Madam Hou

Chapter 123

Mrs. He was almost carried out by the palace maid. She knelt for too long, and her legs were so intimidated that she couldn't stand straight when she stood up.

Facing the empty hall, Xue Guifei said coldly: "You are really a greedy and stupid woman."

Liu Yan didn't speak, she was also very speechless about Mrs. He's IQ, the whole matter was based on Concubine Jing and Erye Lin making a fuss, no matter whether Erye Lin liked Concubine Jing or refused to refuse Concubine Jing, the emperor would just He would think that Second Master Lin was robbing her of a woman, and Second Master Lin would never be able to pick it off.

Concubine Xue Gui closed her eyes, as if she was meditating.Behind her was a twelve-panel rosewood screen with carved pictures of ladies, figures on the screen swayed, and then a concubine wearing an apricot-yellow moonlight dress came out of the screen.

With a curvy waist and a heavenly fragrance, she is the second concubine in the palace who is favored by the emperor.

Concubine Wan was promoted to concubine by Jieyu after giving birth to the three princesses for the emperor the year before last.

Concubine Wan stood at the exit of the screen and paused for a while, then, as if she had made up her mind, she took a deep breath, and then walked firmly to Concubine Xue, knelt down, and said softly, "Your Majesty."

Concubine Xue Gui slowly opened her eyes, looked at Wanbi without moving, and said, "Did you hear clearly just now?"

"Yes."

"Know what to do?"

"……Yes."

"Don't worry, do things for me well, I will not treat my own people badly. I heard that the third princess can run and dance now? When you get older, you can bring her to Chunhe Palace. The eldest prince will have free time." It can also teach my younger sister to read and write. If the eldest prince is lucky enough to be in that position, he will naturally treat the third princess as his own younger sister."

This was originally Wanbi's wish for a long time, and she felt that she should be happy and excited to get it now, but at this moment, all kinds of feelings came to her heart, loss, helplessness, despair...but there was no joy in her.But even so, so what, she has no other choice, even if she is actually not happy at the moment, she can only suppress her feelings, express her happiness and excitement, and then kneel down to thank "the mother for her love" and promise "I will never fail my mother." responsible."

After Concubine Wan left, Liu Yan poured a cup of tea and handed it to Concubine Xue, and then asked with some puzzlement: "Madam, why did you ask Mrs. He for this matter? Wouldn't it be more convincing to ask Mrs. He?"

Concubine Xue shook her head and said: "No way. Firstly, Mrs. He is in Yongning Hou Mansion. Lin Fengqi and Mrs. Lin Tai are not stupid people. It is easy to scare the snake when looking for her. Let them find out a way to deal with it in advance. Second, Second Master Lin is Mrs. He's husband depends entirely on Er Ye Lin for his whole life, unlike Mrs. He who has three sons to consider, it may not be as easy to coax Mrs. He as it is to coax Mrs. He."

"It's still the empress who is thoughtful. The maidservant only thinks that Mrs. He is Lin Erye's bedside person. Her words will be more convincing than Mrs. He, but she doesn't consider other things."

Concubine Xue raised her hand to look at her nails painted with Dan Kou, and said with a smile: "The point of this whole thing is not to convince the emperor, if so, what is a purse worth? Can you back up and say that someone else stole her things and framed her, or that the purse is not hers. Concubine Jing has always been a cautious person, didn't you see the word "Chen" embroidered on it instead of the word "Yan"? There are too many people, so why say that this purse is hers. The point is, this matter is true. What I want is to pick out the private affairs between Chen Yanniang and Lin Erye through Mrs. He, and leave it in the emperor's heart. Seeds of doubt, next, the emperor himself will ask people to investigate. Others say a thousand or ten thousand sentences, but it is not as credible as the emperor himself sent someone to confirm this matter. As long as this matter is true, the palace will Believe it or not, this incident can't defeat Chen Yanniang."

Liu Yan continued to flatter: "Your Majesty is the most powerful. Everyone loves the house and hates the house. As long as the emperor despises the concubine Jing, I am afraid that even the third prince born to her will dislike the emperor. When the time comes, our eldest prince will also be displeased." He is the emperor's favorite eldest son."

Speaking of the third prince, Concubine Xue Gui frowned involuntarily.In order to balance the two palaces, although the emperor tried his best to remain impartial to the eldest prince and the third prince, the emperor's inadvertent favoritism for the third prince had to be taken care of by Concubine Xue.The appearance of the third prince is seven points like Concubine Jing, and he looks as cute as a powder at a young age. Although he was not raised in Concubine Jing Palace, it is hard not to remind the emperor of Concubine Jing when he sees him.I heard that the third prince is still very smart, at the age of just three years old, he can already memorize a book of "Thousand Characters" fluently.

Born from a favorite concubine, favored by the emperor, educated by the empress, smart and clever... The threat posed by the third prince to the eldest prince is like a mountain pressing on Xue Guifei's heart, as if she and the eldest prince would die if she let go of her hand just a little bit. No burial place.

Concubine Xue Gui thought of the eldest prince, and slowly unwrinkled her tightly every day.Fortunately, her emperor's son is not useless. Now that he is out of the pavilion to study, the grand masters often praise him.Moreover, the eldest prince is seven years older than the third prince, and now he is ten years old. In a few years, he will be able to come out and participate in political affairs. This is an advantage that the third prince cannot match anyway.

Concubine Xue Gui asked again: "Father and elder brother have really inquired and confirmed that this matter is true?"

Liu Yan said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the Eldest Son personally went to inquire about the news. After Jingfei entered the palace, Mrs. Lin Tai sent many maids to the Zhuangzi one after another. The Elder Son went to the Lin family's Zhuangzi to inquire, and found that The maids who were sent out either died or were sold to other places one after another. If it wasn't true, why would Mrs. Lin take such unnecessary actions. However, Wan Mi also had a mistake. Fangzhou's girl inquired about the news. This Fangzhou was originally Lin Houye's housekeeper, but later he offended the Chen family and was sent to Zhuangzi to be matched with a farmer in his 30s. Fangzhou felt resentful, and the son found out When she was with her, she told the whole thing. The purse was also given to the prince by Fangzhou. She said that the purse was originally intended to be burned by Mrs. Lin Tai, but she secretly changed the purse and kept it. .”

Concubine Xue nodded, pondered for a while, and said: "Bring a letter to my father, and ask them to arrange a position for Young Master He, and we will talk about Mrs. He first."

Liu Yan knelt and said yes.

"Also. Is the person I asked my mother to prepare ready?"

Liu Yan said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the Duke's wife is ready. There are three girls, all of whom are one in a million, and their parents and relatives are also in the hands of the Duke's Mansion. One of them is surnamed Liu. It is said that she looks eight times like Concubine Jing, Mrs. Guo invited Momo to teach her to follow the charm of Concubine Jing, Mrs. Guo said that she has almost learned it now."

Concubine Xue Gui nodded and said again: "Find a chance to bring that Liu into the palace."

"What about the other two?"

"Precious essence is not expensive, let's put the other two first."

"Yes."

It snowed suddenly in the sky, and snowballs the size of mung beans crackled on the eaves, as if they were playing a beautiful tune.

Qingzhu braved the snow and hurried into Fengyi Palace, turned around a large screen with wings and entered the inner room.

It was cold and windy outside, and the interior was as warm as spring. In the center of the inner room, there was a nine-dragon incense tripod that was half a person tall, emitting sandalwood.The palace maid bowed her head quietly on both sides, even her breathing was a little shallow. The empress was sitting on the couch at the moment, holding the sleeping third prince in her arms.

Qingzhu knew how much the empress loved the third prince, so she didn't dare to make too much noise to wake up the third prince, so she couldn't help but lighten her steps, walked up to the empress and saluted, softly said: "Your Majesty."

The queen nodded and did not speak. Instead, she waved to the third prince's nanny next to her to signal her to come over, and then handed the third prince to the nanny.Perhaps this action woke up the third prince. The third prince's body moved a bit, and then he opened his eyes in a sleepy state. Seeing the queen's face, he yelled a little aggrievedly: "Mother queen!"

The queen patted the third prince and comforted her: "Good boy, the queen mother is here!"

Hearing the queen's response, the third prince smacked his mouth again, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

After the nanny held the third prince firmly, the queen told her softly: "Be careful, carry the third prince to sleep in the Nuan Pavilion."

The nurse said yes softly.

After the nanny walked away with the third prince in her arms, Qingzhu dared to let go of her voice and said: "Your Majesty, I found out that the imperial concubine has summoned Mrs. Ho's wife from Honglu Temple, but I didn't find out why."

The queen said: "Mrs. He?"

"Yes." Qingzhu continued: "Mrs. He's daughter, Mrs. He, is married to Erye Lin of the Marquis of Yongning, and she is sister-in-law with Concubine Jing's younger sister, Mrs. Chen, but I heard that the relationship between Mrs. Chen and Mrs. He is not good. , Mrs. He often comes to support her daughter."

The queen said: "Go and find out what the noble concubine summoned Mrs. He to do. The noble concubine always loves to be a monster, so as not to be tricked by her again."

Qing Zhu knelt and said yes.

On the other side of the Chunhua Palace, Wanbi was standing by the window looking at the crackling snowdrops outside, wondering what she was thinking.Her personal maid, Ping'er, walked over and advised her: "Your Majesty, it's very cold by the window, why don't you sit in Huinuang Pavilion."

Wanbi nodded, then turned and left.Ping'er took down the pole supporting the window, closed the window to prevent the cold wind from outside, and then followed into the Nuan Pavilion.

When Ping'er came in, Concubine Wan had already sat on the couch, holding a purse with plum blossoms on a red background in her hand.

Ping'er walked up to her side and asked: "Your Majesty, what did Your Majesty the Imperial Concubine ask you to talk to you today? Is there anything you want to tell you to do?"

She said this out of sheer concern and didn't mean to inquire.Although she was given to Concubine Wan by the imperial concubine at the beginning, after all these years, she has long regarded Concubine Wan as her real master.

Concubine Wan also understood Ping'er's concern, but she didn't want to say it, she shook her head and said, "It's nothing."

What the imperial concubine wanted her to do was to expose the matter of the concubine Jing's affair with others to the emperor, but this was not a good job.If not, why did the imperial concubine not do it herself, but let her do it.

Concubine Jing has selfishness with others, the emperor will certainly dislike Concubine Jing if he finds out, but the person who brought this matter to the emperor will also be disliked by the emperor.

(End of this chapter)