The emperor was not surprised that Mu Peilan would figure it out, but said with a sense of loss: "I found this thing twelve years ago, but unfortunately it was not delivered to you until recently because of Concubine Yue's affairs..."
Depend on! Bai Fuling is angry, why does your wife's death make my parents an ugly monster for twelve years? If the ghost-faced Gu mother got her hands earlier, my parents wouldn't lose more than half of their skills!
Even Mu Peilan couldn't help feeling resentful after hearing this, but she glanced at the majestic emperor sitting in front of her, who couldn't hide his emaciated state, and suddenly she stopped being angry.
So what about being an ugly monster for twelve more years, after her daughter recovered, she lived happily every day, far better than when she was the number one beauty in the capital.
On the other hand, the emperor, since he ascended the throne, has exhausted his mind and suppressed himself to deal with the Mao family and the Xia family. One of his favorite women left and the other died in the deep palace. His favorite son was either not by his side or close at hand. But he didn't dare to show the slightest intimacy, and he was always on guard against everyone around him. What's the taste of such a day even if he is the emperor
People always get satisfaction from comparison, and Mu Peilan does not deny that when compared with the emperor, his mind is immediately balanced.
The hall fell silent, the emperor didn't know what to think of, his expression was a little dazed, and after a while he said: "There are some things, I don't tell you, I think you can guess, you should stay in the palace these few days, it's okay Help Yunmei."
With the emperor's words, all the hopes of Mu Peilan's mother and daughter were lost. Mu Peilan hesitated to speak, and finally pulled Bai Fuling to resign and leave.
Coming out of the side hall, Mu Peilan winked at Eunuch He calmly, took her daughter back to Yilan Palace, and waited for no one to look around and said seriously: "I will ask your aunt Yunmei to send someone to escort you right away Leave the palace, and let your father take you out of Beijing immediately, the sooner you leave, the better!"
Bai Fuling didn't know why mother was so nervous all of a sudden, but she also guessed the seriousness of the situation, bit her lip and said, "Then what about you, mother?"
"I'll be fine. The emperor left me because he really wanted me to help Aunt Yunmei stabilize the inner palace. There will be a big chaos in the capital soon. You don't know martial arts. If you stay here, if it falls into someone else's hands, I'll leave you alone." You and your father and Lu Yingcai are really very passive." Mu Peilan is seeking truth from facts, and her words are not tactful, she knows that her daughter is not the kind of twitchy, mother-in-law woman, and she will act the most rational way if you explain the truth to her clearly. choice.
Sure enough, Bai Fuling didn't argue, and went honestly to prepare for the departure. From Mu Peilan's expression, Bai Fuling could guess that she had deduced that the emperor had some unfavorable plans for them. Firstly, she knew no martial arts, secondly, she was not familiar with the internal rules of the palace, and thirdly, she didn't know the emperor's intentions at all. It is true that in the palace there is no help for the mother, it is just a burden.
They didn't bring many things into the palace, and they thought they would leave after the face-to-face today, so they had already packed them up. Eunuch He moved very quickly. The two mother and daughter returned to Yilan Palace within half a cup of tea time. The car that came to pick up Bai Fuling's departure had already arrived at the gate of the palace. Bai Fuling hugged Xiao Lihua and sat in the car, pulling the cart The sedan chair was a trusted eunuch next to Princess Antai, and with the princess' seal in hand, they arrived at the west gate of the palace almost unimpeded.
There were more than 30 cars and sedans lined up in front of the door, all of them were the wives who had arranged to leave the palace and return home today, and Bai Fuling's cars and sedans were not conspicuous among them.
The eunuch guarding the west gate checked Princess Antai's warrant and checked the list, and immediately nodded and ordered the little eunuch to open the palace gate to see off the guests.
The heavy palace gate was just pushed open, and there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps from far away, and a guard shouted: "Open the door slowly, the emperor has an order!"
Bai Fuling looked at the palace door which had just revealed a gleam of light and quickly closed it again with a bang, and felt very bad, what kind of moth is going to happen at this time
Soon another guard came one after another, and behind them, two young eunuchs pulled a small car and rushed towards them.
The curtain of the car was lifted, and Eunuch Lei helped the little eunuch on the side to walk down. He scanned the front of the palace gate, and soon found Bai Fuling in the crowd. A smile appeared on his white and fat face, and he walked away. Taking two steps up, he said: "The emperor has an order, and the daughter of the Bai family of the Duke of Zhongguo's mansion stepped forward to listen to the order."
Come here, come here, as expected, come to your door! Bai Fuling knew that she couldn't run away this time, so she could only kneel down to receive the imperial edict, while kneeling, she scolded the restless and kind emperor a hundred times a hundred times.
The imperial decree was very short, and it generally meant to praise Bai Fuling for being "gentle, modest, courteous and gentle", and was specially conferred the title of Jingling County Lord. From now on, she will learn palace rules and etiquette with Princess Antai in the palace.
Bai Fuling didn't know whether "gentle, modest, courteous and gentle" was the standard term for canonization as a county magistrate or if the emperor was mocking her for being a ferocious bully. She only knew that the emperor kept her in the palace, and there was absolutely no good for it!
The wives who listened to the decree together heard the way. Bai Fuling's family background is not considered high. Although her mother is the only daughter of Duke Zhong and a princess named by the late emperor, her father is just an ordinary businessman (very few people know about the relationship between Bai Changshan and Bai Chou), and the current Duke Zhong is only her A cousin is not a real brother, and Lu Ying is just a righteous brother, and none of her immediate male relatives can afford it.
According to the rules of this court, there is only one reason for suddenly awarding a woman from an ordinary family: to elevate her status, so that she can be married to a noble family member or court official, or even a prince.
And judging from the fact that the emperor left her in the palace to study palace rules and etiquette, most likely he wanted to designate her to a certain prince as his concubine.
Those wives were terrified, the second prince was assassinated and died yesterday, but today the emperor is still in the mood to become the county head, what is this
Bai Fuling thanked Shengen with a full stomach, and Eunuch Lei stepped forward to help her up with a smile and said: "Madam, please get up, it's all because the Sajia's footsteps are slow, you are tired of going back and forth for nothing, the Sajia has already sent people to Zhongguogong's mansion Go up to announce the good news, and the majesty of the county can stay in the palace with peace of mind. Come here! Send the majesty of the county back to Yilan Palace!"
Bai Fuling really wanted to break off his white and fat old face and throw it into the rice pounding jar and pound it hard with a big mallet. This old eunuch clearly did it on purpose...or the emperor clearly did it on purpose!
When I met the saint just now, I deliberately only said to let my mother stay, but they didn't rejoice, they turned around and detained her too! Forget it, I'm under the roof now, so let's go back and discuss it with my mother.
Bai Fuling simply returned to her original sedan chair, and headed for the deep palace again under the eyes of all the wives who didn't know what to expect.
Yilan Palace had also received the news that Mu Peilan stood guard in front of the palace gate to pick up her daughter, and took her back to the side hall without saying anything, soon Princess Antai also rushed back after hearing the news.
"I don't understand the emperor more and more..." Princess Antai apologized.
On the contrary, Mu Peilan didn't care about it: "I have to bother you for a while, so you don't think we are annoying." She knew more about the emperor than Princess Antai, and she knew the emperor deeply. Guessing that the emperor would not let people go so easily, it was just a gamble.
Princess Antai's mother and daughter had lunch with Bai Fuling's mother and daughter, and Bai Fuling took her mother to her bedroom to have a private conversation under the pretext of taking a nap. At this point, Bai Fuling had no choice but to ask her mother to share the information she knew, and Mu Peilan no longer concealed it. Like last night, the two mothers and daughters dismissed the serving maids and eunuchs, and slept on a bed to whisper.
Mu Peilan said: "The emperor mentioned Lu Ying, Yang Heng and Xiao You this morning, so I knew he had already taken care of you, and most likely he would not let you go."
"Mother, can you guess what the emperor's plan is?" What Bai Fuling wanted to know the most was this. Only when she knew the emperor's plan could she try to protect herself.
"The death of the second prince is just a trigger. What the emperor really wants to do is to completely eradicate the power of the Mao family and the Xia family. Before the emperor ascended the throne, he was not conspicuous among the princes. Concubine Shu, the queen was childless and died before the late emperor. The first few concubines in the palace who had children fought fiercely. The queen mother was weak in character and came from a noble family but had no real power in the court. The Xia family and the Mao family Coincidentally, several major events happened, and it was just when the wind and rain were turbulent. The two previous generations of patriarchs were like-minded brothers with different surnames and sworn brothers. For various reasons, the two families decided to join forces to support the emperor at all costs. The emperor had been ruled by the late emperor The candidate for the main concubine was appointed, but it was not formally canonized, so the daughters of the two families had to marry the emperor as the side concubine. After the emperor ascended the throne, the Mao family and the Xia family also gained power. Just when the emperor was about to become a queen, The queen died of a sudden illness..."
"It's too coincidental to die! Isn't the Mao family and Xia family fighting for the position of queen?" Bai Fuling immediately grasped the point.
Mu Peilan said indifferently: "There are many more coincidences like this, but it's just that they are out of their wits. Even if some people know there is a fraud, they can't help being fooled."
She paused, and continued: "The Mao family and the Xia family are fighting. The Mao family holds the military power, and the Xia family is in charge of the government. Neither of the two families will give in to the other. The Xia family is slightly at a disadvantage. In the end, the queen mother discussed with the emperor. The empress who conceived the dragon heir first would be the queen. As a result, the daughter of the Xia family was the first to conceive, but soon after she became pregnant, the child had an accidental miscarriage, but the son born to Concubine Mao became the eldest son of the emperor. The empress later Even though she was pregnant again, it was too late, and the worst thing is, the queen gave birth to a stillbirth for the second time!"
Bai Fuling said strangely: "I remember that the second prince is only a year and a half younger than the first prince!" The queen is not a Saiyan, so how can she recover so quickly after such a serious miscarriage.
Mu Peilan said softly: "The empress gave birth to a stillborn baby. Only the imperial physician who was in charge of diagnosing her pulse, the midwife who delivered the baby, and a few serving maids knew about it. Even the empress herself didn't know about it. These people were all dealt with later. The only ones in the world who know this secret are the emperor and me who are in charge of it."