Reborn as King again

Although my mother's enthusiasm for the Xia family has dropped sharply since she came back from Nanshan, I still won't tell her about my plan to get rid of the Xia family. She believed that He Wenliu was the trigger for the decline of the He family.

In the end, I didn't listen to He Wenyan's policy of "rest and rejuvenation" at all, and sent the Rongma General Xia Ligang to attack the small neutral country, Dayan.On the eve of Xia Ligang's dispatch of troops, I secretly summoned him into the palace and personally told him that no matter whether Dayan surrendered or defended, he must capture Dayan Emperor Ji Ze alive. There is one thing that allows me to successfully subvert the foundation of the current four major families.

Not long after Xia Li sent troops, Liu Sha gave birth to a son in the palace, the fourteenth prince, who was named Li Wei.

Two months passed in a hurry, and at the end of spring in May, the palace began to draft girls into the palace again at my request. The ministers were quite critical of this, because it was only half a year since the last draft.But this is not a big deal. The officials once went to the palace to find the empress to dissuade her, but the empress paid no attention to the Buddha.As the queen, Zhou Ling didn't say much, and the officials were so noisy, so they just let it go.

According to the usual practice, there are still twenty young princes living in Chuxiu Palace.Before entering the palace, the young lords were all rich ladies who were either rich or expensive. Every time, they would be a little arrogant and arrogant, and every time the young lords entered the palace, one thing or another would happen.This is the purpose of my insistence on drafting. Now all the concubines in the palace have winks and know how to behave, and their face and heart are not in harmony, so if they want to make some tricks, they have to rely on these little masters.

One month after the young masters entered the palace, led by Qingxi, the nun in charge of Chuxiu Palace, they came to the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility to pay their respects to the empress.On the day of greetings, all the concubines were also present.It just so happened that Xiao Ba sent a piece of jadeite pillow from the border, which can not only prevent headaches, but also has the effect of calming the mind and calming the mind. Thousands of people asked me to send it to the queen mother, and I will send it to the queen mother at this time.

Entering the main hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace, the concubines and concubines stood on both sides, and the young masters were standing in the center, waiting for the Queen Mother to speak.

When everyone saw me coming, they knelt down and saluted. I waved my sleeves to make them stand up, and walked towards the queen with great interest.Seeing that I was in a good mood, the queen mother laughed and joked: "What kind of wind brought the emperor here today? Could it be that he came to visit me, an old woman?" The implication was that I came to Cining The young and beautiful masters from the palace are here.

"Where are you talking, I'm here to talk about you, Empress Mother." As I spoke, I happily sat beside Empress Mother and said, "Xiaoba brought you a gift from the frontier."

When the queen mother heard that it was Xiao Ba, she was very pleasantly surprised, and looked up and down, "Emperor, you are empty-handed, where did you hide Xiao Ba's gift?"

"I asked Wanfu to pick it up, and it will be delivered right away." I replied with a smile.

When the queen mother heard that Xiao Ba had brought presents, she didn't have the heart to ask the young masters any more. The young masters below, the thoughts of each daughter's family, secretly looked up, and I just pretended not to see it.

After two sticks of incense, the queen mother was a little anxious, and Wan Fu came in sweating profusely with the gift box in her arms.Wan Fu knelt in the lobby to pay his respects, and offered the gift box with both hands.

Lan Mei, who was beside the queen mother, walked down the hall, caught it with both hands, and handed it to the queen mother, waiting for the queen mother to open it.

I glanced at Wanfu, Wanfu understood, and then knelt on the ground in fear.

The empress mother opened the brocade box, and the emerald jade pillow inside made the empress very fond of it, she quickly took it out, the jade pillow was crystal clear, exquisitely carved, it felt very good to the touch, it was not cold, but warm.Obviously, the queen mother was very satisfied with this gift.

Because of her love for gifts, the queen mother didn't care about Wanfu's late arrival. Instead, she joked: "Wanfu, you have been running errands for too long. Are you too heavy?" As the name suggests, it is indeed a bit blessed.

Wanfu hurriedly kowtowed and said with a smile: "The slave was delayed for a while on the way, and I ask the empress dowager to forgive me."

Following Wanfu's words, I casually asked, "What's the matter? It's more important than giving gifts to the queen mother?"

Wanfu was startled, as if he didn't expect to be questioned in such detail by me, his eyeballs rolled for a while, trying to find a reason to prevaricate, but the more Wanfu was like this, the more problems he had, and the empress also Seeing that something was wrong with Wanfu, "Wanfu, answer the master, do you need to think about it?"

Wanfu hurriedly kowtowed to plead guilty, his face was blushing, as if he was a little embarrassed to say, "Actually... it's not a big deal, it's just... it's the slave... Before taking the jade pillow, the slave took the time to go and see the slave. Food."

The so-called pairing food means that the eunuchs and maids in the palace live together. After all, being a servant in the palace makes life miserable, and it is good to have someone to accompany you. It is commonplace in the palace to have a pair of food.

The queen mother couldn't help being a little surprised when she heard Wanfu's answer. Wanfu is the chief steward of the palace and works beside me, the emperor. It can be said that he is the one with the highest status among the eunuchs in the palace. Everyone knows it right, why did it suddenly pop up today?The queen mother asked curiously: "Wanfu, which court lady is your counterpart? Why doesn't the Ai family know?"

Wanfu bowed his head and said nothing, very scared, since the empress dowager asked, but had to say, he replied tremblingly: "Yes...it's the new moon."

Hearing these two words, I immediately changed my face, clenched my fists, and stared at Wanfu without saying a word.How could my mother-in-law be invisible, which made her even more curious, "Xin Yue? The Ai family has never heard of this maid, which palace does she work in?"

This time Wanfu didn't dare to speak again, he kowtowed vigorously and admitted his mistake: "The emperor has mercy, the emperor has mercy!"

"This..." The queen mother was taken aback by this scene.

Lan Mei immediately bowed her body slightly, and whispered in her mother's ear: "Xin Yue is the maid in charge of Qingluan Hall, and she is staying in the cold palace with Concubine Wen now."

"Qingluan Palace?" The queen mother thought for a while, and realized that something was wrong, "Back then, all the inner eunuchs in Qingluan Palace were killed with sticks, so why is there still a maid in charge?"

Knowing that the queen mother would ask such a question, Wanfu had already said what he had planned to do, "Go back... Go back to the empress dowager, when the Qingluan Palace had an accident, Xinyue happened to be away from the palace. In fact... Actually, the servant planned to talk to you The emperor asked for instructions on this matter, but something happened to Qingluan Hall, so the servant and Xinyue dare not speak out..."

"Escaped by chance, and she is also a court lady who has committed crimes." The queen mother snorted coldly: "Why, can she not bear the pain, and came to cry with you, the chief executive, and wanted to leave the cold palace?"

"Back to the Empress Dowager, Xinyue is not such a person," Wanfu excused Xinyue, "The servant also wanted to use the convenience at hand to arrange easier work for Xinyue, but Xinyue refused to accept it, she said Concubine Wen treated her well, and she didn't want to leave like this, so she went to Leng Palace to accompany Concubine Wen."

After listening to Wanfu's explanation, the queen mother nodded and said: "This maid is also loyal."

"It's because she is loyal to Concubine Wen," said Wanfu, weeping, "This almost killed her!"

This time, Wanfu no longer waited for his mother to ask questions, and directly said what he saw slowly, "The slave and Xinyue agreed that we will meet under the elm tree not far from the Changting Hall every two days and nights. , But for half a month, the slave didn't see the shadow of Xinyue, and he was anxious, so today he secretly ran to the Lenggong to have a look. What the slave never expected was that Xinyue was beaten with a board and lay down. Half a month in bed, half life left."

"This...how is this possible," He Wenliu's mother-in-law still understood, "Concubine Wen is not a cruel person, and the Ai family has never seen him deal with any palace people."

"Of course this was not done by Concubine Wen," Wanfu continued, "Actually, there is an eunuch named Xiaoluzi serving in the Leng Palace. He told the servants that two strangers suddenly appeared in the Leng Palace half a month ago. , They brought a few court ladies and eunuchs, arrogantly gesticulating in front of Concubine Wen, and even trampled all the flowers that Concubine Wen planted in the yard..."

In fact, the fact that the things He Wenliu planted in the cold palace was destroyed by someone made me quite happy. Of course, this kind of happiness can't be shown on my face, I still keep a cold face.

After listening to Wanfu's narration, the queen mother felt that it was not quite right, "What do you mean by 'two strangers'? There are either eunuchs or concubines in this palace, where are the strangers?!"

Lan Mei explained in a timely manner: "Empress Dowager, have you forgotten? Concubine Wen has been in the cold palace for almost a year, and Xinyue has also been in the cold palace for a year. Naturally, she doesn't know the newcomers in the palace. Yes, aren't they just 'strangers'?" Lan Mei was referring to the new young masters who came down to pay their respects.

The queen mother glanced at the little masters with their heads down, and a trace of cruelty flashed in her eyes, "It's not a fuel-efficient lamp!" Then she continued to ask: "Why was Xinyue beaten?"

"Because she can't be angry," Wanfu thought of Xinyue lying on the bed, and felt a little distressed. Everyone was doing things for the emperor, and Xinyue was a cruel trick. She was beaten to pieces by those people, and almost died. "You know Concubine Wen's temperament, she endured everything, but Xinyue couldn't bear it, she said a few words unforgivingly, and then she was pressed on the bench and beat twenty big boards .”

Zhou Ling, who was standing first on the right, couldn't help asking: "What about Concubine Wen? Does Concubine Wen not care?"

"Returning to the Queen Mother, Concubine Wen can't control it even if she wants to." Wan Fu glanced at me timidly, his tone lowered significantly, "It is said that when the new moon was beaten, Concubine Wen wanted to stop it, but Stopped by a few palace people, they said...they said...the imperial concubine is a body of guilt, and the situation has long been over..."

Immediately, there was no sound in the entire hall, and no one even took a breath.