Rebirth of a famous family: Mala's first wife

Chapter 144
"My concubine pays my respects to the emperor." The queen came to the imperial study dignifiedly.When she saw Emperor Yanxi's gloomy face, she immediately felt uneasy.She couldn't help raising her head to look at Wei Chen, and thought: What a cunning eunuch, he knew the emperor was in a bad mood, yet he dared not remind himself in advance!

Although Wei Chen bowed his head obediently, but his martial arts were strong, he could feel the queen's vicious gaze.He was also crying in his heart: It's really no wonder the slave, my lord, just now the emperor specially ordered the slave to spread the word, isn't it just to block the news?Where did the servant get the courage to touch the emperor's scales?

"Queen, look what this is!" Emperor Yanxi raised his chin proudly, his eyes were like arrows, and motioned Wei Chen to pick up the letter on the ground and hand it to the queen.

"This is..." The queen opened the letter suspiciously, and then her expression changed drastically!

This is a secret letter from my brother to Jing Zhaoyin!The content is actually asking Jing Zhaoyin to help bring down the eldest prince!

The queen was terrified, and tightly squeezed the letter with both hands, until the letter was deformed.She was terrified in her heart, based on her understanding of her brother, he was so prudent, he would never write such a blunt letter to expose his secrets.But she read the letter once, twice, three times carefully, not letting go of the smallest strokes, and finally had to admit: it was indeed her brother's handwriting!

Brother, who used to be the second-rank official minister of the official residence, but was implicated in the incident where he and Concubine Shu teamed up with the poisonous third prince three years ago, and was relegated to the fourth-rank Huainan chief envoy, and left far away. the capital.

That time, Cui Duo of the Ministry of Punishment sold her a favor and let him negotiate with Concubine Shu, making Concubine Shu keep her mouth shut and shoulder all the responsibilities without revealing what she did to the emperor.The most important condition is: the queen's party can no longer attack the eldest prince!

With such an agreement first, she believes that her brother will not act rashly and break the agreement between her and Concubine Shu and Cui Duo!

Moreover, in the past three years, in order to avoid the emperor's suspicion, the two brothers and sisters seldom exchanged letters. She didn't believe that her brother would carry her behind her back and reached another dangerous cooperative relationship with Jing Zhaoyin!

After contemplating it carefully, the queen knew in her heart: This letter is definitely a forgery!

It's just that the counterfeiters are so skillful that they have already confused the real ones with the fake ones. With the emperor's suspicious temperament, he must have believed it to be real!This time, I'm afraid I won't be able to cleanse myself even if I jump into the Yellow River!
Thinking of the terrible consequences of this kind of thing, the queen hurriedly knelt down and explained sincerely: "Your Majesty, you know the character of my concubine brother. He has always been loyal to the court, and he dare not intervene in the battle for the position. Ever since he was relegated to Huainan, he has kept himself clean and indifferent to fame and wealth. Therefore, the concubine can assert that this letter must have been forged! But I don't know who has such sinister intentions and forged this treacherous letter to frame my brother and my concubine. The concubine dares to invite this person to confront him!"

When Emperor Yanxi saw the queen's few words, he wanted to push it all away. He couldn't help being angry from the heart, and said sharply: "Zitong! You don't understand, I'm giving you a chance to confess and be lenient! Could it be that you dare to confess?" Say, you don’t have any selfish intentions, and you don’t want to put my second son on the throne! Hmph, let me tell you the truth, I’ve noticed all your little actions in the harem and court! If it wasn’t for your Xi If you don't see our young hair, do you think you can still stand here today?!"

Seeing Emperor Yanxi getting angry at her, the queen just kept shaking her head. In the past 20 years, she has rarely seen the emperor speak so harshly. Now that she heard these words with her own ears, she knew that the emperor's heart was really cold Thin!It's like being blasted by thunderstorms, and I feel weak and painful from the heart to the body. The love of the youth in the past is now only a piece of ashes...

Haha, who said that?The relationship between a man and a woman is the most unreliable, and a woman still has to rely on her son and herself in the end!The sadness in the queen's heart flashed, and was quickly replaced by a strong hatred.Who knew that as the first wife of this man, she received almost as much shame as glory!If she can't let her son ascend the throne, if she wants to let the son of another woman step on the head of their mother and child, why does she have to bear the humiliation and live to this day? ?

There was a pained look on the Queen's face, she took a few steps on her knees, climbed to Emperor Yanxi's feet, hugged his legs, shook her head pitifully and said, "No, Your Majesty, why do you say such things? Don’t you know that you are the concubine’s husband, the concubine’s god! There are so many women in the harem, only the concubine is your first wife, and she has always been sincere to you...Qi’er is you and the concubine The concubine's child, although he is not the eldest son, is also kind, filial, intelligent, and the concubine is indeed looking forward to him being the crown prince one day! But the concubine also knows that the emperor has your considerations, you have your difficulties, Therefore, the concubine has already figured it out, if Qi'er can't be the crown prince, then it would be great to be a rich prince! I believe that no matter what the situation is, you will definitely do it for our Qi'er Make the best arrangement!"

Emperor Yanxi frowned as he watched the empress's cry, feeling very troubled in his heart.Ten years ago, no, even if it was only three years ago, if the queen could be so magnanimous and sensible, then he would have believed her words.But now, the time of the world has changed, and the two of them will never return to the beginning...

"Zitong, if you really think so, then that's all right! I'm afraid, even if you can think so, Qi'er won't... Both of you mother and son are too smart, too arrogant, and you can't always trust me I want to control everything in the palm of my hand before I make a decision! Now, it is time to teach you mother and son a lesson!" Finally, Emperor Yanxi sighed and took his hands from the queen's arms. Pulling out his legs, regardless of the empress lying on the ground, he sat back in front of the desk and began to write quickly.

While writing, Emperor Yanxi said lightly, "Queen, I called you here today just to remind you. I will send someone to investigate this secret letter, but you have to think about it. If it wasn't for you and Qi'er who have been scrambling around, how could there be so many disputes?"

Out of the corner of his eyes, he caught sight of the queen's shocked and thoughtful appearance, and continued to say calmly: "You must be tired after taking care of so many harems. Forget it, I will find you a helper to help you." Worry about it! Well, Concubine Rong has always been chaste and quiet, and the queen mother praised her for her stability, so why not let her help you! She has been in the concubine position for nine years, and it is time for her to be promoted... "

He ignored the queen's increasingly dull eyes, and wrote another imperial edict, "As for Qi'er, he's tired of staying in Beijing, so why not go out and practice... Several states in the southwest suffered a lot last winter. There was a rare snow disaster, and production this spring has not yet resumed. In order to prevent famine and riots, I ordered him to go to the scene and come back after the autumn harvest."

Emperor Yanxi threw the pen away, and with a glance, Wei Chen came over in a hurry, and packed away the two edicts that were still wet.The eunuch Ziyou Bingbi caught up and carefully stamped the vermilion seal in front of the emperor.

The queen sat on the ground dumbfounded, still unable to believe her ears!Why, is Qi'er going to be dispatched to the poor and remote places in the southwest?It's a place where poisonous insects, rats and ants are rampant, how can Qi'er with such a precious body bear it! ...

There is also that lowly servant girl Rong Concubine, who used to be just a girl serving tea and water in the palace, but she has the ability to be favored by His Majesty—then he was Prince Xi at that time—and it also made her pregnant, and she became a man in one fell swoop!And the fourth prince, that bitch, is also very lucky. He has survived well from his mother's womb to now, and there are many supporters in secret. Now that his biological mother has become Concubine Rong, those who praise him, I have to turn the sky upside down!
"Get up!" Emperor Yanxi glanced displeasedly at the queen whose expression changed frequently.After being married for many years, if he wants to believe that the queen has no schemes in her heart, then it would be a ghost!

"Wei Chen, the queen will announce these two edicts in person, and you can follow me to serve you!" Emperor Yanxi's voice finally showed a trace of fatigue, and he left after speaking, looking at the queen's resentful eyes, No more mercy.

"Your Majesty!" The empress looked at the emperor's back in despair, and gradually a bone-chilling coldness appeared on her face.

Jingren Palace.

The empress was lying weakly on the phoenix couch, her face was frighteningly gloomy.Several court ladies were ordered to pinch her legs one after another, but she drove them out angrily.Seeing this, Lan Yan hurriedly came up to serve her. She knelt on the ground meticulously, and adjusted the strength of her hands appropriately according to the slight movement between the queen's eyebrows.

Looking at her beautiful face, feeling the tiredness on her legs gradually being rubbed away, the queen's complexion was finally not so gray.But the tiredness in her heart rushed over, the queen couldn't help it after all, and let out a long sigh.

"Have you found out?" The queen suddenly moved her leg and asked without thinking.

Lan Yan knew it, stood up hastily, and replied respectfully, "I've found out, ma'am."

Some doubts, guilt and uneasiness appeared on her face somehow, "The dozen or so people who assassinated Miss Fu's family last night were indeed sent by Liluo Palace. Our people followed the whole process." , wait and see what happens, but..."

The queen's slender eyebrows were raised high, "Speak on!"

Lan Yan shivered, "Yes, empress! But later, another group of people came. They seemed to have known that our people were lurking in the dark, and they came in two groups. The people sent to fight and rescue the master and servant of the Fu family were responsible for pulling out our hidden stakes along the way! Even our people wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of Miss Fu's close maid and make things worse, but they stopped them! "

The queen listened quietly with no expression on her face, but the brocade mattress under her body had been scratched violently by her slender hands.

"What's even more hateful is that they are extremely fast. The few hidden stumps we survived have no way of finding out where they came from!"

(End of this chapter)