Ma'am, she only wants to be promoted

Chapter 292
Naturally, Lu Wanning didn't know what happened between the ladies in court and the secret thoughts behind her back. After she chatted with the concubine for a while, seeing that the concubine didn't talk about her reason for coming, Lu Wanning was not in a hurry, so she accompanied her. He and his concubine continued to eat snacks and gossip.

After eating a plate of snacks on the table and changing the tea in front of him, He Bi finally got down to business.

"Actually, the concubine came to see the empress today because she has something to say to the empress."

"Please tell me." Lu Wanning said with a smile.

Hebi was silent for a while, with a little bit of confusion on his face, he didn't know if he didn't know how to speak, or he regretted it now, and didn't know whether to say it or not.

Lu Wanning didn't urge her, she lowered her head and took a sip of the water in the glass, waiting quietly.

After a while, the concubine might have thought it over, so she went straight to the point and said: "The concubine's personal maid heard today that the little maid below said that the smallpox infection before the fifth prince was caused by your empress. "

Lu Wanning frowned after listening to the concubine's words. When she first found out that the fifth prince was infected with smallpox, she felt that the fifth prince was infected with smallpox too suddenly and inexplicably, and suspected that it was not simple.

At that time, she had thought carefully about who did it to the fifth prince, but she didn't expect that someone would want to plant this on her now?I don't know if this was planned before, or if it was just a temporary idea after finding out that she was pregnant?

Lu Wanning did not doubt the authenticity of what Hebi said, and it was meaningless for Hebi to make up such a lie to deceive her.

"Thank you for telling me about this." Lu Wanning smiled gratefully at Xu Hepin, and said, "But I have nothing to do with the fact that the Fifth Prince contracted smallpox, and I don't have to make trouble with a baby who is less than one year old."

The concubine smiled when she heard the words, and said: "The concubine also knows that the empress is not such a cruel person, so she decided to tell the empress about this after thinking about it."

After hearing about this incident from her personal maid at that time, Hebi didn't think about stabbing the matter in front of the emperor or the queen mother. After all, murdering the prince is a felony. Concubine Shu, then Concubine Shu must have played.

Without Concubine Shu around, she would have a few more chances to serve her bed.

But I was entangled and entangled, thinking that in the letter just sent by my family, my father was not in good health recently, and he had already decided to resign from office. Once the emperor accepted his father's resignation letter, all the military power in the hands of the Cui family would be handed over. .

The military power in the hands of the Cui family is not as heavy as that in the hands of the Zhongyonghou Mansion and the He family, but it is not light.

Cui's father would like to resign, and he was frightened by the He family's affairs when he voluntarily handed over his military power.

Seeing that the military power in the hands of the Zhongyonghou Mansion and the He family had already fallen into the hands of the emperor, and the Zhongyonghou Mansion handed over the military power, at least there was nothing wrong with them, but the He family ended up beheaded.

Although the reason why the emperor would execute the He family was that He Xiangming had colluded with the enemy and treasoned the country, but who knows if there is any secret manipulation by the emperor in order to firmly hold the military power in his own hands.

Cui's father thought and thought, discussed and discussed with his family son Lang and his staff, and finally decided that in order to save the lives of hundreds of people in General Dingyuan's mansion, he voluntarily resigned to the emperor Zhezi and handed over his military power.

Hebi didn't know Cui's father's thoughts, but she knew that once her father resigned and handed over the military power in his hands, then she would no longer be able to compete in the harem.

Fortunately, she is now a concubine, and the emperor gave her the care of the third princess who was born to Xi concubine before. Even without the support of the He family, her life in the harem would not be too sad .

But it's just not sad, it's not easy to be afraid of how much you want to live.

If you want to live a good life, the best way is to find a good backer.

The best backer in this palace must be the emperor, but if she could rely on the emperor, she would have already relied on it.

Except for the emperor, even the queen mother, the queen mother is very indifferent to these concubines, and she is also unreliable.

Apart from these two, Concubine Shu is the most favored in the palace now. Although Concubine Shu is not a queen, she has constant favor and is also a good backer.

Moreover, Concubine Shu is still pregnant. With her holy favor, if this child gives birth to a prince, she may be able to sit on the queen's seat. After all, the queen's seat has been vacant for several years, and sooner or later someone will take it .

Anyway, she has no prince under her name, and there will be no conflict of interest with Concubine Shu in the future.

If she can buy a good one in front of Concubine Shu this time, Concubine Shu will definitely remember her favor. When Concubine Shu sits on the Queen's position in the future, her life in the palace will definitely be better than now.

It's better than if she doesn't do anything now.

After thinking for a long time, Hepin finally made up his mind to sell it to Concubine Shu in front of Concubine Shu.

But when he was in front of Concubine Shu, Hepin felt that he was taking it for granted?
So when she was in front of her, she became entangled again, but in the end she still thought that since everyone had come, there was no need to entangle any more.

Later, Lu Wanning asked Hefei a few more details, and also knew from Hefei's mouth that the reason why Hefei's personal maid would tell Hefei after what the little palace lady said was because the little palace lady made a vow and was justified. according to.

When the fifth prince was infected with smallpox, wasn't there a servant girl who was also infected with smallpox and died without getting over it?

It is said that this court lady and a young eunuch who tends flowers and plants in the imperial garden are sisters and brothers, and the eunuch Zhou Liang in Lu Wanning's palace was originally a flower and plants tended in the imperial garden, not only knew this little eunuch before, but also had a very good relationship.

Zhou Liang often went to find this little eunuch.Before the fifth prince contracted smallpox, Zhou Liang happened to visit this little eunuch.

After Zhou Liang finished looking for the little eunuch, the little eunuch turned around and went to find the maid who was serving by the fifth prince.

And most importantly, after the maid beside the fifth prince contracted smallpox and died, the little eunuch also died.

He hanged himself in his own house.

At the beginning, everyone didn't take it seriously, after all, it was normal for someone to die in the palace, but later someone said that the little eunuch committed suicide after looking for Zhou Liang, so this matter is worth pondering.

Not to mention the above things.

But even if everyone has doubts in their hearts, they dare not talk nonsense without evidence.

But that day when everyone knew that Concubine Shu was pregnant, they couldn't help but talk in private. It must be Concubine Shu herself who felt that her child must be a prince after she became pregnant, and was afraid that the fifth prince would become a stumbling block for her child in the future. , so it is the first to act first.

Why do you think Concubine Shu didn't attack the third and fourth princes, but chose the fifth prince?That was of course because Concubine Shu was afraid of the He family behind Concubine Jing.

After all, Concubine Shu didn't know that the He family would be over soon after committing a crime.

(End of this chapter)