The Virtuous Concubine of the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 40 Prince (1)

"Ah... good." Liang Jiugong's voice was a little weak, obviously not understanding what happened between the emperor and Jiaorong, "Then I..."

Before Liang Jiugong could ask again, Jiao Rong nodded and interrupted: "Your maidservant will leave first."

After saying that, Jiao Rong glanced at Xida to say goodbye, then turned and walked towards the gate of Qianqing Palace.Liang Jiugong looked at Jiaorong's back without knowing why, but he didn't realize it for a long time. After Jiaorong left completely, he looked at the guard in front of him who had just talked with Jiaorong.At this moment, Xida's expression had returned to calm, she was staring straight ahead without the slightest tilt.

Liang Jiugong shook his head, ignored him, and walked up the steps to the main hall.Right now, the emperor is inscribing words on this painting of Albizia Julibrissin. Although the brushwork is smooth and flowing, it is a bit more bold and casual than usual.

Liang Jiugong walked to the center of the hall, first saluted the emperor, then raised his head, and said softly, "Your Majesty, when I came here just now, I saw Miss Jiaorong."

"She..." Liang Jiugong saw that the emperor paused the tip of his pen, but didn't say anything. He didn't know whether to continue or not.

Seeing that Liang Jiugong stopped talking, the emperor glanced at him with raised eyelids, and said nonchalantly, "What's the matter?"

Liang Jiugong lowered his eyes, pursed his lips and said, "It's nothing, Miss Jiaorong is chatting with a guard outside the hall, she seems quite familiar."

Hearing the sound, the emperor frowned subconsciously, but the words came to his lips but couldn't come out.The little girl gave him such a big face just now, and rejected him from the inside out. If the emperor asks again at this time, it will be somewhat embarrassing.So the emperor put down the pen, coughed lightly, and said coldly: "It has nothing to do with me."

Saying that, the emperor glanced at Liang Jiugong again, waved his hands and said, "Go and make a pot of Biluochun for me."

Upon hearing this, Liang Jiugong immediately answered "Yes", observed the emperor's face silently, and walked out slowly.Just after Liang Jiugong left, the emperor sat on the dragon chair, picked up the jade pendant on his waist and rubbed it twice, suddenly realized something was wrong, frowned fiercely, put down the jade pendant, stretched out his hand to pat on the table, his eyes Look at the place where Liang Jiugong left.

"The court lady can't talk casually with the guards, what does it have to do with me?" The emperor realized his slowness, gritted his teeth angrily, and said softly: "This Liang Jiugong is really getting more and more slack in doing things."

Later, the emperor was called by the queen mother to the palace of kindness.The empress dowager is old now, and the position of empress is vacant. Most of the matters in the harem are decided by the empress dowager. In addition, the emperor was still young when he ascended the throne. Many ministers in the court are familiar with the empress dowager. close.Although the queen mother kept a low profile, she still held some power after all.

"Emperor's mother." The emperor nodded politely and whispered, silently watching the queen mother tending flowers and plants in front of his eyes.

"Sit down." The queen mother turned her head and glanced at the emperor, put down the scissors for pruning flowers, and walked slowly to sit in front of the emperor, "Aijia thought, you must not have a good rest these days. No one urged you to go to bed. Look at you, your eyes are bloodshot."

The eunuch of the Mercy Palace respectfully served the tea, the emperor reached out to take it, lightly dusted the tea with the lid of the cup, and responded: "My son is fine, but it's hard for the empress to worry about my son everywhere."

In fact, although the front court and the rear palace say that they have nothing to do with each other on the surface, in fact, in private, they all wish to find out about each other.The Hershey family made great military achievements in the previous dynasty and was a famous nobleman, but they were also full of eyeliners in the harem.And the woman in front of her, even though she was the empress dowager, interfered in the political affairs of the previous dynasty all the time.

This is also the thing that the emperor dislikes the most, but he can only pretend to be ignorant and discuss it in the long run.The Empress Dowager stared at the Emperor for a while, then asked directly and clearly: "What happened last night made the harem very uneasy, who is causing trouble in the palace?"

The emperor paused his fingers, and exchanged a glance with Liang Jiugong beside him.Liang Jiugong shook his head lightly, indicating to the emperor that he did not know who told the queen mother.The emperor handed the tea cup in his hand to Liang Jiugong, turned his head to look at the queen mother, slightly pursed his lips, and pretended to be relaxed: "Emperor Niang, don't worry, it's just that a maid in front of the emperor offended the guards in the palace and was assassinated That's all."

The Empress Dowager seemed not satisfied with this answer, she raised her eyebrows lightly, and pointed out the error in the emperor's words: "The maid in front of the emperor? But why... Aijia heard that something happened to Yanxi Palace?"

Hearing this, the emperor's face darkened.Logically speaking, it should be the Qianqing Palace that spread the news last night more strongly, but now the Queen Mother has mentioned the Yanxi Palace. The palace has become closer.

As the queen mother, it is a great help to have some eyeliners and capable men in the harem.After all, the current queen mother is not the emperor's biological mother anyway, there is no family relationship between the two, and it is difficult for the queen mother to speak in front of the emperor on weekdays.

Thinking of the scene of the Empress Dowager helping Yougui to denounce Ma Guiren at Yougui's birthday banquet, the emperor raised his eyebrows and lowered his eyes knowingly, and chuckled: "The emperor's mother is well informed. That maid was transferred from the Palace of Yanxi Palace. In front of the emperor, it must be the improper distribution of those guards that caused problems in Qianqing Palace and Yanxi Palace at the same time."

When the emperor said that Yanxi Palace was transferred, the queen mother suddenly thought of the day of the birthday banquet.At that time, the emperor said that he wanted to keep the little maid in Yanxi Palace, and she felt that it was wrong. Now the queen mother stared at the emperor for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "It is the maid who caused troubles repeatedly at the birthday banquet of Mr. Yougui, right?" .”

At this moment, the emperor also didn't want to think too much about love, so he replied softly: "Yes."

The queen mother snorted softly, and looked away: "That girl has an arrogant temper, she can't learn to bow her head, and she will even make people uncomfortable. It's normal for the imperial guards to dislike her."

The emperor slightly curled his lips, did not comment too much on this point, and continued to respond: "The emperor's mother is right."

The queen mother looked at the flowers on the table and was silent for a long time. With a cold face, she said seriously: "The Ai family heard that the Hesheli family seems to be not doing their duty recently."

Hearing this, the emperor raised his eyes to look at the empress dowager, but her old man was focused on the beads on the plate, and didn't look at him.The emperor also thought for a while, and said lightly: "Emperor's mother, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics."

"I'm afraid this is not a political matter of the previous dynasty, is it?" The queen mother's eyes were sharp and precise, sweeping between the emperor's brows, her gorgeous red lips pursed slightly, "After Peiwen's death, Suo'etu would come to the palace every now and then to see Yinfeng, even the other ministers of the former court have taken good care of the prince, if things go on like this, how can the harem be peaceful?"

(End of this chapter)