After rebirth, I made the princes cry

Every New Year's Day, a grand banquet is held in the palace. Even if the Queen is banned from Xianyang Hall this year, she should not be able to accept congratulations from her wives, but they still have to enter the palace for the New Year's Day banquet, and on New Year's Eve On the same day, His Majesty will personally preside over a sacrificial ceremony to pray for good weather and good harvests in the coming year. Many matters need to be prepared by Mrs. It took a lot of effort to supervise and verify, so during this period of time, Concubine Qiao often went to Zhaoyang Palace to share Mrs. Xie's worries, and Mrs. Xie did not take exception to her initiative.

The turmoil in the court regarding He Aoju's impeachment of Xie Jin is still going on. Although Mrs. Xie was comforted by Yingshu and knew that Chen Jun Xie would not be seriously damaged by the case, she could imagine that her father would probably be demoted this time. She was still a little uneasy as to whether her father-to-be would listen to Duke Linyi's advice and take a step back.

Mrs. Xie still knew more or less what her father's temperament was.

Chenjun Xie has been a prominent family for hundreds of years. After dynasties and changes of ownership, there are bound to be ups and downs, especially when the nine kings of Western Henan seize the throne, which leads to the decline of national power. In the end, Luoyang City is destroyed and the Western Henan Kingdom is destroyed. Chenjun Xie is forced to go south. After moving to the east, like many northern families, their strength was greatly weakened. However, after Jiankang, because Xie Jin immediately adopted the suggestion of the Duke of Linyi, he used the strength of his family and the Wang family of Linyi to successfully resist the three states of Zhao, Qi and Liao. During the Southern Expedition of the Allied Forces, and gradually recovered Jingzhou, Xiangxian and other places, Xie Jin of Chen County ranked among the eight powerful lords in Eastern Henan. It can be said that Xie Jin created another glorious era for the family.

Although Xie Jin cannot be called a hero because he has no ambition to replace the Sikong family, he is also extremely conceited and makes decisions about family affairs. Mrs. Even she found it difficult to convince her father of his choice over court.

It is true that even if his father is unwilling to give in, His Majesty cannot really use this as a basis for his father's serious crimes, let alone uproot Chen Jun Xie. However, if the emperor's heart is biased towards Jiang Donghe, the situation will be extremely disadvantageous not only for Chen Jun Xie , the first one to bear the brunt is actually Zhaoyang Palace. If His Majesty is sure that Chen Jun Xie ignores the overall situation and is even rebellious, then all Mrs. Xie's plans will come to nothing.

What Mrs. Xie is most worried about now is that Yingshu will be affected by this accident, and she will really become a female official in the palace and become a white-headed palace concubine. Although His Majesty does seem to regard Yingshu as his junior, the emperor's heart has always been the most important. It is unpredictable. In front of Jiangshan Sheji, the life, death, misfortune and blessings of the little girl's family are really as light as a feather. After Yingshu entered the palace, she had made too many enemies for the benefit of Zhaoyang Palace.

During this period of time, Princess Qinghe was in the Zhaoyang Palace, chatting and laughing with Madam Xie, and taking care of Madam Xie's daily life and food. Although the maids never dared to neglect matters such as taking care of her, they could not. To make up for the emotional lack of Mrs. Xie having no children, Chenghuan, Yingshu cannot stay with Mrs. Xie forever, and only Princess Qinghe can give Mrs. Xie some comfort.

Since Princess Qinghe was in the Zhaoyang Palace, Concubine Jian often came here to keep her company. The Zhaoyang Palace was actually much more lively than usual.

On this day, it seemed that it was going to snow again. The damp and cold air in the afternoon wind penetrated into the bones. The birds hid in their nests early, and the clouds in the sky became thicker and thicker. Mrs. Xie still had a lot of internal affairs that needed to be approved, and she no longer handled all these internal affairs in the empty palace. Instead, she asked the palace maids to take all the internal affairs into the winter living room. Princess Qinghe "volunteered" to polish them with her own hands. She agreed, and Concubine Qiao and Concubine Jian wanted to help with the internal matters, so she agreed, and asked the palace maids to light the time incense, and said with a smile: "I am actually a lazy person, these matters are not urgent matters. , today is limited to one hour, after one hour we will forget about these matters and listen to Qinghe playing the piano, her piano skills are getting better and better now."

Qiao Bin smiled slightly, but paid attention to Jian Bin's expression.

Lord Xinsu is good at Qingxiao, but Xie Julang is good at harp. Princess Qinghe admires Xie Julang for being particularly attentive to harp. However, Chen Jun Xie has no intention of letting any of his children marry a princess of the royal family, especially Xie Julang. He does not In the eyes of the upper-rank nobles, Xie Jin would certainly use this grandson's marriage to get in touch with the nobles. Princess Qinghe's mother clan was only a middle-rank one. Although her brother was about to lead the Chinese army, the Chinese army and the foreign The relationship between the military and the military is based on the pursuit of strength. This will never be changed just because of the marriage of a princess. There is absolutely no benefit for Chenjun Xie to marry a royal princess to get started. Jian Bin is a sensible person. Look at her face now. It looks like It's very solemn.

Concubine Qiao then remembered the news that Mrs. Fu had brought from Changfeng Palace - Madam Zheng didn't take Concubine Jian to heart at all. This was because Madam Zheng was sure that the prince in her heart was a princeling, and Concubine Jian also knew that their mother and son were not competing for the throne. With his own strength, he can only protect himself by taking refuge in the prince. However, Mrs. Xie knew that Princess Qinghe's daughter's love would be disappointed, but she still allowed Princess Qinghe to show her kindness. She was just trying to use Princess Qinghe to win the emperor's favor. After all, because of Lord Xinsu, among the several princesses, Princess Qinghe Most favored by His Majesty, Zhaoyang Palace has surpassed Changfeng Palace and Hanguang Palace in recent years, and Princess Qinghe's position in the middle also played a role.

But Jian Bin's heart was clear. In order to prevent Princess Qinghe from becoming a dagger in Madam Xie's hands at this critical moment, she would always stay in Zhaoyang Palace to take care of her during this time. Yangdian is an insignificant matter, that is to say, as long as you follow the plan.

Qiao Bi lobbied for the Fu family and determined that only Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Xie could join forces to enable Xie Jin to survive this impeachment case safely. She was eager to make meritorious deeds in order to replace Ying Shu's position in Mrs. Xie's heart, and things happened all at once. incident...Mrs. Zheng is really capable. After this incident, when Mrs. Xie knows the truth, how can she treat Wang Yingshu as a confidant again? !

The time-keeping incense does not emit fragrance and burns quietly. The thin white smoke rises straight in the warm pavilion with the doors and windows closed, and then quietly dissipates. When only half an incense stick remains, the palace maid comes in to report.

"Madam, Jiang, the palace lady from the Food and Drug Administration, is kneeling outside the Zhaoyang Palace, begging to come in."

Mrs. Xie raised her eyebrows: "A palace maid from the Food and Drug Administration? Although Director He of the Food and Drug Administration was recently appointed, she is already a senior female official. How could she allow a palace maid from the agency to come directly to the door of my Zhaoyang Palace? Noisy?"

The palace goddess who reported the matter became even more panicked and hesitated to speak.

"Madam, please allow me to leave first." Concubine Qiao lowered her head slightly.

Mrs. Xie was worried that during this period, Concubine Qiao had shared a lot of things for her and acted very decently without any selfish motives. It would be unkind to just ask her to avoid it at this time, so she said: "I have already I asked the chef to cook a few more dishes today in order to keep Ah Qiao and Ah Jian to have dinner in Zhaoyang Hall as a reward for sharing a lot of things with me these days. At this time, you I have to come back soon, I think it will probably snow today, how can I let you brave the cold and take this extra trip?"

He also said to the palace maid who reported the matter: "No matter what the matter is, don't hesitate and explain the situation quickly."

"Zijiang is holding the talisman given by Xianyang Palace. Now outside the palace, he is holding the talisman high and kneeling to beg to come in, saying that he has something important to report to Madam."

"How can the maids of the Food and Drug Administration have the talisman given by Xianyang Palace?" Concubine Qiao pretended to be surprised: "Even if the maids of each department have conflicts and disputes, they have their own officials to take them away, otherwise they will be disturbed by even the smallest things. Wouldn't the Queen's and Madam's judgment disrupt the rules of the palace? It would be even less likely that the Queen would secretly give the maid the command to go directly to the inner palace, unless...unless Her Highness the Queen had secretly assigned this maid important tasks, madam, now The empress is unable to perform her duties, so the palace maid came to Zhaoyang Palace to resume her duties. The Food and Drug Administration is an important department for preparing medicinal foods, so when I came to see you with my talisman in hand, I must have sensed something urgent."

Although the medicated meals for the emperor and his concubines were prepared by the medical officers of the Imperial Medical Office and cooked by the medicated chefs under the Guanglu Temple, the cooking of medicated meals generally took longer. It was the responsibility of the palace maids to watch the fire and assist in completing the cooking. , because the kitchen chefs cannot enter the inner court, after the medicated food is cooked, the medicated food must be presented by the palace maid in charge of cooking in the Food and Drug Administration and the eunuch or palace maid who lives in the palace where the person who takes the medicinal food is supposed to supervise each other, and avoid adding "foreign matter" during the submission process. "Crime.

Whether it is food or medicinal food, all food that is imported must of course be strictly prevented from being poisoned in order to ensure the safety of the emperor, empress and other nobles. Therefore, this type of department is naturally extremely important. Now the maid of the Food and Drug Administration holds a talisman saying I have a secret to report to Madam Xie, but Madam Xie cannot let her guard down under any circumstances.

The occurrence of such an incident must have aroused Jian Bin's vigilance. She suggested: "Of course Madam must intervene in this matter, but according to the rules, we still have to call in Chief He first. After all, it happened at the Food and Drug Administration. If Madam allows the palace maids to overstep their authority and submit complaints, once this happens, the officials in charge of various departments will not be able to convince the public in the future."

"Shu Yuan reminded me, but it is impossible for the maids of various departments to go directly to the front of the palace without the order talisman. The palace maid Jiang holds the order talisman given by the queen. This is a special case. Before the inside story is revealed, it seems that who should be let go first? There is something wrong with the governor hearing about it." Concubine Qiao received instructions from Mrs. Zheng and today she must help Mrs. Most of them will come to stop him. With Wang Yingshu's eloquent words, he might be able to convince Mrs. Xie to listen to her words and not believe the truth revealed by Zi Jiang!

Concubine Qiao was so active that Concubine Jian firmly believed that there must be a conspiracy. She didn't care much anymore and hurriedly tried to dissuade Mrs. The former palace maid clearly received the Queen's secret order first, so Madam should handle this matter more appropriately according to the rules."

"Shuyuan..."

"I ask Madam for your permission. I will go and summon Master He first." Concubine Jian interrupted Concubine Qiao.

Mrs. Xie nodded lightly.

Concubine Qiao was also moved in her heart: Concubine Jian goes away, as soon as she leaves, I will be more confident in persuading Mrs. Xie to meet Zi Jiang first!

Concubine Jian left the Nuan Pavilion and first asked Ming Nuyi: "Go to Qianyang Palace in person and tell the middle daughter Shi to come to Zhaoyang Palace."

His Majesty the Emperor is in the former court today, and even the Imperial Attendant is not in the Qianyang Hall. Ming Nuyi only knows that something seems to have happened in the Zhaoyang Hall, but she is unable to tell the whole story. She can only tell Yingshu what she has seen: " When the servant followed Concubine Jian out of Zhaoyang Palace, she saw a palace maid kneeling above Zhaoyang Palace. Concubine Jian asked that the palace maid was Zi Jiang from the Food and Drug Administration. The palace maid didn't answer. Concubine Jian asked her again if the person she was holding was really Her Royal Highness. The palace maid should not accept the secretly given command talisman. When Empress Jian asked what the report was about, she only said that it was urgent and that she must report it to Madam in person."

The maid of the Food and Drug Administration?

Yingshu frowned. As the former master of the harem, Yingshu certainly understood the importance of the Food and Drug Administration, but she had never heard of a person like Zijiang. She couldn't understand the conspiracy in this matter for a while. But to be on the safe side, she still went to the eunuch and prayed: "Go and report to the eunuch at once, saying that the palace lady Jiang from the Food and Drug Administration is holding the talisman given by the queen and saying that she has something important to say urgently to thank Madam."

Yingshu suspected that eunuch Qi's movements had been restricted, so she took this opportunity to confirm.

Unexpectedly, when eunuch Qi heard this, his expression suddenly changed, he looked around, and then whispered: "Middle girl Shi, go to Zhaoyang Hall quickly, and be sure to stop Zijiang from meeting Mrs. Xie... This, this, This...Zijiang once added...the medicine to eliminate heirs to Mrs. Xie's medicinal diet, this is the holy order!"

It was like a lightning flashed in Yingshu's mind.

She had known for a long time that Mrs. In front of the Yang Palace, Ying Shu already knew exactly what disaster would happen. Of course she had to rush to the Zhao Yang Palace without stopping, but this time, she was stopped outside the Nuang Pavilion where Mrs. Xie was.

Jian Bin shook her head gently at her.

There is also a female official kneeling outside Nuan Pavilion, it is Zhang Zhi.

Concubine Jian pulled Ying Shu over and whispered: "If I hadn't summoned Master He personally at that time, I wouldn't have been able to stop Concubine Qiao from being around all the time, and she might even have lost her initiative... But as soon as I left, Madam summoned Concubine Qiao privately. Jiang. I asked Master He, well, Master He secretly executed a palace maid two days ago."

"Private execution?"

"There has always been a power struggle between female officials and palace maids. The palace maid who was executed had the trust of the former head of the Food and Drug Administration, and had a long-standing grudge with Chief He. Moreover, Chief He found out that the palace maid and the kitchen waiter had The scandal of fornication..."

"But you can't execute someone privately!"

"You don't know something. The laws in the palace are strict. Although there are factional disputes among the palace residents, there are also unwritten conventions. When such scandals happen, if a report is made, not only one or two people will be implicated. Therefore, executions were often carried out in private. But the palace maid who was executed was a close friend of Zijiang. I thought that she probably wanted to avenge her friend. If that was the case, it would not be a big hindrance. But the one I couldn't let go of was Qiao. Concubine, she clearly knew that this incident would happen today!"

"Thank you for being cautious and notifying me in time." Yingshu already had a plan in mind: "Where is Concubine Qiao now?"

"It is said that she also avoided her. When I returned, she was no longer there. She must have gone back to Yuyin Pavilion."

"I'm going to Yuyin Pavilion right now. I'm still bothering you in Zhaoyang Palace. Please don't let Madam go to Qianyang Palace out of anger."

Yingshu didn't have time to tell Concubine Jian what was going on, so she rushed to Yuyin Pavilion in a hurry.