Five-year enthronement three-year simulation

After the poisoning case of the Ninth Princess, although the murderer was dead, the palaces were still in panic for a long time, for fear that they would be implicated in some innocent disaster.

However, with the passing of a few stars, the matter of "thoroughly investigating the harem" also followed the urgent report from the court, and it was finally settled.

This summer is a disaster year. In the south of Yuanzhou, there is a drought. There has been no rain for several months, and most of the farmers' rice has been drought-killed.

The disaster has gone through several twists and turns, and they just reported to the capital a few days ago, which caused the emperor to be furious, and the previous court was also very busy, maybe they couldn't care about the murder of the ninth princess at all.

The harem is all smart people, of course they know how to act on the winks from above.It's only been a few days, and rumors spread to Kunning Palace from unknown sources, saying that the nine princesses killed the palace maids with a cruel heart, and even His Majesty was tired of her, so he took advantage of the trend and stopped investigating the case thoroughly. He has not set foot in Kunning Palace for many days.

When Du Ye repeated these words to the queen, Ming Tan was leaning aside, flipping through a book of "The Analects of Confucius" boredly.

"Your Majesty, do you want the maid to clean up the servants?" Du Ye asked worriedly.

"Sigh...Even if you try your best to control your own palace, you still can't control the gossip of other people." The queen rubbed her brows and sighed, "Forget it, let them talk as they please."

"Hmph, father is so busy these days that he doesn't touch the ground. It's not just Kunning Palace, I'm afraid he hasn't even set foot in the harem."

Ming Tan leaned on the chair, turned the pages of the book rattling, and lazily commented: "Where there are many women, they just like to gossip."

The queen glanced at her, couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud, "Where did you learn this? Old-fashioned."

"The mother's heart is too kind," Ming Tan yawned, threw "The Analects of Confucius" aside, and said solemnly, "If you want me to say it, you should act like the master of the Sixth Palace! Call to the front and beat them one by one, so as to save them from trying to be monsters all day long, and worrying the father and the queen even more. Isn't it Du Ye?"

Du Ye greeted Ming Tan with a smile, hesitated for a moment, and then said to the queen: "Madam, this servant thinks... Your Highness's words are not unreasonable."

But the queen pondered for a moment, and finally shook her head.

"How can it be so simple? Your Majesty has always been diligent in politics and doesn't like women. The palace is full of concubines with senior qualifications. All of them have their eyes high above the top, and they do their own thing. How can I let the palace beat me... "She sighed and waved her hands slightly, unwilling to discuss this further.

Hearing what the queen said, Ming Tan sat up straight in surprise, and began to seriously recall the few women in the palace.

Her father is an out-and-out workaholic, devoting himself to the great cause of the country, and has no interest in those matters of love and love.Even the concubine he personally proposed to marry back then, the current empress Gu Ying, could only maintain a respectful relationship with him.

Apart from Gu Ying, Concubine Wan has the highest status in the palace.This empress is the daughter of Duke Cheng, the noblest of honors, although her personality has always been calm and graceful, but her family background is particularly prominent, even the queen is inferior.

If we count down further, it is Concubine Yi who was born in the general family, Concubine Wen who is also an old person in the Eastern Palace, and——

Just as Ming Tan recalled this point, a person hurried in from outside the hall, which happened to interrupt her thoughts.

With a solemn face, Mallow knelt down in front of the queen, and preached in a deep voice: "My lady, Yaoxiang, the maid of the imperial concubine Ning, please see me."

Uh, Concubine Ning?

As soon as you talk about Cao Cao, Cao Cao will come.

Ming Tan propped his cheek with one hand, raised his eyebrows slightly.

This concubine Ning is one of the only three concubines in the current harem, and she is also the most difficult empress in the whole palace.

Sure enough, even though she was as gentle as a queen, she couldn't help frowning when she heard Concubine Ning's name, and said in a calm tone, "Call her in."

Mallow took the order to go, and after a while, she led a beautiful and arrogant maid into the palace.

When the latter saw the empress, he didn't go to kneel down to do obeisance, but only symbolically blessed the body, and then said very proudly: "Greetings to the empress."

Seeing this situation, Ming Tan paused, put down the book, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

On the side, Du Ye, who was also a court lady, immediately frowned, and stared coldly at the uninvited guest.

The empress is kind, and has always been kind to others. Although the other party did not give a big gift, she did not criticize Yao Xiang because of it, but asked her calmly: "Your mother sent you here, why?"

But no one expected that Yaoxiang's eyes widened in astonishment after hearing this, and she asked back of course: "The empress doesn't know?"

Ming Tan's eyes darkened slightly, and he stood up calmly.

The queen was taken aback for a moment, and frowned, with some displeasure on her face, "What should I know?"

Yaoxiang didn't seem to be afraid of the Queen's anger at all, she still had a playful smile on her face, Shi Shiran said: "When your Majesty rested in Chongle Palace last time, he personally agreed that he would bring the glazed palace lantern from the Dragon Boat Festival banquet Give it to my mother-in-law."

"... Palace lantern?"

"Yes, empress," Yaoxiang smiled slightly, then changed the subject and said arrogantly, "However, His Majesty gave the palace lantern to you, empress, at the banquet, so concubine Ning specially sent her maidservant to come. Come to ask for it——I also ask the empress to obey the imperial edict and hand over the palace lantern to the maidservant, so that the maidservant can return to Chongle Palace to return to my empress's life."

The words were arrogant enough, and the tone and wording showed Concubine Ning's arrogance and arrogance, which could be called a crime.

Even the always good-tempered queen turned cold, and Du Ye stepped forward angrily, saying angrily, "Who gave you the guts to be so rude to the empress?"

"Oh! This elder sister forgives the sin, but the maidservant dare not offend the empress!"

Yaoxiang raised her head, showing an exaggerated frightened expression, but her eyes were not panicked, but full of sarcasm, and said in a cool voice: "It's just that my mother asked the servant girl to ask for a palace lantern. Besides, , there are countless rare and rare treasures in Kunning Palace, why hasn't the Empress seen before, and still occupy a small palace lantern?"

After finishing speaking, she seemed to think that it was not enough, and continued to add meaningfully: "Besides, this lamp was personally awarded to Concubine Ning by Your Majesty. Could it be that Empress...does she want to disobey His Majesty's orders?"

Du Ye turned pale with anger: "You!"

This is a blatant threat.

Once the emperor is involved in matters in the harem, even sesame seeds will turn into watermelons.

Although the queen was extremely angry, she still maintained her rationality. She waved Du Ye back, and she was also quickly evaluating the authenticity of Yao Xiang's words in her heart.

The palace lantern did reward me during the Dragon Boat Festival, but after all, it was just a small gadget with exquisite workmanship. If His Majesty was not careful, he would forget that this thing had already been given away, and it would not be unusual.

Moreover, Concubine Ning's two sons and daughters have been doing well recently, and they have been praised by the emperor many times in their studies. If she took this opportunity to ask the emperor for money, and the latter happened to forget about the Dragon Boat Festival, she might really take advantage of the trend. Give the lamp to Concubine Ning.

Thinking of this, the queen felt that the matter was probably true.

There was a drought in Yuanzhou, and the former ministers had been arguing a lot recently, and His Majesty may have another headache...

Forget it, it's just a palace lantern, if you give it, you will give it, and she will suffer.Why bother His Majesty any more?

The queen sighed, raised her hand, and was about to ask Du Ye to go to the private treasury to fetch the glazed palace lantern——

"Oh? Didn't follow your father's orders?"

A small figure walked forward slowly, with a half smile on his face.She was still holding the "The Analects of Confucius" just now, and was tapping the palm of the other hand, looking at Yaoxiang as if she was watching a joke.

"I don't know, the princess, that the little maid next to the concubine is also worthy to pass on my father's imperial edict?"

Although the oral instructions were not as formal as the imperial decree, the emperor was a very observant person, so even if it was only an oral instruction, it was always handed down by Sheng An, the great eunuch next to him.

As for the maids next to the concubines, they are naturally not qualified to make irresponsible remarks on the words of the Holy Master.

Yaoxiang's expression froze, her heart flustered, she obviously didn't expect Mingtan to point directly at Mingmen, the cold sweat on her back instantly soaked her underwear.

But after all, she is the maid of honor next to Concubine Ning. She has been wandering around the palace with her master for a long time, and she calmed down almost immediately, trying to calm down and said: "It's just a lamp. I'm afraid your majesty has been so busy these days. The manager came to communicate..."

"Since you also know that Eunuch Sheng should convey the imperial father's orders, why did you come to Kunning Palace under the banner of Concubine Ning?"

Ming Tan raised the corners of his lips, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, and he said coldly: "Look, my princess, you must be the boldest maidservant - you dare to lie about the order from the emperor to come here to cheat the empress of the imperial concubine!" Things!" When she said this, her tone suddenly became sharp, "Yaoxiang, what should you do!"

Yao Xiang was taken aback by the sudden fall of the scapegoat, her eyes widened, and she hastily defended herself: "No, no! The servant girl really came to Kunning Palace to pick up the lamp at the order of Concubine Ning! "

"What a slave, can you still argue?" Ming Tan raised his head and shouted loudly, "Come here, take down this lowly servant girl who dared to deceive the master!"

Immediately, two eunuchs came in from outside the hall, they looked at each other, stepped forward a few steps, stretched out their hands and knelt down Yaoxiang on the ground, and asked Mingtan respectfully: "What else does the princess want? "

Ming Tan folded his hands and smiled lazily, "This Yaoxiang is greedy for money, how dare she use the name of Concubine Ning to cheat the imperial gift. Such evil behavior is really intolerable, so I dragged her out to this princess, first Let's charge fifty boards!"

Fifty boards!

Yaoxiang gasped in horror, if this board hit her, even if she didn't die, she would have lost half of her life!

She was so frightened that she fought back and forth, but she still held on to her high toes and shouted while struggling: "Princess Ninth! My mother really obeyed the emperor's orders! You are a great disrespect to Your Majesty!" Disrespectful!"

I don't want to say this, but once I said it, the girl in front of me became even more angry.

"You know how to take the blame." Ming Tan smiled coldly and nodded, "Okay! Since both the left and the right have offended the father, then I will simply deal with you, and then I will personally plead guilty to the father!"

Her eyes were dark, she raised her hand, and ordered in a cold voice: "Drag me out for this princess, hit me!"

Seeing that the other party had murderous intentions, Yao Xiang felt terrified, knelt on the ground trembling, and finally remembered the reputation of the nine princesses in the palace recently.

I heard that she really beat a court lady to death in the imperial garden...

The two eunuchs bowed in response, and when they were about to drag Yaoxiang out, she finally regained her senses, struggling and crying loudly.

"Princess Ninth, please forgive me! The servant girl is wrong! The servant girl must have listened to the order of the empress, and did not intend to offend you and the empress——Princess please show mercy and let the servant girl go for the sake of Concubine Ning! "

The queen has been watching in silence for a long while, seeing Yaoxiang crying heartbreakingly, she couldn't help but frowned, looked at her daughter who was still icy beside her, and slightly pursed her lips.

Tan'er was trying to fight for her as a queen, so why didn't Gu Ying know it?

But Concubine Ning is the only daughter whom Shangshu of the Household Department favored since she was a child.Right now, there is a severe drought in Yuanzhou, and the emperor is waiting for the household department to send out money to relieve the disaster. At this stall, it is absolutely impossible to offend Concubine Ning and her father.

Furthermore, as a mother, the queen is also unwilling to let Ming Tan be so violent...

"Tan'er," she couldn't help reminding, "Fifty board, but it will really kill people."

"..."

Ming Tan turned his head and glanced at the queen.

The pale-faced woman sat at the main seat, her eyebrows were beautiful and regular, and her eyes were full of pure tenderness and kindness.

When their eyes met, Ming Tan was slightly stunned, and his fingers tightened involuntarily in his sleeves.

In her previous life, her mother died young, her father was an alcoholic, beat and scolded her frequently, Ming Tan had never felt the love from her parents.

Not to mention the gentle gaze and pampering from the mother.

"...As a court lady, she can even listen to her master's orders, which shows how she usually steals, rapes and plays tricks, and deceives others."

Ming Tan turned his head away, and said lightly: "However, since she has the heart to repent, and the queen mother is willing to forgive her, then she will be given twenty big boards, and then she will be escorted back to Chongle Palace, and I will ask Concubine Ning to discipline her herself." Yes."

The eunuchs took orders and did not dare to be negligent, they dragged Yao Xiang, who was still thumping and crying, out of the hall with a few strokes.

Du Ye took a look at the princess, and hurried out to arrange for the servants to be blamed.She is the grand maid of Kunning Palace, she is always quick and quick, and in a short while she ordered someone to set up a bench, pressed Yaoxiang on it, and hit the latter's waist severely with a stick.

"Ah—the Ninth Princess, spare me! The servant girl knows her mistake, and the servant girl will never dare again!"

For a while, the sound of Yaoxiang's screams begging for mercy, and the sound of hitting the flesh with a wooden stick resounded outside the palace, which made the queen quite uncomfortable.

She lowered her eyes unbearably, sighed, and softly recited a few Buddhist scriptures.

When she looked up again, she saw that Ming Tan had asked Mallow to put on her coat, and she was ready to go out, which made Gu Ying startled.

"Tan'er," the Queen hurriedly said, "Where are you going?"

Ming Tan closed his clothes, turned his head and smiled at her, and said calmly: "Go and plead guilty to Emperor Father."