Wanqingsi

Chapter 148 Rumors
Yun Zheng went to the palace to report the results of the investigation to the emperor, and I was called into the palace by the Queen Mother.After passing the imperial garden, I saw Concubine Shu sitting by the waterside admiring the fish, I smiled and knelt down and saluted: "Concubine Shu sees Concubine Shu."

She didn't seem to see me, she just took the fish food and threw it into the pond gracefully, staring intently at the fish in the pond.The maid standing behind her glanced at me, and seemed to have no intention of reminding the master that I was saluting her.Concubine Shu didn't tell me to get up, so I couldn't stand up, so I had to continue kneeling on the ground.Time passed by, and my knees felt a little numb. Concubine Shu was still sitting happily, looking at the pond intently, without even turning her head.I kind of understood in my heart that she did it on purpose, and made me kneel there to embarrass me.But why?I asked myself that in this palace, apart from Concubine Degui who wants my life, the relationship with other concubines is not bad.When I entered the palace a few days ago, Concubine Shu took my hand affectionately and shouted "sister, sister", what does it mean to give me such a prestige now?
After thinking about it carefully, I suddenly understood.It was the emperor who jumped into the pool to save me that day and caused trouble. It seems that the rumors in this palace are really flying all over the sky. The concubine Shu must have heard the rumors and was dissatisfied with me, so she deliberately punished me like this now I.I smiled wryly in my heart, this harem is really a place of right and wrong.

I hung my head and said nothing, I counted the sheep in my heart, there are so many eunuchs and maids in the palace, I can always see this scene coming and going, maybe I have reported to the Queen Mother early, I just wait for the Queen Mother to send someone.Sure enough, when counting to the 470th and eighth sheep, I heard the voice of Aunt Fang Ting's heavenly voice: "Servants see Concubine Shu!"

Only then did Concubine Shu turn her head indifferently, seeing me kneeling on the ground, she was surprised and said, "Oh, why is my sister kneeling here?"

I smiled: "The concubine enters the palace under the order of the Empress Dowager, and sees the concubine Shu here to enjoy the fish, and presents the ceremony to the empress."

"Sister, get up, why do we sisters need to be so polite?" Concubine Shu stood up, stepped forward to give her a hand, "Look at me, I was so focused on watching the fish, I didn't notice my sister was coming, I'm really sorry."

"What did you say, it's the concubine who disturbed your pleasure." I stood up while supporting my waist, my knees were so numb that I couldn't stand.Sister Fang Ting hurriedly supported me, her expression was a little ugly: "Mrs. Ronghua, the Queen Mother is waiting for you impatiently, go to Yining Palace to coax her."

"Ms. Concubine Shu, my concubine will leave." I did all the courtesy, gritted my teeth, and moved reluctantly.Sister Fangting helped me leave the Royal Garden and went to the Empress Dowager's Palace.The queen mother was sitting on the soft couch, seeing me staggering in, she quickly stopped me from saluting: "Okay, girl Ye, sit here quickly. Fang Ting, let someone rub Ye'er's legs."

I sat down next to the Queen Mother, and Sister Fonteyn called a little lady-in-waiting to come and give me a massage.The queen mother took a sip of tea, and said to Aunt Fangting: "Fangting, please send a message to each palace, just tell me what I said, Mrs. Ronghua is pregnant and inconvenient. There is no need to bow down."

"Yes." Sister Fang Ting smiled and withdrew.I looked up at the Queen Mother and said apologetically, "Queen Mother, is this okay? Will it not break the rules of the palace?"

"Rules?" The Queen Mother sneered and put down the teacup, "Rules are made by people. In this harem, who dares to mention the rules to me?"

That's right, no one in the harem is bigger than you.So, I was a blessing in disguise?I smiled, just like this, will it make those girls even more upset?Secretly come up with something to make me feel even worse?The maid rubbed my leg for a long time before I felt the numbness in my knee recede and my leg moved. I smiled and said to the maid rubbing my leg: "Okay, don't rub it anymore, the numbness is gone."

"I heard from the emperor that you were assassinated on the street a few days ago? Didn't you scare me?" Seeing that the little palace lady had retreated, the queen mother spoke indifferently, and looked at me with piercing eyes.I didn't know what she meant by saying this, so I smiled: "Yes, fortunately there is no serious problem, but the iron guard was seriously injured."

"Girl, last time you were rewarded with a fish in the palace, you would fall into the water, and you were assassinated outside the palace. It's really a disaster." The Queen Mother smiled, seeming to mean something.I said awkwardly: "Yes, ma'am, I don't know if it's Ye'er's bad luck or something. No matter where I go, I'm in constant trouble."

The queen mother smiled: "You haven't entered the palace for a while, what are you doing these days? Last time the emperor asked Yun Shizi to investigate, do you have any clues?"

I knew that the Queen Mother was going to ask about the results, so I hurriedly told the Queen Mother what Yun Zheng and I had found out and some conjectures.After hearing this, the queen mother gradually frowned, not knowing what she was thinking.I saw that her face was cloudy and cloudy, and I wondered if she had guessed Taifei Feng's plan to kill three birds with one stone.

After a while, the Empress Dowager's expression gradually calmed down, and she slowly said: "In this world, there is such a strange stone? It can make pregnant women give birth to deformed fetuses, make people grow old, and die unnoticed. ? I have never seen it before.”

"The world is so big, there are so many wonders, and it's not surprising." I laughed, and of course I didn't talk about radiation to fool the Queen Mother. I only said that the stone might contain an unknown ingredient of poison. "That jade pillow is an ominous thing." , the courtiers and concubines dare not bring them into the palace, everything is still up to the emperor to decide."

"Yeah." The queen mother nodded, and said gently, "It's really hard work for you and Yun Shizi to investigate this long-standing injustice case so clearly."

"It is the duty of a subject to share the worries of the emperor and the queen mother." I said humbly, "The concubine and my wife are lucky to live up to the high expectations of the emperor."

The queen mother stroked the teacup and looked at me quietly, with an inexplicable smile on her lips: "You girl, you are smart, clever, well-behaved and caring, and you know a lot of new things. I really like you more and more. Marquis Yongle is really lucky to have such a wonderful grandson-in-law."

I always feel that her compliments seem to have something to say, and I dare not speak casually, so I have to laugh along with her.The Empress Dowager flicked the tea leaves floating on the water with the lid of the teacup, seemingly unintentionally said: "Ye girl, you and the emperor knew each other before?"

My smile froze.The Empress Dowager asked this question, it was definitely not a casual question, and she suddenly felt uneasy. Seeing that I didn't answer for a long time, the Empress Dowager said indifferently: "Tell me the truth, girl."

I took a breath, knowing that I couldn't hide it, I nodded, "Yes."

"How did you know each other?" The queen mother put the teacup lid back on the teacup and said softly.Her tone was gentle, but I felt an inexplicable pressure, as if someone was strangling my neck, and I couldn't breathe.I bit my lip tightly, almost biting my lower lip, raised my eyes and saw the Empress Dowager looking at me fixedly, took a breath, and said indifferently: "This concubine was born in a brothel, the emperor... was once a benefactor of this concubine."

"Honor?" The Queen Mother's fingers were scribing circles on the lid of the teacup, and her face changed without hearing that I was born in a brothel. I think she already knew my experience, "This is how you view the emperor. ?”

"When I was in the brothel, I looked at it that way. The concubine didn't know he was the emperor at the time." I bit my lip and talked about my past with the emperor in front of the queen mother, feeling extremely embarrassed.

"Then what do you think of the emperor now?" The queen mother looked at my expression, and she was gentle and authentic, with a soft voice, but there was an unstoppable blade.I raised my eyes to look at her, and said cautiously: "Now, the emperor is the wise king of the country, and his concubines are his subjects."

"That's right, the emperor is a wise king, and you are a subject." The queen mother took her hand from the teacup lid, clasped it on her lap, and said softly: "Girl, remember what you said today, no matter what you think of the emperor before , remember that he is the Mingjun now, and you are the minister’s wife. There are some things that you don’t have to keep in mind, forget what you should forget, and don’t hold on to what you should let go of.”

"The concubine understands." My face was calm, but my heart was filled with anger.My fascination and admiration for Mr. Yu have long been in the past, and I have no wrong thoughts about the emperor at all.It seems that the rumors in the palace have already spread very badly, otherwise the queen mother would not have sent me a special edict, just to warn me to respect myself, remember my identity, and not to have anything to do with the emperor, which will damage his reputation as a Mingjun .Poor God, did I do these things?
"Okay, you are pregnant, go back and rest earlier." The queen mother has achieved her goal, and it would be embarrassing to keep me here, so she sent me back, "Fang Ting, you go out with Madam Ronghua, remember to send her to the car , be careful on the way. Ruyi, go to the emperor and inform Shizi Yun that Mrs. Ronghua has gone back. It will save him a waste of time coming over later."

Sister Fang Ting accompanied me out, and with the experience of the Empress Dowager, she must have already seen that my falling into the water was not a simple incident, so Sister Fang Ting sent me to the palace gate to save me from another accident on the way.The Empress Dowager could think of it, but the Emperor couldn't have imagined it, as long as this matter could attract their attention, Concubine De Gui let them worry about it.I heard that Concubine Degui was grounded by the emperor, but I don't know if it was because of the matter of the Ouchi guards.Today, Yun Zheng has concluded the case entrusted by the emperor and submitted it to him. He believes that the emperor will take action against Wei Xiang soon after verification. Once Wei Xiang falls, what else can Concubine De Gui rely on?
After leaving the Yining Palace, Aunt Fangting suddenly whispered to me: "Mrs. Ronghua, thank you."

"What?" I regained my senses and asked in a daze.

"My maidservant is on behalf of the concubine Xian, thank you madam, and return my family's innocence." Sister Fang Ting burst into tears.I hurriedly said: "Nurse Fangting, don't say that, my husband and I are just acting according to the emperor's will. The people you want to thank are the queen mother and the emperor."

Sister Fangting wiped away her tears, shook her head and said, "Madam, this servant is clear in her heart, so please don't be polite."

I smiled, did Concubine Murong's family get back their innocence?so what?People are dead, the world knows, at most sigh, what else?But..., those pair of star-like eyes suddenly floated in front of my eyes, but with cold and frosty eyes of prey.Chu Shang, no matter what the reason for investigating this case is, it finally cleared up the grievances of your family. I hope that you will no longer be tortured by hatred under the spring, and you can rest in peace as soon as possible in the next life... May you no longer have such a tragic fate.

(End of this chapter)