The rebirth of the poisonous concubine

Chapter 297
Inside the imperial study.

After Situ Rui came down to court, his face was very gloomy, Xu Qiushui personally made soup and brought it to the imperial study, "I heard that the emperor didn't eat anything for lunch, and my concubine made plum blossom soup, the emperor has a taste."

Seeing that it was Xu Qiushui who came, Situ Rui looked a little better, and said, "Put it there, I'm not hungry."

Xu Qiushui smiled and put the plum blossom soup aside. Seeing Situ Rui frowning, he took the initiative to rub Situ Rui's temples while talking to Situ Rui.

Xu Qiushui's sleeves were stained with the scent of plum blossoms, which made people feel refreshed.

"What do you think about Li Mingzhen molesting the imperial concubine?" Situ Rui asked after a long time.

Xu Qiushui's hand paused, she really wanted to take this opportunity to add insult to injury, but the current situation told her that she couldn't do that yet.

Therefore, Xu Qiushui smiled and said: "The matter involved the former court and the harem, and the concubine did not dare to be sloppy at all, so she asked the servants in Yuejun's palace carefully. The imperial concubine has been learning from the musicians in Liyuan recently. Qin, I play the piano there almost every day recently; Li Mingzhen also had dinner with Rufeng and Mrs. Li's family yesterday because of Concubine Ru's birthday, and drank a lot of wine... I'm afraid she lost her mind due to drunkenness. Speaking of which, Concubine Huanggui It’s really embarrassing.”

Situ Rui kept looking at Xu Qiushui, wondering what he was thinking. After hearing what Xu Qiushui said, his face seemed to soften a little, and he said, "Li You knelt outside last night to plead for Li Mingzhen. The last letter of guilt came, asking me to execute Li Mingzhen. What does the queen think?"

Xu Qiushui observed Situ Rui's face, and asked cautiously: "What does the emperor think about how to deal with it? You Xianggong is in Sheji, and Li Mingzhen has repeatedly made military achievements in Yuezhou. If Li Mingzhen is executed like this, it will inevitably chill the old minister's heart." Besides, the fact that foreign ministers molested the concubines in the inner palace will always hurt the face of the royal family, so it is not good to publicize it. The imperial concubine belongs to the daughter's family. If everyone in the world knows about this, how will she behave in the future? This matter Yichen In my opinion, it's better to turn big things into small things."

"What you said makes sense. I won't execute Li Mingzhen." Situ Rui said slowly, judging by his expression, I'm afraid he had already dealt with it in his heart.

Xu Qiushui raised Lao Gao wholeheartedly.

"However, capital crimes are inevitable, and living crimes are inevitable. Li Mingzhen was stripped of his official position and exiled outside the customs. Li You had no way to teach his sons. He was demoted to a higher level, fined with a salary of three years, and went home to reflect on himself."

As soon as Situ Rui finished speaking, Xu Qiushui's face changed: I didn't expect Situ Rui's handling to be so decisive.

In this way, although Li Mingzhen was preserved, the Li family was also ruined, and all the painstaking efforts of these years were in vain.

What happened to make Situ Rui so cruel?
Xu Qiushui tried to intercede, "Your Majesty, Li Mingzhen made a mistake, and the Prime Minister on the right has written a letter to express his determination, and he has no intention of favoring Li Mingzhen. Isn't it a bit heavy for the Li family to deal with this?"

"I've made up my mind, so the empress doesn't need to say more. Molesting the imperial concubine is a capital offense, and it's already a great kindness to the Li family that I spared Li Mingzhen's life. You should understand my bottom line." Situ Rui said expressionlessly.

Seeing Situ Rui's expression, Xu Qiushui understood that there was no room for maneuver in the Li family's affairs.When Situ Rui asked her just now, he was just testing her attitude.

Fortunately, she was vigilant and didn't take advantage of Li Ming's real incident to suppress that bitch An Lingsu, otherwise, with the emperor's suspicious character, she would inevitably be implicated.

However, now that she is without Jun'er, if she does not have the support of the Li family, it will be even more difficult for her in the future...

The decision to deal with Li Mingzhen caused an uproar in the court.Some people feel that the Li family deserves to be the Li family, and even the crime of molesting the imperial concubine can save the life of the eldest son; My right minister, there are times when I go home and reflect on myself.

In the cold weather, Li Mingzhen went out of the city gate wearing shackles and prison clothes, and there was a special prison car waiting for him in front of him.

With Situ Rui's permission, Li You can come and see him off.Mrs. Li always held her son in the palm of her hand. Seeing her son become like this, crying so hard that he couldn't make a sound, Li You asked someone to support her and shook his head at Li Mingzhen frequently.

"You, the Li family has been implicated by such a useless thing like you! Look at what you have done! You dare to pretend to be the emperor's woman! Don't you know that there is a knife on Sezi's head? You are so daring, you!"

Li Mingzhen said indifferently: "So what about the emperor, am I still alive? Dad, you must let me come back as soon as possible." After this incident, he felt that his father is already omnipotent, and it is obviously a capital crime , but he escaped from the prison of Dali Temple alive.

Li You was so angry that his face turned green, "How could I have given birth to such a useless son like you! Do you know what you have committed? Do you know how far the Li family has fallen because of you! Until now Bu Tiandi, you still only think about yourself, you really don't know how to live or die!"

"Father, I didn't mean to..." Li Mingzhen saw that Li You's face was really ugly, so he obediently stopped, and said perfunctorily, "Okay, I will pay attention to it in the future. I promise, I will never do it again. .Father, just think of a way to get me back sooner."

Li You scolded with a dark face: "Your father has already been demoted, and you only got a special permit to send you off today, do you know that! I'm going to go back at home and think about it behind closed doors. What do you want me to do!"

When Mrs. Li saw him scolding her son endlessly, she was so angry that she cursed with tears in her eyes: "He is not your son. If you don't want to come back, who will inherit the family business in the future? Is it possible that you really have the heart to let him go?" Did Ming Zhen spend his whole life in that kind of bitter cold place? You...how did I marry you, a bastard who doesn't care about his son..."

Li You was so angry that he couldn't even speak.

……

There is a small teahouse not far away, and it is not easy to doubt that it is so close to the city gate.

Situ Yan, dressed in disguise, was sitting in a teahouse watching a good show. Seeing this scene, he smiled enthusiastically at Long Wei beside him. what a son.

Qin Wange had such a big event, and everyone in the harem knew about it.Qin Wange was much better, so Liu Ruxin brought Shen'er over to see her.

Seeing Qin Wange lying on the bed, she also sat on the edge of the bed: "Is my sister feeling better?"

Qin Wange said with a smile: "It's okay, just fell into the water and suffered some wind and cold, and it will be much better after taking two prescriptions of medicine from Imperial Physician Wei. Now you are getting more and more inconvenient, so you don't have to come and see me all the time."

Liu Ruxin rubbed her belly and said, "It's okay, the child is only four months old, so there's nothing inconvenient about it. The emperor's treatment of the Li family was surprising. When the queen begged for mercy, Li Ming was really not executed. Exile outside the customs is considered a pass." No, I don't know what the emperor thinks. Before, he loved my sister so much, but now my sister has suffered such a big grievance, and she has just done it so hastily, without any justice?"

But after Qin Wange finished listening quietly, a sneer slowly rose from the corner of his mouth: "Fairness? Situ Rui's favor is based on interests. He first considers his country and society and his emperor's dignity, and secondly. I will take my feelings into consideration. He can't kill Li Mingzhen now, so my justice is irrelevant."

"Let Li Mingzhen go, but restrict the Li family. In the face of such a big benefit, the grievances my sister has suffered are really insignificant." Liu Ruxin said with a sigh.

"That's right. A favorite concubine, after all, can't compare to his throne. The ridiculous thing is, he thinks that he is making up for me by giving me the best things in the palace." Qin Wange dismissed those things , obviously did not take the grievances he suffered to heart.

Her goal had been achieved, and the Li family returned to the original point overnight. If they were no longer Situ Rui's right-hand man, nor could they be Xu Qiushui's backing, the following things would be much easier to do.

"Li You has always been the Emperor's confidant. Although the Emperor had always been suspicious of Li You before, he did not take action. Why is it that now that Prime Minister Zuo is impeaching him, he used Li Mingzhen's matter to abandon the Li family? Chess?" Liu Ruxin asked puzzled.

"Situ Rui is very suspicious. Li Youquan has already endangered the status of the emperor. It is not surprising that the Li family will have such a day sooner or later." Qin Wange said calmly.

Liu Ruxin is a smart person, seeing that she seemed to have known this result a long time ago, and she obviously didn't want to say more, so she didn't ask any more questions.

Instead, he changed the subject and said with a smile: "The empress first lost her prince, and now she doesn't have the support of the Li family. She can no longer be as arrogant as before. She should be much more honest in the future. Looking at her like this, my heart Very happy."

Qin Wange smiled without saying a word, the killing intent of Senhan was hidden in his eyes, he didn't want to be seen by Liu Ruxin.

Now Xu Qiushui's wings have been broken one by one by her, everything about Xu Qiushui has been firmly held by her in her hands, just waiting for the right time, she can give her a fatal blow.

Thinking of the grievances of the Qin family's tragic death, the death of her two children, and the pain that Wei'er had endured for so many years, Qin Wange vowed to let Xu Qiushui taste all the pain in this world!

Xu Qiushui, your suffering won't end so easily!
After the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, the atmosphere of the new year in the palace also became stronger.

Perhaps it was because Qin Wange was in poor health when he fell into the water, or maybe it was because Situ Rui felt that Xu Qiushui was treated badly by the Li family's affairs. superior.

Seeing that Xu Qiushui has been lacking energy these days, Luzhu smiled and comforted Xu Qiushui: "Even though the empress has suffered so much before, the emperor still has the empress in his heart. It can be seen that no matter what happens, the emperor still values ​​the empress in his heart." of."

(End of this chapter)