Madam Hou

Chapter 129

Recently, there is a strange atmosphere in the palace. It seems that suddenly, the concubine Jing and the concubine who are the most favored by the emperor suddenly fell out of favor, and the concubine was even demoted to Wanjieyu. Another beauty Ying appeared.What's even more strange is that this beauty Ying looks very much like Concubine Jing.

Although Concubine Jing was not demoted, the emperor hadn't been to Concubine Jing's palace for more than ten days.If it's normal, it's just that I haven't been to the Concubine Jing's Palace for more than ten days. Although it's unusual, others will not come to the conclusion that Concubine Jing is out of favor so early. It's possible that the emperor is just too busy and has no time to stroll around the harem.But if it is said that in the past ten days or so, the emperor has pampered another beauty in a very high-profile way, it is not unusual, but very, very unusual.

However, there were also people in the harem who were muttering, did this imperial concubine really fall out of favor?If the emperor really doesn't like Concubine Jing anymore, what's the point of doting on a beauty like Concubine Jing in such a high-profile way?Could it be that Concubine Jing is old and decrepit, but she also likes Concubine Jing's body, so she found a younger version of Concubine Jing?It's not right, Concubine Jing is only 21 years old after the new year, and she is still far away from old age.

A group of concubines murmured and muttered, and finally came to a conclusion: Concubine Jing must have done something to annoy the emperor. The emperor decided to neglect Concubine Jing after being hurt, but he was reluctant to part with Concubine Jing's flesh, so he doted on Concubine Jing very much like Jingfei's beauty Ying.

Well, the conclusion has been reached, and the rest is to prove it.The little concubines scattered back to their own palace, and immediately sent out their hands to inquire around. Recently, the servants and maids serving the emperor were very soft on accepting gifts.

The concubines and concubines threw out the gold, silver and jewels one by one, and the spies called out "brother" and "sister", but the gold, silver and jewels were all received correctly, but there was no echo. Closer than a lock.A small servant in the imperial study room smiled and took a pack of gold leaves from a servant who was serving beside a little nobleman. When the emperor had a fit, Mr. Li, he was waiting at the door of the imperial study room. He listened to what the emperor said inside. A star and a half.But let him spread the words of the emperor that day to the outside world, hehe, the emperor personally ordered not to spread the words to the outside world, even if I have a few heads, I can't tell you.

The little concubines who spent gold and silver but didn't get an equivalent return were very angry. When the little palace ladies were bored, they gathered together to bet on how many cups the master would throw today.Of course, there were also concubines who comforted themselves: Although they couldn’t find out the news, it also reflected from the side that Concubine Jing did something to annoy the emperor.With self-comfort in this way, the little concubine's mood immediately improved a lot, and she no longer felt sorry for the gold and silver spent.

But not long after her mood improved, the little concubine became entangled again.Concubine Jing and Concubine Wan were very happy when they fell out of favor, but they were very sad when Beauty Ying was favored.There are also concubines muttering sourly in private: This imperial concubine's palace is really like a treasure chest of beauties. From time to time, beautiful maids of beauty will appear. When Concubine Wan goes down, Beauty Ying appears again. I don't know if Beauty Ying will go down next time. , Is there anyone else coming up?

The inner palace and the outer palace are always involved. If the inner palace woman knows about it, how can the outer palace woman not know about it?The wives also complained about Concubine Jing's inexplicable fall from favor. Of course, they were even more inexplicable because the emperor suddenly didn't favor Concubine Jing, but favored a beauty who was similar to Concubine Jing.

Yinniang naturally also knew about Yanniang falling out of favor.Lin Fengqi had his own network in the palace. He even knew about the news of Yanniang's fall from favor earlier than some foreign wives. After he knew, he sent a few words to Concubine Jing through his contacts in the palace. The younger brother talked for a whole night, and became a close big sister for a whole night.

After Erye Lin finished talking with his elder brother, he locked himself in the ancestral hall for two days and two nights without eating or drinking. Lost the broom in his hand.In short, his face is full of stubble, his eyes are black and blue, full of vicissitudes, full of the sense of time, full of...It can be summed up in one sentence: emaciated like a ghost!

Of course, Lin Fengqi hid Yanniang's matter from the beginning because she was pregnant, so she couldn't worry about it. Worrying is not good for the child's health, and the serious consequences may make the child feel bad emotions from the mother. After birth, he became a child with depression.

When Yin Niang saw that Lin Erye made her look like a ghost, she sympathized with Lin Fengqi and said, "Didn't the second younger brother quarrel with the second younger sibling again? Was the quarrel serious? Oh, the second brother Poor brother!" Until later, when Yinniang knew that Yanniang had fallen out of favor, and the culprit for this fallout was Lin Erye, Yinniang cursed in her heart at the expense of her accomplishments: Damn, the person who made me mess up It doesn't matter if you are not a ghost or a ghost, if you have the ability, you should turn yourself into a ghost directly.

The reason why Yinniang was able to hear the news of Yanniang falling out of favor after Lin Fengqi isolated her from the world was of course not accidental. This was told by sister Qian, who is Yinniang's good cousin. How did the little girl with no roots in the capital hear the news? Yin Niang felt that it must be the eldest lady who told her.As for why she guessed like this and what evidence is there, Yin Niang can only say that she has a sixth sense.

Yinniang is very worried about Yanniang.Even if Yanniang married into an ordinary family, and her brother-in-law neglected her sister and spoiled another concubine, as a younger sister, she would have to worry about her for a while, let alone Yanniang was in the palace.A person who has been a favorite concubine for several years suddenly falls out of favor, and the consequences are very serious, because she can easily become a thorn in the eyes of others during those few years as a favorite concubine.When Yanniang was favored, they only dared to stab villains secretly. If she fell out of favor, they might dare to stab real people.Moreover, Yan Niang was not only a matter of falling out of favor, but more seriously, the emperor suspected that she had cuckolded him.In case the emperor gets angry one day, it is possible to kill Yan Niang with his own hands.The emperor's suspicion was like a bomb that could explode at any moment, and it would kill someone one day.

What's more, there are the second princess and the third prince in the palace, the degree of favor of the child in the heart of the father is basically proportional to the degree of favor of the mother.Especially the third prince, if he wants to become the crown prince, the emperor's favor is an absolutely indispensable part.

Ever since she knew that Yanniang had fallen out of favor, Yinniang didn't bother about Lin Fengqi's concealment of her affairs, she kept holding his hand for attention, asking what to do.

Lin Fengqi comforted Yinniang, and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty will be fine. In fact, the biggest problem now is not the question of the Emperor's suspicion. As long as the Emperor still has His Majesty in his heart, he can find ways to dispel the Emperor's suspicion. I told the empress, but the empress doesn't seem to care." In a word, the biggest problem now is nothing else, it is Concubine Jing who wants to be the shopkeeper and quits.If Concubine Jing doesn't cooperate, no matter how hard others try to plan for her, it will be useless.

At the same time, Lin Fengqi told Yinniang based on his experience as a man for more than 20 years: "Actually, a man is willing to be deceived sometimes. As long as the woman he loves is willing to cover up, no matter if it is true or not, he will take it as true." Said: "We can only wait for the empress to figure it out."

Yinniang thought for a day and came up with a "very" good way, that is to go to the palace to persuade Yanniang herself.

She handed the sign to the palace, but the reply she got was: No!Yin Niang was not discouraged, and continued to hand it in, but the second and third replies were all "No!".

Later, Yinniang thought of a "wonderful" roundabout method. She first handed the sign to the Empress Empress, so she could go to see Yanniang while she was begging to see the Empress Empress.

In the end, Lin Fengqi was reprimanded by the emperor before Yanniang figured it out, and before the queen replied.

The reason is: Lin Fengqi's year-end summary report was written too perfunctorily.

The founding document of Dayan stipulated that no matter civil or military officials, at the end of each year, they must write a summary report in the form of a booklet and submit it to the emperor for review. The general content of the report is: what have I done this year, what will I do next year, What are your contributions to the country's economy, politics, and military? What are your thoughts and experiences? Finally, you will be passionate about serving the country with loyalty to the emperor.

The summary report had been handed in a long time ago, and Lin Fengqi didn't think there was anything wrong with the summary report.As a result, the Chinese New Year was approaching, and the emperor had already ordered the government to stop sealing the office. He even called Lin Fengqi to the imperial study, and then threw a booklet on his head, which was the summary report he had written.

Lin Fengqi knelt down to plead guilty at that time, anyway, no matter if he is guilty or not, it is always right to kneel down and plead guilty first.

The emperor stood up, looked down at Lin Fengqi, and scolded Lin Fengqi for nearly half an hour, to the effect that he took credit for being arrogant and took responsibility for the emperor's order.

He admitted that what he wrote was not so serious, and it was indeed a bit perfunctory, but this was mainly because he didn't think the emperor would read it. The emperor had to read the summary reports of all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty, unless he was eating I'm full and holding on.And no one in the court wrote like this, they all have the same content, the difference is that the rhetoric is gorgeous and simple.But it would be too embarrassing for him to write an article with allusions in three of the five sentences, rhetoric in four, and rhyming in five sentences from a young man who has held a sword since he was a child.

Besides, it's not just a summary report, why is it connected with the pride and pride, where is this connection, this connection is too far-fetched.He wrote like this every year before, and he never saw the emperor criticize him.

This is blatantly venting anger!
(End of this chapter)