Thin Mei·Love Fragrance Quilt

Chapter 172

Zhuo Rui heard that Tang Tianxiao was relaxing in the imperial garden, thought he would be in a better mood, and wanted to take the opportunity to come over to give some advice, but unexpectedly it was such a chaotic situation.

Calling Tang Tianxiao at this time, he couldn't even avoid it, so he had to go forward and salute: "See the emperor."

Tang Tianxiao's face paled, and he asked, "What's the matter? Tell me!"

Zhuo Rui knew that this was definitely not a good time to advise, but the matter was urgent, so he could only say: "Your Majesty, I just saw that the servant is ordering the master craftsman in the palace to seal the bedroom of Concubine Ke Shu with thick wooden planks."

Tang Tianxiao squeezed the teacup tightly, his eyes were like knives, and said slowly: "That's right, it's my will."

Zhuo Rui took a deep breath and remonstrated: "I think this matter is wrong. Although Concubine Shu injured several people, there is a reason for the incident."

"There's a reason for this?" Tang Tianxiao sneered, "Guard Zhuo also thinks that I shouldn't punish her, shouldn't I send someone to supervise her?"

Zhuo Rui said: "Concubine Shu has repeatedly violated the king's will, so she should be punished. But she did such a thing suddenly this morning, it must be because she had a nightmare when she was asleep, and she was unconscious for a while, so she ran out of the palace to injure It’s not intentional to disobey God’s will.”

"Having a nightmare and being insane just hurt someone?"

Tang Tianxiao laughed loudly, pointed at Zhuo Rui and shouted, "I know you brought her to the Central Plains, and I think you've gained some benefits along the way, so you protect her in everything! But whatever you make up, you have to make it up! If she was going to hurt people and kill people in a dream, wouldn't it be time for me to control the funeral sky long ago?"

Zhuo Rui's face turned pale, and he said in a low voice: "I don't dare! But regarding Concubine Shu, please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Tang Tianxiao said angrily: "Why don't you dare? I made an exception and ordered you to garrison Yiqing Palace. Why? You let her hurt so many palace people, are you guilty?"

Zhuo Rui kowtowed and said: "I'm guilty! I'm willing to accept the punishment! But Concubine Shu is not in a good condition, I'm afraid I can't stand such setbacks!"

Tang Tianxiao was so angry that he was helpless, and shouted: "You just need to know your crime! Come on, if you drag it down, you will be punished with fifty sticks first! If you don't shut up, another fifty sticks will be added!"

Zhuo Rui looked up at Tang Tianxiao, clenched his hands into fists, his lips trembled, as if he wanted to continue to persuade him.

Jin Qi has already seen that Tang Tianxiao's anger is hard to offend, and he is afraid that if he persists, Tang Tianxiao's face will not be restored, and he will really beat him to death with another fifty sticks. After uploading the message, why don’t you pull it down? Pull it down!”

Zhuo Rui was helpless, he lowered his head and let someone drag him away, but his eyes were already red.

Tang Tianxiao was still burning with anger, and he slammed his sleeves and dropped the teapot and teacup on the stool, and said bitterly: "Can't the dark room survive after a few days? I haven't dug out her heart yet to burn it!"

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and countless fallen leaves fell one after another, tumbling and flying in front of my eyes.

The sky was very gloomy, as if it was going to rain.

And Tang Tianxiao's face seemed to be more gloomy than the sky, and at any moment, he was about to catch a torrential rain or snowstorm and drown everyone in it.

In the sound of the wind, Li Yanhong's screams became weaker and weaker, and gradually became inaudible; new rhythmic knocking sounds sounded, but there was no scream, only Zhuo Rui's occasional muffled groan.

Empress Shen's face was ashen, her brows and eyes were distorted in shock and anger, but she knelt there and never dared to intercede again; Jin Qi, who had served the king all the year round, was also quietly wiping cold sweat.

The weather is horrible.

The anger in Tang Tianxiao's eyes slowly subsided, he turned to look at Concubine Xie De, and said, "Mei Jieyu doesn't have a palace yet, so let's live in your Baohe Palace first! She has entered the palace not long ago, if she is rude, you can be properly taught.”

Concubine Xie De raised her eyebrows and replied carefully: "Yes, my concubine complies."

Tang Tianxiao glanced in the direction of the corner gate, and said, "By the way, what did you plan to tell me just now?"

Concubine Xie De trembled, she glanced quietly at Empress Shen who was powerless and kneeling on the ground, and said in a low voice: "It's...it's nothing. When the concubine arrived at Xiqing Palace, Li Gonggong was talking to Mei Jieyu. The concubine didn't see it very clearly."

Tang Tianxiao nodded, his face softened, and he said to Empress Shen: "Fengyi, Concubine Xian was dragged down by those ineffective slaves back then, and she was confined for so many days in vain. But after she was released from the palace, didn't she look like a concubine? More virtuous and docile in the past? You can see the benefits of staying away from those treacherous villains. You also need to learn hard, don't let me down."

Empress Shen was wronged and resentful again, but she didn't dare to attack again, sobbing in response, she fell on the ground and sobbed.

Someone came over in a hurry and said: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Li has already passed away after receiving 78 sticks."

Tang Tianxiao raised his eyes and said solemnly: "How many sticks did I order? 78 sticks? Or a hundred sticks?"

The visitor was horrified, and quickly responded, "Yes! One hundred sticks, not one less!"

There were more and more intensive knocking sounds from the corner door, but no one screamed anymore.

I don't know what kind of mangled man Li Yanhong, the chief executive of Xiqing Palace in the past, has to replenish a hundred sticks after his death.

This is not much better than whipping corpses.

But Tang Tianxiao didn't care at all, he stood up slowly and said, "Get up and go back to the palace."

He bypassed Empress Shen who covered her face on the ground and wept bitterly, flicked his sleeves, and walked back quickly.

When he was about to arrive at Xiqing Gate, he paused, and said to Jin Qi in a low voice: "Talk to Zhuo Rui, half a month's leave to recover from injuries. After half a month, enter the palace as usual."

Jin Qi agreed, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

Zhuo Rui, who practiced martial arts, was far stronger than Li Yanhong.As long as he is not beaten to death on the spot with a hundred sticks, he should recover almost in half a month.

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For the next three or four days, the atmosphere in the palace was very strange.

Li Yanhong, the general manager of Xiqing Palace, was beaten to death, Zhuo Rui, the emperor's closest confidant guard, was beaten for half a day, and was carried out of the palace.

For the trivial things that are usually not worth mentioning.

Legend has it that Concubine Ke Shu, who may have colluded with the rebels outside the palace, was not abolished or thrown into the cold palace, but was ordered to close all the doors and windows, and the usually gorgeous and lively room became a big black coffin to imprison her.

She usually acts ostentatiously, which is very enviable, but she is free and easy, and treats people with sincerity, such as Tang Tianqi, Jin Qi and others get along very well with her.It's just that Zhuo Rui begged for a few words of love and then labeled it like that, even nobles like Tang Tianqi and others dared not say more.

Tang Tianxiao, who left Concubine Ke Shu, did not sleep alone in Qianyuan Palace anymore, went to visit Concubine Du Xian who had been neglected for a long time, and had two lunches in Yaohua Palace, and was rewarded a lot.

It was rumored that Tang Tianxiao was very disappointed with Empress Shen because of Mei Jieyu's matter, but he admired Concubine Du Xian's virtuousness and generosity, and even said that she "has the style of a mother in the world".

Since the day Li Yanhong was beaten to death, Empress Shen claimed that she could not afford to be ill. When the word came out, she was really ill immediately, and the illness was not serious.

Tang Tianxiao ignored it, and blamed Xiqing Palace for spending too much in recent years, which violated the Queen Mother's order to govern the palace frugally.

As a result, the entire palace was in panic, even Concubine Xie De and other concubines who were always close to Empress Shen dared not go to visit, seeing the people in the palace from afar, wished to take a detour.

Mei Jieyu was born in a small family and could not even read a few big characters, but unexpectedly fell in love with her.

Sometimes Tang Tianxiao stayed in Baohe Palace, and sometimes called Mei Jieyu into the Qianyuan Palace to serve as a servant. Even during the day, he would often bring her by his side, always in the spotlight.

This Mei Jieyu is very docile.

Tang Tianxiao said one thing, but she never said anything; Tang Tianxiao said one thing, she never said another; Tang Tianxiao liked to put a silk handkerchief on her face, but she never dared to take it off; Serve him with the most humble attitude.

No matter on the bed or off the bed, they are as docile as a completely thoughtless puppet.

Tang Tianxiao sometimes felt that a puppet without a mind of its own might not be too boring, but when he thought of Ke Qianmei, he immediately felt that such a woman would be better.

But he never thought about it, that woman was born in a humble family, and she was used to winking at rich and noble people, let alone facing today's world.

She was tortured like that by him on the first night, but she unexpectedly got his sympathy and tolerance because of a plea, of course she knew what he needed.

Since groveling and following his will carefully can save suffering and be favored, what's so bad about it?

At least, it was better than Empress Shen who wanted to eliminate dissidents but was denounced and was sick in bed, and even better than Concubine Ke Shu who was locked in a dark room without even a glimmer of light.

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Perhaps, it's not that Tang Tianxiao couldn't think of these things, but he didn't want to think about them.

In the past few days, he started to have dizziness and headaches again, and had to drink the bitter medicine prescribed by the imperial physician. He knew the cause of the disease, so he didn't want to think about those unnecessary things anymore, and only focused on the court turmoil he had planned for a long time.

Tang Tianqi held [-] soldiers in the capital, and was Tang Tianxiao's most powerful minister, so he was often summoned to the palace to discuss matters.

On this day, Tang Tianxiao asked about some abnormalities and corresponding arrangements inside and outside Ruidu City, and seeing that it was not early, he left this cousin to eat in the palace.

Calculated that Tang Tianxiao's own brother had almost died in the royal strife, even in the clan, only Tang Tianqi, his cousin, was the closest to him by blood, and his relationship was far from comparable to others.

Tang Tianxiao had always been casual, and he didn't have a relationship with his cousin just because he was an emperor, so they didn't pay much attention to etiquette when they ate and drank at the same table.It's just that he has been depressed recently, and he has been much more silent than before.

After lunch, Tang Tianqi was not in a hurry to leave. He sat leaning against the window of Qianyuan Hall, basking in the sun while chatting about some unofficial history he had read recently.

Tang Tianxiao asked someone to move a soft couch, and lay down under the window, listening to him talk about the anecdotes about the emperors and generals in ancient times was also a good pastime.

Later, when it was related to Wei Taizong Tuobaxu, Tang Tianqi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I read in the unofficial history yesterday that this iron-handed emperor who ruled the world, when he was the emperor's younger brother, almost recommended himself to join the Southern Dynasty as Anping. Where is the princess' son-in-law!"

Tang Tianxiao closed his eyes, let the sun shine on him warmly, and said with a faint smile, "Oh? When the emperor was also obsessed with lust? He didn't get married later, so he must have regretted it?"

"No."

Tang Tianqi sighed, "Princess Anping doesn't want him."

Tang Tianxiao's eyelashes trembled, "Don't want him? Why?"

"She was afraid of luring wolves into the house, and her son-in-law would overturn her Southern Dynasty."

Tang Tianxiao sighed, "A woman, what is she going to do with the world? I see that this Princess Anping has harmed herself. If she married Wei Taizong early in the morning, the two of them will rule the world together in the future. As for death, it's scattered. She struggled for half her life, but how did she keep her homeland in the end?"

Tang Tianqi nodded and said: "That's right, women are sometimes too stupid to make a decision. They clearly want what they want in front of them, but they are afraid of this and that and dare not reach out to grasp it. Like that Princess Anping who accidentally fell in love with her." But if you want to choose this emperor's younger brother, you have to raise your own country and relatives to make a decision. It's a pity that she hesitated all her life, and she couldn't let go of her own home country; Wei Taizong wanted to force her to do it. No choice, but only forced her to a dead end. Human hearts are fleshy, why bother to force her to such a field!"

Tang Tianxiao opened his eyes suddenly, it was already cold and pressing.He said, "What do you want to say?"

Tang Tianqi smiled and said, "I didn't say anything, I just chatted, chatted."

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