The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

1132 Chapter 21 Conspiracy of Each Other ([-])
The scorching heat was unbearable, and the emperor was handling political affairs in the imperial study as if nothing had happened. Before noon, those ministers who were kneeling in front of the door to beg were carried down several times due to heat stroke.

When it was time to close the palace gate in the evening, there were only a few people left in front of the imperial study room.

Qingchen stood in the gazebo on the Jiuqu Bridge outside Qifeng Palace, leisurely feeding Jinlin in the water, and asked Jinxiu: "Rumors are flying all over the palace, is it better now?"

Jinxiu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the palace has become much cleaner in the afternoon, and the bodies of those seven people have not yet been coffined. I'm afraid no one would dare to talk nonsense anymore. If they were not bewitched by others, who would take their own lives?" To chew your tongue?"

"I don't know why, that's why I killed Concubine Ning and the two little girls in Yipin's palace first, just to let them see clearly, no matter who they are, I won't do it again this time." I am merciful, but who knows that there are still so many stupid and hopeless people spreading rumors in the palace to confuse the public. If it is not because of this incident, I would not know that I am so in the eyes of those servants. Cowardice can be deceived."

Yun Lan gently fanned her at the side and snorted coldly: "My lady, don't be angry, after this time, they may never dare again in the future."

"This palace knows it well. If these few people didn't take advantage of others, why would they dare to make trouble in the palace so hard? They didn't die unjustly! Human nature is greedy for life and afraid of death, when you see so many bloody corpses piled up there, and the emperor ignores it, naturally those who cherish their lives will obediently shut up."

To kill these people with a stick was to slap Concubine Ning in the face, and the emperor turned a blind eye to it. Even if it wasn't his intention, it was enough to explain his attitude. Concubine Ning might have made a fuss about the harem. In the end, she could only count on those party members in the court.

Handing the fish food in his hand to Jinxiu, Qingchen wiped his hands with a handkerchief, poured a cup of tea at the stone table, sat down and sipped it slowly, admiring the wind lotuses that filled the lake in the pavilion on the water Tea, cool breeze, lingering lotus fragrance, it is very pleasant.

"Did those people who left just now say anything?"

Jinxiu understood what she was asking, and hurriedly replied: "Those adults said that if the emperor does not deal with the empress, they will continue to kneel in front of the imperial study room tomorrow to petition for the dead empress. If the emperor does not If you promise, they will kneel down forever..."

Qingchen fiddled with the tea foam in the cup carelessly with the lid of the cup, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "That's why I always advise people not to talk too much, otherwise if you don't come tomorrow, wouldn't you be here?" Slap yourself in the face?"

Jinxiu asked again: "Then, should we inform Shu Xuan to act tonight?"

Qingchen thought for a while with deep eyes and said: "The officials must be difficult to deal with, so let's start with the two adults of the Ministry of Rites, Chen and Zhang, and take it slowly. If everyone suddenly gives up, the emperor must You will become suspicious, and that will be detrimental to Bengong. Since they are the ones who want to kneel, it doesn't hurt to let them kneel for two more days."

The dusk was getting darker, and if nothing else happened, it was about time for Xiao Jun to come here, so Qingchen asked Yun Lan to go back to prepare dinner, and waited for the emperor in the pavilion.

Sure enough, it was not a big meeting, and I saw Xiao Jun coming from the other end of the Jiuqu Bridge with a blessing spring, and Qingchen hurriedly stood up to greet her, "The concubine sees the emperor, the emperor is auspicious."

Xiao Jun held her up and said, "Why are you so polite? I have been fighting with the ministers all day in the imperial study, but you are free, and you are still in the mood to enjoy the scenery and drink tea here."

Seeing him sitting down at the stone table, Qingchen hurriedly poured tea and handed it over, and said softly: "Your Majesty, drink a cup of tea to rest your mind, I don't worry, because I know that this matter is something that someone deliberately made out of nothing. The slander, the ministers are pressing each other, but they also want to see the emperor's attitude. If the emperor insists on ignoring the matter, they have no evidence to prove what the concubine said to the queen. If they really confront each other, they may not have a chance of winning The smart ones might not come here again tomorrow. I dare to bet with the emperor that within three days, there will be no more people kneeling in front of the imperial study."

Seeing the hesitant look on the emperor's face, Qingchen smiled again: "Is it possible that the emperor loves them, and is afraid that the ministers will be chilled when they are basking in the scorching sun? My concubines feel that there must be a bottom line in everything, and the emperor wants to implement a new policy. There will inevitably be disagreements with the ministers, if they see that the emperor will compromise as long as the ministers kneel together, how will the emperor's new policy be implemented in the future?

There is a solution to everything. Don't think about how to share the king's worries, but force the king to petition for self-interest at every turn. This is a disrespectful act for a minister. How can the emperor follow their wishes so easily?Take today's incident as an example, if they have real evidence, they can directly confront the courtiers and concubines in the court, why should they kneel down and force the emperor? "

As she was talking, Fuquan beside her glanced at her secretly with a complicated expression, thinking that the imperial concubine's thoughts were indeed different from before, she was clearly the one who wanted to torture those people, but she spoke so seriously that the emperor thought If you don't agree, you won't succeed.

However, what she said was not unreasonable. Xiao Jun originally had her own plan, but after hearing what she said, she changed her mind and said solemnly: "What you said is that at this very moment, there are some things that I really cannot easily compromise on. .Since you are so determined, then I might as well gamble with you, but what if you lose, so what if I lose?"

Qingchen wanted to make this matter as small as possible, and it would be best to settle it silently. Seeing the emperor's agreement, he said: "If the concubine loses, don't you have to wait for the emperor to punish you? But the emperor If you lose, can you agree that no matter what the concubine does wrong in the future, the emperor will forgive the concubine once? The concubine is afraid in her heart, if one day it is really hard to argue, it will be fine if the concubine is convicted, what is afraid is It broke the emperor's heart."

Seeing her frightened appearance, Xiao Jun held her hand with some distress and said, "I promise you that's it. Didn't I give you that nine dragon purple jade pendant before? You used her to protect the brocade jade pendant." Xiu's life, so why worry?"

"My concubine thanks the emperor." Seeing that it was getting late, Xiao Xiangzi brought Chang Xi to light the lanterns, so she and Xiao Jun went back to the palace for dinner.

Early the next morning, the two adults, Chen and Zhang from the Ministry of Rituals, each found a letter at the door of their dormitory. It is clear that every crime is enough to dismiss and demote officials.

Someone sent this thing at this time, and the intention is self-evident, so after the morning court, the two went back to work quietly, as if they had acquiesced in the deal.

(End of this chapter)