The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

As soon as the two sisters-in-law sent Zhou Jiangning away, Si'er, the maidservant of Bitang Juli, found her and said to Xu Wanning: "Ma'am, the uncle wants you to go back quickly. Going to the south to fight the flood, I said that I have something to discuss with you urgently."

When Xu Wanning heard this, she looked at Jing Shu, and couldn't help but angrily said to her: "Look at your mouth, have you ever opened it? You just talked about it in Pingyang, and this thing happened. .”

Saying that, Xu Wanning said goodbye to Jingshu and hurried back to Bitangju.

Li Xian also just came back from the Yamen, Xu Wanning saw him and asked, "When are you going to leave this time?"

Li Xian replied, "In about half a month."

When Xu Wanning heard that it was still half a month away, she couldn't help complaining to Li Xian and said, "It's still some time, there's still time, why are you urging me to come back in such a hurry."

Li Xian poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and replied: "I don't know why, since I received the order, I feel restless."

Xu Wanning replied: "When the rainy season comes in the south, there will be floods. This is not the first time you have been ordered to fight floods. Is this mission more difficult than the previous ones?"

Li Xian put down the teacup and replied: "That's not true, this time I was only ordered to supervise the construction of water conservancy."

Li Xian is now the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the official residence is the second rank.

Xu Wanning heard the words, and replied: "You have done this job before, you should be experienced, but I don't know who will be in charge this time?"

Li Xian sighed slightly and said: "The tone of the Holy Majesty should be to let King Jin supervise the leadership."

Xu Wanning snorted coldly and said, "Last year, my second brother suppressed the rebellion against the Northwest Sage and ordered King Jin to follow him to receive meritorious service. This time, he also ordered King Jin to go to control the flood. Hehe, the Sage really loves this son. This is trying to accumulate prestige for him. Ah, let me see! Sooner or later, the crown prince's position will be lost."

In the deep palace of the imperial city.

Today is Empress Cao's birthday. During the day, there is a grand banquet in the palace. In the evening, Emperor Ming stays in Jiaofang Hall to accompany the empress to listen to the music.

Emperor Ming sat in the main seat, and Empress Cao sat side by side with Emperor Ming. The two emperors and empresses were listening to the musicians playing with fascination. Running towards Emperor Ming, he yelled: "Emperor Dog, you recruited us into the palace, but you didn't favor us, and it hurt people a lot!"

Everything happened between the sparks of calcium carbide, and before the guards in the palace escorted her, Empress Cao sacrificed herself to protect Emperor Ming. She used her flesh and blood to block the sharp knife for Emperor Ming.

The bright red blood stained the phoenix robe, the little actress saw this, bit the poisonous wax pill in his mouth, and committed suicide on the spot.

For a while, the imperial physician was invited to investigate the assassins, and there was a whole night of commotion in the Jiaofang hall.

Simply, Empress Cao did not hurt her vitals, and she was not in danger of her life.But Emperor Ming was also greatly moved by her actions. He sat in front of Empress Cao's bed, took her hand and said, "The empress blocked the sword for me. I am very moved by such a feat."

Empress Cao looked at Emperor Ming affectionately, with a gentle smile on the corner of her mouth, and slowly replied: "As the saying goes, 'the highest is the sun and the moon, the closest relatives are the closest to the father and the wife', the concubines are His Majesty's wives, and they will do anything for His Majesty. It should be assigned.”

Emperor Ming was a person who was easy to soften his heart, he was very moved when he heard the words, he patted the queen's hand and said: "The queen treats me with deep affection, but I often feel sorry for you."

Because the actor committed suicide on the spot, although the assassination caused a storm in the inner palace, it was finally settled because there was no proof of the death of the person involved.

However, the relationship between the emperor and the empress has been greatly improved, and the direction of the wind towards the harem has also changed subtly.

The most unexpected thing is that Emperor Ming ordered Prince Zhao Bi, who had been neglected by him for a long time, as the supervisor, and was ordered to go to the south to fight the flood and provide disaster relief.

Fighting against foreign enemies and disaster relief have always been the two tasks that best reflect a person's ability. Now Emperor Ming suddenly handed over this task to the crown prince, which is undoubtedly a bad signal for the Jin Royal Party.

Concubine Meng cried to Emperor Ming several times because of this, but Emperor Ming never wavered, even the matter that he swore to her in the past that he would change the crown prince was never mentioned by Emperor Ming again.

Concubine Meng Gui, who had dominated the harem for many years, finally realized that her position in Emperor Ming's heart was not as good as before when she was nearly forty years old.

She and her son had to start planning intensively.

Concubine Meng came to King Jin and taught him: "In your father's eyes, your mother and concubine are not as good as before. Empress Cao is a scheming bitch, but your father is a soft-eared and easy-to-deceive master. Son, now he is confused by Empress Cao, I'm afraid we have to make another plan."

Jin Wang Leng couldn't help but complained: "Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this assassin is clearly a bitter trick planned by Empress Cao, but his father is so easy to fool, and he originally agreed to let me fight the flood, but Empress Cao did it like this." When things get mixed up, this good job actually falls on Zhao Bi's head, it's really hateful."

The resentment in Concubine Meng's heart will only be stronger than that of her son, she said with a cold face: "It's not like you don't know what kind of person your father is, so what's the use of complaining now, let's hurry up and think of a solution."

King Jin rolled his eyes, and said with a sneer: "There is no way, isn't Empress Cao trying to use this to make the prince show off? Then let's let her steal the chicken instead of losing money."

After speaking, King Jin leaned into Concubine Meng's ear, and lowered his voice to explain his plan.

Concubine Meng's face changed slightly when she heard this, and she flatly refused: "This is not possible, this matter is related to the Duke of Zhen's government. We should take the matter of Empress Cao as a warning last time. We can win over the Duke of Zhen's government." It’s best to come, if you can’t, go around, don’t provoke me.”

The king of Jin persuaded Concubine Meng and said: "Mother and concubine are really kind women. The last time Empress Cao provoked Li Ling, it was naturally a bad luck. This time we used Li Xian from the big house. Don't worry, mother and concubine. How can he compare with that Li Ling, besides, this matter, my son will certainly do a good job, just don't let them find out about us."

Concubine Meng Guiyou replied worryingly: "This could affect tens of thousands of lives. If something happens accidentally, we will be ruined. Even your father will not be able to protect us."

The King of Jin replied: "As the so-called non-poisonous and husbandless, they are just tens of thousands of untouchables. If a major event is achieved, how can they care about these small details? If this matter is achieved, Zhao Bi will definitely fall completely. I must give it a go. .”

After listening to her son's words, Concubine Meng gritted her teeth and made up her mind: "Then follow what you say, just be careful."