Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 26

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Li Shunyi, who was the first to leave in a fit of anger, went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to seek the emperor's complaint, but was stopped by Eunuch Yang, who was in the West Side Hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, saying that it was the emperor's oral order, and that no one was seen during the political affairs.Li Shi suffered such a big loss and was almost punished by Ning Shuyuan, how could she let it go so easily.

She has always been favored, and it's not like she hasn't been to the Hall of Mental Cultivation on weekdays. Because of the emperor's order, the palace maids and eunuchs below don't feel sorry for her on weekdays.Moreover, she has always been generous in her actions, but she also secretly wins over many young eunuchs.

Today, I was stopped by Eunuch Yang in the Xibei Palace, and I was furious: "You dog slave, who gave you the courage? How dare you stop me! I have an important matter to ask to see the emperor, and it was delayed. How many heads do you, Eunuch Yang, have to lose? "

Eunuch Yang did not back down from the furious Li family, but still said with a straight look, "This old slave is guarding here according to the emperor's orders, and anyone who disobeys the order will be killed. It's better not to rush in. The master doesn't see outsiders, Li Shunyi Please come back."

For a moment, Li Shi was so angry and helpless, "Good for you, Yang Zhong, good for you!".No matter how much she yelled and snarled, Eunuch Yang remained motionless and even wanted to call in imperial guards.

Seeing that the opportunity was not right, the grand maid of the Li family hurriedly persuaded, "Your Majesty, calm down and make a long-term plan." She stepped forward and stuffed a lot of silver bills into the hands of Eunuch Yang calmly, "My Majesty is also impatient, so she said that, please Eunuch Forgive me. It’s going to be hard for everyone to make a big fuss.”

Before the words were finished, her face turned pale, because she had the bank note she had given to Eunuch Yang just now in her hand before she could take it back.This father-in-law is also strange to say that he is usually greedy, and when the concubine rewards the filial piety and earns what he can, when will he make a move to push out the things that are delivered to the door.

Before she could figure out the joints, she saw the door of the study room in the Hall of Mental Cultivation slowly open, and the red man next to the emperor, the imperial chief steward, came walking with a whisk in his hand.He shouted to the crowd: "Who is playing wild in the Hall of Mental Cultivation?"

The chief manager looked at Eunuch Yang, and said with a smile, "Brother Yang can't even handle an errand, do you want to be punished again?"

After finishing speaking, he ignored Eunuch Yang's reaction, and said to Li Shi, "I don't know who it is, only the empress dares to demolish this Hall of Mental Cultivation, I don't know what it means!"

Li's expression turned pale, he did not dare to offend his chief eunuch in the face of the emperor, he only shouted loudly, "Your Majesty, my concubine has something to report, I beg your majesty to save my concubine, your majesty!"

"Come in." A majestic voice came from the study.Li Shi walked into the study in two steps in three steps, the maids and eunuchs behind her saw the master's actions, and hurriedly followed.

Unexpectedly, before taking a few steps, he was stopped by the chief manager.The chief manager's fly whisk blocked him, "Master Li doesn't understand the rules, and neither do you? You don't talk about persuading your master all day long, but they all ignore the rules and encourage your master to break into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, come here, and teach our family these things." Lawless dog thing."

"The Chief Manager spares my life, the servant will never dare again, the Chief Manager spares my life." For a while there were many voices begging for mercy.

The chief executive snorted, and said to Eunuch Yang, "I've handed over these people to you, keep your mouth shut, and send them to the Xing Shen Division."

After the head manager finished explaining the affairs of this room, he flicked the whisk in his hand, and walked into the hall easily.

Let's talk about the situation where Ning Shuyuan took Lu Zhaorong and Hui Rongyi to Guanju Palace to ask to see the queen.

The current Empress Xiao of Zhonggong comes from the Xiao family in Yujing.Since childhood, he entered the palace and was educated at the knees of the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager. He and the emperor at that time can be said to be close relatives.

It's just that this empress is not the empress of the Yuan Dynasty, and since she ascended the throne of empress, she has not produced anything for seven years.Although raising the second princess, the biological mother of the second princess Yudie is still there.The queen is still favored, and she will go to Guanju Palace for four or five days every month when she sees the emperor; the fact that the queen is in power and taking pictures of the sixth palace is justified, and the pressure is not too high, but the concubines of the aristocratic families in the palace are deeply rooted. There are a few times.

The queen sat at the top, listening to Lu Zhaorong's eloquence, but did not speak.The red gold and silver silk phoenix embroidered satin robe made her extraordinarily gorgeous, and the golden phoenix hairpin inlaid with gemstones inlaid with silk on the topknot shone brightly. She took a sip of the black tea in the plain light yellow glass teacup and put it down. He wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and tidied up his sleeves slowly.

"I know the purpose of my sisters' visit. Presumably the emperor will come to Guanju Palace in a short time. For the sake of fairness, I will not ask about the beautiful girls you brought. The decision will be made by the emperor later. Summon it or not. As long as these incidents are caused by them, let's kneel first."

The ten niangs and the three knew that the queen was picking up the plane to teach them a lesson for these rookies, so they had to bow their heads and knelt in place.On a day in March, the ground was still tinged with cold air, and when the time for kneeling was over, the cold air penetrated directly into the body through the knees.

I only heard the first queen continue, "This matter is not a big deal, it's just a few sisters bickering for entertainment. Sister Ning originally taught her a thing or two for the benefit of Sister Li, but Sister Li is a She has a strong temper, not to obey the discipline, and even ran to disturb the emperor. This is wrong, and what is even more wrong is that she made a big disturbance in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Now all the attendants around her are sent to Xinshen Division by the emperor's father-in-law Yang. .”

The queen glanced at the third concubine Ning Luhui, and said, "The three sisters are also inseparable from the incident of Sister Li's disturbance in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. If I don't punish, it will be unfair."

When the queen spoke, I didn't see how she got angry, but the coercion of the superiors for many years made Shi Niang and the others tremble.The three of Ning Shuyuan also knelt on the ground and did not dare to say anything. They had calculated thousands of things, but they only missed Li Shi's stupidity.

"This matter happened because of sister Hui. Although the circumstances are justifiable, you have to be punished. I will punish you for a month of confinement, and you will not be able to leave the Huizhu Palace for half a step without being called. As for the beautiful girl Chen, the high-ranking concubine was killed because of her." If there is a dispute, she will be revoked as a show girl from now on, and she will never be allowed to participate in the draft again, so she should be sent out of the palace."

Ten Niang's heart tightened and then loosened. This is already the best ending.Second Cousin Chen didn't want to enter the palace at all, but now she has completely broken out of this vortex.It's not honorable to be deprived of identity after all, and I'm afraid there will be twists and turns in the marriage.

"Your Majesty, it's unfair to do this. Since entering the palace to participate in the draft, the ministers and others have been cautious and never dared to make a mistake. Asking yourself is not ashamed. Your Majesty punished us because of Li Ronghua. I can only bear it." Lu Ba Niang suddenly said, Shi Niang was stunned, this eighth cousin is usually not very close to the second cousin, who would want to go out so much for her.Ten Niang tugged on Eighth Cousin's sleeve in a panic, not daring to make a sound for a moment.

"Bold, you, a little girl, dare to question the queen's decision, do you want to kill yourself?" The eunuch behind the queen shouted, his shrill voice made people feel horrified, and those small eyes harbored malicious intentions.

Lu Ba Niang, who was stared at by him, did not flinch, "Sister Chen never said a word from the beginning to the end, she will be used to the hat of inciting concubines to fight, and she will be stripped of her status as a show girl, which will ruin her life. .Is this fair?"

"Which family do you belong to? Are you quite courageous?" the queen asked lightly.

"Return to your mother, Lu Ba Niang, a branch of the Lu family in Yujing, my daughter. Please think twice, and take it back." Lu Ba Niang said loudly to the queen.

"Lu Ba Niang, what a Lu Ba Niang." For a while, everyone didn't understand what kind of medicine the Queen bought in the gourd, "Oh? Then tell me, what should I do to be fair?" The Queen smiled instead of anger.

"My daughter doesn't know, my daughter only knows that Sister Chen shouldn't be deprived of her status as a show girl." Lu Ba Niang also came back to her senses, she wasn't impulsive, she was just kind-hearted, and seeing Shi Niang being bullied would help her. Shiniang came out in her early days and would speak up when she saw Second Cousin Chen being framed, but no one else would listen to her words.In fact, as long as she sticks to her own opinion, maybe the queen will look up to her.

"Reckless." The queen said lightly, but Lu Ba Niang didn't say a word.

"Your Majesty, can I say a few words?" Liu Niang asked calmly, and at the same time pulled Shi Niang to signal her to silence before speaking.Liu Niang is very clear that the queen is not a cruel person, and she did not kill them all, which is a good illustration of this point. What the queen maintains is only a rule and a word of reason.

As long as they stay out of the circle within this range, they are safe.As long as Lu Ba Niang's appearance like this will make the queen's first impression of them bad, the Du family cannot afford to change.Therefore, taking the risk to speak up, I can only gamble, and the worst is to abandon the car to save the handsome.

"It's strange today. Which of the previous showgirls would be scared to tremble when they saw Ben Gong. You guys have enough courage. Let's talk about it. If you can't come up with a good idea, Ben Gong will still uphold the original sentence." Yes. You guys will also have to be punished." The queen played with taste.

"Thank you, Empress, for your kindness. People often say that loyal words are hard to hear, but the courtiers don't believe them, but today they believe them [-] to [-]%. What Lu Baniang said seems to be to save Chen Xiunv, but it is actually for your reputation. The courtiers don't want to Because of my own reasons, the empress was criticized by others. People who don't know the truth will say that you, the empress, oppress people with your status indiscriminately. You dare not punish the emperor's favorite concubine Li Shunyi, and vent your anger on us beautiful girls who have no background and status. .”

"On the other hand, if the empress punishes Li Shunyi, then it is fair, and everything is done according to the rules. Even if the emperor annoys you for a while, he will eventually understand that you are doing it for the good of Li Ronghua, for the sake of the strict rules of the palace, and for the good of the emperor." "Liu Niang's calm and composed appearance made the first few couldn't help but look up.

"Your Majesty takes care of everything, and it is possible to be blinded by Li Shunyi's arrogance for a while. Master and Empress, you have the responsibility to remind the monarch. The courtiers have no good ideas. This situation only depends on whether the empress dares to speak honestly or not."

Liuniang was sweating coldly on her back, she was very nervous inside, and she still had to put on a calm and honest look on her face, success or failure depended on it.

"Okay, what a good word to hear." The door of the inner hall was pushed open, and Ten Niang subconsciously looked at the person who made the sound, only vaguely seeing a tall man in black clothes, against the light, she couldn't see clearly the man's face appearance.

There was an overwhelming aura about him, and his majesty rippled along with the dark golden threads on his broad sleeves.Shi Niang was shocked in her heart, she didn't dare to look at the visitor, she just bowed her head and knelt down.

He walked towards the palace unhurriedly, the queen and the others got up and saluted hurriedly, saying, "My concubine sees Your Majesty."

The identity of the visitor is clearly revealed.He is the current son of Daliang, Emperor Rui Mu Yunlan.

The emperor helped the queen up with his own hands, and took the queen's hand to go to the upper position. The golden phoenix and silk thread on the two people's big clothes complemented each other, flashing in Shi Niang's eyes.

The emperor took the empress's arm and sat on the throne, waved to a group of women kneeling on the ground, and said, "Get up."

If the ten niangs and the three of them were punished to kneel in order to forget the previous empress, at this time, it was neither a pity nor a dilemma.Moreover, the three of them had knelt down until now when they entered the hall, and they were already unable to get up.The emperor understood, met the empress' bright eyes, and blinked, "It's so lively in Zitong Palace, why don't you send someone to inform me."

"The Emperor's Hall of Mental Cultivation is just as lively as the Guanju Palace of his concubines." The Queen joked, and then changed the topic, "I don't know that the Emperor is here, but he wants to question Master Li Rong Hua Xing?" Smiling, " In that case, the concubine should be as loyal as this beautiful girl said.

The words are harsh once. "The voice turned serious at the end.

"No rules, no rules. The emperor is following Li Shunyi. Today, Li Shunyi dared to contradict the second grade Shuyuan in court. She refused to obey her discipline. If there was any dispute, she would not report it to the concubines. Instead, she would only go to the emperor and cry. Where is the concubine? What's more, the concubine heard that Li Shunyi had made a big disturbance in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The empress mother, the old man, knew that it was not a good thing to punish the concubine. If I got really angry, I wonder where the emperor is going. Buy regret medicine?!"

What the queen said to the emperor could be said to be extremely disrespectful.It's just a matter of bluntly saying, Your Majesty, that you can tell right from wrong.

Liu Niang and Lu Ba Niang looked at the queen like a fool, and thanks to the queen, they praised them for their courage. They have seen what it means to be brave.This queen empress is really admirable for her means and heart.

"Hey, empress, I came here to tell you that the Li family has made a big disturbance in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and I have already demoted it to Chonghua and seized the title of "Oriole". You can see where it is suitable for her to move to the palace. Her green-headed card first Take it down, when her temper changes, let's talk about it, in the end it was I who spoiled her." The emperor was very close to the queen, even begging for mercy in his words.

He turned his head and saw Miss Liu Niang and Miss Lu Ba who were kneeling in front of him, "Queen, let these three beautiful girls get up first." The queen is with outsiders, it's not good to be too embarrassing to the emperor, and said lightly, "Give me a seat." "The ten niangs and the three hurriedly thanked each other, and sat on the twig brought by the little palace maid.

The emperor looked at the beautiful girl who made the queen look at him highly, and said to the queen regardless of others, "cousin, can you point the one who wants to be fair to Zhang Siyuan of the Ministry of punishment? Let him talk to Zhang Siyuan all day long. As for Tell the eighth brother the one with the harsh words. This kid has to be supervised by someone with the harsh words to stop messing around."

In a few words, the fate of the two people was turned upside down by his light words, and the rapid change made people caught off guard.

"Your Majesty, it's inappropriate for Mr. Zhang of the Ministry of Punishment to have a wife and children?" The queen gave this cousin who was always afraid of chaos,
"As far as the eighth brother is concerned, this beautiful girl is pretty good, but her status is too low." The queen thought about it again, and said truthfully.

"Which family's show girl are you?" The emperor touched his nose and asked Liu Niang instead.

"If you go back to the emperor, your daughter is from the Du family of Yujing Yunqiwei, and her father is Du Xianlan, the general judge of the capital." Liu Niang was shocked, but her face remained calm.

"Who are you, Du Xianyu, the envoy of the Nanluo Salt Transport?"

"It's the third uncle of the minister's daughter, and the uncle of the minister's daughter is Du Xianzhu, the captain of Yunqi."

"Empress, look, this Du Xiu female ancestor fought with her ancestors, and their family is still a noble. This status is enough. Their family has kept a low profile and kept their duty all these years, anyway, give them a favor .Just let Lao Ba be a concubine." The emperor made a final decision.

Naturally, the queen would not object, she could see that these two beautiful girls couldn't stay.The emperor had no intention of accepting them at all, but instead wanted to use the gift of marriage to make some calculations.

"I know that the emperor loves mandarin ducks." After speaking, he gave Hui Shunrong a vague look, and it was all caused by the marriage gift from Chen's natal niece.Chen Shi first blew the pillow wind in front of the emperor, and then begged herself to take care of her niece.

She didn't have to stop what the emperor agreed to, but Mrs. Chen was too impatient and bumped into Mrs. Li again, which led to the following series of things.It's just that these silly girls in front of them don't know, and they are still bumping into each other when they take the opportunity to punish.The situation just now was thrilling enough, but fortunately the emperor came quickly, they were lucky.

The emperor also glanced at Hui Shunrong, and said to the queen again, "Since Zhang Siyuan has a wife and children, let's put this matter aside for now. When there is a suitable family, the queen will marry this beautiful girl. As for the concubine Chen Xiunv, who has a dispute with us, let's put down the sign, and give their family a grace to marry by themselves."

His eyes skipped over the three beautiful girls who bowed their heads, and he paused for a short while on the little girl who hadn't glanced at him from the beginning to the end, and then looked away.

"Kneel down, all of you." The emperor waved his hand, and a maid came forward to take Ten Niang and the others away.

Things ended up on a weird angle.

By the time the three of them came out of Guanjuguan, it was already noon.

During this day, Miss Chen's second daughter was dismissed, and Du Liuniang and Ba Niang were accused of marriage. In a blink of an eye, only Shi Niang and Ba Niang were left in the group.Someone in the palace soon sent a message to let the three of them leave the palace.

Liu Niang visited Shi Niang before she left the palace, and the two talked for a long time behind closed doors.It is the first time that Shi Niang understands the sincerity of this sixth sister and the meaning of her promise when she was young, and she is about to face a brief parting with her.

It was a cloudy day when Liu Niang left the palace, and Shi Niang and Ba Niang saw them off at the gate of Mingxiang Garden.

Seeing their backs walking away, what Liu Niang said sounded in Shi Niang's mind, "I am not Zhuge, I am Liu Niang, and I am willing to help you fight a bloody path in the inner palace, but the world is unpredictable. I will also accept the preferential edict, and I hope the young master will get what she wants. The inner palace is dangerous, and the young master will take care of it." The wind seemed to be getting colder, and Shi Niang hugged herself tightly.

(End of this chapter)