Hou Fu Di Daughter-in-Law

Chapter 3 Why Don't You Reverse?
Jiang Chenqi had just finished bathing and changed into her regular clothes when the emperor's oral order was delivered to the Commander's Mansion. Looking at the palace servants who carefully read out the oral order, it was expected that His Majesty invited Commander Jiang to enter the palace immediately, but an inexplicable emotion rose in her heart.

It is well known that the commander of the Beiya Imperial Army is a daughter. Shen Yan also tacitly allowed her to wear women's dresses on any occasion other than going to court. Jiang Chenqi looked down at the moon-white cloud brocade gauze skirt on her body. In the interest of changing into another official uniform, she glanced at the palace man with a light expression on her face.

"Let's go."

The moment I stepped into the gate of the palace, the sky was getting dark, and the cool rain began to fall on the top of Biwazhu.The palace lady led the way with a lantern, and the footsteps in the winding corridor were chaotic. When I turned a corner, I happened to meet a person, who faced each other across this not-so-wide corridor.

The maid carrying the lantern hurriedly saluted, and Jiang Chenqi saw clearly in front of her after the lights flickered. The visitor was dressed in a crimson palace costume of smoke cage, plum blossom and white water, followed by several maids. With an impatient look.

"Pure Concubine Empress."

Jiang Chenqi opened her mouth casually, without any gesture to salute.

"Presumptuous! Seeing Concubine Chun..."

Seeing her standing still, the waitress frowned and wanted to reprimand her, but she was interrupted when she spoke——

"Your Majesty summoned the ministers to enter the palace. I think there are important matters to discuss. May I ask the pure concubine to make way for the ministers to go first?"

Concubine Chun seemed to recognize who she was just now, and her eyes were quickly filled with anger. She threw off the hand held by the maid and stepped forward to sneer: "Such a treacherous minister, it is best to sit firmly for the official position obtained by bewitching His Majesty. Otherwise, it would be a waste of time to end up with your father and brother!"

"En?" Jiang Chenqi chuckled out loud after some heated words, her beautiful eyebrows and eyes became more bewitching at night, and the rain was getting heavier, but her voice was extremely clear, but she didn't respond to her words, "Oh——I think Wake up, I killed your childhood sweetheart."

"you!"

Jiang Chenqi looked up at her, her smile clearly didn't reach her eyes, the person opposite realized that she had countless blood stains on her hands, and her harsh breath condensed what she wanted to say.

The raindrops were blown into the corridor along with the wind, Jiang Chenqi walked towards Concubine Chun, subconsciously, the people raised in the deep palace frantically avoided and let her go straight.

The maid carrying the lantern hastily lowered her head to follow, and the little maid glanced sideways at her, obviously she had those charming looks in ancient paintings, why did she give her that kind of look, just like the moon in the sky covered by clouds and rain at this time, cold and cold? And out of reach.

The lights in front of Tongbi Hall were brightly lit, before Jiang Chenqi approached, she saw a person kneeling at the entrance of the hall with his shoulders straight, already drenched by the rain, and none of the surrounding palace people dared to step forward to hold an umbrella for him.

Hearing the sound of Jiang Chenqi's approaching footsteps, that person raised his head, his handsome face was covered with rain, his face was almost sickly ice white, only a pair of ebony pupils moved slightly like cold stars.

It was him, Jiang Chenqi stopped in her tracks, and looked at him from a distance through the rain curtain, a feeling of absurdity welled up in her.Marquis Mingying, who had won the battle of defending the frontier, returned to Beijing not to be rewarded with a generous salary, but as she saw, kneeling in front of the emperor's palace in the heavy rain, even without knowing what the crime was.

"Commander Jiang, His Majesty has been waiting in the hall for a long time."

Manager Zhou came out from the back of Tongbi Hall, holding freshly brewed tea in his hand, and motioned for her to bring it in.

The seven-point hot tea warmed the palms of his hands. Jiang Chenqi stepped into the hall, and the young emperor rubbed his brows. Seeing her coming in, he did not stop writing the memorial in his hand.

Jiang Chenqi casually put down the tea bowl, turned her head to look at the contents of the memorial, "Thank you Jinghuai?"

"A lot of them?"

Shen Yan took a sip of his tea, then nodded casually and answered her, "From the day he returned to Beijing, those who participated in the army were self-respecting, those who abused military law, and those who participated in him with the intention of treason."

"Then how trustworthy is Your Majesty?"

Shen Yan folded the memorial, and didn't intend to continue to answer, but turned to look at her, "Why do you want to stop the Dark Guard's attack today?"

"The minister is just following His Majesty's order to bring him back to the capital safely."

"You know I don't want him to live."

Jiang Chenqi took two steps back, her tone was light, "I don't know."

"Shen Qi..." Shen Yan's slender fingers tapped on the table one after another, "Are you blaming me?"

"No." Jiang Chenqi closed her eyes. She didn't tell a lie. Shen Yan had been on the throne for three years. In the past three years, the people who killed him and paved the way for him have suffered countless infamy. If you want to blame, you don't know where to start What a surprise.She was put in danger too many times, this time it was only because of that Xie Jinghuai that there was some difference.

"When I first ordered you to become an official, I made a promise with you for three years."

Shen Yan sighed, "After the country is stabilized, I was going to give you a position."

Jiang Chenqi only thought it was a little funny, she is now a treacherous official and a thief in the eyes of the people in the world, the Qing emperor would be the first one to take a knife on her, these things add to her body, how can she be given a status?
"County Zhuangming of Qibei Prince's Mansion has been seriously ill since childhood, and few people have seen it."

He wanted her to use the title of princess as a legitimate title.

"Okay, I will be the queen." Jiang Chenqi said directly.

Shen Yan rubbed his eyebrows again, "Prime Minister Liu's only daughter has been asked to be a queen many times by those ministers, the Liu family..."

"Then I want to be above Pure Concubine."

"Concubine Chun's mother's family has been stationed in the southwest for many years. If the newcomer's position is higher than Concubine Chun's, I'm afraid General Lin will be disappointed."

Jiang Chenqi looked up at him, and her memory was brought back to when Shen Yan was still the prince, her family was framed for treason, and the blood of the whole family was washed down the long streets of the capital by the rain. He held an umbrella and asked herself if she wanted to go with him.

The young Shen Yan reunited with the handsome and gloomy emperor in front of her, and the things that had been deeply buried in her heart were suddenly uprooted, "I was ignorant when I was young, and I just spoke nonsense in front of Your Majesty, so don't take it to heart."

Shen Yan couldn't find a trace of displeasure on her face, thinking about it again and again said: "I'm not joking with you, the country is stable..."

"How can you be considered stable?" Jiang Chenqi interrupted him.

The emperor looked outside the palace, "Naturally - the military power is in hand."

"I will bring it back for you." Jiang Chenqi followed his gaze, and looked at the people outside the hall through the door and window, "Even if it means killing Xie Jinghuai."

The gate of Tongbi Hall was opened again, Jiang Chenqi took the bamboo umbrella that the palace staff had prepared for her, and walked slowly outside the hall.

Xie Jinghuai was still kneeling straight, but this time he didn't look up at her. The rain splashed on the umbrella and made a not-so-small sound. Jiang Chenqi walked beside him, regardless of her long skirt being soaked in water, she took a half-kneeling posture Hold the umbrella over the heads of the two.

Xie Jinghuai could only hear the woman's soft and doubtful voice, "Why didn't you rebel?"

A thunderbolt flashed across the sky, and the moon-white long dress left with mud. Behind her, Xie Jinghuai who had been kneeling all this time suddenly fell down.

Before dawn on the second day, the commander of the Beiya Imperial Army met Ming Yinghou in front of the Great Inner Hall last night. The news that there was a big conflict when they met had spread like wildfire and spread throughout the entire court.What's more, it was said that Marquis Ying fell ill when he returned home, and the imperial doctor went back and forth several times.

"Ahem——" Jiang Chenqi hadn't swallowed the tea yet, and she choked on Lin Yuan's solemn reply that the rumors he heard from outside last night were true.

"I said that you are a military officer anyway, why gossip like those people who are obedient to the book every day." She shook her head, a little helpless, "It's all about one mouth, I can't clear this matter by jumping the moat."

It is a fact that she and Xie Jinghuai met in front of the palace, and it is also a fact that Xie Jinghuai was sent back to the Marquis Mansion in the rain after she left. It is impossible for Shen Yan to let the world know that he made Xie Jinghuai kneel in the palace, and then she is the only one who will bear the burden of killing Zhongliang. charges.It's a good thing to take a rest today, otherwise she would be upset just thinking about going to the Jinluan Hall to see the faces of those old men at Yushitai.

"What do those people know?" Lin Yuan snorted coldly, took out another envelope, and softened his tone a bit, "There is progress in the case of Shang Shufu, sir, take a look?"

Yao Lixing, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was read several books by several important officials a month ago, all impeaching him for secretly selling officials to mess up the government, implicating nearly a dozen officials.This Lord Yao has been highly valued since the reign of the former emperor, and he is the most stubborn and unyielding person. Shen Yan refused to arbitrarily judge his crimes in the court, so he handed over the Shangshufu case to her to investigate.

Others can't see through the emperor's mind, but Jiang Chenqi's heart is like a mirror. The Yao family has a lot of disciples who have entered official positions. When the first emperor was still alive, they did not support Shen Yan's ascension to the throne. Yao Lixing even made admonishment to invite King Shen to be the crown prince. Later, although King Shen was abolished and Shen Yan became emperor as he wished, this thorn still stuck in the heart of the emperor.

Yao Lixing has always been loyal to the country but not to the emperor. Over the years, Shen Yan has gradually replaced important positions in the court with his confidants. No matter whether the case is true or not, he will not really keep him.

Jiang Chenqi unfolded the letter paper, first glanced at it roughly, and then looked it over again in surprise, before putting down the paper.

"Linyuan, let's go see Master Yao."

(End of this chapter)