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

Chapter 940 In danger (22)
As dusk approached, the paperwork in the emperor's hand was almost finished, so he asked: "Chen'er, are you tired? If so, let Yun Lan go out with you. By the way, think about whether you have anything special tonight. If you want to eat, I will tell them to do it."

Qingchen still had a few unfinished booklets in her hand. Once she settled down to do things, she realized that the time passed so quickly. Several hours had passed in the blink of an eye. Seeing that he didn't seem to want to get up and move around, she said : "The concubine is not tired, let's finish reading what's on hand first, and then talk about dinner."

Xiao Jun raised her eyes and looked at her with a gentle smile, and said, "That's fine, I'll go out for a walk with you after I finish dealing with the papers on hand."

Qingchen concentrated on writing something, and responded casually. The emperor smiled at the corner of his mouth, turned his head inadvertently, and saw Fuquan coming in to report: "Your Majesty, the empress is asking to see you outside."

Xiao Jun's eyes sank, she nodded as if thinking of something, and said, "Let her in."

Fuquan's voice was very low, and Qia Qingchen was concentrating on writing an article on corruption control, so he didn't pay attention to what they were talking about.When the queen came in, she saw that she was writing quickly on an open booklet, and saw so many memorials piled up on her desk, she was so surprised that she even forgot to salute, so she sternly shouted: "Concubine Chen, hello! You have the guts to act rashly on the memorials of the ministers, are you guilty?"

Hearing such a shout all of a sudden, Qingchen shook his hands in shock, and accidentally spilled a few drops of ink on the paper. When he looked up, he saw the queen looking at him with an angry face, and hurriedly put down the pen and got up to salute, "The concubine sees the queen Empress, empress Jin An."

The queen's complexion is not good-looking, and her heart is even more uncomfortable. She really did not expect that Concubine Chen has become so presumptuous when she is with the emperor. Even she, the queen, has never sat opposite him to discuss political affairs. However, Concubine Chen can actually sit there with a calm demeanor and help the emperor watch the memorial. How much trust does this have to have?In ancient times, the emperor's most taboo was the harem's meddling in politics, but why could the emperor so calmly put these notebooks in front of her and let her look at them at will?
The queen didn't cry out, but just snorted coldly and turned around, with a sullen face about to get down, the emperor said coldly: "Queen, excuse me, this matter is not the fault of Concubine Chen, I just asked her to help me It's just arranging the memorial, the queen thinks too much."

The queen saw that most of the memorials on the table contained a note that was exposed. The small characters on it were neat and neat, and it looked like it was written by the concubine Chen. This is the ancestral precept. What the courtiers report are all important national affairs. How can an ignorant woman in the harem be able to comment at will? The late emperor was seriously ill and had already reached the point of coma, and the queen mother was still not allowed to handle the affairs of the government. How can the emperor easily let the concubine Chen interfere in the government?"

"Empress, my concubine does not dare to interfere in the government affairs. What the concubine writes is the emperor's oral order. The concubine is just helping to sort out and record the emperor's words." After speaking, the concubine looked at Xiao Jun for help, Although it was a lie, it could barely explain the past. At least the emperor didn't have to bother to find excuses to protect her, so the queen had nothing to say.

Xiao Jun nodded knowingly and said: "What Concubine Chen said is that my shoulders hurt from reviewing papers, and I don't want to pick up a pen to write anymore, so let her temporarily help me to record my review opinions first, why the queen doesn't even do this Allowed?"

The queen's expression froze for a moment, and she felt that the concubine Chen could not have the courage to review the memorial for the emperor, so she eased her tone, glanced at the concubine Chen who was kneeling on the ground, and said to the emperor: "The concubine knows that the emperor is busy with state affairs. The busy emperor must also take care of the dragon body."

Xiao Jun said lightly: "I know that the Queen cares about my body, but you have also seen it. With so many memorials, my shoulders hurt from writing. It shouldn't be an exaggeration to find someone to write something for you, right?"

For Xiaojun, Qingchen was brought up by him, and she has already become a part of his life after many years of being together. He believes in her, just like trusting himself, or in other words, he knows Qingchen's temperament, she At heart, she is a person who is indifferent to fame and wealth. She doesn't care much about the power and wealth that others value. No matter what she does, the starting point is always to share her own worries. Therefore, he is not worried that she will become the second person with power. Queen Mother.

But these are far from what the empress can understand. Seeing what the emperor said, the empress had no choice but to give up, and said to Qingchen: "In that case, you should get up first. Even if the emperor wants you to write for you, concubine Chen must keep in mind that the harem Don't interfere in politics, you just need to listen to the emperor's words and start writing, and there is no need to say anything else, you know?"

Qingchen respectfully said: "Yes, my concubine obeys orders, and my concubine does not dare to overstep."

Standing up while supporting Yun Lan's hand, Qing Chen silently retreated to the side to wait, and then heard the emperor ask in a lukewarm way: "The queen came to see me, but what's the matter?"

When the queen thought of the purpose of this trip, she felt angry again, and said a little displeased: "The concubine heard that the concubine Chen killed Baozhu, the maidservant next to the queen mother, and wanted to ask the concubine Chen to ask questions, but waited. I didn't see her go to the concubine's palace to reply all afternoon, so the concubine had to come over and ask her in person, why did she do this? How could concubine Chen, the maid beside the queen mother, be so presumptuous, and kill her if she said so? !"

Qingchen was about to explain, when Xiao Jun said: "The empress probably doesn't know, this morning, concubine Chen went to pay her respects to the empress dowager, only to find that someone had put incense made of vines in the empress dowager's incense burner." , wanted to assassinate Concubine Chen to be infertile. After Concubine Chen found out, in order to save the empress dowager's face, she did not disclose the reason to the outside world. She just killed the Baozhu staff who did this thing as a punishment. I think Baozhu's death is not wronged. "

Xiao Jun also understood what Qingchen meant. No matter whether it was Baozhu or Madam Wei, they all did what the Empress Dowager ordered, and Madam Wei was old, and she was someone who had served the Empress Dowager for many years. Without her, it is inevitable that people outside will be suspicious.And Baozhu is just a little girl, relatively speaking, punishing her will have less impact than punishing Madam Wei.

The queen was not sure whether the queen mother really wanted to do this, or the concubine Chen deliberately framed her, her expression changed slightly, and she said in disbelief, "How could the queen mother..."

"If the queen doesn't believe it, you can ask Jia Jiren to come over and ask. He is an old doctor who has served the queen mother for many years, and he has won the trust of the queen mother. I think he will not lie to the queen. Now that the incense burner is still in the queen mother's hall, the queen can let it go." He brought the censer to the empress to see for herself, to see if I have wronged anyone."

(End of this chapter)