Force a good concubine

After all, it was the first time to push the ducks to the shelves like this again. Seeing the emperor standing stiffly in front of the tent, Madam Xu didn't rush, but just waited at the entrance of the hall.She waited patiently for a cup of tea, and when she saw the emperor raised his hand again, he raised his hand and lifted the curtain to take a look in, then bowed with half-closed eyelids: "If you don't have any orders, my servant will leave. Come back tomorrow morning to congratulate the young master."

"Wait a minute, mother." The emperor let go of his hand again and turned around. There was no trace of shame or anger in his brows, and there was a strange lightness and calmness in his voice, "A few days ago, I was instructed by my ancestors, and I had a dream. I feel a little strange, I never said it, and now I realize that it should be today. This dream is also related to the mother, and I have to ask the mother to report to the mother for me."

There are many people worshiping Buddha in the palace, and there has never been a lack of these words of gods and ghosts. Seeing the emperor's serious appearance, Mammy Xu recited the Buddha, thinking that the ancestors knew that the emperor should be like this. Once, wake up from a dream early? "Slaves should report back, I don't know what the young master dreamed about?"

"I dreamed of the Emperor Taizu." The emperor smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes. "She is wearing a scarlet robe, which is no different from the photo picture in Fengxian Palace. I salute her. She took out a booklet from her sleeve and handed it to me. She only said that it was destined that the person who slept with me in the Longxi Pavilion on October [-]th would be the person I have been destined to marry in this life, and should be the queen. The hall is my daily living place, who would dare to sleep with me? What's more, if you want to become a queen, you will also be married according to the order of your mother, Empress Yi, how could you appear in Qinghe Hall out of thin air? I want to ask her for advice, but her old man suddenly disappeared. I couldn't figure it out, and I was worried that there was a villain to cater to me, so I only kept it in my heart and never told anyone. But I didn't think that today the dream would really come true."

"Although it is the blessings of the ancestors, but if the empress mother's benevolence and blessings touched the ancestors, how could such a coincidence wake me up?" The emperor straightened his clothes solemnly, knelt down in the direction of the Fengxian Hall, and saluted. He bowed to Ningshou Palace again, "Now this dream is only half fulfilled, so I asked my mother to report to my mother, saying that the ancestors are above all, and I would like to make this daughter the queen by God's will, but after all, I will be my husband and wife for life. For someone who is my enemy, it would be rude to act in such a hasty manner, and I ask her to issue a decree, and wait until the three books and six ceremonies are ready, I will tell the ancestral temple, and then perform the wedding ceremony!"

The emperor is usually cautious in his words and deeds, but at this time, he doesn't care about it like this, even the gods and Buddhas in the sky are not taboo, dragging all the ancestors into the water with red lips and white teeth, he is determined to give a small secretary The Queen's status that Ming Media is marrying!Mother Xu was stunned, it took a long time to come back to her senses, she chanted several times in succession, and secretly prayed to her ancestors not to see her sins, seeing the emperor kneeling upright in the direction of Ningshou Palace, she clearly couldn't wait When the Empress Dowager Yizhi arrives, she doesn't feel like getting up, but feels a chill rushing from head to toe, thinking that the young master has been completely fascinated!

She didn't dare to delay, she left the hall and asked Wei Fengchun to lock the door so that there would be no leaks, found Cui Chengxiu at the gate of Rijing, and asked him to go to the Luanyi Bureau to pick up the key, and after thinking about it, she added: "Go tell Zheng Zheng When the suzerain and Lin Duzhu came, they said it was the old lady's order, and there were hundreds of thousands of urgent matters to discuss!"

According to the usual practice, the two imperial stewards take turns to be on duty, one serves in front of the Qinghe Palace, and the other is in charge of the access control. Cui Chengxiu knew that Gu Yuan and the others were punished in Ningshou Palace, so she hid in the Rijing Gate duty room without showing her face , I secretly rejoiced that I had escaped such a big storm again. Seeing Madam Xu sternly giving orders, she hurried towards Ningshou Palace. The bronze flower on the door corner didn't even notice it, and my heart felt cold: the palace is strictly restricted, and the palace people are not allowed to go on their own after the key is released for non-important matters. Break the sky!

The queen mother hadn't rested at this time, she was chatting with a few old palace people, she just frowned as expected when she saw Madam Xu: "Is the emperor getting angry? I was just thinking about this, what should I do?" I'm in a hurry. If the emperor really doesn't like it, just tell her and let her be wronged overnight. I will decree tomorrow to give Hu Ruanniang a noble status. If she likes it, she will put it by her side first. If she doesn't like it, Just pick a place in the West Sixth Palace and place it there, it won't hinder her." Seeing that Nanny Xu was still pale and silent, she just kowtowed on the ground and sent out several old palace people. Only then said to her with a trace of uneasiness, "What's the matter? Is the emperor going to formally confer the throne? The Ai family had already said in the palace that as long as they understand the rules and serve the emperor well, even a concubine is fine." It's not difficult, but you have to follow the order step by step, let the rules be looser at most, and I will talk to the emperor personally tomorrow."

Mother Xu didn't raise her head, she fell on the ground and repeated the emperor's words, before she straightened up: "Your servant is terrified, the ancestors have spirits, how can they be so open-minded? It's just after Fengxian When I was in the temple, I prayed for the young master for a while before coming back. The young master is still kneeling in the hall now. She is not a nonchalant person. I look at her and she seems to be determined. I don’t think it’s a real dream. ?”

"What did you dream about? Emperor Taizu?" The queen mother laughed angrily, "Why didn't she say that she was the first emperor, the emperor of Ai, or the family of Ai? Just for one Gu Yuan, she didn't care about anything, she didn't care about herself, the ancestors Liezong didn't care either!"

"Gu Yuan?" Madam Xu was taken aback, "The young master also said something about Gu Yuan, and the maid was wondering if she was a servant. Could it be that Hu Ruanniang is actually something strange?"

"Prince Duan has brought all the complaints to me!" The queen mother closed her eyes and breathed a sigh of relief before continuing, "It is said that the emperor was infatuated with a woman outside the palace, changed her name and sent her to the palace secretly, Lian Luan Yisi, King Yu, and King Sui worked together to hide the truth, but Hu Ruanniang is actually a lady, whose name is Gu Yuan! He also said that Gu Yuan was not a serious person at first, and he did it because of his appearance and literary talent. Some crooked things - I didn't believe it at first, but they sent all the physical evidence," she pointed to the rosewood carved box locked on the desk, "there are manuscripts of Shiwen in it, and the signature is clearly Gu Yan. I sent people to Chang Jing Hall, and I checked Hu Ruanniang's handwriting with Madam Li, and it was the same! When I checked my resume earlier, I wondered, when did the Clothes Bureau have such outstanding talents? It was in Anle again. After staying in the hall for half a year, why is she still so white and tender without any signs of illness? Her demeanor and tone are not very similar to those in the palace. Thinking about it later, isn't it just Li Daitao's stiff trick? At first she was clamoring for a queen , I became suspicious, now that the establishment cannot be achieved, I simply abducted him into the palace!"

How could that sensible and studious child do such a thing?Could it be that it is really young, and it may not be better when you are older?The queen mother was heartbroken, and her voice gradually choked up, "Prince Duan said that the emperor was obsessed with women and messed around in disregard of the rules. I was half-believing, but for the sake of the emperor's face, I reprimanded Prince Duan and told him not to make any noise. I just wanted to deal with it quietly. It's good for Jin to be covered up, she's good, she's the first to make a fuss—she's so incompetent, if I can't get up in one breath, how can I see Emperor Ai and Emperor Xian when I get to the ground?"

After such a thunderbolt from the clear sky, Madam Xu was so shocked that she was almost like a wooden sculpture of clay. She didn't wake up until the little palace maid outside reported: "I will die, I just made my own decision and asked Sect Master Zheng and Governor Lin to come over. I want a counselor and counselor to discuss a palliative way out, but now it seems—”

"What are you discussing? How can you continue to hide the Ai family from the discussion, and then hide it from the eyes and ears of the world?" The queen mother was furious, and said coldly, "It's fine for Xuan Lai, prepare the chariot, call them, and go to the Hall of Qinghe together, Ai's family Let's see if the emperor can still say such outrageous words in front of his ministers?"

"I also ask the old lady to save face for the young master." Xu Momo followed the queen mother off the platform, persuading her all the way, "According to the experience of this servant girl, the young master is just a moment of anger, maybe he will wake up at this time God has come? Besides, it is already the second watch, and the fourth watch is ready to go to court, no matter how stubborn the young master is, he will not leave the court affairs alone, and it will not be too late to deal with it when the time comes!"

"What if she is really single-minded to the end?" The queen mother leaned on the phoenix chariot, her voice showing a sense of powerlessness, "The old Beiwu king was the aunt of the first emperor, how much credit did he make for Emperor Sejong on the battlefield, and the result? The princess died Well, the King of Beiwu went on a hunger strike to die, saying that he was worried that the concubine was alone in the ground! There is also Emperor Taizu, no matter how good Empress Shengwen is, what is it like to guard the memorial tablet for half a lifetime? It will end like that again. The late emperor is still alive When I said it, it was said that there were rumors among the people that Emperor Taizu died unjustly and had resentment towards Emperor Chengzong. Therefore, since Emperor Mingzong, male emperors could not stand up. Emperor Muzong suffered such a loss. If an empress loves women, there are many hindrances. King Beiwu is an example. Now, now it is Yuanjia's turn! Although she was not raised by me since childhood, and her love is not as good as that of the first emperor, I know that she is sincere and filial. It makes people speechless, now seeing her go astray, and the Ai family will not force her to straighten her up, who else can say such a thing and do such a thing? It is she who hates me for this, at least I have confessed to the late emperor Already!"

The Empress Dowager is a charitable person. She has been eating vegetarian food and praying to Buddha for a long time, and she has no evil words. Although her face is serious, her tone has always been soft. Now that she said such words, it can be seen that her heart is extremely disheartened. Madam Xu dared not persuade her any more. Walking along with the phoenix chariot, a maid who winked at the guard of honor to carry the incense burner box at the end brought Zheng Luan and Lin Yuan, who were kneeling on the platform, to come over. The group of people meandered through the palace gates, and they saw the Hall of Qinghe.

The hall of Qinghe was brightly lit, because someone sent a private message outside, all the eunuchs and maids, no matter on duty or not, were kneeling on the porch of the East Wai room, Wei Lian and Cui Sanshun, the head of the team and the tail of the team, were watching with good eyes, and there was no movement He scolded in a low voice.At this time, no one dared to take their own heads seriously. The eunuchs and maids in the team were lying on the ground without panting. withered lotus leaves.

"The emperor is still kneeling in the palace?" The empress dowager's phoenix chariot stopped under the platform, Cui Chengxiu trotted over to help her, and when she heard the empress dowager's question, she involuntarily lowered her head, "If you go back to the old lady, is the servant going to Luan?" I just came in after passing a message from Yisi. I heard from Wei Fengchun that the young master has been kneeling in front of the dragon bed." He suddenly realized that he had said something wrong, raised his hand and gave himself a slap in the face, "Knelt in the direction of Ningshou Palace all the time. Then, the servants brought tea in, and the young master just let him leave it alone. There was a dictation in the middle that he took the clothes that Gu Hu slept in. I heard that it was also sent by the female secretary to the tent. The young master kept kneeling on the ground The ground doesn’t even move—the old lady Mingjian, there are earth dragons in the bedroom, the young master is frugal, he didn’t lay the carpet, just kneeling on the gold bricks like this, it seems like an hour, how can he bear it? "

The queen mother sighed: "Where is that Gu Yuan? I know she is Hu Ruanniang! She is also kneeling with the emperor?"

Cui Chengxiu immediately changed her words: "Originally, Miss Gu was also kneeling with her, but what did the young master say, what a dream omen, and drove her back to the bed, but the servant knocked while delivering tea, and the lady did not." Get on the dragon bed and kneel on the steps!"

"It's a little bit of a small place." The Queen Mother sneered slightly, even if she pretended to be virtuous at such a time, but she urged the emperor to do such a thing, do you think that others can't see her true face?She was fully dressed in a phoenix robe, and stepped into the Longxi Pavilion. The candles on the copper candlesticks with thick arms had just been cut into candles, which illuminated the hall like daytime. The figure was kneeling with disheveled hair, and the emperor was only wearing a white silk jacket, kneeling alone outside the tent. Because he had knelt for a long time, his hands and feet were already a little inflexible, and he kowtowed to the queen mother with a little difficulty: "My son sees the mother."

The emperor's eyebrows were clear, and there was no sign of confusion. Why would he do such a thing?The empress dowager couldn't help the pain, she said "get up" in a hoarse voice, and seeing the emperor still standing still, she said angrily, "Yuan Jia! Are you going to abolish the emperor like before, or do you want to force Aijia to death?" ?”

"I don't dare." The emperor's voice was also full of pain, "I know that my mother is kind, and I will definitely not do this for nothing. If I treat people like this, someone must have slandered my mother. I have promised her," she said to the tent. Nodding her head, "If you want to give her justice, the Son of Heaven promises to keep his word, so I beg your mother to agree to it!"

"What is innocence and justice?" The person in the tent leaned down towards the queen mother, and the salute seemed to be impeccable, but it aroused the queen mother's disgust even more, "She bewitched you outside the palace, and asked you to bring her into the palace to enjoy wealth and honor. If you want to be innocent and fair, do you want the Ai family to deal with her immediately?" She looked back at Nanny Xu and sternly said, "Go get the scissors, white silk and wine, and I will let her go clean right away!"

"It's not her fault!" the emperor raised his voice to argue, "It's not her fault. My son was fascinated when he saw her and wanted to grow old with her. , It was also someone else's scheming, which implicated her, and she wrote the confession, and now Lin Yuan is investigating, and the queen mother invited her to come over and ask. She, she," the emperor bowed to pay respects to the queen mother, his voice was almost crying blood , "She has never hooked up with son, they are all sons, but son is wishful thinking, today she was slandered by the villain, and because of such a humiliation, son, son is really ashamed, if the mother wants to deal with it, let's deal with son!"

The gold bricks in the inner hall are all solid, no matter how hard they are, when a head is knocked down, there will only be a dull blunt sound.The emperor's forehead was red and swollen, but she couldn't feel any pain on her head. Gu Yuan's tear, as if hot oil dripped straight into her heart, felt sad as if her heart, liver and five internal organs were crushed.After all, she is a son-in-law who hasn't been in power yet. Even the first-class Jin Zunyugui in the world is bound by the first-class and cumbersome golden rules, and there is no mistake in the rules. Fang, one hair can move her whole body, and her ability to fight back is limited. Sitting on the dragon chair is her original sin, but what mistake did Gu Yan make to be implicated by herself to such an extent?

The emperor's voice choked up outside the tent, tears dripped on the gold bricks, and Gu Yan's tears dripped silently on the huanghuali pedals inside the tent, the thin figure with shoulders gradually blurred in his eyes, but became clearer in his heart— ——The emperor's intentions are clear and straightforward, and Gu Yan knows that in this life, no one will protect her with all his heart and soul.