Reborn as King again

After Wanfu finished speaking, his head was lowered, almost touching the floor, and he didn't dare to raise his head at all.

The atmosphere in the main hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace was quite lively just now, but now it is extremely strange.Not to mention the concubines, even the queen mother is silent, because they can't figure out what kind of attitude I have towards He Wenliu now.

In my place, Qingluan Hall, He Wenliu, and the Sixth Prince are all forbidden.No one dared to bring up a taboo topic in front of me.All the inner eunuchs in Qingluan Palace were executed by me, so no one in the palace knew that He Wenliu had tried to poison me.In their view, He Wenliu was thrown into the cold palace, and the root cause was because he lost his temper with me.You know, when Li Ji drowned Li Qi, the thirteenth prince who was under the age of one, I was exiled to the feudal domain, and I had no intention of pursuing He Wenliu at all. One can imagine how important He Wenliu was to me.

But now, He Wenliu has lived in the cold palace for a year, but I don't care about it. Outsiders don't know whether I am still angry with He Wenliu, or I have long hated him.

I asked in a cold voice: "Wanfu, are you complaining about your opponent, or are you speaking for Concubine Wen?"

My tone was very flat, the concubines couldn't detect my emotions, and now they dared not speak too much, for fear of getting into trouble, they kept cursing the "stranger" who had nothing to do to stir up trouble in the cold palace.

Wanfu was terrified, trembling and kowtowing, as if regretting his previous words.

The atmosphere in the main hall was getting colder and colder, until Jia Wanru stepped out and broke the awkward situation, "Your Majesty, don't blame Eunuch Wanfu," Jia Wanru looked at me and said, "If Eunuch Wanfu didn't tell the matter, We don't know that Concubine Wen has suffered such a great grievance."

After hearing Jia Wanru's words, I nodded slightly to her.I have to admit that Jia Wanru really understands me best among all the concubines in the harem, and she has thought about my thoughts thoroughly.

I raised my eyebrows and said, "Why did Concubine Wan say such a thing?"

Some of the concubines in the hall were stunned, and some were gloating. After all, if Jia Wanru said the wrong thing and made the wrong bet, she would be the next one to be thrown into the cold palace.

Jia Wanru said in a matter of fact: "Even if Concubine Wen is temporarily staying in the cold palace, the emperor has not degraded him, so he is still in the position of concubine. In the palace, the only people who can touch Concubine Wen are the empress mother, the emperor, and the empress, even if it is A noble concubine, a concubine, does not have the right. So, your majesty, this matter must be pursued."

"What Concubine Wan said is very true, I have exactly the intention." Then I turned to Zhou Ling and said, "Queen."

"Yes." Zhou Ling hurriedly bowed to answer.

"You are the master of the harem, I will leave this matter to you," I assigned a task to him and said, "I will investigate who has been to the cold palace that day, and I..."

Before I finished speaking, two of the twenty young masters standing in the center of the hall immediately knelt on the ground, trembling all over. Seeing this, the queen mother sneered and said, "My lord, you don't have to let the queen bother to check Yes, everyone knelt down by themselves."

As soon as the empress mother's words came out, the two young girls immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy, "The emperor forgives the sin, and the empress dowager forgives the sin!"

"Mother Qingqian, where did they come from?" Zhou Ling asked with a frown.

At this time, Qingqian was also in a cold sweat. She knew that every time a newcomer entered the palace, she would cause more or less gossip, that is, to make a fuss, but this time the tense was serious, and she might be implicated too, "Back to the queen For your majesty, the one on the left is Zheng Yuan, the daughter-in-law of the Ministry of Rites, Xiaozhu Zheng, and the one on the right is Ye Cuier, the daughter of Lord Hou's mansion, Xiaozhu Ye."

It can be said that Qingqian's answer was particularly skillful. She not only told the names of the two young masters, but also told their family backgrounds by the way. This is telling us in disguise that the two of them have high status and have been favored by their families since childhood. , I couldn't help being a little arrogant and domineering, I was afraid of their identities, and didn't dare to say much about their going to the cold palace.In this way, the relationship can be separated in a few clicks.

No, the queen mother snorted coldly when she heard the words: "It turns out that you are from a famous family, no wonder there is no one in your eyes."

Zheng Yuan and Ye Cuier never dreamed that He Wenliu would still be cared about by me, the emperor.Out of curiosity, the two of them quietly took the palace servants to the Leng Palace to have a look.Walking into the Leng Palace, the palace people pointed to the figure wearing a half-worn long gown, busy in the yard mound, and said that it was Concubine Wen.Seeing how the emperor used to love the concubine the most, the two couldn't help but be a little contemptuous, and wanted to step forward to make a few words, but He Wenliu didn't pay attention at all, and the two of them stepped on the seedlings that He Wenliu had just planted in the ground in a hurry.

How could Xinyue, who was serving He Wenliu, make her master wronged, she would definitely say something unpleasant, how could Zheng Yuan and Ye Cuier tolerate a maid scolding them, and immediately let the accompanying eunuchs beat the crescent moon.

The palace has always been red-topped and white. He Wenliu has been in the cold palace for so long, so he may be like this for the rest of his life. Zheng Yuan and Ye Cui'er are new young mistresses, and they may become the favorite concubines of the new generation. Therefore, the eunuchs In order to please the two new masters, without saying a word, they hit the crescent board.At that time, He Wenliu wanted to step forward to stop her, but was held back by several inner eunuchs, who made him helplessly watch his maidservant being beaten and helpless.

At this time, Zheng Yuan and Ye Cui'er were so scared that they lost their souls, so they could only kneel there, and they didn't dare to explain, because they couldn't explain at all, and it was indeed they who overstepped.

Now Zhou Ling decided most of the harem matters, he thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, these two young lords have not been canonized yet, and they are considered to have violated the palace rules. According to what I saw, I accepted their little lords." Lord, drive them out of the palace as punishment."

"There's no such thing as cheap." I slapped the handrail on my left hand hard, and said sharply, "Pull them out and kill them."

As soon as these words came out, all the young masters in the hall and the accompanying eunuchs all knelt down, not to plead for these two young masters, but for fear of being angered.

All the newly-promoted young masters turned pale. After all, they are newcomers, and they have never seen such a scene.And Zheng Yuan and Ye Cui'er had already started yelling for mercy, saying that they would never dare again next time.

"Your Majesty, is this a little serious?" Zhou Ling felt that it was wrong, and he suggested: "Let these two young masters apologize to Concubine Wen, and then beat the board and throw it out of the palace."

I ignored Zhou Ling's words, and instead said coldly, "Even if Concubine Wen lives in Lenggong, his position in my heart has never changed. It's embarrassing, if I don't come here to make an example, whoever will go to Lenggong to bully Concubine Wen in the future."

Then the queen mother spoke again, "Emperor, if you really love your precious Concubine Wen, quickly take her out of the cold palace. It's been a year, and the trouble should be enough." The queen mother patted the back of my hand , seems to want to calm me down, "It's because you left Concubine Wen alone that others think you don't care about him. Now that Concubine Wen has been wronged, in the final analysis, you are also responsible."

"Mother, you are wrong to blame the emperor," Jia Wanru explained with a smile: "When Concubine Wen first moved into the cold palace, the concubine went to persuade him not to be angry with the emperor, as long as he bowed his head and admitted his mistake, the emperor would also It's not that unkind, but Concubine Wen is unwilling."

Look, the queen mother, Zhou Ling, Jia Wanru, how powerful they are, they can praise He Wenliu high in just a few words.

I have more or less revealed to them my intention to get rid of the He family.They are not fools, Wanfu is my confidant, there must be a purpose for making such a fuss in the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility, and forcibly dragging out He Wenliu, who has been in the cold palace for a year.In fact, the purpose is very simple, that is, I want to use He Wenliu as a cover to remove the He clan from the court.Because the interest families represented are different, the queen mother and the others are naturally willing to help out.

"Emperor, is what Concubine Wan said true?" the queen mother asked to verify.

"That's right, I'm at odds with Concubine Wen." I admitted it openly, and said in a rather uncomfortable tone: "Concubine Wen was angry with me at first and didn't want to turn back. If the newcomers bully them, if I don't punish them severely and make Concubine Wen feel cold, then Concubine Wen will be even more reluctant to leave the cold palace."

To put it bluntly, what I mean is, in order to vent my anger on He Wenliu, I must kill these two little masters.

In the eyes of the queen mother and the others, the He clan could be uprooted with just the lives of the two young masters, so why not do it.Sure enough, the empress mother sighed, waved her hands, and hated the iron for not being able to make it. "Let it be, the Ai family doesn't bother to care about it anymore, and the Ai family is afraid that Concubine Wen will not accept your favor."

According to my understanding of He Wenliu, he will never appreciate it.

Now even the queen mother let me go, I ordered to the eunuchs beside me: "Why are you still standing there, if you don't procrastinate, you will be killed immediately, and the eunuchs and maids who followed you that day will be executed together!" !"

"Yes." The eunuchs got the order and immediately went down and dragged Zheng Yuan and Ye Cuier to the outside of the hall.They kept struggling and crying, after all, they were the weak ladies of everyone, they couldn't get rid of it at all, and they insisted on being dragged down by the eunuchs.

When Ye Cui'er was terrified, she turned her head and cried to Liu Sha who had been silent all the time: "Cousin, no, concubine Liu, concubine Liu, save this slave, I will never let you go!" Don’t dare anymore, Concubine Liu, please speak up for the slaves.”

Liu Sha, who was standing by the side, turned pale at this time, and couldn't help cursing in her heart, it's fine if she was killed with a stick, why use her as a backing? !

The empress mother, who already hated the Liu family and didn't like Liu Sha, naturally could sense something when she saw this, "The Ai family just said, why did the two newcomers go to the cold palace to make trouble? It turns out that someone Provocation. When some people just entered the palace and were newcomers, there were a lot of troubles."

How could Liu Sha not hear the mother's innuendo, she immediately knelt on the ground and explained: "Mother, the concubine... this has nothing to do with the concubine, even though Xiaozhu Ye is the concubine's cousin, the concubine did not instruct her She went to Lenggong to trouble Concubine Wen."

After Jia Wanru heard this, she couldn't help smiling and said, "My mother didn't say that you ordered me, so why do you need to be seated according to your number, Concubine Liu?"