Gel makeup

Chapter 24

That little fellow was originally Shen Jiangdong's confidant, and he was the smartest. He was out of breath and said: "Speaking of which, it turned out that something happened to the father-in-law! The filial piety of the empress dowager was mentioned in the head, and the Ministry of Rites talked about giving to the empress." Regarding the posthumous title of the Empress Dowager, His Majesty said that he would also give the Empress Dowager Renkang a posthumous title. However, Prince Duan refused to bring up the old affairs of Duke Jing, and he had a quarrel with His Majesty. His Majesty went to Xishan Camp for a military parade yesterday , I even encountered a commander who conspired against me!"

Although Shen Jiangdong served as General Jinwu and nominally commanded the Beijing Camp, it is well known that King Duan has controlled the Xishan Camp for many years and has not delegated power. Shen Jiangdong suddenly remembered something: "The commander of Xishan who just took office is Meng Guangshi?!"

The boy wiped his sweat and said, "Exactly!"

Jiang Feng asked: "How is Your Majesty? How is Meng Guangshi?"

The servant replied: "Your Majesty, Meng Guangshi was stabbed to death on the spot."

Shen Jiangdong stood there blankly, and said to Jiang Feng: "You rest earlier, I will bring two people back to Beijing overnight."

The boy said, "It's raining..."

"You must go back to Beijing!" Shen Jiang said.

But Jiang Feng said: "I don't ask Meng Guangshi what's the story of this person, you can rest assured. I'm not tired, let's go together. Don't worry, you are not in the imperial capital recently, so you have limited responsibilities; The second is that you can't use your strength even if you are in a hurry, and let others take advantage of the loopholes."

Shen Jiangdong agreed, thinking that it would be better not to tell Jiang Feng about Meng Guangshi's being the present. The fewer people who knew about it, the better, but he himself couldn't figure out the present's thoughts.It suddenly occurred to him that Shen Huanhua and Aunt Siqing knew about Meng Guangshi's affairs, but what did Siqing think?

Si Qing couldn't help sneezing when Shen Jiangdong talked about it.When she and Xiao Yi first met, Xiao Yi secretly went to see Meng Guangshi, who was the governor of Prince Duan's residence at the time.Meng Guangshi is not Duan Wang's person, but Xiao Yi's eyes and ears placed by Duan Wang's side. He has always been loyal to Xiao Yi, but now Xiao Yi wants to sacrifice Meng Guangshi to suppress Duan Wang.She couldn't help but think of the slang song that she heard when she was a child, which had already been banned. The sentence "the king ordered to capture the heroes, surrounded by soldiers with swords, tied with ropes, and the flesh trembled."

"Although King Duan has won over Meng Guangshi in every possible way, Meng Guangshi is loyal to his third brother and has no other ambitions. I know that the posthumous posthumous matter for the empress dowager has aroused your sadness, but it is not the time to take Meng Guangshi. Is it okay to have a knife?"

Xiao Yi said: "This matter has nothing to do with you."

Si Qing couldn't help but said: "Although Meng Guangshi was the governor of Prince Duan's residence and was recommended by King Duan to be the commander, he is now a subordinate of Duke Jia and General Jinwu Shen Jiangdong. To take this step Duke Jia will definitely be implicated, and if you want to move King Duan, it is enough to give up one Meng Guangshi."

"It's been less than a month since Meng Guangshi was promoted to be the commander of the Jingwei, and he and Yuanxi have only met each other once or twice, so Yuanxi cannot be implicated."

Siqing rolled up her sleeves, and said coldly: "It is a good time to move King Duan and Meng Guangshi. Everyone thought that King Duan and Meng Guangshi had conspired for a long time, so they got the commander of the Jingwei for Meng Guangshi. It's a cheap job. But anyway, Meng Guangshi is the current subordinate of Duke Jia, so how can the Jia government not be implicated?"

Xiao Yi had nothing to answer for a while.

Siqing knew that the old King Jing and the other clan kings confiscated the "conspiracy" to the Yasukuni government and forced the death of the Yasukuni and the Empress Dowager Renkang. So far, Xiao Yi has not been able to reverse the case for his uncle, so he is depressed and can't help it. When Meng Guang was sacrificed, he vented his anger on Duan Wangfu.

However, it is not right to say that, one is King Jing, not King Duan, who forced Duke Jing to death, and Meng Guangshi was the person Xiao Yi placed next to King Duan, and he was not a close friend of King Duan, so he is really innocent.

Seeing Xiao Yi's expressionless face, Si Qing couldn't help but sneered softly and said: "'Ten years of sharpening a sword', I don't know who sharpened the sword, and I don't know who used this sword."

Xiao Yi pretended not to hear, and did not answer Si Qing's words.Siqing realized that she had crossed the line and stopped talking.

On the dark street on a rainy night, someone is holding a plain oil-paper umbrella. That umbrella is like a small dead leaf on the lake in the dark night, and I don't know where it will go.The umbrella bearer, dressed as a servant, quietly approached Duan Wang's mansion, and knocked on a corner door of the mansion.

After a long time, the companion of the palace asked, "Who is it?"

"I am Miss Seventh, and I have something important to report to the lord."

Companion saw that it was a kabuki supported by King Duan, and hurriedly opened the door to welcome her in.

The study room of Prince Duan's mansion was filled with smoke, and Prince Duan and his staff had just finished their meeting.The plain colored paper umbrella was placed under the dripping eaves outside the study, revealing a pink face with willow brows and cherry mouth—it was the seventh lady of the staff of King Duan, she was acting as a geisha in the Xishan camp yesterday, and she was in Meng Guangshi today. When eating in the camp, I play the pipa to add to the fun.

Duan Wang's Tengjiao pattern is a little darker, and he has a long beard.He sat back in the armchair, with his eyes closed, his brows furrowed tightly, and he looked very preoccupied.

Seventh Lady entered the study lightly, saluted and said: "My lord, Wanan."

King Duan suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "Why did you come? What happened to Meng Guangshi's place?"

Seventh Lady was silent for a moment, and said: "I took a little effort to escape, so I was late. According to my concubine, General Meng definitely has no intention of murdering the king." She raised her eyes slightly, looking at King Duan: " General Meng was deliberately killed by His Majesty."

Suddenly there was a sound of greetings from outside the study, and she couldn't help being startled, but she saw Duan Wang Jifei, holding soup and lifting the embroidered curtain, walking in with a smile, and said: "It's so late, the prince is still not resting? What's the matter, tomorrow It's not too late to discuss."

Seventh Lady hurriedly stood up, saluted the princess and said, "Greetings to the princess."

Princess Duan smiled and said: "So Miss Seven is here. There is no need to be polite." Putting down the soup, she said to King Duan, "Miss Seven is here, so the concubine will go back first."

Prince Duan said with an expression on his face: "Concubine Wang, let's rest first." Concubine Duan solemnly walked out of the study, but couldn't help but look back.Under the shadow of the lights, Seventh Lady was whispering to Wang Duan.Princess Duan sighed, turned and walked away.

The candlelight in the study suddenly flickered, Qin Niangzi went to the candlestick and picked the wick and said: "This is all I see." After thinking for a while, she said, "The prince said before that General Meng is His Majesty's man. Now look Come on, General Meng may not belong to His Majesty."

King Duan stood up from the armchair, still expressionless, and said: "You have worked hard, go and rest first." Seventh Lady bowed and retreated.

King Duan walked by the door and told the maid: "Go and see what the princess is doing. If the princess hasn't rested yet, please come to the study for a while."

Concubine Duan didn't rest, she came in a while, saw King Duan standing by the door looking at the sky, she said with a smile: "It's raining tonight, how can there be a moon to enjoy it? Where is Seventh Lady?"

King Duan suddenly brought the concubine's hand into the house.Because there are few such intimate actions between the two, Duan Wangfei couldn't help but froze, before she recovered, Duan Wang's low and hoarse voice sounded next to her ear: "Please trouble Wangfei to find a proper way to take her life."

On the day of Shen Jiangdong's return to Beijing, rumors of "going to the suburbs of Beijing for a military parade today, Commander Meng Guangshi suddenly rebelled against him, the incident was hasty, and he was defeated that day" had already spread.Meng Guangshi was born in Prince Duan's residence, and Prince Duan's residence became the target of public criticism for a while.

Because of Meng Guangshi's affair, Siqing and Xiao Yi started a cold war again.

After the death of the Empress Dowager, Siqing was more like Xiao Yi's secretary and adviser, often handling confidential documents for Xiao Yi, and often talking with Xiao Yi about the affairs of the previous court.It's just that Siqing is closer to Xiao Yi than other close cabinet ministers. Xiao Yi not only trusts Siqing, a closer person, but also guards against her overstepping the rules.Siqing thought to herself that she was using herself and expecting to be deaf and dumb, where in the world is there such a good thing?
As soon as the two had a cold war, the next day Xiao Yi's attendants were all cautious and did not dare to make a sound.For a while, an officer from the Huang family beside Xiao Yi reported: "Mr. Jia is asking to see you."

Xiao Yi ordered someone to declare Shen Jiangdong to Maode Hall, and at the same time ordered the maid to urge Siqing to come.

Siqing first chose a silver-red heavy silk makeup with large sleeves and put it on the collar, then re-evened her face in the mirror and straightened her temples. Putting on a bun of rice beads and red treasures, I brought the palace servants with me.The palace people stopped outside the hall, and Siqing entered the Maode Hall alone.

There are only Xiao Yi and Shen Jiangdong in the Maode Hall.

Xiao Yi was talking to Shen Jiangdong about Meng Guangshi, when he saw Siqing entering the hall, he murmured: "You came late, you didn't hear Cai Yuanxi's advice just now."

Today, Shen Jiangdong, the commander-in-chief of Jingji Shuwei, is the immediate boss of Meng Guangshi, the commander of Jingwei who "conspired against and killed the king" today.

Since Meng Guangshi "conspired against him", Shen Jiangdong should bear the blame.But at this time, Xiao Yi revealed the whole story of killing Meng Guangshi, which was enough to show his trust in Shen Jiangdong. Shen Jiangdong was fidgeting and suffering.

Siqing smiled: "What remonstrance? It won't be dead remonstrance."

Hearing this, Shen Jiangdong suddenly left his seat and knelt down.Seeing him kneeling down, Si Qing said again: "Your Majesty personally forced Wang Liang's cards. May I ask Mr. Yuan Xi, what else do you have to say?"

"Siqing," Xiao Yi called out, "speak less. Yuanxi also gets up."

"Your Majesty wants to suppress King Duan, and he doesn't hesitate to kill Meng Guangshi to set the blame—and now Meng Guangshi is under Duke Jia's subordinate. Your Majesty, this is a strong man who cut off his wrist..."

"Imperial Concubine!"

This time it was Shen Jiangdong who interrupted Siqing, he saw Xiao Yi's expression changed.

Siqing persisted and said: "When things really happen, King Duan will only point the finger at the cabinet—he impeached the cabinet for the Fuzhou case, and then asked someone to plot against his subordinates. Be anxious to get angry, Shen Yuanxi is not your turn yet."

Xiao Yi swallowed the anger just now, and looked at Si Qing: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I'm talking nonsense?" Siqing fiddled with the bead string hanging from her temples, "Which one of my words is nonsense? Could it be that Meng Guangshi is not one of His Majesty's people, and asked Duan Wang to rebel against him?" After saying this, she turned around and walked away. to leave.

Xiao Yi stood up suddenly: "Siqing!"

Si Qing stopped and looked back: "There is no impenetrable wall in the world. Who is Meng Guangshi, there is a conclusion. Why he died, there will also be a conclusion."

Shen Jiangdong quickly smoothed things over and said: "The imperial concubine is careful to say that whether Meng Guangshi committed suicide or homicide, he deserved what he deserved."

"Meng Guangshi deserved what he deserved? What crime did Meng Guangshi have? The crime of undercover? The crime of deceiving the 'lord'?"

Shen Jiangdong's face turned pale immediately.Meng Guangshi was originally the eyes and ears placed next to King Duan, but now he did not hesitate to kill him in order to suppress King Duan.Meng Guangshi's unjust death today really makes people feel sad when the rabbit dies.

Xiao Yi was so angry that he was fighting all over, but tried his best to suppress it, looked at Si Qing, and said, "Don't worry, even if you stab the sky, it won't hurt you."

(End of this chapter)