Thin Mei·Love Fragrance Quilt

Chapter 78

But when Qianmei heard the words, she snorted, and slammed the window shut, and she didn't make any more noise.

She expected that the matter of the blood swallow must be done by Empress Shen, but no one paid any attention to it when she brought it up many times, but Concubine Du Xian, who has always treated her very well, was implicated, she was very annoyed, she blurted it out, and regretted it in her heart.

Holding the concentric knot in her hand, she rested her chin, already troubled.

"What are you thinking?"

She murmured, "No matter how powerful the Shen family is, are they even afraid of you, the Son of Heaven?"

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On the second and third day, Mammy came over as usual and asked her if she had thought of any suspicious people or things. Seeing her confused face, she was not in a hurry to ask, and then left her room and continued to press. Concubine Du Xian.

She didn't know how much she could ask Concubine Du Xian, almost every time she went in, it would take four or five hours, even lunch and dinner would not be peaceful.

As a result, Concubine Du Xian, who was repeatedly praised by Tang Tianxiao as a model of "virtuous virtue", cried bitterly in the room from time to time.

But Qianmei was even a little suspicious, whether this nanny was secretly entrusted by someone to find a scapegoat, but she must not be used as a scapegoat.

Otherwise, why was she the one who made trouble in Xiqing Palace, and the one who gave the blood swallows, but didn't come to question her harshly, and only grabbed Du Xianfei?
In the afternoon of this day, she was dozing off on the couch, when she suddenly heard someone whispering in front of the door, she hurriedly opened the window to look out, and saw Tang Tianqi's smiling face.

She happily said, "Second Brother Tang, why are you here?"

Tang Tianqi smiled and said, "At Deoksugung Palace, the Empress Dowager Ziji is here to greet you."

She looked up at the sky and said: "At this time, the Queen Mother should be taking a nap?"

Tang Tianqi leaned his arms on the window lattice, and smiled, "That's right, so I can only walk around the palace and see you on the way."

Although Tang Tianxiao had several half-brothers and sisters, they either died young or got married, so Tang Tianqi, his uncle and brother, was already the closest to him.

In addition, he made great contributions to the peace of Kanghou that day, and the Empress Dowager Xuan and Tang Tianxiao treated each other differently, so they often walked around the palace.

Even if they came to see Ke Qianmei, the concubine under house arrest, the guards didn't dare to stop them, and let them talk through the window one by one inside and one outside.

Seeing the servant walk away consciously, Tang Tianqi suppressed his voice and said with a smile: "It was the emperor who asked me to come and see you!"

Ke Qianmei curled her lips and said, "Why doesn't he come by himself? Is he accompanying his good queen?"

Tang Tianqi laughed and said: "No wonder the emperor said that you are great now, so you always eat dry vinegar to make him feel better, as expected!"

But Qian Mei blushed, and said: "Who is jealous of him? It's just that the empress was frightened, and they have a deep affection for the empress, so they are going to visit. I don't know if I will spend more time with imperial concubine Yuwen? That one is also very sick Not light!"

Tang Tianqi knocked on the window lattice with his finger, and said with a narrow smile: "Look, look, this is not jealous, even imperial concubine Yuwen is jealous!"

Ke Qianmei stared at him, and reached out to touch the long whip at her waist.

It's a pity that I still couldn't touch the whip, but only touched the purse with the concentric knot.

After stroking for a while, she sighed: "I'm not jealous. He has three thousand harems, so much jealousy, can I handle it?"

Hearing her words, Tang Tianqi felt a little desolate, he couldn't help but startled, and said: "You don't have to worry too much. Although the emperor didn't come here, he still cares about you all the time! He asked me to have a drink together last night. He drank a lot, and mentioned you to me several times. Listening to his tone, it seemed that he was very afraid that you would cause trouble in the empress dowager's palace; but you have been very quiet for the past two days, and he is wondering if you are not in your heart. I'm not happy, I'm afraid you will get sick. I can't see it, so I offered to come to see you on his behalf."

He hesitated for a moment, and then said: "He slept alone in Yiqing Palace these two nights. But I don't think he is thinking about the deceased Concubine Ning Shu."

This time, Ke Qianmei's ears turned red.

In the early morning of that day, Tang Tianxiao personally led her out from Yiqing Palace, but many palace people saw her, so it was obvious that they slept together in Yiqing Palace that night.

After a long time, she asked: "Has the Empress Dowager found out about the Xueyan matter? Could it be that she plans to imprison me for the summer?"

Tang Tianqi frowned, casually cast towards the golden dragon and seal painting under the eaves of the main hall of Deoksugung Palace, and said lazily, "Everyone says that Concubine Du Xian is the most suspect."

But Qian Mei felt chilly and asked, "Then what do you think?"

Tang Tianqi didn't intend to hide his thoughts, leaning against the window lattice and sighing: "I think she is more unlucky, why does she live with you?"

It was as if a group of flames sprang out from his chest suddenly, and the thick smoke was suffocating.

But Qianmei wanted to raise her voice, but suppressed it in a low voice instead: "You mean... I got her involved?"

Tang Tianqi picked a peony, twisted it slowly in his hand, and sighed in a low voice: "The crime of murdering the dragon's heir must be recognized by someone, right?"

Ke Qianmei clenched her fists and said, "Why her?"

"Don't let her admit it, but let you admit it?"

"What if it's not her, and it's not me? Do we have to admit it too?"

Tang Tianqi picked off the blooming peony petals one by one, bowed his head and said: "Didn't you say it yourself? It's just that she is the daughter of a civil official, and you are a princess of a foreign country. After you die, you will have your own destiny." Wang Chenbing waits and sits at the border gate. No matter how much Beihe's Empress Dowager Li loves you, no matter how many brave cavalry soldiers there are in Beihe, they can't really take revenge for you; In a word, a scholar who is useless is a scholar. Du Desheng... is old!"

What she casually said to the servant actually reached Tang Tianqi's ears verbatim.

Naturally, it would also reach the ears of Tang Tianxiao or the Queen Mother Xuan.

But they kept silent in unison, turning a blind eye and hearing nothing.

But Qianmei's palms were already sweating, and she whispered: "I didn't know that the Shen family is so powerful!"

Tang Tianqi lowered his head, and suddenly sighed: "If my father is here, or...or my elder brother is here, Shen Du must not be allowed to be so rampant. You need to know that when the world was first established, the court was full of civil and military affairs, seventy-eight out of ten belonged to my father and brother. people, or they are inextricably related to them. The emperor has no choice but to choose to reuse his relatives, and use the power of his relatives to balance the power of Yuwen and Zhuang in Bianguan..."

He spoke slowly, then suddenly looked at her, and said with a wry smile: "I'm telling you this...Girl, do you understand?"

But Qianmei gave him a disdainful look, and said, "Do you think I'm a daughter raised in a boudoir?"

Tang Tianqi nodded, and said: "Yes, you should understand. I have heard people talk about you. You are not a weak boudoir girl like Ning Qingwu. I won't be unhappy all the time!"

But Qian Mei hurriedly smiled and said, "You're talking nonsense again. Your Majesty is ninety-five years old, and the world is in your hands, so how can you be unhappy?"

Tang Tianqi smiled ambiguously, "Facking me again! If you really can't see that the emperor is only happy when he is with you, then his usual thoughts will be in vain!"

But Qianmei's heart was pounding, she lowered her head to play with her purse, and quickly changed the subject: "Are you a dry-cooked person?"

"Ok?"

"You are not just Marquis Cheng An, are you? Don't you also have a lot of soldiers and horses in your hand? They are all for cooking?"

"My soldiers and horses..."

Tang Tianqi stared at the peony in his hand that had been picked so that only the stamens were left, and laughed at himself, "It's almost a dry meal..."

But Qian Mei was puzzled, she looked at him suspiciously for a long while, but couldn't see anything, she said: "It doesn't matter if you are a cook or not, the emperor is a cook or not, you can't let innocent people be the scapegoat? What's more... what's more, she is not only a first-rank concubine, but also... one of his wives."

She said it herself, and hugged her shoulders involuntarily, as if on such a sunny early summer afternoon, there was also a deep chill coming out of nowhere, piercing her skin like a needle tip.

Tang Tianqi sighed, shook off the stumped branches with all the petals picked off, and replied: "The emperor will take care of those things, so why do you think too much? If you really took her as the scapegoat, the one who sacrificed was his own wife and concubine." , you are missing a thorn in your side!"

Ke Qianmei said angrily: "Who took her as a thorn in the side?"

Tang Tianqi nodded: "Well, she is not a thorn in your side, but you are a thorn in her side, and also a thorn in the eyes of other concubines. If you don't pull them out, they will come to pull you out sooner or later. If you don't believe me, try it. If you fall out of favor one day, see if there will be How many concubines who greeted you with smiles stepped on you without hesitation."

Ke Qianmei smiled: "Step on me? Brother Tang thinks I'm afraid of such a villain?"

Tang Tianqi couldn't bear it any longer, and stretched out his hand to grab her ear. Seeing her sideways avoiding her, he still had an unruly expression on his face, and said in a low voice like gnashing his teeth: "Well, if you don't listen to me, be careful that someone will break your leg in the future. Let's see if you're still stubborn!"

While the two were talking, there was a maid running over there and said loudly: "Marquis Cheng An, the Empress Dowager has woken up and is asking about you!"

"Oh, here I come!"

Tang Tianqi hurriedly responded, and when he was about to leave, he held up the window lattice and told her, "Remember, don't cause trouble, and don't show off your bravery. No matter how good your skills are, the palace is not the place for you to show off your bravery. I guess it will last another year." In two days, the emperor can take you out!"

He stuck out his tongue and made a grimace, "But most likely I'll throw you in some limbo for two days, and then I'll go see you again."

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand to the guard's servant, and then quickly ran to the main hall.

The servant obviously had already been ordered, so he stayed far away, and only then returned to guard the door, showing a devotion to his duty.

But Qianmei still opened the window, holding her purse and looking at the room where Concubine Du Xian was imprisoned, she felt chills on her fingertips, as if a layer of ice had condensed on the brocade fabric, sticking to her hands like grease.

Concubine Du Xian is not considered a virtuous woman, and perhaps she is not considered a very good woman either.

She treats Ke Qianmei well, I'm afraid most of it is out of her own selfishness.

It not only wins people's hearts, but also pleases the king. By the way, it puts the most threatening opponents under its own eyes, and it is also convenient to monitor from the side, or take advantage of them.

She tried her best, but in fact, she just wanted to get a little more favor from the king.

It's a pity that her husband, her god, regards her life more than a loving horse or a loyal dog.

When you are happy, you will go to tease and cherish it, so that it can be better served, or more faithfully guard the home; Don't even dare to resent.

It must have never expected that in times of crisis, the owner would not hesitate to exchange it for someone or something more worthy of protection.

It's just because it didn't expect that the owner actually only regarded it as a dog.

——Perhaps what it gets at the expense of it may not be very important, but its status in the mind of the owner is better than it.

But Qianmei felt more and more cold on her body, she hastily closed the window sash, then leaned against the window, and opened her purse.

The black hair in the purse is delicately intertwined, braided so meticulously that one can still feel the sincerity of the hands that rule the life and death of others when weaving.

If he just regarded her as a more precious horse or a dog, there was no need for him to please her like this.

As she thought about it, her fingers seemed to gradually return to warmth.

It's just that the red ribbon buckled on the concentric knot looks ambiguous in the room with the doors and windows tightly closed, rather like a wisp of blood winding down.

And the pair of flower-bone agate beads are still transparent, faint and glistening, like two drops of vermilion teardrops.

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(End of this chapter)