these shameless women to the edge of the palace wall step by step, leaning against the wall in a bit of embarrassment.
"It's no different from primary school students besieged after school." Muttering, Hua Chun folded his arms around his stomach, looked up at them and said, "You guys are so awesome, just tell me, what do you want to do?"
"Is there something your empress is hiding from us?" Xu Guipin asked with a smile, "Before you leave the palace, do we have to clarify this matter?"
Heart sank, Hua Chun frowned, they really knew about her pregnancy, right? Just might not be sure, so check it out like that. But why would you know? Haven't you kept everything secret
It's not good for a concubine who is left out in the cold. Although no one is jealous of her, no one takes her seriously. She is the highest-ranking concubine in the harem, but there is nothing she can do about being surrounded by people like this .
Seeing her silence, the expressions of the surrounding concubines became more serious. Duan Cairen said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, is this the acquiescence?"
"I don't understand what you are talking about." Taking a deep breath, Hua Chun said, "But if you continue to block the road, I will report to the Queen Mother. In this palace, what kind of crime is the next crime committed? Presumably you also know."
Everyone paused, not willing to give way, but also afraid that the queen mother would really blame them, a group of people froze in place, Hua Chun stretched out his hand to push a few away, intending to break out of the tight encirclement.
As a result, someone with long legs tripped her, which made her lose her balance and fell forward hard.
"Mother!" Rui'er was terrified, and wanted to reach out to grab her, but was hit hard by someone next to her, with a "slap", the back of her hand was red, and she immediately retracted in pain, and then watched helplessly. Huachun fell down.
Yu Wenjie was not there, no one could save her here, Hua Chun stretched out her hands to support the ground, tried to use her elbows to ease the impact, and stabilized her body so that her stomach would not hit the ground. So the fall looked heavy, but it didn't hurt much.
But Hua Chun was really angry, and didn't intend to bear it any longer. He lay on the ground and yelled "Ouch, Ouch", with a crying voice, "Rui'er, go and tell the Queen Mother, Xu Guifei and Tang Zhaoyi brought this group of people, The following guilty!"
Rui'er was so anxious that her eyes turned red, and she was stopped by people when she wanted to help her, let alone go to Huiming Palace.
Xu Guipin looked at her with a happy face, thinking that if she fell like this, even if she really had a child, she should have fallen, right? As for the complaint, so many of them are here, saying that she fell by herself, what can the Queen Mother do? Everyone is not responsible for the crime.
"What are you doing?" A gentle voice sounded from the side.
Everyone was stunned, and turned their heads one after another. When they saw who was coming, their faces turned pale.
He Chang'an's eyes fell on Hua Chun who was on the ground gently, he walked over and gently lifted her up, and asked in a low voice, "Are you all right?"
Hua Chun pouted, feeling extremely wronged, decided to be a villain who complained, pulled his clothes and said, "It's something, I was thrown by them, and my whole body hurts!"
Squeezing her hand tightly, He Chang'an turned his head, his gentle expression was completely restrained, his eyes were like the coldest winter wind, blowing mercilessly on the faces of these people.
Tang Shi was taken aback, and his heart tightened.
He actually came, looking at her eyes, he probably regarded her as an enemy, right? And the gentle look in Hua's eyes is not at all like a brother to a sister.
The feeling of strangeness in her heart was even stronger, and Tang had an intuition that she thought that He Changan might like Empress Defei.
"Unexpectedly, such a thing will happen in the harem." He Chang'an said in a deep voice: "This Marquis is a foreign minister and cannot interfere with the affairs of the harem, so go ask the Queen Mother for an explanation. Ruier, let's go."
"Yes." Rui'er was about to cry, thank God Gong Yuhou came, otherwise I don't know what will happen today.
These palace concubines are too absurd, they can even do this kind of thing, if something happens to their master, the emperor will never let them go!
However, now He Chang'an didn't intend to let them go. When he went to Huiming Hall, he let go of Huachun, and went directly to kowtow three times in front of the Empress Dowager.
"What's the matter?" The Queen Mother was taken aback, the gift of Gong Yuhou was waived early in the morning, why is it so serious all of a sudden
"My minister asks the Empress Dowager to be the master of Concubine De." He Chang'an raised his head with a solemn expression: "Just then, I was ordered to enter the palace to pick up Concubine De from the palace to visit relatives, but I didn't expect to see Xu Guifei and others besieging the concubine in the middle of the road. It even tripped her. Committing a crime in the harem is a felony, and I want to ask the queen mother, can everyone be blamed for the crime?"
The queen mother frowned, glanced at the silent Hua Chun beside her, and said: "If you make a mistake, you will naturally be punished, no matter how many people make mistakes. See you in the moon, go and bring those lawless people to the Ai family!"
"yes."
If Huachun is alone, the queen mother is likely to want to calm things down, but it is different with Gong Yuhou. Let alone the status of Gong Yuhou in the court, even with the queen mother, the queen mother will definitely give enough. He saves face.
So Xu Guipin and others, who were still thinking of luck, knelt in the Huiming Hall.
"The following offenders will be beaten with twenty court sticks." The Empress Dowager glanced at these people with a sullen face, with a hint of hesitation in her eyes, there are a lot of people, if this one is beaten... I am afraid...
"Twenty court sticks, no more, no less, just enough to give people a long memory, reminding people that they must not surpass the inferior." Gong Yuhou said: "The queen mother is wise."
Once the words were blocked, the queen mother had no way out, she could only wave her hands and say: "Take it out, fight!"
Xu Guipin panicked: "Queen Dowager, we didn't blame Concubine De, she fell down by herself. If you don't believe me, ask other people, we are all here!"
The queen mother paused and looked at Gong Yuhou, who smiled and said, "Benhou was also there at the time, and it was Duan Cairen who stretched out his foot to trip her up, right? Those who stood by the side and kept surrounding the empress to prevent her from leaving were all of you." If it wasn't for the coincidence of this Marquis, I don't know what will happen next. The emperor has just left, so I can't send these news to make him feel uneasy, right?"