The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 316 Involvement (Part Three)

When Rong Yue entered the hall in a hurry, several nuns outside the hall stopped Lian Xin, and said that the Empress Dowager ordered only the noble concubine to enter alone, and the rest of the crowd retreated together.

Rong Yue entered the room full of suspicion and respect. When she came, the Empress Dowager Renxian was sitting at the top of the table, holding a roll of tissue paper and reading it leisurely.On a bright day, a few bare oil lamps were lit in the palace, and the green bamboo holders were still burning, adding a bit of gloom to the back of Mrs. Renxian reflected in the flickering candlelight.

Empress Dowager Renxian tied up a flat square with tourmaline pasted with emerald green, and on the back of her forehead was a phoenix chasing the sun. The tassels at the end of the porch slowly dangled and swayed leisurely in the air.

Wearing a green-purple five-bat group longevity satin robe that he is used to on weekdays, his neck is slightly tilted back.

Hearing the movement in the hall, he straightened his back just now, and looked at Rong Yue intently for a long time with raised eyebrows.

Her gaze was like a vulture circling over the desert, with a dizzy halo that made Rong Yue shudder.

Living alone in the deep palace for a long time, loneliness and coldness are the easiest way to make people grow old.

Today's Empress Dowager Renxian is only in her mid-thirties, which is logically considered young, but she has an indescribable sophistication.

Rong Yue bowed briefly, and said respectfully: "My concubine pays respects to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother will live a long and healthy life."

Empress Dowager Renxian's expression was cloudy and difficult to discern when she said this, she pressed the roll of thin paper in her hand on the desk, and said calmly, "Kneel down."

Although Rong Yue was surprised, it was hard to tell where he had blamed the Queen Mother, but since he got the order, he had no choice but to put up his skirt and kneel down, then bowed his head and looked up at her: "I don't know what this concubine has done After acknowledging the Empress Dowager's wishes, I also ask the Empress Dowager to speak clearly."

"You knocked your head, don't you know?" The queen mother's voice was very soft, but there was a bit of unfathomable meaning in her words: "The Aijia thought that you are a noble concubine, and you are the same as the deputy queen. Liulu listens to all directions, why do you want to tell Aijia now that you are a fool?"

The more Rong Yue listened, the more confused she became: "I don't know what the Empress Dowager is saying."

"You're really a fool." The Empress Dowager Renxian snorted lightly, and ordered Qing Zhu to take the thin paper from the case and hand it to Rong Yue.

After bowing down to accept it, I saw that it was the Empress Dowager Renxian who drafted the decree, saying that Tong Zhiyu abused his power, corrupted the law, and was immediately sent to the frontier to never enter Beijing.

Although the position of the commander of the six palace guards is under the jurisdiction of the previous dynasty, the empress dowager, empress dowager, and empress all have the right to dismiss him.

Rong Yue held the note in her hand, and eagerly said to the Queen Mother: "I don't know what mistake my cousin made that angered the Queen Mother? He was originally an inconspicuous person, and he only wished to serve the Emperor as a dog and a horse in the previous dynasty, and also invited the Queen Mother Mercy and forgiveness."

Empress Dowager Renxian narrowed her eyes slightly, said 'tsk' twice, shook her head and sighed: "You don't know what kind of good things he has done? Do you want forgiveness from the family? If you are from the family, you must first seek your own. Let’s talk about peace. A few days ago, you sent him a letter asking him to forgive Uyashi Ama’s crime of mighty power. Do you think the family doesn’t know about it?”

Empress Dowager Renxian's face suddenly changed, and she said angrily: "The harem colluding with former officials is a serious crime of beheading! Mrs. Tong, do you think your life is too safe?"

Rong Yue turned pale with shock, and fell limply to the ground: "Queen Dowager, Chenqie" She lowered her eyebrows, not daring to look at Empress Renxian again, she just bit her lips, and panickedly argued: "I am confused for a while, but I can't help it." No other intentions. It was because Lan promised Ama that she was so powerful, and Lan promised to cry and beg for forgiveness. The concubine made a mistake for a while, so the content of the letter was just to ask the cousin to thoroughly investigate the matter and clear it up. If he is guilty, there is no need to let him go lightly."

Empress Dowager Renxian raised her face, and said 'hmm' in a light tone, Fang sneered and said, "Midget your own business. I haven't realized it myself yet, so I want to take advantage of other people's taboos?"

It stands to reason that this matter is the most trivial matter in the palace, like dust thrown into the imperial lake, there will be no ripples.

How can the mighty matter get the Queen Mother's attention?

She thought about it carefully, and it took a while to figure out the reason of the matter, and she suddenly realized.

Everyone in the palace knew that the Empress Dowager Renxian reprimanded Lin Lan a few days ago, and later the emperor found out about it, so he came to the Empress Dowager's Palace to discuss it, and promised Lin Lan not to enter the Palace of Mercy in the future to pay her respects.

Empress Dowager Renxian is a person who really cares about face, how can she swallow such an embarrassing thing?
Thinking back to when Linlan Ama was wronged that day, it was likely that Empress Dowager Renxian did something wrong, so she paid so much attention to the matter of might and power.

Now that she has barged in without thinking and ruined his good deeds, how can she not bear any reason to hate herself?

But in the end the cousin is innocent, since the Empress Dowager Renxian has announced her coming and let her see the decree she has drawn up, there is probably room for change in this matter.

Rong Yue thought in this way, so she straightened her body and knelt down, then suddenly kowtowed three times and said solemnly: "The concubine bumped into the queen mother in a foolish way, it was a big mistake of the concubine. But after all, my cousin is innocent, please let the queen mother look at it For the sake of my concubine's diligence in serving you, I will leave a way for my cousin to survive."

The Empress Dowager Renxian smiled slightly, and said softly: "A way to survive? Colluding with the court and harem is a felony. Tong Zhiyu is in his position and does not seek a job, and he will not end well if he neglects his duties. You and Tong Zhiyu, Aijia only forgives one person, you Choose for yourself."

Rong Yue's eyes became hot, and she kept her hands trembling on the ground in silence for a long time.

After many years in the palace, how did she not understand the temperament of Empress Dowager Renxian?
If she chooses to ask the queen mother to forgive her cousin, she will definitely tell the emperor all about what she has done, and by then, the position she has finally consolidated will be in jeopardy again.

After a brief struggle, her heart sank, and she leaned on the ground and said in a deep voice: "My cousin is in the wrong place, but I will let the Queen Mother deal with it."

Empress Dowager Renxian glanced at her, and then smirked: "It is said that the noble concubine is the most benevolent person. The Ai family sees that the hypocrisy has reached the end, and she can really deceive herself."

After saying that, she immediately took the order to punish Tong Zhiyu and handed it to Qingzhu, on top of the order stood the letter written by Rong Yue.

Qingzhu took it with both hands, and when she went out to announce the decree, she passed by Rong Yue's side, with a shake of her hand, she shook the letter in front of Rong Yue.Rong Yue quickly picked it up, crumpled it into a ball and stuffed it into her sleeve.

After Qingzhu came out of the hall, two more face-to-face nuns entered. They both had such fleshy faces that people were afraid to look at them.

Empress Dowager Renxian turned her eyes, looked Rong Yue up and down, and said for a moment: "Don't be idle, you can be at ease. Now that this matter has been settled, the evil fire in Ai's chest has disappeared. Since then , you are not in trouble with Mighty and Aijia. But if you spoil Aijia’s affairs by yourself, Aijia must reward you something.”

She smiled and winked at the two nuns, and they immediately stepped forward and slapped Rong Yue's fair cheeks twice, until the corners of her lips were bleeding.

Rong Yue was stunned, and there were bursts of burning pain on his face.

"Okay, Aijia is exhausted, you can step back." Empress Dowager Renxian stood up and walked towards the bedroom with the support of two nuns. When she lifted the curtain and entered, she said leisurely: "Aijia knows that the emperor turned over your signboard. , if there is no deepness in the mouth of the servant at night, pay attention to the fact that your mother's family will end up in the same end as the lowly maid. The lowly maid has you as a noble person to save you, but you don't!"

(End of this chapter)